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US11016381B1	Spring assemblies with variable flexibility for use with push-cables and pipe inspection systems Push-cables and associated apparatus for pipe inspection systems are disclosed. In one embodiment a pipe inspection system includes a camera head, a push-cable including an outer covering enclosing a plurality of electrical conductors for transmitting signals and/or power between the camera head and an electronic device operatively coupled to the push-cable, and a spring assembly disposed about the push-cable near the distal end where the spring assembly comprises a spring with a tapered flex section having a varying cross-sectional area and/or a varying cross-sectional shape.
US11016368B2	Tripod cover The Tripod Cover is made of fabric with the purpose of covering a tripod. Tripods are often a hot spot in video production causing a dilemma for producers. When the tripod is covered distractions to the video production like tripods and cords are no longer seen, and the whole camera unit blends in with its environment.
US11016364B2	Variable aperture device, camera device and electronic apparatus A variable aperture device is described that includes a casing, a base with a light transmission hole, conductive terminals on the base, a terminal connecting portion, a shape memory metal wire, a movable portion, and a driven portion for forming an aperture together with the movable portion. One end of the shape memory metal wire is connected to the terminal connecting portion and the movable portion is connected to the base via a first rotating shaft. A side of the movable portion far from the light transmission hole around the first rotating shaft is connected to other end of the shape memory metal wire. A side of the movable portion near the light transmission hole around the first rotating shaft is connected to an elastic structure of the terminal connecting portion and the terminal connecting portion is attached to the conductive terminal.
US11016363B2	Self-starting mode locking soliton comb device A self-starting mode locking soliton device includes a first optical port to accept an input coherent light. A second optical port provides an output comb of a plurality of wavelengths. A comb resonator with optical Kerr nonlinearity and anomalous group-velocity dispersion is optically coupled to both of said first optical port and said second optical port. The resonator includes an optical property of a negative nonlinear bistability to enable the self-starting mode locking of a Kerr soliton comb. A method of self-starting mode locking is described. A method of producing the negative nonlinear bistability is also described.
US11016359B2	Hydrogen occlusion body, gasochromic light control element, hydrogen sensing element, and hydrogen sensor In one aspect of the present invention, a hydrogen occlusion body includes: a hydrogen occlusion layer containing a material whose optical property reversibly changes upon hydrogenation and dehydrogenation; and a catalyst layer containing a palladium-ruthenium alloy.
US11016356B2	Display device According to one embodiment, a display device comprises a color filter layer, an illumination device and a selection layer. The illumination device illuminates the color filter layer with mixed light including first and second components. The color filter layer includes first and second filters. The selection layer includes a phase element layer including first and second phase elements, and first and second polarizers. The first phase element changes a polarization state of the mixed color light such that the first component is transmitted through the second polarizer. The second phase element changes a polarization state of the mixed color light such that the second component is transmitted through the second polarizer.
US11016353B2	Display apparatus A display apparatus includes thin-film transistors respectively provided for pixels arranged in a matrix form, one or more driving circuits provided at a side of one end of the display panel, a plurality of signal lines to each connect more than one of the plurality of thin-film transistors arranged in one line in the matrix form to the driving circuit, a plurality of spare lines formed to be connectable to any of the plurality of signal lines in an outer area of a display panel, and arranged separated from one another in an opposing region in the outer area, the opposing region being opposed to the driving circuits across the display area, and a metal pattern overlapping a first spare line and a second spare line with an insulating layer therebetween, so as to be connectable to the first spare line arranged in a first region and the second spare line arranged in a second region.
US11016347B2	Display device An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a display device including a substrate including a display area in which a plurality of pixel groups are disposed and a peripheral area disposed around the display area, and a plurality of alignment keys disposed on the substrate, wherein each of the pixel groups may include a plurality of pixels displaying different colors, and the plurality of alignment keys may include first alignment keys that are disposed in the pixel groups adjacent to edges of at least two corners of the display area and that are disposed in a plurality of first pixels that display the same color among a plurality of pixels included in the pixel group.
US11016345B2	Liquid crystal cell and liquid crystal display device A liquid crystal cell 10A according to the present invention includes: a pair of substrates 11 and 12 facing each other and having alignment films 11a and 12a formed on surfaces of the substrates, respectively, the surfaces facing each other; and a liquid crystal layer LC interposed between the substrates 11 and 12. The alignment films 11a and 12a contain a polymer for alignment films which has a hydrazide functional group represented by Chemical Formula (1).
US11016333B2	Polarizer and liquid crystal display device having porous protective layer The present disclosure discloses a polarizer and a liquid crystal display device, comprising: a first protective layer (1); a polarizing layer (2), wherein the first protective layer is located on one layer surface of the polarizing layer; and a second protective layer (3) located on another layer surface of the polarizing layer; wherein at least one of the first protective layer (1) and the second protective layer (3) has a porous structure.
US11016332B2	Display panel and display device A display panel including a plurality of pixel units is provided. The display panel includes: a first substrate and a second substrate opposite to each other a first light-shielding layer including a plurality of first openings as light-transmitting regions for the pixel units, and a liquid crystal layer between the first substrate and the second substrate. Each pixel unit includes a first electrode, a second electrode and a lens. The first electrode and the second electrode are configured to form an electric field in response to receiving a voltage, the electric field is configured to drive liquid crystal molecules of the liquid crystal layer to deflect to change a ratio of transmission and reflection of linearly polarized light incident onto the liquid crystal layer at the light incident surface of the lens.
US11016330B2	Color substrate including retroreflective layer and display device including the color substrate A color substrate and a display device including the same. The color substrate includes: a substrate including first and second pixel regions spaced apart from each other, and a light shielding region between the first and second pixel regions; a first color conversion layer over the first pixel region and configured to convert incident light into first color light; a second color conversion layer over the second pixel region and configured to convert the incident light into second color light; and a retroreflective layer over the light shielding region and configured to retroreflect incident light through the first and second color conversion layer.
US11016319B2	Display device mountable to wall surface A display device includes a display panel that displays an image, a back cover disposed on a back face side of the display panel, and a mounting member for fixing the display device to a wall surface. The mounting member is provided in a region extending from a front end of the display panel on a display surface side to a back end of the back cover on the back face side so as to fall within a region of the display device when seen from a side of the display device.
US11016318B2	Optical stack for switchable directional display A privacy display comprises a spatial light modulator and a compensated switchable liquid crystal retarder arranged between first and second polarisers arranged in series with the spatial light modulator. In a privacy mode of operation, on-axis light from the spatial light modulator is directed without loss, whereas off-axis light has reduced luminance. The visibility of the display to off-axis snoopers is reduced by means of luminance reduction over a wide polar field. In a wide angle mode of operation, the switchable liquid crystal retardance is adjusted so that off-axis luminance is substantially unmodified.
US11016316B2	Polarization control with low polarization-mode dispersion Optical polarization control devices that include two pairs of squeezing plates oriented in mutually perpendicular directions are described. Compressive forces exerted by the two pairs of plates onto an optical fiber can be configured for low polarization mode dispersion. Various methods and systems in which the polarization control devices can be employed are also described.
US11016315B2	Photonic bandgap phase modulator, optical filter bank, photonic computing system, and methods of use A photonic computing system, preferably including an input module, a computation module, and/or control module. The photonic computing system can include one or more optical filter banks, such as in the computation module and/or any other suitable modules. Each optical filter bank preferably includes a plurality of photonic bandgap phase modulators. Each photonic bandgap phase modulator preferably includes a set of photonic crystal segments. The photonic crystal segments can preferably be controlled to transition light propagation between two or more photonic bands.
US11016312B2	Dimmable eyewear In one example, an eyewear is provided. The eyewear comprises: a lens assembly including a lens and a liquid crystal layer formed on the lens, and a driver circuit coupled with the liquid crystal layer, the driver circuit configured to apply a signal to the liquid crystal layer based on an indication of an intensity of the ambient light to control a light transmittance of the lens assembly.
US11016310B2	Method for determining a three dimensional performance of an ophthalmic lens; associated method of calculating an ophthalmic lens A method for determining a three dimensional performance of an ophthalmic lens including: calculating a domain in which a condition between a local optical criterion and at a threshold value is fulfilled; determining the three dimensional performance of the ophthalmic lens according to the domain. A method of calculating an ophthalmic lens includes the method.
US11016307B2	Method and apparatus for a shaped optical path length extender A digital light path length modulator includes an optical path length extender (OPLE) and a polarization modulator. The OPLE has two light paths with different path lengths, such that the light having a first polarization is directed through a first light path, and the light having a second polarization is directed through a second light path.
US11016306B2	Optical device and method for producing the same, and display device A display device is provided with (A) a frame that is worn on a head of a viewer, and (B) an image display device 100 mounted to the frame. The image display device is provided with (B-1) an image forming device 111, and (B-2) an optical device 120 that forms a virtual image on the basis of light emitted from the image forming device 111. The light from the image forming device 111 enters a pupil 21 of the viewer 20 through the optical device 120. The optical device 120 is provided at least with a first glass plate 121, a second glass plate 122 that faces the first glass plate 121, and a shock absorbing layer 123 sandwiched between the first glass plate 121 and the second glass plate 122.
US11016301B1	Accommodation based optical correction An auto-focus head-mounted display (HMD) dynamically generates aberration-adjusted images based on measured accommodation of user's eye(s). An aberration-adjusted image is an image distorted to correct aberrations that would otherwise occur at a retina of the user due to image light passing through optics of the HMD. The aberration-adjusted image corrects the aberrations of the HMD and “accounts” for the aberrations of the eye so that the resulting retinal image is free of optical aberrations due to the HMD but preserves correct eye optical aberrations that are correlated with a current accommodative state of the eye.
US11016298B2	Microlens collimator for scanning optical fiber in virtual/augmented reality system A display subsystem for a virtual image generation system for use by an end user comprises a planar waveguide apparatus, an optical fiber, at least one light source configured for emitting light from a distal end of the optical fiber, and a collimation element mounted to a distal end of the optical fiber for collimating light from the optical fiber. The virtual image generation system further comprises a mechanical drive assembly to which the optical fiber is mounted to the drive assembly. The mechanical drive assembly is configured for displacing the distal end of the optical fiber, along with the collimation element, in accordance with a scan pattern. The virtual image generation system further comprises an optical waveguide input apparatus configured for directing the collimated light from the collimation element down the planar waveguide apparatus, such that the planar waveguide apparatus displays image frames to the end user.
US11016294B2	Optical scanner, display system, and mobile object An optical scanner, a display system, and a mobile object. The optical scanner includes a light source to emit irradiation light, a light deflector to scan the irradiation light emitted from the light source in a first scanning direction and in a second scanning direction intersecting with the first scanning direction, circuitry to turn on the light source for a predetermined length of time, and a photodetector to detect the irradiation light for the predetermined length of time. The predetermined length of time includes a timing at which the light deflector turns a scanning direction in the first scanning direction or the second scanning direction. The display system includes the optical scanner, a divergent part through which the irradiation light scanned by the light deflector is projected and diverges, and an imaging optical system to reflect projection light projected through the divergent part.
US11016260B2	Positioning system for components of optical systems A positioning system for an optical system can include a support frame and a flexure arrangement. The flexure arrangement can be configured to secure an optical-system component relative to a support frame, with the optical-system component in a first orientation. The flexure arrangement can be configured to resiliently deform, upon application of a transient stress to the optical system, to move the optical-system component relative to the support frame along at least one degree of freedom. The flexure arrangement can be configured to return the optical-system component to the first orientation upon removal of the transient stress.
US11016251B2	Mini duplex connector with push-pull polarity mechanism and carrier A new fiber optic connector provides a smaller form factor by including two ferrule assemblies in a housing. The housing accepts a push-pull mechanism that allows for insertion and removal from a carrier as well as an adapter. The push-pull mechanism may also include a flexure member to return the push-pull mechanism. Polarity of the fiber optic connector may also be selected by use of the push-pull mechanism.
US11016250B2	Mini duplex connector with push-pull polarity mechanism, carrier, and rail-receiving crimp body A new fiber optic connector provides a smaller form factor by including two ferrule assemblies in a housing. The housing accepts a push-pull mechanism that allows for insertion and removal from a carrier as well as an adapter. The push-pull mechanism may also include a flexure member to return the push-pull mechanism. Polarity of the fiber optic connector may also be selected by use of the push-pull mechanism.
US11016249B2	Fiber optical connector A fiber optical connector includes a connector housing and an optical-fiber component. The connector housing includes a receiving space. Two ends of the connector housing respectively form a first connector opening and a second connector opening. The first connector opening and the second connector opening communicate with the receiving space. Plural pins are assembled on a side surface of the connector housing, and the optical fiber component is inserted into the receiving space from the first connector opening. The connector housing has an improved structural strength. The assembling between the pins and the circuit board allows the connector to be fixedly positioned with the circuit board.
US11016245B2	Method and system for mode converters for grating couplers Methods and systems for mode converters for grating couplers may include a photonic chip comprising a waveguide, a grating coupler, and a mode converter, with the waveguide being coupled to the grating coupler via the mode converter. The mode converter may include waveguide material and tapers defined by triangular regions, where the triangular regions do not have waveguide material. The photonic chip may receive an optical signal in the mode converter from the waveguide, where the received optical signal has a light profile that may be spatially deflected in the mode converter to configure a desired profile in the grating coupler. A long axis of the tapers may be parallel to a direction of travel of the optical signal. The long axis of the tapers may point towards the input waveguide of the grating couplers, which may be linear.
US11016240B2	Light guide film and backlight unit A light guide film that is bendable, has a strong resistance to impact, and can perform the adjustment of the brightness per region, and a backlight unit. The light guide film includes a plurality of optical units each of which includes a light guide portion and an emission portion; and a resin portion that is filled between the optical units adjacent to each other, in which the light guide portion guides light incident from a light source to the emission portion, the emission portion emits light guided and incident from the light guide portion from a light emission surface, the plurality of optical units are arranged in a plane direction of the light emission surfaces such that the light emission surfaces of the emission portions are parallel to each other, and the light guide portions and the emission portions are arranged in the plane direction of the light emission surfaces.
US11016237B2	Optical film for improving contrast ratio, polarizing plate including same, and liquid crystal display device including same An optical film for improving contrast ratio, a polarizing plate including the same, and a liquid crystal display including the same are disclosed. The optical film for improving contrast ratio includes: a base layer and a contrast ratio improvement layer formed on the base layer, wherein the contrast ratio improvement layer includes a high refractive index resin layer including a patterned portion composed of one or more engraved patterns and a flat portion formed between the engraved patterns and a low refractive index resin layer directly formed on the patterned portion, the engraved patterns have a base angle of 75° to about 90°, and the patterned portion has a P/W value of greater than about 1 to about 10 or less (P is the cycle of the patterned portion (unit: μm) and W is the maximum width of the engraved pattern (unit: μm)).
US11016233B2	Optical waveguide structure, phosphor element, and method for manufacturing optical waveguide structure An optical waveguide structure includes an optical waveguide, a reflection film provided on the optical waveguide and reflecting a light propagating in the optical waveguide, a metal film provided on the reflection film, and a surface oxidized film provided on the metal film and generated by surface oxidation of the metal film.
US11016229B2	Optical filter An optical filter including a polarizer and a visible light blocking filter is described. The polarizer is configured to transmit at least 60 percent of light in a first infrared wavelength range that is incident on the polarizer at normal incidence in a first polarization state, to transmit less than 30 percent of light in a second infrared wavelength that is incident on the polarizer at normal incidence in a second polarization state orthogonal to the first polarization state, and to transmit less than 30 percent of light in a third infrared wavelength range that is incident on the polarizer with a 50 degree angle of incidence in the second polarization state. The visible light blocking filter configured to transmit at least 60 percent of light in the first infrared wavelength range at normal incidence in the first polarization state.
US11016228B2	System and method for forming diffracted optical element having varied gratings Embodiments herein provide systems and methods for forming an optical component. A method may include providing a plurality of proximity masks between a plasma source and a workpiece, the workpiece including a plurality of substrates secured thereto. Each of the plurality of substrates may include first and second target areas. The method may further include delivering, from the plasma source, an angled ion beam towards the workpiece, wherein the angled ion beam is then received at one of the plurality of masks. A first proximity mask may include a first set of openings permitting the angled ion beam to pass therethrough to just the first target area of each of the plurality of substrates. A second proximity mask may include a second set of openings permitting the angled ion beam to pass therethrough just to the second target area of each of the plurality of substrates.
US11016219B2	Delta encoding of downhole images of petrophysical rock properties System and methods for encoding downhole image data are provided. Measurements collected by a downhole tool around a circumference of a borehole drilled within a formation are obtained. The acquired measurements are assigned to a plurality of azimuthal bins. Each azimuthal bin corresponds to an angular sector around the circumference of the borehole in which at least one of the measurements was collected by the downhole tool at a predetermined depth within the formation. At least one of a plurality of delta encoding schemes is selected for encoding the measurements assigned to the plurality of azimuthal bins. A delta-encoded binary representation of the measurements assigned to the plurality of bins is generated, based on the selected delta encoding scheme. The generated delta-encoded binary representation is transmitted from the downhole computing device to a surface computing device located at the surface of the borehole.
US11016207B2	Seismic sensor A seismic survey apparatus includes a body having a longitudinal axis, a first end, a second end opposite the first end, and an inner cavity positioned between the first end and the second end. In addition, the seismic survey apparatus includes a proof mass moveably disposed in the inner cavity of the body. The proof mass is configured to move axially relative to the body. Further, the seismic survey apparatus includes a first sensor disposed in the inner cavity. The first sensor comprises a first piezoelectric element configured to detect the axial movement of the proof mass relative to the body. Still further, the seismic survey apparatus includes electronic circuitry coupled to the first piezoelectric element. The electronic circuitry is configured to receive and process an output of the first piezoelectric element. The proof mass comprises a power supply configured to provide electrical power to the electronic circuitry.
US11016204B2	Imaging system and method for making the same An imaging system is provided. A method for installing the imaging system is provided. The imaging system may include a first modality imaging apparatus. The first modality imaging apparatus may have a detector including a scintillator unit, a photodetector unit, a circuit unit, a supporting block, and a supporting board. The supporting block may be disposed on an end of the scintillator unit. The supporting board may be disposed between the photodetector unit and the circuit unit.
US11016191B2	Network-based ultrasound imaging system Systems and methods for network-based ultrasound imaging are provided, which can include a number of features. In some embodiments, an ultrasound imaging system images an object with three-dimensional unfocused pings and obtains digital sample sets from a plurality of receiver elements. A sub-set of the digital sample sets can be electronically transferred to a remote server, where the sub-set can be beamformed to produce a series of two-dimensional image frames. A video stream made up of the series of two-dimensional images frames can then be transferred from the remote server to a display device.
US11016185B1	Systems and methods for bi-static or multi-static holographic navigation The application relates to bi-static or multi-static holographic navigation systems, including methods of localizing an emitter or receiver with high precision relative to the sea floor. The system and methods can be used with a fully active sonar or radar system using well synchronized transmitters and receivers. The system and methods can be used with a passive sonar or radar system localizing a transmitter or a receiver based on poorly timed received signals.
US11016178B2	Eye-safe scanning LIDAR system A LIDAR illuminator includes a plurality of laser sources, each comprising an electrical input that receives a modulation drive signal that causes each of the plurality of laser sources to generate an optical beam. A controller having a plurality of electrical outputs, where a respective one of the plurality of electrical outputs is connected to an electrical input of a respective one of the plurality of laser sources, generates a plurality of modulation drive signals that cause the plurality of laser sources to generate a plurality of optical beams that form a combined optical beam. A peak optical energy of the combined optical beam in a measurement aperture at a measurement distance is less than a desired value.
US11016177B2	Method for estimating object distance and electronic device In an embodiment, a method for estimating an object distance is used by an electronic device including a light sensor. The method includes: detecting, by the light sensor, a light reflected from an object; establishing an object brightness table according to the detected light, where the object brightness table records brightness information of the light corresponding to a plurality of pixel locations; analyzing the object brightness table and a plurality of base brightness tables to obtain differential quantitative information and obtaining a target base distance corresponding to a target base brightness table among the base brightness tables according to the differential quantitative information; and determining a distance between the electronic device and the object according to the target base distance.
US11016172B2	Testing system and method for testing the performance of a detector A testing system for testing the performance of a detector is described, comprising a target generator for generating a target and a control unit that comprises at least one of a processing sub-unit, an analyzing sub-unit and a calculation sub-unit. The control unit is connected to the target generator such that the control unit is configured to control the target generator for controlling the target generated. The target generator is configured to transmit signals to the detector and/or to receive signals from the detector. The control unit is further configured to receive and to process data related to a detected target by the detector wherein the control unit is configured to determine a constant false alarm rate based on the data received by the detector and/or the data of the target generator for characterizing the performance of the detector. Furthermore, a method for testing the performance of a detector is described.
US11016166B1	Ultra-compact star scanner A star scanner is provided that uses miniaturized high-speed electronics and an ultra-compact freeform optical design. The star scanner reduces instrument volume, reduces power consumption, and reduces costs, relative to existing star scanners. The optics can be used with a credit card-like footprint, electronics sensor board with optimally packed electronics.
US11016165B1	Acoustic fields and micro-devices Devices and methods are described for transmitting acoustic waves through a fluid medium to communicate between a macro-scale transceiver and micro-devices or to communicate between micro-devices. Acoustical transmission can be used to communicate data or to provide power to the micro-device(s). The ability to transmit and receive on multiple frequencies can optimize the transmission for a particular situation.
US11016164B2	Transmit arrangement for generating a signal pattern suitable for localization and receive arrangement for executing a localization A transmit arrangement (100) for generating a signal pattern suitable for a localization comprises a first antenna (102) and at least one second antenna (104) spatially separated from the first antenna. A transmit apparatus (106) of the transmit arrangement (100) is configured to generate a known signal form and to transmit the known signal form by means of a transmit signal via the first and second antennas (104).
US11016162B2	Method and magnetic resonance apparatus for generating a combination image dataset In a method and magnetic resonance apparatus for generating at least one combination image dataset, a first image dataset is acquired with a turbo spin echo sequence, wherein the echo signals are timed so that the spins of two spin species in the region to be examined are in-phase. A second image dataset is acquired with a turbo spin echo sequence, wherein the echo signals are timed so that the spins of two spin species in the region to be examined have opposed phase. The first image dataset and the second image dataset are combined to form a combination image.
US11016149B2	Detecting internal short circuits in batteries A battery management system (BMS) described herein determines the internal resistance for a cell that may have an internal short circuit. In one aspect, the BMS monitors the voltage across each of a plurality cells that are coupled in series. If the voltage across one of the cells differs from the voltages across the other cells, the BMS can flag the cell as potentially having an internal short circuit. Once flagged, the BMS can use a simulator that stores a model cell that has similar characteristics as the cells monitored by the BMS to determine the internal resistance of the flagged cell. In one aspect, the simulator changes the value of a surrogate resistor that is parallel with the model cell until the voltage across the model cell matches the voltage of the flagged cell. The value of the surrogate resistor indicates the internal resistance of the flagged cell.
US11016141B2	Monitoring systems for industrial machines having dynamically adjustable computational units A flexible monitoring system and corresponding methods of use are provided. The system can include a base containing backplane, and one or more monitoring circuits. The monitoring circuits can be designed with a common architecture that is programmable to perform different predetermined functions. As a result, monitoring circuits can be shared between different implementations of the flexible monitoring system. Multiple bases that can be communicatively coupled in a manner that establishes a common backplane between respective bases that is formed from the individual backplanes of each base. Each monitoring circuit is not limited to sending data to and/or receiving data from the backplane to which it is physically coupled but can instead can communicate along the common backplane. Computational processing capacity can be increased or decreased independently of input signals received by addition or removal of processing circuits from the monitoring system.
US11016137B2	Semiconductor inspection jig A semiconductor inspection jig includes: a jig body having a recessed part provided on a top surface of the jig body; a printed circuit board provided on the top surface of the jig body; a GND block provided in the recessed part and having first and second side faces opposite to each other; first and second blocks provided in the recessed part and sandwiching the GND block; a push-up part pushing up the GND block from a bottom surface of the recessed part; a first press part pressing the first block against the first side face of the GND block; and a second press part pressing the second block against the second side face of the GND block.
US11016125B2	Current sensor A current sensor includes a substrate, a first bus bar, and a second bus bar. The first bus bar includes a first terminal portion, a first rising portion, a first extending portion, a first cutout portion, and a first stepped portion. The second bus bar includes a second terminal portion, a second rising portion, a second extending portion, a second cutout portion, and a second stepped portion. The second stepped portion and the second rising portion are connected together. A second magneto-electric conversion element is mounted on the lower surface of the substrate. A first magneto-electric conversion elements is mounted on the upper surface of the substrate.
US11016115B2	Measuring device for measuring the space of two selected points on a shaping machine or handling apparatus A shaping machine or a handling apparatus for a shaping machine includes at least one measuring device for measuring the spacing of two selected points of the shaping machine or the handling apparatus. Furthermore, the at least one measuring device has at least one piezoresistive micromechanical sensor.
US11016099B2	Prediction of clinical response to IL23-antagonists using IL23 pathway biomarkers The present invention relates to the use of components of the IL23 pathway as biomarkers, e.g., IL22, LCN2 and combinations thereof, to stratify or identify populations of patients suffering from IL23-mediated diseases (e.g., Crohn's disease) responsive to treatment with an anti-IL23 antagonist (including, e.g., anti-IL23 antibodies or antigen-binding fragments thereof). Levels of IL23 pathway biomarkers above or below a predetermined threshold can be used, for example, (i) to determine whether a patient with an IL23-mediated disease or disorder such a Crohn's disease is eligible or non-eligible for treatment with a therapeutic agent (e.g., an ant-IL23 antibody), (ii) to determine whether treatment with a certain agent should be commenced, suspended, or modified, (iii) to diagnose whether the IL23-mediated disease is treatable or not treatable with a specific therapeutic agent, or (iv) to predict the outcome of treating the IL23-mediated disease with a specific therapeutic agent.
US11016096B2	Detection kit for quaternary ammonium compound having γ-carboxyl group The invention discloses a detection kit for a quaternary ammonium compound having a γ-carboxyl group. The kit includes a fluorescent compound having a fluorophore. The fluorophore of the fluorescent compound is used for forming a derivative with the γ-carboxyl group of the quaternary ammonium compound by an SN2 nucleophilic substitution reaction. The kit further includes a polar aprotic solvent used for accelerating the SN2 nucleophilic substitution reaction.
US11016091B2	Identification, selection and use of high curative potential T cell epitopes A method for identifying T-cell epitopes which can be used to elicit T cells targeting cells capable of regenerating cancers is disclosed. The method identifies T-cell epitopes with a high curative potential, high potency and high probability of T cell recognition (HP). The method includes: (i) identifying high curative potential tumor protein target i.e., identifying HP-TP; (ii) identifying peptide sequences within the protein sequence of an HP-TP that have a high probability of eliciting T cell killing; and (iii) qualifying the sequence specificity based on the fold difference between the specific target and non-targets. The identified T-cell epitopes include a core sequence of 9 amino acids homologous to a sequence expressed within a qualified HP-TP. The T-cell epitopes can be used in a method for reprograming T cells to selectively attack tumor cells capable of perpetuating a tumor and treating patients, for example, cancer patients.
US11016088B2	Chemically-sensitive field effect transistors, systems, and methods for manufacturing and using the same This invention concerns Chemically-sensitive Field Effect Transistors (ChemFETs) that are preferably fabricated using semiconductor fabrication methods on a semiconductor wafer, and in preferred embodiments, on top of an integrated circuit structure made using semiconductor fabrication methods. The instant ChemFETs typically comprise a conductive source, a conductive drain, and a channel composed of a one-dimensional (1D) or two-dimensional (2D) transistor nanomaterial, which channel extends from the source to the drain and is fabricated using semiconductor fabrication techniques on top of a wafer. The ChemFET also includes a gate, often the gate voltage is provided through a fluid or solution proximate the ChemFET. Such ChemFETs, preferably configured in independently addressable arrays, may be employed to detect a presence and/or concentration changes of various analyte types in chemical and/or biological samples, including nucleic acid hybridization and/or sequencing reactions.
US11016079B2	Integrated membrane sensor for rapid molecular detection Disclosed are methods, compositions, and devices for an integrated, heterogeneous ion-exchange membrane-based plastic microfluidic biochip platform that can be used to detect multiple diagnostic markers present in real samples. Its various components can be easily integrated in a modular fashion for different applications. Automated control allows sequential and dynamic activation of different components on the chip. The integrated platform consists of three units and is designed to execute the following functions: (i) separation of the target biomolecules from the real sample, (ii) localizing and concentrating the targeted molecules at a specific location in the microfluidic chip, and (iii) detection of the targeted molecules using hybridization/docking events against a complementary ssDNA oligoprobe sequence or a specific antibody.
US11016077B2	Analysis apparatus Provided is an analysis apparatus configured to analyze characteristics of a viscoelastic material based on a viscoelastic material constitutive law in which an elastic element and a viscoelastic element are arranged in parallel with each other; calculate, in a viscoelastic material model divided into a finite number of elements each having a node, a displacement amount of the node; calculate a strain rate at the node through use of the displacement amount; calculate, as a relaxation time of the viscoelastic element, a value proportional to a value of a power using the strain rate as a base and a value of a power using a shift factor of a temperature-time conversion law as a base; and calculate a stress at the node through use of the relaxation time.
US11016074B2	Apparatus for measuring water hardness using ion selective electrode An apparatus for determining total hardness in a fluid stream utilizing an ion exchange column in a monovalent cationic form having an inlet and an outlet, where one or more monovalent ion selective electrodes are positioned either at an inlet, outlet, or at both locations simultaneously. The monovalent cation selective electrodes are in electrical communication with one another, and in fluid communication with one or more valves incorporated within a fluid path in order to introduce feed water/softened water to the monovalent cation selective electrodes. Additionally, one blending valve may be incorporated in the ion exchange column to allow a fraction of the feed (hard) water to mix with a fraction of the softened water. In this manner, the blending valve may be utilized to adjust the hardness of the water at the output.
US11016066B2	Compact gas analysis device and method A gas analysis device suited for e.g. medical analysis of exhaled breath from a subject. A gas inlet receives a gas sample to a flow path for guiding the gas sample to two or more gas separators, e.g. gas chromatography columns, with respective molecule selectivity properties which are different. One or more detectors, each with a sensor, are arranged to generate respective responses to outputs from the two or more gas separators. A communication module generate output data in response to the respective responses from the one or more detectors, e.g. data indicative of selected molecules in the gas sample, e.g. data indicative of one or more diseases identified as a result of identified biomarkers in the gas sample. The device is suitable as a compact device, e.g. a handheld breath analysis device, since the use of a plurality of gas separators allows use of very molecule specific gas separators which can be implemented with a small size. E.g. a flow path with several parallel paths each comprising one or more gas separator may be used.
US11016065B2	Gas chromatograph In a gas chromatograph 1, a back-pressure calculation processor 242 calculates a back pressure for a first detector. The pressure calculation processor 243 calculates a pressure of a carrier gas in a branching part. The back-flow determination processor 244 compares the pressure of the carrier gas in the branching part calculated by the pressure calculation processor 243 with the back pressure of the first detector calculated by the back-pressure calculation processor 242, and if the pressure of the carrier gas in the branching part is smaller than the back pressure of the first detector, the back-flow determination processor 244 determines that the carrier gas will flow back. It is therefore possible to surely know that there is a possibility that a back-flow of the carrier gas will occur, by checking the determination result of the back-flow determination processor 244.
US11016061B2	Method and apparatus for evaluating damage to magnetic linear body A damage evaluation apparatus, which is used on a concrete structure having an embedded tendon to be evaluated for damage. The damage apparatus includes a magnetizer for generating magnetic force, and a detector for detecting a change in magnetism produced from a damaged area of the tendon. The magnetizer includes an excitation coil; an iron core passed through a center hole of the excitation coil; and a pair of columnar yokes connected to respective ends of the iron core and each extending toward the surface of the concrete. By passing an electric current through the excitation coil, a magnetic circuit is formed by the yoke shaft, the pair of columnar yokes, and the tendon over a range thereof situated between a pair of plate-shaped yokes. Current that flows through the excitation coil is controlled such that the magnetic flux density of the tendon is rendered constant.
US11016060B2	Method and apparatus for evaluating damage to magnetic linear body A damage evaluation apparatus, to evaluate damage to a tendon embedded in concrete. The apparatus includes a magnetizer for generating magnetic force, and a detector for detecting change in magnetism produced from a damaged area of the tendon when magnetized. The magnetizer includes a excitation coil; an iron core passing through a center hole of the excitation coil; a pair of columnar yokes connected to respective ends of the iron core and extending toward the concrete; and a pair of plate-shaped yokes connected to the pair of columnar yokes at a distal end thereof for forming magnetic poles having spread along the surface of the concrete. By passing an electric current through the excitation coil, a magnetic circuit is formed by the yoke shaft, the pair of columnar yokes, the pair of plate-shaped yokes, and the tendon over a range thereof situated between the pair of plate-shaped yokes.
US11016053B2	Devices and methods for sample analysis Methods, devices, and systems for analyte analysis using a nanopore are disclosed. The methods, devices, and systems utilize a first and a second binding member that each specifically bind to an analyte in a biological sample. The method further includes detecting and/or counting a cleavable tag attached to the second binding member and correlating the presence and/or the number of tags to presence and/or concentration of the analyte. Certain aspects of the methods do not involve a tag, rather the second binding member may be directly detected/quantitated. The detecting and/or counting may be performed by translocating the tag/second binding member through a nanopore. Devices and systems that are programmed to carry out the disclosed methods are also provided. Also provided herein are instruments that are programmed to operate a cartridge that includes an array of electrodes for actuating a droplet and further includes an electrochemical species sensing region. The instrument may be used to analyse a sample in a cartridge that includes an array of electrodes for actuating a droplet and further includes a nanopore layer for detecting translocation of a tag/second binding member through nanopore. An instrument configured to operate a first cartridge that includes an array of electrodes for actuating a droplet and further includes an electrochemical species sensing region and a second cartridge that includes an array of electrodes for actuating a droplet and further includes a nanopore layer for detecting translocation of a tag/second binding member through nanopore is disclosed. An instrument configured to operate a cartridge that includes an array of electrodes for actuating a droplet, an electrochemical species sensing region, and a nanopore layer for detecting translocation of a tag/second binding member through nanopore is disclosed.
