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US11321548B2	Device and method for controlling a material flow at a material flow nod point It is discloses a device and method for controlling a material flow (18) in a storage and picking system (10) at a sensor-controlled node (12) of the material flow (18), where a decision on a future direction of material flow or on a velocity of the material flow (18) is to be taken, wherein at least an inlet section (28) of the node (12) is detected by a, preferably single, sensor (22), comprising the steps of: by means of the sensor (22) generating (S10) sensor data (46) representing the material flow (18) which is defined by one or more material-flow objects (36), approaching the node (12) in a downstream direction, in a field of vision (26) of the sensor (22), in particular in an inlet section (28) of the node (12); checking (S16) whether the sensor data (46) includes for each of the approaching objects (36-1, 36-2) at least one associated object feature (40) allowing certain identification of the corresponding object (36); and, if the sensor data (46) includes for each of the objects (36-1, 36-2) the at least one associated feature (40) allowing the certain identification, controlling (S18) the material flow (18) at the node (12) based on the sensor data (46); or, if the sensor data (46) does not include for each of the approaching objects (36-1, 36-2) the at least one associated feature (40) allowing the certain identification (S16), controlling (S26) the material flow (18) at the node (12) at least for such of the objects (36-1, 36-2), the associated feature (40) of which is not included in the sensor data (46), based on an information fusion (S22) of the sensor data (46) with pre-generated additional data (50), which originates from at least one information source (52) which differs from the sensor (22) of the node (12), wherein the additional data (50) includes additional object features (40) which allow, together with the features (40) from the sensor data (46), a sufficiently certain identification (S24).
US11321547B1	Inventory-cycle-based RFID tag location Techniques are provided to estimate the location of an RFID tag using tag read information, such as a tag read count or a tag read rate, and an opportunity metric, such as an inventory cycle duration, inventory cycle rate, or inventory cycle count. A tag tracking system determines read information for a tag in a zone and an opportunity metric associated with the tag and the zone. The tag tracking system then computes a success rate based on the tag read information and opportunity metric, and uses the success rate to estimate the location of the tag.
US11321520B2	Images on charts Systems and methods for charting images and/or attributes of images associated with a spreadsheet are provided. For instance, when an image is associated with a spreadsheet, the image may be treated as a new type of data within the spreadsheet. In some aspects, a plurality of images may be associated with a spreadsheet, e.g., within a single cell or within a range of cells. In some aspects, the images themselves, as well as image data (e.g., pixelated data, etc.), image attributes (e.g., opacity, color palette, resolution, aspect ratio, image dimensions, author, creation date and/or time, file name, tags, file size, GPS location information, etc.), and/or spreadsheet data (e.g., values in cells, user comments, etc.) may be incorporated into a report (e.g., a chart) using a spreadsheet charting function, either automatically or by user selection.
US11321511B2	Reset crossing and clock crossing interface for integrated circuit generation Systems and methods are disclosed for generation and testing of integrated circuit designs with clock crossings between clock domains and reset crossings between reset domains. These may allow for the rapid design and testing (e.g. silicon testing) of processors and SoCs. Clock crossings may be automatically generated between modules, inferring the values of design parameters, such as a signaling protocol (e.g. a bus protocol), directionality, and/or a clock crossing type (e.g., synchronous, rational divider, or asynchronous), of a clock crossing. Reset crossings may be automatically generated in a similar manner. For example, implicit classes may be used to generate clock crossings or reset crossings in a flexible manner. For example, these system and methods may be used to rapidly connect a custom processor design, including one or more IP cores, to a standard input/output shell for a SoC design to facilitate rapid silicon testing of the custom processor design.
US11321504B2	Learning constitutive equations of physical components with constraints discovery The following relates generally to system modeling. Some embodiments described herein learn a representation of the parameter feasibility space that make model parameter tuning easier by constraining the search space, thus enabling physical interpretation of the learned model. They also enable model-based system analytics (controls, diagnosis, prognostics) by providing a system model.
US11321502B2	Driveline designer A computer-implemented method for modelling a driveline, the driveline comprising a plurality of components. The method comprising the steps of: a) receiving a parametric description of the driveline; b) creating a thermal model of the driveline from the parametric description; c) calculating a temperature distribution for one or more components of the driveline using the thermal model; d) determining a deflection of one or more components of the driveline caused by the thermal distribution, based on the parametric description and the temperature distribution; and e) calculating a performance metric of the driveline based on the determined deflection of the one or more components.
US11321500B1	Smart takeoff estimation systems and methods A method includes accessing a three-dimensional architectural file of a building. The method further includes extracting architectural data from the three-dimensional architectural file and rendering, from the architectural data, a two-dimensional construction floorplan. Additionally, the method includes filtering the architectural data to generate a set of filtered data and storing the set of filtered data in high-availability storage. Further, the method includes overlaying a set of shapes corresponding to a set of assemblies on the two-dimensional drawing. Furthermore, the method includes assigning a set of measurements identified in the set of filtered data to the set of assemblies, where assigning a measurement to an assembly includes modifying a color of a shape corresponding to the assembly to identify the assembly being assigned the measurement. The method also includes compiling values associated with the measurements of the set of assemblies to generate a bid value.
US11321494B2	Platform configurations In an example, there is provided a method for attesting to a management state of a device platform configuration, based on a signed data structure that represents a device management status and a time-based value from a secure cryptoprocessor of the device. The signed data structure is sent to a management system for validation based on a comparison to the state of the cryptoprocessor at the time of signing the data structure.
US11321488B2	Policy driven data movement An approach is disclosed for moving personal and sensitive data from a source filesystem to a destination filesystem while enforcing a source privacy legal framework. A request to copy information from a file residing in the source filesystem enabled to enforce the privacy and control legal framework to a destination filesystem is received. Access to the filesystem is enforced by an Operating System (OS) that provides a privacy legal framework where the OS enforces controlled access to the source filesystem based on user consent metadata. The user consent metadata associated with the file and the request is analyzed to determine a copying policy. The copying policy is applied to the contents of the file to ensure compliance with the privacy and control legal framework of the source filesystem.
US11321483B2	Methods and systems for adapting an application programming interface A computer-implemented method for adapting an application programming interface (API), according to some embodiments, includes: determining that a data field of API response data satisfies a condition for applying a data security operation to data stored in the data field; and modifying the API response data by performing the data security operation on the data stored in the data field. A computer-implemented method for adapting an application programming interface (API), according to some embodiments, includes: determining that a data field of an API call satisfies a condition for applying a data security operation to data stored in the data field; and performing the data security operation on the data stored in the data field of the API call.
US11321471B2	Encrypted storage of data Disclosed is a method of encrypted storage of data, applied to a client having an application (APP) installed thereon. The method includes: generating an encryption key based on a preset algorithm; dividing the encryption key into m portions, and respectively storing the portions in m media of the client, where m is a natural number greater than 1; and encrypting target data by using the encryption key.
US11321465B2	Network security by integrating mutual attestation Technologies for attestation techniques, systems, and methods to confirm the integrity of a device for establishing and/or maintaining a trustworthy encrypted network session. An example method can include sending, via a server and using a cryptographic security protocol, a message associated with establishing an encrypted network session; receiving a response from a client device; identifying a level of trust of the client device based on the response; determining whether to perform a next step in the cryptographic security protocol based on the level of trust, wherein the cryptographic security protocol comprises at least one of a Secure Shell (SSH) protocol, a Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocol, a Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol, and an Internet Protocol Security (IPsec) protocol.
US11321451B2	Method and system for detection of post compilation modification of binary images A method at a computing device for identification post compilation manipulation of a binary image, the method including assessing the binary image for at least one junk instruction set; determining that the at least one junk instruction set is found within the binary image; and flagging the binary image as being manipulated based on the determining.
US11321445B2	Delegated biometric authentication A delegated biometric authentication system and related methods are disclosed. Using the system, a user can securely delegate biometric authentication to a public device from his communication device. This public device may be an Internet of things device that is not owned by the user, such as a computer, smart TV, tablet, etc. The public device may operate in a public place, such as a hotel or library. The communication device may be the user's own smartphone or tablet, etc. A fuzzy vault process can be used to store the user's biometric template in the system Embodiments preserver the user's privacy without compromising authentication security and user convenience.
US11321443B2	Password resetting system and method A method, computer program product, and computing system for coupling password-resetting content to an IT computing device. The password-resetting content is validated on the IT computing device. The password-resetting content is processed to reset one or more passwords associated with the IT computing device.
US11321432B2	Computing device with environment aware features An electronic device is provided which automatically adjusts settings based on the environment of the electronic device. The settings of the electronic device which are adjusted may be security settings, filter settings, or status for instant messaging in dependence on the determined location of the electronic device.
US11321421B2	Method, apparatus and device for generating entity relationship data, and storage medium Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method, an apparatus and a device for generating entity relationship data, and a storage medium. The method includes: obtaining webpage source data corresponding to a target webpage; identifying at least one key value block from the webpage source data, wherein the key value block comprises at least one key value pair; identifying body values corresponding to the at least one key value block from the webpage source data; and generating entity relationship data corresponding to the target webpage according to the key value blocks and the body values corresponding to the key value blocks. With the technical solution the present disclosure, the webpage universality may be improved, labor cost may be reduced, and output quantity of the entity relationship data may be increased.
US11321409B2	Performing a search based on position information Provided are techniques for performing a search based on position information. A search request that provides location information for a region of a screen image is received. A selection of a type indicator is received, where the type indicator indicates one of a text item and an image. In response to the type indicator indicating the text item, one or more of the text item and a date and time are received. A search is performed using the location information and the one or more of the text item and the date and time to identify one or more screen image identifiers of one or more corresponding screen images of a plurality of screen images. The one or more screen image identifiers are used to retrieve the one or more corresponding screen images. The one or more corresponding screen images are displayed as search results.
US11321394B2	Graph processing system A graph comprising nodes and edges is stored by a distributed system as a collection of nodes and half-edges stored with their respective nodes. A message processor is associated with a node as needed to process messages passed between nodes, such that a given node has zero or one message processor assigned to it at a given time. Queries of the graph are resolved by processing a first portion of the query at a first node, and forwarding the results with the remaining portions of the query to a node linked by an edge to the present node.
US11321389B2	Identifying and retrieving video metadata with perceptual frame hashing Shoppable video enables a viewer to identify and buy items appearing in a video. To retrieve information about the items in a frame of the video, the playback device generates a perceptual hash of that frame and uses that hash to query a first database storing perceptual hashes of different version of the video. The database query returns an identifier for the frame, which is then used to query a second database that store the item information. The results of this query are returned to the playback device, which shows them to the user, enabling the viewer to learn more about and possibly purchase the item. Using queries based on perceptual hashes of different versions of the video increases the likelihood of returning a match, despite formatting differences. And using separate hash and metadata databases makes it possible to update the metadata without changing the hashes.
US11321387B2	Search system, search method and program recording medium Provided is a search system which is configured to search for a registered vector being similar to an input vector among a plurality of registered vectors, on the basis of a degree of similarity between an input vector and a registered vector. The search system includes a partial similarity calculation unit that calculates a degree of partial similarity which is the degree of similarity concerning some of one or more dimensions of the input vector and the registered vector, a limit calculation unit that calculates, on the basis of the degree of partial similarity, an upper limit of the degree of similarity that is expected when the degree of similarity is calculated, and a rejection decision unit that decides, on the basis of the upper limit of the degree of similarity, whether or not to reject the registered vector from a candidate for a search result.
US11321384B2	Method and system for ideogram character analysis Ideogram character analysis includes partitioning an original ideogram character into strokes, and mapping each stroke to a corresponding stroke identifier (id) to create an original stroke id sequence that includes stroke identifiers. A candidate ideogram character that has a candidate stroke id sequence within a threshold distance to the original stroke id sequence is selected. One or more embodiments may create a new phrase by replacing the original ideogram character with the candidate ideogram character in a search phrase. One or more embodiments perform a search using the search phrase and the new phrase to obtain a result, and present the result. One or more embodiments may replace an original ideogram character in a character recognized document with the candidate ideogram character and store the character recognized document.
US11321381B2	Presentation features for performing operations and selecting content The present disclosure generally relates to techniques for presenting operations in a presentation. A technique is provided for allowing a user to insert media items on consecutive slides. During a presentation mode, the media items are determined to be two instances of a same media item, and matched such that the media item plays continuously across multiple slides. Another technique is provided to allow a user to utilize a user input to override a linearly-defined set of actions within a presentation. Another technique is utilized to temporarily select a visually obstructed object in a graphic editing interface such that the visually obstructed object may be manipulated during the temporary selection mode.
US11321380B2	Real time synchronization of client device actions with presented content A method of calculating feedback parameters for presentation images presented to spectators, comprising obtaining a presentation stream comprising a sequence of a plurality of presentation images, analyzing the presentation stream to identify a plurality of presentation periods of a presentation session, during each presentation period an associated one of the plurality of presentation images is presented to one or more spectators, receiving a plurality of feedback messages transmitted by client device(s) used by the spectator(s) to provide feedback to one or more of the presentation images, correlating each feedback message with one of the presentation images according to a presentation period during which the feedback message is received and transmitting the correlated feedback messages to feedback analysis system(s) adapted to calculate one or more feedback parameters for one or more presentation images based on the feedback extracted from the feedback messages correlated with one or more of the presentation images.
US11321375B2	Text object management system Systems and methods are disclosed for managing data objects that include text content that are stored in a database. The management of text objects includes determining that a condition for a data object associated with a user has been satisfied. In response, a relevancy score for the data object is generated. The relevancy score is based on the text content of the data object and a density estimation model associated with the user. The density estimation is generated using a plurality of data objects that each include text content and that are associated with a plurality of users of a service associated with the data objects, and using a set of the plurality of data objects that are associated with the user. Irrelevancy actions or relevancy actions may be performed to the data object based on the relevancy score.
US11321371B2	Query expansion using a graph of question and answer vocabulary A method and system are provided for query expansion. The method may include: providing a graph of question and answer word nodes generated from a set of training data for a given domain in the form of training question and answer texts, wherein the answer word nodes are disjoint words that do not occur in both a training question and an associated training answer and wherein edges are provided between a disjoint pair of a training question word and an associated training disjoint answer word, and applying spreading activation through the graph to result in a top n most highly activated nodes that are used as candidate words for expansion of a user query input.
US11321370B2	Method for generating question answering robot and computer device The present disclosure discloses a method for generating a question answering robot, relates to the field of robotics. The specific implementation includes: obtaining field information input by a user, obtaining a field-specific robot from a robot library based on the field information; obtaining a template list corresponding to the field-specific robot, providing the template list to the user, the template list including a plurality of templates; receiving the plurality of templates filled in by the user, the templates filled in by the user including at least one question and an answer corresponding to the at least one question; expanding the at least one question filled in by the user based on a question semantic database to form a combination of questions corresponding to the answer, the answer and the combination of questions forming a question-answer pair; and generating a question answering robot based on the question-answer pair.
US11321358B2	System for processing resource data using character fit objects A system is described for processing resource data using character fit objects. A character fit object associates a degree of fit between a character object, a resource object, and a category object. A character object can reflect a viewpoint, budget, or affiliation and can be used alone or in combination with other character objects. A resource object can represent a physical object, a service, or data. Character fit objects can be used to track the accuracy and reliability of fit determinations over time.
US11321356B2	Linking discrete dimensions to enhance dimensional analysis Not all facts in a data warehouse are described by the same set of dimensions. However, there can be associations between the data dimensions and other dimensions. By maintaining a set of relationships that are capable of linking the dimensional keys used in existing data to the keys of an associated dimension, a data transformation can be constructed that summarizes by the original and by the associated dimensions in feeds in an analytical data mart (cube) that includes all the dimensions. This cube can then be consolidated and analyzed in a slice-and-dice fashion as though all the dimensions were independent. Data transformed in this manner can be analyzed alongside data from a source that is keyed by all of the dimensions.
US11321353B2	Dynamic roll-over of source and target latency in a replication environment A system and method for performing a dynamic rollover of source and target latency in a replication environment. One or more tables of a source data store being replicated to a target data store are parked, wherein any subsequent changes for the parked tables are not replicated to the target data store. Open transactions are identified where the parked tables affect the source and target latency, wherein the open transactions are in-progress and not completed. The source and target latency are then calculated for the identified open transactions.
US11321345B2	Systems and methods of providing graphical relationships of disparate data object formats Methods and systems are disclosed for generating common objects in a universal format. A stream of data objects is received from each of a plurality of databases. Each stream of data objects includes objects represented in a disparate data type from objects in other streams. A plurality of agents are generated and configured to process data objects of a particular format. For each object, a source database of the data object is identified. An agent of the plurality of agents can be selected based on a database type of the source database. The agent generates a common object from the data object that is represented in a universal format. The common object is stored a graph database of common objects.
US11321343B2	Tenant replication bootstrap for a multi-tenant identity cloud service Embodiments operate a multi-tenant cloud system. At a first data center, embodiments authenticate a first client and store resources that correspond to the first client, the first data center in communication with a second data center that is configured to authenticate the first client. Embodiments divide the resources into base data and regular data, where the base data is a minimum data needed to allow the resources to be available to the first client at the second data center. Embodiments store the base data on a cloud storage in a base data export file and store the regular data on the cloud storage in a regular data export file. Embodiments export the base data export file to the second data center and when the exporting the base data export file has completed, exports the regular data export file to the second data center.
US11321341B2	Dynamic metadata extraction workflow for measurement data storage A method to dynamically analyze measurement data comprising measurement data sets as the measurement data is received and moved to a data warehouse. The program instructions may receive the measurement data and may extract first metadata from the measurement data. The program instructions may then extract and analyze measurement data points in the measurement data to determine if the measurement data points meet a first criteria and generate second metadata in response to determining that the measurement data points meet the first criteria. The program instructions may then provide the measurement data points, the first metadata and the second metadata to a data warehouse for storage. The analysis of the measurement data and creation of new metadata may be performed dynamically as the data is acquired and stored in the data warehouse.
US11321337B2	Crowdsourcing data into a data lake A Services Delivery Platform (SDP) architecture is provided that is configured to onboard new data sets into an SDP data lake. The SDP enables the crowdsourcing of data on-boarding by configuring this process into an interactive, intuitive, step-by-step guided workflow while governing/controlling key functions like verification, acceptance and execution.
US11321332B2	Automatic frequency recommendation for time series data The present disclosure involves systems, software, and computer implemented methods for automatically recommending one or more frequencies for time series data. One example method includes receiving a request for an insight analysis for an input time series included in a dataset. For each of multiple frequencies to analyze, the input time series is transformed into a frequency time series. An absolute percentage change impact factor and an absolute trend impact factor are determined for each frequency time series. A frequency interest score is determined based on the determined absolute percentage change factors and the determined absolute trend impact factors, for each time frequency time series. The frequency interest score is provided for at least some of the frequency time series.
US11321330B1	Combining nested data operations for distributed query processing A query that references nested data may have sub-expressions included in a subquery for nested data to perform the query. A first query engine may rewrite the query to include one or more sub-expressions that reference the nested data into a subquery for the nested data as part of generating a plan to perform the query. A second query engine may then be caused to perform the subquery for the nested data. A result of the query may be inclusive of the performance of the subquery at the second query engine.
US11321329B1	Systems, apparatuses, and methods for document querying Techniques for searching documents are described. An exemplary method includes receiving a document search query; querying at least one index based upon the document search query to identify matching data; fetching the identified matched data; one or more of a top ranked passage and top ranked documents from the set of documents based upon one or more invocations of one or more machine learning models based at least on the fetched identified matched data and the document search query, wherein at least one of the machine learning models has been trained for the third party; and returning one or more of the top ranked passage and the proper subset of documents.
US11321328B2	System and method for customized user content Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for how to select, suggest, and modify content, which is relevant to the user, on a user interface. The system does this by combining physiological data, location data, and historical data to create a multi-dimensional user state of the user, where at least one dimension is time. The system also identifies available content, ranks the available content based on the multi-dimensional user state, and transmits a user interface a suggestion for a top-ranked item within the ranked list of available content.
US11321319B2	System and method for SQL query extraction in an application This disclosure relates generally to a method and system for extraction of SQL queries in an application. Various conventional approaches models SQL query extraction at a specific program point problem as an instance of string expression problem. Many string analysis based solutions are not scalable for large applications and those which are scalable do not account explicitly for the heap based flow. In an embodiment, the disclosed method and system utilizes a multi-criteria slicing based model which takes into account the data flowing through heap and contributing to SQL queries generation.
US11321318B2	Dynamic access paths Embodiments are disclosed for a method for dynamic access paths. The method includes generating real-time statistics (RTS) estimates based on a log of a database. Further, the method includes generating access paths based on a structured query language command and the RTS estimates. The method also includes training a machine learning model to map the RTS estimates to the access paths.
US11321315B2	Methods and systems for database optimization This disclosure relates to increasing performance of database queries. A proxy server receives an input query string and a parameter value for first parameter name in the query string. The proxy server determines a second parameter name based on the parameter value and different to the first parameter name. The proxy server then determines an output query string based on the input query string. The output query string comprises a filter clause with a field name and a second field value, the second field value of the output query string being based on the second parameter name. The proxy server finally sends the output query string to a database management system to cause the database management system to execute a database query using an execution plan based on the second parameter name in the output query string.
US11321310B2	System, method, and apparatus for generating analytics with structured query files Provided is a system, method, and apparatus for generating analytics with structured query files. The method includes the steps of generating at least one graphical user interface configured to receive query parameters from a user for querying transaction data, generating a request file based on the query parameters, the request file including a request definition object and a segment object, processing the request file to query at least one transactional database based at least partially on the request file, and generating a response file including transaction data based on a return from the query of the at least one database, the response file structured based on the request definition object from the request file.
US11321309B2	Tracking intermediate changes in database data Systems, methods, and devices for tracking a series of changes to database data are disclosed. A method includes executing a transaction to modify data in a micro-partition of a table of a database by generating a new micro-partition that embodies the transaction. The method includes associating transaction data with the new micro-partition, wherein the transaction data comprises a timestamp when the transaction was fully executed, and further includes associating modification data with the new micro-partition that comprises an indication of one or more rows of the table that were modified by the transaction. The method includes joining the transaction data with the modification data to generate joined data and querying the joined data to determine a listing of intermediate modifications made to the table between a first timestamp and a second timestamp.
US11321303B2	Conflict resolution for multi-master distributed databases Data services are often provided with various performance guarantees. Multi-master architectures, in which multiple master servers are permitted to update a portion of the data set, may facilitate some performance requirements, but may also lead to data version conflicts in which different masters have written different versions of one or more data items. Moreover, conflicts involving different data items may have to be resolved using different conflict resolution techniques. Therefore, various data items of the data set may be associated with a conflict resolution technique selected from a conflict resolution technique set, such as manual conflict resolution; a write order policy, such as last writer wins; a conflict resolution logic; and conflict resolution based on data types. A data version conflict may be resolved by identifying and invoking the selected conflict resolution technique that is associated with the data item, and applying the conflict resolution outcome to the data item.
US11321297B2	Dynamic state tracking with query serving in an online content platform Techniques described herein provide a service and associated interface that are capable of serving online queries for learners' states with respect to various types of learning content. For example, the described techniques may serve a query to determine items that have been completed by a particular user, or courses with which a user has recently interacted. More particularly, the described techniques provide a uniform interface for all such learner progress, which facilitates fast and efficient capabilities of users, administrators, and developers with respect to finding, using, and modifying learner progress.
US11321284B2	Adapting time series database schema In a computer-implemented method for adapting time series database schema, a plurality of queries to a time series database received over a time period is accessed, wherein time series data is ingested into the time series database according to a time series database schema, wherein time series data comprises a plurality of dimensions. The plurality of queries of the time period is analyzed to determine a relative frequency of the plurality of dimensions within the plurality of queries over the time period. It is determined whether to adapt the time series database schema based at least in part on the relative frequency of the plurality of dimensions within the plurality of queries over the time period.
US11321279B2	Attachable-and-detachable database sessions In an embodiment, a database platform receives a request from a client for creation of an attachable-and-detachable database session, and responsively creates the requested attachable-and-detachable database session for the client. The database platform sets the attachable-and-detachable database session as a current database session for the client at the database platform. The database platform determines that the client has detached from the attachable-and-detachable database session, and thereafter continues to maintain the attachable-and-detachable database session in data storage at the database platform.
US11321268B2	Multicore bus architecture with wire reduction and physical congestion minimization via shared transaction channels The Multicore Bus Architecture (MBA) protocol includes a novel technique of sharing the same physical channel for all transaction types. Two channels, the Transaction Attribute Channel (TAC) and the Transaction Data Channel (TDC) are used. The attribute channel transmits bus transaction attribute information optionally including a transaction type signal, a transaction ID, a valid signal, a bus agent ID signal, an address signal, a transaction size signal, a credit spend signal and a credit return signal. The data channel connected a data subset of the signal lines of the bus separate from the attribute subset of signal lines the bus. The data channel optionally transmits a data valid signal, a transaction ID signal, a bus agent ID signal and a last data signal to mark the last data of a current bus transaction.
US11321267B2	Safe peripheral device communications Example implementations relate to safe peripheral device communications. In one example, a host computing device can include a serializer/deserializer (SERDES), a PCIe bus, a video source, a connector coupled, via the SERDES, to the PCIe bus and the video source; and a host controller to operate in a safe mode and cause PCIe data from PCIe bus to be provided, via the SERDES and the connector, solely to a peripheral controller of a peripheral device.
US11321265B2	Asynchronous communication A method of transferring data from a first bus to a second bus across an asynchronous interface using an asynchronous bridge. The bridge comprises a bus slave module, connected to the first bus, comprising a forward-channel initiator in a first power and/or clock domain; and a bus master module, connected to the second bus, comprising a forward-channel terminator in a second power and/or clock domain. The forward-channel initiator and terminator are in communication to form a forward lockable mutex for arbitrating access to signals used to transfer data from the first domain to the second domain. If the mutex is locked, a forward data channel is used to transfer data between the domains. Otherwise if the mutex is unlocked, the forward channel initiator toggles a status request signal and the forward channel terminator toggles a status acknowledge signal in response, the mutex thereby becoming locked.
US11321258B2	Integrated circuit, bus system and scheduling method An integrated circuit includes a specific pin, an output circuit, a voltage detector, and a controller. The output circuit is coupled to the specific pin. The voltage detector obtains a detection voltage value from the specific pin. In response to an alert request, the controller provides a control signal to the output circuit based on the detection voltage value, so as to selectively control the output circuit to transmit the alert signal to the specific pin. When the control signal instructs the integrated circuit to operate in a blocking mode, the output circuit blocks the alert signal from being transmitted to the specific pin. When the control signal instructs the integrated circuit to operate in a transmission mode, the output circuit transmits the alert signal to the specific pin.
US11321248B2	Multiple-requestor memory access pipeline and arbiter In described examples, a coherent memory system includes a central processing unit (CPU) and first and second level caches. The memory system can include a pipeline for accessing data stored in one of the caches. Requestors can access the data stored in one of the caches by sending requests at a same time that can be arbitrated by the pipeline.
US11321245B2	Selecting cache aging policy for prefetches based on cache test regions A cache controller applies an aging policy to a portion of a cache based on access metrics for different test regions of the cache, whereby each test region implements a different aging policy. The aging policy for each region establishes an initial age value for each entry of the cache, and a particular aging policy can set the age for a given entry based on whether the entry was placed in the cache in response to a demand request from a processor core or in response to a prefetch request. The cache controller can use the age value of each entry as a criterion in its cache replacement policy.
US11321242B2	Early acknowledgement of translation lookaside buffer shootdowns Techniques for implementing early acknowledgement for translation lookaside buffer (TLB) shootdowns are provided. In one set of embodiments, a first (i.e., remote) processing core of a computer system can receive an inter-processor interrupt (IPI) from a second (i.e., initiator) processing core of the computer system for performing a TLB shootdown of the first processing core. Upon receiving the IPI, an interrupt handler of the first processing core can communicate an acknowledgement to the second processing core that the TLB of the first processing core has been flushed, prior to actually flushing the TLB.
US11321223B2	Conservation of network addresses for testing in a virtualized computing system An example method of testing a cluster network for an application management system having a cluster of virtual machines (VMs) is described. The VMs execute on a virtualization layer in a cluster of hosts connected to a physical network, and the application management system integrated with the virtualization layer. The method includes: receiving, at an edge node from an external network, a plurality of test applications; executing, at the edge node, the plurality of test applications, the edge node connected to the cluster network, the plurality of test applications communicating, through the cluster network, with a master server of the application management system, and with applications executing in the VMs managed by the master server; and returning, from the edge node, responses generated by the plurality of test applications to the external network.
US11321206B2	Cluster feature activation and update system Described herein are systems and techniques to manage activation of software features deployed at computing clusters. Features can be initially activated at a cluster using cluster licensing management components and processes described herein. After initial activation, the disclosed cluster licensing management components and processes can update licenses for the features as may be desired in view of changes to the cluster configuration.
US11321204B2	Complex programmable logic device and operation method thereof A complex programmable logic device includes a SGPIO analyzing circuit, a I2C analyzing circuit and a first multiplexer. The SGPIO analyzing circuit has a plurality of port analyzing circuits, a detecting circuit and a processing circuit. Each port analyzing circuit receives an input signal and outputs a first data. The detecting circuit detects the input signal of the first port analyzing circuit to output a detecting signal. The processing circuit captures port information of the first data outputted by at least part of the port analyzing circuits as a first control signal according to the detecting signal. The I2C analyzing circuit analyzes a data flow for outputting a second control signal according to an address command related to an address message, a control command and an input data. The first multiplexer selects the first control signal or the second control to be outputted according to a testing signal.
US11321199B2	System and method for on-demand warm standby disaster recovery Systems and methods for a service based disaster recovery system are disclosed. Embodiments may include the ability to configure and deploy a DR environment, including providing the ability to configure a DR service in the DR environment for one or more deployed primary services in a primary environment. An environment management database holds DR configuration data including the status of the deployed services. An environment manager may interact with the environment management database to determine an associated action for the services. The services may perform activation (e.g., wake up) or enter a standby mode (e.g., sleep) depending on the determined action.
US11321190B2	Distributed framework for task splitting and task assignments in a content indexing system An improved content indexing (CI) system is disclosed herein. For example, the improved CI system may include a distributed architecture of client computing devices, media agents, a single backup and CI database, and a pool of servers. After a file backup occurs, the backup and CI database may include file metadata indices and other information associated with backed up files. Servers in the pool of servers may, in parallel, query the backup and CI database for a list of files assigned to the respective server that have not been content indexed. The servers may then request a media agent to restore the assigned files from secondary storage and provide the restored files to the servers. The servers may then content index the received restored files. Once the content indexing is complete, the servers can send the content index information to the backup and CI database for storage.
US11321174B1	Using estimated efficiency models to select a processing unit in a distributed storage network A method for execution by a computing device of a dispersed or distributed storage network begins or continues by, for a data access request, accessing a plurality of estimated efficiency models of a plurality of processing units of the storage network, where an estimated efficiency model of the plurality of estimated efficiency models includes a list of estimated efficiency probabilities, and the list of estimated efficiency probabilities corresponds to a list of data access request types for a processing unit of the plurality of processing units. The method continues by selecting one of the processing units from the plurality of processing units based on the plurality of estimated efficiency models to produce a selected processing unit. The method continues by sending the data access request to the selected processing unit for execution.
US11321170B2	Memory system, memory controller, and method for operating memory system Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a memory system, a memory controller, and a method for operating a memory system. According to embodiments of the present disclosure, a memory system may configure first peak power management information for controlling the plurality of memory dies, may determine, when an error occurs while controlling a plurality of memory dies, new peak power management information corresponding to operation information and environment information at the time at which the error occurs, respectively, and may change from the first peak power management information to the second peak power management information according to subsequent operation information and environment information. Accordingly, the memory system is capable of minimizing the possibility of occurrence of errors in a read, write, or erase operation and increasing the stability of an operation for transmitting and receiving commands or data to and from the host.
US11321154B1	Stored procedures in a network based database system Disclosed are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media for a providing stored procedures in a network-based database system. A database system executes a stored procedure within a sandbox process. The sandbox process separates the stored procedure from the other services and processes of the database system and may also limit the resources (e.g., storage, memory, etc.) and functionality available to the stored procedure. Stored procedures are commonly designed to execute database queries that are processed by other components of the database system. To provide for secure communication between the stored procedure and the other components of the database system, the sandbox process is loaded with java database connectivity (JDBC) libraries (e.g., JDBC instance) that is modified to limit the communication abilities of the stored procedure.
US11321152B1	Concurrency control in an asynchronous event-loop based program environment Concurrency control in an asynchronous event-loop based program environment is described. A program is implemented with an asynchronous event-loop. A first piece of code controls events into the program by preventing events from being delivered to the program while a storage operation is executing except for storage completion events. Those events are prevented from being delivered to the program until the storage operation completes and the program is not executing code. A second piece of code controls outgoing messages from the program by preventing outgoing messages from being transmitted when a storage write operation is in progress except for outgoing messages that are storage write operations. Upon the successful completion of the storage write operation, the outgoing messages that were prevented from being transmitted are transmitted.
US11321150B2	Ordered event notification A method and data processing system are provided. The data processing system comprises an application associated with a plurality of sockets and a sub-system for making data available to the application via the plurality of sockets. The sub-system is configured to provide in response to a request from the application: an indication of events that have occurred on one or more of the plurality of sockets; and an indication of an order in which the events should be processed.
US11321148B2	Method and system for improving startup performance and interoperability of a virtual application A data structure including simple and complex objects. Each simple object includes a content type indicator, a size indicator, and one or more simple data types. Each complex object includes a content type indicator, a size indicator, and one or more child objects. The complex objects include a layer object having first and second child objects. The first child object is a collection of complex objects storing information for configuring a virtual filesystem of a virtual application at application startup. The second child object is a collection of complex objects storing information for configuring a virtual registry of the virtual application at application startup. Reading of selected simple and complex objects may be deferred at startup based on the content type indicator. Deferred objects may be read after startup when access to information stored by the deferred object is request by the virtual application.
US11321145B2	Ordering execution of an interrupt handler A processing unit for a multiprocessor data processing system includes a processor core having an upper level cache and a lower level cache coupled to the processor core. The processor core is configured to, based on receipt of an interrupt, generate and issue a synchronization request prior to executing an interrupt handler and is configured to, based on receipt of a synchronization acknowledgment for the synchronization request, execute the interrupt handler. The lower level cache is configured to, based on receipt of the synchronization request, record which of its state machines are active processing a prior snooped request that can invalidate a cache line in the upper level cache, and is configured to, based on determining that each such state machine has completed processing of its respective prior snooped request, issue the synchronization acknowledgment to the processor core.
