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US11314996B1	Embedded line patterns using square-wave linecode Methods and systems, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, are used for generating an identification document comprising an image of an individual, personal information associated with the individual, and line patterns that include multiple distinct square-wave lines. The square-wave lines enable credential data about a person assigned to the identification document to be securely stored at the identification document. A first portion of distinct square-wave lines are used to encode a first item of credential data and to determine whether the image of the individual corresponds to the first item of credential data. A second portion of distinct square-wave lines are used to encode a second item of credential data and to determine whether the personal information corresponds to the second item of credential data.
US11314965B2	Method and apparatus for positioning face feature points Provided are methods and apparatuses for positioning face feature points. The method includes: carrying out edge detection on a face image to obtain a face feature line image; and fusing the face image and the face feature line image to obtain position information of face feature points.
US11314948B2	System to convert sequence of words into human thought representations A system to convert sequences of words, along with concurrent non-verbal data, into thought representations, said system being used in association with a language understanding system, where words to thought transformation is needed, is disclosed. Said system comprises: an entity look-up subsystem that comprises: a pre-processing unit, a word database, and a cache; a controller or thought representation formation and reasoning unit; a multi-word entities buffer; an entity knowledge base; a predictive word meaning memory; and an output thought representation unit.
US11314945B1	Profile-based natural language message generation and selection In some embodiments, text for user consumption may be generated based on an intended user action category and a user profile. In some embodiments, an action category, a plurality of text seeds, and a profile comprising feature values may be obtained. Context values may be generated based on the feature values, and text generation models may be obtained based on the text seeds. In some embodiments, messages may be generated using the text generation models based on the action category and the context values. Weights associated with the messages may be determined, and a first text message of the messages may be sent to an address associated with the profile based on the weights. Based on a reaction value obtained in response to the first message, a first expected allocation value may be updated based on the reaction value.
US11314941B2	On-device convolutional neural network models for assistant systems In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a user input comprising one or more words at a client system, wherein each word comprises one or more characters, inputting the words to a convolutional neural network (CNN) model stored on the client system, accessing a plurality of character-embeddings for a plurality of characters, respectively, from a data store of the client system, generating one or more word-embeddings for the one or more words, respectively, based on the accessed character-embeddings by processing the accessed character-embeddings with one or more convolutional layers and one or more gated linear units of the CNN model, determining one or more tasks corresponding to the user input for execution based on an analysis of the one or more word-embeddings by the CNN model, and providing an output responsive to the user input based on the execution of the one or more tasks at the client system.
US11314939B2	Method and apparatus for performing hierarchiacal entity classification A method for performing hierarchical entity classification of an entity mention within a context, wherein ontological classes are computed for the entity mention levelwise using a contextual representation of the context and a state representation obtained by running an end-to-end trained decoding recurrent neural network on a mention representation of the entity mention.
US11314934B1	Smart push of values in spreadsheets Various embodiments of systems, computer program products, and methods to smart push values in spreadsheet instances are described herein. In an aspect, a spreadsheet instance is activated to receive at least one value, pushed within a process automation execution. The size of the data is calculated, including its dimensions. In another aspect, an active cell in the activated spreadsheet instance is determined. The active cell marks the position where the data will be entered, based on its size as determined, and further based on the orientation of the dimensions of the data. In yet another aspect, a new position of the active cell is calculated based on the data size. The cell at the position corresponding to the calculated new position is set as the new active cell of the spreadsheet instance.
US11314925B1	Controlling the display of diacritic marks Disclosed are methods, systems, and computer-readable medium to perform operations including: generating a plurality of character glyphs of a language that uses diacritic marks; generating a plurality of diacritic mark glyphs of the diacritic marks of the language; anchoring the plurality of diacritic mark glyphs to the plurality of character glyphs to create a set of glyphs for the language; creating, based on the set of glyphs, a duplicate set of glyphs comprising a plurality of duplicate character glyphs and a plurality of duplicate diacritic mark glyphs; editing at least one of the plurality of duplicate diacritic mark glyphs to remove visual appearance capability; designating the set of glyphs as a diacritics reveal font and the edited duplicate set of glyphs as a diacritics conceal font; and providing the diacritics reveal font and the diacritics conceal font for output on a graphical user interface (GUI) displayed on a display device.
US11314924B2	Constructing a path for character glyphs Techniques described herein take character glyphs as input and generate a text-on-a-path text object that includes the character glyphs arranged in a determined order along a path. For instance, a method described herein includes accessing character glyphs in input data. The method further includes determining an order for the character glyphs based on relative positions and orientations of the character glyphs in the input data. The method further includes generating a path for the character glyphs, based on the order, and associating the path with the character glyphs. Further, the method includes generating a text object that includes the set of character glyphs arranged in the order along the path.
US11314921B2	Text error correction method and apparatus based on recurrent neural network of artificial intelligence A text error correction method and a text error correction apparatus based on a recurrent neural network of artificial intelligence are provided. The method includes: acquiring text data to be error-corrected; performing error correction on the text data to be error-corrected by using a trained recurrent neural network model so as to generate error-corrected text data.
US11314917B2	Jumper cap circuit and method for designing the same A jumper cap circuit and a method for designing the same are provided. The jumper cap circuit includes: a three-pin header, a chip, a pull-up resistor or a pull-down resistor, and a resistor R1. The header is connected to the chip via the pull-up resistor or the pull-down resistor, and a voltage dividing circuit is constituted by the resistor R1 and the pull-up resistor or the pull-down resistor, and the resistor R1 is connected to a pin of the pin header. The method includes: acquiring a default input state of a chip, and setting, based on the default input state of the chip, a default value of the chip by arranging a first resistor in a path where a first pin of the three-pin header is located and arranging a second resistor in a path where a second pin of the three-pin header is located.
US11314903B2	Method of managing proxy objects A method of managing proxy objects within CAD Models by attaching Meta Data to each Proxy and HD Object and translating 2D coordinates into 3D coordinates from within a 3D CAD model with additional data being added through a 360 viewer. The method enables the user to programmatically swap one Proxy Object with one or more HD Objects. All Proxy Objects and HD Objects are stored in a secure database structure while providing access by users to the proxy objects and all related product information. Non-technical and non-CAD users can configure objects within a space by selecting an object, browsing a catalog of possible alternative objects, viewing specific product details and then selecting the object to replace the selected object. Once a new object is selected, a photo realistic 360 image of a scene is created in real time.
US11314898B2	Operating method of electronic device for function execution based on voice command in locked state and electronic device supporting the same An operating method of an electronic device for function execution includes receiving an execution signal associated with executing a voice command function performed based on a voice input, confirming a locked state of an electronic device, and providing an entire function execution state in which access to the entire information stored in a memory is allowed or a partial function execution state in which access to a part of the information stored in the memory is allowed, based on the locked state in relation to executing a function corresponding to the voice input or outputting a result corresponding to the voice input.
US11314896B2	Gracefully handling endpoint feedback when starting to monitor A method, system and computer-usable medium for adaptively assessing risk associated with an endpoint, comprising: determining a risk level corresponding to an entity associated with an endpoint; selecting a frequency and a duration of an endpoint monitoring interval; collecting user behavior to collect user behavior associated with the entity for the duration of the endpoint monitoring interval via the endpoint; processing the user behavior to generate a current risk score for the entity; comparing the current risk score of the user to historical risk scores to determine whether a risk score of a user has changed; and changing the risk score of the user to the current risk score when the risk score of the user has changed.
US11314886B1	Secure decentralized P2P filesystem A unique identifier id(f) is generated for file f and is stored on a content address server. A symmetric encryption key KF is generated for file f. File f is divided into n segments. A unique identifier id(si) is generated for each segment si of the n segments. Each segment si of the n segments is encrypted using the symmetric key KF using a symmetric encryption algorithm, producing n encrypted segments esi=ESKF(si). Each encrypted segment esi is stored with its identifier id(si) on at least one peer device. For each encrypted segment esi, the identifier id(si) is stored on the content address server with the identifier id(f). A public key KU2 of a second user is retrieved, the symmetric key KF is encrypted with key KU2, producing wrapped key KW2=EAKU2(KF), and key KW2 is stored on the content address server with identifier id(f).
US11314879B2	Method for generating and storing a digital copy of a motor vehicle A method for generating and storing a digital copy of a motor vehicle includes: (a) generating a private key; (b) storing the private key in a data memory of the motor vehicle; (c) generating the digital copy of the motor vehicle; and (d) storing the digital copy of the motor vehicle in a blockchain by way of the private key.
US11314869B2	Processor, control device, and computer readable recording medium A processor including hardware and performing control in accordance with an input signal is configured to: read, after the processor is booted, firmware information including an encrypted authentication file and an execution program to be executed by the processor; decrypt the encrypted authentication file with reference to the read encrypted authentication file and key information for decrypting the encrypted authentication file; execute the execution program in the processor when the encrypted authentication file is decrypted; and stop the execution of the execution program in the processor when the decryption of the encrypted authentication file fails.
US11314863B2	Behavioral threat detection definition and compilation Examples of the present disclosure describe systems and methods for behavioral threat detection definition compilation. In an example, one or more sets of rule instructions may be packaged for distribution and/or use by a behavioral threat detection engine. As an example, a set of rule instructions is compiled into an intermediate language and assembled in to a compiled behavior rule binary. Event linking is performed, wherein other rules launched by the rule and/or events that launch the rule or are processed by the rule are identified, and such information may be stored accordingly. The behavior rule binary may be packaged with other rules associated with identifying a specific behavior. The packaged behavior rule is distributed to one or more computing devices for use with a behavioral threat detection engine. For example, the threat detection engine may execute the behavior rule using a rule virtual machine.
US11314862B2	Method for detecting malicious scripts through modeling of script structure Disclosed herein are enhancements for operating a communication network to detect malware in scripts of web applications. In one implementation, a method for modeling the structure of embedded unclassified scripts to compare the abstract dynamism of similar scripts. The method may determine structure of unclassified end user browser script by building abstract structure using code from unclassified end user browser script; compare determined structure of unclassified end user browser script with a plurality of generalized abstract structures; if the determined structure of unclassified end user browser script matches within a predetermined threshold of any of the plurality of generalized abstract structures, then the unclassified end user browser script is classified as benign, otherwise the determined structure is classified as malicious. This, in turn, provides a scalable and efficient way of identifying benign, malicious, known and unknown scripts from a script available in full or in part.
US11314855B2	Detecting stack pivots using stack artifact verification Examples of the present disclosure describe systems and methods for detecting and mitigating stack pivoting using stack artifact verification. In aspects, function hooks may be added to one or more functions. When a hooked function executes, artifacts relating to the hooked function may be left on the stack memory (“stack”). The location of the artifacts on the stack may be stored in a local storage area. Each time a hook in a hooked function is subsequently executed, protection may be executed to determine whether an artifact remains in the location stored in the local storage area. If the artifact is no longer in the same location, a stack pivot may be detected and one or more remedial actions may be automatically performed.
US11314851B2	Method for protecting private information and terminal device A method for unlocking an electronic device includes unlocking a screen of the electronic device and displaying a first interface in response to receiving an image, wherein the image comprises an eyeprint image or an iris image that matches a preset condition, wherein the first interface comprises a previous interface that displayed before the screen was last locked, and unlocking the screen and displaying a second interface in response to receiving the image and in response to detecting an action of blinking or moving an eyeball, wherein the second interface is different than the first interface.
US11314843B2	Mathematical problem solving circuit comprising resistive elements It is described a mathematical solving circuit (100) comprising: a crosspoint matrix (MG) including a plurality of row conductors (Li), a plurality of column conductors (Cj) and a plurality of analog resistive memories (Gij), each connected between a row conductor and a column conductor; a plurality of operational amplifiers (OAi) each having: a first input terminal (IN1i) connected to a respective row conductor (Li), a second input terminal (IN2i) connected to a ground terminal (GR) at least one operational amplifier (OAi) of the plurality being such to take the respective first input terminal (IN1i) to a virtual ground.
US11314839B2	Apparatus for webpage scoring A computer-implemented method, apparatus, and computer program product for evaluating a page in a website are provided. The method includes obtaining a link structure of the website. The method also includes identifying a page set, the page set being a set of pages linked to a specific page in the website. The method further includes calculating a degree of dispersion of the page set in the link structure. The method also includes evaluating the specific page using the degree of dispersion to generate a score for the specific page.
US11314838B2	System and method for analyzing user device information A system and method is provided to track users across applications and devices, and to distinguish similar or different users among a number of commonly-used devices. Accordingly, systems and methods are provided for analyzing user device information to determine different users among a number of devices. In particular, user's behavior when using the devices is observed, and responsive to that observed behavior, is the determined whether a particular users are distinguishable from other users. For instance, it may be useful to distinguish between users that operate the same devices or exist within a similar network (e.g., a home network, a workplace network, etc.) for various purposes. For instance, it may be useful to distinguish between users for displaying advertising to these users, performing some other operation with respect to a subset of the users.
US11314834B2	Delayed encoding of resource identifiers A resource identifier to be encoded dynamically upon detection of a triggering event is identified. The resource identifier is allowed to remain not encoded prior to detection of the triggering event. The triggering event that will cause the resource identifier to be consumed by a web browser is detected. In response to detecting the triggering event, the resource identifier is encoded, and an encoded version of the resource identifier is provided for consumption by the web browser.
US11314830B2	Method and apparatus for automatically discovering gas station POI, storage medium and device Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a method and apparatus for automatically discovering a gas station point of interest (POI), a storage medium and a device, wherein, the method includes: collecting information uploaded by an on-board diagnostic (OBD) device, and determining gasoline quantity surge points based on the information; clustering the gasoline quantity surge points based on location information by using a clustering algorithm; and determining a location region having the gas station POI based on a result of clustering. The technical schemes provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure are capable of automatically determining the location region having the gas station POI, thereby reducing collection cost of gas station POI information and shortening an updating period for gas station POIs.
US11314829B2	Action recommendation engine A method may include receiving, from a software application, pre-signup data of a user, embedding the pre-signup data to obtain a pre-signup data vector, generating, by applying a topic model to the pre-signup data vector, a pre-signup topic vector, receiving action descriptions of actions of the software application, embedding the action descriptions to obtain action description vectors, generating, by applying the topic model to the action description vectors, action description topic vectors, generating scores by multiplying the pre-signup topic vector and the action description topic vectors, and recommending, to the user and using the scores, an action.
US11314828B2	Dynamic and personalized product placement in electronic files A system to provide dynamic placement of new images in an electronic file presented on an electronic device according to various attributes associated with a user operating the electronic device. A scanning mechanism is implemented to scan each image within the electronic file to identify tagged objects. A selection mechanism is implemented to select the new images of various products based on geographic and demographic attributes associated with the user. A placement mechanism is implemented to fittingly replace all the tagged objects with the new images. The electronic file is updated to include the selected products rather than the tagged objects. While the user is accessing the electronic file on the electronic device, the user is able to view the selected products rather than the tagged objects in the electronic file.
US11314826B2	Method for searching and device thereof Provided are a method and an apparatus for searching for and acquiring information under a computing environment. The apparatus includes: at least one input device configured to receive a first query input of a first query type and a second query input of a second query type; and a controller configured to output a query input window including a first display item corresponding to the first query input and a second display item corresponding to the second query input, to automatically switch, in response to receiving the first query input, the apparatus from a first state to receive the first query input of the first query type to a second state to receive the second query input of the second query type, and to obtain a search result according to a query based on the first query input and the second query input.
US11314822B2	Interface for a universal search A search engine may perform a search for a user search query over a number of possible search categories. For example, the search query may be performed for general web documents, images, and news documents. The search engine ranks categories based on the search query and/or the documents returned for each category and presents the search results to the user by category. Higher ranking categories may be presented more prominently than lower ranking categories.
US11314821B2	Computer implemented methods and apparatus for providing internal custom feed items Disclosed are systems, apparatus, and methods for presenting feed items in an information feed. In various implementations, a first result object is received, where the first result object is a data structure including a result of a feed query, where the result of the feed query includes at least one feed item to be included in the information feed, and where the at least one feed item has a first presentation. In various implementations, at least one custom object associated with the at least one feed item is received, where the at least one custom object provides a second presentation of the at least one feed item. In some implementations, the at least one custom object is included with the first result object to define an intermediary data structure. In some implementations, the intermediary data structure is stored on one or more storage mediums.
US11314816B2	Research and development support system A research and development support system includes: one or more databases that store a plurality of types of data and information related to research and development, and an administrative system that accesses the one or more databases to perform information processing. The one or more databases stores research and development-related information as information related to research and development conducted by a researcher, device-related information as information related to devices used for research and development, and usage history information as information on history of the device being used by the researcher. The administrative system is configured to generate and outputting information that supports research and development on the basis of the usage history information, the device-related information, and the research and development-related information.
US11314805B2	Method and apparatus for retrieving audio file, server, and computer-readable storage medium A method for retrieving an audio file includes: collecting an audio segment in real time; and for every two chronologically adjacent audio frames in a plurality of audio frames of the audio segment, acquiring a difference value between spectral centroids of a sub-band corresponding to the two audio frames, to obtain a plurality of difference values; and obtaining an audio fingerprint corresponding to the two audio frames based on the plurality of difference values. A quantity of the plurality of difference values equaling a quantity of sub-bands of one of the two audio frames. Each bit of the audio fingerprint being determined based on a comparison between a difference value corresponding to the bit and a preset difference value threshold. The method also includes retrieving, in an audio file library based on audio fingerprints of the plurality of audio frames, a target audio file matching the audio segment.
US11314803B2	Method for image-processing and mobile terminal A method for image-processing is disclosed. The method includes obtaining first image-information of an image that is to be clustered in response to a first preset condition being met; clustering the image according to the first image-information and obtaining a first clustering-result; sending an image-clustering request to a server in response to a second preset condition being met, wherein the image-clustering request is configured to indicate the server to cluster the image which has been uploaded to the server and obtain a second clustering-result; and receiving the second clustering-result returned from the first server and updating at least one of the first clustering-result and the second clustering-result according to a preset rule.
US11314785B2	Automatic visualization and inquiry generation A processor may receive information from a user. The information may include one or more datums. The processor may analyze the information for one or more correlations between the one or more datums. The processor may translate each correlation into a word group. Each word group may be associated with an icon. The processor may rank each word group based on a predictive importance. The processor may generate a set of visualizations based on the ranked word groups. The ranked word groups may each be associated with contextual metadata that enables generation of predictive actions.
US11314782B2	Managing data processing efficiency, and applications thereof Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for determining a first processing demand required to clean a data set and identifying one or more processors to clean the data based on the determined demand. The system, method, and computer program product embodiment further monitors the data cleaning process to determine a second demand and decides whether to continue operating one or more of the processors, based on the second demand.
US11314778B2	Systems and methods to enable users to interact with remotely managed documents with a single interaction using locally stored documents A system and method that enables editing capabilities of content accessed from a content management server using any type of locally-installed application is provided. In some embodiments, a content management server stores documents in a cache on the user's computer. Documents can thus be accessed and edited using the document in the local file system of the user. For example, users may open, reserve or lock, download, and edit documents with a single user action such as a click. Advantageously, the teachings of embodiments as described can be used in conjunction with content management systems for improving the user experiences involved in editing documents by providing an ‘instant’ and ‘seamless’ editing experience substantially equivalent to editing files on a local hard disk.
US11314777B2	Data replication and data failover in database systems Replication and failover of database data is disclosed. A method includes replicating database data stored in a primary deployment such that the database data is further stored in a secondary deployment. The method includes executing one or more updates to the database data at the secondary deployment when the primary deployment is unavailable and propagating the one or more updates to the primary deployment when the primary deployment becomes available again. The method includes executing queries on the database data at the primary deployment when the primary deployment is available.
US11314764B2	Automated scalable contextual data collection and extraction system A system for contextual data collection and extraction is provided, comprising an extraction engine configured to receive context from a user for desired information to extract, connect to a data source providing a richly formatted dataset, retrieve the richly formatted dataset, process the richly formatted dataset and extract information from a plurality of linguistic modalities within the richly formatted, and transform the extracted data into a extracted dataset; and a knowledge base construction service configured to retrieve the extracted dataset, create a knowledge base for storing the extracted dataset, and store the knowledge base in a data store.
US11314760B2	Uploading external files and associating them with existing data models A computer-implemented method includes providing a fixed portion of a data model, uploading external files to an extended portion of the data model, matching at least some parts of the external files to the fixed portions of the data model, and using data from both the fixed and extended portions of the data model together. A computer-implemented method includes receiving a query from a user to a data model that includes a stored subject area portion and a stored extended subject area portion, accessing at least one storage to retrieve the subject area portion and the extended subject area portion, joining relevant portions of the subject area and extended subject area, extracting answers to the query from the joined portions, and reporting the answers to the user.
US11314755B2	System and method for accessing vehicle communication applications requiring vehicle identification without re-entering vehicle identification Methods and apparatus are provided for repairing vehicles. A computing device having first and second software executables can determine vehicle identification information (VII) that identifies a vehicle. The computing device can store first and second vehicle identifiers that are based on the VII and are respectively associated with the first and second software executables, where the first vehicle identifier differs from the second vehicle identifier. The computing device can be used to repair the vehicle by at least: receiving a request to activate the first software executable, and activating the first software executable at least by providing the stored first vehicle identifier to the first software executable.
US11314750B2	Methods, circuits, and articles of manufacture for frequent sub-tree mining using non-deterministic finite state machines A method of searching tree-structured data can be provided by identifying all labels associated with nodes in a plurality of trees including the tree-structured data, determining which of the labels is included in a percentage of the plurality of trees that exceeds a frequent threshold value to provide frequent labels, defining frequent candidate sub-trees for searching within the plurality of trees using combinations of only the frequent labels, and then searching for the frequent candidate sub-trees in the plurality of trees including the tree-structured data using a plurality of pruning kernels instantiated on a non-deterministic finite state machine to provide a less than exact count of the frequent candidate sub-trees in the plurality of trees.
US11314743B1	Storing records via multiple field-based storage mechanisms A method includes storing, for each of a plurality of records of a dataset, values corresponding to a first subset of a plurality of fields of the dataset via a first storage mechanism. Values corresponding to a second subset of the plurality of fields are stored vis second storage mechanism that is different from the first storage mechanism based on a data type corresponding to the second subset of the plurality of fields. Execution of a query is facilitated by accessing, via the first storage mechanism, values of a first field included in the first subset of the plurality of fields, and by further accessing, via the second storage mechanism, values of a second field included in the second subset of the plurality of fields. A query resultant for the query is generated based on the values of the first field and the values of the second field.
US11314734B2	Query generation for collaborative datasets Various embodiments relate generally to data science and data analysis, computer software and systems, and wired and wireless network communications to provide an interface between repositories of disparate datasets and computing machine-based entities that seek access to the datasets, and, more specifically, to a computing and data storage platform that facilitates consolidation of one or more datasets, whereby a collaborative data layer and associated logic facilitate, for example, efficient access to, and implementation of, collaborative datasets. In some examples, a method may include receiving data representing a query of a consolidated dataset that may include datasets formatted atomized datasets, analyzing the query to classify portions of the query to form classified query portions, partitioning the query into sub-queries as a function of a classification type for each of the classified query portions, and retrieving data representing a query result from distributed data repositories.
US11314730B1	Memory-efficient streaming count estimation for multisets Techniques for memory-efficient streaming count estimation for multisets are described. A method for memory-efficient streaming count estimation for multisets may include obtaining data from a plurality of data sources, and estimating a count for one or more attributes of the data using a telescoping count-min sketch (CMS) data structure, the telescoping CMS including at least a first table and a second table, wherein count values for the data are stored in a plurality of cells of the first table and when a cell of the first table is saturated, the count values for that cell are stored in a corresponding cell of the second table determined based at least on the cell of the first table.
US11314727B2	Blockchain management apparatus, blockchain management method, and program A blockchain management apparatus includes a block receiving part that receives a block including a block header that includes a hash value for reference information selected from a predetermined range in a ledger based on a predetermined rule established between blockchain management apparatuses; a block verification part that selects the reference information from the predetermined range in the ledger based on the predetermined rule and determines whether or not the hash value for the reference information included in the block has been generated based on the reference information, to verify that the block has been correctly generated; a consensus formation part that, if the block verification part verifies that the block has been correctly generated, forms a consensus with other blockchain management apparatuses to write the block to the ledger; and a ledger storage part that stores the block for which the consensus has been formed.
US11314724B2	Data deduplication acceleration Techniques for data deduplication may include: receiving write operations that write first data; partitioning the first data into a plurality of data portions; generating, using a first hash function, a plurality of data deduplication hash values for the plurality of data portions, wherein a first data deduplication hash value of the plurality of data deduplication hash values is produced by said generating for a first of the plurality of data portions; performing first processing using a Bloom filter to determine whether the first data deduplication hash value has a corresponding first entry in a data store of deduplication hash values; and responsive to the first processing determining the first data deduplication hash value does not have the corresponding first entry in the data store of deduplication hash values, performing second processing, said second processing including adding the corresponding first entry in the data store of deduplication hash values.
US11314718B2	Shared disk buffer pool update and modification A method, system, and program product for updating buffer pools in a shared disk clustered database system is provided. The method includes generating thread software code for servers of a clustered database system. Cluster-wide lock software configured with respect to a shared mode for servers of the clustered database system is received. A tablespace space reclaim function is executed for moving data pages from a first location of a shared disk structure to a second location resulting in generation of updated data page metadata. The updated data page metadata is stored within the clustered database system and functionality of thread software code is detected. The cluster-wide lock software is reclaimed, enabling remote thread software code. A second cluster-wide lock is utilized to coordinate achievement of an idle state of local and remote threads. An idle state is enabled with respect to servers of the shared disk clustered database system.
US11314714B2	Table partitioning within distributed database systems Techniques are disclosed for implementing a unified partitioning scheme within distributed database systems to allow a table to be horizontally partitioned and those partitions stored on and serviced by a storage group. A storage group is a subset of storage manager (SM) nodes, and each SM node is configured to persist database data in durable storage. The distributed database system assigns each storage group to a subset of SM nodes. The distributed database system can address each storage group using a symbolic mapping that allows transactions to identify a particular storage group, and to direct read and write operations to a subset of SM nodes servicing that storage group. An administrator can update this mapping on-the-fly to cause the distributed database system to dynamically adjust an implemented partitioning scheme without necessarily interrupting on-going database operations.
US11314708B2	Heterogeneous type database storage system based on optical disc, and method for using system A heterogeneous database storage system based on optical disk includes a magnetic disk storage device and an optical disk storage device connecting, via a data connection, to a server. A relational database management system, a non-relational database management system, a data processor and a database connector are installed on the server. Fields of a record are divided into two parts by the data processor. A part of the fields are in a relational database, and the other part of the fields are in a non-relational database. Fields of the relational database constitute a subrecord of the relational database, and Fields of the non-relational database constitute a subrecord of the non-relational database. The subrecord of the relation database and the corresponding subrecord of the non-relational database form an integral record by the database connector.
US11314701B2	Resharding method and system for a distributed storage system The present application discloses a resharding method and system for a distributed storage system, and the method comprises: when performing resharding for the bucket, accumulating a statistical value in each of pieces of shard statistical information into a header field; deleting each of pieces of shard statistical information, and creating, according to the number of shards after resharding, several pieces of new shard statistical information, wherein, the number of the pieces of the new shard statistical information is equivalent to the number of shards after resharding, and the several pieces of new shard statistical information have one-to-one correspondence with the shards after resharding; and grouping operation logs in an operation log set according to the number of shards after resharding, such that the number of groups of the operation logs is consistent with the number of shards after resharding.
US11314699B1	Single-tier blockchain-based system and method for document transformation and accountability A single-tier blockchain-based method for document transformation and accountability is provided. Document templates relating to a transfer of real property are maintained. Each template includes a plurality of form elements each associated with a data field identifier. A subset of the document templates are collected as transaction documents for a transaction regarding the transfer of real property. The form elements of the transaction documents are populated with received data values via the data field identifiers of the form elements. Compliance checking is performed on the populated data values of the transaction documents. A cryptographic hash of the transaction documents is provided to a single tier of network nodes. The cryptographic hash of the transaction documents is committed to a blockchain copy stored by one or more of the network nodes in the single tier and the transaction documents are stored.
US11314692B1	Workflow relationship management and contextualization Described herein are methods and system for electronic workflow management having a central server that periodically scans data accessible to multiple computers and data interacted with by different users to generate a nodal data structure comprising of interrelated nodes where each node corresponds to a workflow component, such as files, messages, tasks, and the like. The server then executes various analytical protocols to identify and link/merge nodes corresponding to related content. Upon receiving an indication that a user is entering his/her time into a timekeeping software tool, the server traverses the nodal data structure, identifies a relevant project associated with the user's worked hours and displays a suggestion (e.g., identified project) for the user.
US11314691B2	Reserved area to improve asynchronous data replication performance A method for improving asynchronous data replication between a primary storage system and a secondary storage system maintains a cache in the primary storage system. The cache includes a higher performance portion and a lower performance portion. The method monitors, in the cache, unmirrored data elements needing to be mirrored, but that have not yet been mirrored, from the primary storage system to the secondary storage system. The method maintains a regular LRU list designating an order in which data elements are demoted from the cache. The method determines whether a data element at an LRU end of the regular LRU list is an unmirrored data element. In the event the data element at the LRU end is an unmirrored data element, the method moves the data element from the higher performance portion to the lower performance portion. A corresponding system and computer program product are also disclosed.
US11314682B2	Switchable I2S interface A switchable I2S interface including a multiplexer, a switchable FIFO memory and a switchable shift register, is disclosed. The multiplexer receives a transmission instruction or a receiving instruction, and configured to generate a switching signal according to the received instruction. The switchable FIFO memory is connected to the multiplexer and receives the switching signal, and comprise a transmission control circuit and a receiving control circuit. According to the switching signal, the switchable FIFO memory switches on the transmission control circuit to transmit the audio output signal, or switches on the receiving control circuit to receive the audio input signal. The switchable shift register is connected to the switchable FIFO memory, and receives and temporarily stores the audio output signal and the audio input signal.
US11314677B2	Peer-to-peer device arrangements in communication fabrics Disaggregated computing architectures, platforms, and systems are provided herein. In one example, a method includes receiving user input to establish a compute unit comprising a host processor and at least two graphics processing units (GPUs) having a peer-to-peer capability. The method also includes instructing a management element for a communication fabric to form the compute unit and communicatively couple the host processor and the at least two GPUs over the communication fabric. The method also includes instructing the management element to establish an isolation function to form the peer arrangement between the at least two GPUs in the communication fabric, where the isolation function isolates a first address domain associated with the at least two GPUs from at least a second address domain associated with the host processor by at least establishing synthetic devices representing the at least two GPUs in the second address domain.
US11314663B2	Electronic apparatus capable of being connected to multiple external apparatuses having different protocols through a connection port and method of controlling the same An electronic apparatus includes a connection port having a plurality of pins, the connection port being configured to receive a signal through a first pin, the first pin being predefined to correspond to any one of signals of a plurality of protocols receivable through the connection port; and a processor configured to: identify, based on a connection between a connector of an external apparatus and the connection port, whether the signal has a characteristic defined for the first pin, identify, based on the identification that the signal has the characteristic, a protocol corresponding to the characteristic among the plurality of protocols, and control to communicate with the external apparatus based on the identified protocol.
US11314661B2	Hardware security for an electronic control unit An electronic control unit (ECU) for vehicles is described, including memory to store encrypted data and unencrypted data; a main control unit operatively connected to memory to access unencrypted data; and a hardware encryption-decryption device operatively connected to memory to access encrypted/decrypted data for decryption using a hardware algorithm and for encryption using a hardware algorithm. Data in the memory is decrypted by the hardware encryption-decryption device using the hardware algorithm and stored in memory for use by the main control unit. Data in memory is encrypted by the hardware encryption-decryption device using the hardware algorithm for storage in memory. The main control unit and the hardware encryption-decryption device are separate integrate circuits on a same substrate or and are connected by a bus and can process data in parallel. An external bus can communicate encrypted information with the ECU to allow encrypt/decrypt at run time (on-the-fly) and wire-speed.
US11314657B1	Tablewalk takeover In one embodiment, a microprocessor, comprising: a translation lookaside buffer (TLB) configured to indicate that a virtual page address corresponding to a physical page address of a page of memory that a memory access instruction is attempting to access is missing in the TLB; a first micro-op corresponding to a first memory access instruction and configured to initiate a first speculative tablewalk based on a miss in the TLB of a first virtual page address; and a second micro-op corresponding to a second memory access instruction, the second micro-op configured to take over an active first speculative tablewalk of the first micro-op at its current stage of processing based on being older than the first micro-op and further based on having a virtual page address and properties that match the first virtual page address and properties for the first memory access instruction.
US11314645B1	Cache stash relay In a cache stash relay, first data, from a producer device, is stashed in a shared cache of a data processing system. The first data is associated with first data addresses in a shared memory of the data processing system. An address pattern of the first data addresses is identified. When a request for second data, associated with a second data address, is received from a processing unit of the data processing system, any data associated with data addresses in the identified address pattern are relayed from the shared cache to a local cache of the processing unit if the second data address is in the identified address pattern. The relaying may include pushing the data from the shared cache to the local cache or a pre-fetcher of the processing unit pulling the data from the shared cache to the local cache in response to a message.
US11314642B2	Updating a memory A method for updating a memory, which comprises several blocks, wherein each of the several blocks comprises multi-level cells and is operable in an MLC-mode or in a SLC-mode, wherein each multi-level cell may store more than one bit, wherein the method includes for each block to be updated: (a) copying the content of the block to a buffer block; (b) erasing the block; (c) writing the content of the block from the buffer block and an updated content for this block to this block, utilizing the capability of the block to be operated in the MLC-mode; (d) copying the updated content of the block to the buffer block; (e) erasing the block; and (f) writing the updated content from the buffer block to the block, utilizing the capability of the block to be operated in the SLC-mode. Also, therefore is a corresponding device.
US11314641B2	Apparatus and method for executing instruction using range information associated with a pointer An apparatus (2) comprises one or more bounded pointer storage element (60s) each to store a pointer (62) having associated range information (64) indicating an allowable range of addresses for the pointer (62). Processing circuitry (4) performs, in response to a first type of instruction (70) identifying a given bounded pointer storage element, a predetermined operation for a target range of addresses determined at least in part on the basis of the range information (64) associated with the pointer stored in the given bounded pointer storage element (60).
US11314631B2	Method for automatically validating COTS and device for implementing the method A method for testing a software component implemented in a host system on the basis of one or more test campaigns, a test campaign includes computer test cases and being associated with input test data. The method comprises the steps of: executing the computer test cases of each test campaign for an operating time of the software component, which provides output test data associated with each test campaign; determining a reference operating model and a data partition on the basis of the input and output test data associated with each test campaign; running the software component using input production run data, which provides output production run data; determining an operating characteristic of the software component on the basis of the reference operating models according to a comparison between the input and output production run data and the data from the data partitions associated with the one or more test campaigns.
