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US11320563B2	Layer density measurement using a narrow energy attenuation track A method for determining a density may comprise disposing a nuclear density tool into a wellbore. The nuclear density tool may comprise a gamma source and a first gamma detector, wherein the first gamma detector and the gamma source are disposed on a longitudinal axis of the nuclear density tool. The method may further comprise transmitting an energy from the gamma source, detecting the energy reflected with the first gamma detector, recording a count rate of the energy at the first gamma detector, and identifying a density of a first layer from the count rate, a mass attenuation coefficient, and a source-to-detector distance. A system for determining a density may comprise a nuclear density tool. The nuclear density tool may comprise a gamma source configured to transmit an energy and a first gamma detector configured to detect reflected energy. The system may further comprise an information handling system.
US11320561B2	Machine learning for evaluating and catergorizing inversion solutions A method for selecting initial models or inversion solutions during an inversion process from electromagnetic measurements may comprise disposing an electromagnetic well measurement system into a wellbore, transmitting electromagnetic fields into a formation with the electromagnetic transmitter, measuring the electromagnetic fields with the electromagnetic receiver as measurements at a depth in the wellbore, forming initial models for the inversion process based on the measurements and performing an inversion, filtering an inversion solution, forming a solution database from the filtered inversion solutions, building a reference model, calculating a similarity between the reference model and one or more models in the solution database, selecting one or more results from the solution database with the similarity larger than a threshold, and generating a final inversion model image from the one or more results. An electromagnetic well measurement system may comprise an electromagnetic transmitter antenna, an electromagnetic receiver antenna, and an information handling system.
US11320560B2	Downhole ranging using spatially continuous constraints A ranging system using spatially continuous filtering techniques to constrain ranging measurements, thereby improving ranging calculations between a bottom-hole-assembly and at least one target well. By taking advantage of the spatial continuity of the wellbore geometry, a quality check of a ranging measurement is performed using ranging measurements acquired at prior depths. Thus, the methods described herein provide improved ranging and direction estimates, as well as prediction of ranging and direction of the target well ahead of the bottom-hole-assembly.
US11320559B2	Stacked soft magnetic inserts and slotted shield designs for titled coil antennas An antenna assembly includes a tool mandrel having a tool axis, and a coil including a plurality of windings wrapped about the tool mandrel at a winding angle offset from the tool axis. A soft magnetic band radially interposes the coil and the tool mandrel and extends about a circumference of the tool mandrel at a band angle parallel to the winding angle. The soft magnetic band includes a plurality of stacked inserts extending perpendicular to the coil about the circumference of the tool mandrel and each stacked insert includes a plurality of rods positioned end-to-end.
US11320554B2	Method and system that uses an anisotropy parameter to generate high-resolution time-migrated image gathers for reservoir characterization, and interpretation A method and a system for implementing the method are disclosed wherein the pre-stack seismic input data, an initial anellipticity anisotropy parameter, and a baseline normal moveout velocity from a non-flat surface, are sometimes mild or foothill topography as well as the shot and receiver lines might not necessarily be straight, and often curve to avoid obstacles on the land surface. In particular, the method and system disclosed, allows for updating the anisotropy parameters iteratively and when the stopping criteria is satisfied, the final estimated parameter can be directly used for time migration. This method and system are mainly used for time migration with the purpose of obtaining the high fidelity (accurate amplitude, i.e. not only travel-time correct but also amplitude correct) image gathers which are used for reservoir characterization and interpretation.
US11320550B2	Processing a 4D seismic signal based on noise model The invention notably relates to a computer-implemented method for processing a 4D seismic signal relative to a subsoil, the subsoil including a zone subject to extraction and/or injection, the method comprising: providing the 4D seismic signal; identifying a part of the 4D seismic signal corresponding to a zone of the subsoil distinct from the zone subject to extraction and/or injection; determining a noise model of the 4D seismic signal based on the identified part of the 4D seismic signal; and processing the 4D seismic signal based on the noise model. This improves the field of 4D seismic data processing.
US11320548B2	Apparatus and method for detecting earthquake using accelerometer The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for detecting an earthquake using an accelerometer. More particularly, the present invention relates to an apparatus and method for detecting an earthquake using an accelerometer, the apparatus and method being capable of improving reliability of acceleration data obtained from the accelerometer and reliably determining whether an earthquake has occurred on the basis of a change between current acceleration data and previous acceleration data.
US11320539B2	Electric water sports device and monitoring system Disclosed are an electric water sports device and a monitoring system. The electric water sports device includes a device body; wherein the device body is provided with a positioning system, a controller and an electric power acquisition module, wherein the controller includes an electronic map, the positioning system is configured to acquire positioning data of the electric water sports device and send the positioning data to the controller, the electric power acquisition module is configured to acquire electric power data of the electric water sports device and send the electric power data to the controller, and the controller is configured to determine the range of an electric fence in the electronic map according to the positioning data and the electric power data.
US11320537B2	Enhancing triangulation-based three-dimensional distance measurements with time of flight information An example method includes causing a distance sensor to project a pattern of light onto an object, causing the distance sensor to acquire an image of the pattern of light on the object, detecting an image position of a first point of light of the pattern on an imaging sensor, calculating a first estimated distance and a second estimated distance between the distance sensor and the object, based on the image position, causing the distance sensor to emit a pulse of light toward the object, causing the distance sensor to acquire an image of a reflected portion of the pulse of light, calculating a third estimated distance between the distance sensor and the object, based on a time of flight of the pulse, and calculating a fourth estimated distance between the distance sensor and the object, based on the first estimated distance, second estimated distance, and third estimated distance.
US11320536B2	Imaging device and monitoring device Provided are an imaging device and a monitoring device capable of accurately measuring a distance and a shape of a region of an object that is difficult to measure by one distance measuring camera. Provided is an imaging device including a sensor unit configured to irradiate an object with light and detect the light reflected by the object; a distance calculation unit configured to calculate a distance to the object on the basis of sensing data of the sensor unit; a specular reflector located on an opposite side of the sensor unit across the object; and a correction unit configured to correct an error included in the calculated distance, the error being caused by an interference between the light following a first path from the sensor unit toward the object and the light following a second path from the sensor unit, reflected by the specular reflector, and going toward the object.
US11320533B2	Method and apparatus for monitoring surface deformations of a scenario A method for monitoring surface deformations of a scenario by means of differential interferometry technique, including the steps of prearranging a radar sensor having a transmitting antenna and a receiving antenna arranged to transmit and acquire radar signals, the radar sensor arranged to move along a planar trajectory γ having centre O; defining a reference system S having origin in the centre O; acquiring by SAR technique the scenario by means of handling the radar sensor along the planar trajectory γ, the radar sensor being configured so that the radiation pattern of the antennas is oriented radially with respect to the centre O, the acquisition occurring at points of acquisition si arranged on the trajectory γ, the three-dimensional position of each target point ti being definable by means of spherical coordinates (ρi,θi,βi).
US11320531B2	Method and system for neutralizing the effect of vibrations in a rotary-wing aircraft for airborne doppler radar A method for active neutralization of the effect of the vibrations of a rotary-wing aircraft for a monostatic Doppler radar includes a first step of measuring and temporally extrapolating the vibration modes at the transmitting-receiving radar antenna, using a 3-axis vibration sensor, fixed to the antenna and near the phase centre of the antenna; then a second step of estimating the expected movements of the transmitting-receiving antenna or of the first transmitting antenna and the second receiving antenna; then a third step of compensating the expected movements of the transmission radar antenna in the transmission chain or in the reception chain of the radar transmitter, wherein the projection of the movement vector of the phase centre O on an aiming direction is calculated to determine the value of the compensation phase shift to be applied.
US11320523B1	Method and apparatus for improving range finding system readings Provided is a robot, including: a chassis; a set of wheels coupled to the chassis; at least one motor; at least one motor controller; a range finding system; a plurality of sensors; a processor; and a medium storing instructions that when executed by the processor effectuates operations including: measuring, with the range finding system, distances to surfaces opposite the range finding system as the robot moves relative to the surfaces; monitoring, with the processor, the distance measurements taken by the range finding system; discarding, with the processor, outlier distance measurements that reflect an interruption in otherwise steadily fitting distance measurements taken as the robot moves towards and away from surrounding obstacles; and determining, with the processor, a position of an obstacle by identifying a position of the range finding system immediately before and after encountering the obstacle, signified by the interruption detected in the distance measurements.
US11320521B2	Light sensor and sensing method thereof comprising a control circuit to operate diodes of plural sensing sub-pixels in a Geiger mode or in an avalanche linear mode according to intensity of ambient light A light sensor and a sensing method thereof are provided. The light sensor includes a plurality of sensing sub-pixels and a control circuit. The sensing sub-pixels are arranged in an array to form a sensing array. The control circuit is coupled to the sensing sub-pixels. The control circuit operates a plurality of diodes of the sensing sub-pixels in a photodiode mode to sense intensity of ambient light. The control circuit operates the diodes in a Geiger mode or in an avalanche linear mode according to the intensity of the ambient light.
US11320516B1	Phase-modulated continuous wave radar receiver with time division quadrature sampling Time-division quadrature sampling may be used in a pulse-modulated continuous wave (PMCW) radar receiver circuit, e.g., as may be employed in various types of radar sensors used in automotive and other applications, to enable a quadrature sampling circuit to sequence between digitally sampling different complex components of a received radar signal at different times.
US11320507B2	Nuclear magnetic resonance apparatus, magnetic resonance imaging apparatus, nuclear magnetic resonance method, magnetic resonance imaging method, method for determining measurement conditions, and program A nuclear magnetic resonance apparatus (100) includes: a static magnetic field former (10) that forms a static magnetic field; an object holder (2) that holds an object in the static magnetic field; a pulse applicator (51a) that applies π/2 pulse having the Larmor frequency of an atom to be measured to the object in the static magnetic field, and then applies a π pulse having the Larmor frequency to the object at least a predetermined number of times (the predetermined number being two or more) at an interval of the predetermined period, the π pulse being applied for a first time at a time point at which half the predetermined period has elapsed after applying the π/2 pulse; and a detector (40) that detects the signal intensity of a spin echo signal generated from the object as a result of the last instance of the predetermined number of times of application of the π pulse.
US11320503B2	MPI imaging device, method for generating a magnetic field with a gradient and a field-free line by means of an MPI imaging device An MPI imaging device for mapping an object to be examined in a sample volume, with a magnet arrangement which is designed to generate an MPI magnetic field with a gradient B1 and a field-free line in the sample volume, the magnet arrangement comprising a first pair of magnet rings with two magnet rings in a Halbach dipole configuration, which are arranged coaxially on a common Z axis that runs through the sample volume, wherein the magnet arrangement comprises a second pair of magnet rings with two further magnet rings in a Halbach dipole configuration, which is arranged coaxially in relation to the first pair of magnet rings, the magnet rings of both pairs being arranged rotatably with respect to one another about the Z axis. As a result, a variable MPI selection field can be generated by means of permanent magnets.
US11320496B2	Targets for coil actuated position sensors Apparatus includes a first portion of conductive material having varying response to a generated magnetic field along a length of the conductive material, wherein the first portion of conductive material produces a varying eddy current and a varying reflected magnetic field, in response to the generated magnetic field. The apparatus further includes one or more reference portions of conductive material having a relatively invariable response to the generated magnetic field, wherein the reference portion of conductive material produces a relatively invariable eddy current and a relatively invariable reflected magnetic field in response to the generated magnetic field.
US11320487B1	Programmable test compactor for improving defect determination A circuit comprises: scan chains comprising scan cells, the scan chains configured to shift in test patterns, apply the test patterns to the circuit, capture test responses of the circuit, and shift out the test responses; a decompressor configured to decompress compressed test patterns into the test patterns; a test response compactor configured to compact the test responses; and shuffler circuitry inserted between outputs of the scan chains and inputs of the test response compactor, the shuffler circuitry comprising state elements configured to delay output signals from some of the scan chains for one or more clock cycles based on a control signal, the control signal varying with the test patterns.
US11320483B2	Method for testing device under test and apparatus using the same Provided is a test apparatus for testing a device under test (DUT), the apparatus operating at an operating frequency that is lower than an operating frequency of the DUT. The test apparatus includes a clock source which generates a clock according to the operating frequency of the test apparatus, a clock multiplier configured to multiply the generated clock source by a multiplication number which is set according to the operating frequency of the DUT and output a first clock for the DUT, a phase converter configured to shift a phase of the generated clock according to the multiplication number and output a plurality of second clocks having different phases, and a test pattern comparator configured to sequentially collect pieces of data from the DUT by sequentially applying the plurality of second clocks having different phases.
US11320481B2	High voltage interlock circuit and detection method The disclosure provides high voltage interlock circuit and detection method. The circuit comprises: a power module, a positive electrode of the power module being connected to one end of a current generating module; the current generating module, the other end of the current generating module being connected to a first terminal of a high voltage component module to inject a constant DC current into the high voltage component module; a first voltage dividing module, one end of the first voltage dividing module being connected to a second terminal of the high voltage component module, and the other end of the first voltage dividing module being connected to a negative electrode of the power module and a power ground; and a processing module to determine a fault of the high voltage component module based on a first voltage collected from the second terminal of the high voltage component module.
US11320478B2	Methods of testing multiple dies In a method of testing a semiconductor wafer, a probe tip contacts a pad in a scribe line space between facing sides of first and second dies. The probe tip is electrically coupled to an automated test equipment (ATE). The second die is spaced apart from the first die. The scribe line space includes an interconnect extending along at least an entire length of the facing sides of the first and second dies. The pad is electrically coupled through the interconnect to at least one of the first or second dies. With the ATE, circuitry is tested in at least one of the first or second dies. The pad is electrically coupled through the interconnect to the circuitry.
US11320473B2	Capacitance detection device and optical wavelength-selective filter device A capacitance detection apparatus is provided with: a parallel circuit in which a first series circuit and a second series circuit are connected in parallel, wherein a tested body and a first resistance element are connected at a first node in the first series circuit, and a reference capacitance element and a second resistance element are connected at a second node in the second series circuit; a power supply circuit configured to apply an alternating current voltage with a specific frequency to the parallel circuit; an inductor element connected between the first node and the second node and configured to increase a phase difference in the voltage with the specific frequency between the first and second nodes; and an output device configured to output an electric signal corresponding to a capacitance of the tested body on the basis of the phase difference.
US11320469B2	Systems and methods for processing different data types Processing of data relating to energy usage. First data relating to energy usage is loaded for analysis by an energy management platform. Second data relating to energy usage is stream processed by the energy management platform. Third data relating to energy usage is batch parallel processed by the energy management platform. Additional computing resources, owned by a third party separate from an entity that owns the computer system that supports the energy management platform, are provisioned based on increasing computing demand. Existing computing resources owned by the third party are released based on decreasing computing demand.
US11320457B2	System and method of performing scanning probe microscopy on a substrate surface The invention is directed at a method of performing scanning probe microscopy on a substrate surface using a scanning probe microscopy system. A probe tip and substrate surface are moved relative to each other in one or more directions parallel to the scanning plane to position the probe tip to a scanning position on the substrate surface with the probe tip; a displacement is measured by an encoder of said probe tip in said one or more directions; and a fiducial pattern is provided fixed relative to the substrate surface, said fiducial pattern having a scannable structure that is scannable by said probe tip and said structure forming a grid of fiducial marks in said one or more dimensions; said grid dimensioned to allow for measuring placement deviations of the probe tip relative to the probe head by identifying one or more fiducial marks in the fiducial pattern.
US11320454B2	Scanning probe microscopy system for and method of mapping nanostructures on the surface of a sample The present document relates to a scanning probe microscopy system and method for mapping nanostructures on the surface of a sample. The system comprises a sample support structure, a scan head including a probe comprising a cantilever and a probe tip, and an actuator for scanning the probe tip relative to the sample surface. The system also includes an optical source, and a sensor unit for obtaining a sensor signal indicative of a position of the probe tip. The sensor unit includes a partially reflecting element for reflecting a reference fraction and for transmitting a sensing fraction of the optical signal. It further includes directional optics for directing the sensing fraction as an optical beam towards the probe tip, and for receiving a reflected fraction thereof to provide a sensed signal. Moreover the sensor includes an interferometer for providing one or more output signals, and signal conveyance optics for conveying the sensed signal and the reference signal to the interferometer. The directional optics is configured for directing the sensing fraction such that at least a part of the sensing fraction is reflected by the probe tip such as to form the reflected fraction.
US11320453B2	Aging compensation of a ferroelectric piezoelectric shock sensor A method includes measuring a first signal from a set of pyroelectric devices at a first temperature and measuring a second signal from a set of piezoelectric devices at a first acceleration. The method also includes measuring a third signal from the set of pyroelectric devices at a second temperature and measuring a fourth signal from the set of piezoelectric devices at a second acceleration. The method further includes adjusting a piezoelectric calibration using the first, second, third, and fourth signals.
US11320449B2	Visualization device and observation method for flow field A visualization device for a flow field includes a chamber, a power supply, at least one pair of electrodes, and at least one flow field observation module. The flow field observation module includes a high-speed camera, a light detecting component, and a light filter component. The power supply outputs a voltage to generate a plasma, and the pair of electrodes is disposed in the chamber. The flow field observation module is disposed outside the chamber and captures an image of a fluid particle excited by the plasma toward the chamber. The light filter component is disposed between the high-speed camera and the chamber. The light detecting component obtains a light information within the chamber and sends the light information to the light filter component.
US11320445B2	System and method for automatic closure of sample vessels The invention relates to a system for automatic closure of sample vessels (PG), in particular of sample vessels (PG) with medical laboratory samples, with iii. a plurality of identically shaped, stackable closure caps (10) which have a convex outer face and a concave inner face and which are stacked in at least one closure cap stack in such a way that an upper closure cap (10) in the closure cap stack bears with its convex outer face on the concave inner face of a lower closure cap (10) lying immediately below in the closure cap stack, iv. a closure gripper (20) for gripping an uppermost closure cap (10) from the at least one closure cap stack, for transferring the gripped closure cap (10) to the sample vessel (PG) to be closed, and for introducing the gripped closure cap (10) into an opening of the sample vessel in order to tightly close the opening, wherein the closure gripper (20) has a centering piece which can be inserted into a closure cap (10) in such a way that it bears on the concave inner face of the closure cap (10). With such a system, automated closure of sample vessels is possible in a space-saving and efficient way. Furthermore, a method for automatic closure of sample vessels is also disclosed.
US11320443B2	Automatic analysis device An automatic analysis device includes a probe that performs a dispensing operation including a suction process and a discharge process with respect to liquid; a syringe that generates a pressure change for dispensing liquid at the probe; a flow path that connects the probe and the syringe with each other; a pressure sensor that measures the pressure change in the flow path at the time of liquid dispensing; a storage portion that stores a pressure change of time-series when reference fluid is discharged as a reference discharge pressure waveform; and a determination portion that determines whether or not there is an abnormality in the suction process of the sample from a relationship between a value of difference or a ratio between the reference discharge pressure waveform and the pressure waveform of a determination target at the time of discharge of liquid and normal range.
US11320442B2	Detection of aggregated proteins associated with neurodegenerative disease using a photooxidation-induced amplification immunoassay Disclosed is a method for body fluid-based neurodegenerative disease diagnosis through high-sensitive immunoassay of aggregated proteins by photooxidation-induced amplification. The method according to the present disclosure provides an effect of quantitatively analyzing aggregated proteins in the form of oligomers or monomers which are present in trace amounts in a body fluid and measures normal or abnormal protein aggregation by detecting the aggregated proteins in the form of oligomers or monomers with high sensitivity by reaction of antibody-conjugated enzymes selectively bound to the aggregated proteins with substrates and photooxidation-induced amplification, thereby allowing accurate diagnosis of a neurodegenerative disease.
US11320437B2	Dried dye reagent devices and methods for making and using the same Dried dye reagent devices are provided. Aspects of the devices include a container having positioned therein one or more dried dye compositions that include one or more dyes stably associated with a high surface area solid support. Aspects of the invention further include methods of making and using the devices, e.g., in analyte detection applications, as well as kits containing the devices.
US11320435B2	Method of detecting proteins in human samples and uses of such methods A method for collecting information about the health status of a subject is proposed involving the quantitative detection, in serum, plasma or blood of the subject, of the concentration of THBS1, the proportion of free PSA (% fPSA), preferably including the concentration of at least one protein selected from the group consisting of CTSD, OLFM4, ICAM1.
US11320425B2	Enhanced infrared ray absorbing/emitting nanoparticles and on-site diagnosis kit using same Disclosed is a diagnostic kit for quickly diagnosing a target material with high sensitivity using nanoparticles that absorb infrared light and emit infrared light, in which the nanoparticles are maintained in particle size and have enhanced emission intensity.
US11320424B2	Specific binding chemiluminescent assay Method of assaying for an analyte in a sample, and kits for performing the assay.
US11320418B2	Modular hand-held point of care testing system A hand-held point of care monitoring system that includes a plurality of assay modules configured to receive different assay devices that perform assays on one or more samples. At least two of the assay modules or at least two of the assay devices have different identifiers that identify the assays. The system also includes an apparatus having a portable frame configured to interchangeably receive the plurality of assay modules in a same port; a means for decoding the different identifiers when received by the frame; and a means for reading assay results.
US11320416B1	Methods of assessing suitability of use of pharmaceutical compositions of albumin and poorly water soluble drug The present invention provides methods of assessing suitability of a pharmaceutical composition for medical use. The pharmaceutical composition comprises nanoparticles comprising rapamycin coated with albumin and a non-nanoparticle portion comprising albumin and rapamycin.
US11320415B2	Minimizing variation due to construction aggregate moisture probes Exemplary methods and systems of the invention minimize errors in the manufacture or management of aggregate-containing construction materials such as concrete. Aggregates used for making concrete are stored or weighed in dry bulk bin type hoppers, and conveyed from these hoppers into mixer drums which batching or mix the concrete. The hoppers or conveyor belts may contain sensor probes for measuring moisture levels in the aggregate. These sensor probes require calibration from time to time, but time and expense are required for proper calibration, leading to habitually erroneous moisture level data used in the industry on a daily basis. The present inventors believe that the smallest inaccuracies in aggregate moisture level readings can have profound effects on the properties of the resultant concrete product. To confront this long suffered problem, the present inventors surprisingly discovered that the inaccuracy of these aggregate moisture sensors, as used for evaluating the aggregate as a dry bulk material, can be detected and even addressed through the use of slump monitoring systems during delivery to evaluate the concrete slurry mix prepared from the aggregates.
US11320412B2	Pressurized fluid-submerged, internal, close-range photogrammetry system for laboratory testing A device for measuring strain and volume of a soil sample including an enclosure adapted to receive a soil sample within another enclosure. A base adapted to hold the sample enclosure. The device also has a plurality of moveable arms located between the enclosures which may be a spaced distance apart and adapted to move around the sample. Cameras as included on the arms.
US11320411B2	Air pollution sensor to measure major carbon components in the environment The invention relates to a device for measuring, in near-real-time, the level of black carbon, brown carbon, organic carbon, total carbon and CO2 in air. The device also provides for a direct calculation of aerosol angstrom coefficient as well as estimation of emissions rates of black carbon or brown carbon from nearby combustion sources.