US11016052B2	Electrochemical sensor and method for manufacturing A sensor includes a sheath that is elongated along a longitudinal axis; a spacer positioned within the sheath and defining first and second channels having lengths that extend along the longitudinal axis; a first elongated member positioned within the first channel; and a second elongated member positioned within the second channel. The first elongated member includes an active surface forming a working electrode and the second elongated member including an active surface defining a counter electrode.
US11016046B2	Electrical methods and systems for concrete testing Hundreds of thousands of concrete bridges and hundreds of billions of tons of concrete require characterization with time for corrosion. Accordingly, protocols for rapid testing and improved field characterization systems that automatically triangulate electrical resistivity and half-cell corrosion potential measurements would be beneficial allowing discrete/periodic mapping of a structure to be performed as well as addressing testing for asphalt covered concrete. Further, it is the low frequency impedance of rebar in concrete that correlates to corrosion state but these are normally time consuming vulnerable to noise. Hence, it would be beneficial to provide a means of making low frequency electrical resistivity measurements rapidly. Further, prior art techniques for electrical rebar measurements require electrical connection be made to the rebar which increases measurement complexity/disruption/repair/cost even when no corrosion is identified. Beneficially a method of determining the state of a rebar without electrical contact is taught.
US11016039B2	Measurement processing device, measurement processing method, measurement processing program, and method for manufacturing structure A measurement processing device used for an x-ray inspection apparatus that detects an x-ray passing through a specimen with a detection unit to sequentially inspect a plurality of specimens on the basis of an acquired transmission image, includes a setting unit that sets a region to be inspected on a portion of the specimen; a determination unit that determines the non-defectiveness of the region to be inspected by using a transmission image of the x-ray that passed through the region to be inspected; a correction unit that performs a correction on the region to be inspected on the basis of a determination result by the determination unit; and a display control unit that displays the corrected region to be inspected corrected by the correction unit.
US11016022B2	Multimodal imaging system A multimodal imaging system comprises a light source, an image sensor comprising a plurality of pixels, and an optical filter comprising a first filter element and a second filter element. The light source emits partially coherent polarized light, and the first filter element and second filter element are arranged as an array parallel to the image sensor. The first filter element is configured for attenuated transmission of a first light spectrum, which comprises polarized light emitted by the light source, and the second filter element is configured for transmission of a second light spectrum. The image sensor is configured to simultaneously capture light impinging on the image sensor from both the first filter element and the second filter element. Each filter element of the optical filter is configured for transmission of light to a subset of the imager pixels.
US11016021B2	Optical sensor with coextensive solid angle light source The present disclosure discloses an optical sensor for liquid or gas analysis including a light source that emits measurement radiation and a housing, wherein the light source is arranged in the housing, and wherein the light source radiates measurement radiation out of the housing in a solid angle. The optical sensor further includes a signal light source that emits visible light from the housing in at least the same solid angle.
US11016008B2	Reagent nozzle sipper mixing system and method An analysis instrument may perform analytical operations on an analyte that is combined with multiple reagents prior to being introduced into a flow cell. The instrument may include a nozzle sipper that aspirates reagents from a recipient, along with an analyte. The reagents may be directed to a volume and may be repeatedly moved into and out of the volume by cycling of a pump. The reagents may be ejected into a destination recipient with the nozzle sipper promoting vorticity in the recipient to enhance mixing. The repeated aspiration and ejection through the nozzle sipper effectively mixes the reagents and the template in an automated or semi-automated fashion.
US11016005B2	Cutting system, a system for obtaining a sample of plant material comprising the same, and method The present invention is related to a cutting system. It is further related to a system for obtaining a sample of plant material and method. Such a system can for instance be used for DNA analysis as part of a plant breeding program. According to the invention, the cutting system comprises a cutting device having a hollow cutting element having a cutting edge facing a leaf of a plant to be sampled, a drive unit for rotating said cutting element about a longitudinal axis of said cutting element to cut through the leaf, and a gas flow direction unit for applying a suction force through the hollow cutting element. The cutting system further comprises a control unit for controlling the drive unit and the gas flow direction unit. According to the invention, the hollow cutting element is elongated and the control unit is configured to control the gas flow direction unit and the drive unit such that said suction force is applied during said cutting through the leaf, and preferably at least prior to said cutting through the leaf.
US11016002B2	In situ vibration-based verification of vehicle doors In situ vibration-based verification of vehicle doors may be performed to identify defects in the doors. An example vehicle includes a vibration exciter affixed to a door and a vibration sensor affixed to a window of the door. The example vehicle also includes a processor coupled to memory storing expected vibration data. The processor performs, via the vibration exciter, a sine sweep on the door and measures, via the vibration sensor, a vibration response of the door to the sine sweep. Based on the vibration response and the expected vibration data, the processor determines whether the door is defective.
US11015997B1	Smart carpet, pad, or strip for leak detection and loss mitigation A system for detecting a leak or spill and mitigating losses resulting therefrom comprises a floor covering and a software application. The floor covering includes a sensor assembly, a processing element, and a transmitter. The sensor assembly generates information when exposed to liquid. The processing element determines a location of the liquid based upon the information from the sensor assembly. The transmitter transmits data regarding the liquid. The software application executes on an electronic device and is operable to receive data from the floor covering regarding the liquid; display a message that liquid has been detected on the floor covering; calculate an area of the liquid; determine whether a leak is still occurring and if so, shut an electronically controllable valve; transmit data regarding the liquid to an insurance provider; and/or receive insurance-related information from the insurance provider, such as information related to a proposed insurance claim or estimated damage.
US11015991B2	Bending sensor for flexible display panel Disclosed herein are flexible display panels and bend detection circuits for flexible display panels where the bend detection circuit can be formed on a flexible substrate of the flexible display panel stack. The bend detection circuit including a number of sensor elements arranged to change an electric response to an applied electric signal based on an applied physical force. The bend detection circuits also including a bend sensing circuit arranged to measure a time delay of the number of sensor elements to the applied electric signal.
US11015989B2	Resistive-capacitive deformation sensor A deformation sensing apparatus comprises an elastic substrate, a first strain-gauge element formed on a first surface of the elastic substrate, and configured to output a first signal in response to a strain applied in a first direction, and a second strain-gauge element formed on a second surface of the elastic substrate opposite to the first surface, and configured to output a second signal in response to a strain applied in the same first direction.
US11015976B2	Method for constructing meshed model and discrete chromatography of eight-element primary color HSB full color gamut color space A method for constructing a meshed model and a discrete chromatography of eight primary color HSB color space is provided. By a meshed digital model and a discrete algorithm of color space, the color value and the color distribution in any point, line, surface and space area in the HSB color space can be quickly obtained based on color values of eight primary colors and coordinate values of mesh points in the HSB color space, thereby (i) realizing the full color gamut discrete chromatography of the HSB color space, (ii) realizing the visualization of the full color gamut of the color space, and (iii) improving the work efficiency of color matching.
US11015951B2	Feature selection in transit mode Some embodiments provide a mapping application that displays a transit map including a group of lines that each corresponds to at least one transit route and, for each line, a set of transit-related features located along the line. The mapping application receives a selection of a transit line and, in response to the selection, modifies the transit map to emphasize the selected transit line and the set of features located along the selected transit line.
US11015949B2	System having automated route generation and optimization A system is disclosed for managing waste services by a service vehicle. The system may have a locating device configured to generate a location signal indicative of a location of the service vehicle, a sensor configured to generate a service signal indicative of a waste service being performed by the service vehicle, an input device, and a processing unit in communication with the locating device, the sensor, and the input device. The processing unit may be configured to make a determination that the service vehicle has made a plurality of service stops based on the location and service signals, and to automatically generate at least one service route including the plurality of service stops. The processing unit may also be configured to display the at least one service route and the plurality of service stops on a map in at least one graphical user interface on the input device.
US11015933B2	Micromechanical detection structure for a MEMS sensor device, in particular a MEMS gyroscope, with improved driving features A micromechanical detection structure includes a substrate of semiconductor material and a driving-mass arrangement is coupled to a set of driving electrodes and driven in a driving movement following upon biasing of the set of driving electrodes. A first anchorage unit is coupled to the driving-mass arrangement for elastically coupling the driving-mass arrangement to the substrate at first anchorages. A driven-mass arrangement is elastically coupled to the driving-mass arrangement by a coupling unit and designed to be driven by the driving movement. A second anchorage unit is coupled to the driven-mass arrangement for elastically coupling the driven-mass arrangement to the substrate at second anchorages. Following upon the driving movement, the resultant of the forces and of the torques exerted on the substrate at the first and second anchorages is substantially zero.
US11015920B2	Wheel balancer system with hood mounted measurement sensors An apparatus and method for use with a vehicle wheel balancing system (100) to obtain non-contact measurements of dimensions on a wheel assembly (200) secured on a spindle shaft (104), together with identification of, and distances to, operator-selected locations on various surfaces of a wheel assembly 200.
US11015911B2	Explosion-proof housing with inner pressure relief A housing arrangement comprising a housing wall with internal cavities which contribute to relieving the pressure in the interior and to increasing the deformation resistance of the housing. A housing of this kind can be designed to be large in volume yet light in weight.
US11015900B2	Optic cover with releasably retained display A cover for use with an optic device to hold and display shooting information. The cover may have resilient retention members that allow a display to be releasably attached and detached from the cover. The display may be made from a single substrate or multiple substrates in order to make the shooting information contained thereon highly visible in a variety of conditions and shooting preferences. The cover may include a flexible body for securing the cover to optic devices of a variety of sizes.
US11015899B2	Firearm holster A firearm holster includes a first half shell and a second half shell. The first half shell is nested in the second half shell to form a cavity therebetween for enclosing one or both of a barrel and a trigger area of a firearm. The cavity further includes an opening for receiving the firearm and otherwise having no other gaps or openings.
US11015889B2	Location-based gun magazine A location-based gun magazine has a housing having a plurality of locking apertures, a spring, a wireless receiver switching device, a battery, and an electromagnet locking mechanism. The electromagnet locking mechanism has a locking tab for engaging and locking with the plurality of locking apertures, the locking tab actuatable via the electromagnet, the electromagnet receiving a signal from the wireless receiver switching device. The wireless receiver switching device may have a radio receiver, a GPS chip, or other device for receiving location-based information.
US11015878B2	Heat transfer tube for heat exchanger A thermal energy exchange tube for a heat exchanger includes a tube inner surface and a tube outer surface radially offset from the tube inner surface. The tube outer surface includes patterned porosity with a plurality of high porosity regions of the tube outer surface having relatively high porosity to promote flow of fluid radially inwardly via capillary flow, and a plurality of low porosity regions of the tube outer surface having relatively low porosity to facilitate vapor departure from the tube outer surface.
US11015875B2	Electrochemical heat pump A solution flows through a salinate chamber and a desalinate chamber of an electrochemical cell. Solutes are moved from the desalinate chamber to the salinate chamber to create respective solvent and concentrate streams from the desalinate and salinate chambers. The concentrate stream flows to a recombination cell where it is combined with a solvent. The combination causes at least one of an absorption of heat within the recombination cell and emission of heat from the recombination cell.
US11015874B1	Advanced cooling system using throttled internal cooling passage flow for a window assembly, and methods of fabrication and use thereof A window assembly heat transfer system is disclosed in which a window member has a selected transparency to monitored or sensed light wavelengths. One or more passages are provided in the window member for flowing a single-phase or two-phase heat transfer fluid, the passages being optically non-transparent to the monitored or sensed light wavelengths. A mechanism allows either evaporation or condensation of the fluid and/or balancing of a flow of the fluid within the passages. In one embodiment, the window assembly can be made by producing passages in a top surface of a first single plate, optionally producing passages in a bottom surface of a second single plate and bonding the top surface of the first plate to a bottom surface of a second single plate to form the window member with the passage or passages. In another embodiment, the window assembly can be made by providing a core around which the window member material is grown and thereafter removing the core to produce the passage or passages.
US11015866B2	Process and plant for the combination production of a mixture of hydrogen and nitrogen and also of carbon monoxide by cryogenic distillation and cryogenic scrubbing Process for the combined production of a mixture of hydrogen and nitrogen, and of carbon monoxide by cryogenic distillation and cryogenic scrubbing, wherein a methane-rich liquid is introduced at a first intermediate level of a scrubbing column as first scrubbing liquid and at least one nitrogen-rich liquid is introduced at a level higher than the first level of the scrubbing column as second scrubbing liquid and a mixture of hydrogen and nitrogen is drawn off as overhead gas from the scrubbing column.
US11015865B2	System and method for natural gas liquid production with flexible ethane recovery or rejection A system and method for producing an NGL product stream in either an ethane retention or rejection mode. Rejection modes include (a) two heat exchange stages between a feed stream and first separator bottoms stream and cooling a side stream withdrawn from a fractionation tower through heat exchange with both the fractionation tower and second separator overhead streams; or (b) warming the first separator bottoms stream and fractionation overhead stream through heat exchange with the side stream prior to heat exchange with the feed stream, to achieve 4-15% ethane recovery and 97%+ propane recovery. In ethane retention mode, a portion of the feed stream and portions of a first separator overhead and bottoms streams are separately cooled through heat exchange with other process streams, including the entireties of a recycled residue gas and fractionation column overhead streams, resulting in around 99% ethane and around 100% propane recovery.
US11015862B2	Water storage device and refrigerator having the same A water storage device and a refrigerator, the water storage device comprising: a housing having a water inlet end and a water outlet end, and a water distribution plate. The water distribution plate divides a water storage cavity into a water inlet cavity and a water outlet cavity; a gap for allowing water to flow through is provided between the outer edge of the water distribution plate and the inner wall of the housing; when the water distribution plate moves from the water inlet end towards the water outlet end, water entering the water inlet cavity from the water inlet end will not mix with cold water in the water outlet cavity.
US11015859B2	Refrigerator A refrigerator provides visual information indicating a map of the refrigerator and technical operations of the corresponding regions. The refrigerator includes a voice recognition function using a proximity sensor. The refrigerator has input/output (I/O) management functions for foods stored therein. The refrigerator communicates with a peripheral device over a network.
US11015854B2	Modular system for heating and/or cooling requirements A racked modular system for heating and/or cooling requirements includes a first plurality of equipment modules, a second plurality of equipment modules, a first storage rack and a second storage rack. The first storage rack is constructed and arranged to receive the first plurality of equipment modules. The second storage rack is constructed and arranged to receive the second plurality of equipment modules. The disclosed system also includes a plurality of water manifolds which are constructed and arranged for interconnecting the first plurality of equipment modules with the second plurality of equipment modules. In one exemplary embodiment the equipment modules are chillers.
US11015851B2	Refrigeration cycle device A refrigeration cycle device performs a heating operation and a defrosting operation. A refrigerant circulates in opposite directions in the defrosting operation and the heating operation. The refrigeration cycle device includes a compressor, a first heat exchanger and a second heat exchanger, a decompressor, and a flow path switch. In the heating operation, the refrigerant circulates in the order of the compressor, the first heat exchanger, the decompressor, and the second heat exchanger. In the defrosting operation, the refrigerant circulates in the order of the compressor, the second heat exchanger, the decompressor, and the first heat exchanger. The defrosting operation includes a first mode and a second mode. The opening of the decompressor is greater in the first mode than in the heating operation. The opening of the decompressor is less in the second mode than in the first mode.
US11015845B2	Systems and methods for managing conditions in enclosed space Systems and methods for controlling temperature in an enclosed space can include an air-to-air heat exchanger (AAHX) and a direct evaporative cooler (DEC). The DEC can be located in a scavenger or outdoor air stream such that the DEC cools the outdoor air, which is then used to cool or reject heat from a process air stream passing through the AAHX. In an example, the AAHX can be a sensible wheel. In another example, the AAHX can be a counter-flow flat plate. The system can operate in various modes, including an economizer mode and an evaporation mode, depending, in part, on the outdoor air conditions and a load on the system. In some examples, the system can include a DX coil to provide additional cooling to the process air in another operating mode.
US11015843B2	Caloric heat pump hydraulic system A refrigerator appliance includes a fresh food working fluid circuit that couples a hot side heat exchanger, a fresh food cold side heat exchanger and a fresh food regenerator. A first pair of diverter valves and a hot side reservoir are coupled to the fresh food working fluid circuit. The hot side reservoir is positioned below one or both of the first pair of diverter valves. A freezer working fluid circuit couples a freezer cold side heat exchanger and a freezer regenerator. A second pair of diverter valves and a fresh food cold side reservoir are coupled to the freezer working fluid circuit. The fresh food cold side reservoir is positioned below one or both of the second pair of diverter valves. A liquid-liquid heat exchanger is also coupled to the fresh food working fluid circuit.
US11015842B2	Magneto-caloric thermal diode assembly with radial polarity alignment A magneto-caloric thermal diode assembly includes a first magneto-caloric cylinder and a second magneto-caloric cylinder. The second magneto-caloric cylinder and a second plurality of thermal stages are nested concentrically within the first magneto-caloric cylinder and a first plurality of thermal stages. A plurality of magnets is distributed along a circumferential direction within a non-magnetic ring in each thermal stage of the first and second pluralities of thermal stages. Each thermal stage of the first and second pluralities of thermal stages has a first half and a second half. A polarity of the magnets of the plurality of magnets within the first half is oriented opposite a polarity of the magnets of the plurality of magnets within the second half along the radial direction in each thermal stage of the first and second pluralities of thermal stages.
US11015828B2	Refrigeration system with utilization unit leak detection A refrigeration system includes a plurality of utilization units provided for one air conditioning target space, a refrigerant leakage sensor that detects a leakage of the refrigerant in a lower part of the air conditioning target space, and a control unit. In a case where the refrigerant leakage sensor detects the refrigerant leakage, the control unit performs detection standby control on the utilization units such that the supply of the refrigerant to utilization-side heat exchangers is temporarily stopped. In a case where the refrigerant leakage is detected based on the state quantity of the refrigerant corresponding to the utilization units under the detection standby control, the control unit stops the use of the utilization unit in which the refrigerant leakage has been detected.
US11015825B2	Intelligent air-drying system and method An intelligent air-drying system and method are provided. The intelligent air-drying system includes an air-drying device and an application program. The air-drying device includes a device body, a sensing unit, a heater, and a processing unit. The device body has a water-absorbing material for absorbing moisture in the air. The sensing unit is disposed on the device body to detect the humidity of the environment where the air-drying device is located. The heater is disposed on the device body to heat the water-absorbing material. The processing unit is coupled to the sensing unit and the heater, and the processing unit executes the application program. The startup timing of the heater is dynamically predicted based on the daily humidity change measured by the sensing unit, and the heater is started before the water-absorbing material reaches saturation to ensure the water-absorbing and dehumidifying capabilities of the water-absorbing material.
US11015824B2	Air curtain containment system and assembly for data centers An air curtain containment system and assembly for data centers forms an air curtain over the server cabinets thereby separating hot air in a hot aisle from cool ambient air. The air curtain containment system includes ducts which include a hot air intake section that receives hot air discharged from servers, which are disposed in server cabinets. The ducts include heat exchangers for cooling the hot air and at least one air curtain discharge section. A housing is coupled to a wall of the ducts, and includes a cooling edge device fan. The cooling edge device fan is disposed along the ducts, and is configured to draw the hot air for cooling through the heat exchangers. An air curtain fan assembly is disposed along the ducts. The air curtain fan assembly expels cold air through the air curtain discharge section, and thereby forms an air curtain over the server cabinets.
US11015822B2	Ventilation fan mounting assembly An assembly for use in mounting an object in an opening in a structural member, the structural member having opposing first and second surfaces, the assembly including a housing that is sized and shaped to define an interior to house the object and that can be received within the opening in the structural member, a trim ring sized and shaped to fit within the interior of the housing and to bear against the second surface of the structural member, and a cover having a first panel sized and shaped to cover the trim ring, the cover having a connector that releasably connects the cover to the housing, the cover further including at least one standoff extending therefrom that is sized and shaped to bear against the trim ring to hold the trim ring in place.
US11015821B2	Method and device for controlling photovoltaic air conditioning system A method for controlling a photovoltaic air conditioning system. The method comprises: detecting a grid frequency (101); when the detected grid frequency is not equal to a pre-set frequency, calculating and obtaining a control parameter according to the detected grid frequency (102); and controlling a photovoltaic air conditioning by means of the calculated and obtained control parameter (103). Also disclosed is a photovoltaic air conditioning control device.
US11015820B2	Outdoor unit and air conditioner An outdoor unit comprises a casing, a fan, a heat exchanger, an electrical component, a heat radiation member, and a duct. The casing is provided with an air outlet. The fan is disposed inside the casing and configured to blow air to the outside of the casing via the air outlet. The heat exchanger is disposed inside the casing at a position lower than the fan. The electrical component is disposed inside the casing at a position lower than the heat exchanger. The heat radiation member is connected to the electrical component inside the casing. The duct is configured to accommodate at least part of the heat radiation member inside the casing and extend in the vertical direction. An upper end of the duct is configured to protrude upward higher than a lower end of the heat exchanger.
US11015806B2	Combustion device test apparatus and method A combustion device test apparatus including a combustion device, a holding station configured to hold the combustion device, a fuel supply conduit, and a pressure wave fuse coupling the fuel supply conduit to the combustion device, the pressure wave fuse being frictionally coupled to one or more of the combustion device and the fuel supply conduit at a frictional coupling such that the pressure wave fuse is configured to disengage one or more of the combustion device and the fuel supply conduit at the frictional coupling upon traversal of a flame front pressure wave through the pressure wave fuse.
US11015796B1	Thermally dissipative unibody lighting structure A self-supporting luminaire housing that can additionally support additional housings mounted for mounting to a support pole without any cross arms. The housing has a mounting plate for an illumination source, a spine spaced apart from the mounting plate, triangular fins extending between the mounting plate and the spine, and a set of braces coupled to and extending from the mounting plate to the spine. The mounting plate is rectangular, and the spine extends longitudinally relative to the mounting plate. Some of the braces extend perpendicularly from the mounting plate, and some of the braces extend obliquely from the mounting plate to form a supporting truss with the spin and the mounting plate. The housing may be formed as an integral unit to improve thermal dissipation via two thermal pathways from the illumination source to the fins.
US11015788B1	Light fixture with integral handle A light fixture having a housing and a handle formed integrally in the housing. In some embodiments, the handle is positioned at a center of gravity of the light fixture so as to facilitate carrying of the light fixture and/or to reduce stress on the carrier's hand.
US11015785B1	Light fixture system with continuous fire barrier Described is a light fixture system having a fixture housing with a base and sidewall that form a housing interior, and a continuous fire barrier element disposed within the housing interior. The continuous fire barrier element may include a central body and at least one flap extending from the central body. The at least one flap may be movable relative to the central body.
US11015778B2	System for communicating from a vehicle A vehicle indication alert system for improving vehicle visibility for pedestrians and other motorists. The vehicle indication alert system increases the number of turn indicators on a vehicle, so the direction of the turn is more accurately known. The indicators are built directly into a vehicle windshield at the time of manufacture, and alternatively, are added as an after-market feature to an existing vehicle windshield.
US11015777B1	Magnetic suspension support structure The disclosure relates to the field of support structures, and discloses a magnetic suspension support structure including a hollowed-out mounting base and a magnetic suspension assembly. The magnetic suspension assembly is located within the mounting base, and includes a first permanent magnet, a second permanent magnet, a suspension piece for mounting a display object, and a movable positioning piece for restricting turn-over of the suspension piece. The first permanent magnet is arranged on the suspension piece and located above the second permanent magnet. The second permanent magnet is arranged on the mounting base or the positioning piece. The first permanent magnet and the second permanent magnet repel each other to produce a support force acting on the suspension piece in a magnetic repelling direction. One end of the suspension piece protrudes from the mounting base.
US11015774B2	Spa fixture lighting system A spa fixture lighting system assembly includes a wall-fitting nut having a threaded inner circumferential portion and an interior radial seat, and a light source disposed on a light source seat selected from the group consisting of the interior radial seat, an exterior radial sidewall of the wall-fitting nut, or an exterior circumferential sidewall of the wall-fitting nut.
US11015773B2	Stand light A stand light includes a telescoping body having a main center shaft, an extension pole extendable out of the main center shaft, and a sleeve movably supported on the main center shaft. A head assembly is supported by the extension pole and includes a light source. A plurality of legs is pivotally coupled to the body and is movable with the sleeve from a collapsed position to an extended position, in which distal ends of the plurality of legs are moved away from the body. When the plurality of legs is in the collapsed position, side portions of the plurality of legs come together to form a handle configured to be grasped by a user.
US11015770B2	Flashlight with multiple light sources The present disclosure generally relates to lights and flashlights, and more specifically to a handheld flashlight which has at least two LED light sources and the ability to change between the light sources by twisting the head portion of the flashlight.
US11015769B2	Lighting device, luminaire and lighting device assembly method A lighting device including a glass tube; a solid state lighting assembly in said glass tube, said assembly having an electrically insulating optical film having at least one arcuate portion lining a part of the inner surface of the glass tube, wherein the glass tube further has a further part defining a light exit portion; and a plurality of solid state lighting elements on a carrier, said carrier contacting said optical film; a thermally conductive member in between at least a part of the solid state lighting assembly and the glass tube for thermally coupling the solid state lighting elements to the glass tube; and a transparent or translucent electrically insulating cover contacting the electrically insulating optical film and covering the solid state lighting elements. A luminaire including such a lighting device and a lighting device assembly method are also disclosed.
US11015761B1	Composite pressure vessel for gas storage and method for its production A pressure vessel includes a carbon fiber reinforced plastic with an integrated permeation barrier as its innermost layer. Alternating layers of permeation barrier and carbon fiber reinforced plastic may also be used. During manufacturing, the permeation barrier is sprayed on and integrated into the composite. The vessel, which is well-suited for high pressure gas storage is lighter weight than prior art vessels and has more usable volume than same-dimensioned prior art vessel. The permeation barrier encapsulates one or more ports or fittings of the vessel to reduce or eliminate the potential for gaps through which gas can escape. In one embodiment, a removable tooling process is employed in the manufacture of the vessel. In another embodiment, a permanent tooling process is employed and the tooling serves as a sorbent material for the vessel.
US11015760B2	Throttle lockout with dissimilar action A hand-held power tool (100) may include an electric power source (110), an electric motor (120) selectively coupled to the electric power source (110), a working assembly (130) operably coupled to the electric motor (120) to perform a working function responsive to actuation of the electric motor (120), and a control assembly (140) operably coupled to the electric motor (120) to provide selective control over actuation of the electric motor (120). The control assembly (140) may be configured to provide the selective control based on performance of at least two dissimilar operator actions. The control assembly (140) may include a sensing member (210) and a throttle control member (200). The sensing member (210) may be configured to be operable to an actuated state responsive to an enabling action comprising a first of the two dissimilar operator actions. The throttle control member (200) may be configured to be repeatedly operable responsive to actuation of the throttle control member (200) while the sensing member (210) is in the actuated state. Actuation of the throttle control member (200) may include a second of the two dissimilar operator actions.
US11015758B2	Gimbal radial counterbalance systems and methods Radial counterbalance mechanisms and related techniques are provided to improve the accuracy and reliability of gimbal systems. A radial counterbalance system includes a radial counterbalance mechanism, an orientation sensor, and a logic device. The radial counterbalance mechanism includes a counterbalance weight and a motor configured to adjust a radial position of the counterbalance weight. The orientation sensor is configured to provide an orientation of a payload coupled to the gimbal ring, a platform coupled to the gimbal ring, and/or the gimbal ring. The logic device is configured to determine a compensating radial weight position for the counterbalance weight based, at least in part, on a received orientation, and to control the motor to position the counterbalance weight at the compensating radial weight position. The compensating radial weight position is configured to reduce a radial displacement of a center of gravity of the payload from the rotational axis of the gimbal ring.
US11015752B2	Tubing splicing device A tubing splicing device for repairing tubing includes a pair of housings. Each housing comprises a barrel, which is open-ended. A pipe, which is externally threaded, is positioned in and rotationally coupled to the barrel. The pipe is configured to be threadedly inserted into a respective segment of a tubular substrate so that the tubular substrate is drawn into a first end of the housing to sealably couple the pipe to the tubular substrate. A first coupler is coupled to a second end of one of the housings. A second coupler is coupled to a second end of other of the housings. The second coupler, being complementary to the first coupler, is positioned to couple to the first coupler to couple the one of the housings to the other of the housings. Concurrently, the pipes are sealably coupled to sealably couple two segments of the tubular substrate.
US11015748B2	Compression pipe fitting with wide range grip rings Compression fittings for pipes having a range of diameters, including a support body with a central section between end sections, the central section having a smaller diameter than the end sections, with a transition surface between the central section and each end section. A gasket fits over a pipe and engages one of the support body end section end surfaces. A fitting nut is movable axially over the support body to draw the support body and the gasket together in the axial direction and bias the gasket radially inward against the pipe. A grip ring encircles the pipe at one gasket end and has a surface engaging the fitting nut whereby the fitting nut biases the grip ring radially inwardly toward the pipe. An insert adapter has a hub with a radially extending flange may block the other gasket end to load the gasket between its axial ends.
US11015744B2	Composite tube The invention relates to a composite tube, in particular a corrugated tube, comprising a first wall section produced from a first plastic material, a second wall section produced from a second plastic material different from the first plastic material, and a third wall section produced from a third plastic material different from the first plastic material and the second plastic material, the first wall section, the second wall section, and the third wall section being adjacently arranged in a peripheral direction of the composite tube, the third wall section being arranged between the first wall section and the second wall section and connecting the first wall section to the second wall section, and the first wall section, the second wall section, and the third wall section respectively extending in a radial direction of the composite tube over an entire wall thickness thereof.
US11015725B2	Four-way valve for switching refrigerant channel A four-way valve for switching a refrigerant flow path includes: a housing part including a refrigerant filling chamber configured to receive refrigerant; a valve plate disposed at one side of the housing part and having at least three inflow/outflow holes formed therein; a valve pad part disposed in the refrigerant filling chamber, rotating to contact one of surfaces of the valve plate, and occupying one of the at least three inflow/outflow holes continuously and occupying selectively one of the remaining holes of the at least three inflow/outflow holes so as to make the occupied inflow/outflow holes communicate with each other, thereby forming a changed flow path; a rotation drive part for transferring a driving force to rotate the valve pad part; and a deceleration part, disposed between the rotation drive part and the valve pad part, for increasing a driving torque transferred from the rotation drive part.
US11015723B2	Directional valve comprising a damping system for controlling a torque motor of a construction machine A valve includes a valve housing (33), which has at least one service connection (A, B), a pressure supply connection (P) and a return connection (T). In the valve housing (33), a control slide (STS) is guided so as to be movable longitudinally to control these individual connections. The supply pressure, which is applied to the pressure connection (P) to control a consumer (10, 12), connected to the service connection (A; B), is guided across at least one control side (56) of the control slide (STS) via an orifice plate (54) and a control channel (50). The control side (56) is positioned in a control chamber (58) in the valve housing (33) such that it can move. The control chamber (58) is connected to the return connection (T) via an additional orifice plate (59).
US11015721B2	Flow control valve The flow control valve has a drive, a housing with a regulating member provided with inlet and outlet fittings with passages and movable and fixed regulating teeth. The flow control valve comprises a composite housing having an upper and lower parts mounted on a support. The lateral surface of the drive disc is provided with Archimedes spiral, the regulating member is provided with evenly spaced projections in the central portion forming the fixed teeth, the movable teeth are located in the spaces between the fixed teeth. All the teeth being formed in a streamlined shape ending with a wedge of the cross-section angle defined as 360/n, n is the number of movable teeth. For engagement between the movable teeth and the drive disc for transmission of motion, a counter plate with notches corresponding to the Archimedes spiral parameters on the drive disc is installed on the movable teeth.
US11015713B2	Seal and seal assembly comprising the seal A seal includes: a seal ring, having at least one dynamically stressed seal lip; a supporting ring made of a toughened material; and a connecting device made of an elastomeric material. The seal ring and the supporting ring are connected to one another. The supporting ring includes a radial leg, to which, in a radial direction, the seal lip is fixed. The radial leg is formed of two parts and, in the radial direction, has arranged a first partial leg and, in an other radial direction has arranged a second partial leg. The partial legs are associated adjacent with a first radial distance and delineate a first gap. The first partial leg is connected with the seal lip. The first and the second partial legs are fixed to one another by the connecting device. The connecting device, when viewed in cross section, has an axial length and a radial height.
US11015712B2	Knitted wire carrier for weather seal insert support with lockstitched reinforcing wire This invention provides a knitted wire carrier for use in constructing a (e.g.) automotive weather seal that incorporates a locking stitch formed from a relatively incompressible and expansion-resisting material that passes through at least one of the warp threads adjacent to the wire weft. In an embodiment, the locking stitch constructed from a steel (or another metal) wire that is solid or braided. In other embodiments, the locking stitch can be constructed from fiberglass, monofilament polymer or another similarly performing material. In an embodiment, the lockstitch wire is constructed from approximately 0.5-millimeter diameter steel and the wire carrier is constructed from approximately 0.5-0.91-millimeter diameter steel. The wire lockstitch can be woven through a center warp yarn that is surrounded by other knitted warp yarns along the overall weft of the wire carrier. The wire carrier is coated with an adhesive, e.g., latex to maintain the knit in place.
US11015707B2	Hydraulic circuit, torque transmission device having a hydraulic circuit, and method for operating a hydraulic circuit The invention relates to a hydraulic circuit having a first hydraulically actuable clutch that is closed in a rest state and a second hydraulically actuable clutch that is closed in the rest state, wherein the hydraulic circuit is configured in such a way that a hydraulic medium present in a main pressure line can be loaded with a working pressure by a pressure generating device and/or a pressure accumulator, and the hydraulic medium can be discharged for pressure dissipation via a main return line into the return reservoir. In some embodiments, the hydraulic circuit has a first distributor pressure line and a separate, first collector return line for the hydraulic supply of a first part circuit and at least one separate, second distributor pressure line and at least one separate, second collector return line for the hydraulic supply of a second part circuit, and the first clutch is assigned to the first part circuit and the second clutch is assigned to the second part circuit.
US11015705B2	Bicycle control system A bicycle control system may be provided to control a first gear changer with a control unit and a second gear changer with the first gear changer. The control unit may control both first and second gear changers. The system includes a predetermined shift path and may transition in and out of the predetermined shift path responsive to various controls. Shifts out of the predetermined shift path may be recovery shifts where both first and second gear changers are controlled.