US11321144B2	Method and apparatus for efficiently managing offload work between processing units Apparatus and method for selectively saving and restoring execution state components in an inter-core work offload environment. For example, one embodiment of a processor comprises: a plurality of cores; an interconnect coupling the plurality of cores; and offload circuitry to transfer work from a first core of the plurality of cores to a second core of the plurality of cores without operating system (OS) intervention, wherein the second core is to reach a first execution state upon completing the offload work and to store results in a first memory location or register; the second core comprising: a decoder to decode a first instruction comprising at least one operand to identify one or more components of the first execution state; and execution circuitry to execute the first instruction to save the one or more components of the first execution state to a specified region in memory.
US11321141B2	Resource management for software containers using container profiles A method comprises receiving a request to execute an instance of a given software container, determining source code entities of source code of the given software container, and generating a given software container profile for the given software container based at least in part on rankings associated with the source code entities. The method also comprises creating a resource management plan for the given software container utilizing one or more machine learning algorithms, the resource management plan comprising resource management metric thresholds determined based at least in part on historical resource utilization data for additional software containers having associated software container profiles similar to the given software container profile. The method further comprises executing the instance of the given software container on a software container platform, and managing resource utilization of the executing instance of the given software container based at least in part on the resource management plan.
US11321139B2	Streaming traffic pattern for public cloud auto scaling A total number of messages in a set of messages that are processed by a computing node in a virtual computer cluster during a time interval is determined. The virtual computer cluster is deployed with a cloud computing service and includes the computing node and other computing nodes at an end time of the time interval. It is determined whether the total number of messages in the set of messages processed by the computing node is no less than a maximum per-interval message number threshold. In response to determining that the total number of messages is no less than a maximum per-interval message number threshold, the cloud computing service is caused to start an additional computing node in the virtual computer cluster after the time interval, wherein the additional computing node is used to process one or more subsequent messages to be processed after the time interval.
US11321133B2	Determining an allocation of stage and destage tasks by using a machine learning module Provided are a computer program product, system, and method for using a machine learning module to determine an allocation of stage and destage tasks. Storage performance information related to processing of Input/Output (I/O) requests with respect to the storage unit is provided to a machine learning module. The machine learning module receives a computed number of stage tasks and a computed number of destage tasks. A current number of stage tasks allocated to stage tracks from the storage unit to the cache is adjusted based on the computed number of stage tasks. A current number of destage tasks allocated to destage tracks from the cache to the storage unit is adjusted based on the computed number of destage tasks.
US11321129B2	Resource allocation control based on performance-resource relationship In a management node that controls the amount of hardware resources of storage nodes to be allocated to the software of distributed data stores executed by storage nodes, the management node includes a disk device that stores a performance model indicating the correspondence relationship between the amount of hardware resources and the performance that can be implemented by the hardware of the resource amount, and a central processing unit (CPU) connected to the disk device, in which the CPU receives the target performance by distributed data stores, determines the hardware resource amount required to achieve the target performance based on the performance model, and sets to allocate hardware of the determined resource amount to the programs of the distributed data stores.
US11321127B2	Network engine for intelligent multi-faceted resource analysis A system for multi-faceted resource aggregation and deployment is provided, the system comprising: a memory device with computer-readable program code stored thereon; a communication device connected to a network; and a processing device, wherein the processing device is configured to execute the computer-readable program code to: generate a user profile comprising historical user interaction data associated with a user; establish a connection to a resource location associated with the user; identify an existing resource associated with the resource location; determine an additional resource based on identifying the existing resource, wherein the additional resource is complementary to the existing resource; aggregate the existing resource and the additional resource into a multivariable resource collection; and configure a resource deployment based on the multivariable resource collection and the user profile, wherein the resource deployment is configured to complete a multi-faceted interaction using a combination of the multivariable resource collection.
US11321123B2	Determining an optimum number of threads to make available per core in a multi-core processor complex to executive tasks Provided are a computer program product, system, and method for determining an optimum number of threads to make available per core in a multi-core processor complex to execute tasks. A determination is made of a first processing measurement based on threads executing on the cores of the processor chip, wherein each core includes circuitry to independently execute a plurality of threads. A determination is made of a number of threads to execute on the cores based on the first processing measurement. A determination is made of a second processing measurement based on the threads executing on the cores of the processor chip. A determination is made of an adjustment to the determined number of threads to execute based on the second processing measurement resulting in an adjusted number of threads. The adjusted number of threads on the cores is utilized to execute instructions.
US11321121B2	Smart reduce task scheduler A system and a method for scheduling a reduce task on nodes is disclosed. The various nodes in a cluster of nodes are bucketized into intermediate data items. A counter is created that provides a count of the intermediate data items that are placed into the each of the buckets for the node. This counter value is provided to a scheduler. From the counter information the scheduler is able to determine the cost of moving the intermediate data for the bucket to different ones of the nodes. Once the cost of moving the intermediate data is determined the scheduler is able to determine which of the nodes should perform the reduce task for that particular bucket. The scheduler minimizes the amount of shuffling of the intermediate data between the nodes for each of the buckets, by determining the lowest cost shuffle option for each of the buckets.
US11321118B2	System and method for controlled sharing of consumable resources in a computer cluster In one embodiment, a method includes empirically analyzing, by a computer cluster comprising a plurality of computers, a set of active reservations and a current set of consumable resources belonging to a class of consumable resources. Each active reservation is of a managed task type and comprises a group of one or more tasks task requiring access to a consumable resource of the class. The method further includes, based on the empirically analyzing, clocking the set of active reservations each clocking cycle. The method also includes, responsive to the clocking, sorting, by the computer cluster, a priority queue of the set of active reservations.
US11321115B2	Scalable and dynamic data collection and processing Examples described herein include systems and methods performing scalable and dynamic data processing and extraction. A first example method relates to processing events from a source. The method can include detecting an event generated by the source and predicting a probability of that event being part of a span including multiple events. The method can include waiting for the additional multiple events to occur within the predicted timeframe and, if occurring, packaging the events together for handling by a single dynamic function. Otherwise, the events can each be handled by separate dynamic functions. A second example method relates to performing dynamic data extraction from a source. The method can include waking up a function based on a regular poll interval, determining a probability of a data change at the source based on historical data extractions, and invoking an extraction function based on the probability of the data change.
US11321111B2	Allocation of graphics processing units for virtual machines The present disclosure provides systems, methods, and computer-readable media for managing graphics processing unit (GPU) allocation for a virtual machine (VM). A first GPU driver, associated with a first GPU, is offloaded from an operating system (OS) of the VM. Then, the first GPU is deallocated from the VM. A second GPU is allocated to the VM, and a second GPU driver, associated with the second GPU, is loaded in the OS of the VM. To restore a GPU context from the first GPU within the second GPU, a GPU command log from the first GPU is replayed to the second GPU.
US11321103B2	Generating user interface containers A system for generating a user interface described herein can include a processor to detect a plurality of display characteristics from a user interface manager, wherein the plurality of display characteristics correspond to a type of a device. The processor can also detect a list of applications being executed by the system and generate a user interface container by applying the plurality of display characteristics to each of the applications from the list of applications.
US11321099B2	Architecture for a content driven clinical information system Certain examples provide systems, methods, and apparatus for a content-based clinical information system. An example system includes a reference platform to define and provide core system capabilities and to interpret and execute content items while remaining application neutral. The example system includes a plurality of content items authored independent of the reference platform to define clinical functionality for one or more content-based clinical applications by leveraging the reference platform. In the example system, the plurality of content items is to be created and deployed independently of the creation and deployment of the one or more content-based clinical applications. The plurality of content items is to remain independent of the implementation of the reference platform to allow independent evolution of the platform and the one or more content-based clinical applications.
US11321089B2	Instruction set architecture based and automatic load tracking for opportunistic re-steer of data-dependent flaky branches Methods and apparatuses relating to instruction set architecture (ISA) based and automatic load tracking hardware for opportunistic re-steer of data-dependent flaky branches are described. In one embodiment, a processor includes a pipeline circuit comprising a decoder to decode instructions into decoded instructions and an execution circuit to execute the decoded instructions, a branch predictor circuit to generate a predicted path for a branch instruction, and a branch re-steer circuit to, for the branch instruction dependent on a result from a load instruction, check if an instruction received by the pipeline circuit is the load instruction, and when the instruction received by the pipeline circuit is the load instruction, check for a write back of the result from the load instruction between a decode of the branch instruction with the decoder and an execution of the branch instruction with the execution circuit, and when the predicted path differs from a path based on the result from the load instruction, re-steer the branch instruction in the pipeline circuit to the path and cause execution of the branch instruction for the path based on the result from the load instruction.
US11321087B2	ISA enhancements for accelerated deep learning Techniques in advanced deep learning provide improvements in one or more of accuracy, performance, and energy efficiency. An array of processing elements comprising a portion of a neural network accelerator performs flow-based computations on wavelets of data. Each processing element has a respective compute element and a respective routing element. Each compute element is enabled to execute instructions in accordance with an ISA. The ISA is enhanced in accordance with improvements with respect to deep learning acceleration.
US11321084B1	Application function consolidation recommendation By analyzing execution of a set of transactions by an application, a set of actual code execution paths of the application are determined. From the set of actual code execution paths, a set of predicted execution paths of the application are predicted using an execution prediction model. The set of predicted execution paths includes the set of actual code execution paths. By determining that paths in the set of predicted execution paths have above a threshold similarity to each other, a cluster of predicted execution paths is identified. The cluster of predicted execution paths is recommended, using a recommendation model, for implementation as a single execution path in a revised version of the application.
US11321082B2	Patient engagement in digital health programs In some implementations, a system causes electronic devices to initiate different types of interactions with users of the electronic devices, the interactions being initiated based on rules to selectively cause initiation of the interactions for the users. The system receives user action data from electronic devices that are associated with a particular program. The system generates log data that tracks instances in which conditions or triggers of the rules of the particular program are satisfied. Based on the user action data of the multiple users and the log data, the system evaluates effectiveness of the rules in maintaining or improving engagement of the users with the particular program. The system generates rule adjustment information for the particular program, such as information indicating one or more changes to the rules of the particular program or one or more new rules for initiating interactions.
US11321066B2	Securing software installation through deep graph learning A computer-implemented method for securing software installation through deep graph learning includes extracting a new software installation graph (SIG) corresponding to a new software installation based on installation data associated with the new software installation, using at least two node embedding models to generate a first vector representation by embedding the nodes of the new SIG and inferring any embeddings for out-of-vocabulary (OOV) words corresponding to unseen pathnames, utilizing a deep graph autoencoder to reconstruct nodes of the new SIG from latent vector representations encoded by the graph LSTM, wherein reconstruction losses resulting from a difference of a second vector representation generated by the deep graph autoencoder and the first vector representation represent anomaly scores for each node, and performing anomaly detection by comparing an overall anomaly score of the anomaly scores to a threshold of normal software installation.
US11321058B2	Development system and method A method, computer program product, and computing system for enabling a user to select a plurality of functional modules from a library of functional modules; enabling the user to arrange the plurality of functional modules to form a conversational application; and effectuating a testing procedure on at least a portion of the conversational application.
US11321057B2	Single-page web application builder system and method based on a finite-state machine Declarative Single Page Web Application (SPA) builder system and method are used to build complex, fully functional SPA without undue coding. A SPA builder contains a set of rules that facilitate the building of a SPA. The set of rules in the SPA builder includes a set of user interface elements and a finite state machine model with a set of data dependency rules, a set of user interface rendering rules, and a set of action execution data flow rules. The SPA builder also utilizes mock data that allows user to build and verify user interaction flows of the SPA at design time.
US11321047B2	Volume adjustments A method to adjust volume may include obtaining an audio signal during a communication session between a first device and a second device. The method may also include adjusting a volume level of the audio signal so that the volume level is a particular volume level above a noise floor of the audio signal and directing the adjusted audio signal to a remote transcription system.
US11321027B2	Printing method, information processing apparatus employing printing method, and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing instructions therefor A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing instructions executable by a controller of an information processing apparatus. When executed by the controller, the instructions realize a support program corresponding to a printer connected to the information processing apparatus. When a print instruction is input through a printing program, the support program causes the information processing apparatus to obtain printer information stored in a memory, the printing program being implemented, in advance, in an operating system of the information processing apparatus. When driver identifying information is contained in the printer information and a printer driver identified by the driver identifying information contained in the printer information is not installed in the operation system, the support program causes the information processing apparatus to cause the information processing apparatus to perform an operation regarding installation of the printer driver in the operation system, the printer driver corresponding to the printer.
US11321026B2	Color value prediction system and generation method for color value predictor A color value prediction system includes a color-value predicting section configured to receive an input of information representing ink amounts of a first apparatus and output spectral reflectance, a receiving section configured to receive an input of information representing a designated color gamut, a preparing section configured to prepare first teacher information representing a plurality of sets of combinations of ink amounts of the first apparatus and second teacher information, which is a plurality of sets of spectral reflectance respectively associated with the plurality of sets of combinations of ink amounts of the first teacher information, and a generating section configured to generate the color-value predicting section with machine learning in which the first teacher information serving as an input value and the second teacher information serving as an output value are used as teacher data. The first teacher information includes designated teacher information representing a combination of ink amounts of the first apparatus representing a color included in the designated color gamut.
US11321023B2	Method and apparatus for rapid volume reformatting A storage controller is provided. The storage controller includes circuitry configured to utilize a format command to change a storage volume coupled to the storage controller from a first format to a second format and memory configured to store a data structure for first and second format indications for the storage volume. The storage controller determines if a selected band is initialized to the second format, and if the selected band is not initialized to the second format, the storage controller initializes the selected band to the second format and updates the data structure to indicate the selected band is initialized to the second format.
US11321022B2	Systems and methods for scheduling flash operations Various implementations described herein relate to systems and methods for a solid state drive (SSD) that includes requesting power credits while performing a program or erase operation for a flash memory of the SSD. In response to determining that the requested power credits are rejected, the program or erase operation is suspended and its power credits are released. A read operation may then be performed in response to suspending the program or erase operation and releasing its power credits.
US11321017B2	Systems and methods for controlling completion rate of commands A controller of a memory system controls a completion rate of commands. The controller receives, from a host, command requests to be processed on a memory device. The controller processes the command requests, determines a first number of completion notifications, which are to be transmitted to the host in a first time interval, among multiple completion notifications associated with the command requests, based on a throughput credit, a set maximum credit, and the number of the multiple completion notifications. The controller transmits, to the host, the first number of completion notifications in the first time interval, and transmits a second number of completion notifications in the second time interval.
US11321010B1	Method and apparatus for determining and depicting effective storage capacity of a storage system A method of determining and depicting an effective storage capacity of a storage system includes determining a storage-based limit of effective storage capacity and a metadata-based limit of effective storage capacity. The storage-based limit is based on an amount of unused capacity of a set of managed drives and a data reduction ratio achieved when host data is reduced prior to storage on the set of managed drives. Data reduction may include compression, deduplication, and pattern detection operations. The metadata-based limit is based on a volume of metadata that has been generated by the data, and the data reduction operations, in connection with writing the data to the set of managed drives, and based on an amount of memory allocated to storing the metadata. The effective storage capacity, actual storage usage, and data reduction ratio are graphically depicted over time to enable changes to these parameters to be visualized.
US11321009B2	System and method for compression dual in-line memory module scalability A Dual In-Line Memory Module (DIMM) includes a plurality of memory devices mounted on a circuit board of the DIMM. The memory devices are arranged to be accessed via at least two memory channels. The DIMM further includes an array of surface contact connections. Each surface contact connection is configured to be engaged with an associated contact element of a z-axis compression connector. The array of surface contact connections are arranged to conduct signals for the memory channels. The memory devices are placed upon the memory circuit board in an array of X rows of memory devices and Y columns of memory devices, where X and Y are integers. When the DIMM has a first number of the memory devices A=X1×Y1 that is less than when the DIMM has a second number of memory devices B=X2×Y2, then either X1 is less than X2, or Y1 is less than Y2.
US11321003B2	Extending deduplication matches using data comparison A technique for performing deduplication extends a match found in a digest database by looking forward and/or backward to adjacent data elements. The technique performs data comparisons between data blocks adjacent to a candidate block and corresponding data blocks adjacent to an identified target block. If the data comparisons indicate that an adjacent candidate block matches an adjacent target block, then the adjacent candidate block may be deduplicated to the adjacent target block without having to compute a hash value of the adjacent candidate block or to perform a separate lookup into the digest database.
US11321000B2	System and method for variable sparing in RAID groups based on drive failure probability Drives of a RAID group are classified as either healthy or failing using a trained learning process. The failure probability is then determined for each failing drive using a Venn-ABERS framework which provides a boundary range on the failure prediction probability. A variable sparing mechanism is used to enable one or more drives of the RAID group to be used as dual-purpose drives. In a first state, the dual-purpose drives are user-addressable drives and are available to be used to process IO workload on the RAID group. Spreading the IO workload on the RAID group across a larger number of drives results in increased performance in the form of reduced latency. In a second state, the dual-purpose drives are not user-addressable and are spare drives in the RAID group, which improves the level of protection provided to data stored in the RAID group.
US11320998B2	Method for assuring quality of service in distributed storage system, control node, and system The present disclosure discloses a method for assuring quality of service in a storage system, where a control node calculates, based on a quantity of remaining I/O requests of a target storage node in a unit time, a quantity of I/O requests required by a storage resource to reach a lower assurance limit in the unit time, and a quantity of I/O requests need to be processed by the target storage node for the storage resource in the unit time, a lower limit quantity of I/O requests that can be processed by the target storage node for the storage resource in the unit time; allocates, based on the lower limit quantity of I/O requests, a lower limit quantity of tokens of the storage resource on the target storage node in the unit time to the storage resource; and sends the lower limit quantity of tokens to the target storage node.
US11320979B1	Access control for online presentations A method, a system, and a non-transitory computer readable medium (CRM) for controlling access to an online presentation are disclosed. At least one embodiment includes granting a controller status to a first user for a first slide during the online presentation. Then operating the online presentation based on a set of slide commands from the first user having the controller status. The at least one embodiment also includes determining a second user is to have the controller status for a second slide during the online presentation, and transferring the controller status from the first user to the second user for the second slide during the online presentation.
US11320975B2	Automatically generating and applying graphical user interface resize-constraints based on design semantics The present disclosure is directed toward systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media that resize a graphical user interface design layout using automatically-generated semantic-aware resize constraints. In particular, systems described herein can analyze the semantics of graphical user interface design elements (e.g., including size, position, type, etc.) and relative positions of the design elements (e.g., hierarchy, offsets, nesting, etc.). The disclosed systems utilizes a heuristics system to the analyzed semantics to generate a set of automatically-defined semantic-aware resize constraints for each graphical user interface design interface. The disclosed systems additionally present a design resize interface that enables designer to manually select constraints to be applied to the design elements. The disclosed systems can toggle between applying manually-selected and automatic semantic-aware resize constraints for the design elements.
US11320968B2	Processing actionable notifications An actionable event notification disclosed herein provides actionable push notifications that allow an application server to collect information from end users. The actionable event notification includes a notification server that receives notification requests from application servers and communicates notifications to users where the notifications include specification for a notification UI form. In one implementation, the notification server modifies the callback identification on the notification from identification for the application server to identification for the notification server. A client device presents the notification UI form to a user to receive user responses. The user responses are communicated back to the notification server. The notification server processes the user responses and communicates them to the application server as necessary. Alternatively, the user responses are communicated directly to the application server requesting the notifications.
US11320967B2	Configuring process simulation data for semantic zooming A system displays simulation data on a canvas. Software instructions stored on a memory device and executable by a processor display a first set of simulation data on a canvas, the first set of simulation data corresponding to a first zoom level of the canvas. Instructions adjust the canvas from the first zoom level to a second zoom level. Instructions display a second set of simulation data on the canvas, said displayed second set of simulation data corresponding to the second zoom level of the canvas.
US11320964B2	Information processing apparatus and non-transitory computer readable medium An information processing apparatus includes a memory storing specifications of components corresponding to functions forming a flow, and a processor configured to perform control to extract, using the specifications of the components and a first component selected by a user and serving as a base point, a second component that performs a process prior to or subsequent to the first component and perform control to display the first component and the second component on a display.
US11320960B2	Icon display method, device, and terminal The embodiments of the disclosure provide an icon display method, device and terminal. The method includes: displaying a user interface of a first application program; receiving a call out command, the call out command being configured to request to call out a target icon set; and displaying the target icon set according to the call out command, the target icon set comprising one or more target icons corresponding to the first application program. The technical solutions provided in the embodiments of the application realize that the icons, needed to be displayed, are dynamically adjusted based on different running applications, so that the icons can be displayed more freely and the operating requirements can be met better.
US11320957B2	Near interaction mode for far virtual object A computing system is provided. The computing system includes a head mounted display (HMD) device including a display, a processor configured to execute one or more programs, and associated memory. The processor is configured to display a virtual object at least partially within a field of view of a user on the display, identify a plurality of control points associated with the virtual object, and determine that one or more of the control points associated with the virtual object are further than a predetermined threshold distance from the user. The processor is configured to, based on the determination, invoke a far interaction mode for the virtual object and receive a trigger input from the user. In response to the trigger input in the far interaction mode, the processor is configured to invoke a near interaction mode and display a virtual interaction object within the predetermined threshold distance from the user.
US11320945B1	Touch panel A touch panel includes a substrate, a first electrode layer, and a second electrode layer. The first electrode layer is disposed over the substrate. The first electrode layer includes a plurality of first receiving electrodes, and the first receiving electrodes are separated from each other, extend along a first direction, and are arranged along a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction. The second electrode layer is disposed over the substrate and is electrically insulated from the first electrode layer. The second electrode layer includes a driving electrode and a second receiving electrode. The driving electrode extends along the first direction. The second receiving electrode is separated from the driving electrode and extends along the first direction.
US11320943B2	Touch sensor stack structure and method of manufacturing the same A touch sensor stack structure according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a touch sensor structure including a bonding portion, a circuit connection structure bonded to the bonding portion of the touch sensor structure, and an optical film stacked on the touch sensor structure. The optical film includes a protrusion covering an end portion of the circuit connection structure and overlapping the bonding portion. Damages of electrodes included in the touch sensor structure can be prevented by the optical film.
US11320939B1	Touch sensor with multiple modes of operation, increased reliability and ease of integration A touch panel has a substrate having first and second surfaces, and defines a touch surface. A first portion of a touch system includes a first plurality of echelons on the first surface in a first array along a first centerline. Each echelon is formed at an angle to the first centerline, and a first shear transducer assembly on the edge of the substrate that generates a shear wave in a source wave mode in a first direction along the first centerline. A second portion of the touch system includes a second plurality of echelons on the first surface in a second array along a second centerline, each echelon at a second angle to the second centerline. The second centerline is orthogonal to the first. A second shear transducer assembly is mounted on the edge and generates a shear wave in a source wave mode in a second direction along the second centerline. The first sensing mode is different from the second sensing mode.
US11320928B2	Electronic circuit having display driving function, touch sensing function and fingerprint sensing function An electronic circuit is adapted to drive a display panel having touch sensors and fingerprint sensors. The electronic circuit includes a first circuit, a second circuit, a first switch circuit and a control circuit. The first circuit processes touch sensing signals from the touch sensors. The second circuit processes fingerprint sensing signals corresponding to a fingerprint from the fingerprint sensors. The first switch circuit includes a plurality of first terminals coupled to the first circuit and the second circuit and a plurality of second terminals configurable to be coupled to the display panel. The first switch circuit couples a part of the first terminals to the second terminals in a first time interval and couples the other part of the first terminals to the second terminals in a second time interval. The touch sensing signals and the fingerprint sensing signals are inputted to the electronic circuit through the second terminals.
US11320922B1	Electronic product and touch-sensing display module thereof including slot in bending portion of film sensing structure A touch-sensing display module is provided, including a display unit and a film sensing structure. The display unit has a front surface, a rear surface opposite the front surface, and a side connecting the front surface and the rear surface. The film sensing structure is attached to the display unit and includes a main body and a bending portion connected to the main body, wherein the bending portion includes a slot. The bending portion extends from the front surface of the display unit to the rear surface along the side. The bending portion covers a portion of the side and a portion of the rear surface. A portion of the display unit is exposed by the slot.
US11320921B2	Touch display panel and touch display device A touch display panel and a touch display device are provided. The touch electrode rows of the display panel include first touch electrode rows and second touch electrode rows. A number of touch signal lines connected to each touch electrode of the first touch electrode rows is greater than a number of touch signal lines connected to each touch electrode of the second touch electrode rows. The first touch electrode rows include an A-th touch electrode row; and the second touch electrode rows includes a B-th touch electrode row and a C-th touch electrode row adjacent to the B-th touch electrode row. An area of a touch electrode in the B-th touch electrode row is smaller than an area of a touch electrode in the A-th touch electrode row, and smaller than an area of a touch electrode in the C-th touch electrode row.
US11320919B2	Touch and display driver integration circuit The present invention discloses a touch and display driver integration circuit, which includes a touch circuit and a display driver circuit. The touch circuit generates a status signal standing for the status of the touch circuit. The display driver circuit is coupled to the touch circuit and transmits at least one signal and/or at least one information to the touch circuit according to the status signal so as to drive the touch circuit.
US11320915B2	Customizable and reconfigurable virtual instrument panel The invention provides an instrument control panel that is easily customized and reconfigured, and yet provides the familiar tactile sensation of physical knobs, sliders, and buttons. The instrument control panel comprises one or more interface components that are removably coupled to an interface display wherein the interface components communicate with one or more control components disposed behind the interface display. The present invention lends itself particularly well to an instrument panel.
US11320914B1	Computer interaction method, device, and program product Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a computer interaction method, device, and program product. The method includes: acquiring, in response to triggering of an input to an electronic device, multiple images that present a given part of a user; determining a corresponding character sequence based on respective gestures of the given part in the multiple images, corresponding characters in the character sequence being selected from a predefined character set in which multiple characters respectively correspond to different gestures of the given part; and determining, based on the character sequence, a computer instruction to be input to the electronic device. With this solution, the user can conveniently and flexibly execute the input to the electronic device through a gesture of the given part (e.g., a hand).
US11320912B2	Techniques for gesture-based initiation of inter-device wireless connections Techniques for gesture-based device connections are described. For example, a method may comprise receiving video data corresponding to motion of a first computing device, receiving sensor data corresponding to motion of the first computing device, comparing, by a processor, the video data and the sensor data to one or more gesture models, and initiating establishment of a wireless connection between the first computing device and a second computing device if the video data and sensor data correspond to gesture models for the same gesture. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US11320910B2	Devices, methods, and graphical user interfaces for providing feedback during interaction with an intensity-sensitive button A device detects a first press input followed by a second press input on the button. The device provides a first non-visual output in response to the first press input and before the second press input. Depending on the amount of time lag between the first press input and the second press input, the device provides either a second non-visual output in conjunction with performing a first operation or a third non-visual output in conjunction with performing a second operation, where the second non-visual output and the third non-visual output have different output profiles.
US11320908B2	Operating unit for a vehicle The invention relates to an operating unit for a vehicle, comprising a touchscreen, an actuator for mechanically exciting the touchscreen upon detection of a valid manual actuation of the touchscreen when an operating command is input, and a counterweight. The actuator is designed as a drive unit with a stator and a translator which move in opposite directions either away from each other or towards each other, namely into an end position, starting from a rest position when the drive unit is actuated and which move back into the rest position from the end position after the actuation has ended, in particular in an automatic manner. The stator is coupled to the touchscreen, and the translator is coupled to the counterweight or vice versa.
US11320906B2	Systems and methods for delivering a plurality of haptic effects A haptic device including a magnet, a rigid and conductive material arranged with respect to the magnet so as to create a gap between the magnet and the rigid and conductive material is disclosed. The haptic device is configured such that a magnetic field is generated in the gap by the magnet. The haptic device also includes a plurality of coils each connected to a respective one of a plurality of protruding elements where each of the plurality of coils are configured to be positioned within the gap. Each of the plurality of protruding elements are configured to produce a respective contact with an object when the respective coil is energized. In some embodiments, the object is a hand of a user.
US11320904B2	Interactive motion-based eye tracking calibration The invention is concerned with a method for performing a calibration procedure for calibrating an eye tracking device (12), wherein a stimulus object (S) is displayed within a certain display area (22), such that the stimulus object (S) is at least temporarily moving along a defined trajectory (26) and images of at least one eye (16) of at least one user (18) are captured during the displaying of the stimulus object (S). Based on the captured images gaze data are provided and in dependency of the gaze data gaze points (P) of the at least one eye (16) of the user (18) with respect to the display area (22) are determined. Further, at least one calibration parameter (a1; a2; a3; a4; a5; a6; a7; a8; a9; a10; a11; a12; a13; a14; Θ; R; K; a; b; r) of at least one predefined calibration model (M, M1, M2, M3, M4, M5, M6) is determined in dependency of a first analysis at least of positions of at least part of the respective gaze points (P) with regard to the defined trajectory (26) of the stimulus object (S). Further, at least one control parameter (N, (A, D), T) is determined in dependency of at least part of the captured gaze data and controlling the execution of at least part of the calibration procedure in dependency of the at least one determined control parameter (N, (A, D), T).
US11320898B2	Device and method for providing content A device and a method is provided. The method includes identifying a sight direction of the device based on the movement information. The method also includes identifying an angle formed between a first straight line that starts from a predetermined position on the display and corresponds to the identified sight direction, and a second straight line that starts from the predetermined position and corresponds to a direction according to a movement trajectory obtained from multiple frames. The method further includes determining whether to start an adjusting mode for providing a frame corresponding to the identified sight direction based on the identified angle and a threshold value determined with respect to a field of view of the device. The method additionally includes identifying a first frame and a second frame among the multiple frames. The method also includes displaying the first frame and then display the second frame.
US11320892B2	Distributed digital low-dropout voltage micro regulator Digital low-dropout micro voltage regulator configured to accept an external voltage and produce a regulated voltage. All active devices of the voltage regulator are digital devices. All signals of the voltage regulator, except the first voltage and the regulated voltage, may be characterized as digital signals. Some active devices of the voltage regulator may be physically separated from other active devices of the voltage regulator by active devices of non-voltage regulator circuitry.
US11320889B2	Function operating method and electronic apparatus supporting same Disclosed is an electronic apparatus comprising a memory which is electrically connected to a processor and in which at least one command associated with the execution of the processor is stored, wherein the command is configured such that information on the frequency of the woken-up state of a display for a designated period of time is collected upon execution of the processor and that the information on the frequency of the woken-up state is compared with designated conditions, and a sensitivity associated with the detection of the arrangement status of the electronic apparatus is adjusted or maintained according to whether the conditions are satisfied or not. Other various embodiments as understood from the specification are possible.
US11320885B2	Wide range power mechanism for over-speed memory design A system for controlling an information handling system is disclosed that includes a central processing unit, a memory device, a power supply and a memory speed controller configured to determine one or more system parameters of the central processing unit, the memory device and the power supply, to store a boot setting as a function of the one or more system parameters and to cause a system reboot after storing the boot setting.
US11320882B2	R-PHY node with UPS to address cable service interruptions due to short power interruptions A Remote PHY (R-PHY) node having a specialized Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS). A R-PHY node comprises a coaxial cable input, one or more Remote PHY (R-PHY) devices, a node power supply designed to supply an entirety of the R-PHY node with power continuously while there is Quasi Square Wave (QSW) AC power supplied to the R-PHY node over the coaxial cable input, and an UPS for supplying power to either the entirety of the R-PHY node or a set of the one or more R-PHY devices when the R-PHY node is not supplied QSW power over the coaxial cable input. The internal UPS adjusts how power is supplied in response to determining that a configurable amount of time has passed since the interruption in QSW power to the R-PHY node.
US11320881B2	Intelligent current limiter for a computing device A mobile computing device includes one or more digital signal processors, each configured to receive a respective digital signal, one or more amplifiers, each configured to receive a respective digital signal, and one or more output generators configured to receive an output of a respective amplifier, and a battery configured to supply power to at least the amplifier(s). The digital signal processors include an intelligent current limiter. The intelligent current limiter is configured to determine a power consumption limit based on a battery voltage of the battery, a battery current limit defined by a battery current budget for operation of at least the amplifiers, and an efficiency of the amplifiers. The intelligent current limiter is configured to determine a predicted power consumption by the amplifiers based on voltages of the digital signals, a gain of each of the respective amplifiers, and an admittance of each of the respective output generators. The intelligent current limiter compares the predicted power consumption with the power consumption limit and adjusts the gain setting(s) of one or more of the digital signal processors based on the comparison prior to supplying the respective digital signals to the amplifiers.
US11320876B1	Information handling system handle with integrated thermal rejection system A portable information handling system housing has a handle to aid an end user in carrying of the system. A heat pipe loop passes through the handle and couples to a processing component heat sink to transfer excess thermal energy from within the housing to the handle for rejection to the ambient environment. Thermal wax disposed in the handle stores energy with a phase change from a solid to a liquid state. A color indicator disposed on the handle provides an end user with an indication of a temperature of the handle.
US11320865B2	Electronic devices with flexible displays having fastened bent edges An electronic device may be provided with a display having a flexible substrate with fastened bent edges. The flexible substrate may have an active region that includes an array of light-emitting elements such as organic light-emitting diodes. The flexible substrate may also have inactive regions that lie outside of the active region. The bent edges may include portions of the inactive regions and portions of the active region. The bent edges may be wrapped to conform to the shape of an internal support structure. The bent edges may be fastened to the support structure with fastening members that attach a housing member or an internal clamp to the support structure. The bent edges may be secured between the housing member or the internal clamp and the support structure. The fastening members may be engaged in openings in the support structure and may pass through or alongside the bent edges.
US11320856B2	Display systems and devices The present disclosure generally relates to display systems, display devices, and methods of making and using them. Some exemplary display systems are capable of attaching a display device to a computer monitor. The exemplary display systems sought to create improved display systems and devices capable of displaying information to a user and attaching to a computer monitor and/or large format electronic display.
US11320853B2	Image transmission apparatus, image transmission system, and method of controlling image transmission apparatus An image transmission apparatus includes: a processor that performs a process of generating image data and that transmits the image data to a display apparatus connected via a network; and a clock controller that receives information relating to a display mode of the display apparatus from the display apparatus and that controls a drive clock frequency of the processor based on the information.