US11320408B2	Gas analysis device and gas analysis method A gas analysis device and a gas analysis method for performing measurement in a direct mode and a trap mode without carrying out a complicated control. The gas analysis device includes a branching section that branches a target gas, a mass spectrometer performing mass spectrometry of one branched target gas, a trap section holding the other branched target gas, a gas chromatograph analyzing the other branched target gas, and a controller controlling the flow path of the one branched target gas and the other branched target gas. The branching section is controlled so that, while a thermal analysis is performed by a thermal analysis device, the branching section continuously branches the supplied target gas and discharges the one branched target gas and the other branched target gas, and when the thermal analysis is completed, the other branched target gas held by the trap section is supplied to the gas chromatograph.
US11320399B2	Gas analyzer apparatus and method for controlling gas analyzer apparatus There is provided a gas analyzer apparatus that analyzes inflowing sample gas. The gas analyzer apparatus includes a filter unit that filters the sample gas, a detector unit that detects the result of filtering, a housing that houses these elements, and a control unit that controls the respective potentials of these elements. The control unit includes a cleaning control unit that sets the respective potentials of the filter unit, the detector unit, and the housing to cleaning potentials that draws in, as plasma for cleaning purposes, process plasma from a source that supplies the sample gas or plasma generated by a plasma generation unit.
US11320397B2	Nanostructures to control DNA strand orientation and position location for transverse DNA sequencing A DNA sequencing device, and related method, which include an electrode and a plurality of spaced apart alignment structures. The electrode defines an electrode gap, the electrode being operable to detect a change in tunneling current as a DNA strand passes through the electrode gap. The plurality of spaced apart alignment structures are arranged to position nucleotides of the DNA strand in a predetermined orientation as the DNA strand passes through the electrode gap.
US11320393B1	Gas sensor for detection of toxic gases A method of making an array of aligned hafnium oxide nanotubes is provided. The method includes generating a first reactant gas from a first solution comprising a first hafnium precursor dissolved in a first solvent. Directing the flow of the first reactant gas over a substrate to form a seed layer that comprises particles of hafnium oxide. The method further includes generating a second reactant gas from a second solution comprising a second hafnium precursor dissolved in a second solvent. Directing the flow of the second reactant gas over the seed layer to form the array of aligned hafnium oxide nanotubes substantially perpendicular on a surface of the substrate. A method of using the array of aligned hafnium oxide tubes for detection of toxic gases in a gas sample is also provided.
US11320386B2	Apparatus and method for damage detection and image capture of damage without omission A detection apparatus includes a memory and a processor coupled to the memory. The processor configured to determine a position of each of a plurality of partial images relative to the wide-angle image, to extract, from among the plurality of partial images, a pair of partial images that are consecutive in an image-capturing order, that do not have an overlapping portion, and at least one of which includes an image of a damaged portion, to detect a region of the outside of the partial image to which a damaged portion is estimated to be continuous, as an image-capturing omission candidate region, to determine the image-capturing omission candidate region as an image-capturing omission region, in a case where the image-capturing omission candidate region is included in none of the other partial images, and to issue, based on the position, a notification of a position corresponding to the image-capturing omission region.
US11320383B2	Method for the determination of film forming amines The present invention relates to a method for the determination of the film forming amines on surfaces by the detection of a colored complex. The invention also relates to the use of the absorber material for the detection of the film forming amines. The invention also relates to a kit of parts comprising the components capable of the determination of film forming amines.
US11320368B2	Optical analysis and sampling systems A sampling system for an optical cell containing a process fluid comprises a first bi-directional pump in fluid communication with a sampling path and a second bi-directional pump in fluid communication with the first bi-directional pump and a storage vessel. The first bi-directional pump is configured to withdraw a first sample of the process fluid and to cause the first sample to flow towards the first bi-directional pump. The second bi-directional pump is configured to withdraw a second sample from the storage vessel and to cause the second sample to move toward and mix with the first sample. A first rate of withdraw of the first sample is greater than a second rate of movement of the second sample toward the first sample, and the difference between the first rate and the second rate correspond to a pre-determined ratio of the first sample mixed with the second sample.
US11320353B2	Creep strength analysis and assessment method and computer device A creep strength analysis and assessment method includes comparing whether a maximum value of a local strain and a membrane strain are less than a corresponding allowable strain, and if less, determining that a component is safe; otherwise, performing the following steps: performing stress linearization on a path to obtain a local primary membrane stress PL and a local primary bending stress Pb; averaging shear stress components on the path to obtain an average shear stress τm; obtaining a strength limit Smt, a time-independent minimum stress strength value Sm and a temperature- and time-dependent stress strength limit St for a given material, a design lifetime and a design temperature; comparing whether PL, PL+Pb and PL+Pb/Kt are less than Smt, KSm and St; and comparing whether τm is less than 0.6Sm and 0.6St, and if less, the component is safe, otherwise, the component is unsafe.
US11320348B2	System and method for real time assay monitoring A real time assay monitoring system and method can be used to monitor reagent volume in assays for fluid replenishment control, monitor assays in real-time to obtain quality control information, monitor assays in real-time during development to detect saturation levels that can be used to shorten assay time, and provide assay results before the assay is complete, enabling reflex testing to begin automatically. The monitoring system can include a real time imaging system with a camera and lights to capture images of the assay. The captured images can then be used to monitor and control the quality of the staining process in an assay, provide early assay results, and/or to measure the on-site reagent volume within the assay.
US11320336B2	Gas shutoff system A natural gas automatic shutoff system can analyze the flow rate of natural gas through a pipe. When an anomaly is detected, the device can prevent further flow of natural gas through the pipe and can automatically notify the homeowner or authorized monitor, such as through a cell phone application or other device. Additionally, the homeowner or authorized monitor can manually control and/or monitor the flow of gas through the pipe in real-time, such as through a cell phone application or other device. At least one exemplary embodiment uses a motorized ball valve to control the flow of gas, a flow meter to measure the rate of natural gas flow through the pipe, and a microcomputer to analyze the flow and send notifications to the homeowner or authorized monitor.
US11320328B2	Operation parameter detecting apparatus for vehicle An operation parameter detecting apparatus for a vehicle is provided to obtain a pedaling torque value, an angle of a central shaft with a magnetic ring, a corresponded rotating speed and a corresponded pedaling power, respectively by measuring an electromagnetic force of a coil induced by a magnetic variation due to a deformation of a covered magnetic sleeve linked to a central shaft, a voltage output from at least a Hall corresponded to a magnetic flux density of which the distribution in a 1, 2 or 3 dimensional space is partly a monotonic increasing or decreasing function in an area with the same polarity, and at calculation relative to the time.
US11320321B2	Determining a characteristic temperature of an electric or electronic system A method determines a characteristic temperature of an electric or electronic system. The method includes: during operation of the system, measuring one or more characteristic parameters of the system; estimating the characteristic temperature based on a thermal model of the system and a first subset of the measured characteristic parameters; predicting a first value for a temperature-sensitive electrical parameter (TSEP) based on a TSEP model and the estimated characteristic temperature; determining a second value for the TSEP based on a second subset of the measured characteristic parameters; comparing the first value and the second value for the TSEP; and adapting the thermal model or the TSEP model based on a result of the comparison.
US11320308B2	System and method for shaping incoherent light for control of chemical kinetics Disclosed is a system and method for shaped incoherent light for control (SILC). More particularly, disclosed is a method for controlling the evolution of photo-responsive systems (including chemical species, biochemical species or material compounds) using a device capable of producing shaped incoherent light for such control. The disclosed device integrates a polychromatic incoherent source in an adaptive feedback control loop.
US11320303B2	Acoustical pressure sensor with photonic waveguide Embodiments relate to a sensor structure for an acoustical pressure sensor and an opto-mechanical sensor and system that may be used for detecting acoustical pressure waves. Embodiments of a sensor structure for an acoustical pressure sensor include an optical waveguide closed-loop resonator and a plurality of sensor elements. The individual sensor elements of the plurality of sensor elements are configured to be affected by an acoustical pressure wave such that a physical property of the individual sensor element is changed. The optical waveguide closed-loop resonator is arranged at the plurality of sensor elements and associated with each of the individual sensor elements such that a resonance frequency of the optical waveguide closed-loop resonator is shifted due to the affected physical properties of all individual sensor elements. The sensor structure provides a high sensitivity from each sensor element, which is advantageous in e.g. ultrasonic imaging, such as photo-acoustic imaging where the signals typically are low.
US11320300B2	Method and system for cargo mass estimation using a vertical accelerometer A method at a sensor apparatus affixed to a transportation asset. The method includes calibrating the sensor apparatus by initiating a vertical impact at the transportation asset, measuring spring oscillation and creating a model of the transportation asset. The method further includes detecting, subsequent to the calibrating, an impact event at the sensor apparatus. The method further includes measuring spring oscillation due to the impact event at the sensor apparatus and using the measured spring oscillation in the model created during calibration to create a load mass estimate for the transportation asset.
US11320298B2	Surface acoustic wave scale Apparatus and related methods are provided in a surface acoustic wave (SAW) scale for measuring weight of a load. A processor reads a first frequency of a SAW delay line operating in a first mode. A push oscillator injects a frequency similar to but different than the first frequency in order to cause the SAW delay line to operate in a second mode, and the processor reads a second frequency of the SAW delay line operating in the second mode. A difference between the frequencies is calculated and compared to values in a stored table to determine the first mode at which the SAW delay line was operating. Based on a determination of the first mode and the first frequency, the weight of the load is determined. This determined weight can be used to recalibrate an auxiliary weight sensor.
US11320287B2	Electromagnetic induction type encoder An electromagnetic induction type encoder, wherein at least one of widths of a first transceiver coil, a first plurality of conductors and a first receiver coil of a first track in a direction vertical to facing direction between a detection head and a scale and a measurement direction is different from corresponding width of a second transceiver coil, a second plurality of conductors and a second receiver coil in the direction vertical to the facing direction and the measurement direction.
US11320286B2	Rotation detection device having plural magnetic sensors that produce uniform outputs A rotation detection device includes a sensor unit including plural magnetic sensors and a housing portion covering the magnetic sensors together. The magnetic sensors each include a plate-shaped detection portion including a magnetic detection element to detect a magnetic field from a detection target member and connection terminals extending out of the detection portion. The magnetic sensors are arranged such that the detection portions are aligned in a plate thickness direction thereof. The magnetic detection element is configured to detect a magnetic field in a direction perpendicular to the plate thickness direction. The sensor unit is positioned such that fore-end portions of the detection portions of the magnetic sensors face toward an axial end face of the detection target member, the fore-end portions being end portions located opposite to the side where the connection terminals extend out.
US11320281B2	On-demand vehicle imaging systems and methods On-demand vehicle imaging systems and methods are provided herein. An example method includes receiving a first request to obtain an image or video of a target location from a requesting party, determining a vehicle located within a specified distance from the target location, transmitting a second request to the vehicle to obtain the image or video of the target location using a camera of the vehicle, the second request including an identification of the target location, performing at least one aspect of image processing to blur, block, or obscure at least a portion of the image, and transmitting the obtained image or video of the target location to the requesting party.
US11320277B2	Pick-up/drop-off zone handoff between autonomous vehicles Aspects of the present disclosure include systems, methods, and devices to facilitate pick-up/drop-off zone (PDZ) handoffs between autonomous vehicles. Consistent with some embodiments, a pick-up/drop-off zone (PDZ) is located based on detecting a first autonomous vehicle stopped at a stopping location. A system determines, based on one or more criteria, whether to request the first autonomous vehicle to remain stopped at the stopping location to create an opportunity for a second autonomous vehicle to claim the PDZ. An amount of time for the first autonomous vehicle to remain stopped at the stopping location is determined based on the one or more criteria. A request to remain stopped at the stopping location is transmitted to a vehicle autonomy system of the first autonomous vehicle based on satisfaction of the one or more criteria. The request specifies the amount of time for the first autonomous vehicle to remain at the stopping location.
US11320276B2	Vehicle control system and method for coordinating in-person meetings Provided is a vehicle control system including a plurality of vehicles, a storage that stores information relating to a user who is on a vehicle for each of the plurality of vehicles, at least one processor configured to receive a matching request for requesting meeting with a user who is on one of the plurality of vehicles, specify a first vehicle which a first user matching the matching request is on, on the basis of the information stored in the storage and perform control on the first vehicle so as to let the first vehicle and a requesting source of the matching request meet each other.
US11320273B2	Navigable boundary generation for autonomous vehicles A system accesses a three-dimensional map of a geographic region and generates a two-dimensional projection of the road based on the three-dimensional map. The two-dimensional projection comprises a plurality of points along the road and each point is assigned a score measuring a navigability of the point. Based on the navigability score of each point and history of vehicle positions on the road, the system identifies a plurality of navigable points on the two-dimensional projection of the road. Based on the plurality of navigable points, the system determines a navigable surface corresponding to a physical area over which a vehicle may safely navigate and navigable surface boundaries surrounding that area. The navigable surface area and boundaries on the two-dimensional projection are converted into a three-dimensional representation, which the system uses to generate an updated three-dimensional map of the geographic region.
US11320269B2	Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and information processing program In order to fly a flying body more safely using a flight route according to a fall enable area, there is provided an image processing apparatus including a detector that detects a fall enable area on the ground surface based on a flying body video obtained when a flying body captures a ground area spreading below while moving. The image processing apparatus further includes a falling range estimator that estimates a falling range on the ground surface in case of a fall, and a decision unit that decides a flight route of the flying body such that the falling range is covered by the detected fall enable area.
US11320262B2	Geolocation method and system for implementing same A system having: a terrestrial scanning device, a topographic benchmark secured permanently to a support, including a code that is readable automatically at a distance of at least 3 m by the scanning device, this code ss providing information as to the position of the benchmark in a given frame of reference and/or having an identifier listed in a database in which the position of the benchmark in said frame of reference is also recorded.
US11320260B2	Apparatus and method for monitoring loss of soil cover A device for determining a height of soil above a structure buried below a soil bed includes a sensor assembly comprising a total stress pressure sensor for transmitting a first signal indicating a total pressure, a pore water pressure sensor located proximate to the total stress pressure sensor, the pore water pressure sensor for transmitting a second signal indicating a fluid pressure, a sensor module configured to receive the first and the second signals, determine a difference between the first signal and the second signal, based on the difference between the first signal and the second signal, determine a height of soil above the sensor assembly, and transmit a third signal indicating the height of soil to an external device.
US11320239B2	Compact prismatic optical sight with internal zeroing method An optical system includes an aperture stop configured to direct light through the optical system, an inverting prism assembly configured to receive light from the aperture stop and direct light through the optical system, and a field stop configured to receive light from the inverting prism assembly and direct light through the optical system to an operator of the optical system. A point-of-impact is identified in object space and a point-of-aim is identified in afocal space of the optical system. The inverting prism assembly is configured to be pivoted about a center of the aperture stop to effect alignment of the point-of-impact and point-of-aim in the afocal space so that the point-of-aim is coincident with the optical axis.
US11320238B1	Internal countermeasure launcher having a hybrid ram ejection pump A launcher includes an impulse cylinder connected to a launch tube. An impulse piston, disposed within the impulse cylinder has a water side and an air side. The water side is in fluid communication with the launch tube. The air side is in fluid connection with a high pressure air source. A shaft connects a hydraulic cylinder is to the impulse cylinder. The shaft connects a hydraulic piston to the impulse piston. A control valve is connected to the hydraulic cylinder and controls movement of the hydraulic piston, which in turn controls movement of the impulse piston. Upon launch, the control valve allows movement of the hydraulic piston which allows movement of the impulse piston, providing water behind a projectile.
US11320236B1	Handgun safety and retention device A safety and retention device is provided for a weapon. The device has a first section that operates as a trigger guard cover or shield and is adapted to fit closely and specifically on the trigger guard of the weapon. The second section of the device operates as a retention clip that is designed to maintain or hold the holster (and weapon) on an item of clothing worn by a user. The first section and the second section can be integrally formed such that the first section and the second section share a common base.
US11320227B2	Firearm cleaning tools A rifle star chamber cleaning tool body includes a through hole disposed along a rifle star chamber tool body long axis. At least one end of the through hole includes a groove or slot. The through hole is adapted to slidingly and rotatingly accept a rod. The rifle star chamber cleaning tool body is shaped to slide at least in part into an upper receiver of a rifle. A method to clean a star chamber of an upper receiver of a rifle and a rifle star chamber cleaning tool are also described.
US11320218B2	Firearm magazine well extension and retention lock, and method of use A magwell extension is provided and configured to assist a user in inserting a cartridge magazine into the magwell of a firearm. The extension includes a hollow body enclosed on four sides and open at opposite ends. A coupling face defines a first of the ends and includes a pair of rails configured to engage the rim of the magwell. A stop rail extending from the coupling face lies perpendicular to the pair of rails. A locking element is configured to be coupled to the body with a portion extending from the first opening and beyond a plane defined by the coupling face. The locking element is configured to bias the rim of the magwell into secure engagement with the stop rail.
US11320214B2	Device for cooling, heating or transferring heat The invention relates to a device, comprising at least one flow chamber (20′) having an inlet opening and an outlet opening, said flow chamber being provided for the flow of a medium therethrough. The flow chamber (20′) is arranged in a single-piece block element (2) and is at least partly delimited by a diathermal wall in order to effect absorption or release of thermal energy through the wall by means of the medium. The at least one flow chamber (20′) is formed in the block element (2) from a plurality of first channels (22) spaced apart from each other, which extend straight and parallel to each other, and a plurality of second channels (23) spaced apart from each other, which extend straight and parallel to each other, the first and the second channels (22, 23) each having two ends and being closed at least at one (27) of the two ends. The second channels (23) are arranged at an angle to the first channels (22), the first channels and the second channels thus crossing. Support pillars (21) having a parallelogram-shaped cross-section are present within each flow chamber (20′) between the crossing points of two adjacent first channels (22) and two adjacent second channels (23). A turbulent flow of the medium can be produced very effectively in the device according to the invention.
US11320212B2	Thermal control system A thermal control system with new phase change material (PCM) formulations that are able to maintain the system interior in a temperature range of, for example, −15 to −40° C., for a tunable working period from several hours to approximately half a day, is provided. The composition includes the inorganic and organic materials. The inorganic materials include the inorganic salts and various functional additives; while the organic materials include fatty acids, hydrocarbons and various nanostructures.
US11320206B2	Pressure vessel with barrier layer A pressure vessel includes a first container and a second container surrounding the first container and including a fluid port. The pressure vessel further includes a barrier space extending between the first container and the second container and a leak detection mechanism connected to the fluid port on the second container that is configured to detect a leak in the pressure vessel.
US11320199B2	Evaporation dryer and method for operating same The invention relates to an evaporation dryer (1) for drying particles, having—a process chamber (10) with at least one product inlet (11) for supplying the particles to be dried into the process chamber (10) and a product outlet (12) for discharging dried particles from the process chamber (10), —a heat exchanger (20) arranged within the process chamber (10), —having at least one inlet (21, 211) into the heat exchanger (20) for pressurized steam as process steam and at least one condensate outlet (22, 222) from the heat exchanger (20), wherein—the at least one condensate outlet (22, 222) is connected to an expansion tank (30), wherein at least one pump (40) is connected to the expansion tank (30), and the expanding steam is pumped out of the expansion tank (30) and supplied to the process steam.
US11320193B2	Vacuum insulated structure trim breaker A refrigeration appliance door is provided that includes a door wrapper forming an exterior of the appliance door. The door wrapper defines a wrapper flange defining a plurality of wrapper protrusions. A door liner defines a liner flange. The liner flange defines a plurality of liner protrusions. The door wrapper and the door liner are in a spaced apart configuration. A trim breaker defines a wrapper groove, a liner groove and a gasket groove. The wrapper flange is centered within the wrapper groove and the liner flange is centered within the liner groove. An adhesive is positioned within each of the wrapper and liner grooves. A portion of a gasket is positioned within the gasket groove of the trim breaker.
US11320190B2	Refrigerator diverter valve using fluidic circuit A refrigerator damper system employs a fluidic valve providing switching of air between refrigerated compartments without the need for a movable valve plate such as can be obstructed by ice. In one embodiment, a bidirectional fan provides switching from a first compartment to a second compartment and then from a second compartment to a first compartment with change of fan direction.
US11320186B2	Heat pump with defrost termination based upon system temperatures A refrigerant cycle apparatus is configured to suppress extension of defrost time. The refrigerant cycle apparatus includes: a refrigerant circuit; a first temperature sensor configured to measure first refrigerant temperature between the main heat exchange unit and the pressure loss portion; a second temperature sensor configured to measure second refrigerant temperature between the pressure loss portion and the expansion mechanism; and a controller configured to control the flow direction switching mechanism to switch between normal operation and defrost operation. The controller has control modes for the defrost operation, including a control mode of terminating the defrost operation based on the first refrigerant temperature and a control mode of terminating the defrost operation based on the second refrigerant temperature.
US11320185B2	Defrosting control method for multi-split system A defrosting control method for a multi-split system is provided. A multi-split system comprises an outdoor unit and multiple indoor units. An expansion valve is provided on a connecting pipeline between each of the indoor units and the outdoor unit. When the expansion valve of each activated indoor unit is closed and the degree of opening of the expansion valve of each off-state indoor unit is less than or equal to a maximum set degree of opening, the system satisfies a defrosting requirement, and as a result the method controls the expansion valve of each activated indoor unit to remain closed, thereby resolving the issue of a dramatic temperature drop in a room having an activated indoor unit during defrosting and improving user satisfaction. The degree of opening of the expansion valve of a off-state indoor unit is Off_PLS, and is controlled such that Off_PLS=ALL_HP*Avg_PLS/Off_HP. The invention satisfies a defrosting requirement and reduces the degree of opening of the expansion valves as much as possible, thereby preventing damage to a compressor without affecting defrosting.
US11320172B1	Air conditioner shut-off system and method to prevent drainage overflow An air conditioner shut-off system includes an overflow conduit that is coupled, at one end, to the drainage system of an air handler unit of the air conditioner system. The opposite end of the overflow conduit is positioned over an overflow container, which is suspended by a harness at the lower end of the harness. The upper end of the harness being operably coupled to the breaker throw of the main breaker, which is provided on or proximate to the air handler unit. If the drainage system becomes obstructed, water will flow into the overflow container through the conduit, and eventually the mass of the water accumulated in the overflow container will produce enough force acting on the breaker throw through the harness to flip the breaker throw to the OFF position and shut off the air conditioner system.
US11320171B2	Shutter and air blower Provided is a shutter comprising a main body and a shaft bearing. The main body has a substantially circular plate shape, and, in a closed state to close a passage, a front face of the main body is located upstream of a back face thereof in the passage. The shaft bearing is rotatably engaged with a shaft configured to divide the passage into a main passage and a sub-passage in an open state to open the passage, the sub-passage having a cross-sectional area smaller than that of the main passage. The main body includes: a main-passage-side end located in the main passage in the closed state; and a bent portion bent at the main-passage-side end in a direction from the back face side to the front face side. A parallel cross-section of the main body, the cross-section being taken along a parting plane parallel to the shaft, has a circular arc shape bowed toward the back face side from the front face side.