US11015701B2	Lubrication system for in-wheel motor powertrain A lubrication system for an in-wheel motor powertrain is proposed. The system includes a housing having a motor and supporting a wheel, and having a space therein; an input gear and an output gear provided in the housing; two intermediate gears each provided with a first gear meshed with the input gear, and a second gear meshed with the output gear and having a pitch circle diameter different from that of the first gear, the first and second gears being integrally and concentrically coupled together; a pump gear meshed with the input gear; a bearing plate rotatably supporting the input gear, the output gear, and the intermediate gears; a cover plate configured to provide a part of a lubrication pump driven by the pump gear; and a first oil supply part provided by the cover plate and a mid-plate to lubricate the output gear and the intermediate gears.
US11015692B2	Gearing having an elastic gear A gearing (1), in particular a strain wave gearing, including an elastic gear (2) having a flange (16), which flange is fastened to a housing component (7) of the gearing (1). A connecting assembly (8) for retaining the flange (16) on the housing component (7) includes a plurality of fastening points (14), wherein, outside of the fastening points (14), the connecting assembly (8) has axial play between the flange (16) and the housing component (7), with respect to the center axis (M) of the gear (2).
US11015689B2	Multi-speed electric machine gearbox with low drive ratio A gearbox includes an input gear supported for rotation about an input axis and includes first and second idler gears fixedly coupled to each other and supported for rotation about a transfer axis. The first idler gear is fixedly coupled to the input gear. A planetary gear set is supported for rotation about an output axis of the gearbox and has a first component fixedly coupled to the second idler gear. A differential is supported for rotation about the output axis, co-axial with the planetary gear set, and fixedly coupled to a second component of the planetary gear set.
US11015687B2	Linear actuator having free fall function A linear actuator having a free fall function. The linear actuator moves a piston-rod member back and forth using torque of a rotary motor. Here, the piston-rod member is disposed within a portion of a cylinder body to be movable back and forth. In the event of jamming in which the piston-rod member is stopped due to sticking between an operating nut and a screw member, the piston-rod member is caused to freely fall in a direction in which load is applied. This can consequently obtain the maximum stretched length of the piston-rod member, thereby providing safety in an emergency.
US11015686B2	Electric linear actuator The present disclosure discloses an electric linear actuator, comprising: an electric motor, a transmission assembly in transmission connection with the electric motor, and a sleeve assembly in transmission connection with the transmission assembly, wherein the sleeve assembly comprises a main shaft, and a clutch device for implementing power connection or disconnection between the main shaft and the transmission assembly is provided between the main shaft and the transmission assembly, the clutch device comprising a ball clutch. The present disclosure solves the problem of poor smoothness of the existing electric linear actuators upon power connection or disconnection; besides, the present disclosure has a higher transmission efficiency and a longer service life.
US11015682B2	Fixed-ratio planetary traction gear The gear is used for driving pneumatic turbomachinery while providing insignificant impact of the tolerances on the performance parameters leading to extended service life. It comprises a sun shaft (1) supported and driven by at least three planet wheels (2) rotating around their axes, on each side of which in axial direction there is an identical radially-elastic flat frame (7) in the shape of a flat planar closed-contour element having at least three annular bearing slots (7.1) with a cylindrical hole accepting the respective bearings (4) of the planet wheels (2). The bearing slots (7.1) are equidistant from the center of the frame (7) and each two adjacent bearing slots (7.1) are connected to one another via a respective curvilinear bridge (7.2) whose inner bend, towards the center, has an ear formed thereon (7.4) accepting the respective support pillar (6) fixed to the rear housing (5).
US11015681B2	Adapter for mounting a gear lift box An improved gear lift box with a reduced number of parts through integration of elements and increased durability, serviceability and versatility through reconfiguration of various elements and accessories.
US11015680B2	Wedge pin suspension system The present disclosure relates to a means for vertically suspending a single lighting element or a plurality of lighting elements within a rail system using one or a plurality of wedge pin suspension systems that employ a wedge pin securing device and a receptive collar assembly to grip and secure in place one or a plurality of electrical cables having at least two insulated conductive electrical leads to provide both vertical support and electrical power to the suspended lighting elements. The present disclosure further relates to a manually adjustable and reservable wedge pin securing device configured for easy manipulation, yet providing a secure vertical suspension means using a lighting system's own electrical cable for support based on combined frictional and gravitational forces.
US11015679B2	V-belt and method for the production thereof V-belt from an elastomeric material, composed of an in each case annular V-belt substructure and V-belt back that are connected to one another and are produced as a V-belt composite from two individually tailored and conjointly vulcanized part-blanks, specifically a first part-blank that is configured as a V-belt substructure and includes the belt profile, and a second part-blank that is configured as a wound V-belt back, wherein the V-belt has one or a plurality of tiers of reinforcing support cords and on the belt back and/or on the profile side of said V-belt has a woven fabric, wherein the reinforcing support cords are radially disposed so as to be in a circumferential plane in the V-belt back and so as to be outside the V-belt substructure.
US11015673B2	Torsional vibration damper and arrangement for the drivetrain of a motor vehicle with such a torsional vibration damper The present invention relates to a torsional vibration damper (18) comprising a first component (20) and a second component (22) which are torsionally elastically coupled to one another, wherein a force transmission device (26) is provided for transmitting an actuating force from the one axial side (48) of the torsional vibration damper (18) to the opposite axial side (50) of the torsional vibration damper (18) to a device (54) to be actuated. In addition, the present invention relates to an arrangement (2) for the drivetrain of a motor vehicle comprising such a torsional vibration damper (18).
US11015668B2	Pad clip, assembly of pad clip and return spring, and floating type disc brake A pad clip for a disc brake includes: a radial pressing portion which is disposed at inward than a clamping portion in a radial direction and presses outward in the radial direction an ear portion; a circumferential pressing portion which extends outward in the radial direction from a radially outer side portion of the clamping portion, an intermediate portion thereof being folded back inward in radial and circumferential directions of the rotor, and a tip end portion thereof pressing the pad inward in the circumferential direction; and a spring holding portion which protrudes outward in the circumferential direction from the radially outer side portion of the clamping portion than a base portion of the circumferential pressing portion, and holds a return spring which is made of wire material and presses the pad away from the rotor in an axial direction of the rotor.
US11015661B2	Rotatable electromagnetic clutch utilizing inductive coupling An example electromagnetic clutch assembly includes a rotatable portion and a stationary portion. The rotatable portion includes a field winding and a clutch body, and the stationary portion includes an exciter winding that is inductively coupled to the rotatable portion and is operable to energize the field winding. The field winding is operable, when energized, to provide a magnetic field that causes engagement or disengagement between the clutch body and an armature body. A method of operating an electromagnetic clutch assembly is also disclosed.
US11015658B2	Drivetrain of an electrically driven vehicle and electrically driven vehicle Electrically driven vehicle including a drivetrain with an electric motor which forms the drive of the vehicle, and a frictionally engaging clutch. The clutch is a normally closed clutch with conical friction elements, which rest against each other in pairs in a closed position and transmit torque.
US11015657B2	Parallel hybrid power transmission mechanism A parallel hybrid power transmission mechanism includes a crank shaft, a driven device to which a power of an engine and/or a motor generator is transmitted, an input shaft disposed on the driven device, a flywheel connected to the crank shaft, and a rotor disposed on the motor generator, including a first connecting portion connected to an outside of the flywheel. The rotor is configured to supply and receive a rotational power to and from the flywheel through the first connecting portion. The parallel hybrid power transmission mechanism further includes a coupling arranged independently from the rotor, including a second connecting portion connected to an inside of the flywheel, the coupling being configured to receive the rotational power of the flywheel through the second connecting portion, and an intermediate shaft connecting the coupling and the input shaft to each other, the intermediate shaft being configured to transmit the rotational power received by the coupling to the input shaft.
US11015656B2	Torque transmission joint and electric power steering device A driving-side concave-convex portion of a driving-side transmission member is engaged with an elastic member. The driving-side concave-convex portion is engaged with an intermediate concave-convex portion of an intermediate transmission member with a circumferential gap being interposed therebetween. A driven-side concave-convex portion of a driven-side transmission member is engaged with the elastic member. The driven-side concave-convex portion is engaged with the intermediate concave-convex portion with a circumferential gap being interposed therebetween. Both axial side surfaces and a periphery of the intermediate transmission member are covered by a side surface covering portion and a periphery covering portion of the elastic member.
US11015634B2	Plate member joining structure A plate member joining structure includes a lower plate that is made of metal, a fitting base portion being formed at an upper surface of the lower plate; an upper plate that is made of metal, that is disposed on the upper surface of the lower plate, and that has a fitting insert portion that is fitted to the fitting base portion so as to form a first gap between a lower surface of the fitting insert portion and a surface of the fitting base portion facing the lower surface of the fitting insert portion; and a screw that, in a state in which the fitting insert portion is fitted to the fitting base portion, is screwed into the fitting insert portion and the fitting base portion, and joins the fitting insert portion and the fitting base portion together in a plate thickness direction.
US11015633B2	Snap fit fasteners A snap fit fastener may include a head, a first group of wings, and a second group of wings. The first group of wings may be disposed axially around a center axis of the head, each of the first group of wings has a first length, and includes a first end connected to the head and a second end opposing the first end. The second group of wings may be disposed axially around the center axis of the head, each of the second group of wings has a second length, and includes a first end connected to the head and a second end opposing the first end. The first length may be different from the second length. A snap fit fastener with at least two groups of protrusions for fitting multiple heights is also disclosed.
US11015630B2	Method for attaching nut and collar to plate material and attachment structure of nut and collar to plate material A nut is caulked and fixed to a plate material and a protrusion at an end of a collar is press-fitted into a recessed groove generated on the opposite surface of the plate material at the time of the caulking fixation, thereby fixing the nut and the collar to both surfaces of the plate material, respectively. The plate material is, for example, a metal panel, and the nut is, for example, a pierce nut. Since the collar is caulked and fixed, thermal strain is not generated.
US11015629B2	Connector terminal for sun visor A connector terminal for a sun visor includes a body portion accommodated in a housing fixed to one side of an attachment member of a bracket, the bracket configured to be attached to the attachment member, a mating connection portion provided on one end of the body portion and connected to a mating terminal arranged on one side of the attachment member, an arm connection portion provided on the other end of the body portion and connected to an end of an arm portion rotatably supporting a sun visor body arranged on the other side of the attachment member, the end being inserted into the bracket, and a fixed portion provided between the mating connection portion and the arm connection portion of the body portion and fixed to the housing.
US11015621B2	Proportional control fluid actuator A proportional control fluid actuator that is used as a positioning device in applications such as a hydraulic directional control valve. The activating device has a cylinder body attachable to a valve body and has a bore carrying a piston that is coaxially secured to an end of a valve spool. The device is provided with spaced openings in the cylinder body that communicate with the bore therein to introduce fluid to act on opposite sides of the piston. Factory pre-compressed spring means are provided for normally urging the piston and spool to a center position. Since the areas of the fluid pressure applied on both sides of the piston are different (due to a spool on one side of the piston), two pre-compressed springs are used to compensate the area difference to achieve a proportional movement of the spool.
US11015612B2	Turbine housing A turbine housing includes an inner pipe and an outer pipe, the inner pipe being configured to form an exhaust air flow path between an exhaust-air-inlet-side flange and an exhaust-air-outlet-side flange, and an outer pipe being configured to cover the inner pipe such that a predetermined spacing is formed between the inner pipe and the outer pipe. The inner pipe has: an inner pipe main body configured to form the exhaust air flow path having a spiral shape, the inner pipe main body being connected to the exhaust-air-inlet-side flange such that exhaust gas is allowed to enter between the inner pipe and the outer pipe; and an exhaust tube attached to an exhaust air outlet side of the inner pipe main body in a freely slidable manner with an intervening sealing member.
US11015601B2	Scroll fluid machine and tip seal The present invention improves performance of a scroll fluid machine by effectively exhibiting a function of a tip seal installed at a tooth tip of a wall body even when a continuous slope is provided to the wall body. A slope in which the distance between opposing surfaces of opposing end plates continuously reduces from the outer peripheral surface toward the inner peripheral surface is provided, and a tip seal (7) that comes into contact with an opposing tooth bottom so as to seal a fluid is provided to a tip seal groove (3d) formed at a tooth tip of a wall body (3b) corresponding to the slope. A groove bottom (3d1) of the tip seal groove (3d) is formed into a shape in which the center portion (3d2) in the groove width direction deepest. The tip seal (7) is formed such that the center portion (7a1), in the width direction, of the bottom (7a) of the tip seal (7) facing the groove bottom (3d1) projects farther than both side portions (7a2).
US11015589B2	Gas supplying apparatus A gas supplying apparatus includes a compressor, a housing having an exhaust port, and an exhaust duct. The housing has a circumferential wall and a top wall. The circumferential wall has an access section. The exhaust port is provided on at least one of the circumferential wall and the top wall at a location higher than the access section. The exhaust duct includes a discharge port for discharging the air, exhausted from the exhaust port, to the outside. The discharge port is opened upward or opened downward in an area overlapping the top wall in an up-and-down direction.
US11015586B2	Shoe and swash plate compressor including the shoe There is provided a shoe capable of suppressing deformation of a member on which the shoe slides. The shoe includes: a first sliding surface which slides on a concave surface of a piston (first movable member); and a second sliding surface which bulges toward a side opposite to the first sliding surface and slides on a flat surface of a swash plate (second movable member). The second sliding surface includes: a curved outer peripheral portion which is provided along an outer periphery of the second sliding surface; and a central portion which is provided at a center of the second sliding surface so as to be continuous with the curved outer peripheral portion and has a radius of curvature greater than a radius of curvature of the curved outer peripheral portion.
US11015584B2	Shape memory alloy wire thermostatic torsional actuator and valve including it Thermostatic shape memory alloy torsional actuator comprising a torsional shape memory alloy wire (1) connecting a stationary element (2) with a rotatable element (3) so as to move the latter between a rest position and an operating position, and a return element (11) acting on the rotatable element (3) so as to move the latter between said operating position and said rest position, and fluid control thermostatic valves comprising such torsional actuator.
US11015581B2	Coating monitoring system of wind turbines and operating method thereof The present invention discloses a coating monitoring system of wind turbines, comprising a monitoring object having at least one coating on the surface. A coating monitoring module is coupled to the monitoring object, and the coating monitoring module comprises a MEMS system including a signal generating device, and a printed circuit board connected to the MEMS system. The coating monitoring module measures a measured coating impedance value of the monitoring object. A potentiostat, calculating an actual coating impedance value of the monitoring object, is connected to the monitoring object. And a computing device coupled to the coating monitoring module, the computing device correcting the measured coating impedance value based on the actual coating impedance value.
US11015572B2	Wind turbine rotor blade and method of construction A wind turbine rotor blade is bonded together at the leading and trailing edges, and including a shear web or webs (the main vertical stiffening member that runs the span of the rotor blade) as an integral part, sharing the inner and outer skins of one or both sides of the blade. The integrated shear web(s) is made into the skin shell, and is an uninterrupted, continuous extension of the shell laminate that is joined to the shell component/components without requiring a secondary bond of any sort. The laminates in the shell and the shear web(s) may differ or be the same.
US11015570B2	Wind turbine rotor blade root insert with integrated flange member A rotor blade assembly for a wind turbine includes a pressure side and a suction side extending between a leading edge and a trailing edge. A generally cylindrical blade root section has a flush root end configured to attach the rotor blade assembly to a hub. A plurality of span-wise extending root inserts are disposed around and molded into the cylindrical blade root section, with each root insert having an end face and defining an internally threaded bore configured for receipt of a bolt member for attaching the rotor blade assembly to the hub. A metallic flange is disposed at an end of one of the root inserts. The metallic flange is flush with the end faces of adjacent root inserts such that the metallic flange and end faces of the root inserts lie in a common flush plane of the root end.
US11015567B2	Warm-up system for vehicle AMP (2-Amino-2-Methyl-1, 3-Propanediol) does not release the absorbed heat during temperature drop but releases it during temperature rise. Also, AMP keeps a solid state upon the heat release. The heat storage material which is the aggregate of AMP is arranged to exchange heat with the subject for warm-up. In the warm-up acceleration control, it is judged whether or not there is a request for warm-up to the subject for warm-up (step S10). If it is judged that there is the request for warm-up, it is judged whether or not the radiation condition of the heat storage material is satisfied (step S12). If it is judged that the radiation condition is satisfied, the heater is started to operate (step S14). By operating the heater, the heat storage material is directly or indirectly heated.
US11015562B1	Vehicle and method of controlling the same A vehicle and a method use an Idle Stop and Go (ISG) system. The vehicle includes: a battery; a battery sensor configured to measure a lowest voltage of the battery at a time of startup of the vehicle; a driving unit including an engine of the vehicle; and a controller. The controller is configured to: compare a first lowest voltage predicted using a current lowest voltage of the battery with a reference value to determine whether the lowest voltage of the battery has been changed; in response to determining the lowest voltage of the battery has been changed, calculate a difference between the current lowest voltage of the battery and an immediately previous lowest voltage of the battery; calculate an accumulated current between a current of the battery at the immediately previous time point and a current of the battery at the current time point; calculate a correction voltage for the accumulated current; predict a second lowest voltage using at least one of the difference between the current lowest voltage of the battery and the immediately previous lowest voltage of the battery or the correction voltage; compare the second lowest voltage with a second determination value; and control the driving unit to control entry into a stop of the ISG system according to a result of the comparison.
US11015554B2	Straddled vehicle A straddled vehicle includes an air cleaner and a resonator. The air cleaner includes an air cleaner case, an air-cleaning element arranged inside the air cleaner case, and a duct that is attached to the air-cleaning element. At least a portion of the duct is arranged inside the air cleaner case, and the duct guides the air toward the air-cleaning element. The resonator has an outer wall arranged around the duct. The duct and the outer wall together define at least a portion of a resonance chamber of the resonator.
US11015551B2	Device for an internal combustion engine and method for operating the device A device for an internal combustion engine for the combustion of a gasoline-based liquid fuel, having a tank, which is gas-conductively connected to the internal combustion engine with the aid of an exhaust gas line and a first shutoff valve, a hydrocarbon storage unit, which is gas-conductively disposed between the tank and the internal combustion engine with the aid of the exhaust gas line, for temporarily storing gaseous hydrocarbon contained in an exhaust gas escaping from the tank, and a hydrocarbon sensor, which is gas-conductively disposed between the tank and the internal combustion engine with the aid of the exhaust gas line, for measuring the hydrocarbon content in a purging air supplied to the internal combustion engine, the hydrocarbon storage unit being connectable to the free surroundings with the aid of a connecting line and a second shutoff valve.
US11015549B1	Cylinder block A cylinder block includes a body part where a cylinder is formed, an outer wall part made of fiber reinforced resin and surrounding an outer circumference of the body part, and a metal member attached to the outer wall part. The outer wall part is comprised of an inner layer surrounding the outer circumference of the body part, and an outer layer surrounding an outer circumference of the inner layer. A density of reinforcing fiber contained in the outer layer is higher than a density of reinforcing fiber contained in the inner layer. The metal member is attached to the outer wall part so as to contact the outer layer. The reinforcing fiber contained in the outer layer has an electric insulating property.
US11015547B2	Apparatuses and methods for storing redundancy repair information for memories Apparatuses and methods for storing redundancy repair information for memories are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a fuse array, a repair plane, and a decode logic and control circuit. The fuse array stores repair information that includes repair commands and load repair addresses. The load repair addresses include a respective repair address. The repair plane includes a block of memory and repair logic. The block of memory includes a plurality of redundant memory and the repair logic includes a plurality of repair blocks. Each repair block is associated with a respective one of the plurality of redundant memory and each repair block of the plurality of repair blocks stores a repair address. The decode logic and control circuit reads the repair information and decodes the repair commands, and loads repair addresses into the plurality of repair blocks based at least in part on the decoded repair commands.
US11015533B2	Fan and low pressure compressor geared to low speed spool of gas turbine engine A gas turbine engine may include a high speed spool, a low speed spool, a first epicyclic gear system, and a second epicyclic gear system. Generally, the high speed spool mechanically connects a high pressure turbine to a high pressure compressor, and the low speed spool mechanically connects a low pressure turbine to at least one of a fan and a prop via the first epicyclic gear system and to a low pressure compressor via the second epicyclic gear system, according to various embodiments. The first epicyclic gear system and the second epicyclic gear system may include a common sun gear shaft.
US11015530B2	Combustor and gas turbine including the same A combustor includes a fuel injector to inject fuel; a cooling passage configured to pass compressed air for cooling an outer surface of a liner forming a combustion chamber for containing combustion gas; and a nozzle part that is coupled to the liner and has a rear surface facing the combustion chamber, the nozzle part configured to mix the compressed air with the fuel from the fuel injector and to discharge some of the compressed air in the cooling passage to the rear surface in order to block an introduction of the combustion gas into the nozzle part. Before the compressed air introduced through air introduction holes formed in a nozzle casing is discharged through through-holes formed in a nozzle cap, some of the compressed air may be introduced through bypass holes formed in a bypass tube and then discharged to the combustion chamber through the gap.
US11015521B2	Aircraft propulsion assembly equipped with a main fan and with at least one offset fan An aircraft propulsion assembly comprising at least a main turbine mounted along a longitudinal axis, at least one main fan arranged upstream of the main turbine along the longitudinal axis and driven in rotation by the said main turbine, the said main fan being ducted by a main fan casing, an auxiliary turbine mounted along the longitudinal axis, the auxiliary turbine being independent of the main turbine, an auxiliary fan of axis offset with respect to the longitudinal axis and driven by the auxiliary turbine, the auxiliary fan being ducted by an auxiliary fan casing, the main casing being separate and distinct from the auxiliary casing so as respectively to generate a main secondary flow and an auxiliary secondary flow which remain independent of one another until they are discharged into the atmosphere.
US11015509B2	Systems and apparatus to generate electrical power from aircraft engine heat Systems and apparatus to generate electrical power from aircraft engine heat are described herein. An example aircraft engine described herein includes a gas turbine engine having an engine housing. The engine housing defines a flow path through a combustion chamber and a core exhaust cavity. The example aircraft engine also includes an energy-generating cell coupled to a portion of the engine housing defining the core exhaust cavity. The energy-generating cell is to generate electrical energy from high temperature fluid in the core exhaust cavity.
US11015502B2	Thermal management lightoff assist systems and methods for regenerating oxidation catalyst in exhaust system A compression ignition internal combustion engine system includes an engine and an exhaust system with an upstream exhaust conduit, and an oxidation catalyst device (DOC). Systems and methods of desulfating the oxidation catalyst by the injection of a lightoff fluid to promote ignition of uncombusted fuel in the exhaust stream are disclosed.
US11015500B2	Blow-by gas oil separator A separator includes: a filter device that receives oil-containing blow-by gases from an engine and separates at least a portion of oil from the oil-containing blow-by gases, the oil-containing blow-by gases being generated by the engine; a screen extending from the filter device in a direction transverse to a vertical direction with respect to the engine; a drain hole vertically penetrating below the screen to allow the separated oil to be discharged by gravity; and a gas outlet disposed above the screen to discharge the separated blow-by gases.
US11015493B2	Rocker arm assembly for engine braking An exhaust valve rocker arm assembly operable in a combustion engine mode and an engine braking mode includes: a rocker shaft that defines a pressurized oil supply conduit; a rocker arm that receives the rocker shaft and rotates around the rocker shaft, the rocker arm including a rocker arm oil supply passage defined in the rocker arm; a valve bridge for engaging a first exhaust valve and a second exhaust valve; a hydraulic lash adjuster assembly, disposed on the rocker arm, including a first plunger body movable between a first position and a second position; and a check valve, disposed on the rocker arm, including an actuator for selectively releasing pressure in the hydraulic lash adjuster assembly. In the engine braking mode, by rotation of the rocker arm the pressurized oil supply conduit is brought into fluid communication with the rocker arm oil supply passage.
US11015479B2	Systems and methods for predicting an anomaly in a combustor A method for predicting an anomaly in a combustor (16) is presented. The method includes receiving signals representative of parameters in one or more combustion cans (22, 24) of the combustor, generating a plurality of patterns based on a permutation entropy window and the signals, identifying a plurality of pattern categories in the plurality of patterns, determining a permutation entropy based on the plurality of patterns and the plurality of pattern categories, and predicting an anomaly in the combustor based on the permutation entropy. The method further includes comparing the plurality of pattern categories to determined permutations of pattern categories if the anomaly is present in the combustor, and predicting a category of the anomaly based on the comparison of the plurality of pattern categories to the determined permutations of pattern categories.
US11015476B2	Electrical energy generating system In examples, a propulsion and electrical generation system including a gas turbine engine including a compressor and a bleed air outlet from the compressor, wherein the compressor is configured to compress a fluid, wherein a portion of the compressed fluid is directed out of the bleed air outlet to define bleed air from the compressor; and a turbo-generator including a combustor, wherein the combustor includes a fuel inlet and a bleed air inlet, wherein the bleed air inlet is in fluid communication with the bleed air outlet from the compressor, wherein the combustor is configured to receive the bleed air via the bleed air inlet from the bleed air outlet of the gas turbine engine and receive fuel via the fuel inlet, wherein the combustor is configured to combust the received fuel with the received bleed air, wherein the turbo-generator is configured to generate electrical energy via the combustion of the fuel by the combustor.
US11015475B2	Passive blade tip clearance control system for gas turbine engine The present disclosure relates to a gas turbine engine including a turbine wheel mounted for rotation about a central axis and a turbine shroud ring mounted radially outward from the turbine wheel. The turbine wheel includes a plurality of blades that are spaced apart radially from the turbine shroud ring to establish a blade tip clearance gap. The gas turbine engine further includes a blade tip clearance control system that passively controls the size of the clearance gap based on engine operation.
US11015472B2	Turbine wheels, turbine engines including the same, and methods of forming turbine wheels with improved seal plate sealing A turbine engine includes a turbine wheel including a rotor disk and turbine blades connected to the rotor disk through blade mounts. The blade mounts and the rotor disk have fore and aft surfaces. The blade mount includes a blade attachment surface connecting the fore and aft surfaces with the turbine blade extending from the blade attachment surface. A gap is defined between and separating adjacent blade mounts and extends into the rotor disk. The gap includes a pocket having a fore opening and a rotor relief hole. The turbine wheel further includes a plug disposed in a rotor relief opening and a pocket seal disposed in the pocket. The turbine engine further includes a fore seal plate having an edge abutting the blade mounts about a circumference of the turbine wheel and a finger extending toward and contacting the plug to maintain the plug in the rotor relief opening.
US11015469B2	Coolant airflow assembly particulate filter with panels in series The present disclosure concerns removal of entrained contaminant particles in a coolant airflow for a gas turbine engine. Example embodiments include a coolant airflow assembly for a gas turbine engine, comprising: a coolant feed passage connected between a supply of coolant air and an inlet of a component to be cooled, the coolant feed passage defining a coolant airflow path and comprising first and second opposing internal faces (305, 306), the inlet of the component connected to the coolant airflow path through one of the first and second internal faces (305, 306) of the coolant feed passage; and a particulate filter for removing entrained particles from the coolant airflow path, comprising: a first filter panel extending from the first face into the coolant airflow path upstream of the inlet of the component; and a second filter panel extending from the second face into the coolant airflow path upstream of the first filter panel.
US11015467B2	Porous space fillers for ceramic matrix composites A space filler for forming a fibrous preform may comprise an additively manufactured ceramic material. The additively manufactured ceramic material may define a plurality of pores. A shape of the additively manufactured ceramic material may complement a shape of a void formed by fibrous regions of the fibrous preform.
US11015466B2	Turbine vane and gas turbine including the same A turbine vane and a gas turbine including the same are disclosed. The turbine vane includes an air foil including a leading edge and a trailing edge, and inner and outer shrouds disposed at opposite ends of the air foil. Each of the inner and outer shrouds includes a cooling chamber, which may be formed in at least one of opposite ends of the shroud arranged in a first direction.
US11015464B2	Conformal seal and vane bow wave cooling A gas turbine engine includes a combustor. A turbine section is in fluid communication with the combustor. The turbine section includes a first vane stage aft of the combustor. A seal assembly is disposed between the combustor and the first vane stage. The seal assembly includes a first plurality of openings and the first vane stage includes a second plurality of openings communicating cooling airflow into a gap between an aft end of the combustor and the first vane stage. A first vane stage assembly and a method are also disclosed.
US11015449B2	Steam turbine blade and steam turbine The present invention provides a steam turbine blade and a steam turbine capable of further improving efficiency. A steam turbine blade includes a proximal end portion T11 which is formed in a blade shape having an intermediate reaction degree, an intermediate portion T12 which is formed in a blade shape having a low reaction degree; and a distal end portion T13 which is formed in a blade shape having a high reaction degree.
US11015444B2	Method for predicting the optimal shut-in duration by coupling fluid flow and geological stress The invention discloses a method for predicting the optimal shut-in duration by coupling fluid flow and geological stress, comprising the following steps: determine basic parameters; obtain the fracture length, fracture width and reservoir stress distribution based on the basic parameters; calculate the oil saturation, pore pressure, and permeability and porosity after coupling change in different shut-in durations on the basis of the principle of fluid-solid coupling; take the oil saturation, pore pressure, and permeability and porosity obtained in Step 3 as initial parameters and calculate the production corresponding to different shut-in time on the basis of the productivity model; finally select the optimal shut-in time based on the principle of fastest cost recovery. The present invention can accurately predict the optimal shut-in duration after fracturing to improve the oil and gas recovery ratio in tight oil and gas reservoirs with difficulty in development and low recovery.
US11015438B2	Zonal representation for flow visualization Methods and systems are presented in this disclosure for determining information (e.g., visual information) about locations of different fluids flowing along a casing in a wellbore. A plurality of radio frequency (RF) micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) tags is placed in a plurality of fluids flowing through an annulus region between a casing string in the wellbore and a reservoir formation. At a plurality of sensing nodes located along the casing string, information about the fluids is gathered by communicating with the RF MEMS tags placed in the fluids. The information about fluid locations along the casing gathered by the sensing nodes is communicated to a receiving device, and appropriate operation in relation to the wellbore is performed based on the communicated information.
US11015437B2	Systems and methods for differentiating non-radioactive tracers downhole A method for evaluating induced fractures in a wellbore includes obtaining a first set of data in a wellbore using a downhole tool. The method also includes pumping a first proppant into the wellbore after the first set of data is obtained. The first proppant includes a first tracer that is not radioactive. The method also includes pumping a second proppant into the wellbore. The second proppant includes a second tracer that is not radioactive. The second tracer is different than the first tracer. The first proppant and the second proppant flow into fractures in the wellbore. The method also includes obtaining a second set of data in the wellbore using the downhole tool after the first and second proppants are pumped into the wellbore. The method also includes comparing the first and second sets of data.
US11015434B2	Microfluidic determination of wax appearance temperature A method and system are provided for detecting the wax appearance temperature (WAT) of a hydrocarbon fluid sample. The hydrocarbon fluid sample is run through a microfluidic channel at controlled temperatures while sensing the pressure drop across the channel. The WAT is determined by finding a temperature at which the pressure (drop) across the microfluidic channel caused by a temperature reduction of the hydrocarbon fluid sample does not stabilize over a given time interval, thereby establishing the WAT as being at that temperature or between that temperature and a previous higher temperature where the pressure (drop) stabilized over time.
US11015433B2	Bore trajectory system A method includes acquiring trajectory information; based at least in part on a portion of the trajectory information, generating a set of candidate trajectories with associated performance indicator values; rendering a graphical user interface to a display; via the graphical user interface, receiving input that adjusts one of the performance indicator values; and, responsive to the adjustment of the one of the performance indicator values, selecting one of the set of candidate trajectories.
US11015418B2	Tubing pressure insensitive failsafe wireline retrievable safety valve A tubing pressure insensitive failsafe wireline retrievable safety valve, borehole system having the valve and method of operation of the valve. The valve includes a tool housing, a flow tube disposed within the tool housing, an actuation piston disposed in the tool housing and operably connected to the flow tube, the actuation piston having an actuation side and a pressure side, and a fluid pathway between a potential leak site for the valve and the pressure side of the piston. A temporary sealing member is in the fluid pathway between the potential leak site and the pressure side of the piston. The method includes disposing the valve at a selected location and removing at least a portion of the temporary sealing member from the fluid pathway after landing the wireline retrievable safety valve at the selected location.
US11015415B2	Filament-reinforced composite material with load-aligned filament windings A filament-reinforced composite material having with load-aligned filament windings enables improvement of mechanical properties for specific loading of parts made from the material. The orientation of the winding within the part may be changed depending on an orientation of an external load to the part. In one example, the part may be a slip in a frac plug or a bridge plug in a downhole application.
US11015412B2	Hanger orientation system A system that includes a hanger orientation system that orients a tubing hanger within a wellhead. The hanger orientation system includes a conduit defining a first end and a second end opposite the first end. A sleeve couples to the conduit. The sleeve defines a spiral groove that engages a pin to rotate the tubing hanger.
US11015407B2	Flapper valve tool A downhole tool having a flapper valve assembly for controlling the backflow of fluid into a tubing string that includes at least one flapper. The downhole tool also includes a deformable element that maintains the at least one flapper in an open position after the deformable portion is deformed. A downhole tool having a flapper valve assembly for controlling the backflow of fluid into a tubing string that includes at least one flapper. The downhole tool also includes a sleeve slidably disposed within at least a portion of the flapper valve assembly and the downhole tool. The downhole tool includes a deformable and dissolvable seat disposed uphole and adjacent to the sleeve and a dissolvable fluid blocking member to engage with the seat to shift the sleeve from first position to a second position within the downhole tool. Methods of using these downhole tools are provided.
US11015383B2	Modular door lite components Modular components of modular door lite frame systems are disclosed. In some cases, a modular door lite frame system includes matching first and second modular frames, one or more modular male alignment members, and one or more modular female alignment members. In some cases, the modular alignment members can be coupled to modular frames of various sizes. In some cases, the modular components can be formed by casting ABS between no more than two opposed mold portions.
US11015381B2	Bi-fold door assembly with folding truss A bi-fold door assembly has an upper door section and a lower door section connected by a hinge such that the upper and lower door sections are movable between a closed position spanning the door opening and an open position in which the upper door section is oriented transversely to the door opening and the lower door section is folded upwardly towards an inner side of the upper door section. A truss supported along the inner side of one of the upper and lower door sections is movable relative to the door sections between a first position in which the truss stiffens the door assembly against bending corresponding to the closed position of the door sections and a second position in which the truss member is reduced in overall width relative to said one of the upper and lower door sections in a normal direction to the door sections.
US11015379B2	Apparatus, management system, and non-transitory computer readable medium for entrance control An apparatus includes a controller. The controller performs control so as to set an entrance in a state in which the entrance is open if the number of people detected in a space is greater than the number of people reserving the space.