US11314624B2	Reducing trace recording overheads with targeted recording via partial snapshots Performing a targeted partial recording of an executable entity includes executing the executable entity at a processor. While executing the executable entity, it is determined that a target chunk of executable instructions are to be executed as part of the execution of the executable entity. Each input to the target chunk of executable instructions is identified, including identifying at least one non-parameter input. A corresponding value for each identified input is recorded into a trace, along with information identifying the target chunk of executable instructions.
US11314618B2	Management of internet of things devices A method and system for communicating with IoT devices to gather information related to device failure or error(s) is disclosed. The system receives log files from an IoT device (e.g., a smart refrigerator) that recently failed. The system determines which log files the IoT device created before and/or after a failure. After gathering this information, the system stores the information in a database, sends it to the IoT device manufacturer, or sends it to a cloud provider. The system can also send the failure-related information to the IoT device-related entities (e.g., IoT device manufacturers), and the entity uses this information to troubleshoot the failure and send a fix or software update to the IoT device.
US11314615B2	Recording medium and information processing apparatus A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium stores therein an analysis program for causing a computer to execute a process including: acquiring information capable of identifying functions in operation which is obtained by a sampling by a plurality of operating systems at each first time interval with respect to programs in operation; totaling a number of pieces of the acquired information for each function; generating time-series data indicating the number of pieces of the information at each second time interval for the function whose number of pieces of the information satisfies a prescribed condition; analyzing a causal relationship between the functions based on the time-series data; and outputting an analysis result of the causal relationship between the functions.
US11314614B2	Security for container networks A method, apparatus and system for providing security for a container network having a plurality of containers includes establishing a network stack for each of the plurality of containers of the container network, determining network and policy information from active containers, based on a set of pre-determined inter-container dependencies for the plurality of containers learned from the determined network and policy information, configuring container access in the container network to be limited to only containers of the plurality of containers that are relevant to a respective communication, and configuring inter-container traffic in the container network to be directed only from a source container into a destination container in a point-to-point manner such that exposure of the inter-container traffic to peer containers is prevented.
US11314612B2	System and methods for intelligent fan identification including fan quantity change detecting during POST Systems and methods for intelligent fan identification are described. In some embodiments, an Information Handling System (IHS) may include: an embedded controller (EC); and a memory coupled to the EC, the memory having program instructions stored thereon that, upon execution by the EC, cause the IHS to: detect a cooling fan configuration issue; determine that a number of cooling fans in the IHS has not changed between a previous configuration and a current configuration; and in response to the determination, abstain from identifying the cooling fan configuration issue as a cooling fan error.
US11314611B2	Universal identity management or governance over applications Techniques for identity management, and more particularly, to techniques for performing universal identity management or governance over a wide variety of applications. In one aspect a computer-implement method is provided that includes receiving a request for a query of data or a CRUD operation on the data. The data is part of a target application hosted by an enterprise. The method further includes obtaining a schema of objects associated with the target application. The schema models a relationship between the objects, and the objects represent the data of the target application. The method further includes executing the query or CRUD operation on the objects based on the schema, executing the query or CRUD operation on the data based on the schema, and reporting results of the query or CRUD operation on the data.
US11314606B2	Substitution device, information processing system, and substitution method A reconfiguration circuit (352) generates a control value for controlling an output value of a control target device based on an input value, and when a fault occurs in an information processing circuit (200) that outputs the control value generated to the control target device, performs preparation for substituting for the information processing circuit (200). Upon completion of the preparation, a reconfiguration target circuit (510) generates an output plan of a control value such that a difference between an actual output value of the control target device and an output value in a scheduled temporal transition gradually decreases, based on the scheduled temporal transition that is a temporal transition of an output value of the control target device, which is scheduled before occurrence of the fault in the information processing circuit (200), a difference between an actual output value of the control target device upon completion of the preparation and an output value in the scheduled temporal transition, and an input value and a control value before occurrence of the fault in the information processing circuit (200), and outputs a control value to the control target device instead of the information processing circuit (200) according to the output plan generated.
US11314594B2	Method, device and computer program product for recovering data Techniques involve determining whether data read from a redundant array of independent disks (RAID) is corrupted, the RAID including two parity disks. The techniques further involve determining, based on the read data being corrupted, whether single-disk data recovery can recover the corrupted data. The techniques further involve recovering, based on the single-disk data recovery failing to recover the corrupted data, the corrupted data using dual-disk data recovery. Such techniques may present a recovery solution for silent data corruption of a RAID with two parity disks, such that corrupted data can be recovered in the case of either a single-disk failure or a dual-disk failure, thereby improving the storage system performance.
US11314587B2	Detection and correction of data bit errors using error correction codes A method of correcting one or more bit errors in a memory device includes retrieving a codeword from a memory device. The codeword includes a data and an error correcting code. The method further includes determining whether the one or more bit errors are present in the retrieved codeword and correcting the retrieved codeword for the one bit error in response to determining one bit error is present in the retrieved codeword. The method also includes flipping a bit of the retrieved codeword in response to determining a plurality of bit errors is present in the retrieved codeword and correcting the retrieved codeword for the plurality of bit errors based on the bit-flipped codeword.
US11314579B2	Application protection from bit-flip effects A processor may receive information about one or more environmental factors. The processor may predict, based on the one or more environmental factors, that a particular datacenter in a distributed computing environment will experience elevated bit-flip error rates during a certain time period. The processor may select, based on the predicted elevated bit-flip error rates, one or more specific applications in the particular datacenter to be protected. The processor may protect the selected one or more specific applications during the certain time period of the predicted elevated bit-flip rates.
US11314574B2	Techniques for managing and analyzing log data In order to provide effective diagnostics and logging of error messages produced during the execution of processes across multiple components, techniques are disclosed for the generating, managing, and processing centralized logs containing those error messages. In particular, the components may write error messages to a centralized log instead of writing the error messages to local log files. The various error messages in the centralized log can be read, identified, and organized. Furthermore, enrichments and/or analytics may be applied to the error messages based on information from a knowledge source or the application of one or more machine learning models. The organized error messages, enrichments, and analytics can be stored in an output log that can be easily retrieved and viewed through a graphical interface. The organized error messages, enrichments, and analytics work together to allow for more effective diagnosing of execution errors.
US11314570B2	Internet-of-things-associated electronic device and control method therefor, and computer-readable recording medium An electronic device is disclosed. The present electronic device comprises: a communication unit; a memory for storing at least one command; and a processor for, by executing the at least one command, controlling the communication unit to transmit a control command for controlling an IoT device, and controlling the communication unit to acquire log information relating to a received response in relation to the control command and the transmission of the control command and transmit the acquired log information to an external device.
US11314569B2	Redundant processing node changing method and processor capable of changing redundant processing node A processor capable of changing redundant processing node comprises a plurality of processing nodes and a plurality of comparators. The plurality of processing nodes comprises a first processing node, a second processing node, and a third processing node, wherein the first processing node performs a first computation, the second processing node selectively performs the first computation or a second computation, and the third processing node performs the second computation. The plurality of comparators comprises a first comparator and a second comparator, wherein the first comparator connects to the first and second processing nodes to compare whether the results of the first computation performed by the first and second processing nodes are identical, and the second comparator connects to the second and third processing nodes to compare whether results of the second computation performed by the second and third processing nodes are identical.
US11314556B2	Shadowing local on-premises information to a cloud-based computing system Shadowing of local or remote information to cloud-based computing systems is provided. As content and activities associated with content (e.g., content modification activities, content communication activities, people associated with content, social networking associated with content, etc.) are developed at a local on-premises computing system that is remote from the cloud-based computing system responsible for maintaining the same content and content activities, the local content and activities are shadowed to the cloud-based system at a regular frequency so that the content and activities at the cloud-based system are synchronized and merged with the content and activities at the local system.
US11314552B1	Dynamic determination of reverse logistics Embodiments of the present invention provide a computer system, a computer program product, and a method that comprises receiving data associated with an initiation of a process; dynamically determining a sequence of a plurality of sub-processes associated with the received data based the initiated process; dynamically prioritizing the determined sequence of the plurality of sub-processes associated with the received data based on an analysis of eligible variations and a pre-stored database of variations associated with each respective sub-process; dynamically performing the process based the prioritized sequence of the plurality of sub-processes associated with the received data; and transmitting a result of the dynamic prioritization of the determined sequence of a plurality of variations to a user interface of another computing device.
US11314550B2	User specific event threading The techniques may include maintaining a thread of events for a plurality of users, where each element of the thread corresponds to an event/activity and includes at least a next field that includes a first subset of the plurality of users and a previous field that includes a second subset of the plurality of users. These techniques may allow new events to be quickly added and prior elements may be updated to reflect the addition. Further, the thread elements may allow the thread to be quickly traversed to identify queried information such that the information may be displayed to a user.
US11314547B1	Background task scheduling based on shared background bandwidth Techniques for background task scheduling based on shared background bandwidth are described. A method for background task scheduling based on shared background bandwidth may include receiving a request to perform one or more background tasks on a storage server of a storage service in a provider network, determining a priority of each of the one or more background tasks, wherein each background task is associated with a size parameter and a temporal parameter, and wherein the priority of each of the one or more background tasks is based at least on its associated size parameter and temporal parameter, determining a task type associated with each background task, adding each background task to one of a plurality of task queues associated with different task types, wherein each task queue is associated with a bandwidth allocation, and scheduling the one or more background tasks to be performed based on their priority and the bandwidth allocation.
US11314532B2	Systems and methods for traffic optimization via system on chip of intermediary device Embodiments described include systems and methods for delivering a network application. An intermediary device between a client device and a server hosting a network application establishes a connection with the network application. The intermediary device receives encoded application data and decodes the encoded application data. The application data is encoded graphics data or audio data. The decoded application data is renderable at the client device. The intermediary device transmits the decoded application graphics and/or audio data to a client application of the client application for rendering to provide user access to the network application.
US11314531B1	Systems and methods for robotic process automation of mobile platforms In some embodiments, a robotic process automation (RPA) design application provides a user-friendly graphical user interface that unifies the design of automation activities performed on desktop computers with the design of automation activities performed on mobile computing devices such as smartphones and wearable computers. Some embodiments connect to a model device acting as a substitute for an actual automation target device (e.g. smartphone of specific make and model) and display a model GUI mirroring the output of the respective model device. Some embodiments further enable the user to design an automation workflow by directly interacting with the model GUI.
US11314529B2	Dynamical switching between long-term and short-term rewards A system and method for content selection and presentation is disclosed. A plurality of content elements configured for presentation in at least one content container is received and one of the plurality of content elements is selected for presentation in the at least one content container. The one of the plurality of content elements is selected by a trained selection model based on an optimal impression allocation. An interface is generated that includes the selected one of the plurality of content elements.
US11314527B2	System and method for managing reference-counted lifecycles of contexts and dependency injection (CDI) components Described herein are systems and methods for managing reference counted lifecycles of contexts and dependency injection (CDI) components. The systems and methods described herein provide new constructs that allow for managing and monitoring CDI object lifecycles. Put together, these constructs permit specifications (e.g., JPA) to be fully implemented in a lightweight CDI ecosystem without reliance on typical application servers.
US11314526B2	Application prediction method, application preloading method, and application preloading apparatus based on application usage timing Provided are an application prediction method, an application preloading method and an application preloading apparatus. The application prediction method includes: obtaining a user behavior sample in a preset time period, where the user behavior sample includes an association record of usage timing of at least two applications determined from two or more applications on a terminal including a usage record of the at least two application and a usage timing relationship of the at least two applications; and training a preset prediction model according to the association record of usage timing to generate an application prediction model, thereby may take full advantage of the association record of usage timing of the applications which may truly reflect the user behavior, optimize the application preloading mechanism, improve the accuracy of the prediction of the application to be started effectively, and further reduce power consumption of the terminal system and the memory usage.
US11314525B2	Method for utilizing genetic information and electronic device thereof A method of operating an electronic device according to various embodiments r may include executing an application, identifying at least one genetic element corresponding to an attribute related to genetic information of a user with respect to the application, determining a setting value for the attribute based on the at least one genetic element, and providing a service related to the application based on the determined setting value.
US11314518B2	Verification of instructions from main processor to auxiliary processor A method of monitoring execution in an execution environment of an operation, for example a cryptographic operation, comprising a sequence of instructions, is disclosed. Instructions sent in the sequence from a main processor to one or more auxiliary processors, for example cryptographic processors, to execute the operation are monitored and the sequence of instructions is verified using verification information. The method comprises enabling output from the execution environment of a result of the operation in response to a successful verification of the sequence, or generating a verification failure signal in response to a failed verification of the sequence.
US11314515B2	Instructions and logic for vector multiply add with zero skipping Embodiments described herein provide for an instruction and associated logic to enable a vector multiply add instructions with automatic zero skipping for sparse input. One embodiment provides for a general-purpose graphics processor comprising logic to perform operations comprising fetching a hardware macro instruction having a predicate mask, a repeat count, and a set of initial operands, where the initial operands include a destination operand and multiple source operands. The hardware macro instruction is configured to perform one or more multiply/add operations on input data associated with a set of matrices.
US11314511B2	Concurrent prediction of branch addresses and update of register contents A value to be used in register-indirect branching is predicted and concurrently stored in a selected location accessible to one or more instructions. The value may be a target address used by an indirect branch and the selected location may be a hardware register, providing concurrent prediction of branch addresses and the update of register contents.
US11314505B2	Arithmetic processing device An arithmetic processing device includes: a decoder configured to write an immediate value to a register in a case where an instruction to be executed is an instruction not involving data reading from the register; and a processor configured to read data from the register and write a computing result based on the read data to the register in a case where an instruction to be executed by the decoder is an instruction involving data reading from the register.
US11314503B2	Software development documentation using machine learning A device configured to receive source code for an application and analyze the source code to generate metadata for the source code. The metadata identifies operations performed within the source code. The device is further configured to generate a source code model for the source code based on the metadata for the source code and source code modeling instructions. The source code modeling instructions are configured to map the metadata associated with the source code to fields of the source code model. The device is further configured to convert the source code model into a graphical representation using visualization instructions. The visualization instructions include instructions for converting the source code model into the graphical representation. The device is further configured to output the graphical representation.
US11314500B2	System and method for modularizing update environment in life cycle manager A system and method for updating a component of a virtual computing system in a hyperconverged system includes installing, by a processor executing computer-readable instructions stored on a memory of a lifecycle manager of the virtual computing system, a software package on a node of the virtual computing system for updating the component of the virtual computing system, and booting, by the processor, the component into an update environment based on the software package. The software package decouples a dependency of the lifecycle manager on the update environment. The system and method also include updating, by the processor, the component in the update environment and booting, by the processor, the component out of the update environment into an operating environment upon completion of the update of the component.
US11314499B2	Simulating end-to-end upgrade process in production environment System and methods for simulating an end-to-end upgrade process are provided. The method may include collecting, by an upgrade simulator, a system inventory from a production system. The system inventory includes the production system's hardware configuration. The method may include, in response to a determination that the system inventory is compatible with an upgrade software, configuring, by the upgrade simulator, a simulated system having a downsized hardware configuration compared to the production system's hardware configuration. The method may further include upgrading, by the upgrade simulator, the simulated system using the upgrade software, and evaluating, by the upgrade simulator, the simulated system operating with the upgrade software.
US11314493B1	Industrial automation smart object inheritance An industrial integrated development environment (IDE) provides a development framework for designing, programming, and configuring multiple aspects of an industrial automation system using a common design environment and data model. Projects creating using embodiments of the IDE system can be built on an object-based model rather than, or in addition to, a tag-based architecture. To this end, the IDE system can support the use of automation objects that serve as building blocks for this object-based development structure. To ensure consistency within and between projects, as well as to ensure that a given industrial project is dynamically updated to reflect changes to an industrial asset's attributes (e.g., control code, visualization definitions, testing scripts, analytic code, etc.), embodiments of the IDE system can use automation object inheritance features to propagate changes made to an automation object definition to all instances of the automation object used throughout a control project.
US11314492B2	Precision health monitoring with digital devices In some implementations, a system provides an interface for receiving input for creating a customized module configured to provide a customized set of interactions through an application. The system receives data indicating desired functionality to be provided by the application after receiving the customized module. The system identifies one or more elements from a repository and a particular set of existing features of the application. The system generates a customized module to cause the application to provide the desired functionality indicated by the user input. The system provides the customized module to a client device that has the application installed, wherein the customized module adds the identified one or more elements to the installed application and causes the installed application to enable the particular set of the existing features.
US11314491B1	Generating asynchronous runtime compatibility in JavaScript applications Methods and computer-readable media are disclosed herein for generating asynchronous runtime compatible applications from non-asynchronous applications. In embodiments, source code for the application that is not compatible with asynchronous processing is examined. The source code is parsed in order to identify unsafe functions that will cause failures of the application when processed in an asynchronous runtime. The source code corresponding to those unsafe functions is modified by adding asynchronous functions and commands to the source code and restructuring the source code. The modified source code may then be provided to an asynchronous runtime environment as the application is now compatible with asynchronous processing.
US11314489B1	Automated authoring of software solutions by first analyzing and resolving anomalies in a data model Before generating code from an abstract model of a data store, the model is first analyzed to detect normalization, rationalization, naming conventions, structure conventions, and other anomalies. The analysis is scored, and the score may be weighted. The analysis also suggests scripted solutions for resolving the discovered anomalies. A developer may then choose to implement one or more of the suggested solutions prior to code generation. The score may be compared to a threshold and result used to gate subsequent actions. For example, generation of code from the abstract model may be prevented until such time as anomalies are sufficiently addressed so that the score meets a minimum threshold score.
US11314486B2	Methods, systems, apparatuses, and devices of facilitating creating a computer application based on a natural language Disclosed herein is a method of facilitating creating a computer application based on a natural language. Accordingly, the method may include receiving, using a communication device, a request from a builder device. Further, the method may include transmitting, using the communication device, a user interface on the builder device. Further, the method may include receiving, using the communication device, the workflow from the builder device. Further, the method may include analyzing, using a processing device, the workflow. Further, the method may include generating, using the processing device, an application file based on the analyzing. Further, the method may include deploying, using the processing device, the application file on at least one end-user device.
US11314484B2	Semiconductor device comprising operation circuits and switch circuits A semiconductor device having a novel structure is provided. The semiconductor device includes a plurality of operation circuits that can switch different kinds of operation processing; a plurality of switch circuits that can switch a connection state between the operation circuits; and a controller. The operation circuit includes a first memory that stores data corresponding to a weight parameter used in the plurality of kinds of operation processing. The operation circuit executes a product-sum operation by switching weight data in accordance with a context. The switch circuit includes a second memory that stores data for switching a plurality of connection states in response to switching of a second context signal. The controller generates a second context signal on the basis of a first context signal. The amount of data stored in the second memory can be smaller than the amount of data stored in the first memory in the operation circuit.
US11314481B2	Systems and methods for voice-based initiation of custom device actions Systems and methods for enabling voice-based interactions with electronic devices can include a data processing system maintaining a plurality of device action data sets and a respective identifier for each device action data set. The data processing system can receive, from an electronic device, an audio signal representing a voice query and an identifier. The data processing system can identify, using the identifier, a device action data set. The data processing system can identify a device action from device action data set based on content of the audio signal. The data processing system can then identify, from the device action dataset, a command associated with the device action and send the command to the for execution device for execution.
US11314475B2	Customizing content delivery through cognitive analysis Approaches presented herein enable customization of content being consumed at a location. More specifically, a plurality of participants is identified as being located within an area. A data source corresponding to each of at least two participants is analyzed for preferences of the participants. Based on this analysis, a set of preferences for the participants is mapped, and this mapping includes linking related preferences of different participants. A sentiment of the plurality of participants is identified based on a real-time data feed that captures actions of the plurality of participants located within the area. A scored set of content is selected based on the mapped set of preferences and the identified sentiment of the plurality of participants.
US11314474B1	Collaborative remote interactive platform Systems and methods for providing a remote interactive experience are provided. The systems and methods may include computer executable code stored in a non-transitory memory and run on a processor. The remote interactive experience may be provided via a digital platform. The platform may provide management of a shared browser. The shared browser may be shared by a plurality of participant devices. The platform may store the shared browser in a cloud-based location. The shared browser may thus be cloud-based. The platform may enable the plurality of participant devices to access the cloud-based shared browser. The platform may receive, as input, actions performed to each of the plurality of participant devices. The actions may include at least one of an action list that includes: a follow command (which instructs a participant device to replicate the remote interactive experience of a host device) a present command (which instructs a group of participant devices to replicate the remote interactive experience of a host device) a cursor movement, a window-sizing, a window-positioning, and a file navigation performed to the shared browser.
US11314469B2	Information processing device and control method to generate a virtual device in the information processing device A virtual printer service according to the present disclosure acquires a response to a device search request from an actual printer and a virtual printer, determines based on the acquired response whether or not each device that has responded to the device search request is a virtual device, and presents, to a user, information on one or more devices in which a device determined as the virtual printer is excluded from the plurality of devices that have responded. A virtual device that transmits a print job to one device is then created based on information on the one device selected by the user from the presented information on one or more devices.
US11314466B2	Information processing apparatus, image forming system, print control method, and recording medium An information processing apparatus includes a hardware processor that stores intermediate data of a plurality of print jobs in a storage. The hardware processor is configured to perform, read first intermediate data of a first prim job; rasterize the read first intermediate data to generate print data; output the print data to an image forming apparatus; determine whether reading the first intermediate data allows extra, time in relation to a throughput of a print engine; determine whether reading second intermediate data of a second print job is a bottleneck of a printing time; and execute in parallel reading the first intermediate data and reading the second intermediate data, in response to a determination that the operation of reading the first intermediate data allows extra time in relation to the throughput of the print engine and a determination that reading the second intermediate data is a bottleneck of the printing time.
US11314457B2	Data processing method for data format conversion, apparatus, device, and system, storage medium, and program product Data processing methods, data processing apparatuses, and storage media are provided. The method is applicable to a data processing system. The data processing system includes a storage device and a programmable device. Data is transmitted between the storage device and the programmable device via a bus. A controller and an accelerator are deployed on the programmable device. The controller is enabled with at least two kinds of data format conversion function. The method includes: the controller obtaining the first data; the controller performing data format conversion on the first data to obtain second target data in a target data format; and the controller storing the second data to the storage device and/or sending the second data to the accelerator.
US11314447B2	System and method for sustaining single NVMe subsystem by a federated storage array for NVMe-oF connectivity A method, computer program product, and computer system for maintaining a federation of a plurality of appliances as a single subsystem, wherein maintaining the federation as the single subsystem may include maintaining a centralized discovery mechanism across the plurality of appliances, wherein a discovery service of the centralized discovery mechanism may return a list of all ports in the federation. Controller IDs for a predefined range of controller IDs may be allocated for a plurality of dynamic controllers per appliance of the plurality of appliances, wherein the controller IDs may be allocated as a response to a connect command from a host. An empty namespace list for the plurality of dynamic controllers on the plurality of appliances in the federation may be exposed. The host may receive a notification from at least one dynamic controller of the plurality of dynamic controllers on at least one appliance of the plurality of appliances in the federation. The host may obtain a list of namespaces hosted on the at least one appliance corresponding to the at least one dynamic controller.
US11314445B2	Pattern tracking for efficiently predicting control pages Aspects of a storage device are provided which allow for identification of control page patterns from previous read commands and prediction of control pages to load in advance for subsequent read commands. The storage device includes a memory configured to store data and a plurality of control pages. Each of the control pages includes a plurality of logical addresses associated with the data. A controller is configured to receive from a host device a plurality of read commands associated with a sequence of the control pages. The controller is further configured to identify and store a control page pattern based on the sequence of control pages and to predict one or more of the control pages from one or more of the other control pages in the sequence in a subsequent plurality of read commands.
US11314444B1	Environment-sensitive distributed data management A storage controller is implemented for controlling a storage system. The storage controller may be implemented using a distributed computer system and may include components for servicing client data requests based on the characteristics of the distributed computer system, the client, or the data requests. The storage controller is scalable independently of the storage system it controls. All components of the storage controller, as well as the client, may be virtual or hardware-based instances of a distributed computer system.
US11314438B2	Arithmetic processing device, information processing device, and control method for arithmetic processing device An arithmetic processing device includes an arithmetic circuit and a memory access controller performing access control for a read request on a memory module including a volatile memory and a nonvolatile memory, the volatile memory operating as a cache of the nonvolatile memory. The memory access controller stores an address table on which unit addresses including a request address of the read request are registered, issues a speculative read to the memory module in response to the read request and update the address table when the request address is included in the unit addresses in the address table, and issues a normal read when the request address is not included in any of the unit addresses. When the normal read is issued, read data is received after transmitting a transmission request signal. When the speculative read is issued, read data are acquired when receiving a hit flag.
US11314437B2	Cluster based hard drive SMR optimization Technologies are provided for storing data by alternating the performance of data write operations using multiple clusters of storage devices. Data is written to internal buffers of storage devices in one cluster while data stored in buffers of storage devices in another cluster is transferred to the storage devices' permanent storages. When available buffer capacity in a cluster falls below a specified threshold, data write commands are no longer sent the cluster and the storage devices in the cluster transfer data stored in their buffers to their permanent storages. While the data is being transferred, data write commands are transmitted to other clusters. When the data transfer is complete, the storage devices in the cluster can be scheduled to receive data write commands again. A cluster can be selected for performing a given data write request by matching the attributes of the cluster to parameters of the data write request.
US11314427B2	Memory device with enhanced data reliability capabilities Methods, systems, and devices for memory device with enhanced data reliability capabilities are described. For a write operation, a memory device may receive a write command from a host device indicating a first set of data. The memory device may determine to operate in first mode of operation associated with a reliability above a threshold and generate a second set of data to store with the first set of data based on operating in the first mode of operation. For a read operation, the memory device may identify that a read command received from a host device is associated with the first mode of operation. Based on operating in the first mode of operation, the memory device may select one or more reference thresholds (e.g., a subset of reference thresholds) to retrieve the first set of data and transmit the first set of data to the host device.
US11314418B2	Extensible storage system and method A storage system controller chip includes routing circuitry comprising a host interface for coupling to a host device and an extension interface for coupling to a secondary controller chip. A host controller is coupled to a logical interface of the routing circuitry for receiving a host data access command from the host device via the host interface and logical interface. The routing circuitry transfers the host data access command to the secondary controller chip via the extension interface. The storage system controller chip further includes processor circuitry coupled to the logical interface of the routing circuitry. The processor circuitry receives an indication from the secondary controller chip via the extension interface that execution of the host data access command has been completed by the secondary controller chip and instructs the host controller to notify the host device that execution of the host data access command has been completed.
US11314417B2	Methods and systems for NVMe target load balancing based on real time metrics Load balancing of NVMe targets based on real time metrics can be obtained for NAS appliances mirroring a namespace by assigning the NAS appliances to service sets that include an active load balancing set, a monitored inactive set, and an out of service set. Storage performance metrics of the NAS appliances can be tracked by monitoring IO operations for accessing a NAS mirroring the namespace in a non-volatile memory. Based on the storage metrics, NAS appliances can be moved from one of the service sets to another. Dummy IO operations can be used to track the storage performance metrics of monitored inactive NAS appliances such that a monitored inactive NAS may be moved to the active load balancing set when certain performance constraints are met.
US11314416B1	Defragmentation of striped volume in data storage system A storage control system generates a striped storage volume in an array of data storage devices. The striped storage volume includes multiple stripe sets, each associated with a different stripe type, and each having stripes that are assigned the stripe type associated with the stripe set. The stripe type represents a block size of the stripes included in the stripe set. A background stripe defragmentation process is performed to defragment stripes in a target stripe set and generate empty stripes. The empty stripes generated by the background stripe defragmentation process are added into an empty stripe set of the striped storage volume. The empty stripes in the empty stripe set have unassigned stripe types. A stripe type is assigned to an empty stripe in the empty stripe which is selected for removal and inclusion in the stripe set associated with the stripe type assigned to the empty stripe.
US11314400B2	Unified digital content selection system for vector and raster graphics A unified digital image selection system is described for selection and editing of both vector and raster graphics together. In one example, a first user input is received that selects a region of a digital image. In response to the first user input, a vector selection representation is generated of at least a portion of a vector graphic included in the selected region. A raster selection representation is also generated of at least a portion of a raster graphic included in the selected region in response to the first user input. A second user input is also received specifying a digital image editing operation. In response to the second user input, both the vector selection representation and the raster selection representation using the digital editing operation. The digital image is then displayed as having the edited vector selection representation and the edited raster selection representation.
US11314398B2	Method and system for enhanced visualization of ultrasound images by performing predictive image depth selection A system and method for predicting an ultrasound image depth selection is provided. The method may include presenting, at a display system, ultrasound image data acquired according to an initial depth setting. The method may include receiving a user input adjusting a zoom level of the ultrasound image data presented at the display system. The method may include processing the ultrasound image data presented at the display system to instantaneously and smoothly transition to the adjusted zoom level in response to the user input. The method may include receiving a user input selecting a selected zoom level of the ultrasound image data presented at the display system. The method may include determining a modified depth setting corresponding to the selected zoom level. The method may include acquiring updated ultrasound image data based on the modified depth setting for display at the display system.
US11314388B2	Method for viewing application program, graphical user interface, and terminal A method for viewing an application program, graphical user interface, and a terminal, where the method includes receiving a first input, where the first input viewing a plurality of running application programs stacked for displaying, obtaining an input position corresponding to the first input and non-position information corresponding to the first input in the input position, determining, according to the input position and the non-position information, an application program reachable by the first input in the input position, and displaying the application program reachable by the first input in the input position. Hence, the method for viewing the application program, the graphical user interface, and the terminal simplify a user's operation of viewing a blocked application program in the stacked application programs.
US11314383B2	Stacked media elements with selective parallax effects According to one embodiment, a method includes obtaining a media composition for display on an electronic display device is obtained. The media composition includes a plurality of layers, with each layer including a visual element. The method also includes selecting at least some of the layers of the media composition to have a parallax effect applied thereto and determining an amount of total parallax effect to apply to the selected layers. Also, the method includes determining an appropriate amount of offset to apply to each of the selected layers on an individual basis and shifting the selected layers in one or more directions by their respective appropriate amounts. Moreover, the method includes displaying the media composition showing the parallax effect on the electronic display device.
US11314371B2	Method and apparatus for providing graphic user interface A method of providing a Graphical User Interface (GUI) is provided. The method includes receiving an image to be used for the GUI, and selecting one or more object areas to be used for the GUI from the image, setting a GUI icon corresponding to the selected object area, and outputting the set GUI as a home screen for executing at least one of application on a display of the terminal.
US11314368B2	Display device and method of driving the same in two modes A display device including a display panel having a first area, a second area, and a plurality of pixels to provide an image during a frame period, and a touch panel including a first touch part including first and second touch coils insulated from each other, and a second touch part including first touch electrodes and second touch electrodes insulated each other, in which corresponding second scan signals are applied to the first touch electrodes disposed in the first area when corresponding first scan signals are applied to the first touch coils disposed in the second area during a first period of the frame period, the second touch coils are configured to provide first sensing signals according to a resonant frequency of an input device, and the second touch electrodes are configured to provide second sensing signals according to a variation in a capacitance.
US11314359B2	Touch sensing electrode structure and touch sensor including the same A touch sensing electrode structure includes sensing electrodes, each of which including a plurality of unit patterns, and traces electrically connected to the sensing electrodes. The traces include at least two trace lines and trace bridges connecting the at least two trace lines to each other. An electrode visibility due to a pattern deviation is reduced and a reliability of the trace is improved by the trace bridge.
US11314358B2	Infrared touch display device An infrared touch display device is provided to include a display panel, an optical adhesive layer, a cover plate and an infrared touch panel that are overlapped in an order from bottom to top, and a microstructure layer. The optical adhesive layer is shaped as a ring and disposed in a peripheral area of an upper surface of the display panel. The area encompassed by the optical adhesive layer forms a vacuum room. The cover plate is disposed on the optical adhesive layer. The infrared touch panel is disposed on the cover plate. The microstructure layer is disposed at a side of the cover plate and has an anti-glare function.
US11314353B1	System and method for transfer of clipboard data between display screens An information handling system includes a first display device having a touch-sensitive surface capable of detecting a stylus. The stylus may communicate with the first display device via the touch-sensitive surface. A processor copies content from the touch-sensitive surface to a first memory of the first display device, and stores an identifier key and a public key that are both associated with the first display device to a second memory. The processor may also establish a secure communication link between the first display device and a second display device using the identifier key and the public key, and paste the content from the first memory to the second display device using the stylus.
US11314352B2	Flexible display module and image display device including the same A flexible display module according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a display panel, a touch sensor layer disposed on the display panel, the touch sensor layer including sensing electrodes and traces that extend from the sensing electrodes, a combining layer by which the display panel and the touch sensor layer are combined with each other, the combining layer having an elastic modulus in a range from 0.1 to 5 MPa and a moisture permeability in a range from 500 g/m2·24 hr or less, a flexible circuit board electrically connected to the traces at an end portion of the touch sensor layer, and an upper supporting structure that commonly and partially covers the flexible circuit board and the touch sensor layer. End portions of the display panel and the touch sensor layer are bent together with the upper supporting structure.
US11314347B2	Method for manufacturing digitizer assemble, method for manufacturing display device using the same, and display device A method for manufacturing a display device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present inventive concept includes: forming a digitizer assembly; and attaching the digitizer assembly to a bottom of a display panel, wherein the forming the digitizer assembly comprises forming through-hole portions in a heat dissipation sheet layer, forming a digitizer board by sequentially attaching a buffering sheet layer, a digitizer layer, a shield sheet layer, and the heat dissipation sheet layer, and forming a plurality of digitizer assemblies by cutting the digitizer board, wherein the through-hole portions partially expose the shield sheet layer and are disposed at corners of the digitizer assembly.
US11314339B2	Control device for detection A method for detecting a display is provided, the method including receiving an image signal from an image detector; detecting, by an image processor, that the received image signal includes an image of at least a portion of a display; determining, by the image processor, an array of pixel coordinates of the received image signal that define at least a part of an outline of the display; calculating, based on the array of pixel coordinates and at least one centre pixel of the received image signal, an orientation of the image detector in relation to the display. An apparatus for detecting a display is also provided. The apparatus is configured to carry out the method and includes an image detector and an image processor configured to be in wired or wireless communication with a display.
US11314333B2	Information processing device, method, and computer There is provided an information processing device to cause vibration to be generated suitable for a state between an information processing device including a vibrating device and a user, the information processing device including: corrected vibration data configured to generate corrected information for correcting a strength of vibration data for a vibrating device including a vibrator on a basis of information provided from a detecting unit configured to detect a contact state of the vibrating device; and an vibration signal generating unit configured to generate a vibration signal from the corrected vibration data.