US11320164B2	Continuous monitoring for early failure detection in climate control systems Computer program products, devices, systems, and operations for early detection of poor performance and failure of a climate control system. The invention provides operations for computing an actual run time percentage (ART) from operational data of the climate control system, and operations for computing an estimated run time percentage (ERT) of the climate control system from temperature data of an uncontrolled climate. The invention also provides operations for issuing one or more alerts if the ART deviates from the ERT or a range thereof.
US11320161B2	Air conditioning with recovery wheel, dehumidification wheel, and cooling coil Methods and systems for controlling temperature and humidity within a space in a building. Outdoor air and return air from the space are passed through particular equipment in a particular order. Equipment includes a secondary direct-expansion refrigeration circuit, a recovery wheel, a primary cooling coil or direct-expansion refrigeration circuit, secondary circuit coils, and a dehumidification wheel. Various embodiments include modulating the secondary circuit compressor to adjust reheat capacity at the secondary circuit condenser coil, a geothermal direct-expansion refrigeration circuit, a variable refrigerant flow subsystem, fan coil units, multiple zones, a dedicated outdoor air supply subsystem, an evaporative cooler, supplemental outdoor air, or a combination thereof. In some embodiments, supply air passes first through the recovery wheel, then through the primary cooling coil, then through the dehumidification wheel, and then to the space. Further, in some embodiments, exhaust air passes through the dehumidification wheel, and then through the recovery wheel.
US11320160B2	Mobile air conditioning unit A heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) system includes a mobile air conditioning unit configured to separately dock with each docking station of a plurality of docking stations. The mobile air conditioning unit includes a refrigerant circuit configured to condition an airflow to produce a conditioned airflow and a transportation system configured to autonomously relocate the mobile air conditioning unit.
US11320150B2	Gas cooking appliance A cooking appliance is disclosed that according to one embodiment includes a plurality of gas burners, an electrode associated with each burner for igniting the flame, a flame sensor associated with each burner for monitoring the flame and at least one electric switch associated with an actuator that is transitional between open and closed positions. The cooking appliance also includes a control unit electrically connected to the electrodes, the flame sensors, and the switch. When the switch assumes the closed position, the control unit is activated and then in turn powers the electrodes and the flame sensors. Thereafter, the control unit sequentially monitors the presence or absence of flame in the burners during repeated time cycles.
US11320141B1	Hybrid light and fan fixture A hybrid light and fan fixture includes a plurality of LED lights surrounding a fan and its motor within a housing. A connector is made to allow the hybrid fixture to be installed in a conventional light socket for 110v electrical power. An alternative embodiment includes either or both features of a set or rotatable deflector blades and a serpentine heating element to more positively influence the air flow created by the fan and make the air stream more effective in de-fogging the mirror. Preferably, the fixture includes a circuit that allows the lights to be energized with and without the fan and heating element.
US11320138B2	Communication cables with illumination Methods and systems are provided for enhanced communication cables. A communication cable may include a cable body that includes a first end, a second end, an outer surface, an inner surface, and a channel defined by the inner surface and extending a length between the first end and the second end. The communication cable may further include a communication element located in the channel, an elongate light emitting element extending along at least a portion of the length of the cable body, and a plurality of light transmitting windows spaced periodically along the length of the cable body. The light emitting element may passes through the light transmitting windows. The cable body may include a plurality of opaque sections located between adjacent light transmitting windows, and the light emitting element may passes through the opaque sections. The light transmitting windows may be formed from a light transmitting polymer material.
US11320131B1	Fire resistant LED module and manufacturing method thereof The present disclosure provides a fire resistant LED module, including a metal mask and a printed circuit board (PCB). A layer of flame-retardant glue is coated on one side, facing the PCB, of the metal mask, and the metal mask is pasted with the PCB through the flame-retardant glue. A sub-black insulating surface layer is disposed on the metal mask. The present disclosure further provides a manufacturing method of the fire resistant LED module, including following steps: processing surfaces of the metal mask after etching to form the sub-black insulating surface layer; coating the flame-retardant glue on one surface of the metal mask facing the PCB; and covering the metal mask on the PCB through the flame-retardant glue. The sub-black insulating surface layer is formed through processing the surfaces of the metal mask 1.
US11320126B2	Systems and methods for a smart module directly embedded on a lighting fixture Examples of the present disclosure are related to systems and methods for lighting fixtures. More particularly, embodiments disclose directly embedded a smart module with a lighting fixture utilizing metal core PCB (MCPCB).
US11320121B2	Method for assembling an adjustable automotive luminous device The method includes a first step of providing a housing with a hollow protrusion. A second step provides an auxiliary element in the hollow protrusion. A third step provides a connector receptacle in connection with the auxiliary element. A fourth step inserts a matching connector in the connector receptacle in a detachable way, the matching connector further including guiding means. A fifth step places a luminous module including a module connector, the module connector being helped by the guiding means to be connected to the matching connector, to achieve an electric connection between the module connector and the matching connector. A final step moves the connector receptacle so that the matching connector exits from the connector receptacle.
US11320119B2	Beacon light device It is herein proposed a novel beacon light device with a circuit board and an enclosure which at least partially encloses the circuit board. The circuit board features a leading board section and a neck board section which is narrower than the leading board section. The enclosure features a wide opening section which has a width equal to or greater than that of the leading board section for permitting passage of the leading board section through the opening. The enclosure also features a narrow opening section which has a width that is smaller than that of the leading board section for preventing passage of the leading board section through the opening.
US11320117B2	Zoom mechanism for a light fixture A light fixture includes a housing, a light source, and a zoom mechanism. The light source is supported within the housing and emits light. The zoom mechanism selectively varies a beam angle of the light emitted from the light fixture and includes a lens and a movable element. The lens is fixed relative to the light source. The movable element is movable relative to the lens between a first position and a second position. The lens reflects a portion of the light emitted by the light source via internal reflection when the movable element is in the first position. The movable element is closer to at least a portion of the lens when the movable element is in the second position to at least partially frustrate the internal reflection.
US11320116B2	Integrated LED light An integrated light emitting diode (LED) device includes an LED light source coupled to a base. The device also includes a controller coupled to a bottom portion of the base. The device also includes a switch coupled to the controller, the switch toggling the controller. The device also includes a controller box comprising an aperture coupled to the base, the controller box encasing the controller and a portion of the switch, an actuator of the switch extending through the aperture. The device also includes an electrical coupler coupled to a recess of the controller box. The device also includes a lens holder coupled to a top portion of the base. The device also includes a lens coupled to the lens holder.
US11320115B2	Adjustable white light illumination devices A lighting device producing white light having a target color correlated temperature (CCT) value includes an LED array having one or more red LEDs, one or more warm white LEDs, and one or more cool white LED; one or more photo-luminescent materials for shifting the CCT value of the light emitted from the cool white LED toward a green CCT value and/or the CCT value of the light emitted from the warm white LED toward a yellow CCT value; and a waveguide material having a mixing region for mixing the shifted and unshifted light so as to generate white light having the target CCT value and an output region for outputting the white light.
US11320106B2	Thin aspect laser hot-spot module and optical beam system of automotive illumination system The present invention relates to an optical arrangement system for an automotive headlamp that includes a first low-beam module adapted to generate a first luminous intensity distribution with a kink or elbow feature where the low-beam module includes: a high luminous source to emit light along an optical axis; a reflector for reflecting the light emitted from the at least one high luminous source forward; a projection lens having a height of about 10 mm that is arranged in operative relationship with the reflector; a folder arranged in an optical path between the reflector and the projection lens where the folder includes a bump feature to facilitate the first luminous intensity distribution generation with application of the kink or elbow feature; and where the reflector has a reflection surface which features an elliptical surface whose center axis is not aligned with the optical axis.
US11320105B2	Lighting device with adjustable light distribution Example embodiments relate to lighting devices with adjustable light distribution. One embodiment includes a lighting device. The lighting device includes a support with a first light source arranged on the support. The lighting device also includes a lens assembly that includes a flexible solid first lens element extending over the first light source. The first lens element includes a lens portion and an edge portion surrounding the lens portion. Further, the lighting device includes a retaining and adjustment means configured to change a shape of the lens portion while the edge portion is retained in a fixed position with respect to the support. The first light source and the first lens element are configured to generate a first light beam. The retaining and adjustment means is configured to adjust the shape of the first light beam.
US11320104B1	Solar-powered light for motorists on roadways The solar-powered light for motorists on roadways is an electrical device. The solar-powered light for motorists on roadways is configured for use on a path of a multipath structure. This disclosure assumes that the path is a road. The solar-powered light for motorists on roadways mounts in the road. The solar-powered light for motorists on roadways generates electromagnetic radiation that illuminates the road when the road is in a period of darkness. The solar-powered light for motorists on roadways comprises a housing and a lamp circuit. The housing contains the lamp circuit. The lamp circuit is independently powered. By independently powered is meant that the lamp circuit can operate without an electrical connection to an external power source.
US11320101B2	Recessed downlight fixture A recessed downlight fixture and method for installation is provided. The recessed downlight fixture can be installed in a retrofit application, after a ceiling is installed, through a pre-existing opening in that ceiling. Alternatively, a recessed downlight fixture according to a second embodiment can be installed before a ceiling is present. In either embodiment, the light source coupled to, for example, a heat sink, can be universally moved in three degrees of movement, rotationally, along a tilt axis, or further within the ceiling to increase or decrease the recess. All such universal adjustments can take place through and below the ceiling opening during or after installation.
US11320095B2	Pipeline interchange/transmix In one embodiment, a pipeline interchange flows a product through an upstream pipeline. An automated analyzer is connected to the upstream pipeline, wherein the automated analyzer analyzes a sample of the product, and wherein the analyzer is capable of analyzing different physical and/or chemical characteristics of the product and generating a data sample. An automatic splitter is then placed downstream of the automated slipstream analyzer. In this embodiment, the automatic splitter is capable of receiving and interpreting the data sample from the automated analyzer and directing the product into at least three different downstream pipelines, wherein at least one of the downstream pipelines is a transmix pipeline and wherein at least one of the downstream pipelines returns the product upstream of the automated analyzer.
US11320092B2	High pressure tank and manufacturing method of high pressure tank A high pressure tank has a liner and a reinforcing layer. The reinforcing layer is formed on an outer surface of the liner. An adhesion inhibiting process that inhibits the liner from adhering to the reinforcing layer is applied to at least a portion of the liner in a region contacting the reinforcing layer.
US11320089B2	Expandable magnetic holder and methods of manufacture and use Disclosed herein are an air bag type magnet holder, a method of manufacturing and a method of use. The air bag type magnet holder comprises a magnet outer base, an inner base for being attached or attracted to the back of a mobile phone, and an expandable air bag with an expanding and contracting function arranged between the magnet outer base and the inner base, and the magnet outer base comprises a lower shell connected to a second end of the expandable air bag, a metal plate fixed to the bottom shell and facing one side of the expandable air bag, and a plurality of magnet inserts embedded in the lower shell and attached to the metal plate. The attractive force of the magnet inserts is utilized to attract the magnet holder onto an external metal-containing article creating a new level of mobility for the user over other phone grips on the market.
US11320088B1	Display stand with height adjustment and tilt adjustment A display stand includes a frame, an actuated rotary mechanism coupled to the frame, a counterweight coupled to the actuated rotary mechanism and movable in a vertical direction during rotation of the display about the axis of rotation, and an elevation mechanism. The actuated rotary mechanism includes a display holder that is configured to mount a display to the frame and rotate the display about an axis of rotation. The counterweight and the display are located at opposite sides of a vertical plane that passes through the axis of rotation such that a combined center of mass of the display, the display holder, and the counterweight lies on the vertical plane. The frame is coupled to the elevation mechanism, and the elevation mechanism is configured to move the frame up and down.
US11320081B1	Method and apparatus for disconnection of hoses and other conduits A disconnect assembly for operationally attaching a hose or other fluid conduit to a fluid inlet and selectively decoupling the hose or conduit from the fluid inlet. In a first locked position, a fluid pressure seal is formed permitting pressurized flow of fluids through the disconnect assembly. In a second unlocked position, the hose or other fluid conduit can be quickly, safely and efficiently decoupled from the disconnect assembly such as, for example, during an emergency or unforeseen crisis. Following such decoupling, fluid is automatically contained and prevented from discharging into a surrounding environment.
US11320078B2	Checking tool for tube coupler The present invention provides a checking tool for a tube coupler with which it is possible to visually check an attachment state of the tube coupler. A checking tool 10 for a tube coupler according to the present invention is a checking tool configured to be attached to a tube coupler 30, the tube coupler being formed of a first coupling piece 31 and a second coupling piece 35 hingedly connected to each other so as to be able to be opened and closed, being configured to couple tubes to each other with use of the first coupling piece and the second coupling piece, and having hook pieces 33 and 37 that are provided protruding from outer circumferential surfaces of the first coupling piece and the second coupling piece. The checking tool includes a pair of longitudinal frames 11 that conform to an outer circumferential surface of the tube coupler, a first lateral frame 12 that connects end portions at one end of the pair of longitudinal frames to each other, a second lateral frame 16 that connects end portions at the other end of the pair of longitudinal frames to each other, a first claw piece 13 that is provided protruding from the first lateral frame toward the second lateral frame, and a second claw piece 17 that is provided protruding from the second lateral frame toward the first lateral frame.
US11320075B2	Quick-connection device having double locking mechanism A quick connection device with a double-checked locking mechanism includes a connection housing and a locking mechanism, the locking mechanism including a first locking mechanism inserted into the connection housing and having a pedestal from which a pair of retaining arms extends, the pair of retaining arms being connected by a connection strip to form a retaining ring for fitting with an opposite plug-in tube, and having an elastic reset component; and a second locking mechanism inserted into the connection housing having a base from which locking arms and holding arms extend, the first locking mechanism being inserted between the locking arms and the holding arms, wherein the locking arms support a portion of the first locking mechanism and the second locking mechanism prevents movement of the first locking mechanism from the locked position to an unlocked position when the second locking mechanism is in a locked position.
US11320073B2	Subsea clamp connector and subsea clamp connector arrangement comprising such a clamp connector A subsea clamp connector for connecting the ends of two tubular members to each other, the clamp connector including first and second clamping elements, which are pivotable into a closed position in clamping engagement with the ends of the tubular members; and a replaceable locking unit for locking the clamping elements in the closed position. The locking unit includes an operating shaft, a first retaining member mounted to the operating shaft and configured for engagement with a shoulder on a holding member fixed to the first clamping element, and a second retaining member mounted to the operating shaft and configured for engagement with a shoulder on a holding member fixed to the second clamping element. The locking unit is detachably mountable to the clamping elements by insertion of the operating shaft sideways into slots provided in the holding members.
US11320055B2	Gas flow regulating device and mass flow controller The present disclosure provides a gas flow regulating device and a mass flow controller. The gas flow regulating device includes: a valve port component, in which a first inlet channel is provided; a push rod component, in which a first through hole is provided, a push rod being provided in the first through hole, a first end surface of the push rod facing a gas outlet end of the first inlet channel, and the push rod being elastically connected with the push rod component through an elastic diaphragm; and a driving assembly configured to drive the push rod to move along a direction of approaching or leaving the first inlet channel to cause the first end surface of the push rod to be in contact with and seal or separate from the gas outlet end of the first inlet channel. In the gas flow regulating device, the structure can be simplified, the number of parts in contact with gas can be reduced, and the fault caused by the failure of a spring piece can be avoided.
US11320052B2	Sliding components Low-torque sliding components have sliding surfaces rotated relative to each other with an annular mating ring and an annular seal ring facing each other. The sliding surface of at least one of the mating ring and the seal ring has therein a plurality of multi-stepped recess portions formed in a circumferential direction. Relative rotation and sliding of the mating ring and the seal ring causes the multi-stepped recess portions to generate a dynamic pressure, and the multi-stepped recess portion is formed in a stepwise shape in a cross-sectional view by a dynamic pressure recess portion and a static pressure recess portion with the dynamic pressure recess portion surrounding the static pressure recess portion deeper than the dynamic pressure recess portion.
US11320051B2	Seal ring A recessed part formed on a side surface includes a dynamic pressure part extending in the circumferential direction to converge on the side surface, and an introduction part extending from the dynamic pressure to open the dynamic pressure part toward the inner periphery side. One or two inner peripheral wall parts are provided for each of the recessed parts. The inner peripheral wall part is a portion defined on the inner periphery side of the corresponding recessed part by the dynamic pressure part and the introduction part. The inner peripheral wall part includes an inner peripheral wall surface. The inner peripheral wall surface extends toward the introduction part in the circumferential direction with inclining with respect to the side surface such that the inner peripheral wall surface is depressed from the side surface.
US11320042B2	Planetary gearbox having a ring gear accommodated in a housing part A planetary gearbox includes a ring gear accommodated in a housing part, the ring gear particularly has on its radially outer surface, in particular its radially outer side, an annular groove, the annular groove, in particular a circumferential annular groove in the circumferential direction, and a spring element is accommodated in the annular groove, which projects at least partially into an annular groove introduced into the housing part.
US11320041B2	Method for lubricating strain wave gearing When a strain wave gearing is used in an application for an operation of repeating startup/stopping, an outer-side lubrication portion and an inner-side lubrication portion, which are lubricated using different types of grease, remain in a communicating state without being divided using a seal member or the like. The outer-side lubrication portion is supplied with a much smaller amount of grease than the amount that would be required if used in an application such as a steady operation. Similarly, the inner-side lubrication portion is also supplied with a much smaller amount of grease than the amount that would be required if used in an application such as a steady operation. Essentially, the outer-side lubrication portion and the inner-side lubrication portion can be lubricated appropriately using different types of grease, without the grease becoming mixed.
US11320040B2	Transmission and drive train for a motor vehicle A transmission (G) for a motor vehicle includes a pump (P), an oil sump (S), a hydraulic control unit (HCU), a gear set (RS) for providing different transmission ratios between an input shaft (GW1) and an output shaft (GW2) of the transmission (G), and a cavity (HY) arranged on an input side, in which a torque converter (TC) and/or an electric machine (EM) are accommodated. The cavity (HY) is connected to the oil sump (S) via a gap (C) configured for a passive return of oil out of the cavity (HY) into the oil sump (S). In order to reduce the gap (C), a separating element (T) is configured for making it difficult for oil to flow out of the oil sump (S) to the cavity (HY). A drive train comprising such a transmission (G) is also provided.
US11320006B2	Power takeoff control A power takeoff control system and method sense proximity of an operator to a power takeoff and control operation of the power takeoff based upon the sensed proximity.
US11320005B2	Friction engagement element control system and method of controlling friction engagement element A friction engagement element control system is provided, which includes a friction engagement element including friction plates, and an actuation system configured to engage an input-side friction plate with an output-side friction plate with a pushing force, the friction plates having a negative slope characteristic in which a friction coefficient thereof decreases as a rotational difference between the friction plates increases, a rotational difference sensor of the friction engagement element, a separator configured to divide a variation in the detected rotational difference into a high-frequency component that is a vibration component and other low-frequency components, and a controller configured to control a pushing force only for the vibration component of the rotational difference so that the negative slope characteristic becomes a positive slope characteristic in which a frictional force of the friction engagement element decreases as the rotational difference decreases, when engaging the friction engagement element.
US11320004B2	Overrunning clutch having a friction-induced actuating force The disclosure relates to an overrunning clutch, comprising a torque-introducing clutch element, a torque-receiving clutch element and switching element, which is forced from an engagement position into a freewheeling position or from a freewheeling position into an engagement position in dependence on the direction of a sufficient change in the rotational angle position between the torque-introducing clutch element and the torque-receiving clutch element by means of an actuating force applied to the switching element by an actuator. According to the disclosure, the actuating force is a friction-induced actuating force, which is induced by means of a friction-force pairing between the actuator and a component of the overrunning clutch that is in frictional contact with the actuator and the actuator forms an interlockingly acting actuating stop, by means of which the actuating force acts on the switching element.
US11320002B2	Clutch mechanism comprising two assemblies separated by a device for adjusting an axial distance A clutch mechanism that is configured to be driven in rotation about an axis and includes two assemblies, each assembly including at least an outer disc carrier externally delimiting a cavity, a clutch comprising a stack of coupling discs, and friction discs, the stack being housed in the cavity and configured to be driven in rotation about the axis, a reaction member configured to allow compression of the coupling discs against the friction discs in an engaged position of the clutch, the clutch mechanism comprising at least one device for assembling the two assemblies, the clutch mechanism including at least one device for adjusting an axial distance between the two clutches.
US11320001B2	Structure for lubricating clutch Provided is a structure for lubricating a clutch, the structure including: an oil capturing groove provided along an inner circumference of a ring gear at one side of a pinion gear; and an oil hole connected to an inside of a clutch hub through the oil capturing groove.
US11319996B2	Sensor attachment structure for roller guiding device Provided is a sensor mounting structure for a rolling guide device, which enables easy mounting and removal of a sensor of a type among various types with respect to the track rail, the sensor mounting structure including: a sensor holder to be fixed to an end surface of the track rail in a longitudinal direction of the track rail; and a sensor casing to be held on the track rail by the sensor holder, the sensor holder including: a base plate to be fixed to the end surface of the track rail, and a holding plate having one end continuous with the base plate as a fixed end, and another end formed as a free end elastically deformable with respect to the base plate, the holding plate being configured to urge the sensor casing toward the end surface of the track rail by the free end.
US11319983B2	Arrangement for introducing a force from a fastening element into a plastic component and method for producing the arrangement An arrangement configured to introduce a force from a fastening element into a plastic component, the arrangement including a force-limiting element that is embedded in the plastic component; wherein the fastening element is configured to fasten the plastic component at a body; wherein the fastening element is insertable through the force-limiting element, and wherein the plastic component includes a retention device which protrudes at least partially into an interior of the force-limiting element so that the fastening element that is inserted into the force-limiting element is retained in the force limiting element.
US11319980B2	Wall nail A wall nail includes a rod body, a nail head, a rotary head, and a rubber cover. The rod body has a first end portion and a second end portion opposite to the first end portion. The nail head includes a threaded rod and a drill. Two ends of the threaded rod are integrally connected with the second end portion of the rod body and the drill respectively. The rotary head is integrally formed on the first end portion of the rod body. The rubber cover covers the peripheries of the rod body and the rotary head.
US11319977B2	Composed element, multi-layered board and panel-shaped element for forming this composed element A composed element includes at least two panel-shaped elements, which each have an edge zone in which coupling means are present in a profiled part respectively extending in the longitudinal direction of the respective edge zone, and each including an end face extending transversely to the respective edge zone. The profiled parts allow the coupling of the panel-shaped elements together in an interlocking manner. At least one of the panel-shaped elements includes an arrangement which hides from view at least a portion of the profiled part formed at the pertaining edge zone at the location of the end face.