US11320847B2	Voltage regulation integrated circuit (IC) with circuit components in an integrated three-dimensional (3D) inductor core and related methods of fabrication Reducing the space occupied by a voltage regulation integrated circuit (IC) that includes an inductor is achieved by implementing the inductor as a 3D inductor having windings formed of conductive elements integrated into a lower substrate, a circuit layer, and an upper substrate, and positioning other components within a core space of the 3D inductor in the circuit layer. The space occupied by the inductor is shared with the other circuit components and with the structural layers of the voltage regulation IC. A voltage regulation IC may be a switched-mode power supply (SMPS) that includes an inductor with a capacitor and/or a switching circuit. The inductor is implemented as upper horizontal traces in an upper substrate, lower horizontal traces in a lower substrate, and vertical interconnects in a circuit layer between the upper substrate and the lower substrate, and the conductive elements form the 3D inductor as a rectangular coil.
US11320846B2	Differential reference voltage buffer The present disclosure provides a differential reference voltage buffer, including: a buffer stage, including at least a first transistor and a second transistor; a control circuit, connected with the buffer stage and forming a negative feedback structure for generating a differential reference voltage; a current compensation circuit for compensating a resistive load current of the control circuit; and a drive stage for generating an output differential reference voltage. The differential reference voltage is generated according to an external input reference voltage and a common mode input voltage. The common mode voltage can be set separately, so that the flexibility is high. The current generated by a resistive network in the control circuit is compensated by the current compensation circuit, so that the current of a follow device in the buffer stage is not influenced by the control circuit, thereby generating a differential reference voltage with high accuracy output.
US11320838B2	Concerted autonomous vehicle collision avoidance A method for providing coordinated steering and braking of a plurality vehicles traveling in a platoon in response to detecting an obstruction in front of the platoon. The method includes detecting the obstruction by at least one of the vehicles in a front row of the platoon and coordinating and verifying between the vehicles in the front row that the obstruction is in front of the platoon. The method also includes broadcasting a message from one of the vehicles in the front row to the other vehicles in the platoon behind the front row that a coordinated braking and steering operation will occur to prevent a collision with the obstruction. The method then causes the vehicles in each row to steer to a breach position and causes the vehicles to brake so that all of the vehicles stop at the sides of the lanes.
US11320837B2	Federated automated interoperation between premises and autonomous resources In some embodiments, the disclosed subject matter involves communication and negotiation between an autonomous entity or vehicle with a network of communication resources within a smart premises. The communication resources may include entry, landing or navigation beacons and a building infrastructure service. Negotiation for guidance, entry and other authorized tasks or services may be performed in a distributed fashion while en route or in proximity to a communication resource, rather than scheduled by a centralized server. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US11320835B2	Magnetic navigation systems for autonomous mobile robots An autonomous mobile robot includes a drive system to maneuver the autonomous mobile robot about an environment, a first magnetic field antenna system responsive to a magnetic field pulse to generate a first signal, and a second magnetic field antenna system responsive to the magnetic field pulse to generate a second signal. The magnetic field pulse is emitted by a magnetic field emitter system in the environment. The autonomous mobile robot further includes a controller to execute instructions to perform operations including reorienting the autonomous mobile robot based on the first signal and the second signal.
US11320829B2	Battery powered artificial intelligence autonomous patrol vehicle A battery powered artificial intelligence autonomous patrol vehicle. The vehicle is battery powered and is operated autonomously using artificial intelligence. The autonomous patrol vehicle includes a surveillance or detection system on or within an emergency light bar of the autonomous patrol vehicle. The autonomous patrol vehicle autonomously performs patrol surveillance or detection functions such as speed; red-light; and traffic enforcement; traffic enforcement with Automatic License Plate Recognition (ALPR), face recognition, animal recognition, object recognition, video surveillance and online continuous analysis and any equivalent surveillance or detection functions. The autonomous patrol vehicle stores and sends live and/or stored data to a command control center while moving or parked. The surveillance or detection system navigates with the use of any one of or a combination of a camera, radar and Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) sensors and can operate by viewing 360 degrees.
US11320822B2	Unmanned transport vehicle, method of controlling unmanned transport vehicle, and storage medium An unmanned transport vehicle according to an embodiment includes a vehicle body, a moving mechanism, and an operation control device. The vehicle body is combinable with a transport object. The moving mechanism causes the vehicle body to be moved. The operation control device controls an operation of the moving mechanism. The operation control device includes a pseudo-reference position setter, a path acquirer, an operation command generator, and a driving controller. The pseudo-reference position setter sets a pseudo-reference position serving as an operation reference position of a combination structure of the vehicle body and the transport object to be different from a vehicle body reference position that is an operation reference position of the vehicle body. The path acquirer acquires a movement path from a current position of the combination structure to a target position. The operation command generator determines an operation of the combination structure that moves along the movement path acquired by the path acquirer based on the pseudo-reference position and generates an operation command related to a vehicle body operation that implements the determined operation of the combination structure. The driving controller causes the moving mechanism to be driven based on the operation command.
US11320821B2	Drone for industrial activities An industrial activity drone comprising an aerial vehicle having at least one rotor, an activity system, and a fastener device for fastening the activity system to the aerial vehicle. The activity system includes a structure, a computer, a work camera that is stationary relative to the aerial vehicle and that provides a view of a work zone, a distribution device having a plurality of compartments, and a turning motor enabling the distribution device to turn relative to the aerial vehicle. The industrial activity drone performs hovering flight so that the work camera faces a work zone and the distribution device is turned so that the compartment that is to be used faces the work zone, thereby performing one or more tasks.
US11320814B2	Proactive compressor failure remediation A diagnostic instrument failure prediction and remediation system may include a compressed air system and a computer configured to analyze stored information regarding the compressed air system to predict likely failures of the compressed air system. Such analysis may utilize information such as duty cycle information for a compressor comprised by the compressed air system and pressure information for a pressure sensor for a compressed air system.
US11320812B2	Method for determining the geometry of a raw part, which is shaped to form a finished part in a hydroerosive grinding method The invention relates to a method for determining the geometry of a raw part, which is shaped to form a finished part in a hydroerosive grinding method, comprising the following steps: (a) creation of a structural model of the finished part to be produced, the structural model of the finished part to be produced being used as an initial model for the first execution of the next step (b); (b) mathematical simulation of the hydroerosive grinding method, with which an intermediate model with a modified geometry is produced starting from an initial model; (c) comparison of the intermediate model produced in step (b) with the structural model of the finished part and determination of the distance, orthogonal to the surface of the structural model of the finished part, between the structural model of the finished part to be produced and the intermediate model at each node of the structural model, and comparison of the orthogonal distance with a predetermined limit value; (d) creation of a modified model of the component by adding from 5 to 99% of the distance determined in step (c) with the opposite sign at each node on the surface of the model which is used as an initial model in step (b), orthogonally to the surface, and repetition of steps (b) to (d), the modified model created in step (d) being used as a new initial model in step (b) if the orthogonal distance determined in step (c) at at least one node is greater than the predetermined limit value; (e) termination of the simulation when the orthogonal distance determined in step (c) between the structural model of the finished part and the intermediate model at each node falls below a predetermined limit value, the initial model of the step (b) carried out last corresponding to the raw part geometry to be determined.
US11320808B2	Plant data display processing device and plant control system Provided is a plant data display processing device including: a data classification unit that classifies operation data into categories according to similarity; an evaluation index calculation unit that calculates an evaluation index of a category from a value of the operation data; and a classification result display processing unit that calculates a representative value of the operation data for each of the categories from the operation data contained in each of the categories, maps identification information of each of the categories to two-dimensional space in accordance with similarity of a representative value of the operation data, and generates three-dimensional image data in which the identification information of each of the categories is shown on a plane formed of a first axis and a second axis, and the evaluation index of the category is shown on a third axis.
US11320807B2	Control device for a conveyor device A control device for a conveyor device, comprises a control unit adapted to generate control signals for a conveyor device, a data interface adapted for signal transmission of control signals to the control unit, a first power interface adapted for power supply to the control unit, a connection interface adapted for establishing a signal control connection and a power supply connection between the control unit and a conveyor device located outside the control device. A second power interface is adapted to supply power to the control unit, the first interface being adapted to receive a power supply in the form of a power supply with a first voltage, the second interface being adapted to receive a power supply in the form of a power supply with a second voltage or, instead of the second voltage, with a third voltage whose level is different from the level of the second voltage.
US11320799B2	Synchronizing equipment status For equipment tutorial review audit, a processor synchronizes a plurality of equipment tutorials to a mobile device. Each equipment tutorial corresponds to an equipment instance of a plurality of equipment instances of specific equipment and each equipment instance corresponds to an equipment reference code. The processor receives a first equipment reference code for a first equipment instance at the mobile device. The processor retrieves a first equipment tutorial of the plurality of equipment tutorials that is indexed to the first equipment reference code at the mobile device. The processor displays the first equipment tutorial on the mobile device. In addition, the processor records a review of the first equipment tutorial by an operator to an audit report.
US11320797B2	Methods and apparatus to virtualize a process control system Methods and apparatus to virtualize a process control system are described. A described process control system includes a server cluster including one or more servers. When operating, the server cluster provides a virtual workstation or virtual server, a virtual controller to interoperate with the virtual workstation or server and to implement process control operations, and a virtual input/output device to interoperate with the virtual controller and coupled to one or more field devices within the process control system.
US11320790B2	Method for marking a sapphire watch crystal A method for marking a sapphire watch crystal, through the interaction between a laser beam and the sapphire. The beam is focused on a point inside the crystal and the interaction is such that it produces a rectilinear opaque area, which is parallel to the upper surface of the crystal or perpendicular to the surface. The orientation of the opaque area depends on the mode of operation applied. According to the hatching mode of operation, the beam is scanned along one or more linear paths, producing opaque lines inside the crystal, which are parallel to the upper surface. The perforation mode of operation produces distinct opaque areas, obtained by discontinuous operation of the beam on a number of juxtaposed points. According to this latter mode of operation, the opaque areas extend in the direction perpendicular to the upper surface of the crystal.
US11320788B2	Striking or musical watch with an acoustic waveguide arrangement A striking or musical watch with an acoustic waveguide arrangement. The striking or musical watch (1) includes an at least partially flexible waveguide (2) secured to a fixed part (8) inside the watch to guide the acoustic waves generated by a first portion (2′) of the at least partially flexible waveguide towards a radiating element. The radiating element can include a watch crystal (3) connected to a bezel (5) and a membrane (4) for connecting the bezel to a middle part (6) of a watch case. The flexible waveguide is configured to change the direction of acoustic vibration from the first portion to the radiating element.
US11320786B2	Mainspring A timepiece mainspring including, in the manufactured state, an eye and a portion formed of coils with an outer coil of radius R, the eye and the portion formed of coils being connected by a neck portion having substantially zero curvature, the timepiece mainspring wherein the neck portion has a length LC comprised between 1.5 and 10 times, and preferably between 2 and 8 times, the radius R. The mainspring having this specific geometry reduces the risk of premature breakage during use, typically for an application with a k factor lower than 10.
US11320785B2	Holographic optical element and manufacturing method thereof, image reconstruction method and augmented reality glasses A holographic optical element and a manufacturing method thereof, an image reconstruction method, and augmented reality glasses are disclosed. The holographic optical element includes a substrate, and a recording material layer in which at least two groups of interference fringes are recorded; each group includes a first interference fringe formed by a first signal light and a first reference light respectively incident from opposite sides of the recording material layer, and a second interference fringe formed by a second signal light and a second reference light respectively incident from opposite sides of the recording material layer; the second signal light passes through a lens before incidence; incident angles of the first signal light and the second reference light are equal; incident directions of the first signal light corresponding to respective groups are different, and focal lengths of the lenses are not equal.
US11320782B2	Process cartridge and image forming apparatus A process cartridge includes a photosensitive drum; a developing roller; a developer supplying roller, provided in contact with the developing roller; a driving force receiving portion provided at a shaft end of the supplying roller; a first driving force transmitting portion; a second driving force transmitting portion; flexible sheets provided adjacent to an engaging portion between the first portion and the second portion to intermittently contact the second portion with rotation of the second portion, wherein a rotational direction of the roller is opposite to that of the roller, and a peripheral speed of the roller is larger than that of the roller.
US11320773B2	Image forming system capable of predicting consumed amount of consumable, prediction data output method An image forming system includes a recording processing portion, an acquirement processing portion, and an output processing portion. The recording processing portion records a consumed amount of a consumable consumed by an image forming apparatus per predetermined unit time. The acquirement processing portion acquires prediction data that indicates a predicted consumed amount of the consumable per the unit time for a time period from a predetermined standard time, based on a comparison result between: a first record result corresponding to a first time period extending to a reference time; and a second record result corresponding to a predetermined second time period extending to the standard time, among a record result recorded by the recording processing portion, the reference time being a predetermined specific time period earlier than the standard time. The output processing portion outputs the prediction data acquired by the acquirement processing portion.
US11320769B2	Image forming apparatus configured to determine amount of power supplied to heating elements based on measured temperatures An image forming apparatus includes a fixing unit including a fixing belt having a surface to which a lubricant is applied, a heater contacting the surface and including heating elements arranged along a width direction of the belt and including first end second end heating elements and a central heating element, and a pressing roller capable of pressing and rotating the belt, a power supply configured to supply power to the heating elements, and a controller configured to determine a first amount of power to be supplied to the central heating element and a second amount of power to be supplied to each end heating element such that the first amount is greater than the second amount, and control the power supply to supply the first and second amounts to the central heating element and each end heating element before controlling the pressing roller to rotate.
US11320767B2	Heating device, fixing device, and image forming apparatus A heating device includes a tubular rotator that rotates and a heat source that heats the tubular rotator. A thermal conductor includes a first face that contacts the tubular rotator and a second face that is opposite the first face. A first thickness portion is disposed in a first span of the thermal conductor in a longitudinal direction of the thermal conductor. The first thickness portion has a first thickness. A second thickness portion is disposed in at least a part of a second span of the thermal conductor in the longitudinal direction of the thermal conductor. The second span is different from the first span. The second thickness portion has a second thickness that is greater than the first thickness of the first thickness portion. The second thickness portion includes a folded portion that is disposed on the second face.
US11320764B2	Corner tie attachment for a bag liner for receiving a powder such as toner A tie attachment assembly, including a first layer including a first surface and a second surface, the first surface including an adhesive, a fold line, and a second layer, including a third surface, a fourth surface connected to the first surface, a first cutout arranged on a first side of the fold line, and a second cutout arranged on a second side of the fold line, opposite the first side.
US11320761B2	Charge roller voltage determination An electrophotographic printer includes a charge roller in charge-transferring relation to a photoconductive imaging portion. The printer may determine an AC voltage setpoint of the charge roller.
US11320756B2	Electrophotographic apparatus, process cartridge, and cartridge set An electrophotographic apparatus comprising an electrophotographic photosensitive member, a charging unit, and a developing unit, wherein the charging unit has a conductive member contactable with the electrophotographic photosensitive member, and a conductive layer of the conductive member has a matrix-domain structure; at least some of the domains are exposed at the outer surface; a volume resistivity R1 of the matrix and a volume resistivity R2 of the domains satisfy specific relationship; Martens hardness G1 of the matrix and Martens hardness G2 of the domains satisfy relationship G1
US11320755B2	Brilliant developer, developer container, developing device, image forming apparatus, and method of producing developer A brilliant developer contains a metallic pigment containing pigment particles, a binder resin, and an external additive. A percentage of the pigment particles not less than 2 μm and not more than 4 μm in a volume particle size distribution of a residue separated from a mixture obtained by dissolving the brilliant developer in tetrahydrofuran after removing the external additive from the brilliant developer is not less than 21.5% and not more than 25.3%.
US11320752B2	Supporting unit and substrate processing apparatus including the same A supporting unit is provided to support a substrate. The supporting unit includes a supporting plate including a pressure reducing fluid passage formed inside the supporting plate, and a flanger provided in a groove formed in a top surface of the supporting plate. A lower area of the flanger is connected to the pressure reducing fluid passage in the groove, and the flanger moves up and down by reduced pressure applied through the pressure reducing fluid passage.
US11320751B2	Apparatus incorporating a gas lock An apparatus, which may form part of a lithographic apparatus, comprises a substrate table, a projection system, a gas lock and a gas flow guide. The substrate table is suitable for supporting a substrate. The projection system has a body which defines an interior and an opening. The projection system is configured and arranged to project a radiation beam through the opening onto a substrate supported by the substrate table. The gas lock is suitable for providing a gas flow from the opening away from the interior. The gas flow guide is configured to guide at least a portion of the gas flow away from the substrate supported by the substrate table.
US11320741B2	Light source apparatus, illumination apparatus, exposure apparatus, and method for manufacturing object The present invention is directed to adjusting a light intensity distribution on an irradiation target surface into a desired distribution with use of a light source apparatus including a light emitting diode (LED) array. A light source apparatus includes an LED array including a plurality of LED chips, and a controller configured to control the plurality of LED chips. A light intensity distribution acquired from each of the plurality of LED chips is superimposed on a light intensity distribution oriented in a different direction from each other on a predetermined surface. The controller controls an output of at least one of the plurality of LED chips, thereby changing the light intensity distribution that the plurality of LED chips forms on the predetermined surface.
US11320734B2	Ligand-capped main group nanoparticles as high absorption extreme ultraviolet lithography resists A photosensitive composition including metal nanoparticles capped with an organic ligand, wherein the metal particles includes a metal that absorbs light in the extreme ultraviolet spectrum. A method including synthesizing metal particles including a diameter of 5 nanometers or less, wherein the metal particles includes a metal that absorbs light in the extreme ultraviolet spectrum; and capping the metal particles with an organic ligand. A method including depositing a photosensitive composition on a semiconductor substrate, wherein the photosensitive composition includes metal nanoparticles capped with an organic ligand and the nanoparticles include a metal that absorbs light in the extreme ultraviolet spectrum; exposing the photosensitive composition to light in an ultraviolet spectrum through a mask including a pattern; and transferring the mask pattern to the photosensitive composition.
US11320733B2	Reticle with conductive material structure A reticle, a reticle container and a method for discharging static charges accumulated on a reticle are provided. The reticle includes a mask substrate, a reflective multilayer (ML) structure, a capping layer, an absorption structure and a conductive material structure. The mask substrate has a front-side surface and a back-side surface. The reflective ML structure is positioned over the front-side surface of mask substrate. The capping layer is positioned over the reflective ML structure. The absorption structure is positioned over the capping layer. The conductive material structure is positioned over a sidewall surface of the mask substrate and a sidewall surface of the absorption structure.
US11320726B2	Shock absorber and projection device A shock absorber, including a first casing, a second casing, a frame, a vibrator, and a buffer element, is provided. The first casing includes a first pressing portion. The second casing is detachably fixed to the first casing and includes a second pressing portion. The frame includes a first portion and a second portion, and the first portion is located between the first pressing portion and the second pressing portion. The vibrator is fixed to the second portion of the frame. The buffer element is disposed between the first pressing portion and the first portion of the frame, and between the second pressing portion and the first portion of the frame. The first pressing portion and the second pressing portion press against the buffer element to sandwich the first portion of the frame. A projection device with the shock absorber is also provided.
US11320716B2	Display electronic device and driving method hereof An electronic device includes a display panel and an optical deflector. The display panel irradiates an original light group corresponding to an original image displayed by the display panel and having a first resolution. The optical deflector receives the original light group and emits at least two output light groups having different transmission directions within a visual persistence duration. The at least two output light groups form an output image having a second resolution greater than the first resolution.
US11320714B2	Electronic paper, image formation apparatus, and printing control method The present application discloses an image formation apparatus that can transfer an image into electronic paper using an electronic photography method, and a printing control method for the image formation apparatus. The present electronic paper comprises an electrophoresis layer for displaying an image using an electrophoresis method, a conductive layer, and a film layer for transmitting an image; and the image formation apparatus comprises a communication interface for receiving printing data, an image formation unit for transferring an image corresponding to the printing data, and a processor for controlling the image formation unit.
US11320713B2	Solar power dynamic glass for heating and cooling buildings Various embodiments herein relate to systems for powering electrochromic windows in a building. Systems may include photovoltaic panels configured to generate electrical power, energy storage device(s) configured for storing generated power, and one or more controllers on a network of electrochromic windows that are configured to receive power from the energy storage device(s) and power tint transitions in one or more electrochromic windows. Systems may include various additional circuit components described herein for regulating and/or controlling the generation, storage, and application of electric power. The systems and techniques described herein can be used to design networks of electrochromic windows that are hybrid-solar or off-the-grid (“OTG”).
US11320705B2	Liquid crystal display panel and liquid crystal deflection control method The present disclosure provides a liquid crystal display panel and a liquid crystal deflection control method. The liquid crystal display panel includes a color filter substrate and an array substrate which are assembled to form a cell, and liquid crystals located therebetween. The liquid crystal display panel further includes a plurality of pixel regions. Each pixel region includes a first area and a second area, the color filter substrate in each pixel region includes a black matrix covered by an orthographic projection of the second area on the color filter substrate, a light extracting member is disposed on a side of the array substrate in each pixel region adjacent to the liquid crystals and covered by an orthographic projection of the first area on the array substrate, and the light extracting member is configured to emit vertical light. Each pixel region further includes a liquid crystal deflection control device.
US11320703B2	Photochromic system, method for driving photochromic film, and vehicle A photochromic system wherein: there are provided a photochromic film and a drive power source; the photochromic film has a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between a first and second laminate, the photochromic film controlling the liquid crystal molecules' orientation of the liquid crystal layer by a VA scheme to control transmitted light; the first laminate is provided with at least a first substrate and electrode; the second laminate is provided with at least a second substrate and electrode; each of the first and second electrode has a sheet resistance of 50-300 Ω/□; the distance from a power feed point to the farthest-away position in the surface of the photochromic film is 1,500 mm or less; and the drive power source supplies a power source for driving by a rectangular wave having a frequency of 240 Hz or less.
US11320702B2	Display substrate and display panel An embodiment of the present invention discloses a display substrate and a display panel. The display substrate includes a plurality of first display portions each of which is disposed in a gap between adjacent two of first limiting portions; a plurality of second display portions each of which is disposed in a gap between adjacent two of second limiting portions. The gap between the adjacent two first limiting portions is greater than the gap between the adjacent two second limiting portions. A difference between a height of a top of each of the second display portions and a height of a top of each of the first display portions is less than a predetermined difference.
US11320697B2	Display device comprising a bendable light-transmissive layer and manufacturing method thereof Disclosed is a display device comprising a display panel, a backlight module and a bendable light-transmissive layer. The display panel comprises a light incident surface and a light exit surface opposite to each other and a plurality of panel sides connecting the light incident surface with the light exit surface. The backlight module is located on the light incident surface of the display panel and comprises a first surface facing the light incident surface, a second surface opposite to the first surface, and a plurality of module sides connecting the first surface with the second surface. The bendable light-transmissive layer at least partially covers the light exit surface of the display panel, the plurality of panel sides and the plurality of module sides to fix the display panel and the backlight module.
US11320693B2	Under-display illumination with external light sources Improved under-display illumination is provided for display modules integrated in electronic devices. For example, a display module can include a number of display micro-structures, such as pixels and electrodes. Much of the illumination energy from conventional under-display illumination (e.g., for backlighting) can tend to be blocked by the micro-structures and can also tend to damage the micro-structures. Novel arrangements of optical structures are provided herein to output under-display illumination energy and to direct the energy in a manner that passes completely or mostly through gaps between the display micro-structures. Some implementations provide additional features, such as light conditioning to facilitate transmission of light energy through a dark coating layer, and/or use of multiple optical structures to provide illumination energy with different optical characteristics.
US11320687B2	Display device and illumination device According to one embodiment, a display device includes a display panel including a first substrate including a first transparent substrate having a first main surface, a first opposite and a side surface, a second substrate including a second transparent substrate having a second main surface and a second opposite surface, and a liquid crystal layer located between the first substrate and the second substrate, a light emitting element opposed to the side surface, a third transparent substrate, and a transparent layer located between the display panel and the third transparent substrate and having a second refractive index that is lower than a first refractive index.
US11320683B2	Display device According to one embodiment, a display device includes a first substrate including an electrode, a second substrate including a substrate edge, a transparent conductive film including an extended portion, an optical element adhered to the transparent conductive film, and a connecting member. The connecting member is in contact with the substrate edge and electrically connects the electrode and the extended portion. The optical element includes a penetration portion. The penetration portion and the connecting member are arranged in a direction intersecting an extending direction of the substrate edge.
US11320682B2	Display panel and display device The present disclosure provides a display panel and a display device. The display panel includes a first substrate, and the first substrate includes a glass substrate. A first metal layer, an insulating layer, a second metal layer, and a passivation protective layer are sequentially formed on a surface of the glass substrate.
US11320678B2	Pressure sensor and pressure detecting method A pressure sensor and a pressure detecting method are provided, the pressure sensor includes a liquid crystal cell including a cholesteric liquid crystal layer, a liquid crystal state detector module and a pressure finder module, and the liquid crystal cell includes a pressure receiving surface. The liquid crystal state detector module is configured to detect a liquid crystal arrangement state in the cholesteric liquid crystal layer in a situation where a pressure is applied on the pressure receiving surface of the liquid crystal cell; the pressure finder module is configured to find a value of the pressure corresponding to the liquid crystal arrangement state from a pre-stored correspondence table.
US11320666B2	Integrated structured-light projector Optoelectronic apparatus includes a substrate and an array of light-emitting elements formed on a semiconductor die and mounted on the substrate, wherein the light-emitting elements are driven by separate, respective conductors, which are formed on the substrate. A controller drives the light-emitting elements selectively by applying drive signals to the respective conductors in order to create a pattern. One or more optical elements are mounted so as to receive light emitted from the array of light-emitting elements and include at least one diffractive optical element (DOE) configured to project the received light from the first optical element so as to create multiple replicas of the pattern, which fan out over a predefined angular range.
US11320658B2	Display apparatus Provided is a display apparatus reduced in size and weight by reducing a size of a lens member. A head-mounted display apparatus includes a display panel emitting light, a lens member directing light from the display panel forwards, a light guide guiding light transmitting through the lens member to a user's eyes, a reflector and a transflective reflector changing a path of light moving along the light guide, and an adhesive layer disposed between the display panel and the lens member and adhering the display panel and the lens member.
US11320656B2	User interface systems for head-worn computers Aspects of the present disclosure relates to user interface systems and methods for use in head-worn computing systems.
US11320653B2	Vehicle display device A vehicle display device includes a projection device including a light-transmitting image display unit displaying an image, a light source emitting light to the image display unit from a back surface side or a front surface side, and a light-shielding cover disposed on a front surface of the image display unit and including an opening. The projection device projects an image onto a reflection unit disposed in front of an occupant in a vehicle. When the projection device is viewed from the front surface side, a shape of the opening is a shape similar to a shape of an image display region in the image display unit, and the opening is separated from an outer edge of the image display region and surrounds the image display region.
US11320652B2	Display device, object apparatus and display method (Object) It is possible to make a display area less perceivable to a user. (Means of Achieving the Object) An HUD device (i.e., the HUD device of the practical example 1) is a display device for displaying in a display area a virtual image of at least a part of a sign that moves. The display device includes a displaying system configured to form an image of the sign that moves with light in a region including an image region (i.e., a predetermined region), and to irradiate a front windshield (i.e., transparent/reflective member) with light that forms at least a part of the image, the part of which is in the image region, such that the virtual image of the at least a part of the image is displayed in the display area. The displaying system includes an FPGA 600 (i.e., control device) that is capable of controlling a characteristic of the image in accordance with position of the virtual image relative to the display area. The image sign to be displayed is an indicator mark indicating the presence and location of an object not being viewable through the front display windshield.
US11320647B2	Methods and apparatus for modulating light with phase change materials Alloys of GeSbSeTe (GSST) can be used to make actively tunable infrared transmission filters that are small, fast, and solid-state. These filters can be used for hyperspectral imaging, 3D LIDAR, portable bio/chem sensing systems, thermal emission control, and tunable filters. GSST is a low-loss phase-change material that can switch from a low-index (n=3), amorphous state to a high-index (n=4.5), hexagonal state with low loss (k<0.3) over a wavelength range of 2-10 microns or more. The GSST thickness can be selected to provide pure phase modulation, pure amplitude modulation, or coupled phase and amplitude modulation. GSST can be switched thermally in an oven, optically with visible light, or electrically via Joule heating at speeds from kilohertz to Gigahertz. It operates with reversible and polarization independent transmission switching over a wide incident angle (e.g., 0-60 degrees).
US11320642B2	Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and information processing program This information processing apparatus includes: a search image acquisition unit that acquires enlarged images at focal positions different from each other; a first feature amount calculation unit that obtains, for each of the multiple captured enlarged images, a first feature amount based on a direct current component and a dynamic range of an alternating current component of pixel values for each of blocks forming each of the enlarged images; and an in-focus position determination unit that determines an in-focus position of each enlarged image based on the first feature amount.
US11320641B2	Immersion meta-lens at visible wavelengths for diffraction-limited imaging The optical imaging apparatus includes a metasurface lens including a substrate and a plurality of nano-structures patterned on a first side of the substrate. The optical imaging apparatus further includes imaging optics disposed in a spaced apart relationship with a second side of the substrate. The second side is opposite the first side on which the nano-structures are patterned. A surface of the imaging optics and the second side of the substrate define a space for accommodating an immersion fluid. The metasurface lens is configured to direct light incident on the plurality of nano-structures towards the imaging optics through the space accommodating the immersion fluid.
US11320640B2	Automated adjustment of light sheet geometry in a microscope A sample is imaged using light-sheet imaging. The light-sheet imaging includes generating light, forming one or more light sheets from the light at one or more positions within the sample along respective illumination directions that are parallel with an illumination axis, and recording images of fluorescence emitted along a detection direction from the sample due to the optical interaction between the one or more light sheets and the sample. One or more properties relating to the light-sheet imaging are measured; the one or more measured properties are analyzed; and one or more operating parameters associated with the light-sheet imaging are adjusted based on the analysis of the one or more measured properties.
US11320639B2	Microscope optical module, microscope, control device for microscope optical module, and multiphoton excitation microscope Describes herein are a microscope optical module, a microscope, a control device for the microscope optical module, and multiphoton excitation microscope, which can switch the observation field of view at high speed and observe a large field of view. The microscope optical module includes an optical-axis-shifting optical system having an optical element, an optical-axis-shifting optical system support for positioning the optical-axis-shifting optical system with respect to the objective light flux of the microscope, and a rotator arranged on the optical-axis-shifting optical system support, the rotator rotatably supporting the optical-axis-shifting optical system with respect to the optical axis of the objective light flux, wherein the microscope optical module is added to an objective light flux side of a microscope.
US11320636B2	Lens attachment for a high etendue modular zoom lens A lens attachment module is configured for coupling with a zoom module of a finite conjugate optical assembly. The lens attachment module includes a lens assembly that has a positive focal length, and exhibits a pupil size of between 16 and 25 mm and a pupil depth greater than 50 mm.
US11320632B2	Optical imaging system and mobile electronic device An optical imaging system includes a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, and a sixth lens, sequentially disposed from an object side. The first lens has negative refractive power, an image side surface thereof is concave, and an angle of view of the optical system including the first lens to the sixth lens is 100° or more. When a focal length of the first lens is f1_1, and a total focal length of the optical system including the first lens to the sixth lens is F1, 1.0<\|f1_1/F1\|<2.0 is satisfied.
US11320631B2	Lens system and imaging device The present disclosure is related to a lens systems. The lens system includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens group G1 having negative refractive power, a second lens group G2 having positive refractive power, a third lens group G3 having positive refractive power, and the lens system satisfies the a ≤ f 1 f ′ ≤ b , c ≤ f 2 f ′ ≤ d , e ≤ f 3 f ′ ≤ f , following condition: and at least partial of G3 is made of material satisfying the following condition: Vd>g and dn/dt≤h, wherein a, b, c, d, e, f, g and h are constants, f1 represents a focal length of G1, f2 represents a focal length of G2, f3 represents a focal length of G3, f′ represents a focal length of the lens system, Vd represents an abbe constant, n represents a refractive index, t represents temperature, and dn/dt represents a differential of refractive indices against temperature.
US11320627B2	Lens barrel and imaging device A lens barrel including a first lens, an actuator that drives the first lens, a first barrel that holds a first cam follower and the actuator and moves in an optical axis direction, a second lens, and a second barrel that holds a second cam follower and the second lens and moves in the optical axis direction, the second barrel having a first hole portion in which the first cam follower is disposed.
US11320625B2	Driving mechanism A driving mechanism is provided and includes a holder, a frame, a resilient element and a first driving assembly. The holder includes a first holder surface for holding an optical element having an optical axis. The frame is movably connected to the holder and includes a first frame surface. The holder is movably connected to the frame through the first resilient element. The first driving assembly is adjacent to the holder and is used for driving the holder to move relative to the frame, wherein both the first holder surface and the first frame surface face the first resilient element and do not contact the first resilient element, and the shortest distance between the first holder surface and the first resilient element is different than the shortest distance between the first frame surface and the first resilient element.
US11320605B2	MPO microlatch lock connector Optical fiber connectors and adapters are disclosed. A connector includes a flat pin assembly including a pin, a mechanical transfer ferrule boot disposed around at least a portion of the assembly, a housing disposed around at least a portion of the ferrule, and a locking plate. The housing includes first, second, top, and bottom sides. The first and second sides include a recess. The top side includes a groove. The locking plate includes a fastening mechanism configured to interlock with the groove. An optical fiber adapter includes first and second adapter ends each having one or more connecting arms to secure a separate optical fiber connector.
US11320596B2	Hinged temperature-immune self-referencing fabry-pérot cavity sensors A passive microscopic Fabry-Pérot Interferometer (FPI) sensor includes a three-dimensional microscopic optical structure formed on a cleaved tip of the optical fighter using a two-photon polymerization process on a photosensitive polymer by a three-dimensional micromachining device. The three-dimensional microscopic optical structure having a hinged optical layer pivotally connected to a distal portion of a suspended structure. A reflective layer is deposited on a mirror surface of the hinged optical layer while in an open position. The hinged optical layer is subsequently positioned in the closed position to align the mirror surface to at least partially reflect a light signal back through the optical fiber.
US11320578B2	Multiview display, system, and method having dynamic color sub-pixels remapping A multiview display, system and method includes an array of light valves having a repeating plurality of color sub-pixels and arranged as a plurality of multiview pixels configured to modulate directional light beams as color pixels of views of a multiview image, and an array of multibeam emitters configured to provide the directional light beams. A location of a multiview pixel relative to a location of color sub-pixels is configured to be shifted as a function of a position of a user of the multiview display to provide dynamic color sub-pixel remapping.