US11015377B2	Hinge assembly An appliance includes a door coupled with a front panel of a cabinet that defines an upper pin slot. A top panel of the cabinet is configured to extend over the door when the door is closed. An upper hinge assembly includes an upper hinge pin configured to be rotatably received by the upper pin slot of the door. A fixed bracket has a first portion coupled with the front panel of the cabinet and a second portion that extends perpendicular to the first portion. The second portion defines an opening configured to receive the upper hinge pin. A rotating bracket is coupled with the upper hinge pin and is movable between first and second positions. The rotating bracket is configured to be fixedly coupled with the second portion of the fixed bracket when the rotating bracket is in the second position.
US11015365B2	Fence system and method A fence system may include stably coupleable posts, railings, and pickets. A post may include components configured to snap fit such as a post housing and post cover. A post cover may include a hole to snap fit to an end of a railing. A railing may include components configured to snap fit such as a railing housing and railing cover. Railing components may include holes positioned to correspond when the components are snap fit. The corresponding holes may be dimensioned to snap fit an end of a picket. Railings, pickets, or both may be pivoted when snap fit with a respective post or railing.
US11015352B2	Panel and methods for manufacturing panels A panel may include a substrate and a top layer provided on the substrate. The top layer may include a printed motif provided on a paper sheet and a transparent or translucent synthetic material layer. The paper sheet may be impregnated with polyurethane or polyisocyanate. The synthetic material of the transparent or translucent synthetic material layer may be polyurethane.
US11015340B2	Sealed envelope agricultural building constructions Agricultural barns, warehouses, and methods for construction including a floor, walls that include foam wall panels, a wainscot of impact resistant panels at a lower portion of the wall, and a ceiling formed from foam roof panels integrated into the roof truss assembly. Once the floor, walls, and ceiling are assembled, walls and ceiling can be coated over with an abrasion resistant, impact resistant polymeric coating (e.g., akin to a truck-bed liner), tying these structures together in a seamless shell that provides sufficient elasticity to accommodate typical expansion/contraction due to daily and seasonal heating/cooling, humidity changes, etc. The sealed interior envelope allows the interior surfaces to easily be pressure washed daily, or whenever else needed. Such construction is particularly well suited to an agricultural barn or warehouse, where cattle or forklifts may run into the lower portion of the walls, and pressure washing may be a daily need.
US11015339B2	Fire resistant construction block A fire resistant construction block that comprises a core comprising a polygonal shape including a front face, a rear face, a right face, a left face, a bottom face, and a top face. The fire resistant construction block further comprises a fire resistant coating surrounding at least a portion of the core and an optional intermediate layer disposed between the core and the fire resistant coating. The fire resistant construction block can comprise a plurality of channels, and the top face of the fire resistant construction block comprises a sloped surface. The fire resistant construction block can be configured to be disposed above a window of a building and the placement of the fire resistant construction block can enable an exterior wall of a building to comply with a National Fire Protection Agency Code 285 standard fire test method and/or other fire test standards.
US11015335B2	Lifting anchor for concrete components A lifting system for a concrete component comprises a void former incorporated into the component during casting and which provides within the component a void which receives a locking pin of a lifting anchor assembly which is locked within the void by rotation of a locking pin. The lifting anchor assembly has a visual indicator to indicate when the pin is in its locked condition within the void, and a pivotal lifting shackle of the assembly is prevented from movement into a position in which lifting can take place until the pin is in its locked condition. Preferably a base of the void former is configured to retain components of a jacking system by which a concrete slab used for road repair can be jacked into a level configuration with the remainder of the roadway when it has been positioned by use of the lifting system.
US11015334B2	Modular housing structure A modular housing structure comprising a plurality of modular elements each having a relative bearing structure defining an inner housing volume, and relative removable union components/devices for the reciprocal connection, associated with the bearing structure, wherein each of the modular elements comprises relative removable union components/devices for the reciprocal connection, and wherein the union components/devices are associated with the bearing structure and are of the magnetic type.
US11015332B2	Construction system for building a module of a dwelling A construction system for a module of a dwelling the main elements of which are made of plastic material includes a set of hollow profiled beams (1, 1′) of elongate rectilinear shape of type 1 and of type 2. The beams (1, 1′) include at each end (5, 5′) a transverse passage opening (6, 6′). The transverse passage opening (6) of a beam (1) of type 1 comes to be nested with the transverse passage opening (6′) of a beam (1′) of type 2 when the two beams (1, 1′) are assembled end to end at a right angle leaving a passage opening (6, 6′) between the two ends (5, 5′) of the beams (1, 1′). Two beams (1) of type 1 can be assembled with two beams (1′) of type 2 to form a rectangular frame. The system further includes a set of corner assembly elements (2, 2′), each assembly element (2, 2′) including a body intended to pass through the transverse passage opening (6, 6′) of the beams (1, 1′) of type 1 and 2. The system also includes a set of plates (3) that can be assembled between two beams (1) of type 1 when assembled or two beams (1′) of type 2 when assembled to form a rectangular frame, and a set of posts (11) of hollow rectangular section the hollow ends of which come to be nested over a corner assembly element (2, 2′) of a rectangular frame formed of beams (1, 1′) of type 1 and of type 2 so as to form a three-dimensional framework. The posts (11) include longitudinal rails or grooves (8) on two adjacent surfaces to receive other plates (3′) between the posts (11) during assembly. Each hollow profile beam (1, 1′) including along an upper surface spaced rails or grooves (8) intended to receive said other plates (3′).
US11015330B2	Toilet with overflow protection A toilet includes a base and a basin. The base supports the toilet on a surface. The basin is supported by the base. The base defines a primary toilet outlet and a secondary toilet outlet spaced apart and independent from the primary toilet outlet. The basin is supported by the base. The basin defines a primary basin outlet and a secondary basin outlet. The primary basin outlet is in fluid communication with the primary toilet outlet by way of a primary drain path. The secondary basin outlet is in fluid communication with the secondary toilet outlet by way of a secondary drain path independent from the primary drain path.
US11015324B2	Wear assembly removal and installation A process and tool for installing and removing various kinds of wear parts used with earth working equipment. The process and tool allows the operator to remove and install the wear parts at a safe distance so that the operator is physically remote from the potential risks of the removal and installation process. The tool may be manually operated via an operator or the tool may be a semi-automated or fully automated.
US11015292B2	Process and apparatus for wetlaying nonwovens A process and an apparatus for producing nonwoven materials are disclosed. The process comprises the following steps: a) providing a three-phase (gas-liquid-solid) suspension containing air, water, fibrous material and a surfactant, b) depositing the suspension onto a moving carrier sieve to produce a fibrous web on the carrier, c) removing aqueous residue of the suspension through the carrier sieve, d) conveying the aqueous residue through one or more phase separation tanks in an essentially horizontal direction while providing a depressurised headspace above the aqueous residue, e) recycling the aqueous residue conveyed in step d) to step a), f) preferably pre-integrating the fibrous web.
US11015290B2	Method for producing bleached wood fibre material In a process for producing bleached mechanical woodpulp, said process comprising the steps of a) delaminating comparatively large particles of wood, which have optionally been pretreated with chemicals and/or water, into modified particles of wood, b) grinding the modified particles of wood from a) in one or more refiners, c) optionally treating the stalk obtained in step b) with oxidative or reductive bleaching agents, a composition Z is present during step a) and/or step b), said composition Z comprising one or more of the following components (Z1) to (Z3): a salt of dithionous acid H2S2O4 (Z1), a dithionous acid or dithionous acid derivative generator compound (Z2), a salt of sulfurous acid (sulfite) plus sodium tetraborohydride (Z3) and also optionally additives (Z4).
US11015288B2	Grained artificial leather Disclosed is a grain-finished artificial leather including: an artificial leather base material; and a resin layer stacked on at least one surface of the artificial leather base material, wherein the artificial leather base material contains: a fiber-entangled body of ultrafine fibers; 3 to 50 mass % of a first elastic polymer; 2.5 to 6 mass %, in terms of phosphorus atoms, of first phosphorous-based flame retardant particles having an average particle size of 1 to 10 μm; and 1 to 6 mass % of a plasticizer, and the resin layer contains: a second elastic polymer; and a total content, in terms of phosphorus atoms or in terms of hydroxyl groups, of 0 to 8 mass % of flame retardant particles having an average particle size of 1 to 10 μm and being at least one selected from the group consisting of second phosphorous-based flame retardant particles and first metal hydroxide particles.
US11015281B2	Laundry appliance having a maintenance free lint removal system A laundry appliance includes a drum for processing laundry. A blower delivers process air through an airflow path that includes the drum. A lint filter is positioned within the airflow path that separates particulate matter from the process air. A lint disposal mechanism removes entrapped lint particles from a surface of the lint filter.
US11015277B2	Washing machine and method for controlling the same The disclosure provides a washing machine and method for controlling the same. An embodiment of the washing machine includes an auxiliary washing unit placed below a door arranged on top of a main body; an input unit for receiving instructions to start and stop auxiliary washing; and a water supply unit for supplying water to the auxiliary washing unit if the instruction to start water supply is input, and stopping supplying water to the auxiliary washing unit if the instruction to stop water supply is input.
US11015262B2	Apparatus and method for molecular beam epitaxy An apparatus and method for molecular beam epitaxy are described herein. The apparatus comprises an enclosure defining a vacuum chamber. A substrate holder is mounted within the vacuum chamber. At least one molecular beam source is in fluid communication with the vacuum chamber. A cooling shroud having at least one surface is mounted within the vacuum chamber spaced from the substrate holder. A cryocooler having at least a portion extending into the vacuum chamber is operatively coupled to the cooling shroud for extracting heat therefrom, and cooling the at least one surface of the cooling shroud to cryogenic temperatures.
US11015256B2	Near field transducers including electrodeposited plasmonic materials and methods of forming Methods of forming near field transducers (NFTs) including electrodepositing a plasmonic material.
US11015251B2	Process for generating a jet of nanoparticles The disclosure relates to a process for depositing nanoparticles on a substrate and comprising the following steps: a) generating an aerosol from a suspension of nanoparticles in a liquid; b) generating, with the aerosol, a jet of nanoparticles in a carrier gas, under vacuum; c) depositing said nanoparticles of the jet on a substrate; characterised in that step a) is carried out using a surfactant-free suspension in which the nanoparticles comprise a core made of a conductive or semiconductor material coated by a shell made of a non-metallic material. The disclosure also relates to a substrate obtained by said process.
US11015247B2	Integrated showerhead with improved hole pattern for delivering radical and precursor gas to a downstream chamber to enable remote plasma film deposition A showerhead for a substrate processing system includes a lower surface, a plasma-facing upper surface, a gas plenum defined between the lower surface and the upper surface, and a plurality of injectors distributed on the lower surface, wherein the plurality of injectors are in fluid communication with the gas plenum. A plurality of through holes extends from the upper surface to the lower surface. Selected ones of the plurality of through holes have a diameter that is different from a diameter of remaining ones of the plurality of through holes. The diameter of the selected ones of the plurality of through holes is predetermined in accordance with a desired ratio of respective gases provided via the selected ones of the plurality of through holes and the remaining ones of the plurality of through holes.
US11015245B2	Gas-phase reactor and system having exhaust plenum and components thereof An improved exhaust system for a gas-phase reactor and a reactor and system including the exhaust system are disclosed. The exhaust system includes a channel fluidly coupled to an exhaust plenum. The improved exhaust system allows operation of a gas-phase reactor with desired flow characteristics while taking up relatively little space within a reaction chamber.
US11015242B2	Hard coating, hard-coated tool, and their production methods A hard coating comprising a lower layer formed by an fcc-based titanium aluminum nitride coating, and an upper layer formed by an aluminum nitride coating having an hcp crystal system, the upper layer having a columnar crystal structure, the columnar crystals having an average transverse cross section diameter of 0.05-0.6 μm, and a ratio of an X-ray diffraction peak value Ia(002) of (002) planes to an X-ray diffraction peak value Ia(100) of (100) planes in the upper layer meeting the relation of Ia(002)/Ia(100)≥6.
US11015233B2	Titanium alloy part A titanium alloy part is characterized in that it includes, by mass %: Al: 1.0 to 8.0%; Fe: 0.10 to 0.40%; O: 0.00 to 0.30%; C: 0.00 to 0.10%; Sn: 0.00 to 0.20%; Si: 0.00 to 0.15%; and the balance: Ti and impurities, in which: an average grain diameter of α-phase crystal grains is 15.0 μm or less; an average aspect ratio of the α-phase crystal grains is 1.0 or more and 3.0 or less; and a coefficient of variation of a number density of β-phase crystal grains distributed in the α phase is 0.30 or less.
US11015232B2	Seamless steel tube with high strength and toughness and manufacturing method therefor A seamless steel tube with high strength and toughness, comprising the following chemical elements by mass: 0.1-0.25% of C, 0.1-0.5% of Si, 0.01-0.1% of Al, 0.6-2% of Mn, the balance of Fe and other unavoidable impurities, wherein C+Mn/6≥0.35. Also provided is a method for preparing a seamless steel tube.
US11015230B2	Water-soluble quenching oil composition A water-soluble quenching fluid composition prepared by blending: water, at least one kind selected from a polyoxyalkylene glycol and a derivative thereof (A), and at least one kind selected from an alkylene glycol ether (B) and a monocarboxylic acid (C), the polyoxyalkylene glycol or a derivative thereof (A) having a mass average molecular weight of 10,000 or more and 100,000 or less, the alkylene glycol ether (B) having a boiling point of 200° C. or more and a molecular weight per 1 mol of 1,000 g/mol or less.
US11015223B2	Methods for determining response to a hypomethylating agent Disclosed are methods for predicting a response of a subject with myelodysplastic syndrome to treatment with a hypomethylating agent, for example using a sample obtained from the subject. The methods can be used to select a subject for treatment with a hypomethylating agent, and/or measure a subject's response to therapy and/or disease progression/regression. The methods include detecting, in a nucleic acid sample obtained from a subject, one or more mutations of any one or more genes selected from Table 3a.
US11015215B2	Use of high flux SCFA-derivatized monosaccharides in recombinant glycoprotein production Methods of glycoprotein production employing monosaccharides capable of producing a global increase in flux through the sialic acid pathway are provided.
US11015213B2	Method of preparing cell free nucleic acid molecules by in situ amplification Methods for in situ amplification (ISA) of cfNA, such as cfDNA, in a sample are provided wherein the cfNA in the sample is not subject to a nucleic acid purification step. The methods disclosed may be used to generate an analyzable pool of cfNA present in the sample. The analyzable pool may be used with a variety of analytical techniques to characterize the nucleic acid in the sample. Methods of diagnosis, determining a therapeutic intervention and monitoring of a subject are also provided.
US11015211B2	Cardiac cell reprogramming with myocardin and ASCL1 The present disclosure provides methods for generating induced cardiomyocytes and/or inducing a cardiomyocyte phenotype in cells in vivo or in vitro, such as by expression of ASCL1 or MYF6 and MYOCD. The present disclosure further provides gene-delivery vectors comprising one or more polynucleotides selected from ASCL1, MYF6, MYOCD, MEF2C, and TBX5. It further provides compositions comprising induced cardiomyocytes and provides methods of treating a heart condition, such as myocardial infarction. The disclosure also provides engineered myocardin proteins with an internal deletion, vectors encoding such engineered mycocardins, and methods of use thereof.
US11015209B2	Wheat MS1 polynucleotides, polypeptides, and methods of use Compositions and methods are capable of modulating male fertility in a plant. Compositions comprise polynucleotides and polypeptides, and fragments and variants thereof, which modulate male fertility. Expression cassettes comprise a male-fertility polynucleotide, or fragment or variant thereof, operably linked to a promoter, wherein expression of the polynucleotide modulates the male fertility of a plant. The level and/or activity of a polynucleotide that influences male fertility is modulated in a plant or plant part. Regulatory sequences drive expression in a male-tissue-preferred manner and may be targets to downregulate an operably linked gene. Methods to track mutations that induce nuclear recessive male sterility in subsequent selfing and crossing of wheat lines containing the mutations are also provided. Male-sterile plants may be maintained by pollinating with a maintainer plant.
US11015208B2	Insecticidal proteins from plants Compositions and methods for controlling pests are provided. The methods involve transforming organisms with a nucleic acid sequence encoding an insecticidal protein. In particular, the nucleic acid sequences are useful for preparing plants and microorganisms that possess insecticidal activity. Thus, transformed bacteria, plants, plant cells, plant tissues and seeds are provided. Compositions are insecticidal nucleic acids and proteins of bacterial species. The sequences find use in the construction of expression vectors for subsequent transformation into organisms of interest including plants, as probes for the isolation of other homologous (or partially homologous) genes. The pesticidal proteins find use in controlling, inhibiting growth or killing Lepidopteran, Coleopteran, Dipteran, fungal, Hemipteran and nematode pest populations and for producing compositions with insecticidal activity.
US11015206B2	Compositions and methods comprising sequences having hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase (HPPD) activity Compositions and methods comprising polynucleotides and polypeptides having 4-hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase (HPPD) activity and having insensitivity to an HPPD inhibitor are provided. Further provided are nucleic acid constructs, plants, plant cells, explants, seeds and grain having the HPPD sequences. Various methods of employing the HPPD sequences are provided. Such methods include, for example, methods for producing an HPPD inhibitor tolerant plant, plant cell, explant or seed and methods of controlling weeds in a field containing a crop employing the plants and/or seeds disclosed herein. Methods are also provided to identify additional HPPD variants. Further provided are various methods and compositions that allow the various HPPD polypeptides and variant and fragments thereof to be expressed in a chloroplast or transported to a chloroplast.
US11015202B2	Complex containing oligonucleotide having immunopotentiating activity and use thereof The present invention provides an oligodeoxynucleotide containing humanized K type CpG oligodeoxynucleotide and poly deoxyadenylate, wherein the poly deoxyadenylate is placed on the 3′-side of the humanized K type CpG oligodeoxynucleotide. In addition, the present invention provides a complex containing the aforementioned oligodeoxynucleotide and β-1,3-glucan.
US11015201B2	Angiotensinogen (AGT) iRNA compositions and methods of use thereof The present invention relates to RNAi agents, e.g., double stranded RNA (dsRNA) agents, targeting the AGT gene. The invention also relates to methods of using such RNAi agents to inhibit expression of an AGT gene and to methods of preventing and treating an AGT-associated disorder, e.g., high blood pressure.
US11015200B2	Antisense-induced exon exclusion in myostatin The present disclosure relates to antisense oligomers and related compositions and methods for decreasing the expression of functional human myostatin and methods for treating muscular dystrophy and related disorders and more specifically relates to inducing exclusion of myostatin exon 2 and thereby reducing the levels of myostatin protein.
US11015199B2	Cancer therapy The invention relates to a genetically transformed or transfected bacterial cell chromosome wherein said cell is made to express interfering RNA (siRNA) active against at least one gene encoding a cancer promoting or sustaining protein such as an oncogene, a chemo-resistant gene or a metabolic gene; siRNA cassette encoding at least one siRNA active against said gene; a bacterial cell with said siRNA cassette integrated within the bacterial chromosome; a method of treating cancer, particularly but not exclusively prostate, breast or colorectal cancer, employing the use of said bacterial cell with a chromosomally integrated siRNA cassette; and use of said bacterial cell with a chromosomally integrated siRNA cassette to treat said cancer.
US11015195B2	Compositions of asymmetric interfering RNA and uses thereof The present invention provides asymmetrical duplex RNA molecules that are capable of effecting sequence-specific gene silencing. The RNA molecule comprises a first strand and a second strand. The first strand is longer than the second strand. The RNA molecule comprises a double-stranded region formed by the first strand and the second strand, and two ends independently selected from the group consisting of 5′-overhang, 3′-overhang, and blunt end. The RNA molecules of the present invention can be used as research tools and/or therapeutics.
US11015193B2	sgRNA and method for specifically activating human RSPO2 gene with CRISPR-Cas9 and application thereof A method of constructing a specific CRISPR-Cas9 (Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats associated) to activate a RSPO2 (R-spondin 2) gene is disclosed in the present invention. The method comprises the following steps: designing a sgRNA (single guide RNA) of a specifically targeted human RSPO2 gene; constructing a CRISPR-Cas9 recombinant lentivirus vector of a specifically activated RSPO2 gene; and lentiviral packaging a CRISPR-Cas9 system of the specifically activated RSPO2 gene. The CRISPR-Cas9 system designed by the present invention activates the RSPO2 target gene expression and promotes the activation of the hepatic stellate cell.
US11015190B2	Method of treating a patient having renal cancer A method of making a prognosis as to whether a patient having renal cancer is likely to survive in a tumour tissue sample obtained from the patient is provided. The method comprising determining the level of expression for each marker of a panel of markers comprising at least one housekeeping gene selected from the group consisting of ACTB, RPL13A, RPL9, and RPS29 and any combinations thereof and at least one prognostic gene selected from the group consisting of CXCL5, EFNA5, EMCN, G6PC, GFPT2, HIST2H3C, IGFBP1, LAMB3, MMP9, MOCOS, PLG, PRAME, RARRES1, SDPR, SLC6A19, TK1, KDELR3 and TSPAN7 and any combinations thereof, comparing the level of expression of each marker with a predetermined reference level associated with each marker, and determining the differential expression of each marker in the tumour tissue sample based on the expression parameter for each marker to provide a prognosis for renal cancer.
US11015188B2	MRNA display antibody library and methods Compositions, methods and uses of high-diversity nucleic acid library that encodes a plurality of antibodies or antibody fragments are presented. The high-diversity nucleic acid library comprises or is derived from (1) a VH-CDR1/2 sub-library, (2) a plurality of VH-CDR3 sub-libraries, and (3) a VL sub-library, each of which comprises a plurality of members. Preferably, each member of the sub-libraries comprises at least one random cassette that has a plurality of degenerate base positions. In an especially preferred embodiment, at least portions of at least two members of the VH-CDR1/2 sub-library, the plurality of VH-CDR3 sub-libraries, and the VL sub-library are recombined to form an expression library member in an expression library, where each member of the expression library encodes a distinct antibody or antibody fragment.
US11015167B2	High yield algal biomass production without concentrated CO2 supply under open pond conditions Methods and systems for efficient culturing of algae in open ponds are described.
US11015165B2	Systems and methods for particle analysis The present disclosure provides systems and methods for sorting a cell. The system may comprise a flow channel configured to transport a cell through the channel. The system may comprise an imaging device configured to capture an image of the cell from a plurality of different angles as the cell is transported through the flow channel. The system may comprise a processor configured to analyze the image using a deep learning algorithm to enable sorting of the cell.
US11015162B1	Flow through electroporation modules and instrumentation The present disclosure provides a flow-through electroporation device configured for use in an automated multi-module cell processing environment and configured to decrease cell processing time and the risk of clogging.
US11015161B2	Electroporation aided biological material delivery system and method Microfluidic devices and associated methods are disclosed. A microfluidic device includes a target entrainment channel and an effluent channel on opposing sides of a semipermeable membrane. A restrictor channel that is narrower than the effluent channel is interposed between the semipermeable membrane and the effluent channel. Fluid that flows from the target entrainment channel, through the semipermeable membrane and the restrictor channel to the effluent channel, pins target cells along the center of the target entrainment channel for electroporation using an electrode in the channel.
US11015155B2	Fermenter A fermenter may include a fermentation container having a fermentation space in which a beverage is fermented and a first gas passage communicating with the fermentation space, and a fermentation lid opening and closing the fermentation container and having a second gas passage. When the fermentation lid closes the fermentation container, a gas chamber communicating with each of the first gas passage and the second gas passage is provided between the fermentation container and the fermentation lid.
US11015153B2	Unitary laundry detergent article A water-soluble unitary laundry detergent article that contains two or more surfactant-containing non-fibrous sheets with a fabric hueing agent located between such non-fibrous sheets.
US11015152B2	Cleansing bars with taurine Described herein, are cleansing bar compositions comprising at least one cleanser chosen from soap and surfactant; taurine, in free or salt form; and at least one polymer. Methods of making using the cleansing bar compositions are also described.
US11015144B2	Formula design for a solid laundry fabric softener Solid laundry fabric softening compositions for laundry applications of use are disclosed. In particular, solid laundry fabric softening compositions combining quaternary dialkyl actives with low iodine values and silicone provide softness without causing any significant yellowing or loss of water absorption or wicking to the treated linen. The solid laundry fabric softening compositions can be provided as a multi-use block having uniform dispensing rates and without block sloughing. Beneficially, the combination of processing aids for solidification comprising one or more of (A) polyethylene glycol and an acidulant, (B) a surfactant and an acidulant, or (C) polyethylene glycol, a surfactant and an acidulant, are combined with the quaternary ammonium compounds and silicone to provide the stable solid composition.
US11015143B2	Cleaning compositions and methods for enhancing fragrance performance Disclosed are fragrance-enhanced cleaning compositions including a mixture of a linear alkyLbenzene sulfonate (LAS) and a sodium lauryl ether sulfate (SLES), wherein the mixture is present in the cleaning composition in an amount of about 1%-2% by weight and wherein a weight ratio of LAS:SLES is about 3:1 to about 1:1 or about 6:1 to about 4:1; and a fragrance. Methods of preparing and using the present cleaning compositions are also disclosed. In addition, methods of formulating a cleaning composition having an enhanced fragrance performance are provided.
US11015138B2	Refrigerating machine oil, and composition for refrigerating machine The present invention relates to a refrigerator oil containing a polyvinyl ether-based compound (A) containing a structural unit (a1) having a methoxy group in a side chain thereof in an amount of 30 mol % or more and 100 mol % or less on a basis of 100 mol % of the whole amount of structural units excluding a terminal structural unit in a molecular structure thereof, a refrigerator oil composition containing the refrigerator oil, and a production method of the refrigerator oil.
US11015136B2	Supercritical water gasification with decoupled pressure and heat transfer modules The present invention discloses a system and method for supercritical water gasification (SCWG) of biomass materials wherein the system includes a SCWG reactor and a plurality of heat exchangers located within a shared pressurized vessel, which decouples the function of containing high pressure from the high temperature function. The present invention allows the heat transfer function to be conducted independently from the pressure transfer function such that the system equipment can be designed and fabricated in manner that would support commercial scaled-up SCWG operations. By using heat exchangers coupled to the reactor in a series configuration, significant efficiencies are achieved by the present invention SCWG system over prior known SCWG systems.
US11015135B2	Reduced fouling of hydrocarbon oil Antifoulant compositions and methods are used for inhibiting fouling on structural parts of a system exposed to a fluid hydrocarbon or petrochemical stream. Polyamine antifoulants are added to such systems. The polyamine antifoulants may be conjointly used with dispersants and/or fatty acids. The fatty acids have been found to reduce thermal degradation of the polyamine antifoulants.
US11015134B2	Polished turbine fuel Turbine fuel provided for large-scale land based turbines used by utilities for producing electricity and desalinated water, and for large mobile engines and turbines in marine and remote applications where only liquid fuels are available. Use results in less corrosion, ash formation and emissions (NOx, SOx, CO2 and noxious metals) than firing contaminated heavy crude, refinery residual oils or high sulfur fuel oils. Manufacture is by decontaminating crude oils, non-conventional crudes, and other highly contaminated feeds. Each fuel is produced as a single product of unit operations, not ex-plant blend of various refinery products, yet using an apparatus configuration less complex than conventional crude oil refining. These fuels can be fired by advanced high efficiency turbines of combined cycle power plants having hot flow paths and heat recovery steam generation systems susceptible to corrosion, which systems cannot otherwise risk contaminated heavy crudes or refinery residual oils feeds.
US11015123B2	Liquid-crystal material The present application relates to a liquid-crystalline material comprising a sterically hindered N-oxide and a dye. The invention furthermore relates to the use of the liquid-crystalline material in an optical switching device for regulation of the passage of sunlight.
US11015119B2	Ultraviolet light-emitting phosphor, light-emitting element, and light-emitting device An ultraviolet light-emitting phosphor having excellent degradation resistance and emission intensity is provided. The ultraviolet light-emitting phosphor is a phosphor comprising yttrium element, scandium element, aluminum element and oxygen element, which is excited by irradiation of vacuum ultraviolet rays or electron beams to emit ultraviolet rays.
US11015116B2	Coated narrow band green phosphor A coated phosphor may comprise: phosphor particles comprised of a phosphor with composition (M)(A)2S4:Eu, wherein: M is at least one of Mg, Ca, Sr and Ba; and A is at least one of Ga, Al, In, Y; a dense impermeable (pinhole-free) coating of an oxide material encapsulating individual ones of the phosphor particles. The coated phosphor is configured to satisfy one or more of the conditions: (1) under excitation by blue light, the reduction in photoluminescent intensity at the peak emission wavelength after 1,000 hours of aging at about 85° C. and about 85% relative humidity is no greater than about 30%; (2) the change in chromaticity coordinates CIE(y), ΔCIE y, after 1,000 hours of aging at about 85° C. and about 85 % relative humidity is less than about 5×10−3; (3) said coated phosphor does not turn black when suspended in a 1 mol/L silver nitrate solution for at least two hours at 85° C.; (4) said coated phosphor does not turn black when suspended in a 1 mol/L silver nitrate solution for at least one day at 20° C.; and (5) said coated phosphor does not turn black when suspended in a 1 mol/L silver nitrate solution for at least 5 days at 20° C.
US11015111B2	Mitigation of condensate banking using surface modification Presented herein are methods and systems for mitigating condensate banking for example, by altering the wettability of a rock formation in the vicinity of a wellbore for a gas condensate reservoir.
US11015099B2	Traction enhancing aggregate A traction enhancing aggregate is provided comprised of a body with a side having a top and bottom with each having three or more protruding conical masses with axes positioned about a circular centerline and made from moldable material capable of being delivered by hand or traction enhancing system to a lower surface such as ground to provide an increased coefficient of friction between an upper surface such as a shoe or tire and a lower surface.
US11015098B2	Polishing composition The present invention provides a polishing composition for use in polishing a material having a Vickers hardness of 1500 Hv or higher. The polishing composition has an oxidation-reduction potential ORPx mV and the material to be polishing has an oxidation-reduction potential ORPy mV, with their relation satisfying ORPx−ORPy≥100 mV.
US11015093B2	Two-component solventless adhesive compositions and methods of making same A two-component solventless adhesive composition is disclosed, the composition comprising an isocyanate component comprising an isocyanate prepolymer that is the reaction product of reactants comprising at least one polyisocyanate, at least one polyester polyol, at least one polyether polyol, and at least one polyol comprising a hydroxyl and COOH acid functionality. The adhesive composition further comprises a polyol component comprising at least one polyester polyol, at least one polyether polyol, or a combination thereof. A method for forming a laminate using the adhesive composition and a laminate itself are also disclosed. The method comprises forming a solventless adhesive composition, applying a layer of the adhesive composition to a surface of a film, bringing the layer into contact with a surface of another film to form a laminate, and curing the adhesive composition. A laminate made according to the method is further disclosed.
US11015091B2	Use of a single-component laminating adhesive for composite film lamination A description is given of the use of a one-component laminating adhesive for composite film lamination, and also of a method for composite film lamination. The laminating adhesive comprises an aqueous polymer dispersion preparable by radical emulsion polymerization of monomers comprising (a) at least 60 wt %, based on the total amount of monomers, of at least one monomer selected from the group consisting of C1 to C20 alkyl acrylates, C1 to C20 alkyl methacrylates, vinyl esters of carboxylic acids comprising up to 20 carbon atoms, vinylaromatics having up to 20 carbon atoms, vinyl halides, vinyl ethers of alcohols comprising 1 to 10 carbon atoms, aliphatic hydrocarbons having 2 to 8 carbon atoms and one or two double bonds, and mixtures of these monomers, and (b) at least 0.1 wt %, based on the total amount of monomers, of at least one monomer having at least one acid group, and (c) 0.1 to 5 wt %, based on the total amount of monomers, of at least one ethylenically unsaturated compound having at least one functional group selected from keto groups and aldehyde groups; where the aqueous polymer dispersion comprises at least one compound A which has at least two functional groups that are able to enter into a crosslinking reaction with keto groups or with aldehyde groups; where the molar ratio of the groups of the compound A that are reactive with keto groups or with aldehyde groups to the keto and aldehyde groups of the monomer (b) is from 1:10 to 2:1; and where, in the composite film lamination, at least two films are bonded to one another with the laminating adhesive so firmly that the peel strength is 2.5 N/15 mm or more or that the films bonded to one another are partable only with destruction of at least one of the films. The composite films can be used for the packing of foods.
US11015090B2	Butene-1 polymer composition having a high melt flow rate A butene-1 polymer composition having MFR values of from 400 to 2000 g/10 min, measured according to ISO 1133 at 190° C. with a load of 2.16 kg, made from or containing A) a butene-1 homopolymer or a copolymer of butene-1 with a comonomer selected from the group consisting of ethylene and higher alpha-olefins, having a copolymerized comonomer content of up to 5% by mole; B) a copolymer of butene-1 with a comonomer selected from the group consisting of ethylene and higher alpha-olefins, having a copolymerized comonomer content of from 6% to 25% by mole; wherein the composition having a total copolymerized comonomer content from 5% to 18% by mole, referred to the sum of A) and B), and a content of fraction soluble in xylene at 0° C. of 65% by weight or more, determined on the total weight of A) and B).
US11015087B2	Polishing composition, method for producing polishing composition, polishing method, and method for producing semiconductor substrate A polishing composition according to the present invention includes: silica; an anionic water-soluble polymer; at least one compound selected from the group consisting of a phosphonate group-containing compound, a phosphate group-containing compound, and an amino group-containing compound; and a dispersing medium.
US11015078B2	Surface treatment agent, surface treatment method, surface treatment base material, and surface treatment base material production method [Problem] To provide a surface treatment polymer. [Solution] A compound represented by formula (1), and a surface treatment agent including the compound.
US11015077B2	Pigment dispersion liquid, curable composition, film, near infrared cut filter, solid-state imaging element, image display device, and infrared sensor Provided is a pigment dispersion liquid used in a curable composition capable of manufacturing a film having fewer foreign matters. Provided are a curable composition capable of manufacturing a film having fewer foreign matters, a film, a near infrared cut filter, a solid-state imaging element, an image display device, and an infrared sensor. The pigment dispersion liquid includes a near infrared absorbing organic pigment having an maximum absorption wavelength in a wavelength range of 600 to 1,200 nm; two or more kinds of pigment derivatives having different structures; and a solvent.