US11319976B2	Integrated belt and sensor for alarm for patient furniture Systems and methods for monitoring the location of a patient using an integrated belt and sensor for alarm for patient furniture. The belt may include a plurality of straps configured to be releasably attached to one another and an alarm system that is triggered when at least one of the straps is disengaged from the other strap or straps. By requiring multiple straps to be released from one another, the amount of time it takes to remove the belt can be increased, which provides medical personnel additional time to reach a patient. Additionally, the system may include additional components to allow a patient to move side-to-side relative to the furniture or device. For instance, where the furniture is a bed, side-to-side movement is desired for added comfort. The system may include a slider enabling the belt to be adjustable for patients of any number of different sizes.
US11319975B2	Pipe connection tool and pipe connection method One cylindrical pipe is inserted into the hollow cylindrical portions of first and second holders made of hard plastic, and the other cylindrical pipe is inserted into the hollow semi-cylindrical portions. The first and second pipe holders are butted together at butt surfaces, respectively. The cylindrical pipe inserted into the butted hollow cylindrical portions is held in the hollow cylindrical portions using a clamping tool, and the cylindrical pipe inserted into a cylindrical portion that becomes hollow cylindrical by butting is held in the hollow semi-cylindrical portions using the clamping tool.
US11319974B2	Clamshell material flow amplifier Disclosed material flow amplifiers have opposing amplifier bodies each with a profile that jointly defines an amplifier body (i.e., “clamshell configuration”). The amplifier body has a flow expander section and a vortex inducer section. A vortex chamber insert is within at least an interior space of the vortex inducer section. Such material flow amplifiers provide for flow of flowable material within a flow passage of a material flow conduit (e.g., a portion of a pipeline, tubing or the like) to have a cyclonic flow (i.e., vortex or swirling) profile. Advantageously, the cyclonic flow profile centralizes flow toward the central portion of the flow passage, thereby reducing laminar flow.
US11319969B2	Eddy pump impeller An eddy pump impeller includes a hub and a plurality of blades. The hub has a rear surface, and tapers from the rear surface to a front end. The plurality of blades extend from the hub. Each of the plurality of blades has an outer surface essentially parallel to the rotational axis of the hub, inversely tapering from the hub, such that each of the plurality of blades has a width adjacent the hub that is less than a width adjacent the outer surface, and has a front surface tapering in height, such that the plurality of blades is configured to cause an eddy current and cause a fluid stream to be forced to an outside of the impeller.
US11319967B2	Centrifugal multistage compressor The present invention provides a centrifugal multistage compressor adapted to inhibit corrosion of an intermediate stage labyrinth. More particularly, the present invention provides a centrifugal multistage compressor adapted to inhibit carbon dioxide corrosion of the intermediate stage labyrinth. The centrifugal multistage compressor of the present invention includes: a rotary shaft equipped with a plurality of impellers; an ejection flow path extended between a first stage of the impellers and a last stage of the impellers and serving to discharge a fluid once from the compressor; a suction flow path extended between the first stage of the impellers and the last stage of the impellers and serving to inject the discharged fluid once again into the compressor; an intermediate diaphragm disposed between the ejection flow path and the suction flow path; and an intermediate stage labyrinth for sealing between the ejection flow path and the suction flow path, and has a configuration where the intermediate diaphragm includes a bypass flow path for supplying the intermediate stage labyrinth with some of the fluid flowing to the ejection flow path.
US11319963B2	Compressor surge control A compressor surge control system includes a rotor system with at least one compressor section and at least one turbine section operably coupled to a shaft. The compressor surge control system also includes one or more rotor system sensors configured to collect a plurality of sensor data from the rotor system, an electric motor operably coupled to the rotor system, and a controller. The controller is operable to monitor the one or more rotor system sensors while the rotor system is rotating. The controller determines whether the plurality of sensor data from the one or more rotor system sensors is indicative of an early-stage compressor surge oscillation. A surge control torque is determined to diminish the early-stage compressor surge oscillation of the rotor system. The electric motor is commanded to apply the surge control torque to the rotor system.
US11319955B2	Positive displacement pump with improved cleaning Some embodiments are directed to a positive displacement pump comprising: a pipe having a first end secured to a transmission area and a second end ending in a cylinder secured to a discharge area, the pipe comprising a suction opening and the discharge area comprising a discharge opening, a drive shaft with one end situated at the cylinder, a piston pressed against the cylinder by elastic means so as to prevent fluid from moving between the pipe and the discharge area, in which the pump further comprises means for moving the piston elastically away from the cylinder and keeping it at a predetermined distance from same. Some other embodiments are directed to a method for cleaning this pump.
US11319952B2	Hydraulic motor subassembly kit with carrier A carrier for a motor subassembly of a hydraulic motor is provided that enables multiple components of the motor subassembly to be temporarily bundled into a compact and easy-to-transport motor subassembly kit. The carrier is a non-hydraulically-functioning member that is configured to have one or more features that mimic a corresponding one or more features of a hydraulically-functioning motor housing to which motor subassembly is intended to be coupled for forming the hydraulic motor. The carrier may have a body with a recessed portion that is configured to receive and/or enclose one or more components of the motor subassembly, and which may cooperate with the one or more motor subassembly components to temporarily secure and bundle the motor subassembly as a compact kit, thereby facilitating transportation and handling of the subassembly components.
US11319947B2	Integrated pump guard and control interlock A paint sprayer includes an end bell, a motor connected to the end bell, a pump drive connected to the end bell, a pair of protrusions attached to an extending from the end bell such that each protrusion is cantilevered from the end bell, and a pump assembly comprising a pair of mounting holes and containing a piston. The pair of mounting holes is adapted to receive and slide onto the pair of protrusions to mount the pump assembly on the end bell as well as slide off of the pair of protrusions to remove the pump assembly from the end bell. The pump drive is configured to covert rotational motion output by the motor to reciprocal motion. The pump assembly is configured to pump paint when reciprocated by the pump drive while mounted on the end bell.
US11319946B2	Solar drive control system for oil pump jacks A system for supplementing the electric power needed by a pump jack electric motor, thereby reducing the electric power purchased from the local utility or power supplier. The system comprises a solar photovoltaic system, or other forms of renewable energy, and regenerated power from the electric motor or drive. The system can be both “on-grid” and “off-grid.” Battery banks and capacitor banks may be used to store energy.
US11319933B2	Rotor blade for a wind turbine incorporating a lightning protection system A rotor blade for a wind turbine comprising: an internal blade cavity defined by two opposing internal surfaces of two shells of the rotor blade; a receptor block forming part of a lightning protection system and disposed within the internal blade cavity; and a centralising device that spaces the receptor block from the two opposing internal surfaces of the shells such that the receptor block lies centrally within the internal blade cavity. The receptor block is therefore in a desired position for installing receptors for lightning discharge.
US11319932B2	Displaceable maintenance device, displaceable assembly device, and method Provided is a displaceable maintenance device, to a displaceable assembly device, to a method for servicing a fastening element, and to a method for servicing and/or assembling a fastening element of a flange of a wind power installation tower. Provided is a displaceable maintenance device for a wind power installation tower, comprising a mobile unit which is specified for moving the maintenance device along a flange of the wind power installation tower; a first maintenance unit having an impact element for impacting a fastening element, in particular a flange connection element, and a noise-receiver unit for detecting a noise generated by the impacting; a control unit for evaluating the noises detected by means of the noise-receiver unit, said control unit, based on the evaluation, being specified for assigning a maintenance status to a fastening element.
US11319926B2	System and method for protecting wind turbines from extreme and fatigue loads A method for protecting a wind turbine from extreme and fatigue loads associated with high wind speed events includes receiving, via a wind turbine condition estimator programmed in a turbine controller of the wind turbine, operating data indicative of current wind turbine operation. Further, the method includes determining, via the wind turbine condition estimator, a plurality of estimated wind turbine conditions at the wind turbine by solving a control algorithm having one or more equations using the operating data. The estimated wind turbine conditions include, at least, an estimated wind speed at the wind turbine and a loading proxy of the wind turbine. As such, the method includes implementing, via the turbine controller, a corrective action only when each of the estimated wind turbine conditions indicates that one or more loading conditions of the wind turbine exceeds a predetermined limit.
US11319925B2	Tower damping in wind turbine power production A method for wind turbine tower damping is disclosed, as well as an associated controller and wind turbine. The method comprises determining, using one or more sensor signals, dynamic state information for a tower of a wind turbine during power production, wherein the dynamic state information comprises a tower frequency. The method further comprises determining at least one control loop gain value using the tower frequency, and generating, using the at least one control loop gain value, one or more control signals for controlling a rotational speed of a rotor of the wind turbine.
US11319921B2	Wind turbine with hinged blades having a hinge position between inner and outer tip end of the blades A wind turbine (1) comprising a tower (2), a nacelle (3) and a hub (7) is disclosed. The hub (7) comprises a blade carrying structure (4) with one or more wind turbine blades (5) connected to thereto. Each of the wind turbine blades (5) defines an aerodynamic profile having a thickness which varies along a length of the wind turbine blade (5). Each of the wind turbine blades (5) is connected to the blade carrying structure (4) via a hinge (6) at a hinge position of the wind turbine blade (5), each wind turbine blade (5) thereby being arranged to perform pivot movements relative to the blade carrying structure (4) between a minimum pivot angle and a maximum pivot angle. The hinge position is arranged at a distance from the inner tip end (5a) and at a distance from the outer tip end (5b), and the thickness, or the thickness-to chord ratio, at the hinge position is larger than the thickness, or the thickness-to-chord ratio, at the inner tip end (5a) and larger than the thickness, or the thickness-to-chord ratio, at the outer tip end (5b).
US11319920B2	Systems and methods for hydro-based electric power generation A hydrodynamic power generation assembly and method of use therefor for generating electrical power from the combination of kinetic energy, hydrostatic energy, and turbulent energy of water. The power generation assembly comprises a water accelerator assembly comprising a support structure which is at least partially buoyant and a baffle panel member (or an array of baffle panel members) having an opening, inter-panel spacing, or flow passageway around the baffle panel(s). A hydropower converter is supported from, by, or on the support structure and is operatively coupled to a generator. The hydropower converter is positioned behind baffle assembly. Water flowing through or around the baffle assembly has an increased velocity relative the ambient current and therefore is capable of generating more power relative to the ambient water where power generation assembly is deployed. Particular types of hydropower converters suitable for use with the invention are turbines and water wheels.
US11319917B2	Ignition coil and ignition system for a vehicle An ignition system for a vehicle includes an ignition coil and a thermoelectric cooler. The ignition coil has primary and secondary coils. The ignition coil is configured to deliver electrical power from a battery to a least one spark plug. The thermoelectric cooler is disposed along an external surface of the ignition coil and is configured to transfer heat generated by the primary and secondary coils to an ambient surrounding.
US11319911B2	Fuel injection valve A fuel injection valve includes: a coil; a stationary core to generate a magnetic force; a movable structure including a moving core and a valve body and internally having a movable flow passage; and a body that internally accommodates the movable structure and internally has a part of the flow passage. The movable structure includes a throttle portion at which a passage area of the movable flow passage is partially throttled. The flow passage includes a throttle flow passage defined by the throttle portion and a separate flow passage between the movable structure and the body. A passage area of the separate flow passage is smaller than a passage area of the throttle flow passage. A position of the separate flow passage in a direction perpendicular to a moving direction of the movable structure is different from an outermost peripheral position of the moving core.
US11319906B2	Methods and systems for an exhaust gas recirculation system Methods and systems are provided for an EGR system. In one example, a system comprises a first turbocharger configured to increase an intake gas pressure and a second turbocharger configured to increase an exhaust gas pressure. The second turbocharger is dedicated to only compressing exhaust gases flowing to an intake passage.
US11319902B2	Fuel control system In at least some implementations, a charge forming device includes a body having a main bore, a fuel metering assembly including a diaphragm that defines at least part of a fuel chamber from which fuel is provided to the main bore and a reference chamber separate from the fuel chamber, a passage communicated with a subatmospheric pressure source and with the reference chamber, and an electrically actuated valve having an open position and a closed position, and wherein the valve at least substantially prevents communication of the pressure source with the reference chamber when the valve is in the closed position and permits communication of the pressure source with the reference chamber when the valve is in the open position to vary the rate of fuel flow from the fuel chamber.
US11319899B2	Module of an aircraft bypass engine of which one arm integrates a stator blade The invention relates to a module of an aircraft bypass engine including an annular flow path of a secondary flow of gas wherein is mounted an annular row of stator blades configured to straighten the gas flow, an arm extending in the flow path downstream from said annular row of blades and being connected physically to one of the stator blades so as to form a unitary aerodynamic assembly, wherein at least one of the two blades adjacent to the blade of the unitary aerodynamic assembly is of a variable pitch type and capable of being rotationally moved about a substantially radial axis with respect to a longitudinal axis of the engine.
US11319894B2	Insulated exhaust port liner for a cylinder head assembly of a motor vehicle An insulated exhaust port liner of a cylinder head assembly for fluidly connecting to an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle includes a sealing layer. The sealing layer has a first surface defining a passage for fluidly connecting to the internal combustion engine and receiving exhaust gas. The sealing layer further includes a second surface opposite to the first surface. The liner further includes a thermal barrier layer coated onto the second surface of the sealing layer. The thermal barrier layer is a porous non-woven material for supporting the sealing layer on the cylinder head and reducing a transfer of heat from the sealing layer to the cylinder head.
US11319893B1	Methods and systems for improving fuel injection repeatability Methods and systems are provided for balancing injector fueling. In one example, a method includes learning portions of a transfer function shape by firing a plurality of injectors at PWs of a set of PWs following a reference injection.
US11319884B2	Fuel distributor valve for fuel injector and method for operating such a distributor valve A distributor valve comprising a second element configured to be displaced relative to a first element, so as to form an overall passage opening of variable fuel passage section corresponding to the intersection of a first passage opening and a second passage opening. The head portion of the second passage opening comprises a first inclination having a first average slope, the intermediate portion of the second passage opening comprises a second inclination having a second average slope strictly greater than said first average slope, and the foot portion of the second passage opening comprises a third inclination having a third average slope, strictly less than said second average slope.
US11319862B2	Outboard motor and marine vessel An outboard motor includes a first cooling water passage through which first cooling water including water from outside an outboard motor body passes to cool a first cooling target including at least one of an electrical component other than an engine and fuel in a fuel tank, and a first pump that is an electric pump that pumps the first cooling water from outside of the outboard motor body and flows the first cooling water into the first cooling water passage.
US11319861B1	Exhaust conduit with a textured surface An exhaust system is provided for an automotive engine of vehicles with exhaust conduits having a textured surface. The system comprises a plurality of cylinder exhaust ports, and an exhaust manifold including a plurality of exhaust runners fluidly coupled to the plurality of cylinder exhaust ports, where at least one exhaust runner of the plurality of exhaust runners includes a plurality of steps or dimples protruding outward from the exhaust runner. In one example, the system promotes an effective mixing of oxygen and hydrocarbons in the exhaust stream to reduce engine emissions.
US11319842B2	Valve bridge comprising concave chambers A valve bridge comprises a central body and at least first and second valve interface portions extending from the central body, each of the at least first and second valve interface portions defining a chamber configured to receive an engine valve and corresponding valve spring and spring retainer. Each chamber comprises a valve bridge control surface configured to selectively contact at least one of the corresponding valve spring and spring retainer, wherein each valve bridge control surface is a concave surface configured to extend downward around the corresponding valve spring.
US11319841B2	Hybrid variable valve actuation system A valvetrain assembly comprises a valve bridge, a capsule, a first rocker arm, and a second rocker arm. The valve bridge comprises an upper surface comprising a central pressure point and an offset pressure point and a lower surface comprising a lower pivot point, a first valve interface, and a second valve interface. The capsule can be connected to the lower pivot point, the capsule configured to provide to the pair of engine valves one or both of a lash adjusting function and a deactivating mode. The first rocker arm is configured to actuate against the central pressure point to transfer a first valve lift mode to the valve bridge. The second rocker arm is configured to actuate against the offset pressure point to transfer a second valve lift mode to the valve bridge.
US11319840B2	Deactivating rocker arm having two-stage latch pin A rocker arm assembly comprises a valve side rocker arm portion, a cam side rocker arm portion configured to selectively rotate relative to the valve side rocker arm portion, and a latch pin assembly disposed in the valve side rocker arm portion and in the cam side rocker arm portion. Portions of the latch pin assembly are configured to move so that when the cam side rocker arm portion selectively rotates, the valve side rocker arm portion switches among a full lift mode, a partial lift mode, and a lost motion lift mode.
US11319837B2	Lubrication systems and methods with superposition gearbox An engine includes a spool including a turbine, a second spool including a second turbine, a fan, and a fan drive gear system. A tower shaft is engaged to the spool. A second tower shaft is engaged to the second spool. A superposition gear system includes a plurality of intermediate gears engaged to the sun gear and supported in a carrier and a ring gear circumscribing the intermediate gears. The tower shaft drives the sun gear. An oil pump is driven by the carrier and supplies oil to the fan drive gear system from an oil tank through a first pickup at a first end of the oil tank and a second pickup at a second, opposite end of the oil tank. A shuttle valve at a suction side of the oil pump selectively allows oil to be supplied by one of the first and second pickup.
US11319823B2	Rotor with sealing element and ring seal A sealing element and a rotor of a gas turbine having at least one rotor disc and having an annular rotor component arranged adjacently to the rotor disc and having a plurality of sealing elements arranged distributed around the circumference. The sealing elements are fastened to the rotor disc at least in the axial direction. An inner edge portion of each of the sealing elements is adjacent to a sealing portion of the rotor component. In order to provide a seal between the sealing element and rotor component whilst at the same time enabling a relative axial displacement, a ring seal is arranged in a receiving space formed by the sealing element and rotor component.
US11319822B2	Hybrid vane segment with ceramic matrix composite airfoils A vane assembly for use with a gas turbine engine includes an outer wall, an inner wall, and a plurality of airfoils. The outer wall and the inner wall extend at least partway about an axis. At least one of the airfoils is coupled with the outer end wall and the inner end wall to transmit force loads through the vane assembly.
US11319821B2	Locking spacer assembly, corresponding blade assembly, method for installing a locking spacer A locking spacer assembly for filling a final spacer slot in a disk groove between platforms of adjacent blades of a blade assembly in an industrial gas turbine engine is presented. The locking spacer assembly includes a first side piece, a second side piece, a mid piece and a bolt. The bolt is disposed into the mid piece to position the mid piece in a radial position in an assembled state. The mid piece contacts the first side piece and the second side piece in the assembled state to prevent axial movements of the first and second side pieces in the disk groove. The bolt prevents a radial movement of the mid piece.
US11319817B2	Airfoil with panel and side edge cooling An airfoil includes a core structure that defines a cooling passage and first and second panels that are attached with the core structure. Each of the first and second panels includes an exterior gas path side, an opposed interior side, and a side edge. The side edge has a bearing portion that defines a bearing surface. The bearing surface of the first panel abuts the bearing surface of the second panel at a bearing interface. There are channels in the bearing portion of the first panel. Each of the channels has a first end that opens to the cooling passage and a second end that opens to the exterior gas path side at one of the side edges. Each of the channels is defined on a side by the bearing surface of the second panel.
US11319816B2	Turbine component and methods of making and cooling a turbine component A turbine component includes a root and an airfoil extending from the root to a tip opposite the root. The airfoil forms a leading edge and a trailing edge portion extending to a trailing edge. A plurality of axial cooling channels in the trailing edge portion of the airfoil are arranged to permit axial flow of a cooling fluid from an interior of the turbine component at the trailing edge portion to an exterior of the turbine component at the trailing edge portion. A method of making a turbine component includes forming an airfoil having a trailing edge portion with axial cooling channels. The axial cooling channels are arranged to permit axial flow of a cooling fluid from an interior to an exterior of the turbine component at the trailing edge portion. A method of cooling a turbine component is also disclosed.
US11319815B2	Mistuning of turbine blades with one or more internal cavities A bladed rotor system includes first and second sets of blades with respective airfoils each having at least one internal cavity. The airfoils of both the first and second sets of blades have identical outer shapes defined by an outer surface of an outer wall of the respective airfoils. The airfoils of the first set of blades are distinguished from the airfoils of the second set of blades by a geometry and/or position of at the least one internal cavity, which is unique to blades of a given set. The natural frequency of a blade of the first set differs from the natural frequency of a blade of the second set by a predetermined amount. The blades of the first set and the second set are alternately arranged in a periodic fashion in said circumferential row, to provide a frequency mistuning to stabilize flutter of the blades.
US11319812B2	Rotary piston and cylinder device having a dish ringed rotor A rotary piston and cylinder device (1) comprising a rotor (2), a stator (4), a rotatable shutter (3), the rotor and the stator comprising surface portions which define a chamber, wherein the rotor comprises a first surface portion (2A) and the stator comprises substantially two surface portions (4a; 4b′), and the two surface portions of the stator neighbour each other.
US11319811B2	Internal gear pump An internal gear pump includes an outer rotor having internal teeth, an inner rotor rotatably disposed inside the outer rotor and having external teeth engaging with the internal teeth, and a pump housing. The pump housing includes: a holding recess rotatably holding the outer rotor and having a wall on which an outer peripheral face of the outer rotor is to slide; an inlet to take in a fluid into pump chambers defined between the inner rotor and the outer rotor; an outlet to discharge the fluid from the pump chambers; a case groove provided on the wall and to hold the fluid; and a joint groove provided on an upper land face defined between a trailing end of the inlet and a leading end of the outlet and on which the internal teeth and the external teeth are to slide.
US11319808B2	Hose retention system for drilling machine A hose retention system for a negative-angle-capable blasthole drilling machine is disclosed. The hose retention system may include an upper cage to extend longitudinally along a mast structure. The upper cage may have a secured end to couple the upper cage to the mast structure, a free end to extend toward the mast structure, and a first longitudinally-extending channel. The hose retention system may include a lower cage separate from the upper cage to extend longitudinally along the mast structure. The lower cage may have a secured end to couple the lower cage to the mast structure, a free end to extend toward the mast structure, and a second longitudinally-extending channel.
US11319807B2	Fracture configuration using a Kalman filter Treatment fluid may be injected into a wellbore of a geological formation to stimulate fracturing of the geological formation. A plurality of measurements may be received from one or more sensors on a surface of the geological formation or downhole which measures an indication of change of the geological formation based on the stimulation. A fracture configuration of a fracture in the geological formation may be determined based on an Kalman gain and the plurality of measurement data. Injection of the treatment fluid into the wellbore may be adjusted based on the fracture configuration.
US11319803B2	Coiled tubing enabled dual telemetry system A telemetry system is provided for a coiled tubing-based work string and includes electrical transmission of power and data between sensors in a bottom hole assembly and a controller. One or more optic fibers are used to provide distributed temperature or acoustic sensing along the length of the work string.