US11320573B2	Display device, method for producing display device, and apparatus for producing display device In order to make a step of forming an coated-type polarizer easier, provided is a display device including, from a lower layer, a TFT layer, a light-emitting layer, a sealing layer, and a polarization layer in this order, in which the polarization layer includes a polymerizable liquid crystal layer containing a polymerizable liquid crystal into which a dichroic pigment is mixed and an alignment film coming in contact with a portion of the polymerizable liquid crystal layer to align the polymerizable liquid crystal contained in the polymerizable liquid crystal layer with which the alignment film is in contact, and in a display region, a region in which the polymerizable liquid crystal layer and the alignment film of the polarization layer come into contact with each other is a polarization portion, and in a frame region surrounding the display region, a region in which the polymerizable liquid crystal layer and the alignment film of the polarization layer do not come in contact with each other is a black frame portion.
US11320558B2	Apparatus for measuring wideband dielectric measurements of objects using a bistatic antenna A device implementing antennas transmitting and receiving electromagnetic waves for measuring the bulk dielectric properties of a material under test having over a pre-defined surface area. The sample of the material under test might be cylindrical in shape. The device includes a spacer of known dielectric properties and geometries, placed between the material under test and the transmitting and receiving antennas, as well as at least one plate of a material having known electromagnetic properties placed below the material under test.
US11320551B2	Training machine learning systems for seismic interpretation A method and apparatus for seismic interpretation including machine learning (ML). A method of training a ML system for seismic interpretation includes: preparing a collection of seismic images as training data; training an interpreter ML model to learn to interpret the training data, wherein: the interpreter ML model comprises a geologic objective function, and the learning is regularized by one or more geologic priors; and training a discriminator ML model to learn the one or more geologic priors from the training data. A method of hydrocarbon management includes: training the ML system for seismic interpretation; obtaining test data comprising a second collection of seismic images; applying the trained ML system to the test data to generate output; and managing hydrocarbons based on the output. A method includes performing an inference on test data with the interpreter and discriminator ML models to generate a feature probability map representative of subsurface features.
US11320540B2	Integrity monitoring of primary and derived parameters Systems and methods for integrity monitoring of primary and derived parameters are described herein. In certain embodiments, a method includes transforming an estimated error state covariance matrix of at least one primary integrity monitoring parameter of a navigation system onto an error state covariance matrix of one or more derived integrity monitoring parameters, wherein the one or more derived integrity monitoring parameters depends from the at least one primary integrity monitoring parameter. The method also includes transforming an integrity threshold of the at least one primary integrity monitoring parameter onto separation parameters of the one or more derived integrity monitoring parameters. The method further includes computing a protection limit for the one or more derived integrity monitoring parameters.
US11320526B2	Communication unit and method for clock distribution and synchronization A communication unit (300) is described that includes a plurality of cascaded devices that includes at least one master device and at least one slave device configured in a master-slave arrangement. The at least one master device comprises a modulator circuit (362) configured to: receive a system clock signal and a frame start signal; modulate the system clock signal with the frame start signal to produce a modulated master-slave clock signal (384); and transmit the modulated master-slave clock signal (384) to the at least one slave device. The at least one slave device comprises a demodulator circuit (364) configured to: receive and demodulate the modulated master-slave clock signal (384); and re-create therefrom the system clock signal (388, 385) and the frame start signal (390, 386).
US11320522B1	System and method for FMCW LIDAR with DC laser A light detection and ranging (LIDAR) system uses optical sources to emit a continuous-wave (CW) optical beam and a frequency-modulated (FMCW) optical beam. A first set off optical components is coupled with the optical sources to generate a CW local oscillator (LO) signal from the CW optical beam, to generate an FMCW LO signal from the FMCW optical beam, and to combine the CW optical beam and the FMCW optical beam into a combined optical beam. A second set of optical components is coupled with the first set of optical components, to transmit the combined optical beam toward a target environment and to receive a target return signal from the target environment. A third set of optical components is coupled with the second set of optical components, to generate and detect a target velocity component of the target return signal and a target range component of the target return signal.
US11320514B2	Method and device for measuring a distance to a target in a multi-user environment by means of at least one detector A method for measuring a distance to a target in a multi-user environment by means of at least one sensor, comprising: irradiating the environment by means of a series of radiation pulses, wherein series of radiation pulses are emitted at a determined repetition rate and with a determined random delay; collecting pulses that are reflected or scattered from the environment to at least a detector connected to at least one chronometer; assigning a timestamp at every detected pulse on the detector; subtracting the added delay from every registered timestamp coming from the chronometer, the result corresponding to the time of arrival; determining the statistical distribution of said time of arrival; determining the distance to the target from said statistical distribution.
US11320513B2	Portable device position estimation system In a portable device position estimation system, a vehicle-mounted system includes a transceiver and intercept devices. The vehicle-mounted system determines a first propagation time being a propagation time of a wireless signal from the transceiver to a portable device, based on a round trip time being a time between the transceiver transmitting a response request signal and the transceiver receiving a response signal from the portable device. The vehicle-mounted system determines a second propagation time being a propagation time of a wireless signal from the portable device to the intercept device based on the round trip time and a signal reception interval being a time between the intercept device receiving the response request signal and the intercept device receiving the response signal.
US11320511B2	Observed time difference of arrival (OTDOA) positioning in wireless communication networks Aspects of the disclosure provide a method for observed time difference of arrival (OTDOA) positioning. The method can include receiving from a serving cell of a first network assistance data for measuring time difference of arrival of positioning reference signals (PRSs) received from a plurality of neighboring cells of a second network, receiving from the serving cell a gap pattern for decoding a master information block (MIB) of a first neighboring cell of the plurality of neighboring cells, or a system frame number (SFN) offset of the first neighboring cell, and determining an SFN timing of the first neighboring cell based on the gap pattern for decoding the MIB of the first neighboring cell or the SFN offset of the first neighboring cell.
US11320502B2	Magnetic resonance imaging system capable of rapid field ramping Systems and methods for rapidly ramping the magnetic field of a superconducting magnet, such as a superconducting magnet adapted for use in a magnetic resonance imaging system, are provided. The magnetic field can be rapidly ramped up or down by changing the current density in the superconducting magnet while monitoring and controlling the superconducting magnet's temperature to remain below a transition temperature. A superconducting switch is used to connect the superconducting magnet and a power supply in a connected circuit. The current generated by the power supply is then adjusted to increase or decrease the current density in the superconducting magnet to respectively ramp up or ramp down the magnetic field strength in a controlled manner. The ramp rate at which the magnetic field strength is changed is determined and optimized based on the operating parameters of the superconducting magnet and the current being generated by the power supply.
US11320494B2	Compensation device for compensating for leakage currents A compensation device (20) for compensating for leakage currents has a differential current measuring device (22), a supply network detection device (42; 45), a control device (26), an amplifier (27), a compensation current selection device (36) and a feed-in device (39, 41). The supply network detection device (42; 45) generates a second signal (V_GRID; V_ES) characterizing the supply network (L1, L2, L3, N) connected to the active conductors (51, 52, 53, 54) and to supply it to the control device (26). The compensation current selection device (36) feeds in the compensation current (I_COMP) on the basis of a third signal (V_SEL) on at least one of the at least two different active conductors (51, 54), and the third signal (V_SEL) is dependent on the second signal (V_GRID; V_ES) to select at least one active conductor (51, 54) suitable for the connected supply network for the feed-in operation.
US11320488B2	Self test for safety logic Methods and apparatus for self test of safety logic in safety critical devices is provided in which the safety logic includes comparator logic coupled to a circuit under test (CUT) in a safety critical device and the self test logic is configured to test the comparator logic. The self test logic may be implemented as a single cycle parallel bit inversion approach, a multi-cycle serial bit inversion approach, or a single cycle test pattern injection approach.
US11320479B2	Semiconductor device with a data-recording mechanism An electronic device includes: a detection circuit configured to determine one or more operating data, one or more device sensor data, or a combination thereof associated with operation of the electronic device; a trigger circuit operably coupled to the circuit, the trigger circuit configured to generate a stress input based on detecting one or more target criteria from the one or more operating data, the one or more device sensor data, or a combination thereof; and a degradation sensor operably coupled to the trigger circuit, the degradation sensor having a threshold voltage and being configured to record the target criteria that occurs during operation of the electronic device, wherein the degradation sensor is configured to record the target criteria based on degradation of the threshold voltage according to the stress input.
US11320472B2	Method for improving EMC robustness of integrated capacitive sensors A method is provided for improving the EMC robustness of Integrated Capacitive Sensor systems with a sensor Signal-Conditioner (SSC). The SSC is connected with a capacitive integrating converter to convert a received signal into a bit stream. An oscillator provides a plurality of sampling frequencies. A counter connected with the capacitive integrating converter collects the bit stream and calculates the digital representative of the physical input which is than stored in an output register. The method includes performing some conversions with different sampling frequencies from the oscillator or a frequency divider by the capacitive integrating Signal-Converter; storing the results of the samplings and using the results in the following cycle to calculate for each sampling frequency a difference to the prior sampling of the same frequency; and calculating the digital representative of the input signal from the external sensing capacitor as the reverse weighted average of the samplings of the different frequencies.
US11320465B2	Method of inspecting power units A method of inspecting power units applied to a plurality of power units is connected to a signal bus. The method is to disconnect the power unit having an output current from the signal bus, give a control command by a controller for raising the output current, measure the output current after the control command is given, and compare the measured output current with the target current value corresponding to the control command for determining an inspection result. The present disclosed example can effectively reduce inspection time and improve inspection accuracy.
US11320464B2	Chip package A chip package according to one embodiment includes a magnetic field sensor and a chip housing. The chip housing is a rectangular parallelepiped body. A solenoid coil is wound around four outer surfaces of the chip housing. The magnetic field sensor is disposed in the chip package. A plurality of first electrode pads connected to the solenoid coil and a plurality of second electrode pads connected to the magnetic field sensor are disposed on one mounting surface.
US11320458B2	High voltage test terminal with guard electrode and guard insulation layer A high-voltage test terminal includes a first conductor, a second conductor, and a primary insulator disposed between and coupled to the first and second conductors. A blade is movably connected to the second conductor. The blade is electrically and mechanically connected to the first conductor in a first position and electrically isolated and mechanically disconnected from the first conductor in a second position. A guard insulation layer is disposed between the primary insulator and the first conductor.
US11320455B2	System and method for autonomous scanning probe microscopy with in-situ tip conditioning A method for assessing the quality of a tip of a scanning probe microscope (SPM) includes recording an SPM image, extracting a plurality of images of dangling bonds from the SPM image, feeding the extracted images of dangling bonds into a convolution neural network one image at a time, analyzing each of the plurality of images of dangling bonds using the convolution neural network, assigning each of the plurality of images of dangling bonds one of a sharp tip status or a double tip status, and determining whether the number of the plurality of images of dangling bonds of the SPM image assigned the double tip status exceeds a predetermined threshold. A method of automatically conditioning a tip of a scanning probe microscope (SPM) during imaging of a sample and a method of mass-producing atomistic quantum dots, qubits, or particular atom orbital occupation are also provided.
US11320452B2	MEMS accelerometer self-test using an active mobile mass deflection technique A microelectromechanical system (MEMS) accelerometer sensor has a mobile mass and a sensing capacitor. To self-test the sensor, a test signal is applied to the sensing capacitor during a reset phase of a sensing circuit coupled to the sensing capacitor. The test signal is configured to cause an electrostatic force which produces a physical displacement of the mobile mass corresponding to a desired acceleration value. Then, during a read phase of the sensing circuit, a variation in capacitance of sensing capacitor due to the physical displacement of the mobile mass is sensed. This sensed variation in capacitance is converted to a sensed acceleration value. A comparison of the sensed acceleration value to the desired acceleration value provides an indication of an error in operation of the MEMS accelerometer sensor if the sensed acceleration value and desired acceleration value are not substantially equal.
US11320448B2	Pivoting stock divider with motion detector An inventory management system for automatically generating a restocking order or prompting generation of a restocking order includes a storage structure defining a stock storage space, a divider pivotable on the storage structure, a divider pivotable on the storage structure between a first position in which the stock storage space is divided into first and second sections, and a second position in which the stock storage space is undivided, and a motion detector module having a motion sensor in communication with a radio frequency transmitter for generating a stock reorder signal.
US11320441B2	Adipocyte-derived exosomes, and compositions, kits, and methods of using the same for detection and screening The invention relates to isolation of adipocyte-derived exosomes from a biological sample, as well as methods, compositions and kits for detecting an obesity-related disorder, for detecting risk of having an obesity-related disorder, for screening or identifying a therapy for an obesity-related disorder, for screening or identifying a therapeutic agent for an obesity-related disorder, and for treating or preventing an obesity-related disorder.
US11320429B1	Diagnostic devices with fluid reservoirs and associated methods and kits Devices and associated methods for analyzing patient samples are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a device includes a housing base configured to retain a test strip, and a housing cover configured to couple to the housing base to at least partially enclose the test strip. The housing cover can include a fluid reservoir configured to hold a solution for hydrating a sample swab. The housing can further include an aperture configured to permit transfer of a sample from the sample swab onto the test strip.
US11320422B2	Inhibition of protein degradation for improved production Disclosed herein are methods and compositions useful for evaluating, selecting, identifying, or making a cell or cell line that has improved production capacity for generating higher yields of products and/or improved capacity to produce higher quality products. Products, as described herein, can include a polypeptide that is endogenously expressed by the cell, a recombinant polypeptide that is not endogenously expressed, or a non-naturally occurring recombinant polypeptide. The methods described herein include modulating, e.g., inhibiting, the protein degradation pathway by using a proteasome inhibitor, an ER-associated degradation (ERAD) inhibitor, or a ubiquitin pathway inhibitor.
US11320419B2	Sampling of breath gas A method for sampling breath gas, includes collecting a first breath sample in a first bag. The first breath sample is an initial part of expired gas expired after inspiration. Additionally, the method includes collecting a second breath sample in a second bag. The second breath sample is a latter part of the expired gas. The method includes subtracting first mass spectral data obtained by mass spectroscopy of the first breath sample collected in the first bag from second mass spectral data obtained by mass spectroscopy of the second breath sample collected in the second bag.
US11320404B2	Apparatus and a method of ultrasonically inspecting a component An apparatus for ultrasonically inspecting a component of a gas turbine engine at a centre frequency required for ultrasonic inspection of the component. The apparatus comprises an ultrasonic transducer and a waveguide. The ultrasonic transducer and the waveguide are mounted in a holder, the holder is movably mounted in a carrier, and the carrier is movably mounted in a frame. The waveguide has a first end, a second end and a surface. The waveguide is circular in cross-section, the surface of the waveguide between the first end and the second end is concave, and the waveguide reduces in diameter from the first end to the second end. The length of the waveguide is equal to or greater than 0.5 times and equal to or less than 3 times the wavelength of an ultrasonic signal at the centre frequency required for the ultrasonic inspection.
US11320395B2	BioFET and method of manufacturing the same An integrated circuit device includes a device layer, an interconnect structure, a conductive layer, a passivation layer and a bioFET. The device layer has a first side and a second side and include source/drain regions and a channel region between the source/drain regions. The interconnect structure is disposed at the first side of the device layer. The conductive layer is disposed at the second side of the device layer. The passivation layer is continuously disposed on the conductive layer and the channel region and exposes a portion of the conductive layer. The bioFET includes the source/drain regions, the channel region and a portion of the passivation layer on the channel region.
US11320384B2	Method for marking and authenticating diamonds and precious stones Method and systems are presented for authentication of precious stones, according to their natural ID and/or predetermined markings created in the stones, based on unique characteristic radiation response of the stone to predetermined primary radiation.
US11320381B2	Deterioration detecting system and method for semiconductor process kits A deterioration detecting system for semiconductor process kits has a Raman spectrometer, an optical detecting unit, a Raman spectra database unit, and a controlling-computing unit. The optical detecting unit and the controlling-computing unit are both coupled to the Raman spectrometer. The Raman spectrometer detects a semiconductor process kit under detection through the optical detecting unit to obtain a scatter light having an excited Raman spectrum signal. The Raman spectra database unit stores a plurality of Raman spectrum signals corresponding to multiple known use hours, multiple known materials, multiple known material compounds, or multiple known material deterioration state, of the semiconductor process kit under detection. The controlling-computing unit compares the excited Raman spectrum signal and a threshold of the Raman spectrum signals accessed from the Raman spectra database unit and outputs a judgment signal relating to the deterioration state of the semiconductor process kit under detection.
US11320371B2	Optical wheel evaluation Evaluation of a rotating wheel is described. The evaluation utilizes information acquired by radiation reflecting off of one or more regions of the rotating wheel. An imaging device can acquire image data which is processed to evaluate the wheel. The radiation can comprise diffuse and/or coherent radiation. Image data for substantially an entire circumference of the wheel can be used in the evaluation.
US11320369B2	Agricultural sampling apparatus and system In one embodiment, an agricultural sampling apparatus is provided. The apparatus comprising: a wave emitter; a wave transmitter configured to direct the waves from the wave emitter as a plurality of linewise waves to irradiate surface points of the agricultural sample; a dispersive element configured to receive waves arriving from the sample and deflect the arriving waves in at least two directions depending upon the wavelength of an arriving wave; and a detector configured with a plurality of detection elements disposed in at least two dimensions, the detector configured to convert the waves arriving from the dispersive element to a signal.
US11320364B2	Water heater sensor Disclosed systems and methods relate to a water heater sensor for detecting a corrosion of an anode rod. According to embodiments, a system can include the anode rod in contact with water in a water heater, where the anode rod includes a corrodible sheath having a cavity. The system can include two electrical wires, where first ends of the two electrical wires, disposed within the cavity, are configured to come in contact with the water when the corrodible sheath of the anode rod corrodes to a certain point. The system can include a controller coupled to second ends of the two electrical wires, where the controller can detect whether the water is in contact with the first ends of the two electrical wires. The system can include an indicator to provide an indication when the water is in contact with the first ends of the two electrical wires.
US11320357B2	System and method for estimation of rock properties from core images A method is described for training a model that refines estimated parameter values within core images is disclosed. The method includes receiving multiple training image pairs wherein each training image pair includes: (i) an unrefined core image of a rock sample to be used for estimating rock properties, and (ii) a refined core image of the same rock sample; generating a training dataset from the multiple training image pairs; receiving an initial core model; generating a conditioned core model by training, using the multiple training image pairs, the initial core model; and storing the conditioned core model in electronic storage. The conditioned core model may be applied to an initial target core image data set to generate a refined target sore image dataset. The method may be executed by a computer system.
US11320351B2	Component extraction device Provided is a component extraction device for eluting a component in a sample into a supercritical fluid to extract the component from the sample. The component extraction device includes: a container rack including a plurality of sample container holding parts; a rack mounting stand including a mounting section on which the container rack is mounted; a plurality of heating blocks fixedly disposed on a mounting face of the mounting section at positions respectively corresponding to the plurality of sample container holding parts; a plurality of temperature sensors each configured to detect a temperature of each of the plurality of heating blocks; and a control unit configured to respectively control the plurality of heating blocks, based on results of detection by the plurality of temperature sensors.
US11320350B2	Method for agglutinating erythrocytes, method for separating erythrocytes, and hemagglutination reagent Methods of agglutinating and separating erythrocytes, by which erythrocytes can be instantaneously agglutinated into a sufficient size in a blood sample and completely separated from the blood sample; and a hemagglutination reagent are provided. The method of agglutinating erythrocytes according to the present invention includes adding a solution containing a cholic acid-based surfactant and an acid to a blood sample. The method of separating erythrocytes according to the present invention includes separating the erythrocytes agglutinated by the above-described method of the present invention. The hemagglutination reagent according to the present invention contains a cholic acid-based surfactant and an acid.
US11320349B2	Spheroid tissue microarray and methods of manufacture A spheroid tissue microarray comprises an array of tissue spheroids embedded within a porous mold. The product may be impregnated with a wax or resin and sectioned, and contains spheroids which are precisely located in a regular geometric grid. A method of manufacturing a spheroid tissue microarray comprises the steps of: forming a mold of porous material from liquid mold material in a casting mold, and allowing the liquid mold material to set; removing the porous mold from the casting mold; topping up the porous mold with further liquid mold material, and allowing recesses to form in the surface of the mold by the drawing-in of liquid mold material through shrinkage as the liquid mold material sets; placing tissue spheroids into the recesses in the surface of the porous mold; and sealing the tissue spheroids within the mold by topping off with liquid mold material and allowing the liquid mold material to set. An alternative method comprises the steps of: forming a mold of porous material from liquid mold material in a casting mold; allowing the liquid mold material to set; removing the porous mold from the casting mold; placing spheroids in recesses at the bases of wells in the mold of porous material; and sealing the spheroids within the porous mold by adding further porous material on top of the spheroids; wherein the recesses at the bases of the wells in the porous material are formed by protrusions of the casting mold carrying further, nipple-shaped, protrusions.
US11320347B1	Portable, high temperature, heavy oil well test unit with automatic multi sampling system A portable, hydrocarbon well test unit for use with high temperature and high-pressure hydrocarbon wellbore flow includes a two-phase separator unit having a hydrocarbon inlet, a vapor outlet and a liquid outlet. A static mixer is in fluid communication with the liquid outlet. A liquid sampler positioned downstream of the static mixer ensures that liquid and gas are mixed to accurately represent a sample of the wellbore hydrocarbon flow. The sampler can be actuated to extract a sample of the mixed fluid. The sampler directs samples to a multi-position valve having a plurality of valve outlets, each outlet being in fluid communication with one of a plurality of sample bottles. A controller actuates the multi-position valve to direct a sample into a particular sample bottle, thereby allowing different types of samples to be taken over different time periods without the need for intervention for extended periods of time.
US11320340B2	Gas sensor control device A control device performs deterioration diagnosis of a gas sensor including a pump cell and a sensor cell. The control device includes a control unit, a determination value acquisition unit, a diagnosis unit, and a correction unit. The control unit temporarily reduces the oxygen removal capability of the pump cell. The determination value acquisition unit acquires an output ratio of the sensor cell based on an output value of the sensor cell in a state where the oxygen removal capability of the pump cell is temporarily reduced. The diagnosis unit performs deterioration diagnosis of the gas sensor by comparing the output ratio with a determination threshold. The correction unit sets a correction coefficient based on an atmospheric pressure and an oxygen concentration, and also corrects the output ratio using the correction coefficient.
US11320338B2	Bridge detecting vehicle with two foldable arms A bridge detecting vehicle with two foldable arms, including: a vehicle body, slewing mechanisms, horizontal and vertical arms and telescopic arms. One end of the two horizontal arms is respectively arranged on the slewing mechanisms, and the other end of the two horizontal arms is respectively connected to the two horizontal arms. A crossed arm is provided between the two horizontal arms. The two vertical arms are respectively connected to the two horizontal arms via ball joints. A detecting device is respectively provided at rear ends of the two telescopic arms.
US11320337B2	Method for leak testing with a foil chamber with vented measurement volume Method for testing a test piece for the presence of a leak using a foil chamber, wherein the foil chamber has walls having at least one flexible wall region to which a measurement volume adjoins and is arranged on that side of the flexible wall region opposite the foil chamber volume and is hermetically separated from the foil chamber volume, having the following steps: placing the test piece in the foil chamber, closing the foil chamber, evacuating the foil chamber and monitoring the measurement volume during evacuation of the foil chamber, using the result of the monitoring to reach a conclusion regarding the magnitude of a leak, characterized in that a venting valve connecting the measurement volume to the atmosphere is closed when the pressure in the measurement volume is below a predefined threshold value, and is opened as soon as the pressure exceeds the threshold value.
US11320330B2	Arrangement for a semiconductor-based pressure sensor chip and pressure sensor chip having a bridge circuit of transistors Provided is an arrangement for a semiconductor-based pressure sensor chip including: piezoresistive elements which are formed having an electrically doped channel in a layer arrangement in the region of a pressure membrane of a semiconductor substrate; an electrically conductive cover layer which is formed in the layer arrangement and is electrically insulated from the piezoresistive elements by an insulating layer; a bridge circuit of transistors, each of which are formed having one of the piezoresistive elements, wherein gate electrodes of the transistors are arranged in electrically doped layer regions in the electrically conductive cover layer, said layer regions being formed separately from one another; and a signal feedback, using which an output signal applied to the output of the bridge circuit is fed back in a signal-amplifying manner to one or more of the gate electrodes. Also provided is a pressure sensor chip.
US11320329B2	Frequency-modulating sensor array Spatially-distributed resonant MEMS sensors are coordinated to generate frequency-modulated signals indicative of a sensed property, such as regional contact forces, ambient conditions and/or environmental composition. The resonant MEMS sensors generate signals that oscillate at respective frequencies corresponding to the sensed property, increasing or decreasing in frequency in response to an increase or decrease in that property to effect a frequency-modulated digital output.
US11320326B2	Force sensor and sensing element thereof A force sensor includes a sensing element, a forced element and strain gauges. There are flexure mechanisms on the sensing element, the forced element is coupled to a free end of each of the flexure mechanisms, and each of the strain gauges is placed on an elastic portion of each of the flexure mechanisms respectively. Each of the strain gauges is provided to detect an elastic strain of the elastic portion when a forced is applied to the forced element, transmitted to the free end via the forced element and transmitted to the elastic portion via a flexure hinge of each of the flexure mechanisms.
US11320317B2	Attachment structure of temperature sensor An attachment structure of temperature sensor includes: a temperature sensor for attached to a single battery and detecting a temperature of the single battery; a temperature measuring element provided in the temperature sensor and detecting the temperature of the single battery; a sensor body provided in the temperature sensor and integrally formed with the temperature measuring element; a housing holding case provided with the single battery, having a engagement part engageable with the temperature sensor, the housing holding case for housing the temperature sensor; an elastic part having an arm shape, projected from the sensor body, and engageable with the engagement part; and a flat part provided in the elastic part, and pressing a pressing surface of an attachment tool against the elastic part when the temperature sensor is housed in the housing holding case.
US11320305B2	Self-diagnosis method for vibration sensor and vibration sensor system equipped with self-diagnosis function A self-diagnosis method for a vibration sensor attached to vibrating equipment includes measuring vibration data of the vibrating equipment by the vibration sensor, integrating the vibration data, and diagnosing whether or not the vibration sensor is abnormal by comparing an integrated value of the vibration data with a reference value.
US11320301B2	Fringe-free laser inteferometric sound detection system and method A system for detecting sound comprising a laser beam transmitter transmitting at least two parallel modulated laser beams through a medium having a measurable index of refraction, a beam termination mechanism configured to terminate the laser beams' transmission through the medium, a guide mechanism used to guide the terminated laser beam to at least one beam combiner, an envelope detector optically coupled to the beam combiner, wherein the envelope detector is configured to receive the terminated laser beam from the beam combiner, creating an angle modulated signal; a processor used to process the angle modulated signal to recover the sound.
US11320295B2	Dosing unit and method for dosing a liquid Dosing unit for dosing liquids, having a fluid unit for selectively providing an overpressure and a negative pressure on a working gas, which is accommodated in a fluid channel which is connected at a first end region to the fluid unit and which includes a second end region, having a first valve unit and having a second valve unit, which are arranged spaced apart from one another along the fluid channel and are each designed for selectively blocking or releasing the fluid channel in order to form in the fluid channel a fluid reservoir which is delimited by the two valve units and is provided for storing working gas, having a control unit for controlling the valve units, the fluid reservoir being assigned a pressure sensor which is designed to provide a pressure signal as a function of a working gas pressure and is electrically connected to the control unit.
US11320291B2	Multi-parameter distributed fiber optic sensor system and methods of sensor manufacturing In accordance with embodiments there is provided manufacturing processes for fibre optic sensors. In an example, a portion of a fiber optic cable is coated with a thin film layer and placed in a channel of a fiber carrying flexible member for a fiber optic sensor. The portion is embedded in the channel using one of: a thermal curing process after filling the channel with a metallic liquid suspension or polymeric adhesive; and an electroplating or electroless plating process. Filling the channel may comprises performing a controlled dispensing using an automated process such as a drop-on-demand deposition process. In an example, a fiber optical cable is placed in a channel of a flexible member. Micro-laser welding or electron beam welding is used to locally melt the member areas adjacent to the cable resulting in the flow of liquid around the fiber creating a solid structure with embedded fiber after solidification.
US11320289B2	Optical encoder and calculation method for calculating relative displacement between an encoder scale and an encoder head facing the scale An optical encoder includes a scale, a calculator, and a head having a light source, an image capturer, and a lens array having first and second lenses. The calculator includes a signal generator, an extractor, a signal combiner, and a displacement calculator. The signal generator generates a sine wave signal. The extractor extracts first and second regions. The signal combiner, based on an inter-regional distance, uses a sine wave signal of the second region to generate a sine wave signal that extends to a first end of the first region such that the generated sine wave signal overlaps with a sine wave signal of the first region. The signal combiner also combines the sine wave signal of the first region with the generated sine wave signal. The displacement calculator calculates an amount of relative displacement based on the sine wave signal that is combined by the signal combiner.
US11320288B2	Induction machines The invention relates to a novel type of electric inductance arrangement for a series of applications in the field of distance measurement, sensor-based detection of objects, and construction of induction machines. The novelty consists in the type of inductance arrangement of the receiver or transmitter coil, said arrangement being designed in the form of a ladder rung arrangement, wherein the ladder spars short-circuit the rungs. The sum of all the short-circuit currents is an indicator of what is occurring in the surroundings of the arrangement. This could be changing magnetic fields caused by transmitter objects or additional ladder-rung systems acting as transmitters. Multiple such sensors and transmitters can be designed in the ladder-rung form, said sensors and transmitters being connected in parallel or in series according to the application under certain circumstances and if necessary assuming the excitation function by moving a conductor through which a direct current is flowing or by applying alternating currents. The aforementioned inductance arrangement results positively in that the coils can all have a completely crossover-free design and are therefore substantially simpler to technically implement for very different applications in electrical engineering. The applicability ranges from short-range distance measuring devices and long-range object location to light detection and efficient induction machines with large or also very small constructions.
US11320285B2	Magnetic sensor with yoke and shield A magnetic sensor includes a magnetic field conversion unit, a magnetic field detection unit, and two shields. The magnetic field conversion unit includes a plurality of yokes. Each yoke is shaped to be long in a Y direction, and is configured to receive an input magnetic field and output an output magnetic field. The input magnetic field contains an input magnetic field component in a direction parallel to a Z direction, and a magnetic field component in a direction parallel to the Y direction. The output magnetic field contains an output magnetic field component in a direction parallel to an X direction. The magnetic field detection unit generates a detection value according to the output magnetic field component. Each shield has such a shape that its maximum dimension in the Y direction is smaller than its maximum dimension in the X direction.
US11320279B2	Travel route management system and travel route determination device A travel route management system includes an area setting unit that sets a work site to an outer peripheral area SA and an area CA to be worked on an inner side of the outer peripheral area SA, and a route element selecting unit that sequentially selects a next travel route element to be traveled on next, from among multiple mutually-parallel travel route elements, the travel route elements constituting a travel route that covers the area CA to be worked. The route element selecting unit selects a U-turn travel route for moving from a travel route element serving as a movement origin to a next travel route element serving as a movement destination, the selection being made on the basis of an interval between the movement origin and the movement destination.
US11320274B2	Proactive delivery of navigation options Various embodiments pertain to techniques for proactively delivering navigation options to a user via a mobile device. In various embodiments, one or more navigation options can be determined for the user and delivered to the user's mobile device at a relevant time. Navigation options can be selected based on the user's current location, the user's future plans, the time, and other locally relevant information, such as friends nearby or a nearby favorite location of the user. The navigation options can be delivered to the user's mobile device at a time that the navigation options are relevant.
US11320272B2	Localization adaptation based on weather estimation Aspects of the disclosure provide for localizing a vehicle. In one instance, a weather condition in which the vehicle is currently driving may be identified. A plurality of sensor inputs including intensity information, elevation information, and radar sensor information may be received. For each of the plurality of sensor inputs, an alignment score is determined by comparing the intensity information, elevation information, and radar sensor information to a corresponding pre-stored image for each of the intensity information, the elevation information, and the radar sensor information. A set of weights for the plurality of sensor inputs may be determined based on the identified weather condition. The alignment scores may then be combined using the set of weights in order to localize the vehicle.
US11320258B2	Apparatus and method for edge detection when machining workpieces An apparatus and method for detecting edges or for seam tracking when machining workpieces by means of a laser beam, e.g. joining or cutting. The present invention provides an apparatus for seam tracking of the process in the laser material processing, comprising at least two separate illumination elements, each emitting differently polarized light and a polarization camera.
US11320248B2	Chemical agent delivery receptacle with reusable digital control cartridge A digitally controlled hand-tossable explosive delivery receptacle comprises a ruggedized reusable compartment enclosing a digital circuit and a disposable cartridge holding one or more explosive chemical agents and a primer. The disposable cartridge is configured to be mounted to the ruggedized reusable cartridge, and a high-strength bulkhead incorporated into the reusable or disposable compartment that separates the digital circuit from the chemical agents. The reusable compartment is sufficiently ruggedized to withstand the ignition of the primer and the detonation of the chemical agents to be reused with one or more additional disposable cartridges. In one implementation, the delivery receptacle uses a commercial airbag initiator as the primer, which is arranged in relation to the one or more chemical agents so that when the initiator is activated, it generates a pressure wave that expels the one or more chemical agents from the grenade.
US11320247B2	Stand-off breaching round A stand-off breaching device (20) for breaching a barrier, comprising a housing (21), an explosive main charge (24) having a barrier-end (25) and a rear-end (26), a detonator (29), and means for initiating the detonator (27) when the explosive main charge (24) is at a preselected distance from a barrier. The detonator (29) is configured to detonate explosive main charge (24) at the rear-end (26) such that the resultant detonation wave propagates through the explosive main charge (24) towards the barrier-end (25) and the barrier being breached. This configuration provides more efficient transfer of explosively generated overpressure towards a barrier, thereby enabling the use of explosive main charges (24) with reduced mass, and the associated improvements in operator safety. The breaching device (20) is particularly suited to use in door breaching operations.
US11320243B2	Combat identification server correlation report The system and method of improving the analysis of and implementation of a combat identification (CID) server system including providing correlation reports. There are at least two forms of correlation report, namely incident report and a summation report. The summation report has two types of totals, a summary total of all interrogations, and a breakdown of totals based on the Source JU. In one example, a correlated incident would be the combination of a Lock On or Mark Point with a Weapon Release, Disengage, or Attack.