US11314330B2	Tactile feedback for locked device user interfaces An electronic device detects, on a touch-sensitive surface, a user input directed to a user interface element associated with a respective operation, for example in a user interface for a locked mode of operation of the device. A first portion of the user input includes an increase in intensity of the contact followed by a second portion of the user input that includes a decrease in intensity of the contact. In response to the user input, the device displays a transformation of the user interface element, wherein a degree of the transformation is determined based on an intensity of the user input. If the user input satisfies feed-forward criteria, including a requirement that a characteristic intensity of the contact increase above a feed-forward intensity threshold, the device generates a first tactile output without performing the respective operation. Otherwise, the device generates a second tactile output and performs the respective operation.
US11314328B2	Apparatus and method for adaptively magnifying graphic user interfaces on display A mobile device comprises a display panel configured to display a plurality of graphic user interfaces including one or more first type graphic user interfaces and/or one or more second type graphic user interfaces; one or more sensors configured to detect a position of a user; and one or more processors configured to: calculate a relative inclination of the display panel with respect to the position of the user based on the position of the user detected by the sensor, and change sizes of the first type graphic user interfaces among the plurality of graphic user interfaces based on the relative inclination of the display panel. The first type graphic user interfaces are pre-designated among the plurality of graphic user interfaces and stored in memory, and the processors are configured to magnify the sizes of the first type graphic user interfaces according to the relative inclination of the display panel.
US11314320B2	Interface between host processor and wireless processor for artificial reality Disclosed herein are devices and methods related to an interface between a host processor and a wireless processor of a first device for maintaining an artificial reality session with a second device. In one aspect, the host processor is configured to provide data of the artificial reality session to the wireless processor, and the wireless processor is configured to transmit the data to the second device through a wireless medium. In one aspect, the host processor is configured to provide an indicator indicating an end of transmission of the data, to the wireless processor, to cause the wireless processor to transmit the indicator to the second device through the wireless medium, and to cause the host processor and the wireless processor to enter a sleep state in response to transmission of the indicator. The indicator may cause the second device to enter the sleep state.
US11314310B2	Co-existence of full frame and partial frame idle image updates Disclosed herein are techniques to coordinate power management between a platform and a panel. Provided are apparatuses, techniques, and circuitry to determine whether to initiate power management features in a panel and send a signal from a platform to the panel including an indication that no frame updates are expected and power management functions can be initiated.
US11314299B2	System, apparatus and method for dynamic power state scaling of a voltage regulator for a processor In one embodiment, a processor includes: at least one core to execute a workload; a voltage regulator to provide an operating voltage to the at least one core; and a power controller coupled to the voltage regulator. The power controller may control the voltage regulator to provide the operating voltage, and may have a voltage regulator control circuit to select one of a plurality of power state profiles based at least in part on a classification of the workload, and to cause an update to a power state of the voltage regulator according to the selected power state profile. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US11314298B2	Heat dissipating device having colored lighting and persistence effect A heat dissipating device includes a bottom assembly, a first light guide positioned on the bottom assembly, a first light assembly positioned on the first light guide, and an outer cover positioned on the bottom assembly and at least partially enclosing the bottom assembly, the first light guide, and the first light assembly. The outer cover defines a first opening on a top surface thereof, at least a portion of the first light guide is received in the first opening, and light from the first light assembly is emitted from the heat dissipating device through the exposed portion of the first light guide.
US11314285B2	Flexible display device with stretching members and transmission mechanism A flexible display device is provided. A first support member is fixed to a housing, a second support member is slidably arranged relative to the first support member; a flexible display screen is disposed on a side of the first support member and the second support member, the first end is connected to an end of the second support member, and the second end is connected to the transmission mechanism in the housing; and when the first support member slides relative to the second support member, the transmission mechanism keeps movements of both ends of the flexible display screen in a same movement distance at a same time.
US11314284B2	Electronic device including foldable display An electronic device includes a foldable housing including a first housing structure and a second housing structure that are foldably connected with each other and that form a recess together and a flexible display located in the recess. The flexible display includes a first part located in the first area of the recess and having a first gap from the first portion of the second housing structure in the unfolded state, the first part including a first peripheral portion facing the first portion of the second housing structure and a second part located in the second area of the recess and having a second gap from the second portion of the second housing structure, the second part including a second peripheral portion facing the second portion of the second housing structure, in which the second gap is smaller than the first gap in the unfolded state.
US11314277B1	Serial lane-to-lane skew reduction Examples described herein provide a method for reducing lane-to-lane serial skew in an integrated circuit. In an example using a processor-based system, a maximum clock skew is determined from clock skews of respective lanes of a transmitter of the IC. Each of the clock skews corresponds to a skew of a clock signal of the respective lane relative to a same reference clock signal. A skew match amount is determined for each lane of the lanes of the transmitter. The skew match amount for a respective lane of the lanes is based on the maximum clock skew and the clock skew of the respective lane. Configuration data is generated to configure the transmitter to shift incoming data for each lane of the lanes based on the skew match amount for the respective lane.
US11314267B2	Adjuster and chip An adjuster includes a power transfer circuit, a negative feedback circuit, a constant current source circuit and a control circuit. Two inputs of an error amplifier in the negative feedback circuit receive a reference voltage and a feedback voltage corresponding to an output signal of the adjuster respectively, and the error amplifier is configured to output a first voltage signal when the feedback voltage is less than the reference voltage, and output a second voltage signal when the feedback voltage is greater than the reference voltage, during the starting process of the adjuster. The control circuit is configured to control the negative feedback circuit to be turned off and the constant current source circuit to be turned on, and control the constant current source circuit to be turned off and the negative circuit to be turned on according to the second voltage signal.
US11314262B2	Autonomous platform guidance systems with task planning and obstacle avoidance The described positional awareness techniques employing sensory data gathering and analysis hardware with reference to specific example implementations implement improvements in the use of sensors, techniques and hardware design that can enable specific embodiments to find new area to cover by a robot encountering an unexpected obstacle traversing an area in which the robot is performing an area coverage task. The sensory data are gathered from an operational camera and one or more auxiliary sensors.
US11314261B2	Target route generation system for work vehicle An objective of the present invention is to make it possible to obtain, with a simple operation, a target route for autonomous travel suited to, for example, a user's sense of values. A target route generation system for a work vehicle includes a storage part 30A that stores basic data necessary for generating a target route P for autonomous travel, a priority item selection part 34 that prompts selection of a priority item with regard to generation of the target route P, and a target route generation part 30D that generates the target route P based on the basic data and the selected priority item.
US11314256B2	Mechanical transmission control method and system for use with intelligent wheelchair The present disclosure discloses a method and system for controlling mechanical transmission of an intelligent wheelchair. The system may include a processor, a motion module, and a tripod head. The processor may be configured to perform operations of receiving information, constructing a map, planning a route, and generating a control parameter. The motion module may execute the control parameter to move around and may include a sensor to sense information. The tripod head may include a sensor to sense the information.
US11314255B2	Intelligent cleaning robot An intelligent cleaning robot comprises a housing, an optical module, a pickup module, a central processing module, and a drive module. The housing defines light transmission holes for the optical module, which comprise an infrared light source, a complex light source, a structure light lens to receive reflected infrared light through the holes to form a three-dimensional image, and a color lens to receive reflected light through the holes to form a color image. The central processing module can receive the three-dimensional image and the color image and form an image of an environment. The pickup module can be controlled to pick up garbage and objects in the environment according to the image of an environment, and the robot can be controlled to move on land or in water.
US11314254B2	Methods and apparatus for dynamically routing robots based on exploratory on-board mapping Methods and apparatus for dynamically routing robots based on exploratory on-board mapping are disclosed. A control system of a robot includes an image manager to command a depth camera to capture depth images of an environment. The depth camera has a field of view. The control system further includes a map generator to generate a map of the environment based on the depth images. The map includes a representation of unoccupied space within the environment, and a path extending through the unoccupied space from a reference location of the robot to a target location of the robot. The control system further includes a field of view evaluator to determine whether the field of view associated with the reference location satisfies a threshold. The control system further includes a route generator to generate, in response to the field of view associated with the reference location satisfying the threshold, a route to be followed by the robot within the environment. The route includes a first candidate location located along the path of the map between the reference location and the target location. The first candidate location is within the field of view associated with the reference location.
US11314245B2	Aerial display morphing Generating a morphing sequence for an aerial show may include: receiving, at a computing device comprising a processor, first frame data defining a first location for each of a plurality of drones in a first image of the aerial show; receiving, at the computing device, second frame data defining a second location for each of the plurality of drones in a second image of the aerial show; and generating the morphing sequence, the morphing sequence defining a flightpath for each of the plurality of drones to transition from the first location associated with the first image to the second location associated with the second image.
US11314243B2	Failure prediction support device, failure prediction support method and failure prediction support program Provided are a failure prediction support device, a failure prediction support method, and a failure prediction support program, by which a user can easily know an abnormality in time series data relating to an apparatus. The failure prediction support device includes: a difference detection part, acquiring actual machine time series data being time series data relating to control of an apparatus and simulation time series data being time series data relating to control of the simulated apparatus, and detecting a difference between the actual machine time series data and the simulation time series data; a determination part, determining whether or not the difference satisfies a condition predetermined in relation to an abnormality in the actual machine time series data; and a notification processing part, notifying that the difference has been detected when it is determined that the difference satisfies the condition.
US11314230B2	Machining program generation support device A machining program generation support device includes: a CAD data analysis unit which analyzes the CAD data of a workpiece so as to obtain CAD shape information; a machining program analysis unit which analyzes a machining program that is in the middle of being produced by an operator so as to obtain machining shape information; a relative position matching unit which performs relative position matching of shapes of the CAD shape information and the machining shape information so as to obtain relative position matching shape information and to determine, based on the relative position matching shape information, whether or not an input error of a position is made by the operator in the machining shape information; and a display unit which displays the machining shape information and which displays a part of the input error of the position and made by the operator in the machining shape information.
US11314227B2	System and process for evaluating and manufacturing additively manufactured components An exemplary method for determining a set of additive manufacturing parameters includes, a) determining a nominal parameter of at least one surface of a component, b) determining at least a second order variation in the nominal parameter, c) predicting an actual resultant dimension based at least in part on the nominal parameter and the second order variation, and d) adjusting at least one additive manufacturing process parameter in response to the predicted actual resultant dimension.
US11314224B2	Information processing device and program recording medium An information processing device according to the present invention includes: a numerical data storage unit which stores numerical data related to control or operation of a machine tool that numerically controls a drive axis at every time; an audiovisual information storage unit which stores audiovisual information acquired in the machine tool; and an output control unit which causes the audiovisual information stored in the audiovisual information storage unit to be outputted, while simultaneously causing the numerical data of the time at which acquiring the audiovisual information being outputted to be displayed from among the numerical data stored in the numerical data storage unit.
US11314217B2	Motion control program, motion control method, and motion control device A motion control program that causes a computer to function as: a channel management unit on a real-time OS that creates an operation channel common to a plurality of reception units on a shared memory; the plurality of reception units on a non-real-time OS each of which instructs via the operation channel, when receiving a preparation instruction, a generation unit to generate a control command channel; the channel management unit that creates, on the shared memory, a control command channel associated with the user-created program that has provided the preparation instruction; the reception unit that receives a control command and stores control command information indicating a content of the received control command, in the control command channel; and a fixed-cycle processing unit that transmits an interpolation command to a control target device for each motion control cycle, based on the control command information obtained from the control command channel.
US11314212B2	HTM-based predictions for system behavior management An embodiment includes duplicating an input dataset being input to a model predictive control (MPC) module for input to a first Hierarchical Temporal Memory (HTM) network. The embodiment also includes generating system behavior data using the MPC module for characteristic data of the input dataset. The embodiment also includes generating first HTM prediction data from the input dataset and the system behavior data using the first HTM network, the first HTM prediction data comprising predictions for respective dimensions of the system. The embodiment also includes generating second HTM prediction data from the first HTM prediction data and system output data using a second HTM network, the second HTM prediction data comprising a distinction between the first HTM prediction and the system output data. Finally, the embodiment includes determining that the distinction of the second HTM prediction data indicates an anomaly and adjusting system input data based on the anomaly.
US11314211B2	Method and device for optimizing performance of a servo control of a mechatronic system based on effective static and dynamic margins A method for automated optimisation of a servo control system controlled by a setpoint, the servo control system including a corrector in a feedback loop, the method exhibiting satisfactory reliability and performance in terms of stability through an iterative procedure, the most effective corrector being determined from among correctors by developing a current value of the delay margin and by individually testing the correctors on the servo control system of the real mechatronic system and by injecting an excitation signal into the loop and by assessing two effective indicators based on at least one effective static margin and one effective dynamic margin, the two effective indicators being an effective static indicator and an effective dynamic indicator, the iterative procedure being stopped on a corrector, which is then the optimal corrector, when the two effective indicators become greater than respective thresholds determined for a current delay margin value.
US11314207B2	Annular retaining ring for a rotating bezel system An annular retaining ring for a rotating bezel system, intended to cooperate with an external cylindrical surface of a case middle part of a watch case to allow rotation of the rotating bezel on the case middle, the annular ring including a device for guiding rotation of the rotating bezel around the case middle; wherein the annular ring further includes a device configured to brake rotation of the rotating bezel around the case middle and to dampen sound.
US11314197B2	Driving coupler having locking structure and power transmission structure An image forming apparatus according to an example includes a main body, a driving coupler to drive a toner cartridge. The driving coupler is rotatable in a direction, a locking protrusion protrudes from an axial protrusion of the driving coupler in the direction of the driving shaft is lockable into a locking groove concavely formed in the direction of the driving shaft of a passive coupler of the toner cartridge. A driving force transmission surface of the axial protrusion of the driving coupler and a driving force receiving surface of the passive coupler are to contact each other to rotate the passive coupler in the direction.
US11314192B2	Electrical connector, heater, fixing device, and image forming apparatus An electrical connector includes a power feeding portion and a powered portion that contacts the power feeding portion. At least one of the power feeding portion and the powered portion includes a surface layer, a primary coat layer, and an exposed portion. The surface layer is made of a first conductive metal and includes a contact portion where the power feeding portion contacts the powered portion. The primary coat layer mounts the surface layer and is made of a second conductive metal. The exposed portion is separated from the contact portion and exposed to an atmosphere.
US11314190B2	Imaging system An imaging system includes a roller that conveys a printing medium, a medium sensor that detects a medium property of the printing medium conveyed by the roller, and a controller that adjusts a conveyance speed of the printing medium by the roller based on the medium property detected by the medium sensor.
US11314175B2	Reticle pod having positioning member A reticle pod having a positioning member includes a base, a lid and a plurality of positioning members. The lid shuts relative to the base to form a substantially cuboid case. The case has a storing space for receiving a reticle. The positioning members are arranged in a shutting direction and disposed on at least two edges of the lid or at least two edges of the base, respectively. The positioning members each include a connecting portion, a correcting portion and a guiding slope portion. The connecting portion connects the edges of the lid. The correcting portion has one end connected to the connecting portion and extending in a shutting direction and an opposing end connected to the guiding slope portion. The guiding slope portion has a slope extending outward. The reticle pod having a positioning member is error-free, allowing the lid to shut precisely relative to the base.
US11314172B2	Instant tuning method for accelerating resist and etch model calibration A method for accelerating calibration of a fabrication process model, the method including performing one or more iterations of: defining one or more fabrication process model terms; receiving predetermined information related to the one or more fabrication process model terms; generating a fabrication process model based on the predetermined information, the fabrication process model configured to generate one or more predictions related to a metrology gauge; determining whether a prediction related to a dimension of a gauge is within a predetermined threshold of the gauge as measured on a post-fabrication process substrate; and responsive to the prediction not breaching the predetermined threshold, optimizing the one or more fabrication process terms such that the prediction related to the dimension of the gauge is within the predetermined threshold of the gauge as measured on the post-fabrication process substrate.
US11314170B2	System and process for direct curing of photopolymer printing plates Apparatus and method for directly curing photopolymer printing plates, such as with UV radiation. Printing plates are cured directly by radiation, such as emitted from a high power UV laser beam. No LAMS layer or film bearing the image information is required on top of the polymer plate. The laser beam may be split into several individually-modulated beams by means of an Acousto Optical Deflector. Each individual beam is capable of curing pixels of the image that are to be transferred to the printing plate. Support shoulders for the printing details, formed by the pixels are determined by the caustic of the UV beam propagation.
US11314159B2	Projection screen system and method for mounting the same A support system for moving a rollable material between a stored configuration and an unrolled configuration. The rollable material may be a projection screen, and the unrolled configuration may be a viewing configuration.
US11314151B2	Lens module A lens module, including: a lens barrel, a first lens group having at least one lens and accommodated in the lens barrel, a spacer provided at an end of the lens barrel close to an image side, and a second lens group having at least one lens and accommodated in the spacer, the lens barrel includes a first barrel wall forming a light aperture, a second barrel wall bending and extending from the first barrel wall, the lens barrel further includes a first inner wall and a first outer wall corresponding to the first inner wall, the spacer includes a second inner wall and a second outer wall corresponding to the second inner wall, the lens barrel is fitted and fixed with the spacer. The lens module provided by the present disclosure can be assembled section by section, which is more convenient and makes the module structure more stable.
US11314146B2	Dual-aperture zoom digital camera with automatic adjustable tele field of view Digital camera comprising an upright Wide camera configured to provide a Wide image with a Wide image resolution and a folded Tele camera configured to provide a Tele image with a Tele image resolution higher than the Wide image resolution, the Wide and Tele cameras having respective Wide and Tele fields of view FOVW and FOVT and respective Wide and Tele image sensors, the digital camera further comprising a rotating OPFE operative to provide a folded optical path between an object or scene and the Tele image sensor, wherein rotation of the OPFE moves FOVT relative to FOVW. In some embodiments, a rectangular FOVT is orthogonal to a rectangular FOVW. When included in a host device having a user interface that displays FOVT within FOVW, the user interface may be used to position FOVT relative to FOVW, scan FOVT across FOVW and acquire, store and display separate Wide and Tele images, composite Wide plus Tele images and stitched Tele images. The positioning of FOVT within FOVW, can be done automatically (autonomously) by continuously tracking an object of interest.
US11314144B2	Graphene multi-layered structure for ultra-sensitive microphotonic devices with microvolt inputs A electronic method, includes receiving, by a graphene structure, a microwave signal. The microwave signal has a driving voltage level. The electronic method includes generating, by the graphene structure, optical photons based on the microvolts. The electronic method includes outputting, by the graphene structure, the optical photons.
US11314142B2	Configurable optical device Configurable optical device comprising an optical element (1) or various optical elements (1) arranged in series, wherein each element (1) comprises an active region (2) with an entry surface (21) and an exit surface (22) for light beams, and a perimeter (3); each element (1) comprising at least one first transparent electrode (4) and at least one transparent counter electrode (5) the corresponding electrical connections being located in the perimeter (3); the device being configured such that, upon application of a potential difference between electrodes (4, 5) of each element (1), an electric field that alters the degree of commutation in different regions of the active zone (2) of each element (1) is generated, thus creating a varying optical path profile in each element (1), which allows an incident light beam to be focused in different ways, depending on the electric field applied to each electrode.
US11314141B2	Electrophoretic display device An electrophoretic display device includes an electrophoretic display module, and a polymer light emitting diode (PLED) module. The polymer light emitting diode (PLED) module is over the electrophoretic display module, and is aligned with and is attached to the electrophoretic display module. In a dark environment, the polymer light emitting diode (PLED) module can emit light to supplement the insufficient ambient light, so that the users may observe the information or pattern displayed by the electrophoretic display device. The electrophoretic display device can be a flexible electrophoretic display device.
US11314136B2	Active matrix substrate and display device An active matrix substrate is provided with a demultiplexer circuit. Each unit circuit of the demultiplexer circuit splits the display signal from a single signal output line to n source bus lines. Each unit circuit includes n branch lines and n switching TFTs. The demultiplexer circuit includes boost circuits configured to boost the voltage applied to the gate electrodes of the switching TFTs. Each boost circuit includes a set section that pre-charges a node connected to the gate electrode, a boost section that boosts the potential of the node pre-charged by the set section, and a reset section that resets the potential of the node. The demultiplexer circuit includes an equalizer circuit configured to perform charge sharing by electrically connecting a first node boosted by the boost section of a first boost circuit and a second node boosted by the boost section of a second boost circuit.
US11314122B2	Liquid crystal devices A technique of producing a liquid crystal device, comprising: providing a cell assembly comprising a liquid crystal material contained directly between (i) a polariser component comprising an active film and no more than one support film, and (ii) a first control component including a stack of layers defining electrical control circuitry; and containing further liquid crystal material directly between the polariser component of the assembly and another control component including another stack of layers defining electrical control circuitry.
US11314121B2	Color filter substrate and display device A color filter substrate and a display device are provided. The color filter substrate includes a color filter base and a black matrix layer. The color filter base includes an active area and a frame area disposed beside the active area. The black matrix layer is disposed on the color filter substrate and positioned in the active area and a portion of the frame area. An edge of the frame area of the color filter base is provided with a groove.
US11314119B2	Lens, lens blank, and eyewear A lens includes: a substrate that includes a diffraction region where a plurality of protruding strips are coaxially and alternately formed. The diffraction region includes a first diffraction region and a second diffraction region that is located in at least a part of a region different from the first diffraction region. The second diffraction region includes: groove spaces lying between adjacent ones of the protruding strips with one another; and a communication space communicating between adjacent ones of the groove spaces with one another.
US11314117B2	Display assembly, display device and control method thereof A display assembly, a display device, and a control method thereof are disclosed. The display assembly includes: a polymer dispersed liquid crystal layer; a first electrode layer and a second electrode layer for providing an electric field for the polymer dispersed liquid crystal layer; and a birefringent lens grating that is closer to a display side of the display assembly than the polymer dispersed liquid crystal layer. The birefringent lens grating is configured to transmit collimated light of a first polarization direction emitted from the polymer dispersed liquid crystal layer along an original optical path of the collimated light, and to refract collimated light of a second polarization direction emitted from the polymer dispersed liquid crystal layer to left and right eyes of an user, respectively. The first polarization direction is perpendicular to the second polarization direction.
US11314116B2	Sensing display apparatus A sensing display apparatus includes a pixel array substrate, a sensing device substrate, and a display medium layer. The sensing device substrate includes a first substrate, a sensing device, first to third signal lines, and a shielding layer. The sensing device includes a first switching element electrically connected with the first and second signal lines, an electrically conductive layer electrically connected with the third signal line, an electrode layer electrically connected with the first switching element and a photo-sensitive layer disposed between the electrically conductive layer and the electrode layer. The shielding layer is disposed between the first to third signal lines and the pixel array substrate. The sensing display apparatus has light transmitting regions and a light shielding region surrounding the light transmitting regions. The sensing device and the first to third signal lines are disposed in the light shielding region.
US11314113B1	Display device A display device includes a plate member, an outer frame, and a display panel. The plate member has a fringe portion and a joining structure formed on the fringe portion. The fringe portion has an edge and two opposite surfaces. The outer frame has a parallel frame portion and a non-parallel frame portion extending from the parallel frame portion. The parallel frame portion is parallel to the fringe portion and is embedded into the joining structure, so as to make the outer frame and the plate member jointly from an accommodating space for accommodating the display panel. The parallel frame portion is coplanar with one of the surfaces. Therein, the joining structure can include an opening structure passing through the two surfaces and extending to the edge. Or, the joining structure can include an opening structure, passing through the two surfaces, and a raised portion.
US11314106B2	Light modulation device A light modulation device is disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a light modulation device includes a first polymer film substrate, a second polymer film substrate, an active liquid crystal layer disposed between the first and second polymer film substrates, wherein the active liquid crystal layer is capable of switching between a first orientation state and a second orientation state when a voltage is applied, and a polarizer, wherein each of the first and second polymer film substrates have in-plane retardation of 4,000 nm or more for light having a wavelength of 550 nm, a ratio of an elongation (E1) in a first direction to an elongation (E2) in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction of 3 or more, and wherein an angle formed by the first directions of the first and second polymer film substrates is in a range of 0 degrees to 10 degrees.
US11314101B2	Optical driving mechanism having curved connecting surface and assembly method for the same An optical driving mechanism is provided, including a fixed portion, a movable portion and a driving assembly. The movable portion includes a holder and an optical element, wherein the holder is configured to sustain the optical element, and the optical element has a lens barrel and at least one lens. The driving assembly is configured to drive the movable portion to move relative to the fixed portion. A first connecting surface of the holder abuts a second connecting surface of the lens barrel, and at least one of the first connecting surface and the second connecting surface has a curved surface, wherein in the optical axis direction of the lens and in the direction perpendicular to the optical axis, the first connecting surface at least partially is overlapping the second connecting surface.
US11314097B2	Optical system An optical system for displaying an object to a viewer is described. The optical system includes an integral first optical assembly, an integral second optical assembly, and an integral third optical assembly disposed between the integral first and second optical assemblies. The integral first optical assembly has a first focal length and includes one or more first optical lenses, and a reflective polarizer. The integral second optical assembly has a second focal length and includes one or more second optical lenses, and a partial reflector having an average optical reflectance of at least 30% for a desired plurality of wavelengths. The integral third optical assembly has a third focal length and includes a curved first phase retarder. The third focal length is greater than a smaller of the first and second focal lengths.
US11314080B2	Display device and computer-implemented method of adjusting chromatic aberration of display device A method of adjusting a chromatic aberration of a display device includes defining a tolerance scope of chromatic aberration; determining a varying scope of chromatic aberration of the display device according to chromatic aberrations of the plurality of display screens; defining a plurality of adjusting levels of chromatic aberration according to the tolerance scope of chromatic aberration and the varying scope of chromatic aberration; setting a color offset value corresponding to each of the plurality of adjusting levels of chromatic aberration; and for each of the plurality of display screens, selecting a corresponding adjusting level of chromatic aberration in comparison to one of the plurality of display screens, and inputting a corresponding color offset value of the selected adjusting level of chromatic aberration to each of the plurality of display screens.
US11314077B2	Endoscope system and method of operating the same A display control unit performs at least one of the change of the display contents of a light amount level-display section on a light amount display screen in conjunction with the selection of a specific emphasis/suppression mode from a plurality of emphasis/suppression modes, the change of the display contents of the light amount level-display section in conjunction with change of the display contents of an emphasis/suppression amount-display section on an emphasis/suppression mode-selection screen, or the change of the display contents of the emphasis/suppression amount-display section in conjunction with the change of the display contents of the light amount level-display section.
US11314075B2	Image processing device, microscope system, image processing method, and image processing program An image processing device is configured to: generate a histogram of pixel values of a plurality of pixels contained in an image; set a background pixel value by using a peak value of the generated histogram; set a noise range with respect to the set background pixel value; and replace the pixel values that fall in the set noise range with a single arbitrary pixel value.
US11314074B2	Light disc microscopy for fluorescence microscopes Methods for imaging a sample using fluorescence microscopy, systems for imaging a sample using fluorescence microscopy, and illumination systems for fluorescence microscopes. In some examples, a method includes positioning the sample such that a plane of interest of the sample is coplanar with a focal plane of a detection objective of a microscope. The method includes positioning a paraboloidal mirror around the sample such that a focal point of the paraboloidal mirror is coplanar with the focal plane of the detection objective and the plane of interest of the sample. The method includes directing a beam of annularly collimated excitation light on the paraboloidal mirror to focus a disc of light on the sample and thereby to provide 360 degree lateral illumination of the sample. The method includes imaging the sample through the detection objective.
US11314070B2	Microscope system and method for time controlling processes in a microscope system A method for timing procedures in a microscope system, which has a plurality of microscope modules configured to carry out various processes, provision is made for a clock signal to be provided to all microscope modules by a central clock generator and for the clock signal to be modulated by a clock modulation circuit in order to produce a defined clock-pulse number. The microscope modules define a start time for carrying out a process by way of the clock-pulse number, carrying out the process as soon as the clock-pulse number is reached. Moreover, a corresponding microscope system is described.
US11314068B2	Illumination apparatus for a microscope, method for operating it, and microscope having an illumination apparatus The invention relates to an illumination apparatus for a microscope, a microscope and a method for operating the illumination apparatus. The illumination apparatus has a sample space for holding a sample that is to be illuminated, and at least one laser light source. An objective for the directional emission of laser radiation of a first wavelength along a first optical axis that is directed into the sample space, and with a cover of the sample space by which the sample space is delimited at least on one of its sides. The cover further has a layer that is either impenetrable for the laser radiation over a blocking angle range of the illumination angle and is transmissive for radiation of a second wavelength over a transmitted light angle range, or has a controllable layer that, in a first control state, is transparent for radiation of the second wavelength and, in a second control state, is impenetrable for the laser radiation of the first wavelength.
US11314065B2	Zoom lens and image pickup apparatus A zoom lens includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens unit having a positive refractive power, a second lens unit having a negative refractive power, one or two intermediate lens units having positive refractive powers, and a final lens unit having a positive power. A distance between each pair of adjacent lens units changes in zooming from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end. The one or two intermediate lens units include three or four lenses. The one or two intermediate lens units include a single lens having a positive refractive power and being closest to the image side. The final lens unit includes three or four lenses. The zoom lens satisfies specified conditional expressions.
US11314064B2	Zoom lens and image pickup apparatus Provided is a zoom lens including, in order from an object side to an image side, a positive first lens unit, a negative second lens unit, a positive third lens unit, a positive fourth lens unit and a rear lens group consisting of at least one lens unit. An interval between each pair of adjacent lens units is changed during zooming. The rear lens group includes a negative N-th lens unit configured to move during focusing. The second lens unit and the third lens unit are configured to move during zooming. A focal length of the second lens unit, a focal length of the third lens unit, a focal length of the fourth lens unit, a lateral magnification of the fourth lens unit at a wide angle end and a lateral magnification of the fourth lens unit at a telephoto end are appropriately set.
US11314057B2	Camera optical lens including six lenses of +−−−+− refractive powers The present disclosure relates to the field of optical lenses and provides a camera optical lens. The camera optical lens includes, from an object side to an image side: a first lens; a second lens having a negative refractive power; a third lens having a negative refractive power; a fourth lens; a fifth lens; and a sixth lens. The camera optical lens satisfies following conditions: 1.10≤f1/f≤3.00; and −25.00≤R9/d9≤−10.00. The camera optical lens can achieve a high imaging performance while obtaining a low TTL.
US11314056B2	Camera optical lens including six lenses of +−−−+− or +−−++− refractive powers The present disclosure relates to the field of optical lenses and provides a camera optical lens. The camera optical lens includes, from an object side to an image side: a first lens; a second lens having a negative refractive power; a third lens having a negative refractive power; a fourth lens; a fifth lens; and a sixth lens. The camera optical lens satisfies following conditions: 1.10≤f1/f≤3.00; and −20.00≤R11/d11≤−11.00. The camera optical lens can achieve a high imaging performance while obtaining a low TTL.
US11314055B2	Camera optical lens including six lenses of +−+−+− refractive powers The present disclosure relates to the technical field of optical lens and discloses a camera optical lens. The camera optical lens includes, from an object side to an image side: a first lens, a second lens having a negative refractive power, a third lens having a positive refractive power, a fourth lens, a fifth lens and a sixth lens. The camera optical lens satisfies following conditions: 2.00≤f1/f≤6.00 and 5.00≤R11/d11≤8.00, where f1 denotes a focal length of the first lens; f denotes a focal length of the camera optical lens; R11 denotes a curvature radius of an object-side surface of the sixth lens; and d11 denotes an on-axis thickness of the sixth lens. The camera optical lens can achieve a high imaging performance while obtaining a low TTL.
US11314047B2	Camera optical lens including six lenses of +−+−+− refractive powers The present disclosure relates to the field of optical lenses and provides a camera optical lens. The camera optical lens includes, from an object side to an image side: a first lens having a positive refractive power; a second lens having a negative refractive power; a third lens having a positive refractive power; a fourth lens; a fifth lens; and a sixth lens. The camera optical lens satisfies following conditions: −10.00≤f2/f3≤−5.00; and 1.20≤d2/d4≤3.00. The camera optical lens can achieve a high imaging performance while obtaining a low TTL.
US11314042B2	Optical system for image pickup, and image pickup device An optical system (10) for image pickup includes a first refractive optical system (Si) disposed on an object side with respect to an aperture stop (St) and a second refractive optical system (S2) disposed on an image plane side with respect to the aperture stop. The first refractive optical system includes, in order from the object side (11), a first lens group (G1) with positive refractive power, a second lens group (G2) with positive refractive power, and a third lens group (G3) with negative refractive power. The second refractive optical system includes, in order from the object side (11), a fourth lens group (G4) with positive refractive power, a fifth lens group (G5) with positive refractive power, and a sixth lens group (G6) with negative refractive power. When focusing from infinity to a short distance, the second lens group and the fourth lens group move toward the object side.
US11314041B2	Multi-material mirror system A mirror system including a primary mirror, and a secondary mirror with different coefficients of thermal expansion. A negative CTE strut can include a main body portion, a first coupling portion and a second coupling portion disposed opposite one another about the main body portion and defining a strut length. The first and second coupling portions can each interface with an external structure. The negative CTE strut can include an offsetting extension member having a first end coupled to the main body portion and a second end coupled to the first coupling portion by an intermediate extension member. The first and second ends can define an offset length parallel to the strut length. When the negative CTE strut increases in temperature, the offset length can be configured to increase due to thermal expansion of the offsetting extension member sufficient to cause the strut length to decrease.
US11314030B2	Cable fixation devices and methods A cable fixation bracket and methods for securing cables to a cable fixation bracket are disclosed. The cable fixation bracket can include a base portion extending between a pair of mounting structures. A plurality of t-shaped cable fixation projections extending orthogonally from the base portion can be provided, each of which is configured to support a cable and to accept a cable tie. In some examples, the fixation projections are tapered. The cable fixation bracket can also include a bridge portion supporting a plurality of bracket structures for anchoring aramid yarn of the cables. The bracket structures are configured such that aramid yarn of the cables can be wrapped around the bracket structures and returned to the fixation projections or such that the aramid yarn can be wrapped about a termination unit with the termination unit being mounted between a pair of adjacent cable structures.
US11314029B2	Management system for optical fibers The present invention relates to an optical fibers management system comprising: a supporting frame; a plurality of splice trays pivotably mounted on the supporting frame and rotatable around respective parallel pivot axes between a closed position and an open position; a locking device pivotably mounted on the supporting frame and rotatable around a locking device rotation axis parallel to the pivot axes of the plurality of splice trays between a locking position and a support position, wherein in the locking position the locking device keeps the plurality of trays in the closed position, and in the support position the locking device supports the plurality of splice trays in the open position.