US11319802B2	Downhole operations using remote operated sleeves and apparatus therefor One or more remote-operated sleeve valves are placed along a tubular string downhole. The sleeves can be opened and closed wirelessly, and in embodiments over and over again. Differential pressure between wellbore fluid pressure and an accumulator chamber enable repeated shifting. Each sleeve can have a unique actuation code removing constraints regarding sequence of operation and need for well intervention to access the sleeves. Hydraulic fracturing can be achieved without wellbore obstructions, and other operations benefit for reduced expense in service rigs and the ability or selectively shut off problem zones. Remote signals received downhole include those generated by percussive and seismic, distinguishable from background noise including during pumping.
US11319790B2	Proppant ramp up decision making Methods and systems for monitoring and controlling a hydraulic fracturing operation to generate a real-time treatment plan are provided. The methods of the present disclosure include providing a treatment fluid; introducing the treatment fluid into a wellbore penetrating at least a first portion of a subterranean formation at or above a pressure sufficient to create or enhance one or more formation entry points in the subterranean formation; measuring one or more properties of the treatment fluid or downhole conditions within the subterranean formation; creating a treatment plan substantially in real-time including one or more plans selected from the group consisting of: a proppant placement plan, a fluid placement plan, a completion plan, and any combination thereof, wherein the treatment plan is based at least partially on the one or more properties of the treatment fluid or downhole conditions; and treating at least the first portion of the subterranean formation in accordance with the treatment plan.
US11319781B2	Nonresident system and method for depressurising subsea apparatus and lines The present invention provides a nonresident system for depressurizing subsea apparatus and lines comprising a depressurizing tool (5) adapted for being coupled to an ROV interface (6) of a subsea apparatus, wherein the depressurizing tool (5) is coupled to an ROV (4), wherein: the ROV interface (6) comprises a first pipeline (6a) for connection to a first hydrocarbon transport line (8), a second pipeline (6b) for connection to second hydrocarbon transport line (9), and a connection mandrel (6d); and the depressurizing tool (5) comprises a suction line (5a) adapted for being connected to the first pipeline (6a) for connection to the first hydrocarbon transport line; a discharge line (5b) adapted for being connected to the second pipeline (6b) for connection to the second hydrocarbon transport line; a pump (5c); and a connector (5d) adapted for being connected to the connection mandrel (6d) of the ROV interface (6). A method is also provided for depressurizing subsea apparatus and lines, comprising the steps of: removing a blind cap (15) from an ROV interface (6) with aid of an ROV (4); coupling a depressurizing tool (5) to the ROV interface (6) of a subsea apparatus (10); suction and removal of fluid from a first hydrocarbon transport line, wherein the first hydrocarbon transport line comprises hydrate formation; and pressurizing and reinjecting the fluid into a second hydrocarbon transport line.
US11319780B2	Wellsite system services A system can include an individual workspace well design application that includes a graphical user interface that includes selectable graphical elements corresponding to subsystems of a wellsite system and graphical alert elements; a collaborative workspace well design application operatively coupled to the individual workspace well design application; and well design evaluators operatively coupled to the individual workspace well design application and the collaborative workspace well design application where the evaluators receive and analyze design parameters associated with one or more subsystems of a wellsite system to control transmission of one or more alerts that activate one or more graphical alert elements of the individual workspace well design application.
US11319776B2	Methods and systems for a pin point frac sleeves system A frac sleeve with a set of inner sleeves that allow selective opening and closing of such sleeves.
US11319772B2	Elimination of perofration process in plug and perf with downhole electronic sleeves A method includes positioning a completion assembly in a wellbore penetrating a subterranean formation and conveying a frac plug through the completion assembly. The completion assembly may provide a fracturing assembly. The method further includes detecting a wireless signal provided by the frac plug with a sensor included in the fracturing assembly, actuating a sliding sleeve of the fracturing assembly based on detection of the wireless signal and thereby moving the sliding sleeve to expose one or more flow ports, setting the frac plug in the wellbore downhole from the fracturing assembly, conveying a wellbore projectile through the completion assembly, receiving the wellbore projectile with the frac plug, and thereby sealing the wellbore at the frac plug, and injecting a fluid under pressure into the subterranean formation via the one or more flow ports.
US11319771B2	Cementing high-loss zones A non-metallic tubular defines a central flow passage. Actuable rollers are actuable between an extended position and a retracted position. The actuable rollers are pivotally attached to the non-metallic tubular. The actuable rollers centralize the non-metallic tubular when in the extended position. The actuable rollers extend between the non-metallic tubular to an inner surface of the wellbore when in the extended position. A connector is attached to an uphole end of the non-metallic tubular. The connector is configured to attach to a downhole end of a work string.
US11319769B2	Multi-intervention blowout preventer and methods of use thereof A multi-intervention blowout preventer includes a body having a bore therethrough. A first pair of ram blocks may be coupled to the body and include a ram, a catcher, and a blade operationally connected to the bore via a first pair of openings in the body. The ram, the catcher, and the blade may cut a flexible line extending through the bore while holding the flexible line. A second pair of ram blocks may be coupled to the body and include a second pair of rams operationally connected to the bore via a second pair of openings in the body to seal around a tubular. A third pair of ram blocks may be coupled to the body and include a third pair of rams operationally connected to the bore via a third pair of openings in the body to seal the bore.
US11319765B2	Downhole pulsing-shock reach extender method A downhole pulsing-shock reach extender method for overcoming static friction resistance in coiled-tubing drilling-fluid-pressure driven downhole operations, by 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.
US11319760B2	Swellable lost circulation material and methods of manufacturing and using the same Embodiments of the disclosure provide a method and device for controlling lost circulation in a target lost circulation zone in a borehole. A swellable lost circulation material device includes a permeable membrane and a swellable lost circulation material enclosed within the membrane. The swellable lost circulation material device in a non-swollen state is introduced to a target lost circulation zone where a fluidic component permeates into the swellable lost circulation material device through the membrane such that the fluid component is in contact with the swellable lost circulation material such that the swellable lost circulation material device transitions to a swollen state.
US11319753B2	Method of forming stators for downhole motors A stator for a downhole motor configured for use in a downhole environment. includes an inner tubular member formed from a first metallic material having an outer surface and a helically lobed inner surface, and an outer tubular member comprising a second metallic material that is different from the first metallic material. The inner tubular member is connected to the outer tubular member by compressive force passing from the outer tubular member through the inner tubular member to a rigid mandrel removably disposed within the inner tubular member. The inner tubular member and the outer tubular member form the stator of the downhole motor.
US11319743B2	Hydraulic damper with compressed gas extend assist A dampening system (28) that includes an actuation state and/or a door actuation system that includes a single-use pressurized tank (34). The dampening system or the door actuation system may include a damper (30) and a fluid pressure source (e.g., the single-use pressurized tank (34)) that pressurizes the damper to actuate from a first position to a second position. The pressurization allows the damper to actuate another component, such as a vehicle door (26) that is operably coupled to the damper. A user may shift the damper into the actuation state to actuate the vehicle door open during an emergency, such as when a military vehicle is on its side after an explosion knocks over the vehicle and the vehicle door is too heavy for the user to open without assistance.
US11319740B2	Multi-link hinge device The present invention discloses a multi-link hinge device, wherein the multi-link hinge device includes a bottom lever installed on a main body of a member with a door and having a first bottom fastening hole and a second bottom fastening hole formed to be spaced apart from an end side; a top lever installed on the door of the main body and having a first top fastening hole and a second top fastening hole spaced apart from each other; a body lever having one end pivotally connected to the first bottom fastening hole and having a first body fastening hole formed at the other end and a second body fastening hole formed inside; a first link pivotally connected to the first top fastening hole and the first body fastening hole; a second link pivotally connected to the second top fastening hole and the second body fastening hole, and having a link central fastening hole formed inside; a third link pivotally connected to the link central fastening hole and the second bottom fastening hole; and a rocker arm that is pivotally connected to the first link and guides the door to move to a closing position selectively by elasticity when the top lever for opening and closing the door is operated; wherein the top lever includes a latching member that is rotatably provided so as to be selectively latch-positioned on an elastic action section formed on the rocker arm, and receives an elastic force from an elastic member provided on the rocker arm to guide the door to elastically move along the elastic action section.
US11319735B1	Sliding-door latch A reversible apparatus for a conventional pocket door has a sliding-handle mechanism and a handle cavity sized to facilitate human operation. Moving parts are contained in a cartridge, and remain assembled, independent of the configuration of the apparatus for doors that close from left to right, or doors that close from right to left.
US11319727B1	Apparatus for securing a device A system for securing a device having a case and a security feature integrated into the device. The system has a device security apparatus removably mountable on the device by agency of the security feature on the case of the device. The device security apparatus may include a base element configured to mount on the device by releasably engaging the security feature of the device, and may further include a securing element removably mounted on the base element. The securing element may include at least one of a plurality of modules configured to interchangeably mount on the base element. The plurality of modules may include a mechanical connection module configured to physically connect the device security apparatus to an object, and a monitoring module configured to monitor movement of the device security apparatus and any device connected to the device security apparatus.
US11319723B2	Stay cable for structures A mast is erected to support a load. At least one stay cable supports the mast. The stay cable is oriented to the mast within a radial distance of the blade from the mast. The stay cable is stressed to support the mast while the wind drives the blade without collision of the stay cable.
US11319720B2	Transportable breakroom box A transportable breakroom box is disclosed that comprises: a box as a breakroom having a floor space equal to or less than ten square meters; a sliding door; a vaporization filter; a water storage tank that stores water to be supplied to the vaporization filter; and a water supply pump; an exhaust blower; and, one or both of a hanging hook used for hanging, the hanging hook being provided on a shingle of the box, and a floor beam to which forks of a forklift truck can be hooked, wherein, the exhaust blower sucks and discharges air in the box, and sucks outside air through the vaporization filter, and water supplied to the vaporization filter and dripped down from the vaporization filter is collected in the water storage tank.
US11319712B2	Panel with a hook-form locking system A panel including a panel top side and a panel underside and including at least four panel margins which are situated opposite one another in pairwise fashion, having complementary holding profiles which are provided in pairwise fashion on the panel margins and which fit together such that identical panels are fastenable to one another, wherein at least one of the holding profile pairs is equipped with hook profiles, specifically with a receiving hook on one panel margin and with an arresting hook on the opposite panel margin.
US11319711B2	Metal interior material and interior material attachment structure The present disclosure relates to interior material attachment structure with wall attachment part bolt grooves, including: binding protrusions formed at the outermost part of the interior material attachment structure in order to attach the metal interior material; and connection part grooves formed adjacent to the binding protrusions in order to connect the plurality of interior material attachment structures to each other.
US11319708B2	Insulation board with improved performance A roof assembly, having: a roof deck; an insulation board assembly mounted onto the roof deck; and a roofing membrane adhered onto the insulation board assembly, wherein the insulation board assembly comprises: a foam insulation board, a woven top facer on a top side of the foam insulation board, and a woven bottom facer on a bottom side of the foam insulation board.
US11319707B1	Collated rebar clinch clip A collated rebar clinch clip has three components including a pair of spaced U-shaped crimp elements and a U-shaped bridge element connecting the crimp elements. The crimp elements and bridge element are cut from continuous lengths of stock material. A plurality of clinch clips are joined together by a pair of cords to form a collated series of clinch clips that may be arranged in a linear series or spirally wound to form a coil. The tool includes a frame, a die set with a sliding blade and a fixed anvil, an actuator to linearly move the blade relative to the anvil, and a magazine to hold collated clinch clips for sequential delivery between the blade and anvil to tie together a first length of rebar extending through the bridge element and a second orthogonal length of rebar extending through the crimp elements.
US11319702B2	Apartment balcony A balcony (10) for attachment to a building wall to provide privacy and views, and comfortable outdoor living space for apartment dwellers. The balcony has a floor (16) having a first edge (18) for abutment to the building wall, a perimeter wall (14) having a first end (22) and a second end (24), the first end and the second end being spaced apart and adjacent to the floor first edge (18). The floor extends between the perimeter wall and the floor first edge. The perimeter wall has a top edge (26) that is higher at the first end (22) than at the second end (24). Connectors (36, 38) are provided proximate to the floor first edge and proximate to the perimeter wall upper edge for attaching the balcony to the building wall.
US11319700B2	Lubrication system for marine or RV toilet A manual lubrication system for a manual toilet flush pump on a manual toilet of the type used in boats and RV's. The lubrication system comprises a lubricant reservoir affixed in parallel to the housing of the manual toilet flush pump laterally opposite the toilet, with a movable lubricant pump head located below the operating handle of the manual toilet flush pump and having an operating axis generally parallel to the that of the manual toilet flush pump's operating handle. A positive manual shutoff normally keeps the lubricant reservoir isolated from the normal in-flow of water to and through the manual toilet flush pump except when lubricant is being manually added during a maintenance procedure.
US11319696B2	Convertible aircraft toilet To reduce the bulk of an aircraft toilet which includes a toilet bowl and a washbasin, the washbasin is movably mounted in the toilet to be able to adopt at least two distinct positions relative to the toilet bowl, including a retracted position adopted to bring the toilet into a configuration of use of the bowl, and a deployed position adopted to bring the toilet into a washbasin configuration, a position in which the washbasin is arranged above the bowl.
US11319694B2	Electric construction machine An electric construction machine is provided that can travel from a work location to a charging location, and can suppress deterioration of work efficiency. The electric hydraulic excavator includes: a battery device (19); an electric motor (28) that is driven by power of the battery device (19); a hydraulic pump (29) that is driven by the electric motor (28); a travelling hydraulic motor (7) and a work hydraulic actuator that are driven by a hydraulic fluid delivered from the hydraulic pump (29); a controller (37); and a display device (24). The controller (37) computes an operable time by dividing power storage amount of the battery device (19) by average power consumption per unit time during driving of the electric motor (28); computes a travelable time by dividing the power storage amount of the battery device (19) by average power consumption per unit time during driving of the electric motor (28) and the travelling hydraulic motor (7); and causes the computed operable time and the computed travelable time to be displayed on the display device (24).
US11319691B2	Anchor pier for manufactured building An anchor pier for supporting a manufactured building, in which the anchor pier includes having a shaft with a connector and a helical flight proximate a driving tip, with a brace member attached to the connector and to the manufactured building with a connector, to transfer loading between the manufactured building and the ground. A method of supporting a manufactured building is disclosed.
US11319689B1	NSMB pile splice system for precast concrete piles Near-Surface Mounting Bar (NSMB) Pile Splice systems and methods are provided as an alternative splicing method to connect driven precast concrete pile segments. These systems are applicable to both unforeseen and preplanned splicing needs and provide excellent advantage especially for the unforeseen condition when other splice systems fail to provide the required capacity. These systems offer completely unique and new methods of connecting and splicing precast prestressed concrete pile segments and all other prismatic precast concrete elements.
US11319687B1	Ground improvement apparatus A ground improvement apparatus includes: an inner shaft arranged inside an outer pipe and including a mechanism for rotating a crank at a rotation speed four times as fast as that of the outer pipe; agitation blades supported by the outer pipe so as to reciprocate in a radial direction of the outer pipe and including discharge outlets; and a slider crank mechanism for converting a rotation movement of the crank to a reciprocating movement of the agitation blades. A ground at a location where the outer pipe is penetrated and a solidifying material discharged from the discharge outlets are agitated and mixed with each other to form an improved body having a substantially rectangular cross section by rotating the agitation blades while advancing and retreating the agitation blades relative to each other via the slider crank mechanism by rotation of the crank.
US11319686B2	Transportable modular system for emergency treatment of water polluted by liquid hydrocarbon spillage A transportable modular system for emergency treatment of water polluted by liquid hydrocarbon spillage comprises: at least a first containerized treatment module, comprising a container in the form of a standard size intermodal container which houses a coalescence separator device, configured to operate an oil/water separation; a suction pipe having a first end connected to the coalescence separator device and a second end provided with an inlet connected to at least one floating skimmer; a pump positioned on the suction pipe; a water drain pipe and an oil drain pipe, connected to a water outlet and an oil outlet, respectively, of the coalescence separator device.
US11319684B1	Method and apparatus for animal waste collection A compact animal waste collector kit includes a hinged lid receptacle which is sized and shaped to be hand-held and support an animal waste bag; and an animal waste bag sized and shaped to fit over an open end of the hinged lid receptacle and in the hinged lid receptacle.
US11319680B1	Retroreflective traffic stripe for both wet and dry weather conditions This invention is a novel retroreflective traffic stripe comprising an exposed top surface containing a widely spaced repeating pattern of linear light-turning prisms and a second repeating pattern of linear prisms between the light-turning prisms, over a bottom surface containing cube corner retroreflective prisms. The two types of top surface prisms are operable under dry and wet weather conditions, respectively. Both types of top surface prisms are configured to use refraction and reflection to redirect light from distant headlights into a downward direction onto the bottom surface of the traffic stripe under dry and wet weather conditions, respectively. Cube corner retroreflective prisms on the bottom surface accept the light and return it in the opposite direction.
US11319664B2	Clothes care apparatus A clothes care apparatus includes a body including a clothes care compartment and a machine room arranged under the clothes care compartment, a steam generation device configured to generate steam, a steam injector including a steam injection port configured to receive the steam from the steam generation device and inject the steam into an inside of the clothes care compartment, and a condensed water outlet configured to discharge condensed water from the steam into the inside of the clothes care compartment, and a drain hole provided in the clothes care compartment below the condensed water outlet to connect the clothes care compartment to the machine room so as to allow the condensed water discharged from the condensed water outlet to flow into the machine room.
US11319661B1	Ventilation solution for closed-loop dryer systems A drying appliance includes a cabinet. A drum processes articles of laundry. The drum is positioned for rotational operation within the cabinet. A blower directs process air through a recirculating airflow path that includes the drum. The drum and the blower are activated in an operating state and deactivated in an idle state. A first operable vent is positioned proximate a front of the cabinet. A second operable vent is positioned proximate a rear of the cabinet. The first and second operable vents define an open position after the drum and the blower define the idle state. The first and second operable vents define a closed position after the drum and the blower define the operating state.
US11319660B2	Clothes handling apparatus Disclosed herein is a clothes handling apparatus that allows a user to easily change a door opening direction. The clothes handling apparatus includes a cabinet having an opening formed in a front surface thereof, a door configured to open or close the opening, and a door lock including a first door latch installed at a right side of the opening and provided to lock the door and a second door latch installed at a left side of the opening and provided to lock the door. The door may be rotatably installed at the left side of the opening or rotatably installed at the right side of the opening, and the first door latch or the second door latch may lock the door depending on whether the door is installed at the left side or the right side of the opening.
US11319658B2	Drum washing machine A drum washing machine comprises an inner drum rotatable. Both ends of the inner drum are closed and rotatably mounted on a supporting device through rotating shafts, respectively. A side wall of the inner drum is provided with an input port for taking and putting items. A sealing inner cover capable of being opened/closed is mounted at the input port. A water flow passage for feeding water and/or draining water is arranged in at least one of the rotating shafts at both ends of the inner drum. The whole inner drum may be made into a drum without any hole. During the washing process, washing water is held in the inner drum, and the inner drum rotates to wash clothes. The two closed ends of the inner drum are rotatably mounted on the supporting device through the rotating shafts, thus realizing rotation of the inner drum.
US11319657B2	Washing apparatus and controlling method thereof A washing machine including a tub configured to store water; a drum configured to be rotatable in the tub; a motor configured to rotate the drum; heaters configured to heat the water stored in the tub and including a main heater and the sub heater; and a controller configured to control the heaters to stop driving of the sub heater when the current value of the motor exceeds a predetermined reference current value during driving of the motor and the heaters.
US11319650B2	Weft thread cutting device looms without shuttles A weft thread cutting device for shuttleless looms is placed between a fabric edge, a comb and a warp mouth, on one side, and a weft thread selector, on the other side. Weft threads, coming from a plurality of eyelets, join at a vertex located at the fabric edge and at the beating line of the comb. The weft thread cutting device has a rotating disk with a cutting edge, configured to cut the weft threads by a motor which keeps the rotating disk in rotation, and a step control motor, which, through a rotating shaft provided with an eccentric, controls motion of a hinged lever swinging with respect to a longitudinal axis of the step control motor. The hinged lever is shaped, at one end, in the form of two arms, respectively resting on the surfaces of two elastic plates, and is connected, at the other end, to the eccentric.
US11319649B2	Ring spinning system and method for operating A method to operate a ring spinning system containing a ring spinning machine having spinning positions and a winding machine having winding positions. Yarn is spun at the spinning position and wound to a cop. Values of a spinning parameter are determined at different times during the winding of the cop and stored as spinning data. The cop is transported from the spinning position to the winding position, where the yarn is rewound from the cop onto a bobbin. Values of a yarn parameter are determined at at least two different times during the rewinding, and stored as yarn data. The spinning data and the yarn data are assigned to each other such that they relate to the same yarn section. Based on the spinning data and yarn data assigned, an intervention is made on the ring spinning machine.
US11319646B2	Gallium arsenide single crystal substrate The gallium arsenide single crystal substrate has a circular main surface, and when the diameter of the main surface of the gallium arsenide single crystal substrate is represented by D and the number of etch pits formed on the main surface by immersing the gallium arsenide single crystal substrate in molten potassium hydroxide at 500° C. for 10 minutes is counted, the number C1 of etch pits in a first circular region having a diameter of 0.2D around the center of the main surface is 0 or more and 10 or less.
US11319634B2	Corrosion inhibitors for a refinery Corrosion inhibitor compositions and methods for inhibiting corrosion on a metal surface exposed to a hydrocarbon fluid are provided. The corrosion inhibitor composition can comprise 2-aminoterephthalic acid, dimethyl sulfoxide and heavy aromatic naphtha (HAN). In another embodiment, the composition can comprise 4-methylamino benzoic acid or 4-methylsulfonyl benzoic acid, N-methyl pyrrolidone, and HAN. In the method, a corrosion inhibitor composition comprising 2-aminoterephthalic acid, 4-methylamino benzoic acid, or 4-methylsulfonyl benzoic acid can be added to a hydrocarbon fluid exposed to the metal surface. The corrosion can be caused by naphthenic acid.
US11319624B2	Vapor deposition apparatus, vapor deposition method, and method for manufacturing organic EL display apparatus A vapor deposition method and a vapor deposition apparatus that, when a vapor deposition material is deposited on a substrate, make it possible to form deposition layer pattern precisely so that the deposition layer pattern is formed uniformly without a gap formed between a deposition mask and the substrate. A deposition mask is disposed with its periphery held by a frame. A substrate on which a vapor deposition layer is to be formed is mounted over an upper surface of the deposition mask. A vapor deposition source is disposed facing the deposition mask and evaporates a vapor deposition material. The vapor deposition is performed while the substrate is pressed vertically at a position of a center of deflection of the deposition mask and on an upper surface of the substrate until that a length of the substrate substantially becomes identical to a length of the deposition mask being bowed down and expanded.
US11319622B2	High-strength steel sheet and high-strength galvanized steel sheet A high-strength steel sheet satisfies a predetermined chemical composition in which a content of martensite is 93% by volume or more, contents of ferrite, pearlite, and bainite are 2% by volume or less in total, and a content of retained austenite is 7% by volume or less, based on an entire metal structure, a number of laths in martensite measured by a cutting method in a total length of 300 μm in an image of the metal structure observed under a scanning electron microscope is 240 or more, and a tensile strength of the high-strength steel sheet is 1470 MPa or more.