US11320240B2	Firearm laser sight alignment assembly The present disclosure relates to a firearm which may include a frame with a first outer wall, and a second outer wall opposite the first outer wall. A laser module may be disposed between the first and second outer walls. An alignment pin may be in communication with the first outer wall and may be configured to move the laser module relative to the frame.
US11320235B2	Barrel held firearm carrier A firearm carrier that is design and configured to hold a firearm. In one embodiment, the firearm is a pump-action (or slide-action) firearm, such as a scattergun. The firearm can have a rear portion with a pistol grip, and a forward portion with a barrel and a pump-action (or slide-action) receiver. The firearm carrier can be secured to a user's waist and leg, and then the firearm can be removably secured to the firearm carrier. Advantageously, the firearm carrier is configured to receive a portion of the barrel of the firearm and can thus be secured to the firearm carrier. The firearm can also be rapidly removed from the firearm carrier should the user desire to remove the firearm from the firearm carrier.
US11320231B2	Double crossbow A double crossbow with a single trigger mechanism is provided. The double crossbow comprises a barrel, an upper bow, a lower bow, and a single trigger mechanism. The upper bow and the lower bow are positioned on top of each other at a distal end of the barrel. The single trigger mechanism positioned at a proximal end of the barrel is configured to shoot two arrows in succession without reloading an arrow between two shots. A first arrow is shot from the upper bow when a single trigger of the single trigger mechanism is squeezed completely a first time, and the second arrow is shot from the lower bow when the single trigger of the single trigger mechanism is squeezed completely a second time. The single trigger mechanism is configured to not shoot the first arrow and the second arrow simultaneously.
US11320222B2	Charging handle for firearms Charging handles for firearms, particularly gas-powered rifles. The disclosed charging handles can be operated on both sides of the firearm and include a shaft having with lateral widening at both sides. The charging handle includes an active handle, a passive handle, and a latch, where the active handle is rotatable about a pin and is urged into a fixing position by at least one spring, such that when the active handle is rotated against the spring force, the latch is released. The passive handle is configured so that when the passive handle is rotated, the passive handle also rotates the active handle. In order to relieve the pin, the release position of the active handle is defined by a support surface on the lateral widening of the shaft. The passive handle is configured analogously.
US11320217B2	Heat exchanger and method of manufacturing the same A method for manufacturing a heat exchanger (1) includes joining an inner fin (3) to a hollow structure (20) formed from at least two clad plates (200a, 200b) by heating and brazing a filler metal layer (B). Each clad plate has a core layer (A) composed of an aluminum alloy that contains Mg: 0.40-1.0 mass %. The filler metal layer is composed of an aluminum alloy that contains Si: 4.0-13.0 mass %, and further contains Li: 0.0040-0.10 mass %, Be: 0.0040-0.10 mass %, and/or Bi: 0.01-0.30 mass %. The inner fin is composed of an aluminum alloy that contains Si: 0.30-0.70 mass % and Mg: 0.35-0.80 mass %. A flux (F) that contains cesium (Cs) is applied along a contact part (201), and the vicinity thereof, of the at least two clad plates prior to the heating. A heat exchanger (1) may be manufactured according to this method.
US11320210B2	Loop heat pipe where porous body is in contact with pipe wall of liquid pipe A loop heat pipe includes: an evaporator configured to evaporate working fluid; a condenser configured to condense the working fluid; a liquid pipe which connects the evaporator and the condenser and has a first pipe wall and a second pipe wall which is opposed to the first pipe wall; a porous body which is provided in the liquid pipe and is configured to guide the working fluid condensed by the condenser to the evaporator; a flow channel which is a space that is formed in the liquid pipe and guides the working fluid condensed by the condenser to the evaporator; and a vapor pipe which connects the evaporator and the condenser and forms a loop together with the liquid pipe. The porous body is disposed to be in contact with the first pipe wall.
US11320209B2	Pulsating heat pipe The disclosure relates to a pulsating heat pipe including channel plate. The channel plate includes first surface, second surface, first channels, second channels, first passages, second passages, at least one chamber, and at least one third passage. The first channels and the chamber are formed on the first surface, the channels are formed on the second surface, and the first passages, the second passages, and the third passage penetrate through the first and second surfaces. The chamber has a closed end located opposite to the third passage and connected to at least one of the second channels via the third passage. The first and second channels are connected via the first and second passages. The chamber has a hydraulic diameter of Dh which satisfies the following condition: D h > 2 ⁢ σ Δρ ⁢ ⁢ g , wherein σ is surface tension, Δρ is difference in density between liquid and vapor, and g is gravitational acceleration.
US11320208B2	Height-adjustable heat dissipation unit A height-adjustable heat dissipation unit includes a main body, which has a top plate member, a bottom plate member, an extendable structure and a chamber. The extendable structure is a tapered structure located between and connected to the top and the bottom plate member, and consists of one or more folding sections. The chamber is provided on inner wall surfaces with a main body wick structure and is filled with a working fluid.
US11320207B2	Heat transfer plate for plate heat exchanger and plate heat exchanger with the same A heat transfer plate (10) for a plate heat exchanger (100) includes: a plate body (11) having a first side (111) and a second side (112) opposite to the first side (111); a gasket groove (12) formed on the plate body (11), depressed from the plate body (11) in a direction from the first side (111) towards the second side (112), and having a bottom wall (120), the bottom wall (120) having a bottom wall body (121); and a recess (20, 20′) formed on at least one segment (125, 125′) of the bottom wall body (121) in a length direction of the bottom wall body (121), depressed from the bottom wall body (121) in the direction from the first side (111) towards the second side (112), and extending along the segment (125, 125′) of the bottom wall body (121) of the gasket groove (12).
US11320201B2	Web drying apparatus and web drying method A web drying apparatus, comprises: a blow-drying part which has two blower units arranged on both sides of web which is transferred in a transfer direction, and injects gas onto the web passing through a dry path between the two blower units; a housing which has a sidewall provided with an opening facing the dry path from the transfer direction, through which the web passes in the transfer direction through the opening, and houses the blow-drying part; an exhaust part which is disposed between the sidewall and the blow-drying part in the housing and exhausts gas from the inside of the housing to the outside of the housing; and a rectifying member which is disposed between the blow-drying part and the exhaust part in the housing and faces the web being transferred in the transfer direction.
US11320196B2	Process integration for natural gas liquid recovery This specification relates to operating industrial facilities, for example, crude oil refining facilities or other industrial facilities that include operating plants that process natural gas or recover natural gas liquids.
US11320192B2	Refrigerator A refrigerator including: a main body forming a storage compartment and a door provided to open and close the storage compartment, wherein the door includes a door frame, a cover arranged in front of the door frame and including a cover fixer, and a door panel arranged in front of the cover, the door panel including a first fixer and a second fixer on a rear surface of the door panel. When the door panel is coupled to a front side of the cover, the first fixer is coupled to the door frame and the second fixer is coupled to the cover.
US11320189B1	Quick freeze pallet racks with variable louvered doors Pallet racking systems are designed to quickly freeze items using thermal transfer by moving air through palletized products. Air is pulled through the palletized product to a negative air plenum behind the pallet rack. Back panels of the pallet racks provide variable-height airflow by use of louvers which are individually pressed open by the palletized product to accommodate differing product heights. The panels allow more efficient system operation with any number of rack positions filled.
US11320184B2	HVACR system using environmentally-friendly refrigerant with purge A refrigeration system is disclosed. The refrigeration system includes a refrigeration circuit including a compressor, a condenser, an expansion valve, and an evaporator fluidly connected. A purge circuit is fluidly connected to the condenser. The purge circuit is configured to receive a purge stream from the condenser. The purge stream is a mixture including a refrigerant and non-condensables. The purge circuit includes a plurality of heat exchangers for condensing the purge stream such that the non-condensables and the refrigerant in the purge stream are separated.
US11320174B2	Solar selective coating for mid-high temperature solar thermal applications The present invention relates to a solar selective coating for a metal substrate comprising at least one absorber layer and at least one semi-absorber layer selected from the structures of AlTiN and AlTiSiN. In preferred embodiments, the solar selective coating according to the present invention is a double layer coating with AlTiN—AlTiN or AlTiSiN—AlTiSiN formation. The process for producing the coating includes a step of treatment of the metal substrate with a reactive magnetron sputtering system.
US11320163B2	Actuator with a USB interface Various embodiments include an actuator comprising: a power supply connection; a processor for controlling and monitoring the actuator; a peripheral unit with power consumers; and a connection socket connected to a serial interface of the processor. The processor receives primary configuration data from an operating device connected to the connection socket and/or sends secondary configuration data and/or diagnostic data to the operating device. A respective current fed in externally feeds exclusively into a common connection. There is a voltage regulator for supplying power to the processor and a switch configured to be activated by the processor for supplying power to the peripheral unit, both connected downstream of the common connection. The processor activates the switch to close only if the voltage detected at a feed-in point of the power supply connection exceeds a first limit or if the voltage detected at the common connection exceeds a second limit.
US11320159B2	Nozzle assembly for exhaust fan unit of HVAC system A nozzle assembly for a fan unit includes an inner nozzle having a tapered outer diameter and a flow path radially inward from the tapered outer diameter with respect to a longitudinal axis of the nozzle assembly. The flow path is configured to guide a fluid flow and to expel the fluid flow through an inner outlet of the inner nozzle to a surrounding environment. The nozzle assembly also includes an outer nozzle disposed radially outward from the inner nozzle with respect to the longitudinal axis. The outer nozzle and the tapered outer diameter of the inner nozzle define an annular flow path therebetween. The annular flow path is configured to guide the fluid flow and to expel the fluid flow to the surrounding environment through an outer outlet of the outer nozzle. A cross-sectional area of the outer outlet is adjustable via movement of the inner nozzle, the outer nozzle, or both along the longitudinal axis of the nozzle assembly.
US11320151B2	Method for self-testing and checking certain functions of a cooking appliance, and cooking appliance for carrying out said method A method for self-testing and checking certain functions of a cooking appliance in the form of a convection oven, a steamer, or a combination of the two, namely, a convection steamer, which comprises a cooking chamber or compartment, which can be closed by a cooking compartment door, a plurality of actuators such as pumps, at least one heating device, at least one steam injection/generating device, at least one flow-generating device such as a blower, and flaps and/or valves as well as temperature sensors and an appliance control unit. The temperature sensors of the cooking appliance and the functionality of the actuators of the cooking appliance can be checked in that the detected temperatures and temperature profiles are compared with the reference temperature values or reference temperature profiles which are to be expected during operation of the actuator in question, and which are stored in the electronic appliance control unit.
US11320145B2	Support structure for combustor components and method of using same A method for forming a combustor of a gas turbine engine includes additively manufacturing a combustor wall of the combustor. The combustor wall includes a component, projecting from a surface of the combustor wall, and a support structure in communication with the component and the surface of the combustor wall. The support structure is a lattice structure.
US11320144B2	Combustion chamber assembly with different curvatures for a combustion chamber wall and a combustion chamber shingle fixed thereto A combustion chamber assembly group, and a mounting method therefor, includes a combustion chamber for an engine that includes a curved combustion chamber wall extending along two spatial directions, and a combustion chamber shingle affixed at an inner side of the combustion chamber wall and having a shingle edge defining the outer contour of the shingle. For an at least sectional abutment of the shingle edge at the combustion chamber wall with a minimum clamping force in an operational state of the engine, the shingle is mounted to the combustion chamber wall in a mounting state in which the shingle at least at one section of the shingle edge has a curvature with respect to at least one of the spatial directions that differs from the curvature of the combustion chamber wall with respect to this spatial direction.
US11320140B2	Container apparatus and method of using same A container apparatus can include a container and an insert assembly. The insert assembly can include four elongate members. The four elongate members can include light emitting devices for illuminating the interior of the container and/or temperature altering elements for cooling and/or heating the interior of the container. The container can have a rectangular base and a rectangular sidewall extending upwardly from the base. The sidewall can define four corners of the container, and four elongate recesses can be formed in the sidewall proximate the four corners of the sidewall to receive the elongate light members. The recesses can be sized and shaped to conform to the elongate insert members so that the insert members can be releasably retained within the elongate recesses.
US11320128B2	Plant growth lamp having concentrical rings of different colors LED chips A lamp includes a main lamp body, a plurality of red light sources, a plurality of blue light sources, a plurality of white light sources, a driving board connected to the light sources to drive them to emit light, a main control circuit configured to control the driving board, and a switching circuit with a multi-position switch. The red, blue and white light sources are arranged in corresponding concentrical rings, with the red light sources in a central ring, the blue light sources in a middle ring, and the white sources in an outer ring. The multi-position switch is switched to provide input signals to the main control circuit, such that the light sources are driven to output different spectrums to meet desired plant growth spectrums.
US11320125B2	Cable and gripper assembly for suspended lighting fixtures A combination of a gripper assembly that reduces the risk of electrical short circuits by incorporating non-conductive components, and a specially designed small diameter two, three or four conductor high strength flexible cord, which incorporates high tensile non-metallic strands or cables under a resilient but flexible plastic outer cover.
US11320123B2	Night light rotatable to expose or conceal outlet The present invention is a night light that plugs into an electrical outlet and has means that allow the night light body, without unplugging the night light, alternatively to conceal from view the entire electrical receptacle in a first orientation and to expose one of the electrical receptacle's outlets for use in a second orientation. The invention thus serves to conceal electrical receptacles in an aesthetically pleasing way while operating as a night light. It can be reoriented from that position, without removing it from the electrical outlet into which it is plugged, to expose for use by another electrical device the electrical outlet of the electrical receptacle not being used by the night light, while continuing to function as a night light.
US11320122B2	Suspension wire structure and lighting device A suspension wire structure comprises a conductive wire, a plurality of supporting stranded wires and a protective layer. The conductive wire has a first strand made of a first material. The plurality of supporting stranded wires surround the conductive wire, and each of the supporting stranded wires has a plurality of supporting strands made of a second material. The protective layer covers the surface of the conductive wire and is located between the conductive wire and the plurality of supporting stranded wires. The plurality of supporting stranded wires and the protective layer are conductive, and the protective layer is made of a third material. The first material, the second material and the third material are different from each other.
US11320114B2	Light source module A light source module includes a light source, first and second lens elements, a reflector, and a first diffuser. The light source emits a beam focused by the first lens element on a first focal point. The reflector is disposed on a beam transmission path. The first lens element is between the light source and the reflector. The first diffuser is between the first lens element and the reflector and includes a first diffusion plate and a first drive mechanism. The first diffusion plate is at/near the first focal point. The beam is transmitted to the reflector by the first diffusion plate. The first drive mechanism is between the first diffusion plate and the first lens element, and moves/rotates the first diffusion plate. The second lens element has a second focal point, coinciding with the first focal point, at a light-incident side. The reflector is at the light-incident side.
US11320108B2	Lighting tool for vehicle A lighting tool for a vehicle includes a light source, and a projection lens configured to project light emitted from the light source forward, a light distribution pattern including a cutoff line at an upper end is formed with the light projected forward of the projection lens, and a refractive surface configured to refract some of the light projected forward of the projection lens in a specific direction is provided on a light emission surface of the projection lens.
US11320107B1	Vehicle lens apparatus A vehicle lens apparatus includes a top lens connected to a main lens. The main lens projects onto a horizontal surface a first light pattern with a width in a rear-to-front direction to include a first main light region, and two first lateral light regions respectively formed at left and right sides of the first main light region. The top lens projects a second light pattern convexed in a rear-to-front direction, and includes a second main light region superimposed on the first main light region, and two second lateral light regions respectively and rearwardly extending from left and right sides of the second main light region to protrude rearwardly from the first lateral light regions.
US11320100B2	Crisp white tuning The invention provides a lighting system (1000) configured to provide lighting system light (1001), the lighting system (1000) comprising: —a first light source (10) configured to generate first light source light (11) having an emission band with a peak wavelength selected from the range of 380-420 nm; —a second light source (20) configured to generate second light source light (21), spectrally different from the first light source light (11), having an emission band with a peak wavelength selected from the range of 425-440 nm; —a third light source (30) configured to generate third light source light (31), spectrally different from the first light source light (11) and from the second light source light (21), having an emission band with a peak wavelength selected from the range of 445-465 nm; —a luminescent material (200) configured to convert part of one or more of the first light source light (11), the second light source light (21), the third light source light (31), and optional fourth light source light (41) of an optional fourth light source (40), into luminescent material light (201) having an emission with one or more emission wavelengths selected from the range of 530-700 nm; and —a control system (160) configured to control the lighting system light (1001), wherein the lighting system light (1001) comprises one or more of the first light source light (11), the second light source light (21), the third light source light (31), and the luminescent material light (201).
US11320093B2	Heat circulation hydrogen storing method using solid state hydrogen storage material Disclosed is a hydrogen storing method having improved energy efficiency by efficiently reusing heat through a heat circulation structure. Specifically, the hydrogen storing method includes supplying hydrogen by the supply device, compressing hydrogen received from the supply device by a compression device, receiving the hydrogen compressed by the compression device and storing the same in a storage device, and transferring heat generated from the storage device to the compression device, wherein the compression device and the storage device each include solid state hydrogen storage materials that cause an exothermic reaction when hydrogen is stored and an endothermic reaction when hydrogen is released.
US11320091B2	Handle with mounting track for receiving a mount assembly A handle with a mounting track includes a handle section. One or more legs extend from the handle section and are attachable to a surface. When the leg is attached to the surface, the handle section forms a graspable handle. A mounting track is formed along at least a portion of the handle section. The mounting track includes a base, two vertical rails extending opposite each other from the base, and two horizontal beams each extending from a different one of the vertical rails over the base toward the other horizontal beam. The horizontal beams are laterally spaced apart from each other by a first distance. The vertical rails and the horizontal beams define a track within which a retention element of a mount assembly can move.
US11320083B2	Devices and methods for repairing pipes Example aspects of a pipe repair stent, a pipe repair device, and a method for repairing a pipe are disclosed. The pipe repair stent can comprise a sealing layer comprising a flexible and compressible repair material; and a spring, wherein the sealing layer is wrapped around a circumference of the spring; wherein the stent is configurable in an expanded configuration and a compressed configuration, the spring biasing the stent to the expanded configuration.
US11320080B2	Connection device A connection device for connecting a main pipe (1) to a secondary pipe (2). The connection device includes a substantially cylindrical connection piece (3), able to be inserted, preferably able to be screwed, into a wall opening of the main pipe (1), for connection of the secondary pipe (2), wherein for sealing the connection piece (3) a preferably ring-shaped sealing element (4) is provided, lying against the main pipe (1), which sealing element is connected directly or via mechanical connecting elements to an outer circumference of the connection piece (3).
US11320072B2	Method of modernizing a fluid transport flexible conduit line, end fittings joint and interconnection module The invention proposes a method of modernizing a flexible conduit line (50), wherein the modernization method comprises the following steps performed in at least one end fittings joint (11, 12, 13), namely, removing a check valve (16) or a plug (17) from at least one outlet port (15) of an end fitting (111, 121, 131), removing a check valve (16′) or a plug (17′) of at least one outlet port (15′) of an adjacent end fitting (111′, 121′, 131′), installing a tubular line (90) in an external position to provide fluid communication between said at least one outlet port (15) of the end fitting (111, 121, 131) and said at least one outlet port (15′) of the adjacent end fitting (111′, 121′, 131′). The invention further proposes an end fittings joint (12) comprising an end fitting (121) and an adjacent end fitting (121′), the end fittings joint (12) comprising a tubular line (90) positioned externally to the end fittings (121, 121′) in order to establish fluid communication between at least one outlet port (15) of the end fitting and at least one outlet port (15′) of the adjacent end fitting (121′). The invention further proposes an interconnection module (80) connectable to a first end fitting (121) suitable to be installed in a first flexible conduit segment (52) and connectable to a second end fitting (121′) suitable to be installed in a second flexible conduit segment (53). The interconnection module (80) further comprises a tubular line (90) in an external position configured to provide fluid communication between at least one outlet port (15) of the first end fitting (121) and at least one port (15′) of the second end fitting (121′).
US11320066B2	Snap to grid bracket for a sprinkler support assembly A bracket assembly, a fire sprinkler support assembly, and a method for using a bracket assembly are disclosed. The bracket assembly can comprise a first plate having a first end and a second end; a second plate rotatable relative to the first plate; and a lever assembly coupling the first plate to the second plate, the lever assembly comprising a lever and a rod, the rod engaging a fastener opening in the first plate and a fastener opening in the second plate.
US11320060B2	Electric valve and thermal management assembly Provided are an electric valve and a thermal management assembly. The electric valve includes a valve body, the valve body includes a first portion and a second portion, and the valve body is fixedly connected to a cover body through the first portion. The second portion includes a third wall. The first portion includes a first side wall and a second side wall, the first side wall and the second side wall are disposed opposite to each other, the first side wall and the second side wall are located on two sides of the valve body, and the third wall and the first side wall are located on a same side of the valve body.
US11320053B2	Valve with a sealing surface that minimizes wear A valve including: a flow channel and a closure member. A first sealing surface is provided along walls of the flow channel and a second sealing surface is provided along outer edges of a sealing section of the closure member. A rotation axis is offset from the sealing section by a first predetermined distance and from a centerline of the closure member by a second predetermined distance. To ensure smooth operation of the closure member at least one of the first and second sealing surfaces has a non-conical shape that is at least in one area asymmetric with respect to the center axis of the closure member.
US11320037B2	Speed reducer One object is to provide a speed reducer that can absorb or relieve an impact acting thereon. A speed reducer of the present invention includes: a speed reducing unit a housing that houses the speed reducing unit and a shock absorbing means that allows the speed reducing unit to move with respect to the housing in a direction of a rotary shaft of the speed reducing unit.
US11320027B2	Tensioner An object of the present invention is to provide a tensioner that enables a sufficient amount of stroke for the plunger to be secured and allows for size and weight reductions without changing the size of the tensioner body. In the tensioner according to the invention, an oil supply path that supplies oil from outside to an oil reservoir chamber formed inside the plunger includes an oil supply space formed between an inner circumferential surface of the plunger bore and an outer circumferential surface of the plunger. The oil supply space is formed by a front-end communication groove formed on an inner circumferential surface of the plunger bore and communicating with a tensioner body oil supply hole, and a rear-end communication groove formed on an outer circumferential surface of the plunger and causing the front-end communication groove to communicate with a plunger oil supply hole.
US11320022B1	Friction tubes A torsion shaft assembly includes a torque carrying shaft including a driven end configured for receiving torque input to the torque carrying shaft and a driving end configured for outputting torque output from the toque carrying shaft. The torque carrying shaft includes an axial facing damping interface surface axially between the driven end and the driving end. A friction tube is disposed outboard of the torque carrying shaft. The friction tube is connected at a first axial location to be driven by the torque carrying shaft. The friction tube includes an axial facing damping interface surface that abuts the axial facing damping interface surface of the torque carrying shaft, forming a damping interface to provide frictional dampening against angular vibrations occurring as differential angular displacement between the driven end and the driving end of the torque carrying shaft.
US11320020B2	Friction shock absorber The invention relates to the field of transport mechanical engineering and concerns friction shock absorbers for vehicles. The object of the invention is to improve the operational life, performance and reliability of a friction shock absorber. The friction shock absorber comprises housing (1) with bottom (2) and with orifice (3) formed by walls (4), internal surfaces (fv) whereof form alternating working beds (V1) and connecting beds (V2), and further comprises friction assembly (5) consisting of pressure wedge (6) and stay wedges (7) in contact with same, said stay wedges being provided with friction surfaces (fp), while return-and-retaining device (8) is located between bottom (2) and friction assembly (5). In addition, the area (S1) of contact between friction surfaces (fp) of stay wedges (7) and internal surfaces (fv) of walls (4) of orifice (3) in working beds (V1) exceeds the corresponding area (S2) of contact in the connecting beds (V2). The internal surfaces (fv) may be straight, while the values of angles (θ1) between adjacent internal surfaces (fv), which form working beds (V1), are lower than the values of angles (θ2) between adjacent internal surfaces (fv), which form the connecting beds (V2). The thickness of walls (4) of the orifice (3) is variable with an increase in the direction from the working bed (V1) to the connecting bed (V2). The contact between pressure wedge (6) and stay wedges (7) is provided along linked curved surfaces (fκ).
US11320009B2	Electric adjusting device for a disc brake The invention relates to an electric adjusting device for a disc brake, comprising a brake disc and a brake caliper of a vehicle for adjusting the wear of brake linings. The electric adjusting device comprises a motor, a force transmission device, a sensor unit and an actuating unit.
US11320008B2	Method for measuring wear of a clutch and related maintenance method, assembly comprising a clutch and a wear measurement device, and vehicle Method for measuring wear of a clutch including a casing, a first shaft member including a friction disk, a second shaft member, an interface member mounted on the second shaft member and including a friction disk, a biasing member urging the interface member towards the engaged position, an actuation device including a contact part moveable between a rest position in which a gap exists between the contact part and the biasing member, and an active position in which the contact part is in contact with the biasing member so as to let the interface member move towards the disengaged position, the wear measurement method including injecting pressurized fluid so as to put the contact part in contact with the biasing member, measuring an injection parameter related to the gap, determining the gap based on the injection parameter.
US11320007B2	Method for monitoring the functions of a friction clutch A method is disclosed for monitoring the functions of a friction clutch which is arranged in a vehicle between a drive motor and a compressor of a compressed air supply system and which can be disengaged and engaged pneumatically. In a delivery mode of the compressor, at least one operating parameter is detected by sensor and evaluated in an electronic control unit. When a slipping condition of the friction clutch is identified, a value for a cut-off pressure of the compressor stored in the electronic control unit is reduced. When a slipping condition has been identified, the delivery mode of the compressor is ended by disengagement of the friction clutch, and a warning signal and/or warning information is outputted.
US11319995B1	System and method for bearing assembly removal A bearing assembly for rotatably supporting a rotating body on a frame may include a bearing support block having a plurality of block mounting bores for each being axially aligned with a bearing mounting hole formed in the frame, and at least one mounting bolt removably insertable into one of the block mounting bores and into a bearing mounting hole, with the mounting bolt having exterior threads for threading into interior threads on one of the bearing mounting holes on the frame. One block mounting bore may have interior threads formed thereon, and the interior threads of the block mounting bore may incompatible with the exterior threads of the mounting bolt such that the mounting bolt is not threadable into the block mounting bore. An apparatus and system is also disclosed.
US11319987B2	Radial foil bearing A radial foil bearing of the present disclosure includes a bearing housing that has an insertion hole into which a rotary shaft is inserted, a base sheet that is disposed in the insertion hole, a back foil that is supported by the base sheet and has unevenness in a radial direction of the insertion hole, and a top foil that is supported by the back foil. The base sheet has a branch deviated in the radial direction of the insertion hole, and is engaged with at least one of the bearing housing, the back foil, and the top foil.
US11319985B2	Isolation joint with spherical bearing and integral angle measurement An isolation joint with an integral angle measurement system. The isolation joint includes a suspension interface yoke, a payload support member, a spherical bearing, and an integral angle measurement system. The suspension interface yoke includes a suspension interface configured to couple the suspension interface yoke to one or more suspension bars. The payload support member includes a payload interface configured to couple a payload to the payload support member. The spherical bearing includes an inner race secured to one of the suspension interface yoke and the payload support member and an outer race secured to the other of the suspension interface yoke and the payload support member. The integral angle measurement system includes a plurality of position sensors configured to measure a change in position between the suspension interface yoke and the payload support member.
US11319973B2	Abnormality detecting system and abnormality detecting method An abnormality detecting system and an abnormality detecting method acquires a stroke of a piston as input from outside, calculates a travel time of the piston based on the results of sensing obtained by a first sensor and a second sensor, calculates a total travel distance of the piston using the number of operations and the stroke of the piston, and detects an abnormality of the actuator based on the travel time and the number of operations or the total travel distance of the piston.
US11319965B2	Bearing structure A bearing structure includes a drive shaft that extends in a horizontal direction, a touchdown bearing, and a bearing housing. The drive shaft is supported by a magnetic bearing. The touchdown bearing includes a rolling member interposed between an outer ring and an inner ring. The bearing housing supports the touchdown bearing from an outer periphery. At least one of an outer peripheral surface of the drive shaft, an inner peripheral surface of the inner ring, an outer peripheral surface of the outer ring, and an inner peripheral surface of the bearing housing includes a recess in a region overlapping the rolling member in a bearing radial direction.
US11319960B2	Portable temperature regulation device A portable temperature regulation device includes a wearing body and first and second main bodies rotatably connected to the wearing body. The first and second main bodies each include a first housing in which a first receiving chamber is formed to receive a first fan therein. The first main body further includes a first air passage in communication with the first receiving chamber, a first air outlet communicating the first air passage and outside, an air inlet in communication with the first receiving chamber. The first and second main bodies are rotatably connected to the wearing body by a rotation structure. When it needs to fold for storage, the first and second main bodies can be rotated to a folded state, so as to reduce the size of the portable temperature regulation device for easy storage by a user.
US11319959B2	Drinking vessel A drinking vessel for delivering air to a user may include an outer shell and an inner shell. The outer shell may define at least an air inlet at a lower region of the outer shell and an air outlet at an upper region of the outer shell. The inner and outer shells may together at least partially define an air flow passage which may be in communication with the air inlet and the air outlet. The drinking vessel may include an air moving device. The air moving device may be configured to move air from the air inlet, through the air flow passage, to the air outlet. The drinking vessel may include a power source and an actuation device. The actuation device may be operably coupled with the air moving device and the power source for selectively activating the air moving device with the power source.
US11319957B2	Scroll compressor and vehicle having the same Scroll compressor and a vehicle having the same. The scroll compressor includes: a support and an orbiting scroll assembly, the orbiting scroll assembly being movably provided on the support; a partition structure, provided between the support and the orbiting scroll assembly, a first bearing chamber being formed between the partition structure and the orbiting scroll assembly, a second bearing chamber being formed between the partition structure and the support, the orbiting scroll assembly being provided with a first through hole in communication with the first bearing chamber, and the support being provided with a second through hole in communication with the second bearing chamber; and a first crankshaft), passing through the partition structure, a first communication passage through which the first bearing chamber is in communication with the second bearing chamber is formed between the first crankshaft and the partition structure.
US11319954B2	Pump device A pump device for a motor vehicle includes: a pump having a first pump member and a second pump member, the first and second pump members being movable relative to one another; an electric drive having a drive housing and an output shaft rotatable with respect to the drive housing; and a gear mechanism, which couples the output shaft to the first pump member and, by reversing a direction of rotation of the electric drive, is switchable between a first and an opposite second transmission ratio. The gear mechanism has: a planet stage having a planet carrier rotationally fixed relative to the drive housing, and/or first and second freewheels, oppositely directed with respect to one another, and which are arranged axially behind one another, and/or the second pump member has a drive shaft rotatable relative to the output shaft.
US11319945B2	Elastomeric-hose-compressing part, cartridge, and roller assembly for pump head of a peristaltic pump Provided are an elastomeric-hose-compressing part, a cartridge, and a roller assembly for a pump head of a peristaltic pump, and a pump head for a peristaltic pump. The elastomeric-hose-compressing part includes a surface for compressing the elastomeric hose which has an arcuate shape along its length direction, wherein the surface for compressing the elastomeric hose is provided with flanges oppositely arranged on two side portions of the elastomeric-hose-compressing part in the width direction, the width direction of the elastomeric-hose-compressing part is perpendicular to the length direction, and the surface for compressing the elastomeric hose is formed by a continuous surface or by a plurality of surfaces sequentially arranged along the length direction. By providing flanges at two sides of the surface for compressing the elastomeric hose, the elastomeric-hose-compressing part as disclosed may reliably limit the elastomeric hose between the surface for compressing the elastomeric hose and the roller assembly of the peristaltic pump, which thus reduces abnormal abrasion of the elastomeric hose.
US11319943B2	Compressor Provided is a compressor capable of achieving a reduction in overall size and an improvement in vehicle mountability by using a linear motor. The compressor 1 comprises a linear motor 2 having a reciprocating mover 6, a compression unit 9 having a piston 11 connected to the mover 6 at one end side of the linear motor 2 so as to reciprocate and a cylinder 10 slidably accommodating the piston 11 to form a compression chamber 10B, and an air dryer 17 connected to a cylinder head 14 of the compression chamber 10B of the compression unit 9 and filled therein with a desiccant 17C. The air dryer 17 is disposed along the axis in the movement direction of the mover 6 the piston 11.
US11319940B2	Capacity control valve A capacity control valve includes: a housing with a Pc port, a Pd port, a first Ps port and a second Ps port; a main valve element having a main valve portion adapted to contact with and separate from a main valve seat to close and open a communication between the Pd port and the Pc port by a drive force of a solenoid; an intermediate communication path communicating with the Pc port and the first Ps port; a pressure-sensitive valve configured to open and close the intermediate communication path by an ambient pressure; and a differential pressure valve including a differential pressure valve element configured to open and close a communication between the Pc port and the second Ps port and a communication between the Pc port and a pressure-sensitive chamber by the differential pressure valve element moved by a pressure.
US11319939B2	Precise control of suction damping device in a variable displacement compressor A suction damping device for a variable displacement compressor includes a rotor rotatably received within a stator disposed in a suction port of the variable displacement compressor. The rotor includes an aperture and the stator includes a pair of opposing openings in selective fluid communication with the aperture of the rotor. An electromagnetic device controls a rotational position of the rotor relative to the stator based on a condition of an electrically controlled valve used to control an angle of inclination of a swashplate of the variable displacement compressor. A changing of the rotational position of the rotor relative to the stator causes a variable overlap to be formed between the aperture of the rotor and the openings of the stator to control a flow of a refrigerant through the suction damping device.
US11319929B2	Ducted wind turbine and support platform A wind-energy-power-generating device is disclosed for flotation on a body of water. The device includes a turbine assembly having rotor blades rotating about a rotation axis for harnessing kinetic energy from an airflow. The device includes a cowl at least partially surrounding said turbine assembly and defining an airflow passageway between a cowl inlet and outlet, having an inlet and outlet axis, respectively. The inlet and outlet axis intersect at a redirect angle. The device includes a base platform adapted to support the turbine assembly and cowl on the water. The cowl is rotatably mounted on the base platform such that it is rotatable around the turbine assembly to self-align with a wind direction. Stabilising arms extend from the base platform and are spaced circumferentially around a platform axis, to stabilise it on the water. A wind-energy-power-generating device secured to the ground or other fixed non-floating structure is also described.
US11319927B2	Vane pitch control of a wind turbine assembly Methods and apparatuses for wind turbine vane pitch control including a turbine shaft that transmits mechanical power, a vane support structure that is coupled to the turbine shaft, a vane that is coupled to the vane support structure through a vane shaft, a balancing weight that is coupled to a first location of the vane, and an alignment weight that is coupled to a second location of the vane.