US11015074B2	Mixed ink mixed with far-infrared radiation material, method for preparing same, and printed matter with mixed ink printed thereon The present invention relates to a mixed ink mixed with a far-infrared-emitting material, a method for preparing the mixed ink, and a printed matter on which the mixed ink is printed, wherein the mixed ink is a printing ink used in a printing process for a printed matter and the mixed ink is prepared by mixing a pigment mixture with a powder type far-infrared-emitting material. Therefore, a mixed ink, which is to be printed on an object, is mixed with a far-infrared-emitting material to maintain a high far-infrared emissivity of 0.88 or greater, so that 60% or more of various noxious gases, which are generated from the printed matter, can be deodorized to allow a user to use the printed matter without repulsion; about 90% or more of staphylococci and pneumococci can be reduced to maintain cleanliness; and the contamination and pathogen transmission due to the use of the printed matter can be prevented in advance.
US11015069B2	Surface treatment formulation for inhibiting scaling or climbing of a surface A surface treatment formulation configured to inhibit scaling or climbing of a surface is provided. The surface treatment formulation may include a base binding material configured to adhere to the surface and a filler material embedded in the base binding material. The filler material may include a dry lubricant having a layered lamellar structure or low inter filler interaction. Furthermore, the surface treatment formulation may be configured to be activated in order to expose the filler material thereby causing formation of a slippery surface to inhibit the scaling or climbing of the surface.
US11015061B2	Phthalocyanine-based compound and uses of same Provided are a novel phthalocyanine compound, which has strong absorption in a near-infrared range, extremely weak absorption in a visible range, and high durability, and exhibits excellent solubility in an organic solvent or a resin, a process for producing the phthalocyanine compound, an intermediate, and uses thereof. The phthalocyanine compound is represented by General Formula (1), In which in Formula (1), R represents an alkyl group or an aryl group, X represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, or an alkyl group, X's can form an aromatic ring by being bonded to each other, M represents two hydrogen atoms, a divalent metal, or a derivative of a trivalent or tetravalent metal, and n represents an integer of 3 to 6.
US11015057B2	Dual-cure compositions Dual cure compositions include a combination of an organoborane complex and a radical oxidizing agent as co-catalysts. The compositions are curable under dark conditions and can be used to catalyze thiol-ene reactions. The compositions are useful as sealants.
US11015046B2	Thermoplastic resin composition, hot melt adhesive, automobile member, and hygienic material member A thermoplastic resin composition containing an olefin-based polymer and a hydrogenated block copolymer, wherein: with respect to the olefin-based polymer, an amount of heat of crystal fusion (ΔH) is less than 80 J/g; the hydrogenated block copolymer is a hydrogenated product of a block copolymer composed of a first polymer block consisting of a structural unit derived from an aromatic vinyl compound and a second polymer block consisting of a structural unit derived from a conjugated diene compound; the content of the first polymer block in the hydrogenated block copolymer is 1 to 60% by mass; a proportion of a vinyl bond amount of the second polymer block is 50 to 95 mol %; and the content of the hydrogenated block copolymer in the thermoplastic resin composition is from 1 to 30 parts by mass relative to 100 parts by mass of the total amount of the olefin-based polymer and the hydrogenated block copolymer.
US11015042B2	Tread enhancement additives for tires A composition comprising a tread enhancement additive for use in a number of applications including tires is disclosed. The tread enhancement additive is prepared from an unmodified alkyl phenol resin by reducing the hydroxyl value of the unmodified alkyl phenol resin, forming a modified alkyl phenol resin having a decreased hydroxyl value. The composition exhibits improved performance characteristics such as enhanced wet grip and decreased rolling resistance and improved abrasion resistance.
US11015039B2	Terpolymer compositions with improved clarity and gloss for blow molded and thermoformed articles A polymer composition and/or an article containing: (a) a random propylene terpolymer which comprises: (i) 90.0-96.0 wt. %, based on the total weight of the propylene terpolymer, of propylene derived units; (ii) 3.0-7.0 wt. %, based on the total weight of the propylene terpolymer, of 1-butene derived units; and (iii) 1.0-5.0 wt. %, based on the total weight of the propylene terpolymer, of ethylene derived units; and (b) about 0.01 to about 1.0 wt. %, based on the total weight of the propylene terpolymer, of a clarifying agent, with the balance of the polymer composition being the random propylene terpolymer and/or optionally at least one additive.
US11015033B2	Expandable styrene resin particles, pre-expanded particles of styrene resin, styrene resin foam molded body, and method for producing expandable resin particles Expandable styrene resin particles include 2.0 wt % to 8.0 wt % of graphite, and the graphite has a mean particle size of 2.5 μm to 9 μm. The expandable styrene resin particles satisfy (i) a laser scattering intensity per unit solution concentration of the graphite is not less than 5 {%/(mg/ml)}/wt %, (ii) an area of the graphite per unit solution concentration of the graphite in 1 mm2 is not less than 55 ({mm2/mm2}/{g/g}), or (iii) when the expandable styrene resin particles are pre-expanded and are made into an expanded molded product having an expansion ratio of 40 times, a value (%/wt %) obtained by dividing, by the content of the graphite (wt %), a percentage of an area occupied by the graphite in a surface layer of the expanded molded product (%), a quotient of which is further multiplied by 100, is not less than 100.
US11015031B2	Reinforced polyoxymethylene composition with low emissions The present disclosure is generally directed to a fiber reinforced polyoxymethylene polymer composition having extremely low formaldehyde emission characteristics. The polymer composition generally contains reinforcing fibers in an amount from 3% to 70% by weight. The reinforcing fibers are combined with a polyoxymethylene polymer having a relatively high melt volume flow rate. The polymer composition can also contain a coupling agent for better integrating the reinforcing fibers into the polymer matrix. In addition to low emission properties, the polymer composition of the present disclosure displays excellent mechanical properties.
US11015027B2	Process for manufacturing products from acetylated wood fibre A process for forming wood fibre comprising breaking down acetylated wood to produce acetylated wood fibre having a moisture content from about 5% w/w to about 8.5% w/w after it is comminuted to form wood fibre. The process includes a first moisture-introducing step for increasing the moisture content of the acetylated wood elements; and a second moisture-introducing step, separate to the first, for increasing the moisture content of the acetylated wood elements.
US11015019B2	Epoxy resin, production method, epoxy resin composition and cured product of same Provided are an epoxy resin including: an epoxidized product of monoalkyl dihydroxybenzene; and a compound that is detected in the molecular weight range from a molecular weight at the peak top of the epoxidized product of the monoalkyl dihydroxybenzene to the molecular weight at the peak top+20 to 40 and has a peak area % of 0.1% to 0.8% in a GPC chart, and an epoxy resin including an epoxidized product of monoalkyl catechol in which the ratio of the total content of a cyclic compound having a cyclic structure that has two adjacent oxygen atoms derived from the monoalkyl catechol as constituent atoms and a monoglycidyletherified product of the monoalkyl catechol to the content of a diglycidyletherified product of the monoalkyl catechol is in the range of 0.10 to 0.40 as measured by high performance liquid chromatography.
US11015016B2	Polymeric adhesive for anchoring compliant materials to another surface Methods, compositions, and kits for adhering polymers and other materials to another material, and in particular to bone or bone-like structures or surfaces. A composition of matter includes a urethane dimethacrylate-methyl methacrylate copolymer with a plurality of first polymer regions based on urethane dimethacrylate and a plurality of second polymer regions based on methyl methacrylate. The method includes placing an orthopedic joint implant having an attachment surface in a joint space, applying a first non-urethane-containing precursor, a second urethane-containing precursor, and a initiator to the attachment surface; contacting the first and second precursors and the initiator with the joint surface; and copolymerizing the first and second precursors and forming an adhesive copolymer and attaching the implant to the joint.
US11015015B2	Co-preparation of polyetheramines and alklyene amines The present disclosure provides a process for the co-preparation of a polyetheramine and an alkylene amine mixture by aminating a liquid polyol initiator mixture comprising an alkoxylated alcohol and a solid high melting polyol. The polyetheramine and alkylene amine mixture may be used in a variety of applications, such as a curing agent for epoxy resin formulations or as a raw material in the synthesis of polyurea.
US11015013B2	Resin composition, molded body, laminate, gas barrier material, coating material, and adhesive A resin composition contains a polyester polyol and a smectite with partially immobilized lithium.
US11015007B2	Active energy ray-curable composition and cured product thereof There is provided an active energy ray-curable composition having excellent storage stability. The active energy ray-curable composition includes: active energy ray-curable compound (A) having an unsaturated ethylenic double bond; thiol compound (B) having two or more mercapto groups in one molecule; reaction inhibitor (C) configured to inhibit a reaction between the unsaturated ethylenic double bond and the mercapto groups; radical polymerization inhibitor (D); and water (E), wherein the content of water (E) is 0.05 ppm by mass or more and less than 1% by mass. When the total content of active energy ray-curable compound (A) and thiol compound (B) is 100 parts by mass, the content of reaction inhibitor (C) is 0.005 parts by mass or more and 10 parts by mass or less, and the content of radical polymerization inhibitor (D) is 0.005 parts by mass or more and 5 parts by mass or less.
US11015003B2	Jacket with improved properties The present invention relates to a multimodal ethylene copolymer composition having a density of 920 to 949 kg/m3 and a flexural modulus, wherein said flexural modulus is following the equation: Flexural modulus [MPa]<21.35·density [kg/m3]−19585 [1]. The multimodal ethylene copolymer composition according to the invention can be used in a highly flexible cable jacket, preferably a power cable jacket.
US11014994B2	Olefin coordination polymerization catalyst, and preparation method and application thereof The present invention relates to an olefin coordination polymerization catalyst and a preparation method and application thereof. The olefin polymerization catalyst consists of a primary catalyst mainly prepared from a magnesium compound, a transition metal halide, a C2-C15 alcohol and an electron donor in a molar ratio of 1:1-40:0.01-10:0.001-10, and a co-catalyst which is an organoaluminum compound; and the molar ratio of the transition metal halide to the co-catalyst is 1:10-500. The catalyst of the present invention has a good particle morphology, and a spherical shape, and the catalyst particles do not stick to the vessel wall; the catalyst has high activity and excellent hydrogen regulation performance, and the melt index MFR of polyethylene may be adjusted within 0.01 g/10 min-550 g/10 min; and the catalyst is applicable in slurry polymerization process, loop reactor polymerization process, gas phase polymerization process or combined polymerization process.
US11014989B2	Anti-CLL1 specific single-chain chimeric antigen receptors (scCARs) for cancer immunotherapy The present invention relates to Chimeric Antigen Receptors (CAR) that are recombinant chimeric proteins able to redirect immune cell specificity and reactivity toward CLL1 positive cells. The engineered immune cells endowed with such CARs are particularly suited for immunotherapy for treating cancer, in particular leukemia.
US11014983B2	Anti-Tim-3 antibodies, compositions comprising anti-Tim-3 antibodies and methods of making and using anti-Tim-3 antibodies Provided herein are antibodies that selectively bind to Tim-3 and its isoforms and homologs, and compositions comprising the antibodies. Also provided are methods of using the antibodies, such as therapeutic and diagnostic methods.
US11014972B2	B*44 restricted peptides for use in immunotherapy against cancers and related methods The present invention relates to peptides, proteins, nucleic acids and cells for use in immunotherapeutic methods. In particular, the present invention relates to the immunotherapy of cancer. The present invention furthermore relates to tumor-associated T-cell peptide epitopes, alone or in combination with other tumor-associated peptides that can for example serve as active pharmaceutical ingredients of vaccine compositions that stimulate anti-tumor immune responses, or to stimulate T cells ex vivo and transfer into patients. Peptides bound to molecules of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC), or peptides as such, can also be targets of antibodies, soluble T-cell receptors, and other binding molecules.
US11014968B2	Cationic neurotoxins Method for preventing or treating a condition or disease in a subject comprising administering to the subject an engineered clostridial toxin comprising at least one amino acid modification that increases the isoelectric point of the toxin to a value that is at least 0.2 pI units higher than the isoelectric point of an otherwise identical clostridial toxin lacking the modification.
US11014964B2	Peptide amide compound and preparation method and medical use thereof The invention provides a peptide amide compound represented by the general general formula (I), a preparation method thereof, and a medical application thereof. The compound has a novel structure, better biological activity, and better analgesic effect.
US11014963B2	Trifluoromethylpropanamide derivatives as HTRA1 inhibitors The invention provides novel compounds having the general formula (I) wherein R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R3, R8, R10, R11 and R23 are as described herein, compositions including the compounds and methods of using the compounds.
US11014962B2	Method for protein purification The present invention provides a method for manufacturing antibodies or a fragment thereof with reduced levels of antibody reduction related impurities.
US11014957B2	Methods of library construction for polynucleotide sequencing Disclosed herein are methods and compositions for the detection of small RNAs in a sample. The methods and compositions disclosed herein may be used for preparing sequencing libraries of the small RNAs, fragments of RNAs and DNAs.
US11014952B2	Stable hydrolysis-resistant synthetic polyribosylribitolphosphate derivatives as vaccines against Haemophilus influenzae type b The present invention provides a stable synthetic saccharide of Hib polyribosylribitol-phosphate (PRP) derivative and conjugate thereof. Said saccharide, said conjugate and pharmaceutical compositions thereof are hydrolysis-resistant, long-term stable and useful for the prevention and/or treatment of diseases associated with Haemophilus influenzae, and more specifically of diseases associated with Haemophilus influenzae type b, preferably diseases selected from meningitis, pneumonia, and epiglotitis. They have general formula (I): wherein A is formula (II) or formula (III); B is formula (IV); C is formula (V); D is formula (VI); E is formula (VII); F is formula (VIII) or formula (IX).
US11014945B2	Sulfonyldiazoles and N-(fluorosulfonyl)azoles, and methods of making the same The present disclosure provides methods for producing N-(fluorosulfonyl)azoles, sulfonyldiazoles, or related derivatives thereof; and the related products including N-(fluorosulfonyl)azoles, sulfonyldiazoles, and related derivatives thereof. For example, an N-(fluorosulfonyl)azole is obtained by reaction of sulfuryl fluoride with an azoles, an azole anion compound, a silylazole, or a combination thereof. Symmetric and asymmetric sulfonyldiazoles are obtained by further reaction of such an N-(fluorosulfonyl)azole with azoles, azole anion compounds, or silylazoles. A sulfonyldiazole can be also produced by reacting sulfuryl fluoride with an azole, a silylazole, or a combination thereof in one pot.
US11014940B1	Thiazolidinone and oxazolidinone compounds and formulations Provided herein are thiazolidinone and oxazolidinone compounds such as Compound 1, 1A, 1B, 1C, 1D, 1E, 1F, and compounds of Formulas (I), (II), (III), and (IV). Also provided herein are uses of these thiazolidinone and oxazolidinone compounds such as Compound 1, 1A, 1B, 1C, 1D, 1E, 1F, and compounds of Formulas (I), (II), (III), and (IV), pharmaceutical compositions and formulations in the treatment of various diseases, including but not limited to diseases or disorders associated with an activated immune system (e.g., multiple sclerosis and psoriasis).
US11014933B2	Non-peptide opioid receptor modulators Non-peptide MOR opioid receptor modulators are provided. The compounds exhibit predominantly central activity and are used to treat e.g. substance use disorders, and pain.
US11014931B2	3-(ethoxydifluoromethyl)-6-(5-fluoro-6-(2,2,2-trifluoroethoxy)pyridin-3-yl)-[1,2,4]triazolo[4,3-a]pyrazine as an ion channel modulator The present invention is directed to, in part, fused heteroaryl compounds, such as the compound: and compositions useful for preventing and/or treating a disease or condition relating to aberrant function of a voltage-gated, sodium ion channel, for example, abnormal late/persistent sodium current. Methods of treating a disease or condition relating to aberrant function of a sodium ion channel including neurological disorders (e.g., Dravet syndrome, epilepsy), pain, and neuromuscular disorders are also provided herein.
US11014930B2	Fused pyrimidine compound or salt thereof The present invention provides a novel RET inhibitor comprising, as an active ingredient, a compound or a salt thereof that have not been known for their RET inhibitory activity, and also provides an agent for preventing or treating diseases (e.g., malignant tumors) that can be prevented or treated by RET inhibitory activity. The RET inhibitor comprises, as an active ingredient, a compound represented by Formula (I) below or a salts thereof: wherein A, R1 to R3, X, and n are as defined in the specification.
US11014926B2	Pyrrolo-, pyrazolo-, imidazo-pyrimidine and pyridine compounds that inhibit MNK1 and MNK2 The present invention provides synthesis, pharmaceutically acceptable formulations and uses of compounds in accordance with Formula I. or a stereoisomer, tautomer or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. For Formula I compounds A1, A2. A3, A4, A5, A6, A7, W1, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5a, R5b, R6, R7, R7a, R7b, R8, R8a, R8b, R9, R9a, R9b and R10 and subscripts “m” and “n” are as defined in the specification. The inventive Formula I compounds are inhibitors of Mnk and find utility in any number of therapeutic applications, including but not limited to treatment of inflammation and various cancers.
US11014911B2	CDK2 inhibitors This invention relates to compounds of Formula (I) and enantiomers thereof, and to pharmaceutically acceptable salts of Formula (I) and said enantiomers, wherein R1, R2 and R3 are as defined herein. The invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds and salts, and to methods and uses of such compounds, salts and compositions for the treatment of abnormal cell growth, including cancer, in a subject in need thereof.
US11014908B2	Chemical compounds The invention relates to pyrazole derivatives, to their use in medicine, to compositions containing them, to processes for their preparation and to intermediates used in such processes. More particularly the invention relates to HbS modulators of formula (I) or tautomers thereof, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts of said modulators or tautomers thereof, wherein X, Y, R2 and R3 are as defined in the description. HbS modulators are potentially useful in the treatment of a wide range of disorders, including sickle cell disease (SCD).
US11014899B2	Methods of drying propylene oxide Methods of drying streams that include propylene oxide. The methods may include contacting a stream that includes propylene oxide with molecular sieves. The molecular sieves may be in a drying unit, and may be regenerated. The streams that include propylene oxide may include one or more other organic compounds.
US11014895B2	Heterocyclic urea compound, and drug composition and application thereof A heterocyclic urea compound, and specifically discloses an indoleamine-2,3-dioxygenase inhibitor of a heterocyclic urea compound, which solves the problems of weak curative effect and larger toxic and side effects of existing immunological therapy drugs. The invention further provides a preparation method for an indoleamine-2,3-dioxygenase inhibitor of a heterocyclic urea compound, and an application of the indoleamine-2,3-dioxygenase inhibitor of a heterocyclic urea compound or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof in preparing drugs for treating or preventing tumors.
US11014892B2	5HT1F receptor agonists and mitochondrial biogenesis Provided herein are compounds of the formula (I): as well as pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein the substituents are as those disclosed in the specification. These compounds, and the pharmaceutical compositions containing them, promote mitochondrial biogenesis and are useful for the treatment of, for example, acute kidney injury and chronic kidney disease.
US11014885B2	Method for preparing donepezil pamoate Disclosed is a new method for preparing a donepezil pamoate (1-benzyl-4-[(5,6-dimethoxyindan-2-one)methyl]piperidine pamoate). The donepezil pamoate prepared by using the method has a high purity and a good flowability.
US11014879B2	Fluorinated compounds containing a—OSF5 group and process for their preparation A process for the preparation of fluorinated compounds having at least one —OSF5 group, said method comprising the step of reacting SOF4 with a fluorinated 3- or 4-membered cyclic ether in the presence of a fluoride catalyst.
US11014878B2	Method for preparing 3-methylthiopropionaldehyde The present invention relates to a method for preparing 3-methylthiopropionaldehyde by reacting methyl mercaptan with acrolein, in which deviations in the stoichiometry of methyl mercaptan to acrolein in the reaction to give 3-methylthiopropionaldehyde are compensated for by supplying or by forming 1,3-bis(methylthio)-1-propanol, and also to the use of 1,3-bis(methylthio)-1-propanol as a storage form of methyl mercaptan and/or 3-methylthiopropionaldehyde.
US11014867B2	Processes for producing an acetic acid product having low butyl acetate content A process for producing an acetic acid product having low butyl acetate content via a carbonylation reaction. The carbonylation reaction is carried out at a temperature from 100 to 300° C., a hydrogen partial pressure from 0.3 to 2 atm, and a metal catalyst concentration from 100 to 3000 wppm, based on the weight of the reaction medium. The butyl acetate concentration in the acetic acid product may be controlled by removing acetaldehyde from a stream derived from the reaction medium and/or by adjusting at least one of reaction temperature, hydrogen partial pressure, and metal catalyst concentration.
US11014864B2	Method for producing catalysts having increased strength and decreased volume reduction The invention relates to a process for producing copper-containing catalysts, in particular shaped catalyst bodies having increased mechanical strength and a low volume shrinkage, and also the shaped catalyst bodies produced by the process of the invention and the use thereof as catalysts or as precursors and components for catalysts. The catalysts of the invention are particularly suitable for the synthesis of methanol and for the low-temperature conversion of CO into CO2.
US11014861B1	Method for co-producing 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene and trans-1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene Disclosed is a method for co-producing 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene and trans-1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene, comprising the following steps: preheating a mixture of 1,1,1,2,2-pentachloropropane and 1,1,1,3,3-pentachloropropane together with anhydrous hydrogen fluoride and simultaneously introducing into a first reactor to react in the presence of a catalyst La2O3—Cr2O3 to obtain a first reactor product; directly introducing the first reactor product into a second reactor without separation, and carrying out a catalytic fluorination reaction in the presence of a catalyst Ga2O3—Y2O3—Cr2O3 to obtain a second reactor product; and separating the second reactor product to obtain the products of 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene and trans-1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene. The invention has such advantages that the process is simple and less equipment investment is required; used catalysts have good activity, high selectivity and long total life; and the ratio of the two products can be flexibly adjusted according to market demands.
US11014855B2	Transparent AlN sintered body and method for producing the same In a first step of a method for producing a transparent AlN sintered body, first, a formed body is prepared by forming a mixture obtained by mixing a sintering aid with an AlN raw-material powder containing a plate-like AlN powder whose plate surface is a c-plane and which has an aspect ratio of 3 or more. At this time, the mixture is formed such that the plate surface of the plate-like AlN powder is disposed along a surface of the formed body. In a second step, an oriented AlN sintered body is obtained by subjecting the formed body to hot-press sintering in a non-oxidizing atmosphere while applying a pressure to the surface of the formed body. In a third step, a transparent AlN sintered body is obtained by sintering the oriented AlN sintered body at normal pressure in a non-oxidizing atmosphere to remove a component derived from the sintering aid.
US11014853B2	Y2O3—ZrO2 erosion resistant material for chamber components in plasma environments A chamber component for a processing chamber comprises a ceramic body consisting of a sintered ceramic material consisting essentially of one or more phase of Y2O3—ZrO2. The ceramic material consists essentially of 55-65 mol % Y2O3 and 35-45 mol % ZrO2.
US11014852B2	Flowable slag-fly ash binders for construction or repair A method of using a flowable binder for construction or repair comprises providing a binder mixture including an alkali metal silicate, fly ash, slag, and added water, where a total water-to-solids mass ratio of the binder mixture is in a range from about 0.2 to 0.5. The binder mixture is mixed together with inert particles to form a flowable mortar. The flowable mortar is distributed over a bed of coarse aggregate, and the mortar seeps into interstices of the coarse aggregate. Upon curing, a composite comprising reinforcement material embedded in a cured binder is formed.
US11014847B2	Vanadium-based frit materials, and/or methods of making the same Certain example embodiments relate to improved seals for glass articles. Certain example embodiments relate to a composition used for sealing an insulted glass unit. In certain example embodiments the composition includes vanadium oxide, barium oxide, zinc oxide, and at least one additional additive. For instance, another additive that is a different metal oxide or different metal chloride may be provided. In certain example embodiments, a vacuum insulated glass unit includes first and second glass substrates that are sealed together with a seal that includes the above-described composition.
US11014846B2	Scaling resistant ceramic glaze and functional overglaze for Q345 hot rolled alloy steel double sided enameling A scaling resistant ceramic glaze and a functional overglaze for Q345 hot rolled alloy steel double sided enameling. The components and the weight percentage of each component of the ground glaze of the enamel are as follows: 3-6% of Al2O3, 60-70% of SiO2; 10-15% of B2O3, 10-15% of Na2O+K2O+Li2O, 3-6% of CaF2, 3-6% of ZrO2, 2-5% of CoO+NiO, 1-3% of BaMoO4+Sb2O3, 0.3-1.5 of WO3. The ground glaze is prepared by formulating chemical raw materials in a weight ratio converted by the described chemical composition, stirring thoroughly and mixing uniformly, melting same in a rotary furnace at 1200-1350° C., and then quenching the melt. The provided scaling resistant ceramic glaze and functional overglaze for Q345 hot rolled alloy steel double sided enameling can be applied to Q345 steel that contains C, P, S and the like which are considered harmful elements and contains a variety of common alloy elements.
US11014828B2	Inflatable non-imaging solar concentrator based concentrating hybrid solar thermal and photovoltaic system powered water desalination system An inflatable non-imaging solar concentrator based concentrating solar thermal and photovoltaic system powered water desalination system comprises a concentrating electricity and heat cogeneration subsystem, a battery storage subsystem, a thermal storage subsystem with electric heater, a thermal power regeneration subsystem, and a water distillation system with electric heater. The inflatable non-imaging solar concentrator makes the concentrating system substantially low cost, and the hybrid solar thermal and photovoltaic panels used to construct the cogeneration receiver make the system ultra-high efficient. The cogenerated thermal energy is stored in a thermal storage and the cogenerated electric energy is stored in a battery storage to heat the stored thermal energy to pre-set high temperature for thermal power regeneration. The thermal energy after thermal power generation is used to desalinize water with assistance of electric heater powered by the stored electricity. An extra conventional photovoltaic system is added to compensate the concentrating hybrid solar thermal and photovoltaic system.
US11014820B2	Molecular sieve, preparation thereof and acoustic absorption material and speaker containing the same The present disclosure relates to a molecular sieve, preparation thereof and acoustic absorption material and speaker containing the same. The molecular sieve having an MFI-structure, comprising a framework and an off-framework cation, wherein the framework comprises SiO2 and a metal oxide MxOy with M comprising boron, gallium or aluminium; the off-framework cation is at least one of hydrogen ion, alkali metal ion and alkaline earth metal ion. The molecular herein can effectively prevent the failure of the molecular sieve and improve the performance stability of the speaker.
US11014816B2	Laser-induced graphene (LIG) and laser induced graphene scrolls (LIGS) materials Laser-induced graphene (LIG) and laser-induced graphene scrolls (LIGS) materials and, more particularly to LIGS, methods of making LIGS (such as from polyimide (PI)), laser-induced removal of LIG and LIGS, and 3D printing of LIG and LIGS using a laminated object manufacturing (LOM) process.
US11014812B2	Process and plant for producing hydrogen by means of catalytic steam reformation of a hydrocarbonaceous feed gas Plant and process for the generation of hydrogen from a hydrocarbonaceous feed gas and steam by means of catalytic steam reformation, wherein the heat of the synthesis gas and the flue gas is utilized for generating export steam from boiler feed water and process steam from the condensate separated from the synthesis gas, and wherein the gases expelled from the boiler feed water during its degasification and the vapors obtained during the depressurization of the elutriation waters of the steam boilers for the generation of export and process steam are used for preheating the fuel gas for operation of the burners of the steam reformer.
US11014804B2	Systems and methods for fabricating 3D soft microstructures Systems and methods for fabricating 3D soft microstructures. The system comprises injecting a pressurized, curable liquid into certain structural layers induces folding and allows the 2D structures to reconfigure into a 3D form In addition to the injection of a curable liquid that permanently reconfigures the structure of the system, in an embodiment this method also allows for the injection of other liquids into certain actuator layers that enable motion in certain portions of the system Furthermore, the system allows for handling of colored fluids that are passed to visualization layers. The method of creating such a system depends on taking advantage of laser machining of the individual layers to influence the behavior of how different portions bend and move.
US11014799B2	Device and method for filling a container with a sterilised filling product A device for filling a container with a sterilized filling product, preferably for filling a beverage container with a sterilized beverage in a beverage bottling installation, comprising a sterilization device for sterilizing the filling product, a sterile tank for buffered receiving of the filling product sterilized in the sterilization device, and a filling device which has a filling valve for the filling of the container to be filled, wherein the filling valve is a proportional valve for controlling and/or regulating the filling-product flow of the filling product into the container to be filled, and the proportional valve is connected in a buffer-free manner to the sterile tank.
US11014795B2	Elevating platform toe space A toe space module for elevating platforms, wherein the module wraps around the edges and bottom of the platform in order to transform tension stress into shear and compression stresses. Also, a platform with a toe space module attached, and method for manufacturing the platform and toe space module. Also, a combination toe space module and step, a platform with the combination toe space module and step, and methods for manufacturing the platform with the combination toe space module and step.
US11014792B2	Light weight jack stand The present invention relates to a jack stand. The jack stand includes a base. A post, including composite material, extends from the base. The jack stand also includes a top for topping the post and for engaging with a load. Advantageously, the post may be lightweight (typically less than 12 kg) enabling the jack stand to be conveniently moved by a single person without exposing the person to significant risk of injury. The jack stand may be moved as a whole, or in parts.
US11014789B2	Construction machine A construction machine, in particular in the form of a crane, cable excavator or similar, comprising an electronic control device for controlling and/or detecting operating parameters, in addition to at least one drive device for moving a functional element, especially a load take-up means. The functional element of the construction machine is guided in the desired direction by the exertion of manipulation forces on the functional element, or on a component fastened thereto, or the functional element is moved manually in a designated direction, this motion then being assisted by the drives of the construction machine. If the functional element is manually pressed or pulled in a designated direction and/or rotated, or if this is at least attempted, these motion attempts are detected and converted into a corresponding positioning motion of the construction machine.
US11014778B2	Rescue control and method of operating an elevator system including a permanent magnet (PM) synchronous motor drive system A permanent magnet (PM) synchronous electric motor (34) includes a plurality of phases, and a plurality of motor drives (55,58) electrically connected to the PM synchronous electric motor. Each of the motor drives is operatively connected to a corresponding one of the plurality of phases. The plurality of motor drives is configured and disposed to deliver a torque current divided equally between each of the plurality of phases and independently deliver flux current to the corresponding one of the plurality of phases. A controller (44) is operatively connected to each of the plurality of motor drives to selectively control the PM synchronous electric motor, and a rescue module (120) operatively connected to the controller, the rescue module being configured and disposed to determine a failure of one of the plurality of motor drives and control the PM synchronous electric motor in a reduced operation profile employing remaining ones of the plurality of motor drives.
US11014777B2	Cord winding module A cord winding module, comprising a rotary wheel (9) on which a cord (11) is wound and a stop button (4) working cooperatively with the rotary wheel. The cord winding module further comprises a spring wire (5) working cooperatively with the stop button as an elastic support device, and the stop button automatically brakes the rotary wheel under the action of the elastic force of the spring wire and prevents the rotary wheel from retracting the cord. The spring wire has an arc shape, or exhibits an arc shape when pre-pressed and deformed by the stop button.
US11014773B2	Device and method for detecting distance from balloon to ingot tank A device and a method for detecting a distance from a balloon to an ingot tank is provided. The device comprises a set of photoelectric transmitting tube and photoelectric receiving tube which are arranged in a height range of a balloon, Wherein a light beam between the photoelectric transmitting tube and the photoelectric receiving tube is arranged to be tangent to an appropriate balloon, and is used for detecting whether the balloon is located at an appropriate position according to a number of pulses received by the photoelectric receiving tube in one period of rotation of the balloon.
US11014765B1	System and method for collimating items A conveyor system for processing items, such as manufacturers' products or boxes, from a three-dimensional arrangement to a two-dimensional arrangement includes inclined and declined conveyors. The inclined conveyor may include vacuum through perforations in the belt. A collimating conveyor includes parallel belts that operate at different speeds to space the items longitudinally apart and then align the items against sidewalls.
US11014755B2	Chain disk corner Disclosed is a chain disk corner. In certain embodiments, the chain disk corner includes a bi-directional orientation independent chain disk corner wheel. In particular, the wheel is molded and devoid of moving parts. In certain embodiments, the chain disk corner includes a window portion. In particular, a bottom housing subassembly includes a bottom body of an opaque material and a hingedly attached window portion. In certain embodiments, the chain disk corner includes a reinforcing washer. In particular, a top washer is attached by injection molding to an interior of the top body, and/or a bottom washer is attached by injection molding to an interior of the bottom body. In certain embodiments, the chain disk corner includes a top surface devoid of pockets. In particular, a top body includes a plurality of ribs positioned at an interior surface of the top body.
US11014752B2	Endless conveyor device having removable conveyor unit and method An endless conveyor device comprises a conveyor unit having at least one endless conveyor, which is configured to convey items; a drive roller assembly, which is drivable by a drive belt and configured to drive the endless conveyor and has a support element; a deflecting roller assembly and an intermediate body, disposed between the drive roller assembly and the deflecting roller assembly, as well as between a conveying strand and a return strand of the endless conveyor. The endless conveyor device further comprises a drive unit comprising the drive belt, a motor and a support device, which is configured to engage with the support element. The drive belt is relaxable by pivoting the conveyor unit relative to the drive unit about a rotation axis of the drive roller assembly in a first direction. A method for removing a conveyor unit from an endless conveyor device is also provided.
US11014749B2	Accumulating conveyor An accumulating conveyor includes upper and lower runs which form upper and lower tracks, reverse sections connecting the upper and lower runs, and a deflecting element connected to a first motor. Endless tension elements engaged with a deflecting element circulate a pallet in the upper and lower runs. A stop element is on the underside of the pallet, and a stopping element is arranged between the upper and lower runs and driven by a second motor. The stopping element has a locking position with the stop element for stopping the pallet and a release position with the stop element for conveying the pallet. The stopping element is guided in sections around the stop element on a curved path during movement from the locking position to the release position to release the pallet for further conveying.
US11014730B2	Method of making package with integrated handle on side gusset and a package thereof A method (100) of making an integrated handle (304) on at least one side gusset (308) of a flexible package (300) is provided. The method (100) includes steps of sealing a handle patch (222) on at least one half width of the side gusset laminate (218). Further, the method (100) provides parallel openings on the handle patch (222) such that a centre line of the two parallel openings coincides with centre lines of each half of the side gusset laminate (218). A cover patch (226) is sealed over the handle patch (222) overlapping the edges of the handle patch (222) and simultaneously with the side gusset laminate (218) all around, such that a predefined area is left unsealed between the two parallel openings. The longitudinal edges of the side gusset laminate (218) are folded such that the handle patch (222) comes on the outer surface of the continuous open tube (242) being formed. The continuous open tube (242) is thereby used for manufacturing the flexible package (300).