US11319620B2	Martensitic steels with 1700 to 2200 MPa tensile strength A martensitic steel alloy is provided. The martensitic steel alloy includes carbon from 0.22 to 0.36 wt. %, manganese from 0.5% to 2.0% wt. %, and chromium in an amount less than 0.10 wt. %. and a carbon equivalent Ceq of less than 0.44 in which Ceq=C+Mn/6+(Cr+Mo+V)/5+(Ni+Cu)/15. Ceq is the carbon equivalent, C, Mn, Cr, Mo, V, Ni, and Cu are in wt. % of the elements in the alloy. The alloy has an ultimate tensile strength of at least 1700 MPa.
US11319619B2	Non-oriented electrical steel sheet and manufacturing method therefor A non-oriented electrical steel sheet according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises Si: 2.0 to 3.5%, Al: 0.3 to 3.5%, Mn: 0.2 to 4.5%, Zn: 0.0005 to 0.02% in wt % and Fe and inevitable impurities as a balance amount.
US11319616B2	Titanium alloy According to one embodiment, an alpha-beta titanium alloy comprises, in weight percentages: an aluminum equivalency in the range of about 6.7 to 10.0; a molybdenum equivalency in the range of 0 to 5.0; at least 2.1 vanadium; 0.3 to 5.0 cobalt; titanium; and incidental impurities.
US11319614B2	Method for deoxidizing Al—Nb—Ti alloy Disclosed herein is a method for deoxidizing an Al—Nb—Ti alloy, which includes melting and holding an Al—Nb—Ti alloy containing from 50 to 75 mass % of Al, from 5 to 30 mass % of Nb, and 80 mass % or less in total of Al and Nb by a melting method using a water-cooled copper vessel in an atmosphere of 1.33 Pa to 2.67×105 Pa at a temperature of 1,900 K or more, thereby decreasing an oxygen content thereof. The Al—Nb—Ti alloy is prepared using an alloy material formed of an aluminum material, a niobium material and a titanium material and containing oxygen in a total amount of 0.5 mass % or more.
US11319608B2	High-strength and corrosion-resistant sucker rod and preparation process thereof A high-strength and corrosion-resistant sucker rod and a preparation process thereof are disclosed. Raw materials for preparing the high-strength and corrosion-resistant sucker rod include, by weight percent, Mn: 0.70% to 1.20%, Cr: 9.50% to 13.50%, Ni: 0.65% to 1.10%, Mo: 0.10% to 0.90%, Cu: 0.28% to 0.56%, C: ≤0.07%, Si: ≤0.50%, P: ≤0.08%, and S: ≤0.005%, the balance is Fe and unavoidable impurities. The sucker rod prepared by the new process has an actual grain size equal to or greater than grade 8, excellent mechanical properties that meet the standard of grade HL specified in SY/T5029 Sucker Rods, and excellent corrosion fatigue resistance. The preparation process is simple and easy for operation, and suitable for large-scale promotion.
US11319598B2	Systems and methods to detect rare mutations and copy number variation The present disclosure provides a system and method for the detection of rare mutations and copy number variations in cell free polynucleotides. Generally, the systems and methods comprise sample preparation, or the extraction and isolation of cell free polynucleotide sequences from a bodily fluid; subsequent sequencing of cell free polynucleotides by techniques known in the art; and application of bioinformatics tools to detect rare mutations and copy number variations as compared to a reference. The systems and methods also may contain a database or collection of different rare mutations or copy number variation profiles of different diseases, to be used as additional references in aiding detection of rare mutations, copy number variation profiling or general genetic profiling of a disease.
US11319570B2	Micro biosensor and measuring method thereof The present invention provides a measuring method for prolonging a usage lifetime of a micro biosensor implanted subcutaneously to measure a physiological signal associated with an analyte. The micro biosensor includes a working electrode and a counter electrode, wherein the counter electrode includes silver and a silver halide having an initial amount. The method includes cyclic steps of: applying a measurement voltage to drive the working electrode to measure the physiological signal, where the silver halide is consumed by a specific amount; stopping applying the measurement voltage; and whenever the physiological parameter is obtained, applying a replenishment voltage to drive the counter electrode, thereby the silver halide of a replenishment amount being replenished to the counter electrode, wherein a guarding value of a sum of the replenishment amount and the initial amount subtracting the consumption amount is controlled within a range of the initial amount plus or minus a specific value.
US11319565B2	Method for preparing lipoamino acids based on deep eutectic solvents The disclosure discloses a method for preparing a lipoamino acid compound based on deep eutectic solvents, and belongs to the field of organic synthesis. The preparation method of the disclosure uses a fatty acid and an amino acid as substrates, uses a deep eutectic solvent as a medium, and directly and efficiently prepares a single-chain lipoamino acid surfactant under the catalysis of lipase CALB. Alternatively, Amano lipase M is used as a catalyst to efficiently catalyze the reaction of an amino acid containing a plurality of amino groups with a fatty acid to prepare a Gemini amino acid. The method of the disclosure does not need to undergo protection and deprotection of the amino acid, and does not involve commonly used fatty acid chlorides. Compared with the traditional chemical synthesis methods, the disclosure has the advantages of greenness, safety, high selectivity, high yield, etc., and has very important potential application value.
US11319555B2	Compositions, systems and methods for cell therapy Disclosed herein are compositions and methods for cell therapy comprising an engineered cell. The present invention is directed to a composition for treating a subject having or suspected of having a disease, the composition comprising a modified cell comprising a modified endogenous gene, wherein an endogenous gene or fragment thereof is replaced with a transgene using a CRISPR/Cas9 system to generate the modified endogenous gene, the modified cell having an altered response to a cell signal or stimulus.
US11319554B2	Cucumber mosaic virus resistant pepper plants The present disclosure provides Capsicum annuum plants exhibiting increased resistance to resistance-breaking cucumber mosaic virus (rbCMV) strains. Such plants comprise novel introgressed genomic regions associated with disease resistance on chromosome 8. In certain aspects, compositions and methods for producing, breeding, identifying, and selecting plants or germplasm with an increased disease resistance phenotype are provided.
US11319550B2	Methods and compositions for short stature plants through manipulation of gibberellin metabolism to increase harvestable yield The present disclosure provides compositions and methods for altering gibberellin (GA) content in corn or other cereal plants. Methods and compositions are also provided for altering the expression of genes related to gibberellin biosynthesis through suppression, mutagenesis and/or editing of specific subtypes of GA20 or GA3 oxidase genes. Modified plant cells and plants having a suppression element or mutation reducing the expression or activity of a GA oxidase gene are further provided comprising reduced gibberellin levels and improved characteristics, such as reduced plant height and increased lodging resistance, but without off-types.
US11319542B2	Methods for increasing observed editing in bacteria The present disclosure relates to methods for increasing observed editing rates in the surviving bacteria cells. The compositions and methods presented herein in combination lead to a phenomenon of “edit or die.” Although less cells survive plating and editing, a large percentage of cells that do survive are multiple editors. In one experiment it was found that if a cell survives transformation, plating, and editing, 75% of the surviving cells are multiple editors; that is, 75% of the surviving cells were simultaneously edited with edits at two or more different locations within the bacterial genome.
US11319535B2	Antisense oligonucleotides for treatment of cancer stem cells The invention provides oligonucleotides complementary to a non-coding chimeric mitochondrial RNA as well as compositions and kits comprising the same, and their use in treating and preventing metastasis or relapse of a cancer in an individual previously treated for cancer with a therapy. The invention also provides oligonucleotides complementary to a non-coding chimeric mitochondrial RNA as well as compositions and kits comprising the same, and their use in treating a refractory cancer (e.g., a refractory HPV-associated cancer).
US11319532B2	High efficiency base editors comprising Gam Some aspects of this disclosure provide strategies, systems, reagents, methods, and kits that are useful for the targeted editing of nucleic acids, including editing a single site within the genome of a cell or subject, e.g., within the human genome. In some embodiments, fusion proteins comprise a Gam protein, a napDNAbp, and a cytidine deaminase. In some embodiments, the fusion proteins further comprise a UGI domain. In some embodiments, methods for targeted nucleic acid editing are provided. In some embodiments, reagents and kits for the generation of targeted nucleic acid editing proteins, e.g., fusion proteins of a Gam protein, a cytidine deaminase and nucleic acid editing proteins or domains, are provided.
US11319526B2	Methods and compositions for making antibodies and antibody derivatives with reduced core fucosylation The invention provides methods and compositions for preparing antibodies and antibody derivatives with reduced core fucosylation.
US11319518B2	Beverage maker A beverage maker may include a fermentation tank defining a space to make a beverage therein; a display; an input interface configured to receive recipe information of a beverage to be made in the fermentation tank; and a controller configured to set a making environment of the beverage based on the received recipe information, and to control a making function of the beverage based on the set making environment. The controller may be configured to receive a recipe check request through the input interface, and to display the recipe information through the display based on the received recipe check request.
US11319517B2	Beverage maker A beverage maker includes a water supply module configured to supply water used by the beverage maker, an ingredient supplier that is connected to the water supply module through a first main channel and that includes a plurality of ingredient holders, a fermentation module connected to the ingredient supplier through a second main channel and configured to receive ingredients from the ingredient supplier and water from the water supply module, a beverage dispenser connected to the second main channel, and a sub channel configured to connect the water supply module to the beverage dispenser.
US11319511B2	Compositions comprising encapsulates Compositions that include encapsulates, the encapsulates having a core and a shell encapsulating the core, the shell including certain acrylate-based polymers. Processes for making and using such compositions.
US11319505B2	Anti-clogging device for the upflow of a fluid The invention relates to a device for the upflow of a single-phase fluid comprising at least two beds of solid particles and at least one bypass means for a portion of said fluid, and also to the use thereof.
US11319500B2	Multicomponent diesel composition The invention discloses novel diesel fuel compositions including a renewable diesel component, a fossil diesel component and an oxygenate component, as well as methods for manufacture and use of a combination of a renewable diesel component, and an oxygenate component for reducing particulate matter emissions.
US11319492B2	Solid-liquid crude oil compositions and fractionation processes thereof A process for the production of a fractionated product is disclosed, comprising providing a solid hydrocarbonaceous material, wherein the material is in particulate form, and wherein at least about 90% by volume (% v) of the particles are no greater than about 500 μm in diameter. The solid hydrocarbonaceous material is combined with an unrefined liquid hydrocarbonaceous material, such as crude oil, in order to create a combined solid-liquid blend; and the combined solid-liquid blend is subjected to fractionation in order to generate one or more fractionation products. Typically the solid hydrocarbonaceous material comprises coal, optionally the coal is ultrafine coal, and suitably the coal is comprised of microfine coal. The coal may be dewatered and deashed prior to combination with unrefined liquid hydrocarbonaceous material. Compositions and products of the process are further provided.
US11319476B2	Cellulose nanofibers in extended cement systems Methods herein may include injecting a cement slurry having an aqueous base fluid, a cement, and a plurality of cellulose nanofibers dispersed in the aqueous base fluid. The plurality of cellulose nanofibers may be present in the slurry in an amount effective to provide a slurry density of not higher than 15 lb/gal.
US11319475B2	Drilling fluid for downhole electrocrushing drilling The disclosure relates to an electrocrushing drilling fluid with an electrocrushing drilling base fluid including a non-polar oil, water, and glycerin. The base fluid may further include a polar oil and an alkylene carbonate. The electrocrushing drilling fluid may further contain at least one additive. The electrocrushing drilling fluid may have a dielectric constant or dielectric strength of at least a set amount, an electric conductivity less than a set amount, or a combination of these properties. The disclosure further relates to an electrocrushing drilling system containing the electrocrushing drilling fluid and an electrocrushing drill bit.
US11319473B2	Environmentally friendly ester-structures as viscosifier for oil based drilling fluids The present invention relates to a mixture of esters obtainable by reacting components of an esterifiable composition with each other, wherein the esterifiable composition comprises at least one trimer fatty acid, at least one fatty acid and at least one hydroxy monocarboxylic acid and a production process of the mixture of esters. Furthermore, the present invention relates to environmental friendly, preferably oil based, drilling fluids comprising the above-mentioned mixture of esters, water and an organic phase and the use of said mixture as viscosifier for drilling fluids.
US11319472B1	Polyolefin film and radiative cooling structure body The present disclosure provides a polyolefin film including a fibrous polyolefin having an average diameter of 0.1 μm or more and less than 1.0 μm, wherein the polyolefin film has a connected-void structure, has a void ratio a of 50% to 90%, has a thickness d in μm, which satisfies, together with the void ratio a, a relation of 40≤(d×(100−a)/100)≤200, and is used as a radiative cooling film, and a radiative cooling structure body including the polyolefin film.
US11319464B2	Polymeric tape with tear cuts A polymeric tape comprises a facestock extending lengthwise, the facestock including a polymer. An adhesive layer is on a first surface of the facestock. Tear-cuts are formed into at least one longitudinal edge of the facestock and extending inwardly, the tear-cuts being provided all along the at least one longitudinal edge of the facestock.
US11319450B2	Articles comprising durable icephobic coatings Articles including durable and icephobic polymeric coatings are disclosed. The polymeric coatings include a bonding layer which may contain a substantially fully cured polymeric resin providing excellent adhesion to metallic or polymer substrates. The polymeric coating further includes an outer surface layer which is smooth, hydrophobic and icephobic and, in addition to a substantially fully cured resin, contains silicone comprising additives near the exposed outer surface. The anisotropic polymeric coatings are particularly suited for strong and lightweight parts required in aerospace, automotive and sporting goods applications. A process for making the articles is disclosed as well.
US11319431B2	Polypropylene composition and molded article A polypropylene composition made from or containing (i) component (1) made from or containing a propylene homopolymer or copolymer containing 0 to 0.5% by weight of an ethylene-derived unit; (ii) component (2) made from or containing an ethylene/propylene copolymer containing 15 to 30% by weight of an ethylene-derived unit; and (iii) 0.01 to 1.0 parts by weight of a crystal nucleating agent based on a total of 100 parts by weight of component (1) and component (2); wherein 1) the Mw/Mn value of xylene insolubles (XI) is in the range of 6 to 20, 2) the weight ratio of component (1) to component (2) is in the range of 82:18 to 90:10, 3) the intrinsic viscosity of xylene solubles (XSIV) is in the range of 2.5 to 3.4 dl/g, 4) the MFR (at 230° C. under a load of 2.16 kg) is in the range of 3 to 10 g/10 min.
US11319429B2	Masterbatch manufacturing method and tire manufacturing method A masterbatch manufacturing method in accordance with the present disclosure comprises an operation in which pre-coagulation rubber latex comprising filler is coagulated to obtain a coagulum; an operation in which the coagulum is dewatered; and an operation in which the dewatered coagulum is plasticized as it is dried by means of an extruder; wherein, during the operation in which the dewatered coagulum is plasticized as it is dried, the coagulum comprises a peptizing agent.
US11319424B2	Plastic depolymerization using halloysite A method of depolymerizing plastics using a halloysite catalyst is described herein. The method reduces the energy required for the depolymerization process while achieving improved depolymerization results.
US11319421B1	Microfluidic flow process for making monomers The present invention relates to a microfluidic flow process for making monomers, monomers made by such processes, and methods of using such monomers. In such process, microfluidic reaction technology is used to synthesize cyanation reaction products orders of magnitude faster than is possible in batch and continuous syntheses. The aforementioned process does require strictly regulated, highly toxic cyanogen chloride. Thus the aforementioned process is more economically efficient and reduces the environmental impact of thermosetting resin monomer production, and produces thermosetting resin monomers in greater purity than obtained through typical processes.
US11319420B2	Prepreg and carbon fiber reinforced composite material A prepreg containing the following constituent elements [A] to [C], wherein a resin composition containing the constituent elements [B] and [C] has a higher-order structure derived from a diffraction angle 2θ between 1.0° and 6.0° observed with X-ray diffraction after curing: [A]: carbon fibers [B]: epoxy resin [C]: curing agent of [B].
US11319419B2	Multilayer polyolefin greenhouse films with high transparency A multilayer film (10) having excellent mechanical strength and transparency comprise a core layer (12), at least two skin layers, and at least two sub-skin layers disposed between the core layer (12) and the two skin layers. The core layer (12) comprises at least 60 wt. % linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE). The sub-skin layers comprise at least 60 wt. % low density polyethylene (LDPE). The skin layers comprise at least 80 wt. % of LLDPE wherein the LLDPE comprises C6 LLDPE, C8 LLDPE, or combinations thereof, and each skin layer has a thickness of less than 25% of the overall thickness of the multilayer film (10). The multilayer film (10) comprises at least 0.1 wt. % ultraviolet stabilizer.
US11319418B2	Sealable and peelable polyester film The invention discloses bi-axially oriented coated polyester films having high tear initiation resistance and comprising a polyester base film and a heat sealable coating, said heat sealable coating comprising one or more amorphous copolyester(s) comprising units of terephthalic acid, naphthalene dicarboxylic acid and at least one diol. The films are heat-sealable and peelable to polyester and aluminium containers. The invention also relates to a process for the manufacturing of such films, to the use of said films in food packaging and to the packages obtained therefrom.
US11319417B2	Methods of manufacturing highly crosslinked polymer particulate Methods of manufacturing highly crosslinked polymer particulate. The methods include positioning a granular polymeric material within a crosslinking apparatus and crosslinking the granular polymeric material with the crosslinking apparatus to form a highly crosslinked polymeric material. The methods also include forming a plurality of crosslinked polymer granules from the highly crosslinked polymeric material.
US11319416B2	Masterbatch manufacturing method, rubber composition manufacturing method, and tire manufacturing method A masterbatch manufacturing method comprising: an operation in which a natural rubber latex, and a rubber latex having a mass-average molecular weight that is less than a mass-average molecular weight of the natural rubber latex, are mixed to obtain a pre-slurry-mixing rubber latex for which a mass-average-molecular-weight-to-number-average-molecular-weight ratio is 6 to 10; an operation in which the pre-slurry-mixing rubber latex and a filler slurry are mixed to obtain a pre-coagulation liquid mixture; and an operation in which the pre-coagulation liquid mixture is coagulated.
US11319415B2	Method and apparatus for manufacturing resin particles A method for manufacturing resin particles is provided. The method includes the steps of: dissolving a resin free of poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) (PLGA) in a good solvent of the resin to prepare a resin solution; and discharging the resin solution from at least one discharge hole having an inner diameter of less than 1,000 μm into a poor solvent of the resin to form resin particles.
US11319414B2	Silicone polymer Provided is a silicone polymer of the Formula (I): M1aM2bM3cD1dD2eD3fT1gT2hT3iQj. wherein: M1=R1R2R3SiO1/2 M2=R4R5R6SiO1/2 M3=R7R8R9SiO1/2 D1=R10R11SiO2/2 D2=R12R13SiO2/2 D3=R14R15SiO2/2 T1=R16SiO3/2 T2=R17SiO3/2 T3=R18SiO3/2 Q=SiO4/2 where R1, R2, R3, R5, R6, R8, R9, R10, R11, R13, R15, R16 are independently chosen from a hydrogen, a C1-C60 aliphatic or aromatic group or C1-C60 alkoxy group; R4, R12, R17 are independently chosen from a C1-C60 alkyl, a C1-C60 alkoxy, or R19-A-R20— where A is chosen from a group comprising an unsaturated cyclic moiety chosen from an aromatic group, a fused aromatic group, an unsaturated alicyclic group, an unsaturated heterocyclic group, or a combination of two or more thereof; R19 is chosen from a —H, a C1-C60 alkyl, allyl, vinyl, alkoxy, allyloxy, vinyloxy, acrylate, or methacrylate; and R20 is chosen from a divalent organic group; R7, R14, R18 are independently selected from hydrogen or OR22 or unsaturated monovalent radicals or radicals containing heteroatom such as oxygen, nitrogen, sulfur or radicals containing organosilane groups; and the subscripts a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j are zero or positive subject to the following limitations: 2≤a+b+c+d+e+f+g+h+i+j≤1000, b+e+h>0 and c+f+i≥0.
US11319413B2	Organopolysiloxane composition, and organic silicon compound and production method therefor This organopolysiloxane composition, when cured at room temperature by moisture in the atmosphere, provides a silicone rubber cured product having good self-adhesiveness to a magnesium alloy. The organopolysiloxane composition contains (A) an organopolysiloxane having a hydroxy group and/or a hydrolysable silyl group at both ends of the molecular chain, (B) an organic silicon compound other than (A) and (C), having at least three hydrolysable groups bonded to a silicon atom per molecule, and/or a partial hydrolysis-condensation product thereof, and (C) a silane coupling agent having a specific molecular structure having a carboxylic acid silyl ester bond. Furthermore, a novel compound, having an alkoxysilyl group and a carboxylic acid silyl ester group per molecule, can have improved adhesiveness/bonding properties with respect to a base material due to the effect of carboxylic acid after hydrolysis thereof.
US11319408B2	Hydrophilic polymer derivative having self-immolative acetal linker and conjugate using same To provide a hydrophilic polymer derivative having a novel linker technique which is able to from a hydrophilic polymer pro-drug of a drug containing an amino group or the like in order to overcome the restrictions of conventional hydrophilic polymer pro-drugs. A hydrophilic polymer derivative containing a hydrophilic polymer moiety and an acetal moiety, wherein the hydrophilic polymer derivative contains a structure represented by formula (1) or formula (2):
US11319407B2	Method for purifying an aliphatic polyester The present invention relates to a continuous process for purifying a chain-extended aliphatic polyester constructed from aliphatic dicarboxylic acids and aliphatic diols in a degassing apparatus, wherein the crude polyester is degassed for 3 to 30 minutes at a pressure of 0.01 to 5 mbar in the presence of 1% to 7% by weight, based on the total weight of the crude polyester, of an entraining agent.
US11319401B1	Process for preparing polymer polyols The present invention refers to a method for the preparation of a polymer polyol which comprises: (i) preparing an intermediate in a first reactor by polymerizing a mixture comprising: (a) a base polyol in an amount from 60 to 100 wt % of the total amount of base polyol, (b) at least one ethylenically unsaturated monomer, (c) an acylperoxide radical initiator in an amount from 50 to 90 wt % of the total amount of acylperoxide radical initiator, and (d) a preformed stabilizer in an amount from 70 to 100 wt % of the total amount of preformed stabilizer or a macromer in an amount of from 70 to 100 wt % of the total amount of macromer; (ii) polymerizing in a second reactor a mixture comprising the intermediate prepared in step (i), the balance acylperoxide radical initiator proportion, the balance preformed stabilizer or macromer proportion and the balance base polyol proportion; wherein the at least one ethylenically unsaturated monomer is added only to the first reactor.