US11319924B2	Wind turbine with rotor locking system A wind turbine (10) includes a main shaft (34) including a front end (34a), the front end (34a) including a first connecting structure (36). A rotor hub (22) includes a second connecting structure (40), wherein the second connecting structure (40) of the rotor hub (22) is fixed to the first connecting structure (36) of the main shaft (34). A plurality of blades (24) is coupled to the rotor hub (22). A rotor locking disc (32) is carried on the main shaft (34), the rotor locking disc (32) having an outer circumference (32a) and a plurality of recesses (50) on the outer circumference (32a), the recesses (50) having openings (50a) intersecting with the outer circumference (32a). At least one rotor locking pin (30) is movable between a disengaged position relative to at least one of the recesses (50) and an engaged position wherein the pin is located at least partially in one of the recesses (50) for locking the rotor hub (22) against rotation.
US11319919B2	Rolling bearing protection device and vertical-axis tidal current energy generating device applying the same This invention provides a rolling bearing protection device and a vertical-axis tidal current energy generating device applying the same. The vertical-axis tidal current energy generating device includes a frame, a vertical-axis hydraulic generator, a rolling bearing, and a rolling bearing protection device. The vertical-axis hydraulic generator includes a main shaft disposed vertical to a horizontal surface, one end of the main shaft is rotatably disposed at a bottom of the frame. The rolling bearing is sleeved on one end of the main shaft. The rolling bearing protection device is disposed above the rolling bearing. The rolling bearing protection device includes a first sealing protection device, a first water leak-proof chamber, and a second sealing protection device disposed in sequence along a gravity direction.
US11319918B2	Internal combustion engine ignition device Provided is an internal combustion engine ignition device capable of preventing an output signal level of a drive circuit from changing sharply when shifting from a normal ignition operation mode to a protection operation mode while reducing the cost of dedicated components and the like. An internal combustion engine ignition device of the present invention includes a first differential circuit for outputting a drive signal in a first mode and a second differential circuit for outputting a drive signal in a second mode, where the first differential circuit and the second differential circuit each include a transistor and are configured such that a drive current for supplying the drive signal flows through the transistor which is common between the first mode and the second mode.
US11319915B2	Engine system, and method of starting the engine Engine systems which are easier starting and more resistant to degradation and discharge of their batteries are desirable in a wide range of equipment markets. The present engine systems utilize a selection module which selective switches from a first state when the battery is adequately charged to a second state which enables the use of auxiliary components such as special starting stators and regulators which can power the engine control module even when the battery is too discharged to power the engine control module directly.
US11319914B2	Method and device for remotely starting manual transmission vehicle A method for remotely starting a manual transmission vehicle is provided. The method includes determining whether remote start of the manual transmission vehicle is possible based on a remote start command signal of a remote start input device, an inclination angle signal value of the manual transmission vehicle, a notch signal value generated when a parking brake of the manual transmission vehicle is operated by moving a lever of the parking brake, and a gear shift stage signal of a manual transmission of the manual transmission vehicle. An engine of the manual transmission is started when the notch signal value according to the inclination angle signal value is greater than or equal to a minimum value of notch signal values capable of remotely starting the manual transmission vehicle and the gear shift stage signal is a neutral stage signal.
US11319904B2	Supply of an active prechamber for turbocharged gasoline engines with an air extraction downstream of an exhaust gas turbocharger An internal combustion engine having at least one cylinder that has a main combustion chamber for burning a fuel/air mixture or a fuel/air/exhaust gas mixture and has a flushed prechamber connected to the main combustion chamber via at least one overflow duct on the fluid side. At least one exhaust gas turbocharger is provided that has a turbine for the expansion of the at exhaust gas leaving the at least one cylinder and a compressor for compressing fresh air or a fresh air/exhaust gas mixture to be supplied to the at least one cylinder as compressed charge-air. In a charge-air line downstream of the compressor, an extraction point is formed from which a flushing line branches off, via which a partial amount of charge-air of the compressed charge-air for flushing the at least one prechamber can be extracted.
US11319903B2	Natural gas storage and delivery system for a refrigerated cargo vehicle A fuel storage and delivery system for a refrigerated cargo vehicle. The system includes a first fuel tank for storing natural gas and a second fuel tank for storing natural gas, at least the first fuel tank is for storing the natural gas as liquefied natural gas (LNG); a vehicle fuel supply line fluidly connected to the first fuel tank for supplying fuel from the first fuel tank to a vehicle engine; and a refrigeration unit fuel supply line fluidly connected to the second fuel tank for supplying fuel from the second fuel tank to a transport refrigeration unit engine.
US11319897B2	Exhaust duct and exhaust duct assembly and aircraft using the exhaust duct Provided are an exhaust duct, an exhaust duct assembly, and an aircraft using the exhaust duct. The exhaust duct has a structure that enables combustion gas to be diverged and discharged from an inlet end to a first outlet end and a second outlet end at respective sides of the exhaust duct. The exhaust duct includes a first housing including a first body forming an outer wall of the inlet end, and further includes second bodies respectively extending on respective sides from the first body and respectively forming the first outlet end and the second outlet end; a second housing spaced apart from the first body, forming an inner wall of the inlet end, and extending curvedly toward the second bodies; and a connection housing connecting the first housing to the second housing and including at least one recess portion recessed toward the inlet end.
US11319895B2	Integrated tail cone and mounted generator A gas turbine engine including: a tail cone; a low pressure compressor; a low pressure turbine; a low speed spool interconnecting the low pressure compressor and the low pressure turbine; an electric generator located within the tail cone, the electric generator being operably connected to the low speed spool; a structural support housing at least partially enclosing the electric generator, the structural support housing being located within the tail cone; and a mounting system located within the tail cone between the structural support housing and the tail cone, wherein the mounting system attaches the tail cone to the structural support housing.
US11319887B2	Systems and methods for particulate filter load estimation Methods and systems are provided for monitoring a change in exhaust particulate filter (PF) soot load during an engine non-combusting condition. In one example, a method may include, responsive to a higher than threshold PF temperature immediately prior to an engine shutdown, estimating a rate of soot burn when the engine is no longer combusting, and estimating a soot load on the PF during and at an onset of immediately subsequent engine start based in part on the rate of soot burn.
US11319880B2	Electrical controller for engine-driven electric machine The disclosure describes a system that includes an engine having a shaft that rotates around an axis of rotation, an engine controller configured to control the engine, an electric machine mechanically coupled to the shaft of the engine, and an electrical controller. The engine controller is configured to control the engine using control techniques configured for a mechanical device having a target moment of inertia around the axis of rotation. The electric machine has an actual moment of inertia around the axis of rotation that is different from the target moment of inertia. To supplement control of the engine due to the difference in moments of inertia, the electrical controller is configured to receive a rotational speed of the shaft, determine a torque for the shaft based on the speed of the shaft, and control the electric machine to apply the torque to the shaft.
US11319879B2	Manufacturing method of turbine casing There is provided a manufacturing method of a turbine casing capable of easily realizing improvement of reliability. A manufacturing method of a turbine casing according to an embodiment is a manufacturing method of a turbine casing which includes an outer casing formed of ferritic heat resistant steel and an inner casing disposed inside the outer casing and formed of austenitic heat resistant steel, and in which an exhaust hood to which a working medium after performing work in turbine stages is exhausted, is covered by the inner casing. Here, the inner casing is manufactured by using members produced by at least either forging or rolling.
US11319878B2	Direct drive unit removal system and associated methods Described herein are embodiments of systems and methods for the removal of a direct drive unit (DDU) housed in an enclosure, such as a direct drive turbine (DDT) connected to a gearbox for driving a driveshaft connected to a pump for use in hydraulic fracturing operations.
US11319874B1	Air supplying apparatus and method of hybrid power generation equipment Disclosed are an air supply device and an air supply method for a hybrid power generation facility in which a gas turbine compresses air introduced from an outside, mixes the compressed air with fuel, and burns a mixture of the compressed air and the fuel to produce combustion gas. The air supply device includes a mixing chamber configured to selectively receive the combustion gas from the gas turbine, an air preheater configured to supply air to the mixing chamber, a burner configured to burn a fluid supplied from the mixing chamber, a first over-firing air supplier configured to receive a fluid from the gas turbine or the air preheater, a first pipeline connecting the gas turbine and the mixing chamber, and a second pipeline connecting the gas turbine and the first over-firing air supplier.
US11319873B2	Turbo cluster gas turbine system and activation method thereof A turbo cluster gas turbine system includes: at least one combustor configured to combust a fuel to generate a combustion gas; an output turbine configured to be driven with the combustion gas from the at least one combustor; and a plurality of supercharging systems configured to supply compressed air to be supplied to the at least one combustor, wherein each of the supercharging systems includes: a first turbocharger having a rotation shaft formed separately from a rotation shaft of the output turbine and configured to be driven with the combustion gas from the combustor; a first air line for supplying compressed air compressed by a compressor of the first turbocharger to the combustor; and a first combustion gas line for supplying the combustion gas from the combustor to a turbine of the first turbocharger.
US11319871B2	Lube oil controlled ignition engine combustion In certain embodiments, Lube Oil Controlled Ignition (LOCI) Engine Combustion overcomes the drawbacks of known combustion technologies. First, lubricating oil is already part of any combustion engine; hence, there is no need to carry a secondary fuel and to have to depend on an additional fuel system as in the case of dual-fuel technologies. Second, the ignition and the start of combustion rely on the controlled autoignition of the lubricating oil preventing the occurrence of abnormal combustion as experienced with the Spark Ignition technology. Third, LOCI combustion is characterized by the traveling of a premixed flame; hence, it has a controllable duration resulting in a wide engine load-speed window unlike the Homogeneous Charge Compression Ignition technology where the engine load-speed window is narrow. Adaptive Intake Valve Closure may be used to control in-cylinder compression temperature to be high enough to realize the consistent auto ignition of the lubricating oil mist.
US11319865B2	Integrated type reservoir for vehicle A reservoir for a vehicle is provided. The reservoir is accommodated in a body formed by joining an upper case and a lower case to each other. A high-pressure reservoir space introduces and discharges coolant flowing from a high pressure cooling line and a low-pressure reservoir space introduces and discharges coolant flowing from a low pressure cooling line. A valve is also installed to maintain internal pressure of the high-pressure reservoir space and the low-pressure reservoir space constant.
US11319859B2	Noise attenuating exhaust tail pipe Methods and systems are provided for an exhaust system of a vehicle. In one example, the exhaust system includes an exhaust tail pipe with an asymmetric outlet. The asymmetric outlet of the tail pipe may flare outwards, away from a central axis of the tail pipe, circumferentially surrounded by a housing with a geometry matching a geometry of the asymmetric outlet.
US11319855B2	Heat accumulation and dissipation device for internal combustion engine A heat accumulation and dissipation device (1) for an internal combustion engine (2) includes, in a cooling circuit (3) for circulating cooling water used to cool the internal combustion engine (2), a heat accumulator (7) for accumulating the cooling water, and an exhaust heat recovery device (9) for recovering the heat of exhaust gas through the cooling water, wherein when the internal combustion engine (2) is started, heat is dissipated by sending the cooling water of the heat accumulator (7) to the internal combustion engine (2). The cooling circuit (3) includes a heat accumulation and dissipation circuit (8) configured to perform heat accumulation and dissipation while circulating the cooling water between the internal combustion engine (2) and the heat accumulator (7), and the heat accumulator (9) is arranged upstream of the heat accumulator (7) of the heat accumulation and dissipation circuit (8).
US11319850B2	Abnormality detection apparatus for electrically heated catalyst An abnormality detection apparatus calculates an accomplishment ratio parameter based on an actually supplied electrical energy defined as the integrated value of electrical power actually supplied to the electrically heated catalyst over a specific period from the start of supply of electrical power to the electrically heated catalyst to a specific time and a target electrical energy defined as the integrated value of target electrical power over the specific period. The accomplishment ratio parameter is a parameter relating to the ratio of the actually supplied electrical energy to the target electrical energy. The abnormality detection apparatus detects an abnormality of the electrically heated catalyst on the basis of the accomplishment ratio. The specific time is a time after the start of supply of electrical power to the electrically heated catalyst and before or simultaneous with the time when the actually supplied electrical power substantially reaches the target electrical power.
US11319834B2	On-board estimator sensor drift detection in engine control An engine control system includes an electronic hardware engine controller in signal communication with at least one engine sensor, which measures an engine operating parameter (Ycrtr_t). The engine controller generates a synthesized engine operating parameter (Ycrtr) calculates an error (ERRcrtr) between the engine operating parameter (Ycrtr_t) and the synthesized engine operating parameter (Ycrtr). The engine controller further determines a corrector error parameter (Xcrtr) and determines a faulty sensor among the at least one engine sensor based on a comparison between the error value (ERRcrtr) and the corrector error parameter (Xcrtr).
US11319828B1	Turbine shroud assembly with separable pin attachment A turbine shroud assembly adapted for use with a gas turbine engine includes a carrier, a seal segment, and a mount assembly. The carrier is configured to be coupled to a turbine case. The seal segment is shaped to define a gas path boundary of the shroud assembly. The mounting assembly is configured to couple the seal segment to the carrier.
US11319826B2	Seal segment for a turbine, assembly for externally delimiting a flow path of a turbine, and stator/rotor seal A seal segment for a turbine and an assembly for sealing the gaps between seal segments and stator vanes of a turbine. The seal segments have a plate-shaped wall, the first lateral surface of which faces the vane tips in the assembled state of the seal segments, is surrounded by a closed circumferential edge, and can be divided into four lateral wall sections, and the plate-shaped wall has a seal element which is arranged over the entire surface of the lateral surface. A number of seal lamellae which are secured on one side are provided on at least one of the lateral wall sections and/or on at least one of the seal lateral wall sections facing adjacent seal segments when the seal segments are assembled in a turbine so as to form a ring in order to reduce a flow along the corresponding lateral wall section.
US11319824B2	Rotor with centrifugally optimized contact faces A rotor for a gas turbine having a rotor disk on which there are a plurality of rotor components distributed around the circumference. The rotor disk has a circumferential securing shoulder with a contact face. Retaining faces come to bear against the contact face, each of the retaining faces have a retaining shoulder of the respective rotor component and are designed with a form that complements the contact face. In order to optimize the bearing stresses between the retaining shoulder and the securing shoulder, the retaining face has a smaller radius than the contact face, namely the retaining radius is at least 0.99 times and at most 0.995 times the contact radius. Also provided is an axially extending aperture in the rotor component, the width of which in the circumferential direction is 25% to 75% of the rotor component width in the circumferential direction.
US11319800B2	One-way flow monitoring device and oil well liquid production capacity calculation method A one-way flow monitoring device includes a mechanical part and a data collection part. The mechanical part is provided with the liquid inlet, the liquid outlet, a valve core, a valve base, a valve body, a valve cavity, a rubber shock absorption cushion, a spring, an indicating rod, a valve core stroke cavity, a cover plate, a base and a protective cover; the data collection part is provided with the temperature detection unit, the vibration detection unit, the pressure detection unit, the anti-disassembly detection unit, the valve core position detection unit, the period signal detection unit, the wireless transmission unit, the data storage unit and the data display unit, which are separately connected with the signal processing unit; and an independent power module 111 is provided.
US11319799B2	Stator bore gage A stator bore gage comprises a detector assembly comprising a wheel configured to engage an inside surface and to transduce the varying surface diameters into electrical or optical signals representative of the condition of the inside surface as the detector traverses the inside surface.
US11319796B2	Method for self-adaptive survey calculation of wellbore trajectory The disclosure relates to a method for self-adaptive survey calculation of a wellbore trajectory in oil drilling, and belongs to the field of oil and gas drilling technologies. Curve characteristics of a calculated survey interval are identified by calculating measurement parameters of four survey stations corresponding to the survey interval and two survey intervals before and after the survey interval, so that an appropriate curve is selected to calculate a coordinate increment of the survey interval, then parameters of the curve characteristics which are close to the shape of the calculated wellbore trajectory are selected automatically, and the curve type which is closest to an actual wellbore trajectory is fitted automatically and the survey calculation is carried out.
US11319792B2	Processes and systems for high H2S gas processing having reduced sulfur production Disclosed are methods and systems for reducing elemental sulfur production in a gas production plant that includes receiving produced fluids high in hydrogen sulfide, removing hydrogen sulfide and converting hydrogen sulfide to elemental sulfur in a Claus unit. An acid gas stream is diverted from a feed line to the Claus unit in the gas processing plant and directed to a multistage acid gas compressor. An elemental sulfur production rate is reduced without reducing a production rate of the produced fluids. The compressed acid gas stream can be injected into a subterranean formation. In some embodiments, the gas production plant is integrated with an oil processing and gas injection plant.
US11319789B2	Rotary downhole cavitation generator The present disclosure discloses a rotary downhole cavitation generator, including an upper connector, a lower connector, and a casing. Said casing is internally provided with a transmission shaft, an alignment bearing, a drive assembly, a thrust bearing, a rotating disk, a rectification cylinder, an inner sleeve, and an outer sleeve. Said transmission shaft is provided with a deep hole, a diversion hole radially communicating with said deep hole, and a diversion channel radially communicating with said deep hole. Said alignment bearing and said drive assembly are sleeved on an upper end of said transmission shaft, and said rotating disk, said inner sleeve, and said thrust bearing are sleeved on a lower end of said transmission shaft. Said rectification cylinder and said outer sleeve are mounted on an inner wall of said casing, and said upper connector and said lower connector are respectively connected to both ends of said casing.
US11319782B2	Modular screen for a resource exploration and recovery tubular A modular screen system includes a tubular member having an outer surface defining an outer diameter and an inner surface defining an inner diameter. The outer surface includes an opening and a recess extending about the opening. A flow control device is positioned at the opening in the recess, and a screen member is detachably mounted to the tubular in the recess. The screen member includes a filtering surface that does not project proudly of the outer surface.
US11319777B2	Extended surface system with helical reamers A debris removal system includes: a drill pipe disposed within a borehole including a threaded portion disposed longitudinally above a bottom hole assembly (BHA). The threaded portion includes at least one spiral notch that wraps around the drill pipe. An outer diameter of the threaded portion of the drill pipe remains constant throughout a longitudinal length of the threaded portion.
US11319774B2	Downhole fluid control system A fluid flow control device serving as an inflow port from a fluid reservoir (R) to the interior of a production pipe (S) is in the form of a housing (3b, 3c, 3d, 3e, 3f, 3g, 3h, 3i, 3j, 3k, 3l). The housing has a primary flow path (18) and a secondary flow path (19). The secondary flow path is in fluid communication with a chamber (B) in which is arranged an actuator (5) for a valve device (4), the valve device arranged to open and close the primary flow path. At least one flow restrictor (1,2) is arranged in the secondary flow path, the flow restrictor arranged to provide a pressure to chamber (B) sufficient to actuate the valve to an open position when the fluid flowing through the secondary flow path is oil, and a pressure sufficient to actuate the valve to a closed position when the fluid has a viscosity and/or density less than oil.
US11319770B2	Downhole tool with a retained object A method and apparatus for a downhole tool including a retained object. The downhole tool includes a longitudinal axis, a cone including a seat having an opening, and a shoe member. The downhole tool further includes a slip assembly disposed between the cone and the shoe member. The downhole tool further includes a mandrel disposed in the opening of the seat. The downhole tool further includes an attachment member attaching the mandrel to the shoe member, wherein the attachment member is eccentric to the longitudinal axis. The downhole tool further includes a setting sleeve abutting the cone. The downhole tool further includes the object, wherein the object configured to engage with the seat, and wherein the object is disposed between the mandrel and the setting sleeve.
US11319764B2	Downhole pulsing-shock reach extender system A downhole pulsing-shock reach extender apparatus for overcoming static friction resistance in coiled-tubing drilling-fluid-pressure driven downhole operations, generating pulsed hydraulic shocks at the workstring by creating a fluid-hammer condition by repeated sudden opening and closing of a valve controlling a diverted portion of the flow of drilling fluid, while maintaining a constant flow of a portion of drilling fluid sufficient to operate and prevent damage to other components of the workstring, thereby extending the depth limit of downhole operations.
US11319762B2	Variable frequency drive configuration for electric driven hydraulic fracking system An electric driven hydraulic fracking system is disclosed. A pump configuration that includes the single VFD, the single shaft electric motor, and the single hydraulic pump that is mounted on the single pump trailer. A pump configuration includes a single VFD configuration, the single shaft electric motor, and the single shaft hydraulic pump mounted on the single pump trailer. The single VFD configuration converts the electric power at the power generation voltage level distributed from the power distribution trailer to a VFD voltage level and drives the single shaft electric motor to control the operation of the single shaft electric motor and the single hydraulic pump. The VFD voltage level is a voltage level that is required to drive the single shaft electric motor. The VFD configuration also controls operation of the auxiliary systems based on the electric power at the auxiliary voltage level.
US11319761B2	Stochastic control method for mud circulation system A stochastic control method includes determining a property of a solid present in a drilling fluid circulating within a mud circulation system and identifying a mud circulation model that dictates operation of the mud circulation system. The mud circulation model is based on one or more models of one or more uncertainties encountered during a wellbore drilling operation. The method further includes determining an accuracy of the mud circulation model based on a difference between the determined property of the solid present in the drilling fluid and a solid property of the drilling fluid as provided by the mud circulation model, and programming a controller of the mud circulation system based on the mud circulation model to modify operation of the mud circulation system.
US11319759B1	Phase transformation material delivery and deployment chassis for openhole isolation An openhole interval of a well may be sealed by deploying a liquified phase transformation material to the openhole interval and allowing it to harden. In at least one example, this may be performed in a single step of building and maintaining pressure. The pressure may rupture a membrane, to introduce a fluid into a chamber with a reactive material (e.g. powder) in a delivery chassis, whereupon the fluid may exothermically combine with the reactive material to liquify the solid phase transformation material. The same applied pressure may also deliver the liquified phase transformation material to a deployment chassis, which then distributes the liquified phase transformation material under pressure to the openhole interval of the well. Various delivery chassis, deployment chassis, and related compositions and methods are disclosed as well.
US11319750B2	Self-contained gate A modular self-contained gate for selectively blocking an entryway comprising an ISO standard shipping container modified such that an existing closed end wall of the shipping container comprises an elongate slot-like opening arranged vertically and adjacent an edge of the closed end wall, a substantially flat and rectangular gate comprising a long edge having a length substantially the same as a length of the shipping container and a height less than a height of the opening, the gate aligned with and linearly displaceable through the opening between a first position wherein the gate is stored inside the shipping container and the entryway is open and a second position wherein the gate is extended outside of the shipping container and passage via the entryway is barred, and a support mechanism inside the shipping container suspending the gate such that the gate remains suspended above the ground.
US11319749B2	Retroreflective window Provided is a retroreflective window which can block a direct light ray and reflect it to a sun side while maintaining a viewability and enhance a usability of the direct light ray. The retroreflective window (1 to 3) includes first and second transparent plate materials, a transparent first prism which is disposed between the first and second transparent plate materials, and a switching member which is installed facing a second side of the first prism and can be switched between a reflective state in which a reflectance of visible light rays and infrared rays is 70% or more and a non-reflective state in which the reflectance of visible light rays and infrared rays is 30% or less. When the switching member is in the reflective state, in the first prism, a light ray incident at a predetermined angle or more is emitted from the first transparent plate material at approximately the same angle as when entering, after being reflected by the switching member and a third side, and among light rays which enter at an angle less than the predetermined angle, the light ray reaching the third side is transmitted and emitted from the second transparent plate material.
US11319748B2	Refrigerator A refrigerator, in particular a domestic refrigerator, has a body and a closure element, which jointly delimit a storage chamber. A seal is provided, which is arranged between the body and the closure element and which is at least partly arranged in a seal receptacle. The seal receptacle has a passage section for bypassing the seal. Accordingly, the passage section has at least two passage channels.
US11319745B1	System for monitoring status of a protected space of a container A system may include a container security apparatus for monitoring and communicating status information regarding a protected space in an interior of a container. The security apparatus may include a casing, a sensor assembly associated with the casing including at least one sensor configured to sense at least one condition in the interior of the container, a controller configured to receive sensor information from the sensor assembly and record the sensor information, and a communication assembly configured to communicate information from the controller including the sensor information.
US11319742B2	Door module with frameless glass configuration having adjustable glass run channels A carrier module including a pair of carrier members operably coupled to one another via at least one cable is provided. The carrier members are configured for substantially free movement relative to one another to facilitate installation of the carrier members into an internal door cavity through an opening formed in the inner panel, wherein at least one of the carrier members is adjustable along at least one of cross-vehicle, aft/forward, and up/down directions.
US11319741B2	Hydraulically damped actuator A hydraulically damped actuator closes a hinged closure system. The actuator includes an energy storing mechanism that stores energy when the closure system is being opened and restores the energy to effect closure of the closure system. A hydraulic damping mechanism damps the closing movement of the closure system. The actuator further includes a tubular cylinder barrel with first and a second ends and a rotatable shaft with first and a second extremities. The shaft extends through the tubular cylinder barrel. Both extremities of the shaft are available to be connected with a mechanical connector that transfers rotation of the closure system to the shaft, which allows the actuator to be mounted in two opposing orientations depending on the handedness of the closure system.
US11319739B2	Stay A stay includes a first arm rotatably connected to any one of a body or a door openable to the body; a second arm, one end of the second arm being rotatably connected to the first arm and the other end being connected to any one of the body or the door. The first arm includes a resilient body, a slider urged by the resilient body to the second arm. A case slidably supports the slider toward the second arm, and a pressing part is abutted and pressured onto a cam face disposed to the second arm by the slider. An adjustment mechanism changes a pressing position between the cam face and the pressing part to a crossing direction with respect to a sliding direction of the slider and a rotation shaft axis direction of the second arm.
US11319734B2	Unlocking unit having a variable trigger switch point An unlocking unit for unlocking an openable closure element of a motor vehicle, having a housing with a switch unit and an actuating element that can be pivoted relative to the housing and pivoted relative to the switch unit from an unactuated resting position into at least two actuating positions. It is provided that the switch unit is positioned in the housing and can be reversibly positioned in at least two different switch point positions relative to the housing, whereby different trigger switch points can be assigned the pivotable actuating element of the unlocking unit in accordance with a switch angle of the actuating element that can be pivoted out of the resting position.
US11319732B2	Pre-fluxing motors of vehicle door e-latches Method and apparatus are disclosed for pre-fluxing motors of vehicle door e-latches. An example vehicle includes a door including a handle that includes a switch. The handle also includes an e-latch that includes a latch and a motor for the latch. Responsive to detecting grasping of the handle via the switch, the e-latch is to pre-flux the motor and transmit an authentication request. The example vehicle also includes a body control module to cause the motor to unlock the door via the latch responsive to authenticating a fob upon receiving the authentication request.
US11319721B1	Portable hot tub Provided herein are portable hot tubs comprising a hot tub, a frame, and a pivotable wheel assembly comprising a suspension system for adopting three positions, a transport position, a drain position, and a use position.
US11319715B2	Method of de-tensioning a rod A method of de-tensioning a rod by attaching a gripping unit removal device to a gripping unit and rod, positioning a chair frame over the gripping unit, positioning a rod tensioning unit along the rod with one end of the rod tensioning unit being in contact with the chair frame, applying a first force to the rod tensioning unit, positioning a bearing plate on the rod in contact with the rod tensioning unit, positioning a load cell in contact with the rod on the rod tensioning unit, securing a drive unit to the chair frame such that a portion of the drive unit is in contact with the rod, applying a second pressure to the rod tensioning unit, actuating the drive unit, and releasing the second pressure on the rod tensioning unit.
US11319713B2	Elevating cage with pivotably attached panels having respective pivotable latches An elevating cage system includes floor panels for a walk surface that can pivot upward to expose a portion of a container disposed below the platform. Each floor panel has a latch that pivots to engage a cage railing surrounding the platform and hold the floor panel in an open position. The latch is weighted about a pivot so that when the panel is pivoted to a completely open position, the latch pivots under its own weight to engage a stop so that the latch is disposed in an orientation to engage the handrail and hold the panel in the open position until an operator releases the latch. When the panel pivots to its closed position, the latch's weight balance about its pivot causes the latch to rotate until the latch engages the stop and is held in a stowed orientation in which the latch is entirely below a plane of an upper surface of the panel.
US11319710B2	Plaster composition comprising hydrophilic fumed silica and aerosol composition comprising the plaster composition A plaster composition includes a joint compound/drywall mud and from about 0.5 wt % to about 10 wt % silica (e.g., hydrophilic fumed silica). The plaster composition may be a repair composition. The repair composition may be dispensed as an aerosol using a propellant. The repair composition may be useful for repairing “popcorn” textured ceilings.
US11319709B2	Support arrangement for covering elements of a building A support arrangement for supporting covering elements on a soffit and/or a fascia of a building. The support arrangement has a backing member that is operable to receive covering elements and is formed at least partially from non-metallic material. The support arrangement further has an attachment means for attaching the support arrangement to a building or building component such that it forms a part of the building. The support arrangement is non-flammable and can easily receive fixings to fix covering elements thereto. Covering elements can be fixed to the support arrangement and then the arrangement can be attached to a building or building component such that the covering elements form a part of the soffit or fascia of the building.
US11319676B2	Construction method for using phosphogypsum in embankment improvement A construction and/or installation method for using phosphogypsum in embankment improvement includes preparing a phosphogypsum-containing embankment mixture, setting moisture content of an embankment mixture, paving a modified phosphogypsum-containing embankment, and reversely layering anti-seepage cushion layers from two sides of the embankment to the center of the embankment. The preparation of a phosphogypsum-containing embankment mixture can include the following: 90 parts by weight of phosphogypsum and 10 parts by weight of cement are weighted, uniformly mixed and stirred to obtain a base material mixture; and 2-4 parts by weight of sodium silicate is weighted and dissolved in water, and an obtained solution is added to the base material mixture to obtain the phosphogypsum-containing embankment mixture. The construction and/or installation method for using phosphogypsum in an embankment improvement can satisfy embankment strength and rebound modulus requirements, and can be widely applied to a filling-deficient area and an area with a relatively high yield of phosphogypsum solid wastes.
US11319672B2	Method for production of a product comprising a first ply The present invention relates to a method for production of product comprising a first ply, the method comprising the steps of: providing a fibrous suspension comprising fibers; providing said fibrous suspension to a porous medium to form a substrate comprising fibers; providing a first additive suspension comprising a first strengthening agent, wherein the first strengthening agent is microfibrillated cellulose; providing a second additive suspension comprising at least one retention agent and/or at least one drainage agent; dewatering said substrate on said porous medium; performing additive addition to said substrate during said dewatering of said substrate on said porous medium, wherein the additive addition is performed when the substrate has a dry content of less than 20 weight-%, preferably less than 10 weight-%, most preferably less than 7 weight-%, and wherein the additive addition comprises adding at least a layer of said first additive suspension and a layer of said second additive suspension to said substrate by means of multilayer curtain coating, and further dewatering and drying said substrate after said dewatering on said porous medium so as to provide said first ply. The invention also relates to a paper, board or non-woven product obtainable by the method.
US11319670B2	Method for manufacturing recycled pulp from used sanitary products A recycled pulp that is reusable sanitary products is efficiently manufactured by recovering pulp fiber from used sanitary products containing the pulp fiber and a polymer absorbent. The method of the present invention comprises: a step applying a mechanical force to the used sanitary products in an aqueous solution containing a polyvalent metal ion or an acidic aqueous solution with a pH of 2.5 or lower and thus degrading the used sanitary products into the pulp fiber and other materials; a step separating the pulp fiber from the mixture of the pulp fiber and other materials that has been formed in the degradation step; and a step treating the pulp fiber thus separated with an ozone-containing aqueous solution with a pH of 2.5 or lower.
US11319663B2	Method of controlling laundry treating apparatus Disclosed herein is a method of controlling a laundry treating apparatus, if a user selects a uniform course, including performing a preheating operation of a heater to generate steam, performing a first cooling operation to operate a blower unit and a moving hanger after the preheating operation has been terminated, performing a steam operation to operate the blower unit and a steam unit and to circulate steam to a treating chamber after the first cooling operation has been terminated, performing a standby operation to operate the blower unit after the steam operation has been terminated, performing a second cooling operation to operate the blower unit after the standby operation has been terminated, and performing a drying operation to operate the blower unit and a heat pump unit and to provide heat to the treating chamber to dry the treating chamber after the second cooling operation has been terminated.
US11319655B2	Lifter for laundry treating apparatus A lifter for a laundry treating apparatus includes a first member mounted at an inner side of a drum; and a second member mounted on the first member and protruded toward an inside of the drum, wherein the first member includes a hook protruded and formed along a circumference of the first member, at least part of which is disposed to cover an inner circumferential surface of the drum when inserted into a fastening hole of the drum and then slid in one direction; and a shield protruded and formed at an inner side of the first member and configured to completely cover the fastening hole when the hook is inserted into the fastening hole and then slid in one direction.
US11319651B2	Article of footwear incorporating a knitted component with an integral knit tongue In one aspect, the present disclosure provides an upper for an article of footwear. The upper may include a knitted component with a knit element defining a portion of at least one of an exterior surface of the upper and an opposite interior surface of the upper, the interior surface defining a void. The knitted component may further include a tongue, where the tongue extends through a throat area of the upper, and where the tongue comprises a lateral edge and a medial edge. The knitted component may further include at least one raised element extending a height above the exterior surface of the knit element and extending a length along at least one of the lateral edge and the medial edge of the tongue, where the tongue and the at least one raised element have a common yarn.
US11319648B2	Stabilized fiber bundle and method of manufacturing carbon fiber bundle A method manufactures a flame-retardant fiber bundle by flame retarding treatment of a polyacrylonitrile-based precursor fiber at 200-300° C. in an oxidizing atmosphere, wherein a fiber bundle is caused to travel so as to sequentially pass between an nth roller and an (n+1)th roller (n being an integer of at least 1 and no more than [m−1]) in a roller group formed from m (m being an integer of 3 or greater) contiguously set rollers, the roller axes of the m continuously set rollers being parallel to each other and perpendicular to the direction of travel of the fiber bundle, the roller diameter being 5-30 mm, and the specific gravity of the fiber bundle being 1.20-1.50.