US11014727B2	Carrier for containers A carrier for holding a plurality of containers includes a plurality of panels, the plurality of panels includes at least one central panel and at least one attachment panel for receiving a portion of one or more containers of the plurality of containers. The at least one central panel is for being positioned between adjacent containers of the plurality of containers, and the at least one attachment panel is foldably connected to the at least one central panel. The at least one attachment panel is positionable between a first position, in which the at least one attachment panel overlies and receives a portion of one or more of the containers, and a second position, in which the at least one attachment panel is folded relative to the at least one central panel and in an upright position to form a handle for carrying the carrier.
US11014716B2	Plastic container body and container closure and carry handle grip / container leverage opening tool assembly A plastic injection moulded wide mouth container body and container cover locking and sealing mechanism which includes an annular flange and an annular angular notch groove respectively in a pre-determined configuration so as to provide a tight leak-proof seal when the container lid is fitted over, around and within the container body hoop annular fin and upon locking engagement. The present invention incorporates a multi-use plastic handle grip which may also be used as a closure opening levering tool to disengage the container lid from the container body in a safe and ergonomic manner. More significantly the invention, and when in use and upon first usage opening, does not require the removal of any portion of the container lid to comply with tamper evident requirements, nor needs other tools such as knives and metal levers to completely remove the container closure from the container body. Still furthermore the invention includes a plurality of venting channels and adjacent ports which allows the evacuation of increased internal air pressure within the closed container head space with no leakage of the packaged fluid product. The invention may be adapted to plastic containers of any size and shape being round, oval, square or rectangular tapered or straight wall containers.
US11014715B2	Safety cap spout The present invention relates to a spout for a pouch-type container in which a cap is coupled to a body fused to a pouch-type container body in a one-touch manner, and more particularly, to a spout which is applied to a safety cap and allows to accurately cut the guarantee seal and expose a cut-off state to an outside of an outer cap upon opening of the safety cap so as to achieve accurate opening and easy recognition, in which a guarantee seal is coupled to a latching protrusion of the body such that the latching protrusion is positioned on the guarantee seal and selectively latched to a plurality of latching grooves formed in the guarantee seal.
US11014712B2	Polymeric films and bags The present invention is directed to a method of incrementally stretching polymeric film formed from a blown film extrusion process. The present invention is further directed to a polymeric bag formed from an incrementally stretched polymeric film. The incremental stretching is performed on a collapsed polymeric bubble via a pair of intermeshing rollers. The incrementally stretched polymeric film may be stretched only along a portion of its width. The polymeric bag may be a drawstring trash bag with an extended hem where only the extended hem of the bag or the body of the bag comprises incrementally stretched polymeric film.
US11014708B1	Product transportation system The present invention provides a system for transporting products including a pallet consisting of a deck having an upper surface and a pattern of recesses formed in the upper surface including sets of recesses deployed for receiving a footprint of a layer of crates. A stacking element for deploying on the upper edges of the layer of crates consisting of a board including a surface, and a pattern of recesses formed in the surface including sets of recesses for receiving the upper edges of the layer crates.
US11014707B2	Resealable container The disclosure provides a container including a resealable closure mechanism having a rocker arm and a pull tab or actuator button.
US11014706B2	Opening configuration for shrink-wrapped package Non-crosslinked polyolefin films or doped crosslinked polyolefin films (i.e., crosslinked polyolefin films that include a tear-alignment additive) may be used to shrink-wrap packages to create a wrapped package that is protected from tampering and damage but is also easy to open with little effort required by the customer. There is no need for perforations, and the films are quiet when torn, folded, cut, etc. Tear initiating cuts may be formed in the film. A tab may be placed over the film, and when the tab is pulled it applies enough force to start a pair of straight tears. The tears may be parallel or perpendicular to each other. The tears propagate in non-crosslinked polyolefin easily in the machine direction of the film as the tab continues to be pulled. In a doped crosslinked polyolefin, the tears propagate in the machine direction or perpendicular to the machine direction of the film.
US11014705B2	Collapsible container and a method of making a collapsible container A collapsible container (100) has an unfolded configuration for use of the container and a folded configuration for storage of the container. The container 100 comprises a plurality of panels arranged to form a base (104a); a first side wall (104h) pivotally connected to a first edge of the base (104a) by a first flexible hinge member (108); a second side wall (104b) pivotally connected to a second edge of the base (104a) by a second flexible hinge member (108), the second edge of the base being adjacent to the first edge of the base. In the folded configuration, the first side wall (104h) lies between the base (104a) and the second side wall (104b) and the second flexible hinge member (108) is longer than the first flexible hinge member (108) so as to accommodate the first side wall (104h) between the base (104a) and the second side wall (104b).
US11014699B2	Chassis for aerosol dispenser aerosol dispenser having a chassis and preform chassis for an aerosol dispenser An aerosol dispenser, outer container for an aerosol dispenser and a preform for an outer container, each include an open neck at the top and a closed end bottom. The open neck may include a first surface having a first surface diameter, a second surface disposed interior to the first surface and having a second surface diameter less than the first surface diameter, and a transition distinguishing the first surface from the second surface. For a dispenser and a container, a product delivery device may be disposed on the second surface and not interfere with a valve operable by a user when the valve is attached to the open neck in engagement with the first surface. At least one of the first and the second surfaces may be a sealing surface to prevent escape of propellant from the outer container to ambient when a valve is attached.
US11014696B2	Purgeable pharmaceutical fill needle A purgeable fill needle for dispensing pharmaceutical fluid into a pharmaceutical container comprises a fill needle hub, a fill needle tubing extending through the fill needle hub; a fill needle dispensing tip; a fill needle sheath removably mated with and seal aseptically to the fill needle hub to form an aseptically sealed volume enclosing the dispensing tip; and a terminal fluid ejector for removing fluid retained by the tip after halting dispensing of pharmaceutical fluid. The terminal fluid ejector may be based on automatic injection of an aseptic gas into the fill needle tubing, automated action of a gas bladder at the dispensing tip, or the automated operation of a compression actuator at the dispensing tip. The removal of terminal fluid retained at the tip after halting dispensing of the fluid may also be effected by automatically blowing attached droplets off the tip and automatically shaking the fill needle tubing.
US11014694B2	Testing apparatus having vacuum chamber, capable of ground testing, and testing method using same Disclosed is a testing apparatus and a testing method using the same, the apparatus having soil in a vacuum chamber includes: a buffer chamber having an entrance/exit opening through which an object to be inspected is inserted, and a first door for opening and closing the entrance/exit opening; a testing chamber divided at one side of the buffer chamber so as to be separated therefrom, and having a connection passage communicating with the buffer chamber; a shutter unit for opening and closing the connection passage; a soil storage part disposed inside the testing chamber, and accommodating soil for testing the object to be inspected; and a vacuum generation means for suctioning air inside the buffer chamber and the testing chamber so as to create a vacuum state.
US11014693B2	Extendible membrane systems, devices, and methods for space applications An extendible membrane system may include: an extendible central column; one or more membranes; and/or one or more foldable membrane supports configured to support the one or more membranes. Each of the one or more foldable membrane supports may be configured to extend from the extendible central column. In some embodiments, one or more of the one or more foldable membrane supports includes two or more segments that may be configured to couple with each other. A method of deploying one or more membranes may include unfolding one or more foldable membrane supports from a folded configuration to a linear configuration. An extendible membrane device may include one or more membranes and one or more foldable membrane supports configured to support the one or more membranes.
US11014685B2	Release mechanism A toggle release mechanism comprises a platform, a toggle element comprising one or more rolling or sliding elements configured to move along a track between a first, locking position and a second, release position, and a solenoid configured to move the one or more rolling or sliding elements along the track between the first, locking position and the second, release position.
US11014677B2	Reverse bootstrap air cycle machine Disclosed is a cooling circuit for cooling a heat load in an aircraft system, having: a compressor; a turbine connected to the compressor by a shaft, the turbine configured to drive the compressor via the shaft when RAM air pressure into a turbine inlet is above a first threshold; and a motor connected to the shaft configured to drive the compressor when RAM air pressure at the turbine inlet is below the first threshold to cause the compressor to draw air into the turbine inlet, through the turbine, a heat exchanger in fluid communication with the heat load, the compressor, and out of a compressor outlet.
US11014672B2	Aircraft cargo handling system architecture A cargo handling system includes a conveyance surface; a first power drive unit having a first drive roller; a first restraint device; one or more sensors configured to provide positional data corresponding to a current location of a unit load device on the conveyance surface; a first power drive unit controller configured for communication with the one or more sensors, the first power drive unit configured to selectively activate and deactivate the first drive roller and the first restraint device based on the positional data and a second power drive unit and a second power drive unit controller configured for communication with the sensor, the second power drive unit controller configured to selectively activate and deactivate a second drive roller based on the positional data.
US11014668B2	Agricultural unmanned aerial vehicle An agricultural unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) includes a fuselage, a flight power apparatus, a plurality of spray nozzles, a plurality of water pumps, and a controller. The flight power apparatus is mounted at the fuselage. The plurality of spray nozzles are installed below the flight power apparatus. The plurality of water pumps are connected to the plurality of spray nozzles and configured to deliver liquid to the spray nozzles. The controller is electrically coupled to the plurality of water pumps, and configured to selectively control one or more of the plurality of water pumps to pump the liquid to one or more of the spray nozzles connected to the one or more of the water pumps.
US11014663B1	Aerial vehicle with a flight module An aerial vehicle includes a body defining a stowage compartment, and a flight module supported by the body in the stowage compartment. The flight module includes rotors operable to generate aerodynamic force, and is reconfigurable between a stowage configuration and a flight configuration. In the stowage configuration, the flight module is housed by the stowage compartment, with each rotor tucked inboard the body in a stowage position. In the flight configuration, each rotor is perched outboard the body with a skyward-facing orientation in a flight position. Aerodynamic force generated by the rotors is thereby usable for flying through the air.
US11014660B2	Rotor for a hover-capable aircraft and related method of control A rotor for a hover-capable aircraft includes a hub rotatable about a first axis and at least two blades hinged to the hub. Each blade has a main portion hinged to the hub and a tip portion, which is arranged radially outermost with respect to first axis with respect to the corresponding main portion. The tip portion of each blade is movable with respect to the corresponding main portion of that blade. The tip portion of each blade is selectively movable with respect to the corresponding main portion of that blade between a first position, in which it defines a dihedral or anhedral angle with respect to the corresponding main portion; and a second position, in which it defines a positive or negative sweep angle with respect to the corresponding main portion.
US11014656B2	Zero-fastener flushmount balance weight system preserving rotor-blade tip with integral tuning weight retention feature The present invention includes a balancing system that includes a weight box, mounted substantially within the rotor-blade spar, flush with a rotor-blade spar outer surface, operably accessible from a rotor-blade tip, and retained within the rotor-blade spar by a weight-box retention pin, one or more weight-box contact surfaces bonded to a rotor-blade-spar inner surface, or a weight-box lip providing a bearing contact with an edge of a spar rotor-blade spar cutout; and a weight package attached to the weight box, the weight package including a weight-box cover, two or more weight guide-rods attached to the weight-box cover, wherein one of the two or more weight guide-rods is positioned forward of a pitch change axis or center of twist and wherein one of the two weight guide-rods is positioned aft of the pitch change axis or center of twist, and one or more balance weights mounted on the weight guide-rods.
US11014648B2	Interconnected sidesticks for fly-by-wire flight control An interconnected flight controller for an aircraft includes a mechanical linkage connecting a pilot interface with a copilot interface. When an input is provided to either of the pilot or copilot interfaces, coordinated motion is provided between them of a proportional magnitude and direction. A mechanical-disconnect element within the mechanical linkage is adapted to actuate mechanical decoupling between the pilot interface and the copilot interface. One or more sensors is coupled to the mechanical linkage to sense inputs and communicate the inputs to a fly-by-wire flight controller. An autopilot servo is coupled to the mechanical linkage for providing autopilot control or feedback and a force-feedback subsystem is connected to the mechanical linkage to simulate and apply an opposing force of aircraft control surfaces to the pilot interface and the copilot interface.
US11014647B2	Locking mechanism, propeller, motor, propulsion system assembly, and aircraft A propulsion system assembly includes a propeller and a motor configured to drive the propeller to rotate. The propeller includes one of a first body and a second body. The motor comprises the other one of the first body and the second body. The propulsion system assembly also includes a locking mechanism configured to detachably connecting the first body and the second body. The locking mechanism includes a locking member and a position limiting lock catch. The locking member is configured to lock the first body and the second body. The locking member includes locking parts located at at least two sides of the locking member. When the locking parts of the locking member rotate to a locking position, the position limiting lock catch is mounted to a side of the locking parts, to restrain the locking member from rotating relative to the first body.
US11014641B1	Wearable flotation device A wearable personal flotation device may be configured for wear under a parachute harness and may comprise a rear section and a pair of side sections that extend forward from lower sides of the rear section. A bladder may be contained in the rear and side sections and, when inflated, may expand through release gaps in fronts of the side sections. The rear section may include a panel of closed cell foam.
US11014640B2	Floating structure installation system and floating structure installation method A floating structure installation system includes, on a body capable of traveling on water, a first cradle including a first holding part capable of holding a first portion having a submersible section to be located under the water surface during installation, and a second cradle including a second holding part capable of holding a second portion connectable to the first portion. At least one of the first cradle or the second cradle is movable on the body to connect the first portion held by the first holding part and the second portion held by the second holding part. The first holding part includes a first lifting unit for lifting and lowering the first portion.
US11014638B1	Wakeboat hull control systems and methods A wakeboat includes a hull; a thruster associated with the hull of the wakeboat, the thruster configured to selectively impart lateral force to the hull; an operator control in the wakeboat configured to control a parameter of the wakeboat other than the thruster; a thruster control associated with the operator control, the thruster control selectively receiving input from the operator to control the thruster, the thruster control positioned to be operable with at least the same hand and/or fingers already operating the operator control. Other systems and methods for controlling a wakeboat are also provided.
US11014634B2	Hydraulic power sources for watercraft and methods for providing hydraulic power aboard a watercraft The present disclosure provides hydraulic power sources for watercraft. Example power sources can include: a watercraft having an engine; a variable ratio drive assembly operably engaged with the engine; a hydraulic pump operably engaged with the variable ratio drive assembly; and a hydraulic motor powered by the hydraulic pump. The present disclosure also provides methods for providing hydraulic power aboard a watercraft. Example methods can include: using an engine of the watercraft to drive a variable ratio drive assembly; using the variable ratio drive assembly to drive a hydraulic pump; using the hydraulic pump to power a hydraulic motor; and using the hydraulic motor to drive a load.
US11014628B2	Cinch direct mount 2X ring system A cinch direct mount 2X ring system is disclosed. One embodiment discloses a chainring assembly having a drive side crank arm with a chainring assembly interface including a plurality of splines, a circumference, and an axial length. The chainring assembly includes a first chainring having a first outer diameter and a first center assembly shape. The chainring assembly includes a second chainring having a second outer diameter and a second center assembly shape, the second outer diameter being different than the first outer diameter. The chainring assembly also includes a fastener to couple the first chainring and the second chainring with the chainring assembly interface, such that at least one of the first center assembly shape or the second center assembly shape engages with the plurality of splines.
US11014625B2	Article made by composite material An article made by composite material includes a body made of reinforced fiber. The body has at least two opposing sidewalls. A foam component is embeddedly disposed in each sidewall. Owing to the two foam components, the finished composite structure is lightweight and has high mechanical strength.
US11014621B2	Electronic device and method for operating same Certain embodiments disclosed in the present document relate to an electronic device and a method for operating the same. According to an embodiment, it is possible to provide an electronic device including: a ball structure including a housing and a first driving module configured to contact at least a part of an inner surface of the housing and to drive the housing; an outer ring structure rotatably coupled to an outer surface of the ball structure; an inner ring structure arranged inside the housing so as to face the outer ring structure with the housing interposed therebetween; and a second driving module arranged inside the housing so as to drive the inner ring structure.
US11014620B2	Ballast for operating machine Ballast for operating machines, having a portion removably couplable to a hooking seat of the operating machine, characterized by having a fixed part is provided. The couplable portion, a movable part and means for constraining the movable part to the fixed part at a plurality of distinct distances (D, D′, D″) from the fixed part are provided, so as to change the center of gravity position of the operating machine.
US11014619B2	Internally-tensioned inflatable device for active flow control drag reduction or stability increase An inflatable active flow control device includes a first surface, a second surface, and a spring including one end connected to the first surface and an opposite end connected to the second surface. A flexible material is connected to both the first surface and the second surface around the spring, defines an inflatable internal volume, and includes a plurality of threads extending between opposing inner surfaces of the flexible material at spaced locations through the inflatable internal volume.
US11014609B2	Vehicle suspension An assembly includes a suspension link, an arm, an actuator, and a lock. The arm is connected to the suspension link. The arm includes a plurality of holes. The actuator is connected to the arm. The lock includes a pin releasably engageable with the plurality of holes of the arm.
US11014606B2	Electric power steering torque compensation Among other things, we describe techniques for electric power steering torque compensation. Techniques are provided for a method implemented by a computer, e.g., a computer onboard an autonomous vehicle. A planning circuit onboard the vehicle and connected to an EPS of the vehicle determines a compensatory torque signal to modify an actual steering angle of a steering wheel of the vehicle to match an expected steering angle of the steering wheel. The planning circuit transmits the compensatory torque signal to a control circuit that controls the steering angle of the steering wheel. The EPS modifies the actual steering angle based on the compensatory torque signal resulting in a modified steering angle. The control circuit operates the vehicle based on the modified steering angle.
US11014602B2	Power conversion device, motor drive unit, electric power steering device, and relay module A power conversion device may include a first inverter to which a first end of each phase winding of the electric motor is coupled; a second inverter to which a second end of each phase winding is coupled; a first phase isolation relay circuit structured to switch between connection and disconnection of the one end of each phase winding to and from the first inverter; and a first neutral point relay circuit to which the one end of each phase winding is coupled and which is structured to switch between connection and disconnection of the one end of each phase winding to and from the one end of each other phase winding.
US11014597B2	Steering column assembly A steering column assembly includes a shroud; a steering shaft, which is supported by the shroud; a support bracket, a clamp, and a clamp mechanism. The support bracket is configured to be secured to a fixed part of the vehicle and includes two arms that depend from a base portion to embrace the shroud. The clamp pin extends through an opening in each of the arms of the support bracket and in a slot in the shroud. The clamp mechanism is movable between an unclamped position in which the shroud can move relative to the support bracket and a clamped position in which the shroud is fixed relative to the support bracket.
US11014596B2	Steering column for a motor vehicle A steering column for a motor vehicle includes a case with a steering gear-side end and a steering wheel-side end. The case includes an outer casing tube in which an inner casing tube is arranged telescopically and in which a steering spindle is mounted rotatably about a longitudinal axis. The steering spindle includes a hollow shaft in which a steering shaft is arranged telescopically. The steering spindle is mounted rotatably in a rear bearing in the steering wheel-side end portion. A safety element may be arranged between the steering gear-side end of the case and the rear bearing between the case and the steering spindle, which leaves a circumferential radial safety distance between the case and steering spindle which is smaller than the radial distance between the case and steering spindle outside the safety element between the steering gear-side end of the case and the rear bearing.
US11014578B1	Systems and methods for improved driver safety analytics A device receives location data that identifies geographic locations of a vehicle at corresponding times, and speed data that identifies respective speeds of the vehicle at the set of corresponding times. The device identifies, based on the location data, speed limit data that identifies respective speed limits at the geographic locations. The device determines, based on the respective speeds and the respective speed limits, a set of respective relative speed values associated with the vehicle. The device identifies respective relative speed values, of the set of respective relative speed values, that exceed a threshold. The device determines, based on the respective relative speed values, a univocal speed indicator that represents an overall degree to which the respective relative speed values exceed the threshold, during a time interval that includes the corresponding times. The device performs a set of actions based on the univocal speed indicator.
US11014574B2	System and method for handling light source impairment Embodiments herein relate to a method for handling light source impairment. The position of a user's eye(s) when the user is inside the vehicle is obtained. The position of a light source outside the vehicle and an intensity of light from the light source in relation to the position of the user's eye(s) is obtained. Then, it is determined whether the user's vision is impaired by the light source. The determining is done based on whether there is a line of sight between the light source and the user's eye(s), and based on the intensity of light at the user's eye(s). It is determined whether at least one safety measure should be performed by the vehicle based on whether the user's vision is impaired by the light source.
US11014570B2	Front car rear tire anomalies detection system and related methods A method includes observing one or more rear tires for a front car, the one or more rear tires include a left rear tire and a right rear tire, determining whether the one or more of the rear tires have an anomaly, observing a chassis of the front car to determine if there is an inclination, and sending an alert if the one or more rear tires have the anomaly.
US11014567B1	Autonomous vehicle operator identification Methods and systems for monitoring use, determining risk, and pricing insurance policies for a vehicle having one or more autonomous or semi-autonomous operation features are provided. According to certain aspects, with the customer's permission, a vehicle operator in an autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicle may be determined by a sensor disposed within the autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicle or a mobile computing device associated with the vehicle operator. A determination may be made as to whether the vehicle operator is authorized to operate the vehicle based upon the determined identity of the vehicle operator; and if the vehicle operator is not authorized, an alert may be generated and/or the vehicle may be caused to not operate. Alternatively, autonomous operation features may be automatically engaged to automatically drive the autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicle to a safe location when the operator is not authorized. Insurance discounts may be provided based upon the anti-theft functionality.
US11014561B2	Vehicle trailer hitch assist system A trailer hitching assist system for a vehicle includes a camera disposed at a rear portion of a vehicle and having a field of view rearward of the vehicle. A control includes an image processor operable to process image data captured by the camera. The image processor, via image processing of image data captured by the camera, detects a trailer and trailer hitch rearward of the vehicle and determines a first path of travel for the vehicle to follow so as to maneuver the vehicle so as to have its tow ball aligned with the trailer hitch. The control maneuvers the vehicle along the determined first path of travel. Responsive to detection of an object entering the first path of travel, the control determines a second path of travel and maneuvers the vehicle along the second path of travel to avoid the detected object entering the determined path of travel.
US11014554B2	Vehicle control apparatus and vehicle control method In a vehicle control apparatus, an object recognizing block recognizes an object which is present around a vehicle. In cases where there is a possibility that the vehicle will collide with an object recognized by the object recognizing block, the apparatus performs automatic braking control which brakes the vehicle. If the driver depresses the accelerator pedal in a predetermined depressing state, a braking controlling block cancels the automatic braking control. When an operation determining block determines that there is a driver's predetermined shift-lever position change, with which the driver's predetermined shift-lever position change is carried out during a driver's accelerator pedal depressing operation, the braking controlling block responds to a driver's accelerator depressing operation by not cancelling the automatic braking control or by making cancellation of the automatic braking control more difficult.
US11014549B1	Regeneration power control A hybrid vehicle using an engine driving a generator to supply power to electric drive motors through a system power bus, and a method for controlling power regeneration in a hybrid vehicle are disclosed. Ground drive controllers associated with the drive motors are configured to determine a slope of a surface on which the vehicle is driving and set a maximum downhill speed of the vehicle based thereon. A generator controller, in response to the drive motors generating power through regenerative braking, regulates power on the bus by directing the generated power to recharge the battery when the battery has capacity, reducing an output of the generator to the bus when the battery is fully charged, and driving a driveshaft to drive the engine with the generator to consume excess power on the bus when the generator output is reduced to zero.
US11014546B2	Brake system and method for responding to external boost requests during predetermined loss or degraded boost assist conditions A braking system for a vehicle is disclosed. The braking system may have a primary braking system (PBS) having a boost assist subsystem, and an electronic control unit (ECU) for controlling the PBS and the boost assist subsystem. A memory may be in communication with the ECU. A database may be stored in the memory and may define a plurality of category function codes. The codes may define what levels of braking operation may be provided by the PBS when one of a fault or an anomaly is detected. The ECU may further be configured to implement a brake boost evaluation software module to determine whether to apply a requested level of braking being requested by a subsystem of the vehicle when at least one of a malfunction or anomaly is present.
US11014533B2	Platform for automotive personalization Embodiments of a system include a cloud computing center with one or more servers, storage coupled to the one or more servers, and a communication interface coupled to the one or more servers. A plurality of devices are communicatively coupled to the communication interface of the cloud computing center, so that the plurality of devices can communicate with the cloud computing center and with each other via the cloud computing center. At least one of the plurality of devices is a vehicle. A plurality of functional modules include instructions that, when executed by the cloud computing center, by at least one the plurality of devices, or by both the cloud computing center and at least one of the plurality of devices, enable functions including remote or direct interaction with the vehicle and, when there is direct interaction, personalization of the vehicle.
US11014530B2	Safety belt retractor with a load limiting device and vehicle having the same A safety belt retractor having a load limiting device is provided. The load limiting device comprises: a hollow spool (1) on which a webbing can be wound, a locking disk (2) having a flange (21) and a sleeve (22) attached thereto, and a torsion bar (3); the locking disk (2) can be mounted with the flange (21) on an end of the spool (1) and can extend with the sleeve (22) into a hollow chamber of the spool (1), and the spool (1) is rotatable in relation to the locking disk (2); the torsion bar (3) can be arranged in the hollow chamber of the spool (1) and is fixed on the spool (1) and on the locking disk (2) in a rotationally secured manner. The load limiting device further comprises a load limiting ring (5) with a thread (51) on the inner circumference, the load limiting ring (5) can be rotated around the sleeve (22) with the rotation of the spool (1), and the sleeve (22) is provided on its outer circumference with an engaging section (221) and with a resistance part for applying a resistance to the load limiting ring (5), the sleeve (22) having in the engaging section (221) a mating thread which matches with the thread (51) of the load limiting ring (5) and the resistance part being arranged downstream of the engaging section (221) in the axial displacement direction of the load limiting ring (5).
US11014513B2	Control of low pressure generator for gas turbine engine A turbofan gas turbine engine includes low pressure (LP) motor-generator operable in either a generation mode or a drive mode, an high pressure (HP) motor-generator operable in a either a generation mode or a drive mode, and a power control module for selectively operating the LP and HP motor-generators according to operational conditions of the engine.
US11014509B2	Mount for holding a mobile electronic device A mount for holding a mobile electronic device can have a main body, a pair of movable arms that can hold the mobile electronic device, and a pair of stationary arms. The stationary arms can provide a stable object to press against for enable one-handed operation of the mount while reducing force transfer to the mounting mechanism or underlying mounting structure.
US11014505B2	Attachment device, supporting accessory and roof tent including such a device The present invention relates to a device (10) for attaching to bars (20) including: a C-shaped rail (105) with an overall rectangular section having a plane of symmetry (110); a screw (115) defining a first axis (120) parallel to the axis of the rail; and at least two jaws (125a, 125b), each jaw including: a guiding body (130a, 130b) running in the rail with a certain play and including a through-opening (135a, 135b) and a clamp (140a, 140b) outside the rail. In this device: the head of the screw (145) is inserted into the opening (135a) of one jaw (125a); another jaw (125b) includes a nut (150) in the opening thereof (135b), rotatably locked; the clamps are off-center relative to the axis, each on one side of the plane, clamping the bar by shearing; the screwing of the screw translates the jaws towards one another in the rail, and the engagement of the clamps of the jaws with the bar rotates the jaw, thus causing same to stick by self-locking.
US11014503B2	Vehicle stowage bin A vehicle comprising a stowage bin, an actuation assembly configured to actuate in response to an actuation signal, and a stowage bin closure operable between stored and fully deployed positions, wherein the actuation assembly is configured to deploy the stowage bin closure over an opening defined by the stowage bin.
US11014498B2	Vehicle and control method for controlling image on in-vehicle cluster A vehicle includes: an image sensor configured to acquire a front image; a navigation system configured to provide object information indicating information on one or more objects in front of the vehicle; a controller configured to generate a composite image of the acquired front image having the object information when the acquired front image includes at least object among the one or more objects; and a cluster configured to output the generated composite image.
US11014497B2	Component for a vehicle A component (1) for a vehicle having a visible side (11) comprises a first light guide (2), which comprises a light coupling-in surface (25) and a plurality of first light deflection elements (211, 212, 213, 214, 215), wherein light can be coupled into the first light guide (2) through the light coupling-in surface (25), and a plurality of diffuser elements (311, 312, 313, 314, 315) which are designed to scatter light diffusely. The first light deflection elements (211, 212, 213, 214, 215) are each designed to deflect the light coupled into the first light guide (2) by a deflection angle directed in the direction of the diffuser elements (311, 312, 313, 314, 315) so that the diffuser elements (311, 312, 313, 314, 315) scatter said directed light diffusely in the direction of the visible side (11).
US11014495B2	System for issuing a warning against impact in a vehicle when parked The invention relates to a system that provides protection to a vehicle against impacts when the vehicle is parked. The system consists of using the elements with which some vehicles are manufactured to design a system that provides protection to the vehicle when parked. In a first embodiment, the system uses as proximity sensors the ultrasound transducers with which certain vehicles are equipped. Subsequently, by mathematically manipulating this data in the elements designed for this purpose in the central computer, the system calculates the speed and acceleration of vehicles approaching the parked vehicle, issuing a visible and audible alarm to prevent a collision. In a second embodiment, the system uses electronic cameras disposed on the front part and on the rear part of the vehicle so as to record the registration number plates of approaching vehicles and to be able to use the height or vertical dimension of the numbers and letters on the plate as a reference element to calculate the distance between the plate and the camera, using a mathematical relationship between distance and the height of the numbers and letters on the plate, as they appear in the image detector of the camera.
US11014493B2	Automotive warning strobe assembly An automotive warning strobe assembly for alerting an observer that a vehicle is reversing includes a housing that is coupled to a rear deck of a vehicle. In this way the housing is visible to an observer behind the vehicle. A plurality of strobe lights is each coupled to the housing for emitting light outwardly from the housing. Each of the strobe lights is electrically coupled to a reverse gear circuit of the vehicle. Thus, each of the strobe lights is turned on when the reverse gear circuit is actuated. In this way the observer behind the vehicle is alerted that the vehicle is reversing.
US11014490B2	Luminaire, rear view device, and motor vehicle having luminaire The invention relates to a lamp (24) for a rear view device of a motor vehicle (42), with at least one light source (26) for emitting light beams, a collection optics (32) for collimating the light beams and a scattering optic (34) downstream of the collection optics (32) in the beam path of the light beams, which has a first main direction of beam (38), which, in the installation position of the lamp (24) in a left-hand drive motor vehicle (42), is directed towards an eye ellipse (46) of a driver of the motor vehicle (42), and has a second main direction of beam (40) which, in the installation position of the lamp (24) in a right-hand drive motor vehicle (42), is directed towards an eye ellipse (44) of a driver of the motor vehicle (42). Furthermore, the invention relates to a rear view device with at least one lamp according to the invention and a motor vehicle with at least one lamp according to the invention or at least one rear view device according to the invention.
US11014488B2	Procedure for actuating at least one light module of a light unit, light unit, computer program product and machine-readable medium A procedure is provided for actuating at least one light module of the light unit of a vehicle with a plurality of light sources and a light control system automatically actuating the light module. At least two first light distribution arrangements are generated and first data sets corresponding to the first light distribution arrangements are stored in a memory of the light control system. In order to implement a plurality of light distribution arrangements with less effort, at least one second light distribution arrangement is allocated to at least one pairing of two of the at least two first light distribution arrangements, and actuation of the light module for generating this at least one second light distribution arrangement is performed depending on the first datasets of the assigned pairing from the first light distribution arrangements.
US11014486B2	Tank trailer operating system A ground-level access operating system for a tank trailer. The ground-level system includes a cleaning/washing device, a venting device, an inspection access port, and device for loading/unloading the compartments. All devices in this system are located on the side of the semi-trailer, within an operator's reach on the ground. The devices locations are meant to be reachable to ensure operator safety. The operator of the trailer can execute all work without having to reach the top of the tank. Both of venting and cleaning/washing devices have their access port on top of the tank but are hooked up at a position proximate ground level, for an easy-to-reach operation and inspection by on operator on the ground.
US11014484B1	Promotional vehicle with adjustable showroom A vehicle has a first showroom enclosure at a first side of the vehicle body and a second showroom at an opposite side of the vehicle body. A storage area is provided between the first and second showroom and can be accessed by a door at the rear of the vehicle body, or at access panels located at the first and/or second sides of the vehicle body.
US11014475B2	Child car seat It relates to a child car seat, and more particularly, to a child car seat equipped with wheels and a handle, which facilitates the guiding of the car seat with a single hand, in such a way that the child is rearward to the direction of the movement, facing the person guiding the car seat.
US11014469B2	Power relay assembly and method controlling sequence of relays therein A power relay assembly (PRA) and a method of controlling the same are provided. The power relay assembly includes a first main relay for interconnecting negative voltages of a battery and an inverter, a second main relay for interconnecting positive voltages of the battery and the inverter, and a pre-charge relay connected in parallel to the second main relay. A controller executes the open or short sequence of the first main relay, the second main relay, and the pre-charge relay based on the opening and closing operation between the battery and the inverter or the charging and discharging operation of the battery. The opening and closing operation is divided into an opening operation and a closing operation between the battery and the inverter, and the charging and discharging operation is divided into a charging operation and a discharging operation of the battery.
US11014462B2	Methodology of maximizing charging power transfer for electric vehicle when AC voltage sags A method for charging a battery in an electric or hybrid vehicle provides an alternative to switching to low tap. In accordance with this method, if a tap cross occurs, an OBCM reduces its power limit by a configurable amount and then retries charging at a lower level. This process can be repeated as many times as it takes to find a power level that prevents a tap cross. Advantageously, the battery can be charged in the shortest amount of time instead of limiting the power to the low tap level. A charging system implementing the method is also provided.
US11014453B2	Method for testing whether a current collector is in contact, and current collector A method for testing whether a current collector of a vehicle, which is preferably not rail-bound and is driven by an electric motor, is in contact with a contact wire of an overhead line which extends in a direction of travel. The current collector, which can be moved along a vertical direction, has a carrier element and a contact strip, resiliently mounted on the carrier element by a primary spring element. The contact strip, upon contacting the contact wire, is deflected relative to the carrier element counter to the vertical direction out of a resting position, wherein the deflection is detected by a sensor unit and it is determined whether the contact strip is in contact with the contact wire. There is also described a corresponding current collector.