US11319400B2	Low-viscosity hydroxyl-terminated resin with diisocyanate as a core, and preparation method therefor and use thereof The invention discloses a low-viscosity hydroxyl-terminated resin with diisocyanate as a core, and a preparation method therefor and the use thereof. During preparation, 1 mole of a micromolecular polyol is first modified with 1-3 moles of a monoepoxide so as to obtain a modified polyol; and then 2 moles of the modified polyol is reacted with 1-3 moles of a diisocyanate so as to obtain the hydroxyl-terminated resin. The prepared hydroxyl-terminated resin has the advantages of simple synthesis process, high solid content and low viscosity; the hydroxyl value thereof (at 80% solid mass content) is 140-300 mg KOH/g and the viscosity thereof at 25° C. (at 80% solid mass content) is 300-3000 cp. The hydroxyl-terminated resin is capable of crosslinking with a polyurethane curing agent containing isocyanate groups, and the prepared high solid content dual-component polyurethane coating has a VOC content of less than 380 g/L at the applicable viscosity thereof, and the performance of the coating meets the national standards for solvent based dual-component polyurethane woodenware coatings.
US11319398B2	Method for the production of polyoxazolidinone polymer compounds Method for the production of polyoxazolidinone compounds, comprising the reaction of at least one biscarbamate compound (A) with at least one bisepoxide compound (B) in the presence of at least one base (D), at least one Lewis acid catalyst (E), and optionally at least one compound (C), wherein the compound (C) comprising a mono-carbamate group, a mono-isocyanate group and/or a mono-epoxide group, and wherein the base (D) having a pKb-value of ≤9. The invention is also related to the resulting polyoxazolidinone compounds.
US11319393B2	Photo-alignable polymer, binder composition, binder layer, optical laminate, method for producing optical laminate, and image display device An object of the present invention is to provide a photo-alignable polymer which has excellent coating properties, is capable of suppressing film thickness unevenness, and has excellent upper layer coating properties and good liquid crystal alignment properties after being formed as a layer; a binder composition; a binder layer; an optical laminate; a method for producing an optical laminate; and an image display device. The photo-alignable polymer of an embodiment of the present invention is a photo-alignable polymer having a repeating unit A including a cleavage group capable of decomposing by an action of at least one selected from the group consisting of light, heat, an acid, and a base to generate a polar group, in which the repeating unit A has the cleavage group in a side chain, has a fluorine atom or a silicon atom on a side closer to a terminal than the cleavage group in the side chain, and the photo-alignable polymer satisfies Condition 1 or Condition 2 shown below. Condition 1: The photo-alignable polymer further has a repeating unit B including a photo-alignable group, in addition to the repeating unit A. Condition 2: The repeating unit A includes a photo-alignable group on a side closer to the main chain than the cleavage group in the side chain.
US11319391B2	Composition for non-aqueous secondary battery adhesive layer, non-aqueous secondary battery adhesive layer, laminate, and non-aqueous secondary battery Disclosed is a composition for non-aqueous secondary battery adhesive layer which comprises a particulate polymer and a binder, wherein the particulate polymer comprises 5% to 50% by mass of a (meth)acrylonitrile monomer unit and 0.1% to 3.5% by mass of a cross-linkable monomer unit. Also disclosed is a non-aqueous secondary battery adhesive layer prepared by using the composition for non-aqueous secondary battery adhesive layer. Also disclosed is a laminate which comprises a substrate and the non-aqueous secondary battery adhesive layer disposed on at least one side of the substrate either directly or indirectly through one or more other layers. Also disclosed is a non-aqueous secondary battery wherein at least one of a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a separator comprises the non-aqueous secondary battery adhesive layer.
US11319386B2	Modified conjugated diene-based polymer and method for preparing the same The present invention relates to a modifier represented by Formula 1, a method for preparing the same, a modified conjugated diene-based polymer including a functional group derived from the modifier and having a high modification ratio, and a method for preparing the polymer.
US11319381B2	Anti-rho GTPase conformational single domain antibodies and uses thereof The present invention relates to active form specific anti-Rho GTPase conformational single domain antibodies and their uses in particular in the therapeutic and diagnostic fields. In particular, the present invention relates to a single domain antibody wherein the amino acid sequences of CDR1-IMGT, CDR2-IMGT and CDR3-IMGT have at least 90% of identity with the amino acid sequences of the CDR1-IMGT, CDR2-IMGT and CDR3-IMGT of the H12, B6, 4P75, 4SP1, 4SNP36, 4SNP61, 5SP10, 5SP11, 5SP58, 5SNP47, 5SNP48, 5SNP65, B20, B15, B5, B71, E3, A6, G12, NB61, 212B, 111B or 404F (hs2dAb) single domain antibody which are defined in Table B.
US11319377B2	Monoclonal antibodies and methods of use This disclosure relates to immunogens and monoclonal antibodies useful in the identification and/or treatment of cancer cells, including those of the dog. In one example, chimeric anti-canine CD20 antibodies are provided. The antibodies can be used therapeutically to treat lymphoma in dogs.
US11319351B2	Soluble and immunoreactive flaviviral NS1 polypeptides comprising the wing domain The disclosure relates to a polypeptide suitable for detecting antibodies against a flavivirus in an isolated biological sample having a flavivirus NS1 wing domain specific amino acid sequence, wherein no amino acid sequences from the NS1 ß-ladder domain of said flavivirus are present in the polypeptide. In an embodiment, the flavivirus is selected from Zika virus (ZIKV), West-Nile virus (WNV), Dengue virus types 1-4 (DENV1-4), tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV), yellow fever virus (YFV) and Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV). Also disclosed is a method for producing said flaviviral NS1 wing domain specific polypeptides, a method for detecting antibodies specific for a first flavivirus species, the use of said flaviviral NS1 wing domain specific polypeptides for detecting antibodies as well as a reagent kit for detecting said flavivirus antibodies that has a flavivirus NS1 wing domain polypeptide.
US11319350B2	Method for producing self-assembling paramyxoviral nucleocapsid-like particles and their uses Embodiments of the disclosure relate to the domain of virology of Paramyxoviruses. The disclosure concerns a method for producing self-assembling paramyxoviral particles and a method for identifying a compound able to inhibit the replication or the transcription of a Paramyxovirus. The disclosure also pertains to the nucleocapsid-like particles obtainable by the method of the invention and their use for biotechnological and pharmaceutical applications.
US11319336B2	Ship inhibitors and uses thereof The present invention relates to SHIP inhibitor compounds and methods for using these compounds. In particular, the present invention discloses the following methods: (i) a method of treating graft versus host disease in a subject; (ii) a method of inhibiting a SHIP1 protein in a cell; (iii) a method of selectively inhibiting a SHIP1 protein in a cell; (iv) a method for treating or preventing graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) in a recipient of an organ or tissue transplant; (v) a method of modulating SHIP activity in a cell expressing SHIP1 or SHIP2; (vi) a method of ex vivo or in vitro treatment of transplants; (vii) a method of inhibiting tumor growth and metastasis in a subject; (viii) a method of treating a hematologic malignancy in a subject; (ix) a method of inducing apoptosis of multiple myeloma cells; (x) a method of treating multiple myeloma in a subject; (xi) a method of inhibiting the proliferation of a human breast cancer cell; and (xii) a method of treating breast cancer in a subject.
US11319325B1	Macrocyclic spiropyrrolidine derived antiviral agents The present invention discloses compounds of Formula (I), and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, thereof: which inhibit coronavirus replication activity. The invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising a compound of Formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and methods of treating or preventing a coronavirus infection in a subject in need thereof, comprising administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of Formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
US11319314B2	Phenoxytriazoles The present invention relates to a compound of formula I, HetAr is a five or six membered heteroaryl group, selected from wherein R1 is hydrogen, halogen, lower alkyl, lower alkoxy or lower alkyl substituted by halogen, and may be the same or different, if two R1 occur; R2 is lower alkyl or a mono- or polydeutered derivative thereof, lower alkyl substituted by halogen or lower alkoxy, lower alkenyl unsubstituted or substituted by halogen, cycloalkyl or CH2-cycloalkyl unsubstituted or substituted by halogen, heterocycloalkyl or CH2-heterocycloalkyl unsubstituted or substituted by lower alkyl; R3 is halogen, lower alkyl, lower alkyl substituted by halogen, lower alkoxy substituted by halogen or S(O)2-lower alkyl; n is 1, 2 or 3; if n is >1, then R3 may be the same or different; or to a pharmaceutically active acid addition salt thereof, to a racemic mixture or to its corresponding enantiomer and/or an optical isomer and/or stereoisomer thereof. The compounds may be used for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease, cerebral amyloid angiopathy, hereditary cerebral hemorrhage with amyloidosis, Dutch-type (HCHWA-D), multi-infarct dementia, dementia pugilistica or Down syndrome.
US11319295B2	Substituted phenyloxetane and phenyltetrahydrofuran compounds as indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO) inhibitors Disclosed herein is a compound of formula (I), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof: (Formula (I)). Also disclosed herein are uses of a compound disclosed herein in the potential treatment or prevention of an IDO-associated disease or disorder. Also disclosed herein are compositions comprising a compound disclosed herein. Further disclosed herein are uses of a composition in the potential treatment or prevention of an IDO-associated disease or disorder.
US11319293B2	Polymorps of cariprazine hydrochloride and preparation method thereof and use of same The present disclosure discloses crystal forms A, B, and C of trans-N-{4-[2-[4-(2,3-dichlorophenyl)-piperazine-1-yl]-ethyl]-cyclohexyl}-N′,N′-dimethylurea hydrochloride, a preparation method, and a medicinal use thereof. Compared to the existing crystalline forms, the new crystalline forms have clear advantages with respect to solubility, stability, and the preparation process.
US11319291B1	Continuous flow microfluidic process for synthesis of 3,4-dinitropyrazole Disclosed herein is a synthetic method, apparatus, and system for the continuous-flow synthesis of 3,4-dinitropyrazole from pyrazole in a microfluidic environment. This synthetic strategy consist of three (3) synthetic steps, including (1) N-nitration of pyrazole, (2) thermal rearrangement into 3-nitropyrazole, and (3) 4-nitration of 3-nitropyrazole. The current technique produces 3,4-dinitropyrazole in yields up to 85% in particular embodiments, in comparison to 40-50% yields demonstrated by the current state of-the-art batch process for large scale synthesis from pyrazole.
US11319287B2	Cyanopyrrolidines as dub inhibitors for the treatment of cancer The present invention relates to novel compounds and method for the manufacture of inhibitors of deubiquitylating enzymes (DUBs). In particular, the invention relates to the inhibition of ubiquitin C-terminal hydrolase L1 (UCHL1) and ubiquitin C-terminal hydrolase 30 or ubiquitin specific peptidase 30 (USP30). The invention further relates to the use of DUB inhibitors in the treatment of cancer and conditions involving mitochondrial dysfunction. Compounds of the invention include compounds having the formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8 and R9 are as defined herein.
US11319286B2	Heterocyclic compound and application thereof The present invention provides a heterocyclic compound having an orexin type 2 receptor agonist activity. A compound represented by the formula (I): wherein each symbol is as described in the specification, or a salt thereof, has an orexin type 2 receptor agonist activity, and is useful as an agent for the prophylaxis or treatment of narcolepsy.
US11319284B2	Process for the synthesis of nitriles In a process for the synthesis of a nitrile by endothermic catalyzed reaction of ammonia with a hydrocarbon using heating obtained by passing an alternating current through a metallic coil, the endothermic reaction between ammonia and the hydrocarbon takes place in a reactor with direct inductive heating in the reaction zone. The heating is extremely fast, which makes the reaction practically instantaneous.
US11319282B2	Diamine compound and method for producing same The present invention provides a novel diamine compound capable of producing a polymer which exhibits greatly enhanced mechanical properties and heat resistance while maintaining transparency. A film including a polymer produced using the diamine compound has excellent transparency, heat resistance, mechanical strength and flexibility, and thus can be used in various fields, such as in a device substrate, a display cover substrate, an optical film, an Integrated circuit (IC) package, an adhesive film, a multi-layer flexible printed circuit (FPC), a tape, a touch panel and an optical disc protection film, and the like.
US11319281B2	Vegetable oil-based material as a substitute for carnauba wax This invention relates to a wax composition comprising a plurality of fatty acid amide compounds having the Formula (I): where R1, R2, n1, n2, m1, and m2 are as described herein. This invention also relates to a wax composition comprising: a) one or more fatty acid amide compounds having the Formula (II): and b) one or more fatty acid amide compounds having the Formula (III): where R1, R2, n1, and n2 are as described herein. This invention also relates to a fatty acid amide compound having the Formula (I) and a process for preparing a compound of Formula (I).
US11319279B2	Antimicrobial compound and use thereof The present invention relates to: coralmycin A and B, which are novel compounds exhibiting antimicrobial activity, an isomer thereof, a derivative thereof or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; a microorganism of the genus Corallococcus producing the same; and an antimicrobial use thereof. The coralmycin A and B have very strong antimicrobial activity against antibiotic-resistant bacteria such as MRSA, QRSA, VRE, VISA, etc.; Acinetobacter baumannii, which is a multidrug-resistant microorganism; and also against gram-positive microorganisms and gram-negative microorganisms. Therefore, the present invention can be very useful for prevention, treatment and alleviation of various microbial infections, and thus can be widely applied to the medical supply, quasi-drug, food, and feed industries.
US11319272B2	Alpha alkylation of aldehyde with a polycyclic olefin The alpha alkylation of an aldehyde with a polycyclic olefin followed by a ring opening step is presented in order to provide a compound of formula (I) in the form of any one of its stereoisomers or a mixture thereof and where in R represents a hydrogen atom or C1-8 linear alkyl group; R1, R2, R3, and R4 represent, when taken separately, independently of each other, a hydrogen atom or a C1-2 linear alkyl group or a C3-4 linear or branched alkyl group; or R2 and R3, when taken together, represent a C4-10 linear, branched or cyclic alkanediyl group and n is 1 or 2 is presented.
US11319265B2	Separation of ethane oxidative dehydrogenation effluent The invention relates to a process for the production of ethylene by oxidative dehydrogenation of ethane, comprising: a) subjecting a stream comprising ethane to oxidative dehydrogenation conditions, resulting in a stream comprising ethylene, unconverted ethane and light components; b) subjecting ethylene, unconverted ethane and light components from the stream resulting from step a) to distillation, resulting in a stream comprising ethylene and light components and a stream comprising unconverted ethane; c) optionally recycling unconverted ethane from the stream comprising unconverted ethane resulting from step b) to step a); and d) subjecting ethylene and light components from the stream comprising ethylene and light components resulting from step b) to distillation at a top column pressure which is higher than the top column pressure in step b), resulting in a stream comprising light components and a stream comprising ethylene.
US11319263B1	Methods for low temperature production of 1-butene Methods of producing 1-butene from a 2-butene-containing feedstock include feeding a hydrocarbon feed comprising 2-butene to a reactor, the reactor containing an isomerization catalyst and contacting the hydrocarbon feed with the isomerization catalyst in the reactor at a temperature from 150° C. to 350° C. to produce an isomerization reaction effluent comprising 1-butene. Further, the isomerization catalyst comprises a MCM-48 catalyst with WO3 incorporated into a silica framework of the MCM-48 catalyst.
US11319262B2	Processes and systems for making recycle content hydrocarbons Processes and systems for making recycle content hydrocarbons, including olefins, are provided that integrate a cracker unit with one or more other processing units. For example, in some cases, a fluidized catalytic cracking unit may be used to crack recycle content pyrolysis oil and the effluent from the FCC may be further processed in a conventional cracker unit, including its downstream separation zone, to provide recycle content hydrocarbon product stream. In other cases, a pyrolysis unit and cracking unit may be co-located and may share at least one utility, service group, boundary, conduit, energy exchange zone, and/or geographical area.
US11319258B2	Invention relates to a method for producing an organic fertilizer with humic properties The present invention relates to a method for producing an organic fertilizer with humic substance properties by oxidizing and ammonifying lignite, wherein the organic fertilizer has a nitrogen content of up to 8 wt. %, based on the dry weight of the fertilizer, and a C/N ratio of 7 to 15, which is characterized in that the method is carried out as a continuous method and comprises the following steps: a) dispersing the lignite and aqueous ammonia solution in a dispersing circuit having a dispersing device, a recirculation container, and a recirculation pump; b) oxidizing the suspension from step a) with an oxygen-containing oxidizing agent at a temperature of <100° C. in an oxidation reactor; c) drying the product suspension obtained in step b) at a temperature of >50° C.; and d) cooling the dried product obtained in step c).
US11319249B2	Structural assembly board and method of manufacturing same A composition for use in making a structural assembly board, a structural assembly made from the composition, and a method of making the structural assembly board is provided. The composition includes magnesium oxide; magnesium sulfate; and water. The composition includes reinforcing fibers. The composition and method of making the structural assembly board promote formation of 5MgO.MgSO4.2H2O to improve structural qualities of the structural assembly board.
US11319247B2	Fine grit classifier A fine grit classifier for removing grit from a milk of lime slurry includes a settling tank for receiving the milk of lime slurry, means for creating turbulence inside the tank to promote grit settling, a launder for collecting milk of lime slurry from an upper portion of the settling tank and directing milk of lime slurry to an outlet, and an auger for transporting settled grit from the lower portion of the settling tank and discharging the settled grit.
US11319241B2	Composition for preparing glass, glass article and use thereof The invention discloses a composition for preparing glass, a glass article and a use thereof, and a glass article made from the composition. The glass article is preferably a glass substrate made from a composition with an M value of from about 1 to about 10 as calculated by the empirical equation: M=0.13×wt (B2O3)×wt (B2O3)+0.42×wt (CaO)+0.55×wt (MgO)+0.75×wt (SrO)−0.05×wt (Al2O3)×wt (Al2O3). A use of the glass article (especially the glass substrate) for manufacturing a display device is disclosed herein, wherein the glass article has better properties, such as lowered content of solid inclusions and gas inclusions, lowered thickness range and lowered warpage.
US11319230B2	Method and apparatus for treating municipal sewage by AOA process via endogenous partial denitrification coupled with anammox in anoxic zone An apparatus for treating municipal sewage by anaerobic/aerobic/anoxic (AOA) [1] process via simultaneous endogenous partial [2] denitrification coupled with anammox in anoxic zone is disclosed. The apparatus mainly includes a raw water tank (1) for sewage, an AOA reactor (2) and a sedimentation tank (3), the sludge flows back from the bottom of the sedimentation tank (3) to the anoxic zone (2.4) and the anaerobic zone (2.2) respectively, and biofilm filler is added to the anoxic zone (2.4). The sewage enters the AOA reactor (2), and the intracellular carbon source is stored in the anaerobic zone (2.2) to remove the organic matter in the raw water. Then it enters the aerobic zone (2.3) for nitrification, and the generated nitrate-nitrogen enters the anoxic zone (2.4) for endogenous partial denitrification. The filler in the anoxic zone (2.4) uses the generated nitrite-nitrogen by endogenous partial denitrification and the remaining ammonia-nitrogen in the raw water to perform anammox reaction. The generated nitrate-nitrogen can be further removed by endogenous denitrification in the anoxic zone (2.4). Endogenous partial denitrification coupled with anammox is used for nitrogen removal in the anoxic zone (2.4), which can reduce the requirement of aeration in the aerobic zone (2.3) and the carbon sources in the anoxic zone (2.4), and suitable for low C/N ratio municipal sewage treatment. A method for treating municipal sewage by AOA process via endogenous partial denitrification coupled with anammox in anoxic zone is also provided.
US11319226B2	Cleaning water supply device A cleaning water supply device includes an ultrapure water line through which ultrapure water flows by a fixed amount, a production unit that produces cleaning water by adding a solute to the ultrapure water line by a fixed amount, a cleaning water line for causing the cleaning water to flow, cleaning machines to which the cleaning water is supplied from the cleaning water line, a solute removal unit into which excess cleaning water is introduced from the cleaning water line, and a collecting line for returning collected water from which the solute is removed to a tank and the like.
US11319224B2	Treatment of water A process to treat water includes adding a salt-forming base to the water thereby producing saline water, or thereby forming a salt in the water which is different from a salt that the water started out with, if the water started out as saline. The saline water is treated, at a temperature T1 which is above the saturation temperature of the saline water, in a first membrane separation stage to provide clean water and a first brine, the salinity of the first brine being higher than the salinity of the saline water. The first brine is cooled to a temperature T2 to precipitate some of the salt from the first brine and the precipitated salt is separated from the first brine producing a second brine, the temperature T2 being below the temperature T1 but above the freezing temperature of the first brine. The second brine is treated at a temperature T3 above the saturation temperature of the second brine in a second membrane separation stage to provide clean water and a third brine. The salt-forming base, the temperature T1 and the temperature T2 are selected so that the salt which is formed in the saline water has a solubility in water at the temperature T1 which is at least 1.5 times the solubility of the salt in water at the temperature T2.
US11319222B2	Method and process arrangement of removing cations from water A method of removing cations from water and a process arrangement for performing the method, wherein the method includes containing cations selected from a group consisting of Se, As, Sb, Cr, Mn, Mo, W, V, Te, P, Si including preparing an iron precipitate-containing sludge by electrochemical water treatment, wherein the water is led through an electrochemical water treatment unit, wherein electricity dissolves iron from an anode to the water thereby forming an iron precipitate-containing sludge to which cations to be removed are adsorbed/co-precipitated, adsorption and co-precipitation enhancing to provide a very high density sludge having an iron precipitate concentration of 50-400 g/l thereby further adsorbing cations contained in the water, and separating solids from the obtained sludge thereby producing treated water having a reduced cation content and solids comprising iron precipitate compounds and adsorbed/co-precipitated cation compounds.
US11319220B2	Methods to remove organic and/or inorganic compounds from water Disclosed are methods to remove organic and/or inorganic compounds (e.g., contaminants) from water containing organic and/or inorganic compounds, involving contacting the water with an effective organic and/or inorganic compounds removing amount of hemoglobin/Fe3O4 composite where the compounds in the water adsorb onto the hemoglobin/Fe3O4 composite, and removing (e.g., using a magnet since the composite is magnetic) the hemoglobin/Fe3O4 composite from the water.
US11319215B2	Multi-stage sedimentation rake-free thickening device Disclosed is a multi-stage sedimentation rake-free thickening device. The device includes a central tank. A diversion sedimentation zone is arranged on the outside of the center tank. The diversion sedimentation zone includes an annular diversion sedimentation screen and a concentrated magnetic shower. The annular diversion sedimentation screen includes an annular groove spirally arranged around a central groove body. The annular groove is sequentially arranged with second spoiler baffles along the length direction. The lower bottom plate of the annular groove is also provided with second underflow discharge port. Multiple second inclined plate diversion discharge pipe is arranged under the corresponding second underflow discharge ports. The outlets of all the second inclined plate guide discharge pipes are collected to the second underflow discharge pipe, and the settled water is discharged from the second overflow discharge pipe arranged at the end of the annular groove.