US11314026B2	Connector assembly including an edge-attachable optical connector housing and optical connector An edge-attachable (EA) optical connector includes an optical connector housing for an optical connector. The optical connector housing includes a slot that aligns with a module board edge finger electrical connector, such that the optical connector housing can be slid over a module board edge finger electrical connector and attached to the module board edge. An optical connector on one end of an optical fiber bundle or ribbon fits within the optical connector housing. When the optical connector housing is attached to the module board edge, the optical connector blind mates with a host optical connector supported by a bracket to which a host electrical connector is attached. An optical connector on another end of the optical fiber bundle or ribbon mates with a module board optical connector. The module board optical connector may include an optical socket mounted on an opto-electronic chip disposed on the module board. The EA optical connector can be easily attached to the module board edge such that it fits around the host electrical connector to allow for optical connectivity in addition to electrical connectivity.
US11314022B2	Removable sliding shutter for an adapter An adapter that receives fiber optic connectors has a shutter to keep dust and dirt from the fiber optic connectors is capable of rotation as well as translation. The shutter may also be removed from the adapter when not needed. The shutter does not interfere with adjacent adapters or fiber optic connectors and does not need a spring to keep the shutter in a closed position when the adapter does not have a fiber optic connector installed therein.
US11314021B2	Fiber optic system for narrow width fiber optic connectors, adapters and transceivers Embodiments disclosed herein are directed to a device and system of devices including: a connector comprising a housing comprising a groove lengthwise in a surface of the housing and a push-pull tab comprising a protrusion, a widthwise recess on the connector housing accepting protrusions on a removable anchor device that retains the connector in a port, wherein the push-pull tab releases the connector from the port using protrusions on the anchor device and the receiver device comprising one or more ports for receiving one or more connector types; and the receiver device comprising one or more ports without an anchor; said port secures a second connector type comprising a latch release mechanism; and the receiver device ports are opposite one another; wherein the opposite ports can accept a first connector and a second connector; wherein the first connector release mechanism and differs from the second connector release mechanism.
US11314019B2	Capillary-type lens array and capillary-type lens array composite component A capillary-type lens array having an inorganic glass around a graded index lens, in which a plurality of the graded index lenses and the inorganic glass are physically fused.
US11314015B2	Multi-core optical fiber An MCF according to the disclosure has a structure preventing deterioration in quality of optical transmission signals. The MCF comprises cores, a common cladding, and a coating. Any of the cores has a coating leakage loss of 0.01 dB/km or more at a wavelength within a wavelength range of from 850 nm to 1700 nm. The coating includes a leaked light propagation suppressive coating layer having a first optical property or a second optical property to light with a wavelength within a wavelength range of from 850 nm to 1700 nm or from 1260 nm to 1625 nm. The first optical property is defined by, as an attenuation index of the light, an absorbance per 1 μm thickness being 0.1 dB or more. The second optical property is defined by a product of absorbance per 1 μm thickness and a thickness being 0.1 dB or more.
US11314013B2	Backlight unit and display device having the same A backlight unit includes a light source array including at least one light source which emits light and a circuit board on which the light source is disposed, and a first optical layer disposed on the light source array. The first optical layer includes a first layer which defines at least one concave portion in a bottom of the first layer, where the at least one concave portion is coupled to the light source, a second layer disposed on the first layer, the second layer guiding light incident from the first layer in one direction, a plurality of optical patterns disposed on one surface of the second layer, the plurality of optical patterns selectively emitting light passing through the one surface, and a reflective layer disposed on the bottom of the first layer.
US11314008B2	Lightguide having opening and surrounding channel An optical system includes a lightguide having opposing top and bottom major surfaces. A round through opening extends between the two surfaces of the lightguide. An elongated channel is formed in one of the surfaces and at least partially surrounds and is substantially concentric with the opening. The channel has a depth (d) that varies along its length. Light extractors extract light that would otherwise propagate within and along the lightguide. The features of the lightguide can be varied to optimize performance of the lightguide for various purposes.
US11313998B2	Display cover for digital writing and optical performance An embodiment of a method of manufacturing a cover lens for an electronic display includes etching a first surface geometry on a first surface of the cover lens. In the embodiment, the method includes determining a plurality of angles of refraction at the first surface from light generated from the electronic display based on the first surface geometry. In the embodiment, the method includes determining a second surface geometry for a second surface of the cover lens based on the plurality of angles of refraction at the first surface. In the embodiment, the method includes etching the second surface geometry on the second surface of the cover lens.
US11313993B2	Systems and methods for estimating a likelihood of reservoir productivity as a function of position in a subsurface volume of interest Exemplary implementations may: obtain subsurface data and well data of the subsurface volume of interest; obtain a parameter model; obtain a spatial correlation model; use the subsurface data and the well data to generate multiple production parameter maps; apply the parameter model to the multiple production parameter maps to generate production likelihood values; apply the spatial correlation model to the subsurface data and the well data to generate parameter continuity values; generate a representation of the likelihood of reservoir productivity as a function of position in the subsurface volume of interest; and display the representation.
US11313991B2	Directional control of downhole component using NMR measurements A system for acquiring directional information about a geologic formation includes at least one directionally sensitive nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) assembly disposed at a borehole string including the downhole component. The at least one NMR assembly includes at least one magnet configured to generate a static magnetic field and at least one coil configured to generate an oscillating magnetic field, the at least one NMR assembly configured to perform an NMR measurement of at least one sector of a formation region. The system also includes a processing device configured to receive NMR measurement data from the at least one NMR assembly. The processing device is configured to analyze the NMR measurement data to estimate a parameter of the sector, determine a direction of the downhole component based on the estimated parameter; and steer the downhole component according to the determined direction.
US11313987B2	Method for obtaining estimates of a model parameter so as to characterise the evolution of a subsurface volume over a time period using time-lapse seismic Disclosed is a method and associated computer program and apparatus for characterising changes within a subsurface volume between a first time and a second time. The method comprises obtaining first seismic data corresponding to the first time and processing this data to obtain a seismic image of the subsurface volume. This processing is reversed for relevant portions of the seismic image to obtain relevant portions of first seismic data. Changes within the subsurface volume between the first time and the second time are characterised by estimating the changes between second seismic data corresponding to the second time and the relevant portions of first seismic data.
US11313984B2	Method and system for electromagnetic method (EM) signal detection based on onshore sparker source A method and system for electromagnetic method (EM) signal detection based on an onshore sparker source, the method including: arranging an EM signal detection system near a sparker source; releasing, by the sparker source, an electromagnetic pulse concomitantly in a discharge and mechanical energy output process; observing an electromagnetic response generated by the earth under the excitation of the electromagnetic pulse by means of the EM signal detection system for extracting distribution information of geo-electrical parameters; when the sparker source moves, moving the electromagnetic method signal detection system to a new position along with the sparker source while keeping their positions relative to each other unchanged; and repeating the above process after the movement is completed. According to the technical solution of the present invention, fine electromagnetic detection results can be obtained while seismic detection is carried out.
US11313973B2	Systems and methods for satellite-based navigation A method for determining position of a mobile system, the method includes receiving global navigation satellite (GNSS) signals by a receiver of the mobile system, generating a plurality of position estimates based on at least pseudo-distances determined from at least some of the GNSS signals, wherein each position estimate is generated based on a different set of pseudo-distances, determining an inconsistency in one or more of the position estimates based on verification information, generating a trust assessment for each position estimate based on determined inconsistencies, outputting a position estimate associated with a higher trust assessment as a position of the mobile platform, and reducing an influence of a GNSS signal on a future position estimate generation based on a lower trust assessment for position estimates generated based on the GNSS signal.
US11313970B2	Time of flight camera The present disclosure provides a time-of-flight camera, comprising a light-emitting module and a light-receiving module. The light-emitting module comprises a light source component, a light-reflecting component, and a light-diffusing component. The light source component emits a first light in a first direction. The light-reflecting component and the light-diffusing component are disposed on the light path of the first light. A second light formed by the first light passes through the light-reflecting component and the light-diffusing component. The second light travels toward a second direction to an object to be measured. The object to be measured reflects the second light. The first direction is intersecting with the second direction. The light-receiving module receives the reflected second light and performs the function of sensing.
US11313964B2	Methods for operating a sensor arrangement on the basis of a DSI protocol in a motor vehicle and also a corresponding sensor arrangement in a motor vehicle The DSI protocol (distributed system interface) that relates to the bus communication in sensor arrangements is known from the prior art. Methods are proposed for operating a sensor arrangement (12) on the basis of the DSI protocol in order to consequently be able to operate, in particular in an advantageous manner, active sensor units (20A-20F) having a transmitter (21) and a receiver (22). In particular, the use of three part phases is proposed for the communication between the processing unit (14) and the active sensor unit (20A-20F), namely a CRM phase (40) for the bidirectional communication between the processing unit (14) and the active sensor unit (20A-20F), a power phase (43) for the transmission of energy from the processing unit (14) to the active sensor units (20A-20F) and a PDCM phase for the unidirectional transmission of data from the active sensor unit (20A-20F) to the processing unit (14). Furthermore, it is proposed in a CRM phase (40) to grant at least one active sensor unit (20A-20F) the release for a supplementary time slot (47G, 47H) in the PDCM phase (44) with the result that this active sensor unit (20A-20F) in the PDCM phase has two time slots (47A-47H) available for the communication with the processing unit (14).
US11313962B2	Presence/absence detection method, non-transitory storage medium, sensor processing system, and sensor system Disclosed herein is a sensor processing system including an acquisition unit, a time series analysis unit, and a decision unit. The acquisition unit acquires measurement data from a measuring unit. The measuring unit measures a physical quantity, of which a value varies depending on whether a human is present in, or absent from, an object space. The time series analysis unit obtains an analysis model for a time series analysis in which the measurement data acquired at a predetermined timing is represented by multiple items, acquired before the predetermined timing, of the measurement data. The decision unit decides, depending on a decision condition including a condition concerning a coefficient of the analysis model, whether the human is present or absent at the predetermined timing.
US11313961B2	Method and device for identifying the height of an object A device and method for identifying a position of an object uses a comparison value is calculated based on a first distance and first angle measured by a first distance sensor. This value is compared with a second distance or a second angle measured by a second distance sensor. Based on the result of the comparison, it is concluded whether the object is located above or below a predefined height over a first sensor plane in which the first distance sensor is situated. An angle of greater than zero degrees is situated in this case between a first sensor axis of the first distance sensor and a second sensor axis of the second distance sensor.
US11313959B2	Methods and apparatus for blind range recovery on pulse compression radars Methods, systems and non-transitory computer readable mediums for processing radar signals to recover signals inside a blind region are disclosed. A transmission signal is transmitted from a radar system. The radar system receives a return signal. The return signal includes a first portion of the transmission signal leaked during transmission and a second portion reflected from an object within the blind region. The return signal is partially decoded by zeroing out the first portion of the transmission signal to form a modified return signal. Pulse compression is performed over the modified return signal to form a compressed return signal. The compressed return signal is processed to calculate moment products. The moment products are calibrated with a calibration factor, wherein the calibration factor is multiplied against only calculated moment products of range gates which have been partially decoded.
US11313956B2	Photodetector, LIDAR, and method of manufactuaring photodetector A photodetector includes a plurality of first light detection elements having a first driving voltage range, the first light detection elements including first semiconductor layers having a first conductivity type and second semiconductor layers having a second conductivity type different from the first conductivity type; and a second light detection element having a second driving voltage range different from the first driving voltage range, the second light detection element including a third semiconductor layer having the first conductivity type and a fourth semiconductor layer having the second conductivity type.
US11313949B2	Frequency dependent radar cross section model for real-time radar simulation in a dynamic environment A method for building a coherent radar cross-section (RCS) model database for real-time dynamic simulation of range-Doppler radars is disclosed. The database may be used with radar sensors that employ different waveforms. A pre-processing operation before the dynamic simulation performs fast Fourier Transforms (FFTs) to interpolate the target frequency responses from the database to match the frequency samplings of the radar used in the dynamic simulation. The method determines the frequency responses of the targets to a reference chirp in a coherent processing interval (CPI) and the radial velocities of the targets relative to the radar at the time of the reference chirp. The method extrapolates, using FFTs, the frequency responses of the targets to the reference chirp across the velocity dimension based on the relative radial velocities to determine the frequency responses of the targets to the other chirps across the CPI, reducing the computational burden for the simulation.
US11313946B2	Method and apparatus for identification of calibration targets during vehicle radar system service procedures Calibration targets for use during calibration and inspection of vehicle onboard radar systems. The calibration targets incorporate materials having different radar reflective and transmissive properties to provide distinct radar return signatures, facilitating identification of the calibration targets from among various radar returns associated with surfaces and objects located in proximity to the calibration targets, thereby reducing clear space requirements associated with target placement and positioning during a vehicle service or inspection procedure.
US11313945B2	Radar device, and method of generating a radar image A radar device includes a transmitter, a receiver and processing circuitry. The transmitter transmits a first pulse signal and a second pulse signal, a pulse width of the second pulse signal being wider than a pulse width of the first pulse signal. The receiver may receive a first reception signal including a reflection signal of the first pulse signal and a second reception signal including a reflection signal of the second pulse signal. The processing circuitry may be configured to compare, in a first section that is at least partly in a distance direction, a signal intensity of the first reception signal with a signal intensity of the second reception signal, and generate a display signal based on a result of the comparison.
US11313932B2	Magnetic resonance imaging apparatus and magnetic resonance imaging method A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus according to an embodiment includes sequence controlling circuitry and processing circuitry. The sequence controlling circuit executes, while a k-space is divided into a plurality of segments, a pulse sequence by which a tag pulse is applied and subsequently acquisition is performed. The processing circuit generates an image based on the pulse sequence executed by the sequence controlling circuit. The pulse sequence is a pulse sequence by which the acquisition is repeatedly performed at the center of the k-space. The sequence controlling circuit executes the pulse sequence, while changing the range to which the tag pulse is applied, for each of the plurality of segments.
US11313930B1	Alternation pulsed double resonance detection scheme for gapless detection in atomic vapor quantum sensors A system for measuring electromagnetic radiation, including at least one light source; a quantum converter arranged to be exposed to radiation emitted by the at least one light source and the electromagnetic radiation, and at least one detector for detecting optical radiation received from the quantum converter. The quantum converter includes at least a first interaction zone and a second interaction zone, and the system establishes at least a first light beam path for exposing the first interaction zone and a second light beam path for exposing the second interaction zone with radiation emitted by the at least one light source. Each laser beam path is controllable to be in an activated state enabling exposure and in a deactivated state preventing exposure of the respective interaction zone.
US11313922B2	Signal processing circuit and magnetic sensor system A signal processing circuit includes a correction function determination section for performing correction function determination processing, and a correction processing section for performing correction processing. The correction processing is to correct first and second detection signals by using a correction function to thereby generate first and second corrected signals. The correction function is expressed as a coefficient matrix for converting a first column vector containing the first and second detection signals as elements into a second column vector containing the first and second corrected signals as elements. The correction function determination processing includes performing arithmetic processing using a plurality of pairs of values of the first and second detection signals to determine one or two provisional correction coefficients as the correction coefficients of the correction function.
US11313916B2	Testability method for an electronic power chain associated with an electric motor A testability method for the in-flight testing of an operating state of an electronic power chain having at least one power converter intended for driving an electric motor that actuates at least one aircraft component includes controlling actuation of the converter, transmitting a test signal, collecting at least one measurement signal, and determining an operating state.
US11313909B2	System and method of low power switch state detection A switch sensor for sensing a state of a switch including a programmable memory, pulse generation circuitry, and comparator circuitry. The memory stores a state value indicative of a detected state of the switch. The pulse generation circuitry provides a pulse-train voltage signal to a first end of the switch, in which the pulse-train voltage signal is toggled between an active state for switch state detection and an inactive state for conserving power. A second terminal of the switch is coupled through resistive circuitry to a supply voltage node and may be coupled to an input terminal of the sensor. The comparator circuitry compares a state of the input terminal with the state value when the pulse-train voltage signal is in the active state for providing a state change signal indicative thereof.
US11313902B2	Modular rail systems, rail systems, mechanisms, and equipment for devices under test The systems, apparatuses, and methods herein can provide a multi-site positioning mechanism suitable for long-term testing of a device(s) under test (DUT) (e.g. semiconductor wafers) across a range of temperatures with or without a controlled environment. The systems, apparatuses, and methods herein include mounting components, mechanisms, and structures that can provide excellent mechanical stability, permit relatively close working distance optics with high resolution, enable fine positioning at elevated temperature in a controlled environment with minimal thermal perturbation. The systems, apparatuses, and methods herein can be provided with modularity, for example as modular with rails and test sites that can be easily added or removed, and that can permit access to probe modules in a densely packed array.
US11313901B2	Trimming analog circuits A system may include a trim circuit configured to provide a trim signal to a circuit under test. The trim circuit may be configured to adjust a trim value of the trim signal based on a selection signal and a value signal. The trim signal may cause a key characteristic of the circuit under test to change based on the adjusted trim value. The system may include a production tester configured to determine whether the key characteristic is within a threshold range. Responsive to the key characteristic being within the threshold range, the production tester may stop performing the trim procedure on the circuit under test. Responsive to the key characteristic not being within the threshold range, the production tester may adjust the value signal based on whether the key characteristic is greater than or less than the threshold range.
US11313898B1	Quad small form-factor pluggable thermal test vehicle A mechanism for performing thermal testing is described. The system for performing thermal testing may include a housing, a heating element and a processor. The housing is configured to be compatible with a plurality of different types of transceiver form factors. The heating element is configured to be at a location within the housing to approximate an integrated circuit chip heat source of the plurality of different types of transceiver form factors. The processor is configured to automatically conduct a thermal test and provide thermal test results.
US11313895B2	Antenna connectivity with shielded twisted pair cable A sensor system for an electric power asset includes a sensor instrument coupleable to sensors associated with the electric power asset to receive sensor signals therefrom, and an antenna connection cable coupled to the sensor instrument. The antenna connection cable includes a cable sheath and a plurality of twisted pair signal carriers contained within the cable sheath to carry sensor signals received from the electric power asset. A first subset of the plurality of twisted pair signal carriers carry antenna signals and a second separate subset of the plurality of twisted pair signal carriers carry signals for partial discharge monitoring.
US11313894B2	Automobile battery failure prediction method and system The present invention relates to a battery failure prediction method and system. The invention has particular application to the prediction of vehicle battery failure and will be described with particular reference to that application. However, the invention has more general application.
US11313883B2	Probe station capable of maintaining position of probe tip upon temperature change A probe station includes a base, a adaptor, a probe holder and a probe. The adaptor has a first portion and a second portion away from the first portion towards a first direction by a first length. The first portion connects to the base. A probe holder connects to the second portion and extends towards a second direction opposite to the first direction by a second length. The probe connects to an end of the probe holder away from the second portion and extends towards the second direction by a third length. A product of a thermal coefficient of the adaptor and the first length is equal to a sum of a product of a thermal coefficient of the probe holder and the second length and a product of a thermal coefficient of the probe and the third length.
US11313881B2	Combination current sensing device A combination current sensing device comprising a plurality of current measuring sensors, at least one ambience measuring sensor, a voltage measuring device and a computing device; at least a magnetic field concentrator, and a controlled module assembly constraining the magnetic field concentrator and the bar conductor, in a defined position with respect to one another; the combination current sensing device may have a plurality of incoming connections and a plurality of outgoing connections; and the computing device outputs a validated measure of primary current and an auxiliary information according to a plurality of range and a safe value of the primary current, ensuring functional safety. The voltage measuring device determines a voltage, configured functions and health of an electric source in combination with other sensors and the computing device. One or more of the devices may be optional and or external to the combination current sensing device.
US11313877B2	Near-zero power wakeup electro-mechanical system A MEMS includes, in part, a parallel plate capacitor, a proofmass adapted to be displaced by a first distance from a rest state in response to a first voltage applied to the capacitor, and a piezoelectric material adapted to generate a second voltage in response to an external force applied to the MEMS. The second voltage causes the MEMS to transition from a standby mode to an active mode of operation. The proofmass is displaced by a second distance in response to the external force thereby causing the piezoelectric material to generate the second voltage. A spring couples the proofmass to the piezoelectric material, and a transistor turns on in response to the second voltage thereby causing the MEMS to transition to the active mode of operation. The proofmass returns to the rest state when the MEMS is in the active mode of operation.
US11313869B2	Methods and apparatus for determining label count during specimen characterization A method of characterizing a serum and plasma portion of a specimen in regions occluded by one or more labels. The characterization may be used for Hemolysis, Icterus, and/or Lipemia, or Normal detection. The method captures one or more images of a labeled specimen container including a serum or plasma portion, processes the one or more images to provide segmentation data and identification of a label-containing region, and classifying the label-containing region with a convolutional neural network (CNN) to provide a pixel-by-pixel (or patch-by-patch) characterization of the label thickness count, which may be used to adjust intensities of regions of a serum or plasma portion having label occlusion. Optionally, the CNN can characterize the label-containing region as one of multiple pre-defined label configurations. Quality check modules and specimen testing apparatus adapted to carry out the method are described, as are other aspects.
US11313867B2	Assay for the detection of alpha-synuclein seeding activity associated with synucleinopathies Methods are disclosed for determining whether a subject has a synucleinopathy. Methods are also disclosed for detecting misfolded alpha synuclein (αSyn) in a biological sample or fraction thereof. These methods include the use of an αSyn seeding assay.
US11313865B2	Nucleic acids encoding anti-HcTNT-N69 antibodies Methods for detecting a cardiac condition in a human subject are provided according to aspects of the present invention which include providing an immunological reagent characterized by specific binding to: an N-terminal fragment of human cardiac troponin T (HcTnT-N69) or a neoepitope of human cardiac troponin T generated by removal of HcTnT-N69 from HcTnT (HcTnT-neo); contacting the immunological reagent with a biological sample of the human subject under binding conditions; and detecting binding of the immunological reagent with HcTnT-N69 or HcTnT-neo, wherein detection of HcTnT-N69 or HcTnT-neo in the biological sample is indicative of a cardiac condition in the subject. Antibodies and antigen binding fragments thereof characterized by specific binding to HcTnT-N69 or HcTnT-neo, or a variant of either thereof, are provided according to aspects of the present invention.
US11313861B2	Method of evaluating hepatic glucose uptake capacity An object of the disclosure is to provide a composition for evaluating the hepatic glucose uptake capacity of a subject and a method for evaluating the hepatic glucose uptake capacity of a subject with the composition. An object of the disclosure is to provide a method for determining the stage of pre-onset diabetes in a subject with pre-onset diabetes using the method for evaluating the hepatic glucose uptake capacity. An aspect of the disclosure accordingly provides a composition comprising 13C-labeled glucose for evaluating the hepatic glucose uptake capacity of a subject. Another aspect of the disclosure provides a method comprising measuring 13C-labeled glucose in a blood sample or an expired air sample obtained from the subject to which the composition was administered. The desired evaluation or determination can be achieved by comparing the measured value with a reference value.
US11313858B2	Sample analysis device, sample analysis system, and method of measuring luminescence of a sample A sample analysis device includes: a motor to rotate a sample analysis substrate with a sample introduced thereon around a rotation axis of the sample analysis substrate; a drive circuit to drive the motor; a photodetector to measure a number of photons associated with a luminescence from the sample being transmitted through a window of a measurement chamber of the sample analysis substrate; and a control circuit to calculate a measurement value of the luminescence of the sample by using a number of photons measured by the photodetector while the motor rotates the sample analysis substrate.
US11313855B2	Methods and compositions for removing biotin interference from assays using conjugated molecular traps The present invention relates to methods and compositions to remove or reduce biotin interference from certain assays.
US11313851B2	Device, system, and kit for measuring tension of cell structure containing muscle cells A device for measuring a tension of a cell structure containing muscle cells includes a first and a second gel adaptor holder. The first gel adaptor holder includes a frame member and a first gel holding portion which is disposed protrudingly from a part of an inner surface of the frame member for fixing one end of a gel. The second gel adaptor holder includes a second gel holding portion that fixes another end of the gel, and connecting members connected with the second gel holding portion. A kit including the device, a substrate and a gel forming cover. The substrate includes a pair of gel shaping convex parts fitted along the inner surface of the frame member. The gel forming cover includes a surface parallel to a gel contacting surface of the substrate, in order to form an upper surface of the gel.
US11313836B2	System, method and computer program product for gas analysis A collimated beam (23) of a surface acoustic wave propagates on a piezoelectric substrate (22) while passing through sensitive film (25) to adsorb a sensing gas. Signal processing unit (40) transmits an exciting burst signal to sensor electrode (24) to excite the collimated beam (23), receives first and second returned burst signals after the collimated beam (23) has propagated, and calculates a target gas parameter by a target leakage factor of the background gas and a relation between reference gas parameters and reference leakage factors of reference gases, the leakage factor is provided by first and second attenuations of the first and second returned burst signals, respectively, using waveform data of the first and second returned burst signals.
US11313833B2	Chemical trace detection system A chemical trace detection system includes: a drift tube; a detector disposed within the drift tube; a voltage source to produce an electrical field in the drift tube; an ionizer to establish an ionization region adjacent to the electrical field; and a desorber including a sample holder to hold a sample in or adjacent to the ionization region and a sample heater to desorb particles of the sample held in the sample holder such that the desorbed particles are introduced directly into the ionization region from the sample holder to form ionized particles that are forced toward the detector by the electrical field. A regenerable dryer assembly for supplying dry drift gas to an ion mobility spectrometer is also provided that includes a regenerable desiccant material.
US11313826B2	Integrated chemical sensor An integrated chemical sensor device includes a chemical sensor comprising at least one transistor and having an external sensing surface electrically coupled to a node of the at least one transistor. There is an initialization circuit connected to the base of the at least one transistor configured to set an operating point for the at least one transistor. There is a temperature sensor control circuit coupled to the chemical sensor circuit. The temperature sensor includes a temperature sensor, an analog-to-digital (A/D) converter coupled to the temperature sensor, and a proportional-to-absolute-temperature (PTAT) circuit configured to generate a PTAT reference voltage for temperature compensation. The temperature sensor control circuit is configured to compensate for a change in temperature of the at least one transistor.
US11313817B2	Optical nuclear magnetic resonance microscope and measurement methods A variety of application can use nuclear magnetic resonance as an investigative tool. Nuclear magnetic resonance measurements can be conducted using a nuclear magnetic resonance microscope. An example nuclear magnetic resonance microscope can comprise a film embedded in a coverslip, where the film is doped with reactive centers that undergo stable fluorescence when illuminated by electromagnetic radiation having a wavelength within a range of wavelengths and a magnetic field generator to provide a magnetic field for nuclear magnetic resonance measurement of analytes when disposed proximal to the film. Microwave striplines on the coverslip can be arranged to generate microwave fields to irradiate the analytes for the nuclear magnetic resonance measurement. Control of the microwave signals on the microwave striplines can be used for dynamic nuclear polarization in the nuclear magnetic resonance measurement of analytes.
US11313806B2	Defect inspection method and defect inspection device A defect image including a defect and a defect-free image not including a defect for an article different from an inspection article are acquired to teach an identifier when inspecting for a defect in the inspection article. The identifier that has learned the images is made to identify whether an extracted inspection image obtained by segmenting the inspection image of the inspection article includes the defect and the identification results of the identifier are used to determine whether a defect is present in the inspection article. When teaching the identifier the defect, the identifier is provided with, as learning images, a plurality of extracted defect images generated from the defect image by changing an extracting region for extraction from the defect image such that the defect in the defect image is at a different position in each of the plurality of extracted defect images.
US11313805B2	Differential interference-based optical film defect detection method A method for detecting optical film defects based on differential interference, comprising: an incident light is adjusted into a planar light wave, and the surface of an optical film to be detected is adjusted to be perpendicular to the planar light wave; the planar light wave sequentially passes through a diaphragm, the optical film, a first collimating lens and a lenticular lens, and then form two parallel outgoing beams by differential interference; the two parallel outgoing beams pass through a second collimating lens to form a differential interference image on a photodetector; and the differential interference image is analyzed to detect both superficial and internal defects of the optical film.
US11313800B2	Method for detecting and quantifying additives used in the enhanced recovery of oil and shale gas A method for the detection and quantification, in a complex aqueous fluid, of additives and water-soluble polymers used in the enhanced recovery of oil and shale gas.
US11313784B2	Microparticle sorting device, and method and program for sorting microparticles Provided are a microparticle sorting device, and a method and a program for sorting microparticles capable of stabilizing sorting performance over a prolonged period of time. The microparticle sorting device includes an imaging element and a controller. The imaging element obtains an image of fluid and fluid droplets at a position where the fluid discharged from an orifice which generates a fluid stream is converted into the fluid droplets. The controller controls driving voltage of an oscillation element which gives oscillation to the orifice and/or controls a position of the imaging element based on a state of the fluid in the image and/or a state of a satellite fluid droplet. The satellite fluid droplet does not include microparticles and exists between the position, where the fluid is converted into the fluid droplets, and a fluid droplet, among fluid droplets including the microparticles, which is closest to the position where the fluid is converted into the fluid droplets.
US11313782B2	Compositions and methods for cell-like calibration particles A method includes calibrating a cytometric device for analysis of a target cell, by inserting, into the cytometric device, a hydrogel particle. The hydrogel particle has at least one of a background fluorescent property or a spectral property that is substantially similar to the at least one of a background fluorescent property or a spectral property of the target cell. The method also includes measuring at least one property of the hydrogel particle using the cytometric device.
US11313779B2	Liquid debris sensor and system A debris detection system includes a chamber configured to permit particles to pass through the chamber; an optical fiber or fiber optic cable providing a light path; a collimator configured to channel light from the light path into the chamber; and a reflector configured to reflect light back to the collimator for signal detection. In embodiments, the reflector may include a mirror. Methods for detecting particles and information and/or parameters associated with particles, including that associated with reflected light, are disclosed.
US11313774B2	TEM electromechanical in-situ testing method of one-dimensional materials A TEM electromechanical in-situ testing method of one-dimensional materials is provided. A multi-function sample stage which can compress, buckle and bend samples is designed and manufactured. A carbon film on a TEM grid of Cu is eliminated, and the TEM grid of Cu is cut in half through the center of the circle. The samples are dispersed ultrasonically in alcohol and dropped on the edge of the semicircular grid of Cu with a pipette. A single sample is fixed on the edge of a substrate of the sample stage with conductive silver epoxy by using a micromechanical device under an optical microscope, and conductive silver paint is applied to the surface of the substrate of the sample stage; and an electromechanical in-situ testing is conducted in a TEM. This provides a simple and efficient sample preparation and testing method for a TEM electromechanical in-situ observing experiment.
US11313773B2	Synthesis of a two-scale structure with anisotropy A method includes generating a plurality of reference neighborhoods from a sample material structure. Tensors are determined for each of the plurality of reference neighborhoods associated with a material property. A neighborhood orientation is determined for each of the reference neighborhoods based on the tensors. A plurality of target neighborhoods are defined for a target structure. Each target neighborhood has a target orientation associated with the material property. A synthesized structure corresponding to the target structure is generated by selecting a reference neighborhood for each target neighborhood having a neighborhood orientation matching the target orientation.
US11313769B2	Particulate sampler and method of using same A sampler for use in the control extraction of material samples from a flow stream of particulate material within a tubular conveyor. A rotatable extractor extends through a sample aperture in the body of the conveyor and when actuated will permit the periodic capture and discharge of particulate material samples of a controlled size from the flow stream to a sample discharge outlet outside of the conveyor. The rotatable extractor does not interfere with any material flow assistance device within the conveyor, and in operation of the conveyor, the extractor will capture periodic samples from the operating flow stream for discharge at the sample discharge outlet. The rotatable extractor could comprise an extractor flighting, extending into the flow stream and out through a discharge tube or might comprise a rotationally mounted extractor to adapted to permit periodic sampling during rotation of the tube.
US11313768B2	Method and system for sensor monitoring and analysis A method for monitoring performance of at least one component on a moving platform, the method including receiving sensor data for the at least one component, along with supplemental data, at a processing node; and processing the sensor data, the processing using the supplemental data to filter the sensor data.
US11313762B2	Dynamometer control device An input-side control device includes a first input signal generation unit for generating a first input signal on the basis of the deviation between an engine torque command signal and an input-side shaft torque detection signal; a second input signal generation unit for generating a second input signal on the basis of an input-side speed detection signal weighted according to a prescribed weighting signal; and a torque command signal generation unit for generating a torque command signal on the basis of the first and second input signals. If the value of a filtered signal obtained from the input-side speed detection signal is less than a prescribed threshold, the second input signal generation unit makes the value of the weighting signal lower than if the value of the filtered signal were greater than or equal to the threshold.
US11313760B2	Device and method for measuring transmittance curve of Fabry-Parot using whispering gallery mode laser source Disclosed is a device and a method for measuring Fabry-Parot (FP) transmittance curve by using a whispering gallery mode laser source. The device includes: a seed laser, a first polarizer, a second polarizer, a spectroscope, a beam reduction system, a lens, and Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) microfluidic chip arranged in sequence.
US11313757B2	Methods and apparatus for detecting a position of liquid Methods and apparatus for detecting moisture that includes at least three conductors. One of the conductors has a different resistance than the other conductors. A liquid extends between the conductors. The difference between the impedance through a pair of conductors and the liquid and the impedance of through another pair of conductors and the liquid may be used to determine the position of the liquid along a length of the conductors. Similar methods may be used to determine an area of a liquid with respect to the conductors.
US11313734B2	Flexible temperature sensor Provided is a flexible temperature sensor including a flexible temperature-sensing fabric, wherein the flexible temperature-sensing fabric includes a fabric base and at least one flexible temperature-sensing conductive fiber, the fabric base is a flat fabric woven from a plurality of insulating fibers, and the temperature-sensing conductive fiber is fixed in the fabric base by weaving. The flexible temperature sensor has the advantages of being easy to fabricate, low in cost, washable, wide in temperature monitoring range, high in sensitivity, good in stability and repeatability, and compatible with existing textile technologies.
US11313731B2	System and method for monitoring a temperature-related condition Systems and methods for monitoring and/or controlling a temperature related condition of an item, including from a location different than a location at which the food item is located, are disclosed. At least one remote unit has a temperature sensor, a computing device configured to analyze measured temperature data, and a user interface. The user interface displays information regarding a temperature related condition of the item via light or visual signals. A control unit may wirelessly communicate with the remote unit. The control unit may be used to program the user interface to display particular light or visual signals in response to particular temperature related conditions. The control unit may instruct a temperature control mechanism to adjust the temperature of the item.