US11014450B2	Stalk mounted telescoping rotary shift knob A rotary shift knob having a telescopic structure including a knob and a housing that are secured together to move axially and pivotally relative to each other within a limited range in either direction. The knob and housing are moved axially relative to each other to shift into the park position from the other positions. The inner and outer members are pivoted relative to each other to shift between reverse, neutral and drive positions. The knob is connected by a shaft to a piston that moves within a cavity defined by the housing.
US11014448B2	Methods and systems for cruise control velocity tracking Methods and systems are provided for cruise control velocity tracking. In one example, the method or system may generate a torque command output via a velocity controller that allows for an error within bounds to reduce a fuel consumption amount, the torque command output selected from outcomes of a leader and follower game.
US11014447B2	Low cost stamped shift assembly and steering column A steering column assembly that includes an upper jacket and a gear shift assembly. The upper jacket extends along a steering column axis. The gear shift assembly includes a shift assembly bracket and shift shaft assembly. The shift assembly bracket has a column mounting portion that is operatively connected to the upper jacket and a cradle portion extends from the column mounting portion. The cradle portion has a first sidewall and a second sidewall each extending from a base. The shift shaft assembly extends at least partially through the first sidewall and the second sidewall.
US11014445B2	Pressurized liquid fuel tank system and vehicle including same A pressurized liquid fuel tank system arranged to contain a first mass of liquid fuel such as Dimethyl-Ether (DME) is provided. The system includes a first tank having a first volume, a second tank having a second volume, a first conduit between a top of the first tank and a top of the second tank, and a second conduit between the first tank and a bottom of the second tank, wherein a sum of the first volume and the second volume is designed to equal a sum of a first mass volume of the first mass of liquid fuel plus an expansion volume equal to at least 5% of the first mass volume. A vehicle with such a fuel tank system is also disclosed.
US11014444B2	Capless closure assembly for fuel-tank filler pipe A capless filler pipe closure is provided for a tank filler pipe. The capless closure permits a fuel pump nozzle to be inserted into the tank filler pipe without first removing a fuel cap from the outer end of the tank filler pipe.
US11014437B2	Hybrid electric vehicle battery charge reduction for improved cooling performance Systems and methods are provided for vehicle battery charge reduction. A hybrid electric vehicle is disclosed. The vehicle comprises an internal combustion engine; an electric motor; a battery electrically coupled to the electric motor; a battery charger electrically coupled to the battery and mechanically coupled to the internal combustion engine; one or more sensors, wherein each sensor provides a respective sensor signal, wherein each sensor signal represents a respective current operating condition of the hybrid electric vehicle; and a computing component configured to: perform a first comparison of a state-of-charge of the battery to a charge threshold, perform a second comparison of one or more of the current vehicle operating conditions to respective nominal vehicle operating conditions, wherein none of the vehicle operating conditions describe a condition of the battery, and reduce charging of the battery based on the first comparison and the second comparison.
US11014436B1	Latch structure of tonneau cover A truck cover system includes a rail; a cross bar coupled to the rail, the cross bar comprising: a slide slot passing through opposite side surfaces of the cross bar; a slide channel formed in a bottom surface of the cross bar, wherein the slide channel extends in a lateral direction and intersects the slide slot; and a latching system coupled to the cross bar, wherein the latching system comprises: a slide member passing through the slide slot and is slidable within the slide slot; a saddle member rotatably riding on the slide member, wherein the saddle member comprises at least one leg; a connecting member having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end of the connecting member is rotatably coupled to the leg of the saddle member; and a clamp structure coupled to the second end of the connecting member.
US11014434B2	Sunshade device A sunshade device includes: a roll shade having a shade; a rod provided in a front end portion of the shade; two guide rails each configured to guide the shade; two first sliding members each having a slider attached to a corresponding one of opposite ends of the rod and guided by a corresponding one of the guide rails; and two second sliding members each having a shade support portion configured to support a shade corner portion and guided by a corresponding one of the guide rails, wherein the slider and the shade support portion are arranged in a direction crossing an advancing and retreating direction of the shade, and at least a portion of the slider and at least a portion of the shade support portion are disposed on a lateral side of the rod in a lateral direction along the rod.
US11014429B2	Operating device for an automatic climate control of a motor vehicle, automatic climate control as well as motor vehicle The invention relates to an operating device (5) for an automatic climate control (2) of a motor vehicle (1) including a sensor assembly (7) for determining an interior temperature in a passenger cabin (4) of the motor vehicle (1) and including an operating area (8), wherein the sensor assembly (7) comprises a circuit board (11) and a sensor unit (12) disposed on the circuit board (11) with a first temperature sensor (17), and wherein a top side (9) of the operating area (8) faces the passenger cabin (4) in an intended installation position of the operating device (5) on the motor vehicle (1). In addition, the invention relates to an automatic climate control (2) as well as to a motor vehicle (1).
US11014428B2	Controlling climate in vehicle cabins The present disclosure extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for controlling climate in vehicle cabins. A person may provide climate related data to a vehicle climate control system prior to pick up and/or during a ride in the vehicle. The climate control system may adjust the climate in at least part of a vehicle cabin based at least in part on the climate related data and configuration of components in the climate control system. Climate control adjustments can be used to precondition part of a vehicle cabin for a person and/or in response to indicated thermal discomfort of the person. The climate control system can refer to an occupant comfort model and compute climate adjustments in accordance with the occupant comfort model.
US11014420B2	Vehicle A vehicle that can reduce change in the toe angle of a rear wheel in a toe-out direction at the time of a braking force being provided by the vehicle. A coupling point between a vehicle frame and a trailing arm is defined as a first coupling point. A coupling point between the trailing arm and a lateral arm is defined as a second coupling point. A coupling point between the lateral arm and a frame rear section is defined as a third coupling point. A straight line connecting the first coupling point and the second coupling point is defined as a first straight line. A straight line connecting the second coupling point and the third coupling point is defined as a second straight line. With those definitions, an angle between the first straight line and the second straight line in a plan view of the vehicle is 90 degrees or greater.
US11014410B2	Tire A tire comprises a tread portion provided with two circumferential grooves disposed one each side of the tire equator and extending continuously in the tire circumferential direction, and a crown land region between the two circumferential grooves. The crown land region is provided with first crown sipes extending from one of the circumferential grooves and terminating within the crown land region, and second crown sipes extending from the other circumferential groove and terminating within the crown land region.
US11014406B2	Tire A tire comprises a tread portion provided with a tread profile. The axial distance L3 from the tire equator to a contact point P3 between the tread profile and a tangential line thereto at which the angle θ of the tangential line becomes 3 degrees with respect to the tire-axial-direction line, is smaller than 65% of a half tread width Tw. The difference (θ90−θ60) of an angle θ90 of the tangential line at an axial position P90 apart from the tire equator by 90% of the half tread width Tw, from an angle θ60 of the tangential line at an axial position P60 apart from the tire equator by 60% of the half tread width Tw, is in a range from 7 to 12 degrees.
US11014397B2	Adjustable angle measurement tool An angle measurement tool includes first and second elongate members, one of the first and second longitudinal members having an aperture defined by an inner circumference shaped as an outer circumference of an eight-pointed star polygon, the other one to the first and second elongate members having a fixing means adapted for engagement in the aperture of the first elongate member so as to fix the first and second elongate members at a predetermined angle relative to each other.
US11014393B2	Image transfer sheet, manufacturing method for image transfer sheet, and image transfer method An image transfer sheet includes a release paper, a glue layer, the glue layer having a lower surface removably glued to an upper surface of the release paper, a transfer film having a release property with respect to the image layer and an easy adhesion property with respect to the glue layer, and an image layer partially between the transfer film and the glue layer, a lower surface of the transfer film being in contact with the image layer at a portion where the image layer is present and in contact with the glue layer at a portion where the image layer is not present.
US11014391B2	Security marks based on print job image with uniform printed background A printing system receives a print request containing patterns of marks to be printed on print media to produce printed output. A processor evaluates the print request to identify non-marking areas and identify different printing densities of the patterns of marks. The processor alters the patterns of marks to create hidden features on the printed output by adding a uniform printed background to the non-marking areas and adding different printing densities of fluorescent spots to different areas of the patterns of marks. The different printing densities of the fluorescent spots are based on the different printing densities of the patterns of marks and on the size of the hidden features. A printing device prints the print request on the print media to produce the printed output.
US11014378B2	Digital embossing A method of forming a digital embossing on a surface by bonding hard press particles to a carrier. A liquid binder pattern is applied on the carrier by a digital drop application head. Hard press particles are applied on the carrier and the binder pattern such that some hard press particles are bonded to the carrier by the liquid pattern and non-bonded press particles are removed. The carrier with the bonded hard press particles is pressed to the surface and an embossing is formed when the carrier with the hard press particles is removed.
US11014372B2	Printing apparatus, control method thereof and storage medium An object is to attain both a high-quality metallic color representation and suppression of a reduction in life of a nozzle. The present invention is a printing apparatus including: a conveyance unit configured to convey a printing medium in a first direction; a printing unit including a metallic array in which a plurality of printing elements for applying a metallic ink including metal particles is arrayed along the first direction and a color array in which a plurality of printing elements for applying a color ink including a color material is arrayed along the first direction; a scan unit configured to cause the printing unit to scan a plurality of times in a second direction intersecting with the first direction for a predetermined area on a printing medium; and a print control unit configured to control a printing operation so as to print a metallic color image.
US11014368B2	Ink jet recording apparatus and ink jet recording set An ink jet recording apparatus includes a first tank storing a first ink and a second tank storing a second ink different from the first ink. The first tank and the second tank are arranged so as to have overlap when viewed in a vertical direction in an apparatus-using state.
US11014366B2	Printhead engagement mechanism for long printheads A print module includes: a cradle having a nest for receiving a printhead; an elongate printhead received in the nest, the printhead having first and second ink ports at opposite longitudinal ends thereof; and a supply assembly slidably movable relative to the cradle along an axis perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the printhead. The supply assembly includes first and second ink couplings positioned for complementary engagement with the first and second ink ports of the printhead and a depressor positioned between the first and second ink couplings. The printhead has a portion configured for complementary engagement with the depressor, such that lowering of the supply assembly urges the printhead towards the nest via engagement of the depressor with the printhead.
US11014363B2	Method and cover for cleaning a print head A cover for covering the nozzle plate of a print head while in a parking position to delay a drying of ink. The cover can clean the nozzle plate while the nozzle plate is covered. A cost-effective and installation space-efficient cleaning of the nozzle plate of a print head is thus enabled.
US11014361B2	Manufacturing method of liquid supply component A manufacturing method of a liquid supply component in which a liquid supply path is formed between a first constituent component and a second constituent component that are joined with molten resin. The method includes a first step of preparing these constituent components, a second step of causing the constituent components to face each other and forming an orifice portion and a reservoir portion between a mold and a surface of either of the constituent components, and a third step of pouring the molten resin between the constituent components so that it flows into the reservoir portion through the orifice portion.
US11014359B2	Internal print head flow features A system and apparatus includes a nozzle formed on a first surface of a substrate, and a fluid passage in the substrate and fluidically connected to the nozzle, the fluid passage being nonlinear along at least a portion of its length and having a cross section that varies along its length, wherein the fluid passage has a width near a second surface of the substrate that is different from a width near a bottom of the fluid passage. A system and apparatus includes a nozzle formed on a surface of a substrate, and a fluid passage defined in the substrate and fluidically connected to the nozzle, the fluid passage having a first portion that substantially lies on a first plane, a second portion that substantially lies on a second plane different from the first plane, and a connecting passage fluidically connecting the first portion to the second portion.
US11014353B2	Ink jet head and ink jet recording apparatus An ink jet head includes a pressure chamber, an actuator, and an application unit. The chamber accommodates liquid. The actuator changes a volume of the chamber with a drive signal to be applied. The unit apply s the signal to the actuator. The signal includes a discharge pulse and a vibration pulse. The discharge pulse causes liquid to be discharged from a nozzle. A second discharge pulse is applied after a first discharge pulse. The vibration pulse is applied before the discharge pulse, has a potential having a polarity opposite to that of the discharge pulse. A period of the discharge pulse is 1.5 times to 2.5 times a half-period of a main acoustic resonance frequency of liquid in the chamber. A pulse width of the first pulse is closer to the half-period of the main acoustic resonance frequency than a pulse width of the second pulse.
US11014345B2	Method for producing sealing tape rolls A method for producing sealing tape rolls of flexible, compressible foam having at least one external, radially oriented barrier layer comprises the steps of providing a foam web of flexible foam; forming a foam-barrier layer web by application of a barrier layer to a top surface and/or a bottom surface of the foam web; producing a plurality of sealing tape strips by introducing at least one continuous cut into the foam-barrier layer web in a longitudinal direction of the foam-barrier layer web and perpendicularly to the at least one barrier layer; and winding up each sealing tape strip of the plurality of sealing tape strips into a roll in such a way that the at least one barrier layer extends in the radial direction and is arranged on at least one of the two axial end surfaces of the roll.
US11014329B2	Load bearing panel A panel assembly includes a multilayer load bearing panel configured to enclose an opening to an interior compartment by positioning the panel in the opening. The panel has opposing first and second appearance layers and is reversible in the opening between first and second positions. In the first position, the first appearance layer is outwardly facing in the opening and the second appearance layer faces inwardly to the compartment. In the second position, the second appearance layer is outwardly facing in the opening and the first appearance layer faces inwardly to the compartment. One of the appearance layers is made of a protective polymeric coating such as a thermosetting polyurethane-based coating or thermoset polyurea coating. The other appearance layer is made of one of a laminate structure which can include a wood veneer, a textile, or a carpeting material. A method for making the multilayer panel is provided.
US11014312B2	Silicone cold-extrusion lamp belt and manufacturing method thereof Disclosed are a new silicone cold-extrusion lamp belt and its manufacturing method. The manufacturing method includes the following steps. S10: Select a PCB and use the PCB as a substrate. S20: Set LED lamp bead spot-welding units arranged in an array formed on the substrate to obtain a target board. S30: Extrude a slurry which is formed by a food-grade silicone and coat the slurry on an outer surface of the target board to form a lamp skin. S40: Cut the target board into at least one lamp belt substrate. S50: Heat and bake the lamp belt substrate to obtain a lamp belt. This disclosure has the advantages of feasible design, low manufacturing cost, high resistance on cracking, wearing, yellowing, high/low temperature, good fire resistance, environmental friendly and harmless to human safety, high transparency, high light emitting efficiency of the lamp, and applicable for indoor/outdoor lamp belts.
US11014310B2	Method for connecting two joining elements The present invention relates to a method for connecting two joining elements, these elements being connected by means of a thermally activatable adhesive with a flat heating element arranged therein, by suitable heating of the adhesive. The invention also relates to an assembly produced in this way from two joining elements and to an arrangement designed for carrying out a corresponding method.
US11014302B2	Switchyard beam routing of patterned light for additive manufacturing A method and an apparatus for additive manufacturing pertaining to high efficiency, energy beam patterning and beam steering to effectively and efficiently utilize the source energy. In one embodiment recycling and reuse of unwanted light includes a source of multiple light patterns produced by one or more light valves, with at least one of the multiple light patterns being formed from rejected patterned light. An image relay is used to direct the multiple light patterns, and a beam routing system receives the multiple light patterns and respectively directs them toward defined areas on a powder bed.
US11014301B2	Multiple image projection system for additive manufacturing An additive manufacturing system, and associated methods, comprise an image projection system comprising a plurality of image projectors that project a composite image onto a build area within a resin pool. The composite image comprises a plurality of sub-images arranged in an array. The properties of each sub-image and the alignment of the position of each sub image within the composite image can be adjusted using a stack of filters comprising: 1) an irradiance mask that normalizes irradiance, 2) a gamma adjustment mask that adjusts sub-image energy based on a reactivity of the resin, 3) a warp correction filter that provides geometric correction, and 4) an edge blending bar at one or more sub-image edges.
US11014292B2	Hybrid methods of additive manufacturing A hybrid method of additive manufacturing is provided. The method includes providing a powder material and fusing, by a first heat source, a portion of the powder material to form a three-dimensional structure. The three-dimensional structure can define a fill region at least partially filled with the powder material. The method further includes fusing, by a second heat source, the powder material in the fill region. Fusing the powder material in the fill region can solidify the powder material in the fill region and fuse the powder material to the three-dimensional structure for forming a solid object.
US11014289B2	Ink supplying device and three-dimensional object forming device An ink supplying device is provided and supplies a functional ink to a droplet ejecting portion, including: a tube body through which the functional ink passes; a degasser that removes a dissolved gas from the functional ink; a first supply path in which the degasser is fitted to the tube body; a second supply path in which the degasser is not fitted to the tube body; and a controller that switches a supply path of the functional ink to the second supply path when a viscosity of the functional ink is higher than or equal to a predetermined value, and switches the supply path to the first supply path when the viscosity of the functional ink is lower than the predetermined value. The first supply path and the second supply path are coupled by an upstream side coupling portion and a downstream side coupling portion.
US11014287B2	Methods and apparatuses for additively manufacturing rubber A method of additive manufacturing of un-vulcanized rubber includes providing a printing apparatus and providing un-vulcanized rubber to the printing apparatus. The method also includes warming the un-vulcanized rubber and pressurizing the un-vulcanized rubber provided to the printing apparatus to a pressure of at least 800 psi. The method further includes positioning a dispenser at a beginning of a series of motion control commands, dispensing the un-vulcanized rubber from the printing apparatus onto an area, and cutting the dispensed un-vulcanized rubber.
US11014285B2	Extrusion printing of liquid crystal elastomers A method of ink-extrusion printing an object, including providing a mixture including liquid crystal monomers and photo-catalyzing or heating the mixture to produce a liquid crystal ink. The ink is in a nematic phase. The method includes extruding the ink through a print-head orifice moving along a print direction to faun an extruded film of the object. The extruded film exhibits birefringence. Also disclosed are a liquid crystal ink. The ink includes a mixture including liquid crystal monomers. The mixture when at a target printing temperature is in a nematic phase. Also disclosed is ink-extrusion-printed object. The object includes an extrusion-printed film including a nematic liquid crystal elastomer, wherein the film exhibits birefringence along an extrusion axis of the film.
US11014281B2	Liquid blow molding method A liquid blow molding method molds a bottomed tubular-shaped preform into a liquid containing container. The method includes a nozzle engaging step of engaging a blow nozzle with a mouth of the preform; a molding step of molding the preform into a container of a predetermined shape by supplying a pressurized liquid from a pump into the preform; a suck-back step of sucking back a predetermined volume of liquid out of the container into a supply path; a nozzle closing step of closing the blow nozzle by a sealing body; and a discharge step of discharging a liquid in the supply path by a predetermined volume from a discharge port by operating, after the nozzle closing step, a pump in a positive direction with the discharge port connected to the supply path opened.
US11014272B2	Laundry bead molding mold, laundry bead and laundry bead molding method A laundry bead molding mold is disclosed, including a first mold cavity and a second mold cavity which are separated from each other and could be filled with detergent or detergent additives to meet different washing demands. The first mold cavity has two opposite side walls at a certain angle, which could ensure the shape of the bead product is a preset shape. The mold could be used to mold a laundry bead having at least two cavities, and could obtain a multifunctional laundry bead, has a simple structure and a high yield of the formed bead. A laundry bead formed by the mold is also disclosed, including a plurality of beads, which facilitates the washing process. A laundry bead molding method is also disclosed.
US11014266B2	Cutting system for slabs A cutting system for slabs which includes a longitudinal guide having a pair of surfaces opposite to each other, the pair made up of a lower surface and an opposite upper surface, a suction cup coupled to the lower surface of the longitudinal guide suitable to selectively adhere to a slab and defining a contact surface of the longitudinal guide on the slab, the longitudinal guide further including a pair of rails parallel to each other coupled to the upper surface of the longitudinal guide and suitable for slidably coupling to a scoring slider. The rails are arranged on opposite sides with respect to a median plane of the suction cup perpendicular to the contact surface thereof.
US11014261B1	Saw assembly A saw assembly for cutting a workpiece is disclosed. The saw assembly includes a platform for supporting the saw assembly on a surface. The saw assembly further includes a table assembly having a saw for cutting the workpiece and a table surface for supporting the workpiece during cutting. The table assembly is pivotably coupled to the platform and is adapted to pivot relative to the platform to position the table surface at an inclination relative to the surface.
US11014257B2	Method and apparatus for removing foreign objects from food pieces A method of removing a foreign object from a food piece detects the location of a foreign object in a food piece (10); conveys the food piece to a cutting tool (42); and operates the cutting tool to cut around the detected location of the foreign object and subsequently to engage and eject the foreign object from the food piece.
US11014245B2	Robot device, method of controlling robot device, computer program, and program storage medium Provided is an excellent robot device capable of preferably detecting difference between dirt and a scratch on a lens of a camera and difference between dirt and a scratch on a hand. A robot device detects a site in which there is the dirt or the scratch using an image of the hand taken by a camera as a reference image. Further, this determines whether the detected dirt or scratch is due to the lens of the camera or the hand by moving the hand. The robot device performs cleaning work assuming that the dirt is detected, and then this detects the difference between the dirt and the scratch depending on whether the dirt is removed.
US11014236B2	Combined robot and cruise path generating method thereof A combined robot and a cruise path generating method thereof includes providing or generating a working map of a self-moving robot and marking a target point on the working map. A planned path is generated according to the location of the target point in the working map. The combined robot begins to walk according to the planned path and it is determined whether an obstacle is encountered during walking. If an obstacle is encountered, a different path adjustment mode is selected according to a relative location when the obstacle is encountered and the planned path is updated according to a walking path to form an actual path. Otherwise, the robot walks directly to form the actual path. The actual path is saved as a cruise path of the combined robot.
US11014232B2	Holding apparatus, article handling apparatus, and control apparatus According to one embodiment, a holding apparatus includes a holding part, a rotating part, a supporting part, and a moving mechanism. The holding part is configured to hold an article. The rotating part is configured to rotate the holding part. The supporting part is configured to support the article from below. The moving mechanism is configured to move the holding part with respect to the supporting part.
US11014215B2	Chemical mechanical polishing process Provided is a chemical mechanical polishing process. The process includes the following steps: a layer to be polished is provided, wherein the layer to be polished has a hole, a trench and/or an opening formed therein, and a protrusion is formed at the corner of the top of the hole, the trench and/or the opening; a polishing pad with a plurality of fibers on the surface thereof is provided; and in a moving direction perpendicular to the top surface of the layer to be polished, the plurality of fibers of the polishing pad are intermittently contacted with the protrusion in the presence of an abrasive-free slurry.
US11014210B2	Controller of machine tool A controller of a machine tool includes a plurality of feed axes that feed a tool, machines a workpiece while making the tool oscillate and includes: an oscillation command creation unit which creates an oscillation command based on a machining condition; and a control unit which machines, based on the oscillation command and a movement command, the workpiece while making the tool oscillate, and the oscillation command creation unit creates, when the machining condition indicates machining by an interpolation operation of one feed axis of the plurality of feed axes, the oscillation command so as to make the tool oscillate in a direction along a machining path and changes, when the machining condition indicates machining by a simultaneous interpolation operation of the plurality of feed axes, the oscillation command so as to change the direction of the oscillation with respect to the machining path.
US11014204B2	Article selection and placement assembly and method An apparatus is disclosed for applying tags with attached elastic anchor bands onto the tops of objects such as bottles in a high speed packaging application. The apparatus includes an infeed assembly for feeding a web, a conveyor assembly that receives a web and conveys it along a path in an upstream direction, a rotating selector wheel, a placement assembly, a pair of rotating jaw assembles, a vacuum cup of the selector wheel, and stretched elastic bands over the tops of respective bottles being conveyed along a path below the placing assembly. The elastic bands then snap onto the tops of their respective bottles to secure the tags to the bottles.
US11014195B2	Steel welding component with aluminum or aluminum alloy coating, and preparation method therefor Provided is a steel welding component having a steel welding blank with an aluminum or aluminum alloy coating. The welding blank is composed of a steel substrate and coatings comprising an intermetallic compound alloy layer contacting the substrate, and a metal alloy layer on the intermetallic compound alloy layer. On at least one of the coating surfaces of the welding blank, the coating within an area to be welded has been totally removed, and an end face of the coating on the side of the coating within the area to be welded removed has an angle of β being 0-80° with a plane vertical to a surface of the substrate which is parallel to the welding seam. Also provided are welding methods for the steel welding component. The steel welding blank provided ensures the tensile strength, elongation, and corrosion resistance of a hot-stamped welded joint.
US11014194B2	Laser material processing distance gauge Apparatus for distance gauging in laser material processing includes a source of laser-radiation, an electrically-conductive focusing assembly, a constant-current source, and a voltmeter. The focusing assembly focuses laser-radiation towards an electrically conductive workpiece being processed. The focusing assembly and the workpiece form a capacitive sensor. The constant current source provides a constant electrical current to the focusing assembly for a constant time. The focusing assembly and the workpiece are separated by a distance that is proportional to a change in voltage measured on the focusing assembly during the constant time.
US11014183B2	System and method of marking a welding workpiece An embodiment of a system includes a marking tool configured to apply one or more markers on a first surface of a workpiece for a live welding session. The one or more markers have known geometric properties that may facilitate determination of the first surface and a weld joint. An embodiment of a method includes applying a first set of one or more markers to a first surface of a workpiece, detecting the applied first set of one or more markers with a camera, and determining, via processing circuitry coupled to the camera, at least one of the first surface of the workpiece and a weld joint based at least in part on the detected first set of one or more markers.
US11014181B2	Work hardened welds and methods for same A tube assembly includes at least first and second tubes configured for coupling at respective ends. The first and second tubes each include a base material, and a weld interface at the respective end. The weld interface is proximate to an inner diameter and an outer diameter of the first and second tubes, and includes a weld interface segment extending therebetween. A work hardened weld assembly couples the base material of each of the first and second tubes. The work hardened weld assembly includes a weld fusion zone between the weld interfaces of the first and second tubes and the weld interface segments of the first and second tubes. The weld fusion zone is work hardened and at least the weld interface segments of the first and second tubes are work hardened between the work hardened weld fusion zone and the base material of the first and second tubes.
US11014178B2	Electrical machining device and method, hybrid machining system and method An electrical machining method comprises machining a workpiece by an electrical machining device comprising an electrode; increasing a feedrate of the electrode at a first acceleration if a discharge current passing through the electrode and the workpiece is lower than a discharge current reference; and decreasing the feedrate of the electrode at a second acceleration if the discharge current is higher than the discharge current reference, wherein the second acceleration has an absolute value higher than that of the first acceleration.
US11014175B2	Cutting insert and cutting tool In an end view, a cutting insert 10 comprises a first connecting part 30A which is inclined such that the first connecting part 30A travels in a first direction as it heads away from a second peripheral side surface part 18 and approaches a fourth peripheral side surface part 22, and also comprises a second connecting part 30B which is connected to a center point serving as an end of the first connecting part 30A and which is inclined such that the second connecting part 30B travels in a third direction as it heads away from the second peripheral side surface part 18 and approaches the fourth peripheral side surface part 22. A cutting edge 24 comprises: a first cutting edge part 24A which is formed on the first connecting part 30A so as to be distant, by a first distance L1, from a virtual plane PR1 including a center point C1; a second cutting edge part 24B which has, in a side view, a concave circular-arc shape having a second curvature radius smaller than a first curvature radius and which is formed on the second connecting part 30B so as to be distant, by a second distance L2 greater than the first distance L1, from the virtual plane PR1; and a third cutting edge part 24C connecting the first cutting edge part 24A and the second cutting edge part 24B.
US11014169B2	Surface-coated cutting tool and method for manufacturing the same A surface-coated cutting tool having a rake face and a flank face includes a base material and a coating formed on the base material. The base material is a cemented carbide or a cermet. The coating includes an aluminum oxide layer containing a plurality of aluminum oxide crystal grains. The aluminum oxide layer includes: a first region made up of a region A on the rake face and a region B on the flank face; a second region on the rake face except for the region A; and a third region on the flank face except for the region B. The aluminum oxide layer satisfies a relation: b−a>0.5, where a is an average value of TC(110) in the first region in texture coefficient TC(hkl), and b is an average value of TC(110) in the second or third region in texture coefficient TC(hkl).
US11014164B2	Lamination molding apparatus and method for producing three-dimensional molded object A lamination molding apparatus, includes a material layer former to form a material layer; a first emitter to form a solidified layer by irradiating the material layer with a first beam; and a thermal adjuster to adjust a temperature of at least a portion of the solidified layer to at least one of a predetermined first temperature and a predetermined second temperature. The temperature of at least the portion of the solidified layer is adjusted to the first temperature, and then to the second temperature. When the first temperature is referred to as T1, the second temperature is referred to as T2, a martensite start temperature of the solidified layer is referred to as Ms, and a martensite finish temperature of the solidified layer is referred to as Mf, all of the following relations of T1≥Mf, T1>T2, and T2≤Ms are satisfied.
US11014151B2	Method of making airfoils A method of making an airfoil includes making a refractory metal core that defines an interior of the airfoil by a tomo-lithographic process, making a mold that defines an exterior of the airfoil, inserting the refractory metal core into the mold, and pouring an airfoil material between the refractory metal core and the mold to cast the airfoil.
US11014144B2	Casting mould for casting complex-shaped castings and use of such a casting mould A casting mould for casting complex-shaped castings from a molten metal. The casting mould has a mould cavity forming the casting and a delivery system that delivers molten metal into the mould cavity. The delivery system includes a sprue, a runner connected to the sprue and a feeder system connected to the runner. The mould cavity is connected to the feeder system or the runner via connections. When seen in the flow direction of the molten metal flowing from the sprue into the runner during the casting operation, the runner has a branch directed away from the sprue along the feeder system and has a directed-back branch adjoining the directed-away branch and guided along the feeder system in the opposite direction to the directed-away branch. The feeder system is connected to both the directed-away branch and the directed-back branch via two or more gates distributed along the respective branch.
US11014136B2	Integrated molding device suitable for bending and hemming of flat sheet An integrated molding device suitable for the bending and hemming of a flat sheet, comprising a stand, a worktable, a slider, and a turning beam. The stand comprises a frame structure composed of an upper cross beam, a lower cross beam, and columns on both sides, two ends of the slider are connected to the columns on both sides by means of a pair of sliding pairs A respectively, and the clutching of a bending die is achieved by means of the linear movement of the sliding pairs A; the worktable is fixed on the lower cross beam, and the clutching of a pressing die is achieved by means of the linear movement of the sliding pairs A; two ends of a swing frame are connected to the columns on both sides by means of one connecting block respectively, the connecting block and the columns are connected therebetween by means of a pair of rotating pairs B, and the connecting block and the swing frame are connected therebetween by means of a pair of sliding pairs C. The present device may achieve the bending or pressing of a flat sheet according to differences in the amount of up and down movements of the slider; and on the basis of the pressing of the flat sheet, the hemming of the flat sheet may be achieved in cooperation with the swinging of a swing beam.
US11014130B2	Integrated paint bucket cleaning and drying machine The present invention relates to an integrated paint bucket cleaning and drying machine, including a frame and a conveying carrier tape, the conveying carrier tape is disposed with a loading port matching with the paint bucket. The upper part of the frame is sequentially provided with a cleaning mechanism and a drying mechanism and on the frame located under the cleaning mechanism and the drying mechanism is disposed a fixing device. The cleaning mechanism includes a cleaning lift cylinder disposed on the frame, a cleaning machine matching with the paint bucket is connected below the cleaning lift cylinder, and the cleaning lift cylinder is matched with the cylinder rotating device disposed on the frame. The drying mechanism includes a drying lift cylinder disposed on the frame, a drying machine matching with the paint bucket is connected below the drying lift cylinder. The drying lift cylinder is matched with cylinder rotating device disposed on the frame. The invention adopts a tightly conveyed conveying carrier tape as a carrier to continuously move the paint buckets, and matching with the cleaning mechanism and the drying mechanism to realize continuous and automatic cleaning and drying, greatly improving the efficiency of cleaning and drying the paint bucket.
US11014128B2	Cleaning system and methods A cleaning system for cleaning textiles and floor, wall and counter coverings includes a container having an inlet and an outlet and containing a predetermined volume of cleaning solution having at least one hydroxyl radical. A cleaning instrument is operably fluidly coupled the container, operable to disperse the cleaning solution to a surface to be cleaned. A vacuum is associated with the cleaning instrument for collecting dispersed cleaning solution. The cleaning solution can be applied at a relatively low temperature.
US11014127B2	Removing a residual photo-mask fence in photolithography A first material is filled during a semiconductor fabrication process in a space bound on at least one side by a fence formation created as a result of an etching operation. A solvent-removable material is deposited such that the solvent-removable material encapsulates at least that portion of the fence formation which is protruding from the structure such that a height of the fence formation exceeds a height of the structure. The portion of the fence formation which is protruding from the structure and a first portion of the solvent-removable material are removed by planarization. A second portion of the solvent-removable material is removed by dissolving in a solvent, the second portion remaining after removal by the planarization of the first portion of the solvent-removable material.
US11014113B2	Industrial coating application filter with pleated support A filter for industrial coating filtration systems. The filter has a housing made up of a peripheral wall extending around the periphery. The housing is preferably made of a suitably rigid material. A preferably rigid support backing is mounted within the housing. The support backing has a planar configuration with openings formed through it so that gas can flow through without substantial resistance. The preferably planar sheet of which the support backing is made is pleated. The pleated support backing defines a series of panels, each of which is angled to a next adjacent panel. Filtration media is mounted to the support backing, end caps are attached to the ends of the support backing to maintain the pleated configuration, and the assembly is inserted into the housing, which can have end flaps to seal using tape or adhesive.
US11014106B2	Dispenser device for liquids Dispenser device for liquids, comprising: —a dispenser head (1); —a replaceable, flexible receptacle (2), containing the liquid to be dispensed and which has a valve (21) provided with a seal (22) for opening and closing; —a rigid container (3) for securing the flexible receptacle, provided with a mouth (32) for the mechanical coupling of the dispenser head (1) and of means (33) for the coupling and securing of the valve (21) of the flexible receptacle (2) in a position facing the mouth (32) of the rigid container (3); and —a hydraulic coupling part (4) of the dispenser head to the flexible receptacle, which is automatically coupled to and decoupled from the seal (22) of the valve (21) and displaces it towards an open position and towards a closed position when the dispenser head (1) is coupled to and decoupled from the rigid container (3), respectively.