US11319645B2	Methods and devices for growing oxide crystals in oxygen atmosphere The present disclosure discloses a method for growing a crystal in oxygen atmosphere. The method may include compensating a weight of a reactant, introducing a flowing gas, improving a volume ratio of oxygen during a cooling process, providing a heater in a temperature field, and optimizing parameters. According to the method, problems may be solved, for example, cracking and component deviation of the crystal during a crystal growth process, and without oxygen-free vacancy. The method for growing the crystal may have excellent repeatability and crystal performance consistency.
US11319644B2	System and method for increasing group III-nitride semiconductor growth rate and reducing damaging ion flux Systems and methods for the rapid growth of Group III metal nitrides using plasma assisted molecular beam epitaxy. The disclosure includes higher pressure and flow rates of nitrogen in the plasma, and the application of mixtures of nitrogen and an inert gas. Growth rates exceeding 8 μm/hour can be achieved.
US11319641B2	Electrodeposition coating facility The amount of wash water to be consumed in an electrodeposition coating facility and the amount of used wash water to be discharged that requires post-treatment are reduced. To achieve this object, an electrodeposition coating facility that includes a degreasing process section A, a post-degreasing rinse section B, a chemical conversion process section C, a post-chemical-conversion rinse section D, an electrodeposition coating section E, and a post-electrodeposition rinse section F is provided with a filtration process apparatus 4 and a wash water recycling line 5. The filtration process apparatus 4 performs a filtration process on wash water W after being used to wash an object to be coated 1 in the post-electrodeposition rinse section F. The wash water recycling line 5 feeds, to the post-chemical-conversion rinse section D, the wash water W after being subjected to the filtration process in the filtration process apparatus 4 as wash water W to be used to wash an object to be coated in the post-chemical-conversion rinse section D.
US11319640B2	Solar thermoplasmonic nanofurnaces and method for making and using same Titanium nitride (TiN) nanofurnaces are fabricated in a method that involves anodization of a titanium (Ti) foil to form TiO2 nanocavities. After anodization, the TiO2 nanocavities are converted to TiN at 600° C. under ammonia flow. The resulting structure is an array of refractory (high-temperature stable) subwavelength TiN cylindrical cavities that operate as plasmonic nanofurnaces capable of reaching temperatures above 600° C. under moderate concentrated solar irradiation. The nanofurnaces show near-unity solar absorption in the visible and near infrared spectral ranges and a maximum thermoplasmonic solar-to-heat conversion efficiency of 68 percent.
US11319632B2	Surface CTS anti-corrosion treatment method for stainless steel part Disclosed is a surface anti-corrosion treatment method for stainless steel. The method comprises the following steps: (1) performing chemical de-oiling and alkaline corrosion treatments on the surface of stainless steel by using a sodium hydroxide solution and a solution containing an alkaline corrosion active agent, and then washing with water; (2) performing, by using an oxidation solution, an oxidation treatment on the surface of the stainless steel treated in step (1), and then washing with water; (3) using the surface of the stainless steel treated in step (2) as a cathode and soaking same in an electrolyte for electrolysis, and then washing with water; and (4) placing the surface of the stainless steel treated in step (3) at a temperature of 50° C.-60° C. under a humidity of 60%-70%, and performing a hardening treatment. Also disclosed are the use of the treatment method in the treatment of a stainless steel part and a stainless steel part obtained after the treatment by means of the treatment method.
US11319628B2	Articles with resistance gradients for uniform switching An article is provided. The article includes a first transparent conductive oxide layer, a transparent metal layer on the first transparent conductive oxide layer, wherein a thickness of the transparent metal layer continuously decreases in a direction; and a second transparent conductive oxide layer on the transparent metal layer.
US11319610B2	Steel for press hardening and press hardened part manufactured from such steel A process for manufacturing a press hardened steel part is provided. The steel of the part has a chemical composition including, in weight: 0.062%≤C≤0.095%, 1.4%≤Mn≤1.9%, 0.2%≤Si≤0.5%, 0.020%≤Al≤0.070%, 0.02%≤Cr≤0.1%, wherein: 1.5%≤(C+Mn+Si+Cr)≤2.7%, 0.040%≤Nb≤0.060%, 3.4×N≤Ti≤8×N wherein: 0.044%≤(Nb+Ti)≤0.090%, 0.0005≤B≤0.004%, 0.001%≤N≤0.009%, 0.0005%≤S≤0.003%, 0.001%≤P≤0.020%, optionally: 0.0001%≤Ca≤0.003%, and the remainder being Fe and unavoidable impurities. The process includes hot forming the heated blank in the forming press so as to obtain a formed part and cooling the formed part at a cooling rate CR1 between 40 and 360°C/s in a temperature range from 750 to 450°C. and at a cooling rate CR2 between 15 to 150°C/s in a temperature range from 450°C to 250°C. wherein CR2
US11319606B2	Metallic components with enhanced mechanical strength through surface mechanical grinding A method of strengthening a component made of a metallic material. The method includes subjecting the component to a mechanical grinding process incorporating a relative motion between a tool and the component forming a gradient structure on the surface of the component, resulting in increased tensile strength of the component. A method of strengthening a component made of a TWIP steel. The method includes subjecting the component made of TWIP steel to a mechanical grinding process incorporating a relative motion between a tool and the component forming a gradient structure containing a surface nanolaminate layer, a shear band layer, and an inner deformation twinned layer, resulting in increased tensile strength of the component. A component made of a TWIP steel containing a gradient structure with a surface nanolaminate layer, a shear band layer, and a deformation twinned layer.
US11319604B2	Copper cooling plate with multilayer protrusions comprising wear resistant material, for a blast furnace A cooling plate for use in a blast furnace is described. The cooling plate has a copper body having an inner face containing ribs parallel therebetween, having first extremities and separated by grooves having second extremities. At least one of these grooves containing at least a part of a multilayer protrusion extending between its second extremities and having at least one layer made of a wear resistant material that increases locally the wear resistance of the neighboring ribs.
US11319602B2	Probe combination for detection of cancer A probe combination for detecting cancer includes one or more sets of partial hepatitis B virus (HBV) targeting probes. When sequences of each of the sets of partial HBV targeting probes are aligned, an overall sequence of the aligned set of probes matches a reference sequence of a genome of a HBV genotype or a direct repeat (DR) region on the genome. In the aligned set of probes, each of the probes overlap with one or two adjacent probes by a portion of a length of the probe. The probe combination may further includes one or more sets of hotspot gene targeting probes targeting cancer hotspot genes such as CTNNB1, TERT, and TP53 genes, one or more sets of exogenous gene targeting probes targeting portions of a lambda phage genome, and endogenous gene targeting probes targeting endogenous genes such as GAPDH and GdX genes.
US11319601B2	Cell based assay The present invention relates to cell-based assays involving HER2. The assays use assay cells that are transfected with cassettes containing the HER2 gene of interest and measure the effect of mutations on the activity of HER2, and on their response to inhibitors.
US11319594B2	Methods for the detection of genomic copy changes in DNA samples The present invention includes compositions and methods useful for the detection of a mutational change, SNP, translocation, inversion, deletion, change in copy number, or other genetic variation within a sample of cellular genomic DNA or cell-free DNA (cfDNA). In some embodiments, the compositions and methods of the present invention provide an extremely high level of resolution that is particularly useful in detecting copy number variations in a small fraction of the total cfDNA from a biological sample (e.g., blood).
US11319589B2	Methods of determining the presence or absence of a plurality of target polynucleotides in a sample A method for detecting the presence or absence of a target polynucleotide in a sample is described.
US11319584B2	Polymerase compositions and methods of making and using same The present disclosure provides compositions, methods, kits, systems and apparatus that are useful for nucleic acid polymerization. In particular, modified polymerases and biologically active fragments thereof, such as modified Taq polymerases, are provided that allow for improved nucleic acid amplification. In some aspects, the disclosure provides modified polymerases having improved thermostability, accuracy, processivity and/or read length as compared to a referenceTaq polymerase. In some aspects, the disclosure relates to modified polymerases or biologically active fragments thereof, useful for amplification methods, and in practically illustrative embodiments, emulsion PCR.
US11319572B2	Apparatus and method for carrying out an integrity test A device (1; 2; 3; 4; 5) is provided for carrying out an integrity test on a sample of disposable components. The device has a medium chamber (10) with an inner chamber (11) that is bounded to the outside, for the purpose of receiving a culture medium. The device also has a sample holder (20) in which the sample (100) can be arranged in such a way that the sample (100) at least partially bounds the medium chamber (10) to the outside. The medium chamber (10) has a vent line (19) that is arranged on a side of the medium chamber (10) facing away from the sample holder (20).
US11319571B2	Red blood cell dynamics for gastrointestinal evaluation Methods for identifying patients with anemia, distinguishing thalassemia-trait anemia from iron-deficiency anemia, and identifying pre-anemic patients several weeks before anemia becomes clinically detectable. Also, methods for detecting blood doping in athletes and for optimizing therapy with erythropoiesis stimulating agents or iron supplementation. Computer-readable storage devices and systems, e.g., for use in the described methods.
US11319568B2	Methods for increasing mannose content of recombinant proteins The present invention relates to methods of modulating the mannose content of recombinant proteins.
US11319560B2	Process for enzymatic hydrolysis of lignocellulosic material and fermentation of sugars The invention relates to a process for the preparation of a sugar and/or fermentation product from lignocellulosic material.
US11319559B2	Process for enzymatic hydrolysis of lignocellulosic material and fermentation of sugars The invention relates to a process for the preparation of a sugar and/or fermentation product from lignocellulosic material.
US11319553B2	Compositions and methods conferring resistance to fungal diseases The present invention relates to polynucleotides and polypeptides associated with increased resistance of plants towards pathogenic fungi of the genus Mycosphaerella, and fungi related thereto, particularly towards fungi inducing Sigatoka disease complex and fungi inducing other diseases in banana and additional Musa plant spices; to use thereof for controlling plant disease associated with the fungal pathogens; and to the production of genetically engineered plants having increased resistance to the pathogenic fungi.
US11319546B2	Cell-permeable (CP)-Cas9 recombinant protein and uses thereof The present invention relates to providing cell-permeable (CP)-Cas9 recombinant protein and uses thereof. Preferably, the CP-Cas9 recombinant protein may be used as Cas9 nuclease for CRISPR/Cas9 system by utilizing the platform technology for macromolecule intracellular transduction.
US11319544B2	Expression constructs and methods of genetically engineering methylotrophic yeast Methods and materials for genetically engineering methylotrophic yeast are provided.
US11319537B2	Nucleic acids for inhibiting expression of LPA in a cell The present invention relates to products and compositions and their uses. In particular the invention relates to nucleic acid products that interfere with the LPA gene expression or inhibit its expression for use as treatment, prevention or reduction of risk of suffering cardiovascular disease such as coronary heart disease or aortic stenosis or stroke or any other disorder, pathology or syndrome linked to elevated of Lp(a)-containing particles.
US11319531B2	Transglutaminase variants The present invention provides engineered transglutamirase enzymes, polynucleotides encoding the enzymes, compositions comprising the enzymes, methods of producing these enzymes, and methods of using the engineered transglutaminase enzymes.
US11319529B2	Methods of producing and characterizing virus vaccine and virus vaccine composition This application pertains to methods of isolating virus particles and producing virus vaccine composition comprising subject a biological sample to an anion exchange chromatography and a hydroxyapatite chromatography. The application also pertains to rabies virus vaccine compositions and methods of assessing suitability of a virus vaccine composition or releasing a commercial batch of virus vaccine composition for clinical use.
US11319527B2	Methods of maintaining, expanding, and differentiating neuronal subtype specific progenitors Methods for expanding proliferating populations of neuronal subtype-specific progenitors and creating substantially pure populations of motor neurons are provided herein. In particular, the present invention provides methods for maintaining the unique gene profile and differentiation potential of neuronal subtype-specific progenitors, such as motor neuron progenitors and hindbrain serotonergic neural progenitors.
US11319525B2	Apparatus, methods and composition for synthesis of cannabinoid compounds The disclosure provides systems and methods for producing a cannabinoid product, which comprises contacting a cannabinoid precursor in a first phase with a cannabinoid synthase in a second phase, wherein the first phase and the second phase are substantially immiscible or immiscible. The disclosure also provides a composition comprising the cannabinoid precursor in a first phase and a cannabinoid synthase in a second phase, wherein the first phase and the second phase are substantially immiscible or immiscible.
US11319523B2	Automated cell culture incubator Aspects relate to an automated cell culture incubator and to methods for using such an incubator. In one aspect, the cell culture incubator includes an incubator cabinet having a transfer chamber and an internal chamber that are arranged to form an airlock configuration. In some embodiments, objects placed into the incubator cabinet are sterilized using ozone produced by an ozone generator. The incubator may include one or more transfer devices that move objects between the transfer chamber and the internal chamber.
US11319522B2	Photobioreactor used for algae cultivation, and algae cultivation system The present application belongs to the technical field of biology. Provided is a photobioreactor used for algae cultivation, said photobioreactor comprising: a reactor main body, a separation unit, and a first aeration device. The reactor main body is a sealed irregular tubular shape, the separation unit is located within the reactor main body, and divides the reactor main body into two spaces, a left space and a right space, and the first aeration device is connected to a bottom portion of the reactor main body. Also provided is an algae cultivation system, comprising the photobioreactor, the second aeration device, and a temperature control system, and being capable of regulating the temperature of an algae solution.
US11319520B1	Filter cake-based systems and methods for the cultivation of cells and cell biomass Provided herein are filter cake-based systems and methods for cultivating cells and cell biomass therefrom. Provided herein is a system for cultivating cells and cell biomass comprising a filter chamber comprising at least one inlet and at least one outlet, at least one filter support located within the filter chamber, and a filter cake located on the filter support, wherein the filter cake comprises at least one filter aid and a plurality of cells. Provided herein is a method for optimizing the cultivation of cells and cell biomass, comprising providing a filter support, adding at least one filter aid to the filter support, adding a plurality of cells to the filter aid, wherein the cells and the filter aid together comprise a filter cake, growing the cells into a cell biomass in the filter cake, wherein the filter cake is at least partially compressible.
US11319516B2	Use of cysteine endoprotease for reducing cloudiness in drinks The present invention relates to the use of a cysteine endoprotease or a malt extract to prevent or reduce the cloudiness of a cereal-based beverage, fermented or not.
US11319514B2	Composition for forming a coating film for removing foreign matters A simplified method for removing foreign matters formed on a substrate in a semiconductor device manufacturing process; and a composition for forming a coating film for foreign matter removal use, which can be used in the method. A coating film is formed on a semiconductor substrate using a composition preferably containing a polyamic acid produced from (a) a tetracarboxylic dianhydride compound and (b) a diamine compound having at least one carboxyl group or a polyamic acid produced from (a) a tetracarboxylic dianhydride compound, (b) a diamine compound having at least one carboxyl group and (c) a diamine compound, and then foreign matters occurring on the coating film are removed together with the coating film by the treatment with a developing solution.
US11319509B2	Alpha-amylase variants and polynucleotides encoding same The present invention relates to alpha-amylase variants. The present invention also relates to polynucleotides encoding the variants; nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides; and methods of using the variants.
US11319502B2	Use of biodegradable hydrocarbon fluids for aluminium cold-rolling The invention is the use, as oil for aluminium and aluminium alloys cold rolling, of a fluid having a boiling point in the range of from 200° C. to 400° C. and a boiling range below 80° C., said fluid comprising more than 95% by weight isoparaffins and less than 3% by weight of naphthens, a biocarbon content of at least 95% by weight, containing less than 100 ppm by weight aromatics.
US11319495B2	Methods for enhancing heavy oil recovery Novel catalysts comprising nickel oxide nanoparticles supported on alumina nanoparticles, methods of their manufacture, heavy oil compositions contacted by these nanocatalysts and methods of their use are disclosed. The novel nanocatalysts are useful, inter alia, in the upgrading of heavy oil fractions or as aids in oil recovery from steam-assisted well reservoirs.
US11319494B2	Steam quench performance improvement Methods that reduce fouling of equipment in a quench water recycling loop of a steam cracker quench system by separating tar from water in the quench water recycling loop. The methods may include settling a bottom stream comprising pyrolysis gasoline, from a quench tower, in at least two quench water settlers in parallel, each of the quench water settlers producing a settler hydrocarbon stream and a settler bottom quench water stream. The methods may also include mixing a bottom stream comprising pyrolysis gasoline, from a quench tower, with quench tower effluent water to form a combined stream. The method may further include settling the combined stream in at least two quench water settlers in parallel to produce settler hydrocarbon streams, settler bottom quench water streams, and settler process water streams.
US11319486B2	Ceramic complex light emitting device using the same, and method for producing ceramic complex A ceramic complex that has improved optical characteristics including luminous efficiency is provided. A method for producing a ceramic complex, including: preparing a molded body containing rare earth aluminum garnet fluorescent material, aluminum oxide, and lutetium oxide, and having a content of the rare earth aluminum garnet fluorescent material in a range of 15% by mass or more and 50% by mass or less, and a content of the lutetium oxide in a range of 0.2% by mass or more and 4.5% by mass or less, based on the total amount of the rare earth aluminum garnet fluorescent material, the aluminum oxide, and the lutetium oxide; and calcining the molded body in an air atmosphere to provide a ceramic complex having a relative density in a range of 90% or more and less than 100%.
US11319480B2	Increased availability and reduced costs for viscoelastic surfactants used in hydrofracturing fluids The invention provides a method for employing the total product stream from hydrolysis of triglycerides comprising fatty acids, glycerin and water to address at the environmental issues associated with drilling, completion and hydrofracturing wells employed for recovery of subterranean hydrocarbon deposits in an area of shale formation.
US11319478B2	Oxidizing gasses for carbon dioxide-based fracturing fluids Unconventional hydrocarbon source rock reservoirs can contain the organic material kerogen, intertwined with the rock matrix. The kerogen can alter the tensile strength of the rock and contribute to higher fracture energy needs. To degrade kerogen and other organic materials, oxidizing gasses are dissolved in carbon dioxide (CO2) which is then used as part of a fracturing fluid. The oxidizing gasses can be dissolved directly in the CO2 or generated in situ using precursors.
US11319477B2	Breaker additives for extended delay in removal of oil-based filter cakes The present disclosure provides methods, compositions, and systems directed to filter cake removal embodying a delayed breaker fluid for oil-based drill-in fluids. A wellbore treatment method comprising: introducing a delayed breaker fluid into a wellbore, wherein the delayed breaker fluid comprises an aqueous base fluid, an acid precursor, and a carbodiimide; and contacting a filter cake in the wellbore with the delayed breaker fluid such that the filter cake is at least partially degraded by acid released from the acid precursor.
US11319467B2	Self-healing microcapsules, process for the preparation thereof, polymeric matrix and composite materials comprising the same Self-healing mircrocapsules including: a) a polymeric shell; b) a healing-agent compartmentalized inside the polymeric shell; and c) a catalyst deposited on the surface of the polymeric shell; where the microcapsules are prepared by suspension polymerization, and the microcapsules may be present in a polymeric matrix and in composite materials that include such polymeric matrix.
US11319465B2	Method for manufacturing fine-pitch anisotropic conductive adhesive and fine-pitch anisotropic conductive adhesive manufactured by same method The provided relates to a method for preparing an anisotropic conductive adhesive for fine pitch and an anisotropic conductive adhesive for fine pitch prepared by the same method. Provided is a method for preparing an anisotropic conductive adhesive for a fine pitch including: (i) removing an oxide film of solder particles having self-fusion and self-orientation functions between metal terminals of a substrate by melting the solder particles at a predetermined temperature using a first reducing agent; (ii) removing moisture generated in step (i); and (iii) preparing an anisotropic conductive adhesive by mixing the solder particles from which the oxide film and the moisture are removed with a binder resin in steps (i) and (ii), in which step (iii) is performed in a state where a contact with oxygen is blocked.
US11319456B2	Fiber coating compositions with acylgermane photoinitiators The present disclosure provides coating compositions that can be cured at fast rates as well as coatings and cured products formed from the coating compositions. The coating compositions include an acylgermane photoinitiator that leads to fast cure speeds. The coating compositions include primary coating compositions and secondary coating compositions. The coating compositions can be cured to form primary and secondary coatings of optical fibers. The primary coatings feature low Young's modulus and high tear strength. The primary coatings provide good microbending performance and are resistant to defect formation during the fiber draw process and subsequent handling operations. The secondary coatings feature high Young's modulus and good puncture resistance.
US11319455B2	Cables coated with fluorocopolymer coatings Coating compositions including a binder agent are disclosed. The binder agent is formed of a fluorocopolymer and a non-fluorinated film-forming polymer. Methods of coating cables with the coating compositions are also described herein.
US11319445B2	Siloxane resin composition, adhesive using same, display device, semiconductor device, and illumination device Provided is a siloxane resin composition having excellent adhesion and fine patterning properties. The siloxane resin composition contains: a siloxane resin (A) including a structure represented by general formula (1), a structure represented by general formula (2), and a structure represented by general formula (3); a compound (B) having an unsaturated double bond; a photopolymerization initiator (C); and a solvent (D).
US11319443B2	Aromatic polysulfone composition The present invention relates to an aromatic polysulfone composition including an aromatic polysulfone (P1) and an aromatic polysulfone (P2) different from the aromatic polysulfone (P1), in which the (P1) contains an amino group-containing aromatic polysulfone which has an amino group at a polymer chain terminal and of which a weight-average absolute molecular weight (Mw) is less than 20,000 g/mol, the (P2) substantially consists of a repeating unit represented by General Formula (A) and a glass transition temperature (Tg) of the (P2) is higher than or equal to 222° C., and the weight-average absolute molecular weight (Mw) of the aromatic polysulfone composition is larger than the weight-average absolute molecular weight (Mw) of the amino group-containing aromatic polysulfone.
US11319439B2	Polyimide blends, methods of making each and methods of use Embodiments of the present disclosure describe polyimide blend compositions, methods of making polyimide blend compositions, methods of using polyimides, membranes including polyimide blends, methods of making membranes including polyimide blends, methods of separating mixtures using the membranes including polyimide blends, and the like.
US11319437B2	Thermoplastic polyester resin composition and molded article A thermoplastic polyester resin composition includes 0.05 to 10 parts by weight of an epoxy compound (B) and 0.001 to 1 part by weight of a hindered amine compound (C) with respect to 100 parts by weight of a thermoplastic polyester resin (A) having an amount of carboxyl groups of 50 eq/t or less. The thermoplastic polyester resin composition is capable of producing a molded article which is excellent in mechanical properties and heat resistance, as well as in long-term hydrolysis resistance, and has a small decrease in mechanical properties and hydrolysis resistance even when melt-processed at a high temperature of 270° C. or more.
US11319435B2	Heat-curable resin composition, prepreg, and fiber-reinforced composite material A thermosetting resin composition at least including: [A] an epoxy resin containing two or more glycidyl groups; [B] a cyanate ester resin containing two or more cyanate groups; and [C] an amine compound; and satisfying the following conditions (1) and (2): (1) 0.25≤the number of moles of glycidyl groups in the thermosetting resin composition/the number of moles of cyanate groups in the thermosetting resin composition≤1.5; and (2) 0.05≤the number of moles of active hydrogen contained in the amino groups in the thermosetting resin composition/the number of moles of cyanate groups in the thermosetting resin composition<0.5; and a prepreg and a fiber reinforced composite material using the thermosetting resin composition. Provided are a thermosetting resin composition having excellent mechanical properties and heat resistance in a high-temperature environment after moisture absorption, and having excellent reactivity that allows curing in a short time; a prepreg prepared by impregnating a reinforced fiber with a thermosetting resin composition, which prepreg has excellent handling ability (tackiness properties) at room temperature; and a fiber reinforced composite material including a thermosetting resin composition and a reinforced fiber.
US11319434B2	Block copolymer, preparation method thereof, and thin film structure comprising the same A block copolymer is provided. The block copolymer includes a first block including repeat units represented by formula (I), and a second block connected to the first block and including repeat units represented by formula (II) or (III). The disclosure also provides a method for preparing the block copolymer and a thin film structure including the same.
US11319433B2	Light scattering polymeric composition with improved scattering efficiency and improved mechanical properties Light scattering polymeric compositions have improved scattering efficiency and improved mechanical properties. The compositions include a polymeric matrix material and at least two different kinds of scattering particles uniformly dispersed therein.
US11319432B2	Ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer composition, melt-forming material, and multilayer structure An ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer composition contains: (A) an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer; (B) an alkali earth metal compound; and (C) a sorbic acid ester; wherein the sorbic acid ester (C) is present in an amount of 0.00001 to 10 ppm based on the weight of the ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer composition; wherein the ratio (B)/(C) of the weight of the alkali earth metal compound (B) on a metal basis to the weight of the sorbic acid ester (C) is 10 to 30,000. The ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer composition is less susceptible to coloration.
US11319427B2	Quaternary cationic polymers A cationic polymer salt composition is provided that includes a reaction product derived from reaction of a polyamine or a polyalkyleneimine and a substituted alkyl trialkyl quaternary ammonium salt. Also provided are surfactant compositions. The compositions may also include carriers, such as water, methanol, ethanol, propanol, isopropanol, butanol, isobutanol, monoethyleneglycol, an ethyleneglycol monobutyl ether, and hexylene glycol.
US11319426B2	Magnesium carbonate Provided is a novel magnesium carbonate. The magnesium carbonate has a zeta potential of 5 mV or more and a BET specific surface area of 25 m2/g or more. Such a magnesium carbonate can be used as a resin additive, etc.
US11319405B2	Curing agent for water-based epoxy resin, water-based epoxy resin composition, and cured product thereof A curing agent for a water-based epoxy resin, including a reaction composition (A) containing a reaction product of styrene and an amine compound represented by the following formula (1), a water-based epoxy resin composition containing the same, and a cured product thereof. H2N—CH2-A-CH2—NH2 (1) wherein A is a 1,2-phenylene group, a 1,3-phenylene group, or a 1,4-phenylene group.
US11319397B2	Thermosetting resin composition, prepreg made therefrom, laminate clad with metal foil, and high-frequency circuit board Disclosed are a thermosetting resin composition, a prepreg made therefrom, a laminate clad with a metal foil, and a high-frequency circuit board, wherein the thermosetting resin composition contains thermosetting ingredients. The thermosetting ingredients include a phosphorus-containing monomer or a phosphorus-containing resin and another thermosetting resin containing an unsaturated group, and the phosphorus-containing monomer or the phosphorus-containing resin has a structure as shown in formula I. By using the phosphorus-containing monomer or the phosphorus-containing resin as a cross-linking agent of the other thermosetting resin containing an unsaturated group and by means of a cross-linking reaction of a large number of unsaturated double bonds in the resin, the high-frequency dielectric properties and high-temperature-resistance required by a circuit substrate are provided.
US11319395B2	Rubbery polymer, graft copolymer, and thermoplastic resin composition Provided is a rubbery polymer (A) including a unit of a crosslinking agent (I) represented by Formula (I) below and a unit of a (meth)acrylate ester (a). The volume-average particle size (X), the frequency upper limit 10%-volume particle size (Y), and the frequency lower limit 10%-volume particle size (Z) of the rubbery polymer (A) satisfy specific relationships. Also provided are a graft copolymer (B) produced by graft polymerization of one or more selected from an aromatic vinyl and a vinyl cyanide onto the rubbery polymer (A), a thermoplastic resin composition including the graft copolymer (B), and a molded article produced by molding the thermoplastic resin composition. CH2═CR1—CO-(Q)-COCR1═CH2 (I)
US11319390B2	Poly(ethylene glycol) methacrylate microgels, preparation method and uses The invention relates to poly(oligo(ethylene glycol) methacrylate) microgels, to the process for preparing same and the uses thereof in various fields of application such as optics, electronics, pharmacy and cosmetics. These microgels have the advantage of being monodisperse, pH-responsive and temperature-responsive. They can carry magnetic nanoparticles or biologically active molecules. These microgels may also form transparent films, which have novel optical and electromechanical properties.
US11319389B2	Vinylidene substituted aromatic monomer and cyclic (meth)acrylate ester polymers Compositions comprising at least one copolymers comprising: a) from 20 to 90 percent by weight of one or more vinylidene substituted aromatic compounds; b) from 10 to 80 percent by weight of one or more cyclic (meth)acrylate esters; c) from 0 to 40 percent by weight of one or more unsaturated nitriles; and, d) from 0 to 60 percent by weight of an alkyl (meth)acrylate; wherein based on the weight of the copolymer and the copolymer has a weight average molecular weight of 120,000 g/Mole or greater and a glass transition temperature of 100° C. or greater. Disclosed are articles prepared from the compositions which may be fabricated in any known manner. The copolymers, compositions and articles disclosed contain reduced levels of the one or more free/residual/unreacted monomers, such as unsaturated nitriles; may be transparent or opaque; or have a biobased monomer content of 5 percent by weight or greater.
US11319378B2	Anti-PD-1/anti-HER2 natural antibody structural heterodimeric bispecific antibody and method of preparing the same Provided are an anti-PD-1/anti-HER2 natural antibody structural heterodimeric bispecific antibody and a method of preparing the same. Specifically, provided are a highly stable anti-PD-1/anti-HER2 heterodimeric bispecific antibody having characteristics of a natural IgG and having no mismatched heavy chain and light chain, and a method of preparing the same. The bispecific antibody may bind to both of two kinds of target molecules, and thus may be more effective in treating complex diseases.
US11319376B2	Combination of glucagon receptor antagonists and PI3K pathway inhibitors for the treatment of cancer The present disclosure relates to combination therapy methods of treating a subject having cancer, comprising administering to the subject a) an effective amount of a pharmaceutical composition comprising a phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K) pathway inhibitor, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and b) an effective amount of a pharmaceutical composition comprising a glucagon receptor antagonist.
US11319365B2	Antibodies that bind to pathological Tau species and uses thereof The present disclosure relates to antibodies that bind selectively to pathological Tau, including compositions and methods relating to such antibodies, such as for treating tauopathies, neurodegenerative diseases associated with pathological aggregation of Tau.
US11319364B2	Immunoglobulin variable domains VH domain, in which: (i) the amino acid residue at position 112 is one of K or Q; and/or (ii) the amino acid residue at position 89 is T; and/or (iii) the amino acid residue at position 89 is L and the amino acid residue at position 110 is one of K or Q; and (iv) in each of cases (i) to (iii), the amino acid at position 11 is preferably V; and in which said VH domain contains a C-terminal extension (X)n, in which a is 1 to 10, preferably 1 to 5, such as 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 (and preferably 1 or 2, such as 1); and each X is an (preferably naturally occurring) amino acid residue that is independently chosen, and preferably independently chosen from the group consisting of alanine (A), glycine (G), valine (V), leucine (L) or isoleucine (I).
US11319363B2	Humanized tau antibodies in Alzheimer's disease The present invention is in the fields of biochemistry, molecular biology, and Alzheimer's disease diagnosis, prevention, and treatment. Provided herein are humanized antibodies against human tau that are capable of discriminating between normal (healthy) and pathological (disease-associated) tau.
US11319348B2	Synthetic beta-amyloid peptides capable of forming stable antigenic oligomers Synthetic Aβ peptides, oligomers, their methods of synthesis, and their applications are provided. The Aβ peptides can form stable, soluble oligomers important for the advancement of knowledge, detection, and treatment of Alzheimer's disease. Antibodies specific to oligomeric Aβ and their methods of synthesis are also described.
US11319346B2	Ultra-pure agonists of guanylate cyclase C, method of making and using same The invention provides processes of purifying a peptide including a GCC agonist sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs: 1-251 described herein. The processes include a solvent exchange step before a freeze-drying (lyophilization) step.
US11319342B2	Bone protein extraction without demineralization Embodiments of the invention relate generally to protein extraction and, more generally, to bone protein extraction methods that do not require demineralization. In one embodiment, the invention provides a method comprising: mixing a bone sample and a quantity of an extraction buffer comprising: ammonium phosphate dibasic; or ammonium phosphate dibasic and ammonium bicarbonate; or ammonium phosphate dibasic, ammonium bicarbonate, and guanidine HCl; or sodium phosphate dibasic and sodium bicarbonate; or sodium phosphate dibasic, sodium bicarbonate, and guanidine HCl; or potassium phosphate dibasic and potassium bicarbonate; or potassium phosphate dibasic, potassium bicarbonate, and guanidine HCl; and incubating the bone sample/extraction buffer mixture.
US11319339B2	Multi-channel peptide synthesizer and operating method thereof Disclosed is a multi-channel peptide synthesizer, including a gas-bath thermotank, a plurality of reactor tubes, a motor, a rotating rack, a liquid-feeding tube, a feeding device, a vacuum tube and a nitrogen tube. The gas-bath thermotank body provides a desired constant temperature for reaction. The reactor tube provides a place for peptide synthesis and resin washing. The motor and the rotating rack are used to fully mix the reaction and cleaning solutions. Various liquid reagents required are fed to the reactor tube through the liquid-adding tube. Various materials required are prepared in advance in the feeding device and directly fed to the reactor tube. The reaction or washing solution in the reactor tube is pumped to a waste liquid tank through the vacuum tube. Nitrogen is introduced into each reactor tube through the nitrogen tube. This device can be applied in batch-wise peptide synthesis using solid-phase methods.
US11319338B2	Timosaponin compounds Provided herein are timosaponin compounds of Formula I, II, III, I′, II′ and III′, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds, and processes of preparation thereof. Also provided are uses of said timosaponin compounds for preparing medicament for the treatment of diseases associated with beta-amyloid in hosts or subjects in need thereof.
US11319335B2	Method for preparing hydrocarbylhydrocarbyloxysilanes A method for preparing a hydrocarbylhydrocarbyloxysilane of formula RaHpSi(OR)(4-a-b), where each R is independently a hydrocarbyl group and subscript a is 1 to 4 and subscript b is 1 to 2 is disclosed. The method includes heating ingredients including a hydrocarbyl carbonate and a source of silicon and catalyst. The method can be used to make dimethyldimethoxysilane.
US11319330B2	Tricyclic furan-substituted piperidinedione compound Disclosed are a series of tricyclic furan-substituted piperidinedione compounds and an application thereof in preparing a drug for treating a disease related to CRBN protein. In particular, disclosed is a derivative compound represented by formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
US11319328B2	4β-amino substituted podophyllotoxin derivative and preparation method therefor and use thereof Disclosed are a 4β-amino substituted podophyllotoxin derivative and a synthesis method therefor and the use thereof. The present invention respectively introduces the aromatic heterocyclic compounds anthraquinone, quinazoline, quinoline, indole, indazole, pyrimidine as substituent groups to position-4 of the C ring in the podophyllotoxin or 4′-demethylepipodophyllotoxin to obtain the podophyllotoxin derivatives as shown in formula (V). Experiments involving in vitro tumour cell activity inhibition show that the antitumour activity of most of the compounds as shown in formula (V) of the present invention is significantly improved compared to that of the patented medicine of podophyllotoxin-“etoposide”.