US11313726B1	Safe UV-C dosimeter A meter for measuring UV light having wavelengths, preferably between 205 nm and 237 nm. The meter includes at least one UV sensitive photo diode adapted for detecting the wavelengths of UV light between a lower end and an upper end; a first filter that blocks the UV light having wavelengths below 237 nm down to at least the lower end that the UV sensitive photo diode can detect; a second filter that blocks the UV light having wavelengths above 230 nm up to at least 205 nm; at least one amplifier for amplifying a signal from the UV sensitive photo diode; an analog to digital converter; a microprocessor; a battery in electrical communication with the microprocessor. The microprocessor preferably being in communication with the amplifier and the analog to digital converter. The microprocessor provides a result for the UV light that the UV sensitive photo diode is exposed to.
US11313723B2	Hyperspectral sensor Provided is a hyperspectral sensor including a spectral angle converting unit configured to convert an angle of incident light differently according to a wavelength, a diffraction unit configured to selectively diffract the incident light according to an incident angle and a wavelength, a focusing optics including at least one lens, and configured to collect diffracted light passing through the diffraction unit, and an image sensor configured to acquire an image passing through the focusing optics and formed on a focal plane, wherein the diffraction unit includes a volume Bragg grating having a periodic refractive index distribution therein.
US11313721B2	Compact spectrometer A compact spectrometer includes an excitation light source configured to generate excitation light and arranged to illuminate a spot on a sample. A dispersive element includes at least one movable component and spatially separates output light emanating from the sample in response to the excitation light into a plurality of different wavelength bands. A moveable component of the dispersive element causes the plurality of different wavelength bands of the output light to be scanned across a detector. The detector includes at least one light sensor that senses the wavelength bands of the output light and generates an output electrical signal in response to the sensed output light.
US11313714B2	Device and method for measurement of ultrasonic transit times A device for measurement of ultrasonic wave transit times of an ultrasonic flow sensor consists of: 1) a synchronization signal generator, 2) a reference pulse generator, 3) a sine wave generator, 4) an analog signal amplifier, 5) a comparator, 6) a plurality of latch circuits, 7) a digital adder, 8) an integrator, 9) an A/D converter. 10) a master counter, 11) a plurality of edge counters, and 12) an arithmetic circuit. The device measures the ultrasonic wave transit times using a method of averaging the ultrasonic wave arriving limes at different measuring points (triggering point). This method has less dependency on triggering threshold level and the ultrasonic signal amplitude, and thus has less dependency on threshold drift, threshold stability, system gain fluctuation, electronic noise and signal amplitude variations. As a result, the method can greatly improve the velocity measurement accuracy and system robustness of an ultrasonic flow sensor.
US11313713B2	Magnetostrictive transmitter The present invention provides a sensor assembly for a magnetostrictive transmitter. The sensor assembly includes a holder, a substrate, a piezoelectric crystal, and a magnetostrictive wire. The piezoelectric crystal includes an inner surface. The piezoelectric crystal further includes a groove extending in the inner surface. A portion of the magnetostrictive wire is operable to be receive in the groove in the inner surface of the piezoelectric crystal.
US11313697B2	Systems and apparatuses for generating a geometric shape and travel time data Various embodiments of the present invention provide an apparatus, method, and computer program product for mapping points of interest relative to a geometric shape defined on a map. More specifically, an apparatus, method, and computer program product is provided wherein a user may view on a map a geometric shape that depicts an area within a geographic region that is expected to be reachable from a point of interest within a threshold period of time.
US11313687B2	Public and ordered transportation trip planning A method carried out by a computer for coordinating a route comprising a public transportation leg using a vehicle operated by a public transportation service and characterized by an estimated arrival time; and a subsequent ordered transportation leg using a vehicle operated by an ordered transportation service, the method comprising: transmitting to the ordered transportation service an order for a vehicle to provide the ordered transportation leg, the order being characterized by an estimated departure time; tracking real-time progress of the user along the public transportation leg; responsive to the tracking detecting a delay in the public transportation leg, determining a later departure time for the ordered transportation leg; transmitting to the ordered transportation service a revised order for the ordered transportation leg comprising the later departure time; and sending to the mobile communication device a rescheduling notification comprising the later departure time.
US11313682B1	Silicon photonic integrated circuit and fiber optic gyroscope apparatus using grating couplers A silicon photonic integrated circuit is provided, which includes a first optical power splitter, a second optical power splitter, a first grating coupler and a second grating coupler. The first optical power splitter has an input, a first output and a second output, in which the input is configured to receive an inputted beam, and the first output is configured to output a returned beam. The second optical power splitter has an input, a first output and a second output, in which the input is coupled to the second output of the first optical power splitter. The first and second grating couplers are respectively coupled to the first and second outputs of the second optical power splitter, and are configured to optically couple two opposite ends of a fiber coil, respectively.
US11313679B2	Self-propelled civil engineering machine system with field rover A civil engineering machine has a machine control unit configured to determine data which defines the position and/or orientation of a reference point on the civil engineering machine in relation to a reference system independent of the position and orientation of the civil engineering machine. A geometrical shape to be produced on the ground is preset in either a machine control unit or a field rover control unit. The field rover is used to determine a position of at least one identifiable point of the preset geometrical shape in the independent reference system. Curve data defining a desired curve in the independent reference system, corresponding to the preset shape, is determined at least partially on the basis of the position of the at least one identifiable point of the preset geometrical shape in the independent reference system.
US11313666B2	Angle sensor and angle sensor system An angle sensor includes a first magnetic sensor that outputs a first signal, a second magnetic sensor that outputs a second signal, and a processor that performs processing for generating an angle detection value. The processing for generating the angle detection value includes first processing for determining a first candidate value of the angle detection value, second processing for performing processing for determining an (n+1)th candidate value either once or more than once while incrementing n in value by one each time, the (n+1)th candidate value being determined by performing second computing processing using the first and second signals, first and second strengths, and an nth candidate value of the angle detection value, where n is an integer of 1 or more, and third processing for assuming the candidate value last determined by the second processing as the angle detection value.
US11313665B2	Deadbolt position sensor Embodiments described herein relate to a motorized door lock detection system. Some embodiments of the device include a sensor gear that meshes directly with the gear system of the motorized door lock. As the sensor gear rotates, it drives the rotating contact of a potentiometer, varying the voltage in a reference circuit that corresponds directly with an angular position of the thumb-drive used to drive the deadbolt. In some embodiments, a conducting member that rotates with the output shaft of the deadbolt contacts a plurality of electrical contacts positioned such that they are contacted when the deadbolt is in a position range that requires more precise position monitoring. When the conducting member is in contact with a deadbolt, power is supplied such the output from the potentiometer can be determined. In this way, power to the potentiometer and/or controller driving the potentiometer can be limited.
US11313663B2	Location estimation apparatus, moving object, location estimation method, and computer-readable storage medium It includes an intensity pattern determination section to determine an intensity pattern indicating a distribution of a magnitude of a target quantity in at least a part of a moving path of the moving object, a subarea determination section to determine, among a plurality of subareas, one or more subareas having an intensity pattern which matches or is similar to an intensity pattern determined by the intensity pattern determination section based on map information which associates area identification information which identifies each of a plurality of subareas included in a target region having a predetermined geographic range and an intensity parameter indicating a magnitude of a target quantity premeasured in the subarea, and an output section to output, as a location of the moving object, one or more subareas determined by the subarea determination section.
US11313653B2	Initiator assemblies for a perforating gun An initiator assembly for a perforating gun includes a detonator configured to detonate a shaped charge of the perforating gun when ballistically coupled to the shaped charge, wherein the detonator includes a detonator housing that receives an explosive material and a detonator electrical connector extending from the detonator housing, and a switch assembly configured to detonate the detonator after receiving a firing signal, wherein the switch assembly includes a switch housing and a switch electrical connector received in the switch housing, wherein one of the detonator electrical connector and the switch electrical connector is insertable into the other of the detonator electrical connector and the switch electrical connector to form an electrical connection between the detonator and the switch assembly.
US11313645B2	Mortar weapon The invention relates to a combination mortar weapon (1) with a base (4) and mortar barrel (12). A frame (7) with a receiving area (8) for receiving an additional base (10) is attached to the base (4). The base (4) belongs to a standard mortar (2) and the additional base (10) belongs to a commando mortar (3). The mortar barrel (12) is secured to the additional base (10) of the commando mortar (3). The mortar barrel (12) is used by the standard mortar (2) and by the commando mortar (3). The connection between the base (4) of the standard mortar (2) and the base (10) of the commando motor (3) is produced at least by a rapid-action closure (11). The frame (7) comprises an arm (13), to which a monopod (14) is attached as the support device and for the purpose of elevating the mortar barrel (12).
US11313640B2	Crossbow assembly A crossbow assembly uses an arrangement with two pairs of limbs, with one pair of opposing limbs on each side of the stock. The two limbs within each pair are arranged in opposition to each other in a vertical plane. The limb tips are each connected to an axle assembly with respective limb cables. The axle has a pair of axle pulleys at opposing ends. A bowstring has opposing ends connected to each axle pulley. The bowstring extends forward from each axle pulley and extends across the stock, passing between two bowstring pulleys. The middle of the bowstring forms the nock point.
US11313639B2	Auto-loading hammer-type firearm with selectable live fire and training modes An auto-loading firearm having a system for switching between live fire and training modes via a selector switch mounted either on the firearm or on a specially designed training attachment. An action arm is selectively movable in response to movement of the selector switch between a live fire position, in which the firearm is free to operate as normal, and a training mode position where the action arm interrupts operation of the hammer and prevents the firearm from discharging while allowing the trigger and, if present, trigger spring to continue operating.
US11313636B2	Trigger mechanism for a firearm having a vertical and horizontal rotatable trigger piece and a vertical moving sear A trigger assembly includes a housing a sear moveably connected to the housing; and a trigger piece connected to the housing and moveable between a cocked position and a firing position; the trigger piece including a trigger shoe configured to contact a user in moving from the cocked position to the firing position; the trigger piece being configured to rotate about a first axis of rotation and an orthogonal second axis of rotation in moving from the cocked position to the firing position.
US11313632B2	Deep cleaning alignment equipment Systems and methods for cleaning a heat recovery steam generator system including tubes and fins associated therewith using deep cleaning alignment equipment are described. The deep cleaning alignment equipment primarily includes at least one wedge and at least one wand. The wedge may be an elongate wedge configured to maximize the surface area that contacts the tubes and fins, which in turn minimizes the amount of stress about any specific point of the tubes or the fins. Additionally, the wedge may be made of a soft, composite material, such as a high strength carbon fiber nylon. The composite material is softer than the material that makes the tubes and fins. As a result, when the wedge contacts the tubes and fins, the tubes and fins will not sustain damage. Instead, any damage that may occur would be to the wedge.
US11313631B2	Composite heat sink having anisotropic heat transfer metal-graphite composite fins A composite server heat sink with a metal base having a thermal conductivity of at least 200W/mK. Plural fins extend from the metal base, each fin having an anisotropic thermal conductivity in a range of approximately 300 to 650 W/mK in a longitudinal direction of the fin and less than approximately 30 W/mK in a widthwise direction of the fin. Each fin includes graphite in an amount of approximately 45-70 wt. %, diamond in an amount of approximately 2.5 to 10 wt. % with the balance comprising a metal selected from one or more of copper and aluminum. To create the anisotropic thermal properties, the graphite is aligned along the longitudinal direction of the fin.
US11313629B2	Latent heat storage building element A latent heat storage window includes a plurality of cells, an operation mechanism, and a magnetic material. The plurality of cells are formed by encapsulating a latent heat storage material including two or more components. The operation mechanism can be operated by a user. The magnetic material causes a specific component of the two or more components included in the latent heat storage material to be unevenly distributed when the operation mechanism is operated.
US11313627B2	Heat pipe The present disclosure provides a heat pipe capable of preventing deformation of even a thin container and having excellent heat transfer characteristics by preventing freezing of a working fluid even if the longitudinal direction of the container is set substantially parallel to the direction of gravity in cold regions. A heat pipe includes a container having a tubular shape with both ends sealed, a wick structure stored in the container, and a working fluid sealed in the container, wherein, in at least one of cross sections perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the container, the wick structure is in contact with the inner surface of the container at two points but both side surfaces of the wick structure are not in contact with any inner surface of the container, and a sintered metal layer is formed on the container inner surface being not in contact with the wick structure.
US11313623B2	Heat exchanger A heat exchanger includes a duct, a stacked core, and a coupling plate. The duct includes a first plate that is disposed to face at least one of end faces of the stacked core in a core width direction, and a second plate that is disposed to face at least one of the end faces of the stacked core in a tube stacking direction. The second plate includes a second-plate end plate portion disposed to face the end face of the stacked core in the core width direction and brazed to a wall surface of the first plate, a second-plate center plate portion that is disposed to face the end face of the stacked core in the tube stacking direction, and a flange portion that extends in the tube stacking direction and is brazed to a bottom wall surface of a groove portion of the coupling plate.
US11313610B2	Systems and methods for a vacuum insulated panel A vacuum insulated panel is disclosed herein. According to an embodiment, the vacuum insulated panel may include a frame having a first side and a second side. The vacuum insulated panel also may include a first convex sheet positioned about the first side of the frame and a second convex sheet positioned about the second side of the frame. Moreover, the vacuum insulated panel may include a cavity formed between the first convex sheet and the second convex sheet. Further, the vacuum insulated panel may include a vacuum formed within the cavity. The vacuum may be configured to at least partially flatten the first convex sheet and the second convex sheet into a substantially parallel planar configuration.
US11313601B2	System and method for controlling an expansion valve A control method and a control system are provided. A valve closing position of a valve device can be controlled according to the current flow direction or working mode of a refrigerant. A stroke of the valve device from a fully-opened position to a fully-closed position is defined as a total valve closing stroke. When the flow direction of the refrigerant is a forward direction, the valve device is controlled to operate at a first valve closing position, and when the flow direction of the refrigerant is a reverse direction, the valve device is controlled to operate at a second valve closing position. The first valve closing position is different from the second valve closing position, such that wear caused by valve closing can be reduced.
US11313599B2	Refrigerator cooling system capable of regulating amount of refrigerant A refrigerator cooling system, comprising a pipe forming a loop and, sequentially provided on the pipe, a compressor, a condenser, a refrigerant amount regulator, a capillary tube, and an evaporator. The refrigerant amount regulator comprises a storage device and an adjustor provided within the storage device. The storage device is provided therein with a storage cavity for holding a refrigerant. The storage device is provided with an opening for the storage cavity to be in communication with the pipe. The adjustor comprises a sealer used for opening or closing the opening.
US11313597B2	Heat pump and control method thereof The present invention provides a heat pump system which comprises a compressor (110), a mode switch valve assembly (120), a mode switch flow path, and a first heat exchanger, a second heat exchanger and a heat recovery heat exchanger respectively connected between the mode switch valve assembly and the mode switch flow path, wherein the mode switch flow path is provided with a first flow path (160), a second flow path (170) and a third flow path (180) which converge at an intersection point, and at least the first flow path and the second flow path are respectively provided with a throttling section (161,171), and the first flow path, the second flow path and the third flow path are controllably switched on/off to realize different function modes. Therefore, a heat pump unit having a heat recovery function is provided, which has advantages of simple structure and high operational reliability, etc.
US11313594B1	Thermal management systems for extended operation Thermal management systems include an open circuit refrigeration system featuring a first receiver configured to store a gas, a second receiver configured to store a liquid refrigerant fluid, an evaporator configured to extract heat from a heat load that contacts the evaporator, and an exhaust line, where the first receiver, the second receiver, the evaporator, and the exhaust line are connected to provide a refrigerant fluid flow path.
US11313586B2	Heat exchanger The present invention relates to a heat exchanger comprising: a burner for combusting a mixture of air and fuel; and a heat exchange unit in which heat is exchanged between combustion gas caused by the combustion of the burner and a heating medium, wherein the heat exchange unit includes a plurality of unit plates stacked on each other, and a sensible-heat exchange unit and a latent-heat exchange unit coaxially disposed around the burner are integrally formed with the unit plates.
US11313584B2	Zero pressure drop water heating system A zero pressure drop water heating system comprising a cold side conductor having a receiving end and a closed end; a hot side conductor having an exit end and a closed end; a pump; a bypass conductor having a first end, a second end and a bypass valve, wherein the first end is adapted to the receiving end and the second end is adapted to the exit end; at least one heat exchanger having a flow valve; a heat exchanger inlet temperature sensor disposed on the inlet of one of the at least one heat exchanger; an outlet temperature sensor disposed at an outlet of the at least one heat exchanger closest to the exit end; a system outlet temperature sensor disposed on the exit end and a system inlet temperature sensor disposed on the receiving end.
US11313579B1	Hanger for supporting an air handler A hanger for suspending an air handler includes first and second elongate struts. The first strut defines a channel transversely therethrough configured for receipt of the second strut. A fastener assembly selectively fixes the second strut to the first strut.
US11313578B2	Roller member for use in an apparatus for closing Pittsburgh Seams associated with duct assemblies and other box-shaped members A vertical Pittsburgh Seam closing apparatus having a base supporting surface, a track mechanism for moving a carriage assembly which holds seam forming members used to close a Pittsburgh Seam, a pair of upper and lower guide members for guiding the duct section into a proper vertical position, and upper and lower clamping members positioned inside the duct section and adjacent the inside portion of the Pittsburgh Seam to be closed, the upper guide members and clamping member being selectively movable and adjustable for accommodating different duct section lengths. In one embodiment, the seam forming assembly includes three roller members mounted in vertical arrangement to each other, one roller member being V-shaped in configuration and the other two roller members being substantially cylindrical in shape. The V-shaped roller member may also include one or more projecting members for forming dimples in the closing process to prevent shifting and/or slipping of the closed seam.
US11313573B2	Load management system and method utilizing occupancy data and learned device behavior A load management system including a number of sensors structured to sense characteristics of a managed area, a controller including a processor structured to estimate occupancy of the managed area based on outputs of the number of sensors and to implement a load management scheme, a number of circuit breakers, at least one of the number of circuit breakers being electrically connected to a corresponding load circuit and including a metering circuit structured to meter energy provided to the load circuit and a device control unit structured to control one or more load devices electrically connected to the load circuit based on the load management scheme. The processor is structured to implement the load management scheme based on outputs of the sensors and metering information of one or more of the circuit breakers.
US11313570B2	Method and device for controlling electric heating of air conditioner compressor Provided are a method and device for controlling electric heating of an air conditioner compressor. The method may include: first request information is transmitted to a corresponding database server at an interval of a second preset duration, as to acquire weather forecast data of an area where an air conditioner is located within an upcoming third preset duration; the weather forecast data returned by the database server is received and stored in a built-in database of the air conditioner; it is monitored to learn that a shutdown duration of the air conditioner compressor exceeds a first preset duration, as to acquire the weather forecast data stored in the built-in database of the air conditioner; and a control strategy is generated according to the weather forecast data, to control the air conditioner compressor to start and stop electric heating.
US11313564B2	Home cooking appliance having an air channel A home cooking appliance includes a housing, a cooking compartment in the housing and accessible through a door in the housing, a cooling air system conveying air through the housing, and an air channel in fluid communication with the cooling air system, the air channel having an outlet exhausting a portion of the air from the cooling air system along a rear wall of the housing.
US11313560B2	Combustor assembly for a heat engine A combustor assembly for a heat engine is generally provided. The combustor assembly defines a fuel nozzle centerline and a radial direction extended from the nozzle centerline. The combustor assembly includes a fuel nozzle disposed at least partially concentric to the nozzle centerline. The fuel nozzle defines a fuel injection opening. A deflector assembly is defined around the nozzle centerline extended therethrough. The deflector assembly includes a deflector wall extended at least partially along the radial direction. The deflector assembly includes a conical portion defined around the nozzle centerline. The conical portion defines a fuel nozzle opening. A plurality of openings is defined through the conical portion radially adjacent to the fuel injection opening at the fuel nozzle.
US11313558B2	Constant efficiency controller A system and controller where the pressure of the air is continuously monitored or read at a designated exhaust point and adjustments made to the flow of the air and gas to keep the efficiency of the appliance at a maximum to control the appliance (or the burner for an appliance) within specifications as dictated by the customer or consumer rather than training the user.
US11313550B2	Light guiding column with a waterproofing function, electronic device with the light guiding column, method of manufacturing the light guiding column A light guiding column is with a waterproofing function and for guiding light emitted from a light emitting component to outside of a case. The light emitting component is disposed on a base plate. The base plate is disposed inside the case. The light guiding column includes a first end portion and a second end portion. The first end portion passes through a through hole formed on the case in a tight-fitting manner. The second end portion is opposite to the first end portion and clamped between the base plate and the case in a tight-fitting manner. A chamber is formed between the second end portion and the base plate, and the light emitting component is accommodated inside the chamber. The present invention can reduce an amount of components for assembly to reduce manufacturing cost and difficulty in assembly.
US11313548B2	Protection system for lamp A protection system for a lamp is provided. One or more control circuit boards and one or more thermal devices are disposed in the lamp. The control circuit board has an electrical circuit. The thermal device is disposed on the control circuit board and connected to the electrical circuit. The thermal device is attached to one or more thermal fuses with a binding member. Accordingly, the safety of the driving power supply can be increased. Moreover, the thermal fuse not only provides protection for the inputs of the driving power supply, but also provides protection for other main or branch circuits.
US11313538B2	Lighting apparatus A lighting apparatus includes a top cover, a light source and a bottom cover. The top cover has a top surface, a slope surface and an inner wall. The slope surface and an inner wall form a cavity below the top surface. The inner wall has a light opening. The light source emits a light with a first direction via the light opening of the top cover. The light is guided by the slope surface to move with a second direction to escape from the top surface of the top cover. The light source includes a LED module and a driver for generating a driving current supplied to the LED module to emit the light. The bottom cover is plugged to fix to the top cover.
US11313519B2	Light source module A light source module includes a substrate, a light emitting device, a package structure, and an optical pattern. The light emitting device and the package structure are disposed on a surface of the substrate, and the package structure covers the light emitting device. The package structure has a first groove and a second groove connected to each other. The light emitting device is located between the first grove and the substrate. The second groove is located between the first groove and the substrate. An orthogonal projection of the region occupied by the first groove on the substrate has a geometric center. The light emitting device is located at the geometric center. An orthogonal projection of the region occupied by the second groove on the substrate does not overlap the geometric center. The optical pattern is disposed in the first groove and the second groove, and is transflective.
US11313517B1	Adapter for canister filling system and method for filling a gas canister An adapter for a canister filling system includes a body having an opening that is shaped to enable insertion of a valve of a gas canister for holding a pressurized or liquefied gas, into an interior space of the body, leaving a sealed gap between at least a portion of a lateral aspect of the valve and an internal surface of the body facing the interior space; and at least one channel that is configured to conduct pressurized or liquified gas from a canister filling system into the sealed gap in the interior space, so as to reach one or more lateral exterior ports of the valve of the gas canister that open laterally to a longitudinal axis of a body of the gas canister, when the valve is inserted in the interior space, to facilitate filling of the gas canister with the pressurized or liquified gas through said one or more lateral exterior ports of the gas canister.
US11313516B2	Charging port for pressure vessel A pressure vessel disclosed herein comprises a chamber. The pressure vessel also comprises a passageway extending from an exterior wall of the pressure vessel to the chamber. A one-way valve is disposed in the passageway. The one-way valve is normally closed and is in fluid communication with the chamber. A plug is disposed within the passageway and is accessible from outside of the pressure vessel.
US11313500B2	Tightening device comprising a belt and a sealing ring A belt has a sealing ring disposed in an annular recess of the belt and two tightening lugs born by the ends of the belt. The edges of the recess form wedging steps for the edges of the sealing ring which substantially occupy the entire width of the recess. The ends of the belt exhibit a sealing arrangement which includes lateral tabs, that are formed at the second end and which extend widthwise on the belt, from one edge of the belt to the recess such that each lateral tab includes a part of one of the wedging steps.
US11313496B2	Pre-assembled pipe coupling with manually manipulatable segments A pre-assembled pipe coupling (11) includes a gasket (200), a housing (12) surrounding the gasket, and a fastener (20). The housing has three segments sequentially coupled to each other to define an insertion boundary. A first segment (12c) includes a first mount (18) extending lateral in a first direction from the wall and having a plurality of first lateral walls that define a first aperture (22), and a second mount (18) extending laterally in a second direction from the wall, the second mount having a plurality of second lateral walls that define a second aperture (22). A second segment (12a) includes a first hook (14) disposed in the first aperture and a first tab (16) defining a first fastener aperture. A third segment (12b) includes a second hook (14) disposed in the second aperture and a second tab (16) defining a second fastener aperture. The fastener is disposed through the first fastener aperture and the second fastener aperture.
US11313495B1	Rigid hose for wet/dry vacuum The rigid hose for wet dry vacuum is configured for use with the hose of a domestic appliance. The rigid hose for wet dry vacuum is a protective structure. The rigid hose for wet dry vacuum protects the hose. The rigid hose for wet dry vacuum sets the hose in a fixed position such that the curvature of the center axis of the prism structure of the hose will not shift during use of the hose. The rigid hose for wet dry vacuum comprises a bimodal shell. The bimodal shell is a bimodal flexible structure.
US11313492B2	Self-centering cable strap A self-centering cable strap centers items such as cables, wires and tubes, or bundles thereof, on a bed of the strap. A cinch strap extends from one side of the bed and abutment figures extend from a side of the bed opposite the cinch strap and project laterally and axially relative to the bed.
US11313491B2	Vacuum valve with inertial sensor Disclosed is a vacuum valve with a sensor arrangement having at least one inertial sensor, where the sensor arrangement is designed in such a way it detects a measuring signal with respect to an acceleration impacting on the valve.
US11313486B2	Electromagnetic regulating valve with check function The present disclosure discloses an electromagnetic regulating valve with a check function. The valve may effectively regulate the flow in a valve body. Due to different lengths and taper angles of a valve flap group, the flow can be regulated more finely, and a medium can be prevented from backflow by a check function when necessary. Meanwhile, a mesh structure of bases of valve flaps can effectively reduce the instability of flow field motion so as to achieve an effect of rectifying.
US11313484B2	Multifunction valve A multifunction valve includes a valve body defining an inlet, and outlet and an interior chamber. A flow control gate may be disposed within the interior chamber and comprises one or more protrusions configured to provide a high level of precision control of a fluid flow rate through the multifunction valve as the flow control gate is rotated through an arcuate range of positions. The protrusions may comprise a cut-out portion, wherein the size and/or shape of the cut-out may be configured to modify the fluid flow rate through the multifunction valve. A method of modulating a fluid flow rate includes directing fluid flow through a multifunction valve from an inlet to an outlet, the multifunction valve including a flow control gate, adjusting the flow rate through the multifunction valve by rotating a control shaft to position the flow control gate to variably occlude the outlet of the multifunction valve.
US11313475B2	Flow control valve A flow control valve, includes a valve body component, a valve seat component and a valve core component, wherein the valve seat component includes a sealing ring, a first annular protruding portion and a second annular protruding portion; the valve core component includes a valve core including a lower section portion; when the valve core abuts against the sealing ring; the first annular protruding portion includes a first inner wall portion; the second annular protruding portion includes a first outer wall portion; and when the valve core abuts against the sealing ring, the minimum inner diameter of the first inner wall portion is D1, the maximum outer diameter of the first outer wall portion is D2, the minimum inner diameter of the lower end portion is D3, and the maximum outer diameter of the lower end portion is D4, then D3−D2<2 mm, and D1−D4<2 mm.
US11313474B2	Adapter for connecting tubing with push-fit fittings A pluming fitting and adapter for coupling a tubing to the plumbing fitting. The adapter has first and second adapter end portion with connected fluid passageways. The second adapter end portion being insertable into the free-end portion of the tubing. A pluming fitting housing has a chamber sized to receive the first adapter end portion. When the first adapter end portion is positioned within the chamber, an outer end portion of its fluid passageway is in fluid communication with the chamber. A seal and gripper ring within the chamber seal with and releasably grip the first adapter end portion.
US11313473B2	Butterfly valve with vibration resistant mount A valve member is mounted on a shaft to pivot within a fluid passage. A control selectively moves a piston in a linear direction to control a position of the valve member in the fluid passage. The piston causes a roller pin to move as the piston moves linearly. The roller pin is mounted in crank collars of a crank shaft such that movement of the roller pin causes the crank collars to rotate crank shaft rotating position, and the valve shaft. The roller pin is mounted within the crank collars by bearings. The bearings each have an outer race associated with a crank collar, an inner race associated with the roller pin, and bearing members separate the inner and outer race. There is a spring bias resisting movement of the inner races relative to said roller pin. An anti-ice system is also disclosed.
US11313465B2	Parking lock device for blocking a rotational movement in a drive of a motor vehicle A parking lock device includes a parking lock gear, a parking lock pawl, a control contour, and a contour following element for bearing against the control contour. The parking lock gear includes radially extending teeth with tooth gaps lying therebetween. The parking lock pawl has a portion arranged for radially engaging into one of the tooth gaps for blocking rotational movement of the parking lock gear. The control contour has a section extending in a rotational direction of the parking lock gear in a manner which differs from a circular path. During relative rotational movement between the parking lock gear and the parking lock pawl, the contour following element rotates relative to and bears against the control contour, forcing the contour following element to move the parking lock pawl with a radially inwardly directed movement component, deeply engaging the parking lock pawl in one of the tooth gaps.
US11313458B2	Shift range control apparatus A shift range control apparatus acquires a motor rotation angle signal corresponding to a rotation position of a motor, calculates a motor angle based on a motor rotation angle signal, acquires an output shaft signal corresponding to the rotation position of an output shaft, sets a target rotation angle based on a target shift range and the output shaft signal, drives the motor to cause the motor angle to reach the target rotation angle, determines the shift range based on the output shaft signal, monitors a fault in the output shaft signal, and learns a P-side reference position corresponding to the motor angle in a situation where the engagement member abuts against a first wall portion of the shift range switching mechanism, in a condition that the fault occurs in the output shaft signal.
US11313454B2	Lubrication system A lubrication system for a gas turbine engine, the system comprising: a gearbox, the gearbox comprising a sump; an oil tank; a primary gearbox lubrication system configured to pump oil from the oil tank to lubricate the gearbox with a gearbox primary feed; a secondary gearbox lubrication system, configured to lubricate the gearbox with oil from the sump when the oil level in the sump reaches a predetermined level; wherein the system is configured to increase the oil level in the sump to at least the predetermined level in response to a failure of the primary gearbox lubrication system.
US11313450B2	Gearbox and motor driver The disclosure reduces inconvenience for a driver at the time of operating parking locking, thereby curbing cost reduction and space saving becoming difficult due to additional installation of a drive source for parking locking. The disclosure provides a motor driver mounted on a vehicle, including a rotation prevention arm which can move between a position where it is interposed between teeth of a parking gear portion to prevent rotation of a second gear thereby preventing rotation of each gear in a transaxle and a position where it is not interposed between the teeth, and a transmission mechanism which transmits a driving force of a motor shaft of an electric pump for transferring oil in a housing of the transaxle to the rotation prevention arm.
US11313446B2	Drive device A drive device for a motor vehicle, comprising a drive shaft, an at least two-speed manual transmission, a differential and a left and right output shaft, wherein the manual transmission is formed by a planetary gear mechanism, wherein the differential is integrated in the planetary gear mechanism.
US11313445B2	Transmission A transmission includes a first and a second shaft, a shift group arranged between the first and the second shafts, and a first and second power path. The shift group has at least two individually shiftable transmission units which differ from one another relative to the gear ratio thereof. A planetary stage is arranged between the shift group and the first shaft, and the planetary stage is configured such that a mechanical power introduced via the first shaft is transmittable to the second shaft via the second power path. At least one transmission unit of the shift group is assigned to each power path, and in at least one shifting state of the shift group, the flow of power runs via at least one respective transmission unit of the first and the second power path. The planetary stage includes at least three planetary units.
US11313443B1	Pulley system for positioning an arcade game pick-up device A system for maneuvering a pick-up device such as a vacuum, claw, or other crane for an arcade game or the like comprises a metallic frame and two motors. A mount is suspended over the frame and the movement of the mount is managed by monofilament loops rotated by the motors using a set of four stacks of pulleys. The arrangement of the pulleys allows the mount and pick-up device to be easily maneuvered anywhere within the frame.
US11313428B2	Stroke sensor system and shock absorber A stroke sensor system includes a conductor, a coil which moves relative to the conductor and is fitted to one end side of the conductor; and a ferromagnetic body which is arranged on an end position side of the coil. A position of an end portion on one end side of the conductor in a state where a fitting ratio between the conductor and the coil is maximized is defined as the end position. The ferromagnetic body is located on an opposite side to the conductor with the coil interposed therebetween.
US11313425B2	Motor transmission unit for electronic parking brake device A motor transmission unit for an electronic parking brake device includes a case, a driving member, a board, a rod and a push unit. The case is slidably mounted to a cap of a clamp. The driving member is partially inserted into the case. The board is threadedly mounted to the driving member. The rod is located between inner periphery of the passage and the board. The push unit has a first end thereof contacting the first end face, and a second end of the push unit is inserted in the clamp. A portion of the second end of the push unit contacts a piston. When the driving member is driven, the board moves axially. The board is restricted by the rod and does not rotate. The board pushes the push unit axially which moves the piston to push a lining plate of the clamp to contact a brake disk.
US11313424B2	Braking device for driving shaft Provided is a braking device for a driving shaft, and the braking device includes: a brake ring coupled to the driving shaft in such a manner as to rotate according to rotation of the driving shaft and having one or more locking pieces with cross-shaped ends; a support frame fixed to an interior of a robot articulation; brake wings rotatable around brake shafts formed on the support frame and having locking protrusions adapted to stop the rotation of the driving shaft through physical interference with the cross-shaped ends of the locking pieces of the brake ring; position regulators adapted to rotate the brake wings to allow positions of the locking protrusions to be moved; and elastic members adapted to apply elastic forces to the brake wings rotating.
US11313419B2	Clutched power transmitting device with reduced lag time for actuation A power transmitting component can include a friction clutch, a ram, a pump, a fluid storage device and a valve. The ram can have a piston chamber and a piston movable therein between a first and second position to engage the friction clutch. A first inlet/outlet of the pump can be fluidly coupled to a reservoir. The fluid storage device can hold pressurized hydraulic fluid. The valve can be fluidly coupled with the piston chamber, a second inlet/outlet of the pump, and the fluid storage device. When in a first mode, the valve can permit fluid communication between the pump and the fluid storage device, inhibit fluid communication between the piston chamber and the pump, and inhibit fluid communication between the piston chamber and the fluid storage device. When in a second mode, the valve can permit fluid communication between the pump, the fluid storage device, and the piston chamber.
US11313418B2	Mechanical shear fuse for engine motoring system A method of manufacturing a motoring system for a gas turbine engine including the steps of: forming a mechanical shaft fuse, the mechanical shaft fuse including a plurality of through holes; forming an outer housing; installing a reduction gear train into the outer housing, the reduction gear train having an input and an output; operably connecting an electric motor to the input; operably connecting a clutch to the output using the mechanical shaft fuse, the clutch in operation engages and disengages the reduction gear train; operably connecting a starter to the clutch, the starter having an output shaft; and operably connecting an accessory gearbox to the output shaft of the starter. The mechanical shaft fuse in operation shears when torque on the mechanical is greater than or equal to a selected value.