US11014099B2	Flag mushroom cup nozzle assembly and method An alignable conformal, cup-shaped flag-mushroom fluidic nozzle assembly is engineered to generate a flat fan or sheet oscillating spray of viscous fluid product 316. The nozzle assembly includes a cylindrical flag mushroom fluidic cup member 180 having a substantially closed distal end wall with a centrally located snout defined therein. The flag mushroom cup assembly effectively splits the operating features of the fluidic circuit between a lower or proximal portion formed in the housing's sealing post member and an upper, or distal portion formed in cup member 180 which, in cooperation with the sealing post's distal surface, defines an interaction chamber 192 fed by impinging jets each comprising a continuous distribution of streamlines that impinge at selected angles to define arcs providing a lesser degree of impingement at a centered axial plane within the exit orifice 194 and a greater degree of impingement at the edges of exit orifice 194.
US11014091B2	Method to operate a grinder The present invention relates to a method to grind meat in grinder wherein the meat is provided to the grinder via a hopper (5) and transported by a feeder worm (2) to a rotating processing worm (3) which conveys the meat towards a cutting set (4) which grinds the meat and wherein the feeder worm (2) initially rotates in a first direction. In case the feeder worm (2) is overloaded, its direction of rotation is reversed to a second direction for a certain period of time and then reversed back to the first direction.
US11014090B2	Gyratory crusher main shaft and assembly A gyratory crusher main shaft assembly has a main shaft, an axially upper region of the main shaft including a tapered conical section with a protective sleeve friction fitted over the cone. To facilitate mounting and dismounting of the sleeve, at least one groove is indented within a radially external facing surface of the main shaft at the region of the cone to allow fluid to be introduced under pressure to the region between the sleeve and the cone.
US11014079B2	Hydrogen generation from formic acid catalyzed by a metal complex under amine-free and aqueous conditions The present invention provides a class of catalyst compounds that can safely and effectively release hydrogen gas from a chemical substrate without producing either noxious byproducts or byproducts that will deactivate the catalyst. The present invention provides catalysts used to produce hydrogen that has a satisfactory and sufficient lifespan (measured by turnover number (TON)), that has stability in the presence of moisture, air, acid, or impurities, promote a rapid reaction rate, and remain stable under the reaction conditions required for an effective hydrogen production system. Described herein are compounds for use as catalysts, as well as methods for producing hydrogen from formic acid and/or a formate using the disclosed catalysts. The methods include contacting formic acid and/or a formate with a catalyst as described herein, as well as methods of producing formic acid and/or a formate using the disclosed catalyst and methods for generating electricity using the catalysts described herein.
US11014078B2	Method for the synthesis and isolation of facial-tris-homoleptic phenylpyridinato iridium (III) photocatalysts Methods of synthesizing and isolating facial-tris-homoleptic phenylpyridinato iridium (III) photocatalysts are disclosed. Also disclosed are methods of recovering excess 2-phenylpyridine ligands from said syntheses.
US11014074B2	Cell electrode, composition for cell electrode catalyst layer, and cell A battery electrode, a composition for a catalyst layer of a battery electrode, and a battery having excellent characteristics at low cost. The battery electrode includes a catalyst layer containing a non-platinum catalyst and platinum particles not being carried on the non-platinum catalyst, wherein a content of the platinum particles per unit area of the battery electrode is 0.0010 mg/cm2 or more and 0.1200 mg/cm2 or less.
US11014072B2	Calcination process to produce enhanced ODH catalyst Mixed metal oxide catalysts having an amorphous content of not less than 40 wt. % are prepared by calcining the catalyst precursor fully or partially enclosed by a porous material having a melting temperature greater than 600° C. in an inert container including heating the catalyst precursor at a rate from 0.5 to 10° C. per minute from room temperature to a temperature from 370° C. to 540° C. under a stream of pre heated gas chosen from steam and inert gas and mixtures thereof at a pressure of greater than or equal to 1 psig having a temperature from 300° C. to 540° C. and holding the catalyst precursor at that temperature for at least 2 hours and cooling the catalyst precursor to room temperature.
US11014066B2	VOC and odor reducing coating composition Described herein is a building panel comprising a substrate and an odor and VOC reducing coating applied to the substrate, the coating comprising a blend of a first component comprising ethylene urea; a second component comprising silica; and a rheology modifier.
US11014060B2	Method for controlling a chemical reaction and apparatus for carrying out said method The invention relates to a method for controlling a chemical reaction which creates a product, wherein at least one reactant that is present in a liquid phase is subjected to a pressure change.
US11014053B2	Cellulose acetate-based asymmetric hollow fiber membrane A hollow fiber membrane including a dense layer at least on an inner surface side of the hollow fiber membrane, in which when the inner surface of the hollow fiber membrane is observed under an atomic force microscope, a plurality of groove-like recesses oriented in a lengthwise direction of the hollow fiber membrane are observed, an aspect ratio defined as a ratio of a length to a width of each of the recesses is greater than or equal to 3 and less than or equal to 30, a yield strength of the hollow fiber membrane in a dry state is greater than or equal to 30 g/filament, and a breaking elongation is less than or equal to 20%/filament.
US11014045B2	Fluid for carrying out pollution control in heat engines, and methods for preparing said fluids by producing a homogeneous solution The present invention describes a fluid which is suitable for the decontamination of heat engines which can carry out both, at the same time, the catalytic reduction of oxides of nitrogen (NOx) contained in exhaust gases and assist in the regeneration of the particulate filter (PF). The invention also describes several embodiments of said fluid.
US11014044B2	Waste gas purification system and method A waste gas purification system according to an embodiment includes an adsorption-catalysis-oxidation unit, an enhanced absorption unit, an air inducing unit, and a flue gas discharge and heat exchange unit that are sequentially connected. The waste gas enters a heat exchange device of the flue gas discharge and heat exchange unit through a first waste gas delivery pipeline to perform heat exchange, then is converged with waste gas in a second waste gas delivery pipeline and enters a third waste gas delivery pipeline. Waste gas in the third waste gas delivery pipeline is purified after sequentially passing through the adsorption-catalysis-oxidation unit and the enhanced absorption unit. Purified flue gas is introduced into the flue gas discharge and heat exchange unit by the air inducing unit, and the purified flue gas is discharged after performing heat exchange with the heat exchange device.
US11014042B2	Exhaust gas treatment device and CO2 recovery device using same A nitrogen oxide absorbing unit, a nitrogen oxide absorbing liquid extraction line, a nitrogen oxide absorbing liquid heating/regenerating unit, a released gas line, and a regenerated liquid discharge line are provided. The nitrogen oxide absorbing unit is configured to absorb and remove nitrogen oxides in exhaust gas with nitrogen oxide absorbing liquid by introducing the exhaust gas containing nitrogen oxides and carbon dioxide. Through the nitrogen oxide absorbing liquid extraction line, the circulating nitrogen oxide absorbing liquid is extracted from a nitrogen oxide absorbing liquid circulation line. The nitrogen oxide absorbing liquid heating/regenerating unit is configured to obtain released gas containing at least nitrogen monoxide and carbon dioxide and nitrogen oxide absorbing liquid regenerated liquid by subjecting the nitrogen oxide absorbing liquid to heating and regeneration treatment. Through the released gas line, exhaust gas from the nitrogen oxide absorbing unit is introduced to the released gas.
US11014039B2	Nitrogen service supply system The present invention relates to a novel integrated system for providing nitrogen (N2) to a variety of industrial service applications such as, for example, process unit drying, pipeline purging, reactor cooling, vessel inerting, pipeline displacement.
US11014033B2	Method and system for removing fine particulates from aerosol A system for removing fine particulate matter from an aerosol, which, using a fine particulate matter capture device (1) comprising sheet members (2) parallel to each other and an interferent (3) between the sheet members, causes the aerosol to form a turbulent flow in passages between the sheet members (2), settles fine particulate matter in the aerosol on the outer surfaces of the sheet members under the action of turbulent fluctuation, thermophoretic force and/or vapor pressure gradient force, and meanwhile forms a water film on the outer surfaces of the sheet members (2) to prevent settled particulate matter from being carried away again by an air flow. The system is able to effectively remove fine particulate matter from an aerosol, especially sub-micron particulate matter, and significantly reduce the number concentration thereof.
US11014030B2	Filter media including flame retardant fibers Filter media including a filtration layer comprising fibers (e.g., synthetic fibers) comprising a flame retardant and related components, systems, and methods associated herewith are provided. In some embodiments, a filtration layer may include a nonwoven web (e.g., wet-laid nonwoven web) comprising fibers including a certain flame retardant that has a relatively low concentration of or is substantially free of certain undesirable and/or toxic components (e.g., halogens). In certain embodiments, the nonwoven web may also comprise a blend of fibers. For instance, in some embodiments, the nonwoven web may also comprise a blend of coarse and fine diameter synthetic fibers that impart beneficial performance properties to the filtration layer. In some embodiments, the filtration layer may be designed to have a desirable flame retardancy (e.g., F1 rating, K1 rating) and performance properties without compromising certain mechanical properties (e.g., pleatability of the media) and/or environmental attributes (e.g., relatively low toxicity). Filter media described herein may be particularly well-suited for applications that involve filtering air, though the media may also be used in other applications.
US11014020B2	Composite for oil-water separation, synthesis methods and applications of same Certain aspects of the invention relate to a composite for oil-water separation, synthesis methods and applications of the same. The composite includes a nanostructured powder or porous material having surfaces with nanoscale features, formed from a pristine powder or porous material by a surface nanostructuring process, and single or multilayers of a low surface energy oligomer or polymer coated on the surfaces of the nanostructured powder or porous material. The composite is hydrophobic (or superhydrophobic) and oleophilic (or superoleophilic) operably repelling water and absorbing oil, or oleophobic (or superoleophobic) and hydrophilic (or superhydrophilic) operably repelling oil and absorbing water.
US11014015B2	Posable toy linkage system A toy linkage comprises a posable metal wire within a covering, the posable metal wire and covering forming a cross-section for the toy linkage that is no more than 50% comprised of the posable metal wire.
US11014013B2	Sequentially operated modules Method, modules and a system formed by connecting the modules for controlling payloads are disclosed. An activation signal is propagated in the system from a module to the modules connected to it. Upon receiving an activation signal, the module (after a pre-set or random delay) activates a payload associated with it, and transmits the activation signal (after another pre-set or random delay) to one or more modules connected to it. The system is initiated by a master module including a user activated switch producing the activation signal. The activation signal can be propagated in the system in one direction from the master to the last module, or carried bi-directionally allowing two way propagation, using a module which revert the direction of the activation signal propagation direction. A module may be individually powered by an internal power source such as a battery, or connected to external power source such as AC power. The system may use remote powering wherein few or all of the modules are powered from the same power source connected to the system in a single point. The power may be carried over dedicated wires or concurrently with the conductors carrying the activation signal. The payload may be a visual or an audible signaling device, and can be integrated within a module or external to it. The payload may be powered by a module or using a dedicated power source, and can involve randomness associated with its activation such as the delay, payload control or payload activation.
US11014009B2	Program, information processing device, and control method A game may be provided which is capable of allowing a user to continuously play a game by allowing users to cooperate with each other on the basis of owned game media. A game program for running the game may include a game medium storage function, an extraction function, an extracted user storage function, a fluctuation determination function, a processing function, and a parameter value storage function. The processing function allows a parameter value of a corresponding game medium to automatically vary on the basis of a result of the determination by the fluctuation determination function.
US11014006B1	Method and system for competitive video game playing A method for league, tournament, and competition video game playing implemented through an application from an application provider's server and downloaded onto a game player's smartphone. A player selects on the smartphone to play a game over the internet. The player is placed in a lobby, selects a game, contest, and platform and uses the smartphone for audio/visual communication during game play. Players are matched with players of similar skills based on skill measurements. Eliminated players are returned to the lobby for continuous play. Player identity is validated, and player cheating is detected. The application provides on the player's smart phone accounting, social media, lobby, recent matches and live matches functions. Winners are provided payouts. Eliminated players may have continuous play.
US11013998B2	Method, non-transitory computer-readable recording medium, information processing system, and information processing device A system that acquires, from a terminal device, log data related to progress of the game generated by the terminal device; creates the video based on the log data; generates metadata related to progress of the game based on the log data; associates the metadata with the video; and outputs the video and associated metadata.
US11013989B2	Independent game and chat volume control Methods and systems are provided for independent audio volume control. An audio system that includes at least one audio output element may be configured for handling and outputting, via the at least one audio output element, combined-game-and-chat audio. The handling may include determining, based on user input, a mix setting for mixing together of a chat audio component and a game audio component to generate combined-game-and-chat audio signals; determining a corresponding volume setting applicable at an audio output element of the audio system; and determining based on a mixing related parameter, a delay for applying the volume setting in the audio output element. The mix setting may be determined based on a data set characterizing the audio system. Application of one or both of the mix setting and the volume setting may be controlled, such as based a plurality of ramp up or down steps, for gradual or stepped changes.
US11013975B2	Athletic training aid A training aid for throwing a curveball is disclosed herein. The training aid can include a base member that can coupled to a user's wrist. The training aid can further include a first stiffener and a second stiffener coupled to the base member and extending towards the fingertips of the user. The first stiffener can extend over the top of the user's hand and the second stiffener can extend over the palm of the user's hand. The first stiffener and the second stiffener can maintain the wrist/hand position by preventing the wrist from flexing and extending.
US11013974B2	Systems and methods of a climbing wall Adjustable climbing walls for crack climbing at various gap sizes are provided. The adjustable climbing wall may have two panels and a slide for positioning one panel relative to another. An actuator may adjustably position each of the two panels along the slide. Aspects contemplated methods and systems for the adjustable climbing wall.
US11013970B1	Multi-component golf club head having a hollow body face A golf club head includes a body having a heel and a toe. The golf club head further comprises a sole plate configured to be attached to the body and an interlocking structure formed on a rear surface of the body. The sole plate engages with the interlocking structure to properly align the sole plate with the body.
US11013969B2	Hockey stick with nanofiber reinforcement A construct for a hockey stick formed from layers of fiber tape and a reinforcing nanofiber material. The nanofiber is integrated into the molded hockey stick to increase the strength and toughness of inter-laminar bonds between the fiber tape. The nanofiber may include carbon nanotubes.
US11013965B2	Golf club heads Golf club heads are provided with a body, a sole, a face having a variable face thickness, a crown having a crown opening with a recessed ledge, a crown insert formed from a composite material, and a hosel. A recessed port is located on the body to receive a fastening member for adjustably attaching a head-shaft connection assembly with a shaft sleeve. A forwardmost portion of the recessed ledge extends forward of a rearward-most portion of the shaft sleeve. The golf club heads have a first crown height at a face-to-crown transition region, a second crown height at a crown-to-skirt transition region, and a third crown height located rearward of the first crown height and forward of the second crown height. The third crown height is greater than both the first and second crown heights.
US11013964B2	Golf clubs with hosel inserts and related methods Embodiments of golf coupling mechanisms are presented herein. Other examples and related methods are also disclosed herein.
US11013940B1	SCBA mask shield A protective shield is provided for covering a self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) mask or a full-face air purifying respirator (APR) lens to prevent damage and scratching. The shield consists of a die cut shape of thermoplastic sheet that duplicates the outline of the self-contained breathing apparatus mask lens and/or frame. The protective shield can be produced using various grades, colors and/or densities of material replicating limited visibility or blackout conditions. To protect the majority of the plastic lens, the shape of the shield includes a peripheral overlap onto the mask utilizing the SCBA lens frame. The shield can be attached to the self-contained breathing apparatus face mask by means of any of the following: bungee, hook, or elastic cord; all of which allows the shield to be attached or removed quickly. Many SCBA/APR training exercises require limited visibility. The invention can be used as an effective training tool to prevent light transmission and simulate extremely limited visibility.
US11013932B2	System and method for providing smart communication device-based low level light therapy service The present disclosure relates to a system and method for providing a smart communication device-based light therapy service in which a light therapy device is operated in conjunction with a smart communication device and an information providing server to perform a light therapy, and when a user purchases a lightceutical clinical code corresponding to a certain disease using the smart communication device, the information providing server generates the lightceutical clinical code of the disease containing a wavelength of light, an intensity of light, an irradiation time of light, and an irradiation pattern of light and sends the generated lightceutical clinical code to the smart communication device, and the smart communication device sends the received lightceutical clinical code to the light therapy device or generates a light therapy device control signal in accordance with the lightceutical clinical code and transmits the generated light therapy device control signal to the light therapy device to operate the light therapy device, thereby allowing customized therapy of various diseases or symptoms to be performed. The system for providing a smart communication device-based light therapy service includes a smart communication device through which a screen for purchasing a lightceutical clinical code including a wavelength of light, an intensity of light, an irradiation time of light, and an irradiation pattern of light is output and configured to receive a lightceutical clinical code from an information providing server and send the received lightceutical clinical code to a light therapy device or generate a light therapy device control signal in accordance with the lightceutical clinical code and send the generated light therapy device control signal to the light therapy device when a payment for a purchase of the lightceutical clinical code is completed in conjunction with a financial payment server, the information providing server configured to read the lightceutical clinical code from an information providing server DB and send the read lightceutical clinical code to the smart communication device when the payment for the lightceutical clinical code is completed by the smart communication device operating in conjunction with the financial payment server, and the light therapy device configured to operate in accordance with the lightceutical clinical code or the light therapy device control signal received from the smart communication device.
US11013928B2	Ground electrical path from an MLCC filter capacitor on an AIMD circuit board to the ferrule of a hermetic feedthrough An EMI/energy dissipating filter for an active implantable medical device (AIMD) is described. The filter comprises a first gold braze hermetically sealing the insulator to a ferrule that is configured to be mounted in an opening in a housing for the AIMD. A lead wire is hermetically sealed in a passageway through the insulator by a second gold braze. A circuit board substrate is disposed adjacent the insulator. A two-terminal chip capacitor disposed adjacent to the circuit board has an active end metallization that is electrically connected to the active electrode plates and a ground end metallization that is electrically connected to the at least one ground electrode plates of the chip capacitor. There is a ground path electrically extending between the ground end metallization of the chip capacitor and the ferrule. The ground path comprises at least a first electrical connection material connected directly to the first gold braze, and at least an internal ground plate disposed within the circuit board substrate with the internal ground plate being electrically connected to both the first electrical connection material and the ground end metallization of the chip capacitor. An active path electrically extends between the active end metallization of the chip capacitor and the lead wire.
US11013926B2	Active implantable medical device with dynamic optimization of stimulation pulse energy The disclosure relates to a device including a circuit for adjusting the energy of the stimulation pulses, independently controlling the pulse width and the voltage of each stimulation pulse. An iterative search algorithm for determining the optimum energy includes changing both the pulse width and voltage at each new pulse delivered, by setting a high energy value and a low energy value, and delivering a stimulation pulse with the low energy value. A capture test is then carried out. In the presence of a capture, a current iteration is complete and a new iteration is done with the current low energy as a new high energy value. In the absence of capture, the algorithm is terminated with selection of the last energy value that produced the capture as the value of optimum energy.
US11013925B2	Confirming sensed atrial events for pacing during resynchronization therapy in a cardiac medical device and medical device system A medical device and medical device system for controlling delivery of therapeutic stimulation pulses that includes a sensing device to sense a cardiac signal and emit a trigger signal in response to the sensed cardiac signal, a therapy delivery device to receive the trigger signal and deliver therapy to the patient in response to the emitted trigger signal, and a processor positioned within the sensing device, the processor configured to determine whether the sensed cardiac signal exceeds a possible P-wave threshold, compare a portion of the sensed cardiac signal to a P-wave template having a sensing window having a length less than a width of the P-wave, confirm an occurrence of a P-wave signal in response to the comparing, emit the trigger signal in response to the occurrence of a P-wave signal being confirmed, and inhibit delivery of the emitting signal in response to the occurrence of a P-wave signal not being confirmed.
US11013918B2	Device and method for effective, invasive, and amplitude-modulated neurostimulation A device and method is provided for stimulation of neurons. The device includes a stimulation unit that can be implanted into a body of a patient and has stimulation elements that apply a stimulation signal to tissue of the patient to stimulate neurons in the brain and/or the spinal cord of the patient. Moreover, a measuring unit receive a measurement signal that reflects a neuronal activity of the stimulated neurons. Further, a control unit generate a modulation signal from the measurement signal, and modulates an amplitude of a pulse train with the modulation signal. Individual pulses of the pulse train include a first and second pulse portions that introduce and remove charge from the tissue. Moreover, the control unit varies a pause between the pulse portions until the synchronization of the stimulated neurons is minimized or falls below a predetermined threshold.
US11013914B2	Implantable device for providing electrical stimulation of cervical vagus nerves for treatment of chronic cardiac dysfunction An implantable device for providing electrical stimulation of cervical vagus nerves for treatment of chronic cardiac dysfunction is provided. A stimulation therapy lead includes helical electrodes configured to conform to an outer diameter of a cervical vagus nerve sheath, and a set of connector pins electrically connected to the helical electrodes. A neurostimulator includes an electrical receptacle into which the connector pins are securely and electrically coupled. The neurostimulator also includes a pulse generator configured to therapeutically stimulate the vagus nerve through the helical electrodes in alternating cycles of stimuli application and stimuli inhibition that are tuned to both efferently activate the heart's intrinsic nervous system and afferently activate the patient's central reflexes by triggering bi-directional action potentials.
US11013904B2	Intravascular pump with proximal and distal pressure or flow sensors and distal sensor tracking The present invention provides an intravascular blood pump comprising a pump assembly without a flow inducer or diffuser, and proximal and distal flow rate or pressure sensors, wherein the distal flow rate or pressure sensor may be tracked distal to the impeller after placement of the blood pump within the patient's vasculature.
US11013901B2	Securement devices, systems, and methods An intraosseous access system can include a hub coupled to a cannula that can be introduced into a bone of a patient. The system further includes a securement device that can couple with the hub when transitioned from an open orientation to a closed orientation. The securement device includes a first segment and a second segment that are spaced apart from each other when the securement device is in the open orientation and are approximated and secured to each other when the securement device is in the closed orientation. The first segment includes a first receptacle that receives a portion of the hub therein and contacts the hub to restrain movement of the hub relative to the securement device when the securement device is coupled with the hub in the closed orientation. The first segment also includes a first arm coupled to the first receptacle, the first arm biasing the first receptacle toward the hub when the securement device is coupled with the hub in the closed orientation.
US11013896B2	Method and system for eustachian tube dilation A device and method for dilating a Eustachian tube of a patient is disclosed. The device includes a guide catheter and a balloon dilation catheter. The balloon dilation catheter has an actuator that prevents injury to the middle ear. The balloon dilation catheter is slidably coupled with the guide catheter through the guide catheter lumen and is fully inserted into the guide catheter lumen when the distal side of the actuator is adjacent to the proximal end of the guide catheter. The method involves advancing the guide catheter and balloon dilation catheter through a nasal passage of the patient to dilate a portion of the Eustachian tube.
US11013884B2	Weighted blanket A weighted blanket with outer fabric layers and an inner layer comprising a continuous sheet of material may be formed from a core material comprising a polymer material and a filler material. The inner layer may include a plurality of ventilation apertures spaced that extend through the inner layer or may be a solid sheet.
US11013874B2	Methods and systems for obtaining desired oxygen concentrations and air flows during respiratory therapy Methods, systems, and apparatuses are described that indicate an amount at which various gas flow rates should be manually adjusted in order to achieve targeted total flow rates and concentration levels.
US11013869B2	Fluid product dispenser A fluid dispenser comprising a body (1), a fluid reservoir (2), a dispenser member, such as a pump or a valve, mounted on said reservoir (2), and a dose indicator device for indicating the number of doses of fluid that have been dispensed or that remain to be dispensed from said reservoir, the dispenser being characterized in that said dose indicator device includes a first safety system for actuating the dose indicator device once the dispenser has performed a predetermined incomplete actuation stroke, even if the dispenser does not perform the complete actuation stroke.
US11013867B2	Medical weighing systems A weighing system for medical applications may include a basin that has a base and a sloped sidewall that collectively form a bounded cavity with open top surface that receives and holds the material to be weighed. The basin may be free floating above the weighing device within a restricted range of travel. In some examples, the weighing system includes a thermal treatment device to adjust the temperature of the material in the basin. The rate at which heat is delivered to the basin may vary depending on the weight of the contents in the basin.
US11013861B2	System and method for configuring a rule set for medical event management and responses A system and method to configure a rule set used in connection with a medical monitoring system for monitoring patients and patient care equipment, especially medication delivery pumps, based on a variety of conditions and parameters associated with monitored biometric information and equipment information and for providing user-defined responses to those conditions and parameters.
US11013857B2	Contrast heating system with in-line contrast warmer A system for heating a medical fluid has at least one first fluid container for storing the fluid, a fluid injector having at least one second fluid container for receiving the fluid from the at least one first fluid container through a fluid path set, at least one heating element positioned in-line with the fluid path set between the at least one first fluid container and the at least one second fluid container of the fluid injector for heating the fluid to a pre-determined temperature as the fluid flows through at least one fluid path element, and a controller for controlling an output of the at least one heating element based on at least one of a property of the at least one heating element and a property of the fluid flowing through the at least one fluid path element.
US11013848B2	Method for removing fluid from a blood filter after completing a blood treatment session by means of flow increase and treatment device for carrying out said method The present invention relates to a method for removing a first fluid from a blood filter for the blood treatment of a patient and/or for removing blood from the blood filter after completing the blood treatment session. It further relates to a medical treatment apparatus having a control device with which a method for removing a first fluid from a blood filter is executable, a digital storage medium, and a computer program product.
US11013846B2	Controlling data output of a sensor clip assembly for an optical monitoring system Systems and sensor clip assemblies for optically monitoring blood flowing through a blood chamber are provided. A sensor clip assembly includes emitters and photodetectors positioned on opposing arms, a signal conditioning circuit for conditioning raw analog signals generated by the photodetectors while the sensor clip assembly is fastened to a blood chamber, and an analog-to-digital converter for converting the conditioned analog signals to raw digital data. The sensor clip assembly may include a microcontroller for calculating parameters of blood flowing through the blood chamber such as hematocrit, oxygen saturation, and change in blood volume from the raw digital data. The sensor clip assembly is in communication with a networked computer, and the networked computer is in communication with a remote computer configured to provide a user interface for monitoring and/or controlling the sensor clip assembly.
US11013832B2	Formulations for tailored drug release The present invention provides formulations comprising polymers and therapeutics and methods for their manufacture. The present invention also provides medical devices coated with such formulations and methods for their manufacture. The drug-loaded polymer formulations, solutions, and films tailor the drug release characteristics for medical devices.
US11013830B2	5-hydroxytryptamine 1B receptor-stimulating agent for enhancing in vivo engraftment potential The present invention relates to the field of regenerative medicine, and more particularly to the improvement of the in vivo engraftment potential of biological material to be administered to a subject in need thereof.
US11013829B2	Particulate tissue graft with components of differing density and methods of making and using the same Disclosed are tissue graft compositions made of particles having different densities, methods of making these compositions, and methods of using these compositions for promoting tissue restoration in a patient.
US11013828B2	Muscle tissue regeneration using muscle fiber fragments The invention is directed to methods and compositions for obtaining uniform sized muscle fiber fragments for transplantation. These muscle fiber fragments are able to reconstitute into long fibers that are oriented along native muscle. The implanted muscle cells integrate with native vascular and neural network, as confirmed by histology and immunohistochemistry. This invention is particularly advantageous because autologous muscle can be harvested from a donor site, processed and injected into target sites in the operating room. The fragmented muscle fibers can be readily integrated within the host.
US11013823B2	Water-absorbing material and uses thereof A chromogenic absorbent material for detecting a detectable substance in a water-containing medium, such as animal urine, is provided. The detectable substance may be indicative of a disease or condition, and the water-containing medium may be an excretion, blood, plasma, an aqueous solution or a solid impregnated with an aqueous solution. The chromogenic absorbent material may include a trigger agent, a chromogenic indicator convertible into a chromogenically active substance in the presence of the trigger agent and the detectable substance, and an absorptive material which is porous, for absorbing the water-containing medium. The absorptive material may include a water-absorbing polysaccharide providing absorptive properties to the chromogenic absorbent material. The trigger agent, the chromogenic indicator and the detectable substance are preferably unreactive to the absorptive material.
US11013819B2	Chlorine dioxide decontamination system and methods A scalable, portable and modular chlorine dioxide fumigant decontamination system having an activating area and a neutralizing area which may be housed separately or as a single operationally connected unit, and which may be configured as a closed loop system connected to a decontamination chamber for decontamination of articles, or as an open loop system for decontamination of interiors and large confined spaces, and employing a specialized activating cup that is permeable to air yet substantially impermeable to water and chlorine dioxide reaction by-products such that directing air through the activation cup releases nearly pure chlorine dioxide fumigant. Methods and articles relating to the system are also described.
US11013815B2	High-affinity anti-human folate receptor beta antibodies and methods of use Human anti-human folate receptor beta (FRβ) antibodies and antigen-binding fragments thereof are described, as well as methods of using such antibodies and fragments to treat a disorder, including but not limited to inflammatory disorders or cancers expressing cell surface FRβ.
US11013813B2	Conjugates of stanozolol and hyaluronic acid Disclosed are conjugates between stanozolol and hyaluronic acid or a hyaluronic acid salt, characterised in that stanozolol is conjugated with the carboxyl group of hyaluronic acid or the hyaluronic acid salt via a spacer that forms an ester bond with the hydroxyl group of stanozolol and an ester or amide bond with the carboxyl group of hyaluronic acid or the hyaluronic acid salt. The conjugates according to the invention are useful to prepare hydrogels, injectable hydrogels, hydrogels for external use, creams, lotions, foams, aqueous solutions for intra-articular use, emulsions for ophthalmic use, eyedrops, scaffolds, artificial tissues and culture media.
US11013800B2	Multi-specific Fab fusion proteins comprising a CD3-binding Fab fragment with N-terminal fusion to binding domains and methods of use The present disclosure relates generally to multi-specific Fab fusion proteins (MSFP) which comprise an antibody Fab fragment with both N-termini fused to a fusion moiety (fusion moiety A or B). MSFP containing the Fab fragment exhibit significantly reduced binding ability of the Fab fragment to the Fab target. Binding of the Fab to its target is restored when the MSFP is clustered on a cell surface by binding of the fusion moieties to their target. The reduced binding of the Fab to its target, especially when presented on a cell surface in its native state, absent fusion moiety binding provides advantages such as: reduced side effects and allows desirable pharmacological effects of selectivity and specificity in a controlled manner.
US11013783B2	Anti-inflammatory peptides and methods for treating inflammatory diseases A method for preventing or treating an inflammatory disease, such as inflammatory bowel disease and Crohn disease, is presented. The method includes administering to a patient a polypeptide having the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1, a conservative derivative or a fragment thereof, a nucleic acid sequence encoding said polypeptide, a vector comprising said nucleic acid sequence or a host cell that has been transfected, infected or transformed by said nucleic acid sequence and/or by said vector.
US11013778B2	Nicotine free herbal composition for smoking de-addiction and treatment of side-effects and/or ailments from smoking The present disclosure provides nicotine free anti-smoking compositions comprising synergistic combination of herbal ingredients. In a preferred embodiment of the present disclosure, the anti-smoking composition can include combination of at least two herbs selected from the group consisting of Kapikachu, Ashwagandha, Tulsi, Haridra, Amla, Gokshura, Brahmi, Yashtimadhu, Sunthi, Lavang, Bala, Vidarikand, Jatanamsi, Shatavari, and Musli. In another preferred embodiment of the disclosure, the anti-smoking composition can further include one or more additional herbs selected from the group consisting of Guduchi, Draksha, Sirish, Arjuna, Mandukparni, Vasa, Karpoor, Kankol, Kantakari and Shigru. The formulation(s) in accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure not only provides anti-smoking effect but also treat side-effects and/or ailments arising from smoking.
US11013776B2	Method and compositions for treating viral infection A method of treating viral infection, such as viral infection caused by a virus of the Filoviridae family, Flaviviridae family (Flavivirus genus), Deltaretrovirus genus, or Togaviriade family is provided. A composition having at least one cardiac glycoside is used to treat viral infection. The composition can futher include at least one triterpene. Alternatively, the composition comprises at least one, at least two, or at least three triterpenes.
US11013765B2	Chimeric antigen receptor that binds HLA-DR and CAR-T cell The present invention relates to an antigen-binding molecule comprising a heavy chain variable region comprising a heavy-chain complementarity-determining region 1 (HCDR1) comprising an amino acid sequence represented by Sequence No. 1, an HCDR2 comprising an amino acid sequence represented by Sequence No. 2, and an HCDR3 comprising an amino acid sequence represented by Sequence No. 3; a light-chain variable region comprising a light-chain complementarity-determining region 1 (LCDR1) comprising an amino acid sequence represented by Sequence No. 4, an LCDR2 comprising an amino acid sequence represented by Sequence No. 5, and an LCDR3 comprising an amino acid sequence represented by Sequence No. 6; wherein the antigen-binding molecule is a T cell receptor (TCR); and to a cell line expressing the same.
US11013763B2	Topical antibiotic formulations There are disclosed topical silver(II) antibiotic formulations. Other embodiments are also disclosed.
US11013760B2	Polyguanidine polymers and methods of use thereof Polyguanidines and methods of use thereof are described. In particular, polyguanidines of formula (I), formula (II), and formula (III) are described. The polyguanidines can be used to treat infection, such as bacterial, viral or fungal infection, and as an ex vivo microbial agent.
US11013757B2	Oligonucleotides, compositions and methods thereof The present disclosure pertains to the recognition that immune responses mediated by CpG oligonucleotides can be affected by the stereochemistry of modified internucleotidic linkages such as phosphorothioates. In some embodiments, the present disclosure relates to chirally controlled CpG oligonucleotide compositions comprising CpG oligonucleotides comprising multiple modified internucleotidic linkages such as phosphorothioate linkages, wherein the oligonucleotides comprise one or more CpG region motifs having defined stereochemistry patterns of chiral internucleotidic linkages. In some embodiments, CpG oligonucleotides comprising one or more CpG region motifs are capable of agonizing an immune response. In some embodiments, CpG oligonucleotides comprising one or more CpG region motifs are antagonistic. Methods for making and using chirally controlled CpG oligonucleotide compositions are also described. In some embodiments, no immune modulation is desired, and the present disclosure provides methods of identifying chirally controlled oligonucleotide compositions which have decreased immune modulation.
US11013753B2	TLX and MIR-219 as potential therapeutic targets for neurodevelopmental disorders Disclosed herein are methods of treating neurodevelopmental disorders such as schizophrenia (SCZ), bipolar disorder or depression. The methods entail inhibiting expression of miR-219 or overexpressing TLX thereby promoting proliferation of neural stem cells (NSCs) in the subjects.

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