US11319320B2	PIM kinase inhibitor compositions, methods, and uses thereof This application relates to compounds of formulae (I) and (II) and compositions thereof useful as inhibitors of PIM kinases. Also provided are methods of synthesis and methods of use of PIM inhibitors in treating individuals suffering from cancerous malignancies.
US11319319B1	Compounds for inhibiting NLRP3 and uses thereof The present disclosure relates to inhibitors of NLRP3 useful in the treatment of diseases and disorders inhibited by said protein and having the Formula (I):
US11319312B2	Pharmaceutical compounds This invention relates to compounds that are agonists of the muscarinic M1 and/or M4 receptor and which are useful in the treatment of diseases mediated by the muscarinic M1 and M4 receptors. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds and the therapeutic uses of the compounds. Compounds provided are of formula where X1; X2; X3; X4; R1 R2 and R4 are as defined herein.
US11319310B2	Heterocyclyl-substituted oxadiazolopyridine derivatives for use as ghrelin O-acyl transferase (GOAT) inhibitors The present invention relates to compounds of general formula (I) wherein the variables X, R1, n, p and q are defined as in claim 1, which have valuable pharmacological properties, in particular bind to ghrelin O-acyl transferase (GOAT) and modulate its activity. The compounds are suitable for treatment and prevention of diseases which can be influenced by this receptor, such as metabolic diseases, in particular obesity.
US11319309B2	Cyclohexyl acid isoxazole azines as LPA antagonists The present invention provides compounds of Formula (Ia) or (Ib): (Ia) or (Ib), or a stereoisomer, tautomer, or pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof, wherein all the variables are as defined herein. These compounds are selective LPA receptor inhibitors.
US11319288B2	Method for the preparation of pimavanserin base Disclosed is a process for the synthesis of pimavanserin base with a high yield and purity, which comprises: a) converting tert-butyl-N-[(4-propan-2-yloxyphenyl)methyl]carbamate (Formula (I)) to 1-(isocyanatomethyl)-4-propan-2-yloxybenzene of formula (II) b) adding N-[(4-fluorophenyl)methyl]-1-methylpiperidin-4-amine (Formula (IV)) to the solution obtained in a) to give pimavanserin base, and c) purifying the pimavanserin base obtained in step b).
US11319285B2	N-acylated methionine sulfoxides as food flavouring compounds A flavour composition comprising a compound of formula (I) and edible salts thereof, wherein R1 is an alkyl residue containing 2 to 18 carbon atoms, or an alkene residue containing from 9 to 25 carbon atoms with 1 to 6 double bonds, R1 together with the carbonyl group to which it is attached is a residue of a carboxylic acid.
US11319276B2	Preparation of diesters of (meth)acrylic acid from epoxides The invention relates to a method for preparation of diesters from anhydrides of carboxylic acids.
US11319274B2	Process for the preparation of polymorph form B of treprostinil diethanolamine salt The invention relates to a robust and reproducible process for the preparation of polymorph form B of treprostinil diethanolamine salt, comprising the following steps: a. treprostinil is dissolved in methanol, b. to the solution of step a) diethanolamine or its methanol solution is added, c. the reaction mixture of step b) is agitated till dissolution, d. when salt formation is completed in step c), first portion of an aprotic solvent is added to the solution, e. the solution of step d) is filtered to remove insoluble impurities, f. the filtrate of step e) is seeded with polymorph form B of treprostinil diethanolamine salt, g. to the crystal suspension obtained in step f) a second portion of the aprotic solvent is added, h. the suspension of step g) is agitated until crystallisation is completed, i. the crystals are separated, washed and dried.
US11319273B2	Lipophilic curcumin analogs and methods of inhibiting HIV-1, treating latent HIV in the brain, and preventing HIV-mediated cognitive decline and HIV dementia Compounds having formulas (I) to (VIII), salts thereof, or combinations thereof and pharmaceutical compositions comprising one or more these compounds are described herein for the treatment of HIV and neurodegenerative effects caused by HIV. Also provided herein are methods and a kit for inhibiting HIV-1, treating latent HIV in the brain, and preventing HIV-mediated cognitive decline and HIV dementia comprising administering the compounds having the formulas (I) to (VIII) and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds having these formulas. The compounds having formulas I through VIII are curcumin analogs which are advantageously characterized as having anti-retroviral, neuroprotective, anti-glucosidase, and anti-HIV integrase properties. In one aspect, the pharmaceutical composition is delivered intranasally.
US11319266B2	Syntheses, characterizations, and applications of heli-acenes A method is provided for using twisted acenes, and more particularly to configurationally stable twisted acenes that are imbedded into the structure of [7]helicene at the fulcrum ring to form useable material structures. The helicene propagates its chiral nature into the acene, while acting as a locking mechanism to thermal racemization. These doubly-helical compounds are part of a new homologous series of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, namely the [7]helitwistacenes. Such [7]helitwistacenes have utility as materials suitable for forming a circularly polarized organic light emitting diode (CP-OLED) for direct emission of circularly polarized (CP) light for the fabrication of high efficiency electronic displays.
US11319261B2	Method for producing conjugated diene Provided is a method of producing a conjugated diene, including a step of dehydrating a γ,δ-unsaturated alcohol in the presence of a solid acid catalyst having a Hammett acidity function (H0) of −12.2 or less.
US11319257B2	Ceramic heat shields having surface infiltration for preventing corrosion and erosion attacks An improved ceramic heat shield for a gas turbine is provided. The ceramic heat shield has a porous ceramic body and according to the embodiments an infiltration coating that is provided in a surface layer of the porous ceramic body and contains an infiltration coating material designed to gas-tightly seal pores of the ceramic body.
US11319255B2	Composite sintered material and tool using same A composite sintered material includes: cubic boron nitride grains; and hexagonal boron nitride grains or the hexagonal boron nitride grains and wurtzite type boron nitride grains, wherein a dislocation density of the cubic boron nitride grains is more than or equal to 1×1015/m2 and less than or equal to 1×1017/m2, a median diameter d50 of equivalent circle diameters of the cubic boron nitride grains is more than or equal to 10 nm and less than or equal to 500 nm, and a relationship of the following expression 1 is satisfied: 0.015≤(Vh+Vw)/(Vc+Vh+Vw)≤0.5, Expression 1: where Vc represents a volume-based content ratio of the cubic boron nitride grains, Vh represents a volume-based content ratio of the hexagonal boron nitride grains, and Vw represents a volume-based content ratio of the wurtzite type boron nitride grains.
US11319253B2	Slurries for composite materials Slurry and tape compositions include particles of a precursor that converts to a ceramic material when heated to a firing temperature, at least one binder that is capable of adhering the particles of the ceramic precursor together to form a pliable prepreg tape, at least one liquid plasticizer, and at least one solvent in which the binder is dissolved. The solvent may be sufficiently volatile to evaporate from the slurry composition during formation of the tape, yet the tape may also be pliable as a result of the slurry composition containing a sufficient amount of the liquid plasticizer.
US11319248B2	Settable compositions comprising remediated coal ash and methods of cementing in subterranean formations Some embodiments of the present invention comprise a method of cementing comprising: placing a settable composition into a well bore, the settable composition comprising remediated coal ash, hydraulic cement, and water; and allowing the settable composition to set. Other embodiments comprise a method of cementing comprising: placing a settable composition into a well bore, the settable composition comprising remediated coal ash, calcium hydroxide (lime), and water; and allowing the settable composition to set. Other embodiments comprise a settable composition comprising: remediated coal ash, hydraulic cement, calcium hydroxide, natural pozzolan and water; and allowing the composition to set. Other embodiments comprise a settable composition comprising remediated coal ash and any combination of hydraulic cement, calcium hydroxide, slag, fly ash, and natural or other pozzolan.
US11319239B2	Glasses and glass-ceramics and methods of making them Phosphate glasses and glass-ceramics exhibit a positive percent kill as measured by United States EPA Test Method for Efficacy of Copper Alloy Surfaces as a Sanitizer and/or have a CIELAB L* value below 35, CIELAB a* and b* values within 5 of zero.
US11319236B2	Glass fining using an objective and molten metal A glass refining system, glass refining device, and method are disclosed. The apparatus in accordance with one aspect of the disclosure includes an objective having a laterally outer extremity, where a molten metal stream flows from an opening in the objective and over the objective, and separates from the objective at a molten metal separation location that is inboard of the extremity; and a molten metal receptacle disposed below the objective and configured to receive the molten metal stream, wherein a molten glass stream flows downwardly toward the objective and over the molten metal stream, and wherein the molten glass stream separates from the molten metal stream at a molten glass separation location that is laterally outboard of the molten metal separation location and flows into a molten glass receptacle.
US11319231B2	Method for monitoring fluorescent polymer antiscalants in industrial water systems The present invention relates to a fluorescently-tagged (co)polymer and use thereof useful as a scale inhibitor in industrial water systems. Said (co)polymer comprises a (i) reactive fluorescent compound selected from a benzodiazole compound (ii) at least one monoethylenically unsaturated acid monomer, and (iii) optionally, at least one monoethylenically unsaturated acid-free monomer.
US11319228B2	Methods for increasing nitrifying bacteria biomass in a waste treatment reactor system Described herein are attached growth reactor systems which increase nitrifying bacteria biomass through a variety of means during warm weather. As a consequence, the attached growth reactor system contains sufficient nitrifying bacteria biomass to remove ammonia from wastewater in cold to moderate climates. In one example, there are two attached growth reactors into which wastewater is distributed discontinuously. Specifically, wastewater is transferred to the first attached growth reactor for a first period of time and then is transferred to the second attached growth reactor for a second period of time during warm weather which effectively doubles the nitrifying bacteria biomass in the system. During cold weather, wastewater can be applied to the reactors according to their increased nitrifying bacteria biomass, that is, according to their increased capacity to treat influent wastewater compared to standard operations.
US11319221B2	Integrated desalination-power system An exemplary power system utilizes turbines configured within a water intake conduit to the desalination processor to produce power for the desalination processor. Water intakes are configured to provide a natural flow of water to the desalination processor though hydrostatic pressure. One or more turbines coupled with the water intake conduits are driven and produce power for the system. The desalination processor incorporates Graphene filters to and may include a structured water system to increase the H3O2 concentration of the water prior to Graphene filters. Discharge water may be pumped back into the body of water but be separated from the intakes. A secondary power source, such as a renewable power source, may be used to produce supplemental power for the system. Power produced may be provided to a secondary outlet, such as a power grid, all above and/or underground.
US11319218B2	System for decontaminating water and generating water vapor A system and method for decontaminating a fluid and recovered vapor, particularly processing and recycling contaminated water, utilizing a vaporizer-desalination unit to separate a contaminated water flow into a contaminated disposal flow and a clean water vapor flow. The contaminated disposal flow may be dried and separated into recovered minerals utilizing heat from the clean water vapor flow to dry the contaminated disposal flow.
US11319216B2	Method and facility for stationary thermal hydrolysis of organic material with total energy recovery Procedure for the thermal hydrolysis of organic matter in steady state, with a double steam explosion and total energy recovery, which consists, as a minimum, of the 1) feeding stage, stepped pressurization and sequential injection of low, medium and high pressure level steam; 2) first stage of hydrolysis by consecutive steam explosion operations with the production of medium pressure level steam and thermal reaction; 3) second stage of hydrolysis consisting of steam explosion and production of low pressure steam. An installation for the implementation of the process, which consists of comprising pumps for stepped pressurization, fluid-steam mixers, valves, mixers, decompression elements, tanks, piping and instrumentation and control systems.
US11319212B2	Method for stabilizing chlorosilane polymer This disclosure is to make it possible to easily stabilize a chlorosilane polymer while preventing a solid chlorosilane polymer from being generated. Disclosed is a method for stabilizing a chlorosilane polymer generated secondarily in a step of a chemical vapor deposition method using chlorosilane-based gas, the method including: a step of bringing alcohol into contact with the chlorosilane polymer, degrading the chlorosilane polymer to alkoxide, hydrogen chloride and hydrogen, and diluting the degraded alkoxide with the alcohol; and a step of performing hydrolysis for the alkoxide.
US11319205B2	Stirrup, combination of stirrup and leather, and use thereof The invention provides a stirrup (1), comprising a curved upper part (2) shaped to fit fully or partially around the sides and over the forefoot or boot of the rider, and a in substance straight tread (3) for supporting the sole of the forefoot or boot of the rider, wherein the stirrup comprises two or more separate structures or one single structure. The stirrup is distinguished by comprising two suspension structures (4, 5) arranged apart along the curved upper part, for arranging leather (8) for suspending the stirrup in a saddle in the respective suspension structures, wherein a medial suspension structure (4) is arranged a medial distance (14) from a vertical axis (12) through a centre point (15) of the tread (3), with the tread as oriented horizontal, of at least one third the length (13) of the tread, and wherein a lateral suspension structure (5) is arranged at or near a top point of the upper part, where the vertical axis (12) through a centre point of the tread crosses the upper part, with the tread as oriented horizontal, in horizontal direction within ⅕ of the tread length. The invention also provides a combination of the stirrup of the invention and a leather, and use thereof.
US11319204B2	Device for circulating stored drinking water with vortex circulation A device for storing and circulating drinking water with vortex flow includes a base, a tank and an actuator housed in the base and configured to circulate the drinking water stored in the tank with vortex flow. The base includes an inlet port through which the drinking water is received and an outlet port through which the drinking water is dispensed. The tank is mounted on the base with a sealed engagement and is configured to store the drinking water. The tank has spherical or egg shape and includes an air inlet on an upper portion of the tank through which air can flow in and out of the tank.
US11319200B1	Counter-pressure filler A counter-pressure filler system includes a vertically-translatable platform capable of supporting a container, a pressurizable chamber having an entrance aperture, the chamber enclosing a seaming chuck and at least one seaming roller, a vertically-translatable enclosure comprising an upper portion configured to engage a portion of said chamber around the entrance aperture, thereby creating a pressurizable atmosphere within said vertically-translatable enclosure and the pressurizable chamber. The seaming chuck is configured to allow a beverage ingredient to pass therethrough and into said container.
US11319199B2	Rotating structure for a bearing section of a workstation A rotating structure for bearing section of workstation suitable for repairing or maintaining auto mobiles with large sized tires, has a main board, a supporting module, at least two corresponding loading boards and a plurality of long and shorter horizontal rods. The loading board has multiple sections, and the loading board further has a plurality of engaging apertures at a corresponding side facing the main board. Each longer horizontal rod and one shorter horizontal rod are paired together, the longer horizontal rod allows to the loading board to rotate and the shorter horizontal rod is secured between the loading board and the main board. By removing one of the shorter horizontal rod one end of the loading board is released for rotation.
US11319189B2	Elevator An elevator includes a compensating sheave, a compensating rope, a guide, a holder, a driver, a lateral vibration detector, and driver controller. The compensating rope is looped around the compensating sheave to be bent back upward in a hoistway, and has a first end connected to a car and a second end connected a counterweight, the compensating rope suspended from the car and the counterweight. The guide guides the compensating sheave in a vertically displaceable manner. The holder holds the guide to be displaceable in a horizontal direction. The driver drives the holder in the horizontal direction. The lateral vibration detector detects lateral vibration of the compensating rope. The driver controller controls the driver based on a result of detection by the lateral vibration detector and accordingly drive the holder in the horizontal direction so as to dampen lateral vibration of the compensating rope.
US11319188B2	Drive arrangement comprising a moveable rail segment A drive arrangement includes a movable, rotatable rail segment of an elevator system. An electric motor moves the movable rail segment. The drive arrangement is configured to rotate the rail segment about an angle of rotation of less than 360°. An inverter unit provides electrical power to the electric motor and is configured to receive a control command relating to the position of the movable rail segment and provide the electrical drive power based on the control command. The drive arrangement forms two or exactly three drive segments. Each drive segment includes an inverter unit and a coil arrangement, which is supplied with electrical power by the assigned inverter unit. Each inverter unit includes a communication unit, which receives the control command. The communication units are configured to specify amongst themselves a master communication unit and to specify the remaining communication unit as slave communication units.
US11319185B2	Elevator system having a central control unit and a plurality of field devices which communicate via a summation frame method An elevator system has a central control unit for generating control signals and/or processing sensor signals and controlling functions of the system, a plurality of field devices distributed inside a structure accommodating the system, preferably along an elevator shaft, and a field bus system for interchanging the signals between the control unit and the field devices. Each field device outputs sensor signals generated by a sensor and/or receives control signals to be implemented by an actuator. Data packets including the signals are interchanged in a serial manner between the control unit and all field devices in a summation frame method using a closed ring topology. Each field device has a driver to insert the sensor signals into the data packet or to remove the control signals from the data packet. Data and signal transmission is thereby carried out quickly and safely in a safety circuit of the elevator system.
US11319181B2	Discharging device, processing apparatus, and recording system A discharging device includes: a pair of medium supporting portions that are provided so as to face each other in a width direction intersecting a transporting direction in which a medium is transported and that support the medium that is transported; and a stacking portion that is provided vertically below the pair of medium supporting portions and on which the medium that drops from the pair of medium supporting portions is stacked, each of the pair of medium supporting portions is configured to move in the width direction, the pair of medium supporting portions are configured to be arranged, after the medium is dropped onto the stacking portion, at positions at which a distance in the width direction becomes a predetermined distance, and the predetermined distance varies in accordance with a width of the medium stacked on the stacking portion.
US11319177B2	Sensor unit and image forming apparatus therewith A sensor unit includes a first housing constituting a first conveying face of a sheet conveying passage, a second housing constituting a second conveying face arranged opposite the first conveying face with a predetermined gap, an edge detection sensor detecting a side edge along the sheet conveying direction, and a gap adjuster supporting the first housing movably in a direction in which the size of the gap increases. When, with the first housing arranged at the first position, a sheet with a thickness greater than a reference value passes through the sheet conveying passage, the first housing moves in the direction in which the size of the gap increases as the sheet enters the sheet conveying passage, to allow the passage of the sheet.
US11319175B2	Sheet feeding device, image forming apparatus incorporating the sheet feeding device, and image forming system incorporating the sheet feeding device A sheet feeding device includes a sheet loader, a first conveyor, a second conveyor, and a guide. The sheet loader is configured to load a sheet bundle including a sheet with a flap. The first conveyor is configured to convey the sheet with the flap loaded on the sheet loader. The second conveyor is disposed adjacent to the first conveyor. The guide is disposed below the flap of the sheet to be conveyed, between the second conveyor and the sheet loader in a sheet conveying direction of the sheet, and is configured to guide the sheet.
US11319174B2	System and method of article feeder operation Embodiments of a system and method for shingulating, singulating, and synchronizing articles in an article feeder system are disclosed. The article feeder system may include a shingulating device configured to receive a stack of articles and to produce a positively lapped stack of articles, a plurality of picking devices configured to pick one or more articles from the positively lapped stack of articles and to produce one or more singulated articles, and one or more synchronization devices configured to deliver the one or more singulated articles to one or more sorter windows.
US11319172B2	Trailer stabilizer and leveler A method of leveling a parked freight trailer at a loading dock, the method comprising: (a) positioning a portable stabilizing device at least partially underneath a forward portion of the parked freight trailer; (b) positioning a lift associated with the portable stabilizing device to bear weight of the forward portion of the parked freight trailer; (c) reorienting the parked freight trailer so a floor of the parked freight trailer goes from a substantially non-parallel orientation to an approximately parallel orientation with respect to a floor of the loading dock by repositioning at least one of the jack and a landing gear of the parked freight trailer; and, (e) maintaining the lift in a weight bearing position while goods are at least one of unloaded from or loaded onto the parked freight trailer.
US11319162B2	Method for the management, in flow mode, a buffer storage and load sequencing system, and corresponding management unit A method for managing a buffer storage and load sequencing system. The system receives non-sequenced loads and provides at least one sequence of loads, and includes a buffer storage unit having entrance levels, at least one recirculation level, an entrance elevator facing entrances and an exit elevator facing exits of the levels. A management unit iteratively manages the entrance elevator. At each iteration the entrance elevator: has a “waiting for recirculation” status for a load to be recirculated in the system; holds this elevator until the load to be recirculated has been transferred to the recirculation level, else selects a load at exit from an entrance conveyor or at exit from the recirculation level; if the selection of the entrance level is completed, generates a task, for the entrance elevator, of transferring the selected load to the selected level; if not assigns this load the “awaiting recirculation” status.
US11319154B1	Motor-driven roller conveyor assembly construction jig and a method of using same A roller conveyor assembly construction system, including a rotatable jig assembly, a plurality of aligner assemblies, wherein each of the plurality of aligner assemblies is operatively connected to the jig assembly, a plurality of rollers located on each of the plurality of aligner assemblies, and a frame assembly operatively connected to the plurality of rollers, wherein the frame assembly is removably connected to each of the plurality of aligner assemblies.
US11319147B2	Semi-autonomous refuse collection Operating a refuse collection vehicle to collect refuse from a refuse container includes positioning a refuse collection vehicle with respect to a refuse container to be emptied, and manually engaging a switch to initiate a dump cycle to be performed by the refuse collection vehicle on the refuse container. The dump cycle includes engaging the refuse container with a portion of the vehicle, lifting the engaged refuse container to a dump position, and moving the refuse container to release contents of the refuse container into a hopper of the refuse collection vehicle. The dump cycle continues to completion as long as the switch remains manually engaged.
US11319146B2	Apparatus for confining trash cans An apparatus for confining trash cans has a substantially E-shape upstanding frame. The frame has a left wall, a right wall, a rear wall, and a dividing wall. The left wall, the first part of the rear wall, and the dividing wall form a left enclosure, and the right wall, a second part of the rear wall, and the dividing wall form a right enclosure. Each the left enclosure and the right enclosure can accommodate a trash can. A first barrier closes an open front of the left enclosure, and a second barrier closes an open front of the right enclosure. Each the left enclosure and the right enclosure can have an open top. A first strap extends between the left wall and the dividing wall, and a second strap extends between the dividing wall and the right wall. Both the first strap and the second strap are such that to press the lid of the trash can in a close state i.e., over the container to prevent any leakage of the smell.
US11319145B2	Cargo transportation container and method of assembling the same A cargo transportation container (1) where the inside of the container (1) is lined with plates (7, 9, 10), typical the side walls (2) are lined with metal plates (9) and the ceiling (6) is lined with plates (7) made of a polymer based material. The metal plates (9) and the plates (7) of polymer based material are joined together by a connecting plate (10). The connecting plates (10) typically are made of a polymer based material but can also be made of metal. An intermediate layer (13) is used to join the metal plates (9) and the plates (7, 10) of polymer based material.
US11319141B2	Edible or comestible product dispenser A dispenser for dispensing an edible product, preferably in the form of a tape, and more preferably a roll of tape. The dispenser includes a dispenser body in which the product is contained, and a pusher which engages a surface of the product to push the product out of an opening in the dispenser body.
US11319139B2	Injector An injector comprises a cylindrical barrel including a discharge port, a seal body coming into close contact with an inner circumferential surface of the barrel, a plunger for pushing and moving the seal body to the discharge port side of the barrel, and a stopper disposed on one of the barrel and the plunger and coming into elastic contact with the other in a radial direction of the barrel.
US11319138B2	Pop-up liner An insulating container liner comprising a first sectioned insulating panel piece comprising an insulating material and a thermoplastic shell enclosing the insulating material, wherein the first sectioned insulating paneling piece forms the bottom, a side and top of the insulating container liner; a second sectioned insulating panel piece comprising an insulating material, and a thermoplastic shell enclosing the insulating material, wherein the second sectioned insulating paneling piece forms the remaining three sides of the insulating container liner; and a flexible outer bag housing the first and second sectioned insulating panel pieces wherein the bag is attached to the first and second sectioned insulating panel pieces.
US11319130B2	Beverage crate A beverage crate includes a base, end walls at ends of the base, and side walls at sides of the base. The side walls each include a plurality of side columns extending upward from a lower portion of the side wall. The side walls are significantly shorter than the end walls to improve visibility and accessibility of containers in the crate. The side columns are significantly shorter than the lower portion of the side wall, significantly shorter than end columns and corner columns of the crate.
US11319117B2	Device for aerating a beverage The present invention relates to a device for aerating a beverage, such a wine, whilst being poured from a bottle. The present invention also relates to a bottle including a device and a method of bottling a beverage.
US11319114B2	Two-panel bag with a tie handle A two-panel bag constructed from first and second panels that each has the same shape and size. The panels are connected together and a top edge is open for accessing the interior space. The top edge of the panels form handles that can be tied together to close the interior space. The two panels have a laterally inverted shape relative to a centerline. The top edge of each panel further includes two identical sections that each has a vertically-and-rotationally inverted shape. The shape of the panels facilitates manufacturing as the panels can be cut from a flat sheet with limited or no wasted material.
US11319112B2	Food storage container A food storage container is described. The food storage container includes a base with sidewalls extending upward from the base. The base and the sidewalk forming an interior volume. A plurality of tracks disposed in the base on the interior of the container. The tracks are configured to accept at least one divider therein. Dividers are placed in the container to create partitions. The container has a lip located at the top of the sidewalls. A lid may be included with the container to seal the container. In one embodiment the lid creates a waterproof seal. Handles may extend from the sidewall such that the handles can be used to carry the container.
US11319107B2	Synchronization for standalone LTE broadcast Aspects of the present disclosure relate to wireless communications and, more particularly, to synchronization for standalone long term evolution (LTE) broadcast. In one aspect, a method is provided which may be performed by a wireless device such as a user equipment (UE). The method generally monitoring, within anchor subframes occurring at a first periodicity, for synchronization signals of a first type, obtaining an indication of one or more unicast subframes scheduled to occur between anchor subframes, and obtaining an indication of one or more broadcast subframes scheduled to occur between anchor subframes.
US11319106B2	Leakproof and liquid-tight packaging box of corrugated board and method for fabricating it A leakproof and liquid-tight packaging box of corrugated board, which box is erected mechanically using glueing as an aid. What is essential in the invention is that the corner surfaces of the structurally strong, torsionally rigid, leakproof and liquid-tight packaging box stackable one on top of another are folded and glued to the outer surface of the vertical surface of the short side. In addition, it comprises an inward-formed cone structure of the vertical surface of the long side of the box, and a rigid and load-resistant beam structure is formed on all sides of the packaging box.
US11319105B2	Container with sharply outlined indicia A container extends along a longitudinal axis and includes a base, a body extending axially from the base, and a generally radially outwardly facing external surface having sharply outlined indicia. The indicia includes generally V-shaped depressions having outer slopes, inner slopes, and vertices connecting the slopes. A method of making the container is also disclosed.
US11319104B1	System and apparatus for applying labels to cable or conduit A system for applying labels to cable or conduit including at least one label and a label applicator. The label applicator including at least one guide roller, at least one tamping device comprising at least one tamping pad for applying at least one label onto the moving cable or conduit, and a guide shoe assembly. The guide shoe assembly comprises a guide shoe, the guide shoe comprises a rounding member, a plurality of springs for providing flexibility to the rounding member when the moving cable or conduit passes the at least one guide shoe, a support mount for supporting the at least one guide shoe, a plurality of pivots disposed between the rounding member and the rounding member support for adjusting the set of springs, and a fitted member for providing an anchor for the at least one guide shoe to connect with the support mount.
US11319103B2	Hand-held apparatus for extracting contents of sachet/pouch A hand-held apparatus for extracting the contents of a sachet/pouch is disclosed. The hand-held apparatus includes a roller press assembly and a roller glider cum collection bin being disposed below the roller press assembly. The roller press assembly further includes a handle, a detachable frame coupled to a handle and a clamp. The detachable frame is provided with a roller for squeezing the contents of a sachet/pouch. The clamp is provided over the detachable frame and the clamp is coupled to a cutter for cutting the sachet/pouch. The roller glider cum collection bin includes a base for receiving the roller press assembly. The base includes a plurality of holes and a guide rail for providing a channel for the cutter. A collection bin is provided at the bottom of the base for collecting the contents of the sachet/pouch through the plurality of holes.
US11319092B2	Space vehicle, launcher and stack of space vehicles A spacecraft is disclosed having at least three flat side walls, at least one main communication antenna, including a radiating element having a central axis of radiation (AC-AC), a movable arm configured to move between a deployed position and a folded position, a reflector suitable for reflecting or receiving radiofrequency waves in a direction of emission (DE). The radiating element is fixed to a side wall so that the central axis of radiation (AC-AC) is arranged perpendicularly to the side wall, and the movable arm is shaped so that an offset angle (β) of between 25° and 65° is formed between the side wall and the direction of emission (DE), when the movable arm is in a deployed position.
US11319086B2	Method and system for aligning a taxi-assist camera Apparatus and associated methods relate to aligning a taxi-assist camera such that each image frame of real-time video that the camera generates has a standard presentation format. The taxi-assist camera is configured to be mounted on an aircraft and oriented such that each image frame includes both a specific feature of the aircraft and of nearby objects external to the aircraft. The specific feature of the aircraft is detected and a location within the image frame of the specific feature is determined. The determined location within the image frame is compared with a reference location. A transformation operator is generated to transform the image frame such that the specific feature of the aircraft will be located within the image at a location corresponding to the reference location. The transformation operator is then applied to each of the image frames of the real-time video that the camera generates.
US11319076B2	Seat unit and attachment method thereof A seat unit for an aircraft that can be directly fixed at three points to a seat track provided on the floor of the aircraft. One representative seat unit and attachment method thereof relates to a seat unit comprising a lower structure of the seat unit and three fixtures configured to attach the lower structure directly to a pair of seat tracks of a mobile body, wherein the three fixtures include a lateral position adjustment member configured to laterally adjust a fitting position with the pair of seat tracks, a first fixture is fixed to one of the pair of seat tracks, a second fixture is fixed to one of the pair of seat tracks at a point separated from the first fixture, and a third fixture is fixed to another one of the pair of seat tracks at a corresponding portion between the first fixture and the second fixture.
US11319074B2	Externally replaceable friction mechanism An externally replaceable friction mechanism for a pivoting assembly such as an armrest assembly, the friction mechanism including a first spacer configured to non-rotationally engage a fixed element and frictionally engage a pivoting element pivotable relative to the fixed element, a first friction ring configured to non-rotationally engage the first spacer, the first friction ring including fingers configured to frictionally engage the pivoting element, and wherein the first friction ring is configured to permit pivoting movement of the pivoting element relative to the fixed element and provide friction against the pivoting movement.
US11319073B2	Apparatus for creating a sleeping surface A sleeping apparatus comprising a textile fiber shell, a plurality of adjustable straps coupled to the textile fiber shell and a plurality of anchors, wherein each anchor is coupled to one of the plurality of adjustable straps, wherein the anchors are configured to attach to one or more structures such that the textile fiber shell forms a flat sleeping surface.
US11319072B2	Business class travel suite arrangements for narrow body and wide body aircraft A travel suite arrangement for an aircraft cabin, such as a business class cabin, including at least one longitudinal aisle dividing sections, with each section including at least one four-suite unit. Each four-suite unit generally includes an angled first seat positioned directly adjacent the longitudinal aisle forward-facing, a second angled seat positioned directly adjacent the longitudinal aisle rearward-facing, a third angled seat positioned apart from the longitudinal aisle, to one side of the first seat and rearward-facing, and a fourth angled seat positioned apart from the longitudinal aisle, to one side of the second seat and forward-facing. Aisle seats are accessed directly from the aisle while outboard seats share access passageways.
US11319071B2	Passenger entertainment device, passenger seat arrangement and vehicle A passenger entertainment device operated by a controller associated with a vehicle passenger seat. The passenger seat includes a seat, a backrest and a pocket in a back surface of the backrest facing away from the seat. The entertainment device includes a base, a display attached to a base front surface and a cover pivotably attached to the base pivotable between a first position, in which the cover covers the display, and a second position, in which the cover exposes the display. A first fastener of the entertainment device is configured to interact with a second fastener on the seat to define a fastening system for detachably fastening the cover to the seat backrest when the cover is arranged in its second position and inserted into the seat pocket, while the base is arranged outside of the pocket with the display facing away from the seat backrest.
US11319063B2	Vehicle configuration with motors that rotate between a lifting position and a thrusting position This disclosure describes a configuration of an unmanned aerial vehicle (“UAV”) that will facilitate extended flight duration. The UAV may have any number of lifting motors. For example, the UAV may include four lifting motors (also known as a quad-copter), eight lifting motors (also known as an octo-copter), etc. Likewise, to improve the efficiency of horizontal flight, the UAV also includes a pivot assembly that may rotate about an axis from a lifting position to a thrusting position. The pivot assembly may include two or more offset motors that generate a differential force that will cause the pivot assembly to rotate between the lifting position and the thrusting position without the need for any additional motors or gears.
US11319061B2	Rotor for a hover-capable aircraft A rotor for an aircraft is described that comprises: a hub rotatable about an axis and, in turn, comprising a plurality of blades; a mast connectable to a drive member of the aircraft and connected to the hub to drive the hub in rotation about the axis; and damping means to dampen the transmission of vibrations to the mast in a plane orthogonal to the axis; the damping means comprising at least a first mass and a second mass that can eccentrically rotate about the axis with a first and a second speed of rotation, respectively; the first mass and second mass are operatively connected to the mast to generate, respectively, a first and a second damping force on the mast having a main component in a direction radial to the axis; the rotor comprises a transmission unit, which is interposed between the mast and the first and second masses so as to drive the first and second masses in rotation.
US11319057B2	Electric pedal control device for aircraft An electric pedal control device for an aircraft, the device comprising several pedal transmission assemblies, each of the pedal transmission assemblies comprising an electric motor, an elastic connector, a transmission mechanism, an angular displacement sensor, and a pedal, wherein the angular displacement sensor is configured to acquire rotational position information about the pedal; transmission mechanism revolute pairs of the transmission mechanisms in the pedal transmission assemblies are connected via a mechanical connecting rod mechanism to effect linkage; and a controller of the electric pedal control device is configured to receive the rotational position information, and to control, according to the rotational position information, the electric motors to dampen the elastic connectors.
US11319052B2	Leading-edge arrangement for a flow body of a vehicle A leading-edge arrangement for a flow body has a curved skin panel having outer and inner sides, and a three-dimensional reinforcing lattice. The curvature of the outer side of the lattice corresponds to the curvature of the inner side of the skin panel. The outer side of the lattice has attachment points connected to the inner side of the skin panel. The lattice is constructed as a three-dimensional framework having a interconnected framework members that form at least one layer of interconnected three-dimensional bodies.

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