US11313414B2	System for mounting an annular component on a shaft A system for mounting an annular component on a shaft, comprising (a) a hydraulic nut having an annular coaxial cavity and a ring-like piston, displaceable within the cavity; (b) a displacement sensor for providing a displacement signal indicating the axial displacement of the piston within the cavity; (c) a wireless displacement transmitter for transmitting the displacement signal; (d) a pressure sensor for providing a pressure signal indicating a pressure within the cavity; (e) a wireless pressure transmitter for transmitting the pressure signal; (f) a pump arranged to pump fluid into the cavity; and (g) a remote control device having a communications device arranged to receive transmitted pressure and displacement signals, wherein the remote control device is arranged to output control information for controlling the pump.
US11313412B2	Slide bearing Provided is a slide bearing capable of retaining strength while achieving weight reduction and cost-cutting. The slide bearing has an upper case (2) to be attached to an upper support for attaching a suspension to a vehicle body, a lower case (3) rotatably combined with the upper case (2), an annular center plate (4) located between the upper case (2) and the lower case (3), and an annular sliding sheet (5) located between the upper case (2) and the center plate (4). The lower case (3) has a lower case body (31) in a substantial cylindrical shape, a flange part (32) projecting radially outward from an outer peripheral surface of the lower case body (31), and hollow sections (321) formed on an outer peripheral surface of the flange part (32). A plurality of the hollow sections (321) are formed at equal intervals in a circumferential direction on the outer peripheral surface of the flange part (32).
US11313408B2	Bearing device for motor vehicle shafts and motor vehicle shaft assembly for a motor vehicle A bearing device for motor vehicle shafts is described, in particular for motor vehicle steering shafts. The bearing device is provided for torque transmission between an inner shaft and the hollow shaft surrounded by the inner shaft. The inner shaft and the hollow shaft each have opposing bearing grooves, in which rolling elements are received. At least one positive locking cam in radial direction is provided. A safety contour is assigned to the positive locking cam, the safety contour comprising two engagement positions for the positive locking cam. In the case of unoccupied bearing grooves the positive locking cam is rotationally movable along the safety contour between the engagement points during a torque transmission, in a manner that a defined relative movement between the inner shaft and the hollow shaft is possible, which generates both tactile feedback and acoustic feedback. Furthermore, an automotive shaft assembly is described.
US11313399B2	Toolless slot fastener An improved slot fastener is provided, which may be toollessly installed, adjusted or repositioned, and uninstalled. The slot fastener includes a body having a surface, a head extending from the surface of the body, and a pair of clips, each clip being disposed at opposing lateral sides of the head. Each clip includes a flange that project laterally outward from the opposing lateral sides of the head, and a handle that projects outwardly from opposing lateral sides of the body. The clips are adapted to pivot laterally relative to the head in response to movement of the handle to alternate the slot fastener between an engaged configuration and a disengaged configuration. Methods of installing the slot into a channel of a component and adjusting the slot fastener along the channel, and an assembly including the slot fastener installed within the channel of the component, are also provided.
US11313397B2	Releasable interlocking connection between a first body and a second body A releasable-positively-locking-connection (RPLC) between first/second bodies, including: a) a linear-guide between first/second bodies, so that the linear-guide is engage-able; b) a separate-securing-element, fastened releasably by one end in a first-opening in the first-body and/or in a third-opening in a third-body, so that the securing-element protrudes from the first-opening; and c) a second-body section, which is deformable elastically by the separate-securing-element in the longitudinal-axis-direction of the separate-securing-element and has a stop-face, with which the separate-securing-element is contactable; d) the elastically-deformable-section and separate-securing-element interact, e) to assemble the RPLC, e1) the linear guide is engaged between first/second bodies, and e2) first, the first-body is guided linearly in an assembly-direction along the linear-guide, the elastically-deformable-section being contacted by the separate-securing-element which protrudes out of the first-opening, and deformed elastically in the longitudinal-axis-direction of the separate-securing-element, e3) until, secondly, an assembly-end-position is reached, in which the separate-securing-element passes the stop-face and, the elastic-section springs back, and the separate-securing-element engages in a positively-locking manner behind the stop-face, and configures a stop, f) to dismantle the RPLC, f1) the separate-securing-element is released from the first/third-opening, and f2) the first-body is moved linearly along the linear-guide in a dismantling-direction, opposed to the assembly-direction, until the linear-guide doesn't engage between the first/second bodies.
US11313395B2	Materials and methods for joining metal sheets Embodiments of connectors for joining metal sheets, and methods of using the same, are described.
US11313394B2	Fixing disc and method for initially fixing a fastening element and removing a protective film A fixing disc (1) for initially fixing a fastening element (2) in an opening of a component to be fastened, in particular a facade panel, during mounting of the fastening element (2) and for cutting into and/or removing a defined region of a protective film on the component to be fastened during mounting of the fastening element (2) is described. The fixing disc (1) has a fixing means for initially holding the fastening element (2) in a predetermined position relative to the opening during mounting of the fastening element (2), at least one connecting means (4) for at least temporarily producing a connection between the fixing disc (1) and the fastening element (2), and at least one cutting and/or friction means (5) on that side of the fixing disc (1) which faces the component to be fastened. Furthermore, a fastening element (2) corresponding to the fixing disc (1), a system consisting of fixing disc (1) and fastening element (2), and a corresponding method for cutting into and/or removing a protective film are described.
US11313391B2	Actuator system for a fly-by-wire aircraft An actuator system for an aircraft includes an actuator, and a control valve system operatively connected to the actuator. The control valve system includes a first direct drive valve (DDV) mechanically connected to a second DDV. A backup valve system is operatively connected to the actuator. The backup valve system includes one of an electro-hydraulic servovalve (EHSV) and a DDV.
US11313388B1	System and method for controlling hydraulic fluid flow within a work vehicle A system for controlling hydraulic fluid flow within a work vehicle includes a pilot conduit fluidly configured to receive a pilot flow of the hydraulic fluid from a fluid supply conduit such that an operation of a compensator valve is controlled based on a pressure of the pilot flow. Furthermore, the system includes a pilot conduit valve configured to adjust the pressure of the pilot flow within the pilot conduit. A computing system is configured to determine the pressure of the hydraulic fluid within the fluid supply conduit downstream of the flow control valve based on the data captured by a pressure sensor. Furthermore, the computing system is configured to control an operation of the pilot conduit valve to selectively adjust the pressure of the pilot flow within the pilot conduit based on the determined pressure.
US11313384B2	Flow-through arrangement An arrangement having an impeller that rotates about an axis and a stationary diffuser located downstream with guide vanes. The impeller has an inlet for an axial supply flow and an outlet for a radial out-flow, wherein radially and axially extending rotor blades are arranged between a wheel disc and a cover disc of the impeller. The impeller channels are separated from one another in a circumferential direction. The diffuser extends substantially radially along a main flow direction and has an axial channel width. The diffuser has a diffuser inlet and outlet, wherein guide vanes extending axially along a blade vertical direction and radially along a through-flow direction are arranged between the wheel disc side and the cover disc side of the diffuser, which separate the guide vane channels from one another. An inlet edge angle is smaller on the cover disc side than on the wheel disc side.
US11313379B2	Centrifugal compressor and turbocharger including the same A centrifugal compressor includes an impeller rotatably disposed and having a plurality of first blades and a shroud cover disposed on a leading edge side of the first blades partially in a rotational axis direction of the impeller and connecting the first blades circumferentially adjacent to each other. The shroud cover is shaped such that a position of at least one of an upstream edge or a downstream edge of the shroud cover in the rotational axis direction changes along a circumferential direction of the shroud cover.
US11313370B2	Liquid-injected screw compressor A liquid-injected screw compressor includes: a casing that houses a screw rotor and a bearing, and has a suction port and a suction chamber connected to the suction port; a suction throttle valve that is installed at the suction port, and has a housing; and an intake-gas bypass system that establishes communication between a primary side and a secondary side of the suction throttle valve. The intake-gas bypass system includes: an intake-gas bypass flow path that is provided in a wall section of the housing, and has a primary-side opening section opening into the primary side of the suction throttle valve, and a secondary-side opening section opening into the secondary side of the suction throttle valve; and a first check valve arranged in the intake-gas bypass flow path. The intake-gas bypass flow path has an external opening section that opens to an outside of the housing and that allows insertion and withdrawal of the first check valve. Thereby, it is possible to make the system that communicates with the suction chamber in the casing and is provided with the reverse-flow inhibition mechanism a pipeless structure without impairing advantages of external pipes.
US11313368B2	Multistage pump assembly with at least one co-used shaft A multistage pump assembly with at least one co-used shaft comprises a first pump set including at least two vacuum chambers. Each vacuum chamber of the first pump set is installed with at least one rotor and a first driving shaft, the rotor is installed to the first driving shaft in the same vacuum chamber of the first pump set. The first driving shafts in the first pump set are co-shafted, that is, rotors in the at least two vacuum chambers of the first pump set are installed at the same first driving shaft. A second pump set includes at least one vacuum chamber which includes at least one rotor and a second driving shaft. An outlet of the second pump set is connected to an inlet of the first pump set through an air tube.
US11313367B2	Rotary compressor with roller oil groove A rotary compressor includes a roller that is provided with oil grooves concavely formed in a centrifugal direction from an inner circumferential surface of the roller facing an eccentric portion. The oil grooves are disposed at positions not overlapping an intake and a discharge port in an axial direction.
US11313366B2	Device for conveying a medium The application relates to a device for conveying a medium having a working machine (2) and multiple carrier shafts (25, 35) with transport elements (22, 32) for the medium to be conveyed arranged on them, along a drive (3) that sets the carrier shafts (25, 35) in rotation, wherein the drive (3) has multiple driven shafts (20, 30), each of which is coupled with not less than one carrier shaft (25, 35).
US11313362B2	Tubephragm pump A tubephragm pump includes a tubephragm that has a pump head portion that forms a pump chamber, a driving head that holds the tubephragm and expands and contracts the pump chamber by directly pressing and pulling the pump head portion in a direction intersecting with a transfer direction of a transfer fluid, a driving unit that drives the driving head back and forth in a driving direction to expand and contract the pump chamber, and a control unit that controls the driving unit. The tubephragm is in a flat shape with a cross-sectional shape intersecting with the transfer direction of the transfer fluid of the pump chamber having a length in a direction intersecting with the driving direction longer than a length in the driving direction. A pair of liquid contacting surfaces opposing in the driving direction of the pump chamber move while maintaining a parallel state.
US11313360B2	Linear compressor and method for controlling linear compressor A linear compressor according to the present disclosure may include a cylinder provided with at least one groove, a piston reciprocating within the cylinder, a motor configured to provide a driving force to move the piston within the cylinder, an inverter configured to perform a switching operation to transmit electric power to the motor, and a controller configured to receive temperature information from the electronic device and control the inverter to preheat the motor based on the received temperature information.
US11313359B2	Electric drive pump for well stimulation An electric drive hydraulic fracturing pump system includes one or more electric motors, with each electric motor electrically coupled to a dedicated dual inverter to control operation of the motor. A plurality of electric motors may be coupled to each end of a pump crankshaft and configured to provide rotational power to the power end of a hydraulic fracturing pump through a planetary gearset coupled to each end of the crankshaft. A hydraulic cooling circuit having a first and second cooling systems may be used to regulate the temperature of the electric motors and dual inverters.
US11313344B2	Power generating using lava lamp system A convective power generation device is described based on thermal convection and thermal input energy. The energy generation device operates by heating wax and oil by heat from a solar concentrator or geothermal energy; as the weight of the wax becomes liquid that is lighter than the oil, the liquid wax moves up through a pathway; when the liquid wax reaches the top of the pathway, the cooler wax falls towards collecting cups mounted to a continuous belt and forces the belt downward to rotate the belt; when a collector cup of wax reaches the bottom of belt rotation, the wax falls to a reservoir; and the rotation of the belt drives a gearbox, which drives a generator to produce electric power. The convective power generation device has been shown to have higher energy conversion efficiency than photovoltaics.
US11313324B2	Systems and methods of acoustic dampening in a gas turbine engine Systems and methods are presented for acoustic dampening in a rotating machine. The rotating machine has a rotatable shaft defining an axis of rotation and a gas flowpath. A system comprises an acoustic panel affixed to an annular casing. The acoustic panel comprises an acoustic treatment member extending between a radially inner skin and radially outer skin. The radially inner skin extends the full axial and circumferential dimensions of the acoustic panel, and the acoustic treatment member overlays the entirety of the radially inner skin. The acoustic panel is positioned so that the radially outer skin abuts the casing, the abutting surfaces being configured to effect relative axial movement between the surfaces while maintaining contact between the surfaces. The acoustic panel is affixed in position to the casing by one or more fasteners passing through the casing and a portion of the radially outer skin.
US11313311B2	Fuel injection control device for engine A fuel injection control device for an engine is provided. A swirl generator generates a swirl flow inside a combustion chamber. A fuel injector with multiple nozzle holes injects fuel into the combustion chamber, and forms a lean mixture gas inside the combustion chamber. An spark plug ignites the lean mixture gas to cause the mixture gas to start combustion accompanied by flame propagation, and then combust by self-ignition. A first atomized fuel spray injected from a first nozzle hole and a second atomized fuel spray injected from a second nozzle hole separate from each other by the swirl flow. The fuel injector sequentially performs first and second injections in an intake stroke. A ratio of an injection amount of the second injection to the entire amount of fuel required per cycle is increased as an engine load increases.
US11313299B2	Processing of signals from a crankshaft sensor Disclosed is a method for processing signals from a crankshaft sensor including the following steps: detection of a stopping of the engine; simulation and transmission of a backwards-running square waveform; and simulation and transmission of a forwards-running square waveform. Also disclosed is a processing module configured to implement such a method.
US11313285B2	Apparatus and method for controlling and monitoring an electro-hydraulic servovalve A method for actively calculating a capability of an electronically controlled valve is provided. The method including the steps of: a) operating the electronically controlled valve in accordance with a task; b) testing the electronically controlled valve in order to determine a range of movement of the electronically controlled valve in accordance with an initial gain, wherein the testing of the electronically controlled valve occurs after the valve has been operated in accordance with the task; c) determining a new gain required for providing a predetermined range of movement of the electronically controlled valve; and d) repeating steps a-c at least once, wherein the new gain is used to operate the valve in accordance with the task.
US11313284B2	Bellows-enabled bleed valve A bleed valve for use in a gas turbine engine of an aircraft includes a high-pressure cavity coupled to a valve terminal, which is itself coupled to a cap, which cap includes a valve seat configured to be sealed by a tube that serves as the valve gate. The tube is operably coupled to a movable end of a bellows, which is positioned within the high-pressure cavity. The opening and closing of the valve is controlled by the movement of the bellows within the high-pressure cavity, and, in turn, the movement of the tube towards the valve seat, with the valve closing as the bellows compresses.
US11313281B2	Gas turbine engine including seal assembly with abradable coating including magnetic particles A gas turbine engine according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a compressor section, a combustor section, a turbine section, and at least one rotatable shaft. The engine further includes a seal assembly including a seal plate mounted for rotation with the rotatable shaft and a face seal in contact with the seal plate at a contact area. The seal assembly includes an abradable coating adjacent the contact area, and the abradable coating includes magnetic particles.
US11313277B2	Auxiliary power unit plenum with a pleated screen for foreign object damage prevention A plenum duct for an auxiliary power unit includes a main body having an inlet aperture and a flow cavity. A pair of screen supports are coupled to the main body proximate a periphery of the inlet aperture, said screen supports extending into the flow cavity. A pleated screen is disposed on the pair of screen supports.
US11313275B2	Nozzle ring for a turbocharger The invention relates to a nozzle ring (10) for a radial turbine. The nozzle ring comprises a rotationally symmetrical, disk-shaped main body (11) with a central opening (12) for the leadthrough of a shaft (20). Furthermore, the nozzle ring comprises guide blades (14) which are arranged in a circumferential direction in a radially outer region of the main body (11) and which are designed to direct exhaust gases onto rotor blades (31) of a turbine wheel (30). The main body (11) of the nozzle ring is designed to, in the installed state, form a heat shield between a bearing space (40) of a bearing housing (41) and a turbine space (50).
US11313269B2	Control apparatus for compression-ignition type engine The invention is provided with an ignition control section and an injection control section. When partial compression ignition combustion is carried out, the ignition control section causes an ignition plug to carry out: main ignition in which a spark is generated in a late period of a compression stroke or an initial period of an expansion stroke to initiate SI combustion; and preceding ignition in which the spark is generated at earlier timing than the main ignition. Also, when the partial compression ignition combustion is carried out, the injection control section causes an injector to inject fuel at such timing that the fuel exists in a cylinder at an earlier time point than the preceding ignition. Timing of the preceding ignition is set to be more retarded when an engine speed is high than when the engine speed is low.
US11313264B2	Method and system for the removal of noxious compounds from engine exhaust gas Method and system for the removal of nitrogen oxides, volatile organic compounds and particulate matter from engine exhaust gas at cold start conditions.
US11313261B1	Systems and methods for hole detection in crankcase ventilation tubing Systems, devices and methods for diagnosing malfunctioning in a crankcase ventilation (CCV) system can include a controller receiving a plurality of pressure values. The plurality of pressure values include a first pressure value indicative of pressure of gases flowing between a crankcase and a breather assembly, a second pressure value indicative of pressure of gases flowing through a CCV tube from the breather assembly, and a third pressure value representing pressure of gases in a tube connected to the CCV tube. The controller can calculate a pair of pressure differences including a first pressure difference between the first pressure value and the second pressure value and a second pressure difference between the first pressure value and the third pressure value. The controller can detect a malfunctioning or defect in the CCV system based on the pair of pressure differences falling within a predefined clustering region.
US11313247B2	Turbine housing The invention relates to a turbine housing, in particular for a turbo charging assembly (2) within a combustion engine, wherein the turbine housing (10) accommodates a shaft (8) with a turbine wheel (6) which is adapted to deliver fluid from a volute (26) as a fluid intake through an inlet channel to an fluid outlet (24), wherein the volute (26) and the fluid outlet (24) are separated along an axial direction (12) by a hollow area (30), the hollow area (30) being formed between an inner wall section (32) and an out wall section (34) around the fluid outlet (24) and being located in the axial direction (12) from a cover plate (36) covering the inlet channel next to the turbine wheel (6) within the turbine housing (10).
US11313246B2	Gas turbine engine wash system A wash system for a gas turbine engine includes a core turning assembly having a motor configured to be mechanically coupled to the gas turbine engine. The rotor of the core turning assembly is further configured to rotate one or more components of a compressor section or a turbine section of the gas turbine engine at a rotational speed greater than two (2) revolutions per minute and less than five hundred (500) revolutions per minute during washing operations of the gas turbine engine.
US11313230B2	Reinforced blade A propeller blade comprises a root, a tip distal from the root, a trailing edge extending from the root to the tip, a trailing edge, e.g. foam, insert, a shell forming an outer surface of the propeller blade and a plurality of stitches of yarn extending through two parts of the shell adjacent the trailing edge, wherein the yarns do not extend through the trailing edge insert.
US11313212B1	Pre-hydration of friction reducers for wellbore fluids Friction reducers can be used in fluids for oil and gas operations. Friction reducers can be water-hydratable and can decrease the friction within wellbore components after fully hydrating. The friction reducer can be pre-hydrated at the well site. The friction reducer and water can be combined into a static mixer of a pre-hydration apparatus that forms a mixed fluid. The friction reducer can be retained in the pre-hydration apparatus for a sufficient period of time to allow the friction reducer to hydrate. The mixed fluid containing the pre-hydrated friction reducer can then be added to a base fluid to form a treatment fluid. The treatment fluid can be a fracturing fluid. The pre-hydrated friction reducer can provide an immediate reduction in friction to the treatment fluid as the treatment fluid is being pumped into the wellbore.
US11313205B2	Multilateral junction with wellbore isolation A wellbore isolation system includes a junction positioned at an intersection of a first wellbore and a second wellbore, and a deflector disposed in the junction such that a path into the first leg of the junction is obstructed and engaged with the first leg of the junction to form a fluid and pressure tight seal. The junction includes a first leg extending downhole into the first wellbore, and a second leg extending downhole into the second wellbore.
US11313193B2	Whipstock A whipstock comprises a longitudinal axis, a first end and a second end, and a tapering deflection section extending at least part of the way between the first end and the second end. The deflection section has a rear face. The deflection section has a front face, which in use will deflect a milling arrangement in a direction having a component which is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the whipstock. The front face has first and second side edges and a width defined between the first and second side edges. A depth of the deflection section is defined as a distance between the rear face and the front face. At at least one point along the length of the deflection surface, the depth of the deflection section at a distance from the first side edge is greater than the depth of the deflection section at the same distance from the second side edge.
US11313190B2	Electric set tieback anchor via pressure cycles A tie-back string and a method of coupling the tie-back string to a casing is disclosed. The tie-back string is disposed within the casing. The tie-back string includes an anchor and an actuator section. The actuator section including a sleeve that forms a first chamber and a setting piston that forms a second chamber. A pressure differential is created between the first chamber and the second chamber to move the setting piston to engage the anchor of the tie-back string.
US11313188B2	Systems, apparatuses, and methods for treating drilling fluid A method for treating drilling mud includes directing a first flow portion of a flow of drilling mud to a decanter centrifuge, directing a second flow portion of the flow of drilling mud to a solids particle recovery hopper, and separating an underflow from the first flow portion with the decanter centrifuge, wherein the underflow includes first solids particles having a first density. The underflow is directed to the solids particle recovery hopper, the underflow is mixed with the second flow portion in the solids particle recovery hopper, and a flow of the mixed underflow and second flow portion is directed from the solids particle recovery hopper to an active mud tank.
US11313186B2	Workflow method for connecting coiled tubing strings for extended reach applications Provided is a method for connecting coiled tubing strings, and a coiled tubing working connector, in accordance with one aspect of the disclosure. The method for connecting coiled tubing strings, in one aspect, includes lowering a downhole end of a first coiled tubing string within a wellbore, an uphole end of the first coiled tubing string remaining outside of the wellbore. The method, in one aspect, further includes coupling the uphole end of the first coiled tubing string to a downhole end of a second coiled tubing string while the uphole end of the first coiled tubing string remaining outside of the wellbore to form a combined coiled tubing string, and lowering the combined coiled tubing string within the wellbore.
US11313176B2	Metal matrix composite material for additive manufacturing of downhole tools A downhole cutting tool includes a tool body with a cutting element or cutting element pocket thereon. At least a portion of the tool body or an attachment thereto is a metal matrix composite formed from metal carbide particles dispersed in a continuous metal matrix. The metal carbide particles make up less than 45 wt % of the metal matrix composite and/or less than 30 vol % of the metal matrix composite. The continuous metal matrix may also be formed from a metal or metal alloy other than Ni—Si—B and/or have a transverse rupture strength greater than 150 ksi and a fracture toughness over 22 ksi*in0.5.
US11313172B2	Rotary fitting A pivot window includes a laminated body capable of rotating in a state where a first plate material is directed outdoors and in a state where a second plate material is directed outdoors. The laminated body uses at least one of solar heat, atmospheric heat, and atmospheric humidity, and provides a humidity control effect to the room in both of the state where the first plate material is directed outdoors and the state where the second plate material is directed outdoors. The laminated body is not limited to the one providing the humidity control effect, but may be the one providing a temperature control effect. The laminated body may use the concentration of a specific gas in the atmosphere such as atmospheric oxygen concentration, atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration, and atmospheric volatile organic compound (VOC) concentration, and may provide a component concentration adjusting effect to the room.
US11313164B2	Flap fitting A flap fitting includes a setting arm attached to a base element so as to be pivotable about a setting axis between an open position and a closed position, a toggle lever mechanism having a first lever and a second lever connected to each other pivotably about a pivot axis, and an energy accumulator. The energy accumulator acts on the first lever at a first link point spaced from the pivot axis and on the second lever at a second link point spaced from the pivot axis. Also, the first link point and the second link point are acted upon by the energy accumulator with force towards one another. A setting contour arrangement with a setting contour and a guide element is arranged between the first lever and the setting arm and the guide element is movable along the setting contour. The setting arm is forcedly loaded in the direction of rotation about the setting axis at least in a partial section along the setting contour by the first lever via the setting contour arrangement.
US11313145B2	Earthquake protection systems, methods and apparatus using shape memory alloy (SMA)-based superelasticity-assisted slider (SSS) A system and method of isolating a building structure from ground movement including centering a building structure in a first position relative to a building foundation, securing a first portion of a super-elastic slider system (SSS) to the foundation, securing a second portion of the SSS to the structure. The SSS includes at least one shape metal alloy (SMA) element extending between the first portion and the second portion. The at least one SMA element having an initial shape. Moving the foundation during a ground movement and shifting the structure in at least one of a horizontal and a vertical direction to a second position, including flexing the at least one SMA element to a secondary shape, and automatically recentering the structure to the first position including retracting the at least one flexed SMA element to the initial shape.
US11313138B2	System and method for a vented and water control siding, vented and water control sheathing and vented and water control trim-board A vented and water control paneling has improved drainage and integrated ventilation air space. The water control paneling may be fabricated with an omnidirectional relief pattern formed on its back surface. The relief pattern spaces the vented and water control paneling away from a structure to which it is secured, thereby providing an omnidirectional drainage plane between the back surface of the paneling and the structure. The omnidirectional drainage plane provides an unimpeded ventilation and drainage path of water and/or water vapor.
US11313134B2	Wall panel A wall panel may have a rigid layer, a first insulation layer made from a two-part rigid urethane pour foam, and a second insulation layer made from a phase change material. The first insulation layer may be chemically bonded to the rigid layer and may also be bonded to the phase change layer. The first insulation layer may be positioned between the second insulation layer and the rigid layer. The rigid layer may be a finished surface or a veneer layer may be applied to the rigid layer.
US11313128B2	Debris collector for roof gutter systems An apparatus for catching debris that includes a collection assembly. The collection assembly including a screen section. The screen section including a plurality of diverters configured to break water tension and slow water flow as water flows over the plurality of diverters from a roof surface. The plurality of diverters being spaced apart from one another in such a way that the slowed water is capable of draining into a gutter system from the screen section.
US11313121B2	Dry partition wall system and method for installation of a dry partition wall system of this kind A dry partition wall system comprising a plurality of wall elements, a floor-side connection element extending over several wall elements, a ceiling-side connection element extending over several wall elements, in which the plurality of wall elements are arranged side by side and are retained on the floor-side connection element and on the ceiling side-connection element and thus jointly form a partition wall, and in which the wall elements are of a multi-layer design.
US11313106B2	Electrical protection apparatus Provided is electrical protection apparatus for operative fitment to a portion of the machinery operable near an electrical conductor and to generate a signal via electromagnetic induction. Also included is a signal isolator configured to electrically isolate the sensor. Also included is a controller arranged in signal communication with the isolator. The controller is configured to monitor the signal and to: i) record a log of movement commands executed by the control system; ii) if the signal reaches a predetermined threshold, override the control system so that the portion of the machinery is only maneuverable to reduce the signal below the predetermined threshold; iii) if the signal exceeds the predetermined threshold, override the control system and execute the most recent movement commands in reverse to automatically manoeuvre the portion of the machinery away from the conductor; and iv) if the signal reaches and/or exceeds the predetermined threshold, activate the indicator.
US11313104B2	Control system for construction machinery A control system for construction machinery includes a hydraulic cylinder operable by a working oil discharged from a hydraulic pump, a control valve arranged between the hydraulic pump and the hydraulic cylinder to control an operation of the hydraulic cylinder according to a position of a spool therein, the control valve having a first spool position for draining the working oil discharged from a chamber of the hydraulic cylinder to a drain tank, and a pressure compensated valve installed in a return hydraulic line through which the working oil discharged from the control valve at the first spool position is drained to the drain tank, the pressure compensated valve being configured to control a flow rate of the working oil passing through the pressure compensated valve according to a pressure difference between a front end and a rear end of the control valve.
US11313098B2	Gravity-based structure A gravity-based structure (1) for supporting offshore installations comprising a foundation (4). The foundation (4) has a basal portion (11). The basal portion (11) has a plurality of openings (10) for drainage of water. There is at least one first layer (7) of filter material, with a gradation suitable for draining water entrapped beneath the basal portion (11) to the openings (10). The layer (7) is installed on the seabed (8) beneath the foundation (4). The foundation has a downwardly extending skirt (5) that is adapted to penetrate into the seabed beneath the filter material layer (7).
US11313097B2	Dynamically deployable low-visibility pneumatic cofferdam system, method and apparatus A dynamically deployable, low visibility pneumatic cofferdam for flood mitigation is disclosed. The cofferdam includes a first planar component, a second planar component, an inflatable hermetic airbag sandwiched therebetween, and connection members attached to the first planar component, a second planar component to form a cofferdam unit. The connection members are adjustable to apply and maintain a desired amount of pressure on the airbag to enable a watertight seal to be formed. The cofferdam units may be sized and designed to sealingly mate adjacent cofferdam units in a variety of configurations to form watertight seals. The cofferdam units may also be sized and designed to attach to seawalls, flood walls, sidewalks, or other infrastructure. When in a deployed state, the height of the cofferdam may be adjusted to a desired height to provide flood mitigation. When in an undeployed state, the cofferdam remains in a substantially flat and unobtrusive position.
US11313096B2	Adjustable pile holding system, vessel and pile installation method A pile holding system is to be mounted on a deck of a vessel, e.g. for installation of a pile adapted to support an offshore wind turbine. The pile holding system is configured to support the pile in an upright position at a pile installation location next to the vessel. A vessel is provided with such a pile holder system. A method for installation of a pile and a pile holder are also disclosed.
US11313095B2	Landscape and paver edging spike This invention in various embodiments is a spike for use with landscape and paver edging. The spike may include a generally circular disk-shaped head and opposite from the head is a tip of the spike. The spike may include one or more features for securing the spike in place once installed with the edging product. Another feature according to various embodiments of this invention of the spike is an upper head stabilizer. The stabilizer may extend from the shaft to an underside of the head. In some embodiments, the stabilizer may be provided in discrete sections and positioned diametrically opposite from one another on the shaft and the undersurface of the head. The stabilizer may support the entire radial dimension of the head and is joined to the shaft.
US11313093B2	Frame rail assemblies and interlocking frame rail systems A boat dock structure includes an upper deck, sides extending downward from the upper deck, and a wheel bumper having a substantially round shape. The wheel bumper has a first portion and a second portion, the first portion being positioned under the upper deck, the second portion extending outward from the cutout portion of at least one of the sides to protect the boat dock and a boat from damage when the boat is docking at the boat dock adjacent to the wheel bumper. At least one of the sides may have a cutout portion.
US11313092B2	Metering gate for dual auger spreader A spreader assembly may include a hopper, a pair of augers positioned in a dual auger arrangement and a metering gate assembly including a gate and a biasing force generator. The gate may have a general M-shape with an inner extension and may be positioned generally above the augers with the inner extension extending between the augers. The biasing force generator may be operable to apply a biasing force to the gate causing the gate to operate as a metering gate.
US11313091B2	Snow removal system A snow removal system. The snow removal system includes a housing having an inlet disposed on a front side thereof, wherein the inlet is in fluid communication with a first chamber. An auger is disposed transversely across the first chamber, wherein the auger is operably connected to a motor within the housing. The auger rotates about a longitudinal axis thereof to mash snow and transport the mashed snow into a second chamber when the motor is actuated. The second chamber includes a primary heating element therein, the heating element designed to heat snow within the second chamber to produce steam. An outlet is disposed through a sidewall of the second chamber, wherein the outlet can emit steam from the second chamber.
US11313089B2	Terminal element of a traffic barrier device, transition system, and method for providing impact protection A terminal element (100) of a traffic barrier device (1), having a longitudinal axis, comprising a guide element (10) and an impact element (20). The impact element (20) is pivotally mounted on the guide element (10) about a vertical axis (A) so as to be rotatable or pivotable about a vertical axis. The impact element has a connecting side, for connection to an adjacent traffic barrier device, and an impact side, for damping or repelling an impact. The vertical axis is arranged between the connecting side and the impact side.
US11313086B2	Material density measurement for paver application A paving machine can include a frame; a screed coupled to the frame; and a density sensor coupled to the paving machine and configured to measure a density of an asphalt mat as the screed passes over the asphalt mat.
US11313083B2	Rail anchor applicator and cribber apparatus An apparatus for cribbing and anchor attachment on rails of a railroad track, including a frame movable along the track, at least one dual function workhead mounted to the frame that is moveable into and out of operational position relative to the track, an anchor applicator tool pivotably mounted to each workhead, and a cribber tool mounted to each workhead and adjacent the anchor applicator tool. Each anchor applicator tool and cribber tool is movable under operator control relative to the workhead from a retracted position to a work position.
US11313080B2	Monitoring system and method for wet end of a paper or board machine A monitoring system for the wet end of a paper or board machine includes at least one light fixture for illuminating pulp supplied onto a wire, at least one image sensor to be placed above the head box at the wet end of the machine, for capturing the activity of the pulp supplied from the head box in the wire section, in the direction of the movement of the wire; and a computing device, to which at least one image sensor is configured to transmit image information for determining activity data on the pulp, the computing device being configured to adjust the settings of the paper or board machine, and/or of the monitoring system, on the basis of the determined activity data. A method for monitoring the wet end of a paper or board machine by means of a monitoring system includes adjusting the settings of the paper or board machine and/or of the monitoring system, on the basis of the determined activity data.
US11313075B2	Man-made cellulosic fiber and nonwoven product or fabric comprising the cellulosic fiber The present invention relates to a modified cellulosic fiber that comprises anionic moieties in an amount of more than 0.25 mol/kg of dry fiber and has applied thereon a polymeric modifying agent in an amount of from 0.5 wt. % to 5.0 wt. %, based on dry fiber, the polymeric modifying agent comprising cationic moieties with a charge of at least 1.5 meq per gram of polymer and the molar ratio of anionic moieties to cationic moieties contained in the fiber is in the range of from 1:1 to 25:1. The fiber according to the present invention is characterized in that the anionic moieties are incorporated in the fiber and are from carboxymethylcellulose, and that the polymeric modifying agent comprising cationic moieties is selected from the group consisting of polydiallyldimethylammonium chloride (poly-DADMAC), poly(acrylamide-co-diallyldimethylammonium chloride) (PAM-DADMAC) and mixtures thereof. The invention furthermore relates to a nonwoven product or fabric comprising the modified cellulosic fiber.
US11313073B2	Method of manufacturing graphene conductive fabric Disclosed is a method of manufacturing a graphene conductive fabric, which includes mixing a first solvent, a second solvent and nano-graphene sheets, dispersing the nano-graphene sheets with a mechanical force to form a graphene suspension solution; adding at least a curable resin to the graphene suspension solution, dispersing the nano-graphene sheets and the curable resin with the mechanical force to form a graphene resin solution; coating or printing the graphene resin solution on a hydrophobic protective layer, curing the graphene resin solution to form a graphene conductive layer adhered to the hydrophobic protective layer; coating a hot glue layer on the graphene conductive layer; and attaching a fibrous tissue on the hot glue layer, heating and pressing the fibrous tissue to allow the hot glue layer respectively adhere to the graphene conductive layer and the fibrous tissue.
US11313071B2	Clothes treatment apparatus A clothes treatment apparatus includes a cabinet, a door, and a steam unit. The clothes treatment apparatus further includes a heat pump unit that is located in the cycle chamber and that is configured to circulate and condition air in the treatment chamber. The clothes treatment apparatus further includes a water supply tank that is installed in the tank installation space, that is connected to the steam unit, and that is configured to supply water to the steam unit. The clothes treatment apparatus further includes a drainage tank that is separably installed in the tank installation space, that is configured to store condensed water generated in at least one of the treatment chamber or the heat pump unit. The clothes treatment apparatus further includes a water supply level sensor. The clothes treatment apparatus further includes a drainage level sensor.
US11313069B2	Stain removal accessory A stain removal accessory that cooperates with a stain removal device for treating a stained area is attached to a front head of the stain removal device, namely to a water and/or steam venting face of the stain removal device. The stain removal accessory includes a container like a pad, a cartridge, a sachet, or a capsule provided with a permeable external layer, for containing a stain removing material, and a flap-flip piece including a holder for holding the container, whereby the stain removal accessory is adapted to release the stain removing material on the stained area when cooperating with the stain removal device by facing a flow of water and/or steam generated by the stain removal device.
US11313059B2	Self-wrapping, braided textile sleeve with self-sustaining expanded and contracted states and method of construction thereof A self-wrapping protective textile sleeve and method of construction is provided. The sleeve includes a braided, tubular wall having opposite free edges extending lengthwise between opposite ends. The wall has a first state with a decreased length, increased cross-sectional area and a second state with an increased length, decreased cross-sectional area, as viewed in cross-section taken generally transversely to a central longitudinal axis. The wall further includes braided, heat-set yarns imparting a bias on the wall, wherein the bias causes the wall to self-wrap into a tubular configuration and to remain substantially in the first and second states absent some externally applied force.
US11313047B2	Method of treatment against corrosion and against wear Subjecting an aluminum or aluminum alloy substrate to anti-corrosion and anti-wear treatment that is applicable in particular in the field of aviation for protecting certain mechanical parts of airplanes or helicopters that are subjected simultaneously to corrosion and to wear, including applying to the substrate, a sol-gel treatment step forming a sol-gel layer; and after the sol-gel treatment step, a hard oxidation step forming a hard oxide layer.
US11313046B2	Method for generating photochemical electrode A photochemical electrode includes: an electrically-conductive layer; and a photo-excited material layer including a photo-excited material provided over the electrically-conductive layer, wherein in a surface of the photo-excited material layer, a lattice plane having highest atomic density in a crystal structure of the photo-excited material is oriented in a surface direction of the surface of the photo-excited material layer.
US11313036B2	Non-offset matrix-controlled printhead for an electrochemical additive manufacturing system Process for manufacturing a printhead for a 3D manufacturing system that uses metal electrodeposition to construct parts. The printhead may be constructed by depositing layers on top of a backplane that contains control and power circuits. Deposited layers may include insulating layers and an anode layer that contain deposition anodes that are in contact with the electrolyte to drive electrodeposition. Insulating layers may for example be constructed of silicon nitride or silicon dioxide; the anode layer may contain an insoluble conductive material such as platinum group metals and their associated oxides, highly doped semiconducting materials, and carbon based conductors. The anode layer may be deposited using chemical vapor deposition or physical vapor deposition. Alternatively in one or more embodiments the printhead may be constructed by manufacturing a separate anode plane component, and then bonding the anode plane to the backplane.
US11313034B2	Methods for depositing amorphous silicon layers or silicon oxycarbide layers via physical vapor deposition In some embodiments, a method of processing a substrate disposed atop a substrate support in a physical vapor deposition process chamber includes: (a) forming a plasma from a process gas within a processing region of the physical vapor deposition chamber, wherein the process gas comprises an inert gas and a hydrogen-containing gas to sputter silicon from a surface of a target within the processing region of the physical vapor deposition chamber; and (b) depositing an amorphous silicon layer atop a first layer on the substrate, wherein adjusting the flow rate of the hydrogen containing gas tunes the optical properties of the deposited amorphous silicon layer.
US11313032B2	Layer system and component A layer system includes at least one bonding layer and a plurality of functional layers arranged on the at least one bonding layer. Each functional layer has a first nanolayer of a first metal nitride with a first metal constituent, and a metallic second nanolayer. Each functional layer has a layer thickness d in a range of 1 to 100 nm.
US11313027B2	Vapor deposition mask, vapor deposition mask production method, and organic semiconductor element production method A vapor deposition mask (100) includes a resin layer (10) including a plurality of openings (11); a magnetic metal layer (20) located so as to overlap the resin layer, the magnetic metal layer including a mask portion (20a) having such a shape as to expose the plurality of openings and a peripheral portion (20b) located so as to enclose the mask portion; and a frame (30) secured to the peripheral portion of the magnetic metal layer. The resin layer is not joined to the mask portion of the magnetic metal layer but is joined to at least a part of the peripheral portion of the magnetic metal layer.
US11313023B2	Equipment for coating a metal strip Equipment for manufacturing a metal strip coated by a process that includes vacuum-depositing a layer of an oxidizable metal or an oxidizable metal alloy on a metal strip precoated with zinc or with a zinc alloy, then coiling the coated metal strip, then oxidizing a surface of the metal strip coated with the oxidizable metal or oxidizable metal alloy and treating the oxidized wound coil with a static diffusion treatment to obtain a strip having a coating that includes, in an upper portion, a layer of an alloy formed by diffusion of the oxidizable metal or the oxidizable metal alloy in all or part of the zinc or zinc alloy layer. The equipment includes a device for galvanizing the metal strip, a vacuum deposition coating device, and a static heat treatment device operating in a controlled atmosphere.
US11313019B2	Method for producing a heat treatable aluminum alloy with improved mechanical properties Method for producing structural components from heat treatable aluminum alloys based on extruded material, in particular AA 6xxx series alloys, the components having improved crush properties and being particular applicable in crash zones of vehicles, such as longitudinals and crash boxes, the method including the following steps: a. casting a billet from said alloy by DC casting, b. homogenizing the cast billet, c. forming a profile from the billet by extrusion, preferably a hollow section d. optionally, separate solution heat treatment, e. quenching the profile down to room temperature after the forming step and the possible separate solutionising step, f. stretching the extruded or the separate solutionised profile to obtain at least 1.5% plastic deformation, g. artificially ageing the profile.
US11313017B2	Hard sintered body The present invention provides a sintered body containing W and WC, having excellent hardness, strength, compactness, and corrosion resistance, without containing W2C, and capable of being used for the purpose of a cutting tool or a glass molding die, or a seal ring. There is provided a sintered body containing 4 to 50 vol % of tungsten metal as binder phases, 50 to 95 vol % of tungsten carbide (WC), and 0.5 to 5.0 vol % of tungsten oxide (WO2), in which the tungsten oxide (WO2) has an average grain size of 5 nm to 150 nm and is present in a sintered body structure at an average density of 5 to 20 particles/μm2.
US11313003B2	Temperature control station for partially thermally treating a metal component A tempering station for the partial heat treatment of a metal component, which includes an apparatus for the heat treatment of a metal component, and the use of at least one tangential nozzle in a tempering station for the partial heat treatment of a metal component. The tempering station for partial heat treatment of the metallic component comprises a processing plane disposed in the tempering station, the component being able to be disposed in said plane, and at least one nozzle which points to the processing plane and is provided and adapted for discharging a fluid stream for cooling at least a first sub-area of the component, wherein the at least one nozzle is a tangential nozzle. The tempering station and the apparatus make it possible in particular to adjust, as reliably and/or precisely as possible, a transition region between the different heat-treated sub-areas of the component, in particular to keep said region as small as possible.
US11312996B2	Methods for simultaneous amplification of target loci The invention provides methods for simultaneously amplifying multiple nucleic acid regions of interest in one reaction volume as well as methods for selecting a library of primers for use in such amplification methods. The invention also provides library of primers with desirable characteristics, such as minimal formation of amplified primer dimers or other non-target amplicons.
US11312993B2	Methods and compositions for detecting and diagnosing diseases and conditions The disclosure provides methods for detecting and diagnosing diseases and conditions associated with defects in cardiolipin remodeling. In some embodiments, the present technology relates to methods for detecting the presence or amount of cardiolipin isoforms and/or the presence or amount of enzymes involved in cardiolipin remodeling.
US11312964B2	Compositions and methods for modulating growth hormone receptor expression The present embodiments provide methods, compounds, and compositions for treating, preventing, or ameliorating a disease associated with excess growth hormone using antisense compounds or oligonucleotides targeted to growth hormone receptor (GHR).
US11312957B2	Modified iRNA agents The invention relates to iRNA agents, which preferably include a monomer in which the ribose moiety has been replaced by a moiety other than ribose. The inclusion of such a monomer can allow for modulation of a property of the iRNA agent into which it is incorporated, e.g., by using the non-ribose moiety as a point to which a ligand or other entity, e.g., a lipophilic moiety. e.g., cholesterol, is is directly, or indirectly, tethered. The invention also relates to methods of making and using such modified iRNA agents.
US11312954B2	Transkingdom platform for therapeutic nucleic acid delivery A transkingdom platform for the delivery of therapeutic nucleic acids to epithelial tissues where the nucleic acids are designed to have enhanced stability. The platform offers numerous improvements to prior delivery platforms including expression of the double-stranded RNA binding domain (dsRBD) domains of TAR RNA binding protein (TRBP), knockout of RNase R activity in the bacterial delivery vehicle, and expression of the methyltransferase gene, HEN1, for simultaneous packaging with a therapeutic nucleic acid delivery vehicle.
US11312952B2	Method for recovering two or more genes, or gene products, encoding an immunoreceptor The present invention is related to a method for recovering two or more genes, or gene products, or cDNAs, encoding for an immunoreceptor having two or more subunits, which two or more genes, or gene products, are comprised in a given source cell. The invention is further related to a method of creating a library of expressor cells, in which library each cell is capable of expressing two or more genes, or gene products, encoding for the subunits of the immunoreceptor. The invention is further related to a method of screening a library of expressor cells as created according to the above method, for one cell that expresses an immunoreceptor that has specificity for a given target molecule.
US11312950B2	3D synthetic tissue hydrogels A method to prepare synthetic hydrogels having tissue-specific properties, and a hydrogel comprising a polymer matrix comprising a plurality of peptide, are provided.
US11312949B2	Engineered heme-binding compositions and uses thereof Described herein are heme-binding compositions and methods relating to their use, for example methods of treatment of sepsis and rhabdomyolysis.
US11312948B2	Method and enzyme for preparation of enzyme-modified stevia sugar and use of enzyme-modified stevia sugar The present invention provides a method for preparation of an enzyme-modified stevia sugar. The method includes the steps of adding a β-fructosidase to a solution in which a stevia sugar raw material and sucrose are dissolved to obtain a reaction solution, adjusting the pH of the reaction solution to be 5.0-8.0, maintaining a reaction temperature at 20-45° C., and after a reaction with stirring, collecting the enzyme-modified stevia sugar. The stevia sugar raw material includes one or more of stevioside and rebaudioside A, and the β-fructosidase is derived from Microbacterium saccharophilum or Aspergillus japonicus. The preparation method takes a short time, is efficient and convenient to operate, low in cost, high in conversion rate, green and environmentally friendly, and can be widely applied to industrial scale production. The present invention further provides an enzyme for preparation of the enzyme-modified stevia sugar and application thereof.
US11312942B2	Material-fixing substrate and method for producing same, and material-fixing agent used for material-fixing substrate Provided is a material-fixing substrate that does not have to use copper as a catalyst because the substrate-bonding site includes a cyclic alkyne to form a covalent bond with a surface of the substrate, and therefore that can reduce damage to a cell, for example, in a case where a to-be-fixed material is the cell. The material-fixing substrate has a to-be-fixed material fixed thereon via a material-fixing agent. The material-fixing agent includes: a substrate-bonding site that forms a covalent bond with a surface of the substrate and includes at least a cyclic alkyne; a hydrophilic site that is bonded to the substrate-bonding site; a light-responsive site that is bonded to the hydrophilic site and changes the skeleton thereof by irradiation with light; and an attachment site to which the to-be-fixed material is attached.
US11312923B2	Cleaning compositions employing extended chain anionic surfactants The invention discloses synergistic combinations of surfactant blends and cleaning compositions employing the same. In certain embodiments a surfactant system is disclosed which includes an extended anionic surfactant with novel linker surfactants including one or more of an alkyl glycerol ether, an ethoxylated alkyl glycerol ether, an alcohol ethoxylate and/or a Gemini surfactant. This system forms emulsions with, and can remove greasy and oily stains, even those comprised of non-trans fats. The compositions may be used alone, as a pre-spotter or other pre-treatment or as a part of a soft surface or hard surface cleaning composition.
US11312918B2	Transmission fluid composition for improved wear protection A transmission fluid composition contains a major amount of a lubricating oil basestock, and a minor amount of an additive package comprising: (i) a mixture comprising two or more phosphites and/or phosphates; (ii) one or more thioester compounds; (iii) one or more zinc dihydrocarbyl dithiophosphate compounds; and (iv) one or more oil-soluble or dispersible molybdenum-containing compounds. Such a transmission fluid may be used for controlling and/or reducing wear, e.g., in a manual transmission.
US11312917B2	Mineral base oil, lubricant composition, internal combustion engine, lubricating method of internal combustion engine Provided is a mineral base oil satisfying the following requirements (I) to (III): Requirement (I): a kinematic viscosity at 100° C. is 2 mm2/s or more and less than 7 mm2/s; Requirement (II): a viscosity index is 100 or more; and Requirement (III): a temperature gradient Δ\|η*\| of complex viscosity between two temperature points −10° C. and −25° C. is 60 Pa·s/° C. or less as measured with a rotary rheometer under conditions at an angular velocity of 6.3 rad/s and a strain amount of 0.1 to 100%. The foregoing mineral base oil can become a lubricating oil composition having desirable low-temperature viscosity characteristics, including low-temperature fuel consumption and low-temperature engine start-up performance, and also having excellent high-temperature piston detergency.
US11312911B2	Batch oil shale pyrolysis A cascading reactor system configured for recovering kerogen oil from rubblized oil shale by cycling each reactor through at least a preheating phase, a peak heating phase, a cooling phase, and a recharging phase by the differential and sequential direction of fluid through each reactor and, wherein the system is modularly scalable.
US11312907B2	Liquid crystal mixture and liquid crystal display The invention relates to a compound of formula I, wherein R11, R21, A11, A, Z, X11, X21, Y11, Y12, Sp11, Sp21, o and p have one of the meanings as given in claim 1. The invention further relates to method of production of a compound of formula I, to the use of said compounds in LC media and to LC media comprising one or more compounds of formula I. Further, the invention relates to a method of production of such LC media, to the use of such media in LC devices, and to LC device comprising a LC medium according to the present invention. The present invention further relates to a process for the fabrication such liquid crystal display and to the use of the liquid crystal mixtures according to the invention for the fabrication of such liquid crystal display.
US11312898B2	Quantum dot and preparation method thereof The present disclosure discloses a quantum dot and a preparation method thereof, the method comprises a plurality of following steps: preparing a quantum dot solution; preparing an ion-containing organic ligand precursor; adding the ion-containing organic ligand precursor into the quantum dot solution, and making a surface-modification to the quantum dots, before obtaining the quantum dots having the surfaces modified; or providing a quantum dot solution; providing an ion-containing organic ligand precursor; mixing the ion-containing organic ligand precursor and the quantum dot solution, to make a ligand exchanging, before centrifuging and obtaining the quantum dots having the ligand exchanged.
US11312896B2	Acid emulsifier technology for continuous mixed emulsified acid systems In one embodiment, the present technology provides a surfactant composition comprising an imide compound in an optional solvent for use in a hydrocarbon base fluid to improve the emulsification of an acidizing agent in the hydrocarbon base fluid. In another embodiment, the present technology provides a method of employing an acidizing well-bore stimulation fluid containing the surfactant composition to stimulate a reservoir.
US11312895B2	Loaded, sealed nanotubes for oil recovery Surfactants are imbibed into Halloysite nanotubes (HNT) and the imbibed nanotubes are coated with wax on the nanotube outer surface. The wax layer prevents the surfactant from being disgorged from the HNT lumen until a triggering condition exists. Triggering conditions include contact with oil, which dissolves the wax; or exposure to temperatures above a melt transition of the wax, which causes the wax to melt. Upon exposure to a triggering condition, at least some of the imbibed surfactants are disgorged from the HNT and into the surrounding environment. The disgorged surfactants provide a conventional effect of reducing interfacial tension and changing reservoir rock wettability to enhance oil recovery. A range of surfactants and waxes are usefully employed in the compositions and methods described herein.
US11312892B2	Embedded treatment fluid additives for use in subterranean formation operations The present disclosure relates to subterranean formation operations and, more particularly, to embedded treatment fluid additives for use in subterranean formation operations. The embedded treatment additives may comprise an aqueous-soluble downhole reactive material embedded in a crosslinked polymeric solution to delay the reactivity of the aqueous-soluble downhole reactive material, thereby forming the embedded treatment additive, wherein the aqueous-soluble downhole reactive material is a solid.
US11312889B2	Moisture-crosslinkable, dimensionally stable polymer material An autohesive polymer material that includes: at least one polymer having at least two terminal silyl groups of the Formula (1) given by: Si(R1)a(R2)b (1). Each of the radicals R1 comprises an alkyl, alkenyl or aryl group or a hydrogen atom. Each of the radicals R2 comprises a group that can be eliminated with water, b is 1, 2 or 3, and a is 3−b. The polymer material further includes at least one condensation catalyst. Further, the polymer material is chemically precrosslinked and further crosslinkable with moisture. In addition, the polymer material is configured for use as a layer body that can be applied to a substrate. The polymer material of this kind can also be used for producing permanent bonds.
US11312882B2	CMP slurry solution for hardened fluid material A slurry solution for a Chemical Mechanical Polishing (CMP) process includes a wetting agent, a stripper additive that comprises at least one of: N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone (NMP), dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO), sulfolane, and dimethylformamide (DMF), and an oxidizer additive comprising at least one of: hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), ammonium persulfate ((NH4)2S2O8), peroxymonosulfuric acid (H2SO5), ozone (O3) in de-ionized water, and sulfuric acid (H2SO4).
US11312879B2	Water-based compositions that resist dirt pick-up Water-based compositions containing a low VOC coalescent, a latex or water-dispersible polymer, and a water-insoluble UV-VIS (preferably, ultraviolet) absorber.
US11312878B2	Aqueous composition for preparing hard capsule, preparation method therefor, hard capsule, and method for recycling hard capsule scraps Disclosed are an aqueous composition for preparing a hard capsule, a preparation method therefor, a hard capsule, and a method for recycling hard capsule scraps. The disclosed aqueous composition for preparing a hard capsule comprises a water-soluble cellulose ether, an alcohol, and water. In addition, the method for recycling hard capsule scraps comprises the step of dissolving hard capsule scraps comprising a water-soluble cellulose ether into a mixture solution comprising water and an alcohol so as to prepare an aqueous composition for preparing a recycled hard capsule.
US11312877B2	Pretreat compositions The present disclosure is drawn to fluid sets, material sets, and 3-dimensional printing systems. A fluid set can include a pretreat composition that includes a salt of an alkali metal with bromide or iodide. The fluid set can also include a conductive fusing agent composition including a transition metal for fusing thermoplastic powder when exposed to electromagnetic radiation.
US11312871B2	Separator for secondary battery and lithium secondary battery comprising same The present invention relates to a separator for a secondary battery and a lithium secondary battery including the separator, the separator including: a porous substrate and a heat-resistant layer disposed on at least one surface of the porous substrate, wherein the heat-resistant layer includes an acrylic heat-resistant binder, an adhering binder, and a filler, the acrylic heat-resistant binder including a structural unit derived from (meth)acrylate or (meth)acrylic acid, a cyano group-containing structural unit, and a sulfonate group-containing structural unit, the adhering binder includes a structural unit including a structural unit including hydroxyl group, a structural unit including an acetate group, and a structural unit including an alkali metal.
US11312867B2	Water-based coating compositions that resist dirt pickup Water-based compositions containing a low VOC coalescent, a latex or water-dispersible polymer are described.
US11312865B2	Image forming method An object of the present invention is to provide an image forming method capable of coating a photocurable varnish without unevenness on a toner image formed using an electrostatic latent image developing toner, and further having good adhesion between a varnish layer and the toner image. The image forming method of the present invention comprises: forming a toner image on a recording medium using an electrostatic latent image developing toner containing a toner particle comprising a binder resin and a release agent; and forming a varnish layer on the toner image by applying and curing a photocurable varnish comprising a photocurable compound. The binder resin comprised in the electrostatic latent image developing toner contains a crystalline polyester resin. The photocurable compound comprised in the photocurable varnish comprises a diol di(meth)acrylate having a straight hydrocarbon chain.
US11312854B2	Polymer composition, its process of preparation and its use The present invention relates to a polymeric composition comprising an impact modifier, a processing aid and a mineral filler and its process of preparation and its use. In particular the present invention relates to a polymeric composition comprising an impact modifier, a processing aid and a mineral filler and its use for thermoplastic polymers. More particularly the present invention relates to the process of preparation of polymeric composition comprising an impact modifier, a processing aid and a mineral filler and its use for the transformation and/or processing of thermoplastic polymers.
US11312850B2	Gasket material A gasket material comprising a crosslinked fluororubber layer having a micro-hardness of 5 to 25 formed on a metal plate using a fluororubber composition comprising 30 to 70 parts by weight of carbon black having a CTAB specific surface area of 3 to 34 m2/g, and 5 to 15 parts by weight of hydrated amorphous silicon dioxide having a BET specific surface area of 35 to 220 m2/g, based on 100 parts by weight of fluororubber, wherein the total amount of carbon black and hydrated amorphous silicon dioxide is 80 parts by weight or less.
US11312849B2	Vinyl chloride-based resin composition for powder molding, and vinyl chloride-based resin molded body and laminate A composition of polyvinyl for powder molding may include a polyvinyl chloride (A), a polyvinyl chloride (B), a plasticizer, and an alkyl phosphate. The polyvinyl chloride (A) may have an average particle diameter of 50 μm to 500 μm, and the polyvinyl chloride (B) may have an average particle diameter of 0.01 μm or more and less than 50 μm. An average polymerization degree of the polyvinyl chloride (A) may be 1350 or more, the alkyl phosphate may comprise a mono-alkyl phosphate, and the number of carbon atoms of an alkyl group in the alkyl phosphate may be 5 or more.
US11312844B2	Compositions suitable for manufacturing polyethylene foam, and articles thereof A composition suitable for making uncrosslinked polyethylene foam and an uncrosslinked polyethylene foam comprising: 50-95 wt. % of a low density polyethylene having a density ranging from 0.915 to 0.930 g/cc and melt index of 1-4 g/10 min; and 5-50 wt. % of an ethylene/alpha-olefin interpolymer having: a density ranging from 0.910-0.930 g/cc; a melt index ranging from 0.5 to 6.0 g/10 min; a Mw/Mn of from 2.8 to 4.5; and a ZSVR of 1.8 to 10.0.
US11312843B2	Bissilylaminosilyl-functionalized conjugated dienes and their use in the production of rubbers The invention relates to bissilylaminosilyl-functionalized conjugated dienes and their use in the production of rubbers. Further, the invention relates to rubbers and rubber compositions.
US11312836B2	Methods of manufacturing articles utilizing foam particles Methods for manufacturing articles, including articles of footwear, apparel, and sporting equipment are provided. The methods comprise decorating a plurality of foam particles. The decorating can comprise applying a coating on the foam particles, or embossing or debossing the foam particles, or both. The decorating can comprise applying a coating on the foam particles by printing, painting, dyeing, applying a film, or any combination thereof. The plurality of foam particles are affixed utilizing aspects of additive manufacturing methods. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present disclosure.
US11312833B2	Foam composition and foam produced therefrom A foam composition comprises a recycled polyvinyl butyral in an amount from 5 wt % to 70 wt %; an ethylene-ester copolymer in an amount from 10 wt % to 70 wt %; a foaming agent in an amount from 0.5 wt % to 3.5 wt %; a peroxide crosslinking agent in an amount from 0.5 wt % to 3.0 wt %; and a hydrazide crosslinking agent in an amount from 0.1 wt % to 2.5 wt %, based on a total weight of the foam composition. A foam produced from the foam composition can avoid emitting an unpleasant odor of aldehydes, and the foam also has good mechanical properties and good resilience.
US11312821B2	Polyester resin and preparation method of the same Provided are a polyester resin having a high residual rate of isosorbide, thereby exhibiting excellent heat resistance, excellent mechanical properties such as tensile strength, Young's modulus, etc., and excellent appearance properties and transparency, and a preparation method thereof.
US11312811B2	Flexible foam using polymer polyols produced via DMC catalyzed polyols This invention relates to improved flexible foams prepared from polymer polyols and to a process for preparing these improved flexible foams.
US11312808B2	Aqueous polyurethane dispersions, prepolymers, and shaped articles made therefrom Aqueous polyurethane dispersions, prepolymers for formation of these dispersions, methods for their use in shaping articles, as well as shaping articles produced thereby are provided.
US11312802B2	Compositions including copolymers of vinylidene fluoride and tetrafluoroethylene and methods of using the same A composition includes a thermoplastic fluoropolymer having vinylidene fluoride units in an amount of at least 30 mole percent and tetrafluoroethylene units in an amount of at least 5 mole percent. The thermoplastic fluoropolymer is free of hexafluoropropylene units or comprises less than 5 mole percent hexafluoropropylene units. The composition further includes at least one of a non-fluorinated, thermoplastic polymer as a major component of the composition or a polymer processing additive synergist. A method of reducing melt defects during the extrusion of a polymer is also provided. Use of the thermoplastic fluoropolymer as a polymer processing additive is also provided.
US11312796B2	Polyolefin catalyst and method for preparing polyolefin using same Disclosed are a novel metallocene catalyst and a method for preparing a polyolefin having a high molecular weight and a low melt index by using the same. The present invention provides a transition metal compound represented by formula 1.
US11312795B2	Transition metal complex for use in or as a catalyst for olefin polymerization A catalyst for olefin polymerization containing at least one metal complex comprising at least one —SF5 group attached to a ligand bound to the metal. The invention further relates to catalyst, a process for making polyolefins and dispersions of UHMWPE.
US11312794B2	Protective film, optical film, laminate, polarizing plate, image display device and method for producing polarizing plate According to one aspect of the present invention, a base material-less protective film used in a polarizing plate is provided, wherein the protective film comprises a core layer containing a resin made of a cured product, and an adhesion-improving layer provided on one surface of the core layer, and wherein a surface of the adhesion-improving layer forms one surface of the protective film, and the thickness of the protective film is less than 40 μm, and the tensile break strength of the protective film is 30 N/mm2 or more.
US11312793B2	Amino-quinone antipolymerants and methods of using Described are methods and composition for inhibiting polymerization of a monomer (e.g., styrene) composition using an aminated quinone antipolymerant, such as an aminated benzoquinone or aminated naphthoquinone antipolymerant having one or more secondary or tertiary amine group(s). The aminated quinone antipolymerant can be used with little or no nitroxyl group containing antipolymerant yet still provide excellent antipolymerant activity in a monomer-containing composition.
US11312786B2	Oncofetal antigen binding proteins and related compositions and methods The present disclosure relates to protein molecules that specifically bind to 5T4 and/or 4-1BB. The molecules may have at least one humanized 5T4-binding or 4-1BB-binding domain. Such molecules are useful for the treatment of cancer. The protein molecule binding to 5T4 or 4-1BB may have a second binding domain that binds to another target. The molecules may bind both 5T4-expressing cells and a cell-surface molecule expressed by an effector cell to enhance effector cell activation, proliferation, survival and/or effector-cell mediated cytotoxicity. The disclosure also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising the 5T4-binding or 4-1BB-binding polypeptide or protein molecules, nucleic acid molecules encoding these polypeptides and methods of making and using these molecules.
US11312784B2	IgG binding peptides and multifunctional antigen-binding proteins comprising the same Disclosed herein are multifunctional antigen-binding proteins comprising at least one multifunctional recombinant protein scaffold and at least one antigen-specific binding domain. Polynucleotides encoding the multifunctional antigen-binding proteins, vectors containing the disclosed polynucleotides, and cells that have been genetically engineered to express the polynucleotide are also provided. Methods of using the multifunctional antigen-binding proteins are disclosed.
US11312752B2	Insect inhibitory proteins Pesticidal proteins exhibiting toxic activity against Lepidopteran pest species are disclosed, and include, but are not limited to, TIC4472, TIC4472PL, TIC1425, TIC2613, and TIC2613PL. DNA constructs are provided which contain a recombinant nucleic acid sequence encoding one or more of the disclosed pesticidal proteins. Transgenic plants, plant cells, seed, and plant parts resistant to Lepidopteran infestation are provided which contain recombinant nucleic acid sequences encoding the pesticidal proteins of the present invention. Methods for detecting the presence of the recombinant nucleic acid sequences or the proteins of the present invention in a biological sample, and methods of controlling Lepidopteran species pests using any of the TIC4472, TIC4472PL, TIC1425, TIC2613, and TIC2613PL pesticidal proteins are also provided.
US11312741B2	Separation of oligosaccharides from fermentation broth The invention relates to a method for obtaining an N-acetylglucosamine containing neutral oligosaccharide from a fermentation broth, wherein said oligosaccharide is produced by culturing a genetically modified microorganism capable of producing said oligosaccharide from an internalized carbohydrate precursor, comprising the steps of: i) ultrafiltration (UF), preferably to separate biomass from the broth, ii) nanofiltration (NF), preferably to concentrate said oligosaccharide in the broth and/or reduce an inorganic salt content of the broth, and iii) treating the broth with an ion exchange resin, preferably to remove charged materials, and/or subjecting the broth to chromatography, preferably to remove hydrophobic impurities.
US11312737B2	Amide-linked EP4 agonist-bisphosphonate compounds and uses thereof The present invention relates to EP4 agonist-bisphosphonate conjugates or related compounds and uses thereof. Said conjugates or related compounds may be used to provide delivery of an EP4 agonist or related compound to a desired site of action, such as a bone. Bisphosphonate moieties, linked to the EP4 agonists via amide linkers, have been implicated in the inhibition of bone resorption and bone targeting.
US11312727B1	Macrocyclic flu endonuclease inhibitors The present invention relates to macrocyclic pyridotriazine derivatives of formula (I) and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates or polymorph thereof, and the use of such compounds as a medicament, in particular in the prevention and/or treatment of viral infections caused by viruses belonging to the Orthomyxoviridae family. The present invention furthermore relates to pharmaceutical compositions or combination preparations of the compounds, and to the compositions or preparations for use as a medicament, more preferably for the prevention or treatment of viral infections caused by viruses belonging to the Orthomyxoviridae family.
US11312719B2	9-substituted amino triazolo quinazoline derivatives as adenosine receptor antagonists, pharmaceutical compositions and their use In its many embodiments, the present invention provides certain 9-substituted amino triazolo quinazoline compounds of the structural Formula (I): and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein, ring A, R1 and R2 are as defined herein, pharmaceutical compositions comprising one or more such compounds (alone and in combination with one or more other therapeutically active agents), and methods for their preparation and use, alone and in combination with other therapeutic agents, as antagonists of A2a and/or A2b receptors, and in the treatment of a variety of diseases, conditions, or disorders that are mediated, at least in part, by the adenosine A2a receptor and/or the adenosine A2b receptor.
US11312697B2	Process for the production of alpha-tocotrienol and derivatives The invention discloses novel processes for production, enrichment and/or isolation of alpha-tocotrienol from source material comprising at least one non-alpha-tocotrienol, such as natural extracts comprising mixed tocotrienols.
US11312684B1	Pharmaceutically acceptable salts of psilocin and uses thereof The present invention composition features pharmaceutically acceptable salts of psilocin and compositions thereof. The pharmaceutically acceptable salts of psilocin may be used to treat a disease or condition, such as a neurological injury, an inflammatory condition, chronic pain, or a psychological condition, in a subject in need thereof.
US11312681B2	Molecular host frameworks and methods of making and using same Crystalline molecular framework:small molecule compounds. The molecular framework is formed from guanidinium cations and organosulfonate anions and the guanidinium cations and organosulfonate anions are associated via one or more hydrogen bond. The small molecule(s) is/are encapsulated by the molecular framework. Methods for making crystalline molecular framework:small molecule compounds may include combining guanidinium cations, organosulfonate anions, and small molecules in a single step. The crystalline molecular framework:small molecule compounds can be used to determine the structure of the small molecule(s).
US11312674B2	Process for making a feed of normal butanol, iso-butanol and 2-alkyl alkanol A process for the production of normal-butanol, iso-butanol and 2-alkyl alkanol is disclosed. The process comprises: hydrogenating a feed comprising normal butyraldehyde, iso-butyraldehyde and 2-alkyl alkenal to form a crude product stream comprising normal-butanol, iso-butanol, 2-alkyl alkanol, unreacted normal butyraldehyde, unreacted iso-butyraldehyde and one or more of unreacted 2-alkyl alkenal, 2-alkyl alkanal or 2-alkyl alkenol; separating the crude product stream to produce: a mixed butanol stream having higher concentrations of normal butanol, iso-butanol, unreacted normal butyraldehyde and unreacted iso-butyraldehyde than the crude product stream; and a crude 2-alkyl alkanol stream having higher concentrations of 2-alkyl alkanol and the one or more of unreacted 2-alkyl alkenal, 2-alkyl alkanal or 2-alkyl alkenol than the crude product stream; separating the mixed butanol stream to produce: a refined normal butanol stream having a higher concentration of normal butanol than the mixed butanol stream; and a crude iso-butanol stream having a higher concentration of iso-butanol than the mixed butanol stream; feeding the crude iso-butanol stream to a first polishing hydrogenation reactor wherein at least some of the unreacted iso-butyraldehyde is converted to iso-butanol to produce a polished iso-butanol stream; separating the polished iso-butanol stream to produce: a refined iso-butanol stream having a higher concentration of iso-butanol than the polished iso-butanol stream; and a light waste stream; separating the crude 2-alkyl alkanol stream to produce: an intermediate 2-alkyl alkanol stream having higher concentrations of 2-alkyl alkanol and the one or more of unreacted 2-alkyl alkenal, 2-alkyl alkanal or 2-alkyl alkenol than the crude 2-alkyl alkanol stream; and a heavy waste stream; feeding the intermediate 2-alkyl alkanol stream to a second polishing hydrogenation reactor wherein at least some of the one or more of unreacted 2-alkyl alkenal, 2-alkyl alkanal or 2-alkyl alkenol is converted to 2-alkyl alkanol to produce a polished 2-alkyl alkanol stream having a higher concentration of 2-alkyl alkanol than the intermediate 2-alkyl alkanol stream; separating the polished 2-alkyl alkanol stream to produce: a refined 2-alkyl alkanol stream having a higher concentration of 2-alkyl alkanol than the polished 2-alkyl alkanol stream; and an intermediate waste stream.
US11312662B2	High isostatic strength honeycomb structures and extrusion dies therefor A honeycomb structure (110) includes intersecting porous walls (106). Inlet channels (108i) and outlet channels (108o) are formed by the intersecting porous walls (106), wherein the inlet channels (108i) comprise inlet hydraulic diameters (HDi) and the outlet channels (108o) comprise outlet hydraulic diameters (HDo). The inlet channels (108i) comprise inlet corners (220i) with inlet corner radii (Ri) and the outlet channels (108o) comprise outlet corners (2200) with outlet corner radii (Ro). A centerpost (124) is defined by adjacent opposing inlet corners (220i) of two of the inlet channels (108i) and adjacent opposing outlet corners (2200) of two of the outlet channels (108o). A first diagonal length (D1) is a shortest distance between the opposing outlet corners (220o) of the two outlet channels (108o) and a second diagonal length (D2) is a shortest distance between the opposing inlet corners (220i) of the two inlet channels (108i). The honeycomb structure (110) has certain aspect ratios D1:D2 depending on hydraulic diameter ratios HDi:HDo.
US11312660B2	Dense boron nitride ceramic with high plasticity and high elasticity and preparation for the same The present disclosure relates to a dense boron nitride ceramic with high plasticity and high elasticity and the preparation process thereof. The preparation process includes the following steps: A) weighing a predetermined amount of spherical boron nitride nano-powders with onion-like structure, pre-pressing them into a pre-pressed body and putting the pre-pressed body into a sintering mold; B) putting the pre-pressed body obtained in step A) together with the sintering mold into a spark plasma sintering apparatus or a hot-pressing sintering apparatus for sintering; and C) taking out the mold after cooling, and removing the mold to obtain the boron nitride dense ceramic block with high plasticity and high elasticity. According to the present invention, a boron nitride ceramic with high strength and high plasticity is obtained via sintering spherical boron nitride nano-powders with onion-like structure.
US11312659B2	Calcium-alumino-silicate-hydrate nano-seeds suspension and preparation method thereof The invention discloses a calcium-alumino-silicate-hydrate nano-seeds suspension and preparation method thereof. The preparation method of calcium-alumino-silicate-hydrate nano-seeds suspension includes the following steps: dropwise adding the aqueous solution of calcium source, the aqueous solution of silicon source and the aqueous solution of aluminum source to the solution of polycarboxylate superplasticizer, and adjusting the pH value to 10.0˜13.5, and continuously stirring to obtain the calcium-alumino-silicate-hydrate nano-seeds suspension. The beneficial effect in the present invention is: the calcium-alumino-silicate-hydrate nano-seeds has small particle size, good dispersion stability, and it can effectively improve the early hydration and mechanical performance of cement-based materials, and has good application prospects; the preparation process is simple, without washing, drying, ultrasonic dispersion and other subsequent processes, suitable for large-scale production.
US11312656B2	Chemically strengthened glass The present invention relates to a chemically strengthened glass satisfying A1 [MPa] of 600 or more, A2 [MPa] of 50 or more, B1 [μm] of 6 or less, B2 [μm] of 10% or more of t [μm], C [MPa] of −30 or less, and A1/B1 [MPa/μm] of 100 or more when the chemically strengthened glass has a thickness t [μm] and a profile of a stress value [MPa] at a depth x [μm] from a glass surface is approximated by an error least-squares method in a region of 0A2 and B1
US11312650B2	System and method for manufacturing optical fiber A system for precoating a preform for drawing optical fiber including a diameter sensor to determine a diameter of pulled optical fiber, a cooling system to cool the optical fiber once it is pulled from a furnace, a coating system to apply a coating to the optical fiber once it has cooled and an ultra-violet lamp to cure the coating.
US11312646B2	Method to remediate effluents containing metals complexed with organic and/or inorganic species Described is a system and corresponding method for remediating liquid waste streams. The system includes an electro-oxidation (EO) chamber, an electro-deposition (ED) chamber, and an electro-adsorption (EA) chamber. In the method, a waste stream is subjected to electro-oxidation, followed by electro-deposition and/or electro-adsorption. The method removes both organic and inorganic pollutants, as well as metals present as free ions or bound into organic or inorganic complexes.
US11312624B2	MEMS device and manufacturing method thereof A manufacturing method of microelectromechanical system (MEMS) device includes providing a first, a second and a third substrates, wherein the first substrate includes a first and a second circuit, the second substrate includes second and third connection areas, and the third substrate includes first connection areas. Second grooves and a dividing groove are formed on the fourth surface of the third substrate. The second and third substrates are bonded to make the first and the second connection areas correspondingly connect with each other. The second substrate is divided to form electrically isolating first and second movable elements. The first movable element is spatial separated from the third substrate and corresponding to the second groove. The second movable element is connected to the third substrate. The first and the second substrates are bonded to make the fourth and the third connection areas connect correspondingly. The third substrate is thinned, divided into a first and a second cap from the dividing groove, and formed a first groove from the fifth surface. The first cap is corresponding to the first movable element and the first circuit. Air tight space to sense a pressure variation of exterior environment is formed between the first substrate and the second cap. The second movable element is movable with the second cap by the pressure variation of the exterior environment. Accordingly, the pressure sensor and the MEMS structure for sensing other physical quantity can be integrated in the foregoing MEMS device by a single process.
US11312614B2	System and apparatus for refilling a reservoir with liquid dispensed from a dispenser The present invention solves some of the problems of the prior art by providing a method, system and apparatus for readily refilling the reservoir of a smoking-substitute device with liquid from a dispenser. The method, system and apparatus of the present invention prevents liquid from being dispensed until the dispenser is securely and sealably engaged to the smoking-substitute device, provides independent liquid and gas pathways between the dispenser and reservoir, and substantially alleviates the problems of spillage and/or leakage when dispensing liquid from the dispenser into the reservoir of the smoking-substitute device.
US11312611B2	Hydrogen water generator A hydrogen water generator includes a hydrogen water discharger including a water outlet, a seating unit disposed under the water outlet and forming a seating surface, a water container seatable on the seating surface and including an opening at an upper end of the water container, and a first magnetic body at a lower end of the water container, and the seating unit including a second magnetic body. When the water container is seated on the seating surface, the first magnetic body and the second magnetic body are attractable to each other to position the water container with respect to the water outlet.
US11312601B1	Movable lifting bracket A movable lifting bracket relates to a field of lifting bracket and includes bearing frames, a main frame, and a mobile frame arranged on a lower portion of the main frame. Universal wheels and directional wheels are arranged on a lower portion of the movable frame. Adjusting sleeves are arranged on upper ends of the movable frame. First through holes are on an outer side of each of the adjusting sleeves. Lower ends of the main frame are inserted into the adjusting sleeves. A first limit pin is arranged on the outer side of each of the adjusting sleeves; A pressing frame is arranged on the main frame.
US11312600B2	Fastening device for hoisting rope of hoisting device A hoisting device includes a body, a hoisting rope, a rope drum arranged in connection with the body, on which a first end of the hoisting rope is fastened, and a hoisting part which ascends and descends by means of the hoisting rope. The hoisting device includes a fastening device of a second end of the hoisting rope, which is formed into a loop wherein a spiral groove is substantially surrounding the entire loop and in which the part adjacent to the second end of the hoisting rope is received. The hoisting device further has a fastening arrangement which locks the second end of the hoisting rope to the fastening device, preventing the second end from being pulled out of the fastening device.
US11312588B2	Automatic document feeders An example automatic document feeder device includes a document tray, a pair of rollers, at least one controller that automatically adjusts a height of the document tray and the pair of rollers based on an amount of media contained on the document tray, Sand a slide aligned to the pair of rollers to alter a media pathway distance as the height of the pair of rollers changes. The controller may adjust the height of the document tray independently from adjusting the height of the pair of rollers. A guide may be provided adjacent to the document tray, wherein the guide may bend as the height of the document tray increases. A sensor may determine a thickness of media contained on the document tray.
US11312574B2	Vehicle status reporting for high throughput independent cart system An improved method and system increases throughput in an independent cart system. The independent cart system includes multiple movers, controlled by a first controller, travelling along a track. At least one station is defined, where a device external to the track interacts with the movers on the track. A process controller controls operation of the external device and receives a communication from the first controller to begin execution of a task that the external device must complete prior to interaction with the mover. The first controller determines a time to destination for each mover to reach the station and transmits the signal or data packet to the process controller to initiate execution of the preparation task with sufficient time for the process controller to begin or complete the preparation task prior to the mover arriving at the station.
US11312561B2	Flexible pouch for two-component products A flexible pouch for two-component products includes a front panel, a back panel and a pair of side seals. An upper compartment is formed between the front panel, the back panel, one of the pair of side seals, an intermediate side seal and a bottom frangible seal. A lower compartment is formed beneath the upper compartment between the front panel and the back panel. A vertical passage extends between the intermediate side seal and another of the pair of side seals from the lower compartment to an opening. Rupture of the bottom frangible seal provides a fluid passageway from the upper compartment to the lower compartment.
US11312554B2	Easy-open peel pouch Embodiments include a package for containing and dispensing a product. The package includes first and second layers; a product seal zone where the first layer is joined to the second layer, the product seal zone having an inner perimeter that defines an unsealed pouch area for containing the product and an outer perimeter; and a header zone adjacent to the outer perimeter of the product seal zone. The header zone includes a first tab; a second tab; a first tab-cut in the first layer within an unsealed portion of the header zone; and a second tab-cut in the second layer within the unsealed portion of the header zone. Other embodiments are also included herein.
US11312550B2	Flexible packages with self-folding Packages made from flexible material, wherein the packages include one or more self-folds formed by applying activation energy to the flexible material are presented. The packages include a polymeric film, wherein the polymeric film is formed from one type of polymer, and wherein the flexible material defines an enclosed product volume. The packages include a first panel formed from the flexible material and a second panel formed from the flexible material. The packages include a self-fold that has an overall thickness that is about 5% to about 30% greater than a thickness of the flexible material outside of the self-fold. The self-fold has a differential thermal-mechanical set than the flexible material outside of the self-fold, and forms an angle of about 100 degrees to about 170 degrees between the first panel and the second panel.
US11312547B2	Closure for a drinking bottle A closure for a drinking bottle, including a securing element for releasably arranging the closure on a lid of the drinking bottle, a pretensioned pivot element which is arranged on the securing element so as to be pivotable away from said clamping element about a pivot axis, and a seal which is arranged on a pivot element that pivots out. The securing element includes a first clamping element, a second clamping element and a spring. The two clamping elements are arranged on one another so as to be linearly displaceable in one direction and the spring is arranged between the two clamping elements in the direction of displacement.
US11312544B2	Cap for container A cap for a container is formed so that the cap has a top plate and a circular sidewall. Two opposite sides of the circular sidewall circularly connect to each other, one periphery of the circular sidewall connecting to one surface of the top plate forming a closed end, and another periphery of the circular sidewall at an opposite side of the closed end forms an opened end. Incisions are in the circular sidewall. The incisions form a ring member located at the opened end of the cap separated from a main body of the cap by a first incision and a second incision between the opened end of the main body and the ring member.
US11312543B2	Closure A snap-on/twist off closure (22), a package comprising the closure, e.g., a bottle in combination with the closure is disclosed. The closure includes an upper wall defining an opening and a cylindrical snap on pipe (30) depending from the upper wall. The pipe includes threads designed to mate with external threads on a neck of the bottle. The threads on the pipe and threads on the neck of the bottle pass over each other when the closure is snapped onto the bottle during manufacture. The pipe includes a resistance recess (42) and a guidance recess (70). A bottom rim of the pipe, the resistance recess and the guidance recess are in contact with a forcing element (50) on a shoulder of the bottle and guide the closure into positions permitting unscrewing of the closure.
US11312539B2	Method of forming a collapsible bag using a mold and mandrel A bioreactor configured to contain a volume of liquid is provided. The bioreactor includes a collapsible bag able to contain the volume of liquid, a support structure surrounding and containing the collapsible bag, a first sparger connected to the collapsible bag, the first sparger having a first aperture size, and a second sparger connected to the collapsible bag, the second sparger having a second aperture size that is different from the first aperture size.
US11312538B2	Treatment of closure ends on large format bags Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a reclosure, closure or zipper on a large format package or bag that is mounted to the top of the package or bag, which may be formed from a tube of polymeric material, with the ends of the reclosure, closure or zipper flush to the sides of the bag. The upper corners of the package or bag includes notches in the gussets. The area of the package walls around the notches is pinned, glued or sealed together and the closure is attached to the package walls. The ends of the reclosure, closure or zipper are flush with the side edges or seals of the package or bag.
US11312537B1	Packaging for retaining articles to be personalized Packaging for retaining an article to be personalized in a predetermined position relative to the packaging may include a first container defining an interior cavity and an insert designed to retain the article in a predetermined position and orientation relative to the insert. The insert may be positioned within the interior cavity so that the article retained by the insert is within the interior cavity. At least one of the first container may define an opening designed to provide access to a personalization system for personalizing a predetermined surface of the article while the article is retained by the insert and the insert and article are positioned within the interior cavity so that the predetermined surface can be personalized based on the position of the first container relative to the personalization system.
US11312535B2	Secure packaging for bottle-type containers A secure packaging for bottle-type containers having a body, a neck terminating in an opening into an interior of the bottle, and a cap for sealing the opening. The packaging may include a flexible casing having an interior cavity for receiving the bottle body, and a first aperture configured to admit the bottle body into the cavity. A second aperture is configured to receive the neck of the bottle, such that the bottle opening protrudes from the casing when the bottle body is received in the cavity. A first tether may be configured to facilitate releasably securing the casing to an object. A second tether is operatively coupled between the casing and the aperture on the bottle cap. The second tether is configured to secure the cap with the casing and to be frangibly removed from the casing prior to use of the bottle to dispense contents of the bottle.
US11312534B2	Modular reusable shipping crate A system, method, and device for shipping, transporting, storing, and managing logistics of a variety of cargo. A crate is disclosed that allows for easy and inexpensive return shipment (reverse logistics) after use through a collapsible, interlocking system of a pallet base, foldable side wall assemblies, and a lid that can be removably connected to one another. The crate can utilize guide protrusions and corresponding guide recesses to fit the components together. The height of the crate can be increased by additional tiers of side walls. Latch assemblies can be utilized to fasten adjacent components together. The crate may include a tracking or monitoring device that can monitor one or more of humidity, temperature, tilt, impact, vibration, and variety of desired conditions. The system may include Bluetooth beacons on each of the components and a Bluetooth sensor in the monitoring device in the pallet base to monitor disassembled components.
US11312526B2	Dual use box Example aspects of a box and a collapsible box are disclosed. The box can comprise comprising a plurality of side panels comprising a first side panel and a second side panel opposite the first side panel; a first top panel extending from the first side panel, the first top panel comprising a primary sealing flap, a first secondary sealing flap, and a second secondary sealing flap; and a second top panel extending from the second side panel, the box configurable in a first closed configuration, wherein the first and second secondary sealing flaps are secured to the second top panel, and a second closed configuration, wherein the primary sealing flap is secured to the second top panel.
US11312509B2	Mobile machine provided with a flex circuit communication system between an external measurement device and an internal unit A mobile machine includes a fuselage having at least one door, inside which is located a unit for processing measurements taken by at least one measurement device installed outside said fuselage. The system for communication between the processing unit and the measurement device includes a flex circuit that is affixed at least partially flat in the door corner between the door and the rim of the opening formed in the fuselage with which the door is associated and one of the ends, the internal end, of which is located inside the fuselage and the other, external, end of which is located outside. Since the flex circuit makes it possible to pass through the wall of the fuselage via the opening for doors, the need to make substantial modifications to the aircraft is avoided.
US11312507B2	Repair assembly to repair an area on a member of a vehicle Methods and assemblies for repairing an identified area on a member of a vehicle. A first doubler plate is positioned over a first side of the identified area of the member. A second doubler plate is positioned over an opposing second side of the identified area of the member. A first plurality of fasteners are inserted through the identified area and each of the first and second doubler plates and secured. A second plurality of fasteners are inserted through the first and second doubler plates and the member at points away from the identified area and secured.
US11312492B1	Rotorcraft-assisted systems and methods for launching and retrieving a fixed-wing aircraft into and from free flight The present disclosure describes various systems and methods configured to: launch a fixed-wing aircraft from a moving object into free, wing-borne flight using a multicopter; retrieve the multicopter after fixed-wing aircraft launch using a retrieval winch; retrieve the fixed-wing aircraft from free, wing-borne flight back onto the moving object using the multicopter; and retrieve the multicopter after fixed-wing aircraft retrieval using the retrieval winch.
US11312486B2	Propulsion system Provided is a propulsion system, including a first propulsion unit, a second propulsion unit, a rotor, a first coupling and a second coupling. The first propulsion unit is configured for being fixedly mounted to an airframe. The rotor is configured for being pivotably mounted with respect to the first propulsion unit to allow selectively pivoting of the rotor from a horizontal mode to a vertical mode. The first coupling is configured for selectively coupling and decoupling the rotor with respect to the first propulsion unit. The second coupling is configured for selectively coupling and decoupling the rotor with respect to the second propulsion unit, independently of the first coupling.
US11312484B2	Aircraft having convertible tailboom and landing gear systems A tiltwing aircraft convertible between a vertical takeoff and landing flight mode and a forward flight mode includes a fuselage, a tiltwing rotatably coupled to the fuselage and a convertible tailboom and landing gear system rotatably coupled to the fuselage. The tiltwing is rotatable between a substantially vertical position in the vertical takeoff and landing flight mode and a substantially horizontal position in the forward flight mode. The convertible tailboom and landing gear system is rotatable between a landing gear position in the vertical takeoff and landing flight mode and a tailboom position in the forward flight mode. The convertible tailboom and landing gear system includes skids and linkages that rotatably couple the skids to the fuselage. The skids are positioned below the fuselage in the landing gear position and extend aft of the fuselage in the tailboom position.
US11312477B2	Aircraft propeller electric blade pitch change and control A propeller assembly of an aircraft includes a hub, a plurality of propeller blades extending from the hub and secured thereto and a propeller blade pitch change system located at at least one propeller blade of the plurality of propeller blades. The propeller blade pitch change system includes a pitch change actuator located in the propeller blade, and a drive mechanism operably connected to the pitch change actuator and to the propeller blade to urge rotation of the propeller blade about a propeller blade axis.
US11312470B2	Pressure bulkhead for an aircraft A pressure bulkhead for the pressure-tight axial closure of a pressurized fuselage of an aircraft or spacecraft that is capable of being put under internal pressure includes dome segments, having an integrated reinforcement, in particular a peripheral reinforcement, which are in each case made integrally from a fiber-reinforced thermoplastic plastics material, and are joined to one another so as to form a pressure dome.
US11312465B2	Tail rudder control system and kayak The present invention provides a tail rudder control system for a kayak which includes a tail rudder assembly, having a tail rudder, a swing mechanism for driving the tail rudder to rotate in the horizontal direction, a traction mechanism for driving the tail rudder to flip longitudinally for storage, and a guide wheel box for driving the swing mechanism and reset the tail rudder. Two pedal assemblies are in transmission connection with the swing mechanism through a steering traction line for driving the swing mechanism to act. A transmission assembly includes a first transmission wheel wound with a transmission traction line, a second transmission wheel wound with a reverse traction line. The second transmission wheel is driven by the first transmission wheel, and the reverse traction line is in transmission connection with the traction mechanism for driving the traction mechanism to act.
US11312454B1	Lashing system and method for use in cargo ships A lashing system is usable on cargo ships that are transporting shipping containers, optionally as a supplement to standard lashing bridges provided on cargo ships. The lashing system includes a support that can interface with the pre-existing interlocking system provided on the shipping containers. The support can be lifted and placed on a stack of shipping containers using the same cranes used for loading and unloading shipping containers. The lashing system includes lashings that are attached to the support and are releasably connectable to another shipping container or to a structure of the cargo ship. The tension in the lashings is preferably monitored during the trips of the cargo ships.
US11312453B2	Boat anchoring system A boat anchoring system may include a first section and a second section. The first section may include a first proximal end region and a first distal end region. The second section may include a second proximal end region and a second distal end region. The first section may at least partially surround the second section. A geologic anchoring system may include a body section, a boring section and a lock. The body section may include a first proximal end region and a first distal end region. The boring section may include a second proximal end region and a second distal end region. The first section may least partially surround the second section. A lock may be included on the second section. The lock may engage the first section at an infinite number of positions of the second section relative to the first section.
US11312449B2	Electromechanical derailleur An Actuating device for a bicycle is provided. The actuating device may include a static element which is positionally fixed in relation to a bicycle frame, a movable element which is movable in relation to the static element, an electromechanical drive which provides drive force for a movement of the movable element. The electromechanical drive has a motor and a gearing driven by the motor. The gearing may include a first gearing wheel and a second gearing wheel which is in engagement with the first gearing wheel.
US11312438B1	Adjustabale bicycle parking rack A bicycle parking rack includes a base to which a first portion is connected. Two first parts are adjustably connected to the first portion. A second portion connected to the base at an angle. The second portion includes a first tube, a second tube and a third tube. A second part is adjustably connected between the first tube and the third tube. A bicycle wheel contacts the two first parts and the second part to form three contact points. The second tube is inserted into the upper end of the first tube and includes a hook end which may hook to an inner periphery of a bicycle wheel. A connection unit is removably connected between two respective bases of two parking racks.
US11312435B2	Motorized apparatus including articulated body A motorized apparatus includes an articulated body assembly, a plurality of wheels coupled to the articulated body assembly, and at least one maintenance device coupled to the articulated body assembly. The articulated body assembly includes a first body and a second body. The articulated body assembly includes a joint coupling the first body to the second body. The first body is pivotable relative to the second body about a pivot axis extending through the joint. At least one wheel is transitionable between a first position and a second position. The motorized apparatus also includes a motor drivingly coupled to the plurality of wheels and configured to move the articulated body assembly relative to a surface. The motorized apparatus further includes at least one magnet coupled to the at least one wheel.
US11312432B2	Gooseneck trailer with a guide for alignment A gooseneck trailer having a coupler attached to its neck. The coupler having a recess at its lower end, wherein the diameter of the recess is slightly larger than a diameter of the hitch ball, thus permitting the coupler to receive the hitch ball. The gooseneck trailer further comprises a guide attached to the lower end of the coupler over an exposed area around the recess. The guide having a round arch portion and a pair of prongs. The round arch having a crown portion and a pair of haunches. The radius of the curvature of the crown of the round arch is proportional to the radius of the hitch ball. The pair of prongs are continuous with the pair of haunches, wherein the crown portion, the two haunches, and the two prongs are integral.
US11312427B2	Motor vehicle apparatus and method An active wing apparatus for a vehicle. The apparatus comprises a deployable wing assembly and a lifting mechanism configured to lift the assembly. The lifting mechanism comprises at least two lifting arms each having first and second ends, the second end being pivotably coupled to the assembly, the first end being pivotably coupled to a mounting portion. The second ends are coupled to the assembly and arranged to move with respect to the assembly. Each arm is provided with a revolute side arm pivotably coupled at a first end to a respective lever arm at a side arm lever arm pivot, a second end of each side arm being pivotably coupled to a primary wing portion at a side arm wing pivot. The side arms are arranged to rotate with respect to the respective lever arm in a scissoring manner when the apparatus deploys to the deployed condition.
US11312420B2	Vehicle front structure A vehicle front structure includes: side frames of a vehicle front part; a bumper reinforcement attached to front ends of the side frames; a load transmission member attached to a side end portion of the bumper reinforcement; and a cover member attached to a rear end of the load transmission member. The cover member is an L-shaped section member in which an outer surface of a corner part of the cover member has a curved surface, the cover member extending in the vehicle up-down direction. The cover member is attached such that an upper end of the cover member projects upward from an upper face of the load transmission member, and the cover member covers an inner portion, in the vehicle width direction, of the rear end of the load transmission member.
US11312413B2	Operating method for a steer-by-wire steering system, control unit for a steer-by-wire steering system, steer-by-wire steering system, and transportation vehicle An operating method for a steer-by-wire steering system having a steering gear module, a steering wheel module, and a bus connecting the steering gear module and the steering wheel module, wherein an actual position in the steering gear module is sensed and a setpoint position in the steering wheel module is adjusted in relation to the actual position in the steering gear module by using an association specification. Also disclosed is a control unit for a steer-by-wire steering system, a steer-by-wire steering system, and a transportation vehicle having a steer-by-wire steering system.
US11312406B2	Steering column assembly A steering column assembly includes a mounting bracket which is securely fixed to a car cross beam or the like; a support bracket located below the mounting bracket, the two brackets being connected together during normal operation by at least one frangible connector a telescopic shroud having a first portion that surrounds a steering shaft, the first portion being fixed to the support bracket, and an energy absorbing device. The energy absorbing devices further includes: a wire which extends along an underside of the mounting bracket and is secured at opposing ends to respective anchor portions of the mounting bracket, and a fixing part of the support bracket having an opening through which the wire passes, whereby in a crash the frangible connector is broken to permit the support bracket to move relative to the mounting bracket whereupon the wire is pulled through the opening in the fixing part.
US11312400B2	Coupler assembly and straddle type rail train with same The disclosure discloses a coupler assembly and a straddle type rail train with the same. The coupler assembly includes a mounting base, a buffering mechanism, a folding mechanism, and a coupler head, one end of the buffering mechanism is interconnected movably with the mounting base, the other end of the buffering mechanism is provided with a pull rod, the pull rod is provided with a limiting portion, one end of the folding mechanism is interconnected movably with the pull rod, the folding mechanism is provided with a locking part, the locking part movably cooperates with the limiting portion to lock or release the pull rod, and the pull rod is fixed at a stretching position when the limiting portion is locked by the locking part, and is movable between a folding position and the stretching position when the limiting portion is released by the locking part; and one end of the coupler head is interconnected with the other end of the folding mechanism.
US11312378B2	System and method for vehicle control using vehicular communication A computer-implemented method for controlling a host vehicle having a vehicle control system that controls motion of the host vehicle relative to a preceding vehicle that is immediately ahead of the host vehicle. The method includes determining a relative headway distance and a relative velocity between the host vehicle and the preceding vehicle, and an acceleration rate of the preceding vehicle. The method includes receiving message packets transmitted from a leading vehicle and the message packets contain parameters of the leading vehicle including an acceleration rate of the leading vehicle. Further, the method includes calculating an acceleration control rate for the host vehicle to maintain the headway reference distance between the host vehicle and the preceding vehicle, based on the relative headway distance, the relative velocity, the acceleration rate of the preceding vehicle, and the acceleration rate of the leading vehicle. The acceleration rate is output to a vehicle controller to control motion of the host vehicle.
US11312374B2	Prediction of accident risk based on anomaly detection A computer-implemented method of predicting a risk of an accident is disclosed. The method includes computing an anomaly score based on sensor data to obtain a series of anomaly scores. The method also includes processing the anomaly score to limit a processed anomaly score below a predetermined value. The method further includes calculating an accident risk score at time of prediction by using a series of processed anomaly scores up to the time of the prediction. The method includes further outputting a prediction result based on the accident risk score.
US11312370B2	Movable carrier auxiliary system and processing method thereof A movable carrier auxiliary system includes a sign detecting device including an image capturing module, a storage module, and an operation module. The image capturing module has at least two lenses having refractive power for capturing an environment image around a movable carrier. The storage module stores a plurality of sign models. The operation module is electrically connected to the image capturing module and the storage module. A processing method of the movable carrier auxiliary system includes steps of: detect whether the environment image has a sign image that matches at least one of the image models or not, and correspondingly generate a detection signal via the operation module, thereby to identify signs around the movable carrier.
US11312365B2	Method and apparatus for controlling sleep maintenance motion A method of controlling a sleep maintenance motion includes: determining, by a sleep maintenance mode entry determiner, whether a vehicle enters a sleep maintenance mode; when the vehicle enters the sleep maintenance mode, calculating, by an engine target speed profile calculator, an engine target speed profile; calculating, by an engine/hybrid starter generator (HSG) target torque calculator, an engine/HSG target torque based on the calculated engine target speed profile; and controlling, by the sleep maintenance mode entry determiner, a sleep maintenance motion based on an operation of an engine/HSG.
US11312357B2	ECMS-based PHEV four-drive torque distribution method An ECMS-based PHEV four-drive torque distribution method is disclosed. The method comprises: step 1, calculating an equivalent fuel consumption factor; step 2, calculating instantaneous total equivalent fuel consumption rate; step 3, converting all operating torque combinations of an engine, a BSG motor and a rear axle motor into the operating torque of a driving wheel, and determining the operating torque range of each power source; step 4, solving the minimum value of the instantaneous total equivalent fuel consumption rate within the actual operating torque range of each power source; and step 5, taking the operating torque of each power source corresponding to the minimum instantaneous total equivalent fuel consumption rate as the PHEV optimal operating torque for distribution.
US11312356B2	Hybrid vehicle and driving control method therefor A driving control method for a hybrid vehicle including an electric motor and an engine includes, when an acceleration request via manipulation of an accelerating pedal and a deceleration request via manipulation of a brake pedal are simultaneously made in a situation in which a predetermined condition is satisfied, implementing the acceleration request as torque of the engine, and implementing the deceleration request as regenerative brake torque of the electric motor.
US11312353B2	Vehicular control system with vehicle trajectory tracking A vehicular control system includes a forward viewing camera and a non-vision sensor. The control, responsive to processing of captured non-vision sensor data and processing of frames of captured image data, at least in part controls the equipped vehicle to travel along a road. The control, responsive at least in part to processing of frames of captured image data, determines lane markers on the road and determines presence of another vehicle traveling along the traffic lane ahead of the equipped vehicle and determines a trajectory of the other vehicle relative to the equipped vehicle. The control stores a trajectory history of the determined trajectory of the other vehicle relative to the equipped vehicle as the other vehicle and the equipped vehicle travel along the traffic lane.
US11312350B2	Brake monitoring systems for railcars A system and method for detecting the operational status of a brake system on a railcar. The system receives from a sensor an indication of the magnitude of a braking force applied by the braking system in response to an instruction to increase or decrease the braking force. It compares the response to possible responses of the braking system in view of the instruction provided. Based on the comparison, the system generates at least one of a message and/or an alert indicating the status of the brake system. Additional sensors, including a pressure sensor on a brake pipe of the railcar, can be added for additional functionality.
US11312346B2	Hydraulic motor vehicle braking system and control unit system for same A hydraulic motor vehicle braking system comprises an electronic stability control (ESC) system of dual-circuit design, a first brake circuit which acts on one or more first wheel brakes, and a second brake circuit which acts on one or more second wheel brakes. The first brake circuit comprises a first hydraulic pressure generator which is electrically controllable for control interventions, and the second brake circuit comprises a second hydraulic pressure generator which is electrically controllable, independently of the first hydraulic pressure generator, for control interventions.
US11312325B2	Seat supported airbag An assembly includes a seat bottom and a seat back extending upwardly from the seat bottom. An airbag is supported by the seat back and is inflatable to an inflated position above the seat. A pyrotechnic actuator is mounted to the seat bottom and is connected to the airbag. When the airbag is inflated to the inflated position, the pyrotechnic actuator pulls the airbag toward the seat bottom.
US11312319B2	Wire harness A wire harness includes a plurality of insulated electric wires, a sheath covering a part in a longitudinal direction of the insulated wires, and a branching portion fixing member covering an end portion of the sheath with the insulated wires guided out therefrom, and one-parts in respective longitudinal directions of the insulated wires being guided out from the end portion of the sheath. The branching portion fixing member includes a plurality of guiding-out portions to guide out the one-parts of the plurality of insulated wires respectively. The wire harness is provided with a protective tube to cover at least one of the guiding-out portions, and the insulated wire guided out from the at least one of the guiding-out portions, and a tightening member to tighten and fix one end portion of the protective tube to an outer peripheral surface of the at least one of the guiding-out portions.
US11312292B2	Luminous motor-vehicle glazing unit A light glazing for a motor vehicle includes a first transparent sheet, a masking zone with a first unmasked zone, a first light source, coupled optically to a transparent element, called light guide, a first extraction device for extracting light guided in the light guide, the first light extraction device being opposite the first unmasked zone so that one or more of the illuminated patterns are visible on the side of the second main face, on the second main face side, an opaque rear masking element, covering the first light extraction device, the first light extraction device being between the second main face and the rear masking element.
US11312291B2	Articulated element between the light source carrier frame and the leveling motor in a headlight of a motor vehicle The invention relates to an articulated element between a light source carrier frame and a leveling motor in a headlight of a motor vehicle, which is used to transform the linear movement of the drive shaft of the leveling motor into the rotation of the carrier frame for a certain angle. The light source carrier frame with one or several light sources is pivotally mounted to the headlight housing that is later on fixed to the car structure. The leveling motor with a drive shaft is fixed to the headlight housing, and can push its drive shaft in or out in a primarily linear direction. Undesirable radial force acting on the drive shaft are minimized or eliminated by the use of the articulated element according to the invention. The articulated element comprises a hollow cylinder adapted for insertion of a head fixedly attached to the drive shaft of the leveling motor and a hinge which consists of a first hinge element, which is fixedly attached to the hollow cylinder, and of a second hinge element, which is fixedly attached to a bayonet base or is formed as a uniform part of the carrier frame and whereby the cylinder axis is essentially parallel to the hinge axis. The horizontal component of the radial force onto the drive shaft is eliminated by allowing the hollow cylinder to slide along its axis relative to the drive shaft. At the same time the hinge in combination with the hollow cylinder pivoting around the head minimizes radial force on the drive shaft in vertical direction.
US11312289B2	Bed lift mounting member A structure such as a recreational vehicle includes a guide member coupled to a wall of the structure, a carriage member slidingly coupled to the guide member, a mounting bracket coupled to the carriage member, and a bed coupled to the mounting bracket. The mounting bracket can be coupled to the carriage member in a readily releasable manner. The mounting bracket can also be slidably received by a bed support member that is coupled to or part of the bed.

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