US11319214B2	Waste liquid treating apparatus A waste liquid treating apparatus includes a waste liquid accommodating unit for waste water discharged from a processing apparatus. A waste liquid filter unit filters the waste liquid in that tank to purify the waste liquid into fresh water. A fresh water reservoir tank reserves the fresh water obtained by filtering the waste liquid by the waste liquid filter unit. A pure water producing unit purifies the fresh water reserved in the fresh water reservoir tank into pure water, and a temperature control unit controls the pure water obtained by purifying the fresh water by the pure water purifying unit to a predetermined temperature. A bubble water seal type pump sucks at least bubbles generated in the waste liquid filter unit, and a sealing water reservoir tank reserves the bubbles sucked by the bubble water seal type pump as a waste liquid.
US11319211B2	Graphite composition, masterbatch comprising same, and graphite composite material embodied thereby A graphite composition is provided. A graphite composition according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises: a graphite composite in which nanoparticles having a catecholamine layer on the surface thereof are fixed on graphite; and graphite of at least one of graphite flakes, spherical graphite, and expanded graphite. According to this, since the graphite composition has a high dispersibility in a substrate of a different material, a composite material thus realized exhibits a uniform heat dissipation performance and can prevent mechanical strength from deteriorating at a specific position. In addition, since the compatibility with the substrate of a different material is excellent and thus the interface property with the substrate is excellent, the realized composite material can exhibit a further improved heat dissipation performance and mechanical strength. Furthermore, it is very easy to form shapes during injection/extrusion molding in combination with a substrate, and molding into complicated shapes is also possible.
US11319210B2	Stretchable film structure and method of making the same A method of making a stretchable film structure is provided. An elastic substrate is pre-stretched in a first direction and a second direction to obtain a pre-stretched elastic substrate. A carbon nanotube film structure is laid on a surface of the pre-stretched elastic substrate. The carbon nanotube film structure comprises a plurality of super-aligned carbon nanotube films stacked with each other. The pre-stretching the elastic substrate is removed and a plurality of wrinkles is formed on a surface of the carbon nanotube film structure to form the stretchable film structure. The present disclosure also relates to the stretchable film structure obtained by the above method.
US11319209B2	Method of producing cellulose-nanofiber carbon Cellulose-nanofiber carbon which can achieve a large specific surface area, and a method of producing the same are provided. The method for heat treating a cellulose nanofiber for carbonization includes: a freezing step of freezing a solution or gel containing the cellulose nanofiber to obtain a frozen product a drying step of drying the frozen product in a vacuum to obtain a dried product and a carbonizing step of heating and carbonizing the dried product in an atmosphere which does not burn the dried product to obtain the cellulose-nanofiber carbon.
US11319208B2	Chip package and manufacturing method thereof A chip package includes a first die, a second die, a molding material, and a redistribution layer. The first die includes a first conductive pad. The second die is disposed on the first die and includes a second conductive pad. The molding material covers the first die and the second die. The molding material includes a top portion, a bottom portion, and an inclined portion adjoins the top portion and the bottom portion. The top portion is located on the second die, and the bottom portion is located on the first die. The redistribution layer is disposed along the top portion, the inclined portion, and the bottom portion. The redistribution layer is electrically connected to the first conductive pad and the second conductive pad.
US11319207B2	Semiconductor device and method of forming MEMS package A microelectromechanical system (MEMS) semiconductor device has a first and second semiconductor die. A first semiconductor die is embedded within an encapsulant together with a modular interconnect unit. Alternatively, the first semiconductor die is embedded within a substrate. A second semiconductor die, such as a MEMS die, is disposed over the first semiconductor die and electrically connected to the first semiconductor die through an interconnect structure. In another embodiment, the first semiconductor die is flip chip mounted to the substrate, and the second semiconductor die is wire bonded to the substrate adjacent to the first semiconductor die. In another embodiment, first and second semiconductor die are embedded in an encapsulant and are electrically connected through a build-up interconnect structure. A lid is disposed over the semiconductor die. In a MEMS microphone embodiment, the lid, substrate, or interconnect structure includes an opening over a surface of the MEMS die.
US11319197B2	Fairlead with integrated remote socket Systems are provided for fairleads, including a frame. The frame includes a first opening and a second opening. The first opening extends through the frame from a front-facing surface of the frame to a rear-facing surface of the frame. The second opening extends through the frame from the front-facing surface of the frame to the rear-facing surface of the frame. A cable extends through the first opening.
US11319196B2	Intermediate support holder for construction machinery An intermediate support holder includes right and left guy line retaining units, right and left intermediate support line retaining units, and a connecting unit. The intermediate portions of the guy lines can be attached to the guy line retaining units. The intermediate support line retaining units are disposed so as to be aligned in the right-left direction with respect to the guy line retaining units, and base end portions of the intermediate support lines can be attached to the intermediate support line retaining units. The connecting unit couples and fixes the pair of right and left guy line retaining units and the pair of right and left intermediate support line retaining units to each other.
US11319195B2	Foldable suspended-ballast guide for a crane The invention relates to a foldable suspended-ballast guide for a crane with suspended ballast, comprising at least two lattice pieces which are pivotally connected to each other by means of at least one swivel joint, and a swivel drive for changing the swivel angle or for changing the ballast radius, wherein the suspended-ballast guide can be arranged on the crane via the first lattice piece, characterized in that the second lattice piece comprises at least one kink joint in order to kink the second lattice piece downwards or backwards in the direction of the crane to reduce the ballast radius.
US11319194B2	Pipelayer and diesel hybrid pipelayer power control strategy A pipelayer includes a frame, a plurality of ground engaging members movably supporting the frame, a prime mover, and a boom assembly and a counterbalance assembly supported on the frame. The boom assembly includes a boom. The counterbalance assembly including a counterweight, the counterweight being movably supported on the frame to counterbalance the boom assembly. The counterweight includes a battery box including at least one battery. A control strategy is also disclosed.
US11319193B2	Monitoring system and method A hoist lifting system having planning and monitoring of components. The system monitors one or more components and may have a processing structure and memory storing instructions to configure the processing structure to: receive hoist machine data; determine a rotation speed of a bearing, a travel speed of a rope, a load on the bearing, a friction in the at least one bearing based on the hoist machine data; and store the rotation speed, the travel speed, the load, and the friction in a maintenance database in memory. The hoist lifting system may have the processing structure determine a wear of one or more components.
US11319187B2	Elevator car position detection device An elevator car position detection device is provided capable of preventing erroneous detection of a metal object other than an object to be detected. The elevator car position detection device includes: an object to be detected provided in one of a hoistway and a car of an elevator, the object to be detected being formed of a magnetic body and having a slit-like opening; and a magnetic detection device provided in the other of the hoistway and the car of the elevator, the magnetic detection device being configured to detect a change in magnetic flux density according to the slit-like opening when facing the object to be detected.
US11319183B2	Wire bundle processing method A method of reducing entanglement of wires includes receiving from a wire feed system of a wire processing machine a first wire on a tray surface providing a wire-to-surface coefficient of friction between the tray surface and the first wire. In addition, the method includes receiving from the wire feed system a second wire at least partially on top of the first wire, the wire-to-surface coefficient of friction being higher than a wire-to-wire coefficient of friction between the first wire and the second wire. The method also includes moving the second wire relative to the first wire, and reducing movement of at least a portion of the first wire relative to the tray surface during movement of the second wire relative to the first wire due to the wire-to-surface coefficient of friction being higher than the wire-to-wire coefficient of friction.
US11319169B2	Modular single-fork lumber stacking machine The modular lumber stacker utilizes a single fork and board width sensor to load layers of boards with varying widths onto a lift table. The single-fork loader allows a fork lift to readily access the opposing side of the lift table to remove a multi-layer stack of boards. An adjustable unloading stop may be used to justify the stack by distributing the dead space in each layer between the boards to justify the stack to avoid jagged stack edges and improve stacking stability.
US11319168B2	Pellet transfer system Disclosed is a system for transferring fuel pellets from one container which may be at a location external to a building to a second container which may be at a location in an interior of the building. The system may include a first container positioned at a location remote from the building and a second container positioned proximate to the building. The first and second containers are connected to one another to permit the transfer of fuel pellets from the first container to the second container by a pneumatic apparatus.
US11319165B2	Spherical plain bearing A spherical bearing assembly includes a shaft extending through an opening of an inner ring, the inner ring having a spherically curved outer surface, a clamping sleeve on the shaft, the clamping sleeve extending through the opening of the inner ring, and an outer ring having an inner surface complementary to the outer surface of the inner ring. The inner ring is mounted in the outer ring with the outer surface of the inner ring slidably supported by the inner surface of the outer ring.
US11319164B2	Self-locking charging hopper The invention relates to a charging unit of a material processing apparatus having a charging hopper, the side walls (22) and rear walls (23) of which can be folded over between a working and a transport position by means of actuators (40, 50). A deflection element is provided, which converts the movement of an actuator during a portion of a movement thereof into a rotational movement of the rear wall or of the side wall and, during a further portion, into a translational movement. As a result of the rotational movement, the rear and side wall can be pivoted between the working and transport position, while by means of the translational movement, the rear and side wall can be connected to each other by means of an appropriate closure (60). By means of the deflection element, a simple, self-securing, and economical structure of the charging hopper is made possible.
US11319160B2	Catenary troughing idler A catenary idler comprises a cable, a plurality of bearing surfaces disposed along a length of the cable, and a plurality of rollers disposed over the plurality of bearing surfaces. The plurality of bearing surfaces are fixed to the cable. The plurality of bearing surfaces may be a plurality of clamps. The plurality of rollers are rotatably supported upon the plurality of bearing surfaces. The cable may be rotatably supported at its ends. The catenary idler may include a first compression spring at a first end of the cable and a second compression spring at a second end of the cable. The rollers may be formed of an oil filled nylon. A conveyor belt impact bed includes a frame, a plurality of catenary idlers supported upon the frame, and a conveyor belt supported upon the plurality of catenary idlers.
US11319131B2	Sterilization pouch The invention provides a sterilizable pouch having at least one wall formed of a flexible film and including an opening formed therein for providing communication to an interior space of the package. A breathable material is disposed on an outer surface of the wall covering the opening. The breathable material is joined to the outer surface of the wall with a continuous heat seal. The flexible film forming the wall comprises a multilayer film having a peel feature that permits the breathable material to be peelably removed from the surface of the pouch.
US11319128B2	Reusable food storage bag and method of making same A reusable food storage bag manufactured from material which is sewn to form a bag with an opening and has been soaked in a solution containing bees wax, oil, and resin. Also, a method of making a reusable food storage bag comprising the steps of obtaining a piece of rectangular material, folding the material in half lengthwise, double folding side edges of the material in a tapered fashion, and soaking the material in a solution comprising bees wax, oil, and resin.
US11319118B2	Child-resistant locking cap for laminated tubes with improved locking cap insert to reduce substance leakage after the locking cap is closed A combination of a container made out of rolled laminated plastic or rolled laminated metal, combined with a child-resistant locking assembly between the container and a cap removably affixed to the container. The container includes a closed rear end, a front wall and a flexible sidewall between the closed rear end and the front. The cap includes a central post inserted into a dispensing opening in a dispensing nozzle of the contain to reduce the possibility of contents in the container seeping out of the dispensing nozzle after the sealing cap is affixed to the nozzle. In addition, a retaining cover is retained on the sealing cap and the retaining cover retains a concealed permanent magnet which enables the retaining cover to rest on a metal shelf so that the remainder of the container extends vertically upward from the retaining cover.
US11319101B2	Jam detecting device, a method for detecting defective packages in a filling machine, a folding unit for producing packages of pourable food products in a filling machine, and a filling machine The invention relates to a jam detecting device (10) for detecting defective packages in a filling machine. The jam detecting device (10) comprises a movable element 5 (12), and a sensor (13) connected to the movable element (12). The jam detecting device (10) is adapted to be positioned in the filling machine such that any defective package will mechanically raise the movable element (12) when passing the same and thereby trigger the sensor (13). The invention also relates to a method for detecting defective packages in a filling machine, and a folding unit (1) and a filling machine for producing packages (2) of pourable food products from sealed packs (3).
US11319093B2	Deployment mechanism for reflector antenna system Deployable reflector system includes a boom which is extended from a rigid base. A reflector support structure is secured to a carrier end of the boom opposed from the base. The reflector support structure is configured to transition from a collapsed configuration to an expanded configuration. A tension element coupled at one end to the reflector support structure extends along a length of the boom to the base. The tension element is tensioned as a result of extending the boom, whereby a tension force is provided. The reflector support structure is transitioned from the collapsed configuration to the expanded configuration responsive to the tension force, whereby the same actuator mechanism that extends the boom also expands the reflector support structure.
US11319083B2	Aircraft nacelle comprising a cowl with two articulated doors An aircraft nacelle which comprises a structure, an upstream cowl, an upper cowl arranged to the rear of the upstream cowl and having a starboard-side door and a port-side door, each being articulated between a closed position and an open position, each having a front edge, a rear edge, an inner edge and an outer edge. The nacelle comprises, for each door, an articulation and a locking system. Each door is articulated at the level of its outer edge and, in the closed position, the inner edge of one door is contiguous with the inner edge of the other door. Such a nacelle makes the technicians' work easier because the two articulated doors can be opened wide and give easy access under the cowl.
US11319080B2	Assembly for an aircraft comprising a primary structure for an attachment pylon secured to a wing box by means of fittings that are more compact in the leading edge region An aircraft comprising a wing, an engine attachment pylon comprising a primary structure and an arrangement for securing the primary structure to a wing box. The arrangement comprises two lateral front fittings, each of these fittings comprising a first connecting portion secured to the front wing spar, a second connecting portion secured to the primary structure of the attachment pylon, at least one securing member linking the first and second connecting portions, this securing member being articulated to the first connecting portion with the aid of a first pin system oriented substantially parallel to the front wing spar.
US11319070B2	Deployable clasping systems and methods A deployable clasping system is configured to be deployed from a component and securely clasp and release an object. The deployable clasping system includes a cable that is deployable from the transit vehicle. A clasp assembly is coupled to the cable. The clasp assembly is configured to securely clasp the object. A propulsion sub-system is coupled to one or both of the cable and the clasp assembly. The propulsion sub-system is configured to maneuver the clasp assembly to the object.
US11319066B2	Flying wing aircraft having a compact storage configuration An unmanned aircraft system includes a flying wing airframe having leading and trailing edges with respective sweep angles. A thrust array is coupled to the airframe and includes first and second motor mounts each selectively rotatably coupled to the leading edge by a locking joint. Each motor mount has first and second propulsion assemblies coupled to respective first and second distal ends thereof. A power system is operably associated with the thrust array and is operable to provide power to each propulsion assembly. A flight control system is operably associated with the thrust array and is operable to independently control the speed of each propulsion assembly. In a flight configuration, each motor mount is locked substantially perpendicular with the leading edge by the respective locking joint. In a compact storage configuration, each motor mount is locked substantially parallel with the leading edge the respective locking joint.
US11319065B2	Suspended aerial vehicle system with thruster stabilization A suspended aerial vehicle system includes an aerial vehicle with a thruster assembly and a supporting line attached to the aerial vehicle that is capable of supporting at least some of the weight of the aerial vehicle. The supporting line may have an adjustable length which when varied, and in coordination with variations in a thrust characteristic of the aerial vehicle, may change the position of the aerial vehicle. Other aspects are also described and claimed.
US11319060B2	Pivoting main landing gear for cargo aircraft Systems and methods for pivoting main landing gear of a cargo aircraft. One embodiment is a main landing gear of an aircraft that includes a shock strut coupled to a truck with one or more wheels, and a trunnion coupled to a bulkhead and configured to pivotally couple the shock strut with the bulkhead. The main landing gear also includes a folding brace extending from the shock strut in a forward direction toward a nose of the aircraft and configured to stabilize the shock strut. The main landing gear further includes a retraction actuator configured to pivot the shock strut about the trunnion to retract the one or more wheels in the forward direction toward the nose and up toward a fuselage of the aircraft.
US11319058B2	EMA thermal management optimization A system for controlling an electromechanical actuator of an aircraft includes a locking device configured to mechanically lock said actuator in a first fixed position and to mechanically unlock said actuator from said first fixed position and a controller configured to be in bi-directional communication with both said locking device and said actuator. The controller is configured to monitor a position of said actuator during flight and to detect when said actuator has not moved for a set amount of time, said controller further being configured to instruct said locking device to lock said actuator in said first, locked position when said set time has been reached. In addition, there is provided a method for controlling the thermal properties of an electromechanical actuator of an aircraft.
US11319042B2	System and apparatus for attaching and transporting an autonomous vehicle A field configurable autonomous vehicle includes modular elements and attachable components. The vehicle can be assembled from these modular elements and components to meet desired mission and performance characteristics without the need to purchase specially designed vehicles for each mission. The vehicle can include a mechanisms that magnetically attaches to a ferry vehicle for transport to the location of use.
US11319040B2	Method to install, adjust and recover buoyancy material from subsea facilities A system and process for removing rigid unconsolidated buoyancy material from a subsea facility, disposing rigid unconsolidated buoyancy material to a subsea facility, and recovering said rigid unconsolidated buoyancy material for reuse.
US11319011B2	Apparatus of adjusting saddle angle for bicycle An apparatus adjusting saddle angle for bicycle includes an elastic member forward a central axis in a longitudinal direction of a seat post, a lower body coupled to the seat post and protruding forward to support the elastic member, and an upper body including a saddle coupling portion to the saddle, supporting upper end of the elastic member on upper portion, and hinge-coupled to the lower body to rotate in rotation axis such that the saddle angle is changed for the lower body fixed to the seat post by external force. The elastic member and the rotation axis are in front and rear of the centerline of the lower body, respectively. The saddle coupling portion is in front of the centerline of the lower body and rear of the elastic member, and above the rotation axis. Thus, saddle angle is easily adjusted to improve user's convenience and riding comfort.
US11319007B2	Method for mounting a front structural element of a body shell A structural element of a body shell, which includes a firewall, two front steel fins and two steel side rails, is mounted by: a) providing a structural element made of aluminium alloy and including, a top, and an inner side edge opposite an outer side edge; b) placing the structural element adjacent to the firewall, while the outer side edge is connected together with one of the front fins and the inner side edge is connected with one of the corresponding side rails. In step a), an outer side mounting part made of steel is also provided and secured to the outer side edge.
US11319005B2	Achieving a target gait behavior in a legged robot A legged robot may seek to operate according to a target gait. The legged robot may include leg members and leg joints. Possibly based on the target gait and state of the legged robot, an ordered list of gait controllers may be obtained. The gait controllers in the ordered list may define respective gaits of the legged robot, and may include respective validity checks and output parameters for the respective gaits. The ordered list may begin with a target gait controller that defines the target gait. The ordered list may be traversed in order from the target gait controller until a validity check associated with a particular gait controller passes. The legged robot may be instructed to actuate the leg members and/or leg joints according to output parameters of the particular gait controller.
US11319000B2	Stake assembly A stake assembly is disclosed with reference to a vehicle that includes a bed with a deck and a wall, and a rail secured to the wall. The stake assembly includes a stake axis, a stake base, a rail adaptor supported from the stake base, and a deck adaptor supported from the stake base. The stake base extends along the stake axis. The rail adaptor extends laterally to the stake axis beside the stake base and is configured to secure to the rail. The deck adaptor extends along the stake axis beneath the stake base and is configured to secure to the deck.
US11318998B2	Locking mechanism for a rotating mudguard assembly A rotating mudguard assembly having fixed and rotating parts includes a locking mechanism to limit the relative movement between the fixed and rotating parts of the assembly. The locking mechanism has a locking pin which can selectively engage with a locking plate, the pin and the plate on respective parts of the rotating mudguard assembly. The locking mechanism may be an integral part of the assembly, or the locking mechanism may be a kit of parts for installation on or retrofitting to an assembly.
US11318986B2	Steering device A steering device includes: a first steering mechanism including a first ball nut steering, and a first motor actuator, the first ball nut steering including a first output shaft, a first ball screw, and a first transmitting mechanism, the first motor actuator arranged to provide a rotation force to the first output shaft, a second steering mechanism including a second ball nut steering, and a second motor actuator, the second ball nut steering including a second output shaft, a second ball screw, and a second transmitting mechanism, the second motor actuator arranged to provide a rotation force to the second output shaft, a connection member arranged to connect the first transmitting mechanism and the second transmitting mechanism so as to interlock a movement of the first transmitting mechanism and a movement of the second transmitting mechanism.
US11318983B2	Steering column having foldable steering wheel structure Embodiments may allow the steering wheel to be received in a vehicle body to secure a space for the driver's seat in autonomous driving mode and prevent the steering wheel from interfering with the driver's body, thereby allowing for the driver's comfortable movement while preventing the driver from intervening in steering.
US11318971B2	System and method for track occupancy determination A method and a system determine a subsequent number of guided vehicles occupying a track section of a railway network. The system has a trackside device configured for controlling and managing a movement authority of a guided vehicle for a track section and at least one neighboring trackside device. Each neighboring trackside device is configured for controlling and managing a movement authority for a directly neighboring track section. The trackside device is configured for calculating the subsequent number of guided vehicles from a number of guided vehicles occupying the track section previously determined by the trackside device and information received from each neighboring trackside device regarding a number of guided vehicles entering, from the track section. The directly neighboring track section is controlled by the neighboring trackside device and a number of guided vehicles leaving the directly neighboring track section for the track section.
US11318968B2	Systems and methods for controlling movement speed of a locomotive An automated speed control system for a locomotive having a tractive effort mechanism for moving the locomotive along a track and a braking mechanism for reducing the locomotive's speed along the track. The system including a locomotive controller that includes a memory to store computer-executable instructions, and a processor in communication with the memory to execute the instructions to retrieve one or more track grade maps each indicative of a grade of at least a portion of the track along which the locomotive is travelling, retrieve train makeup, obtain a maximum distance to a specified stopping point of the locomotive along the track, and dynamically calculate a speed limit for movement of the locomotive along the track, according to the retrieved track grade map, retrieved train makeup data, and obtained maximum distance to the specified stopping point.
US11318966B2	System and method for reconfiguring an autorack A method comprises removing a first deck of a plurality of decks and a second deck of the plurality of decks from an autorack. The method further comprises removing one or more of a plurality of posts of the autorack and coupling a cross-brace assembly to one or more of the plurality of posts, wherein the cross-brace assembly is coupled to the one or more of the plurality of posts at a location above an existing brace bay of the autorack. The method also comprises coupling the second deck of the plurality of decks to the autorack at a location above or below the cross-brace assembly.
US11318957B2	Method, apparatus, electronic device, computer program and computer readable recording medium for measuring inter-vehicle distance using driving image A method for measuring an inter-vehicle distance using a processor is provided. The method includes acquiring a driving image photographed by a photographing device of a first vehicle; detecting a second vehicle from the driving image and calculating a ratio between an image width of the detected second vehicle and an image width of a lane in which the second vehicle is located; determining a size class of the second vehicle among a plurality of size classes based on the calculated ratio; determining a width of the second vehicle based on the determined size class of the second vehicle; and calculating a distance from the photographing device to the second vehicle based on the determined width of the second vehicle, a focal length of the photographing device, and the image width of the second vehicle.
US11318956B2	Assistance system and method for assisting the driver of a motor vehicle when positioning the motor vehicle at a predefined target position An assistance system for assisting the driver of a motor vehicle when positioning the motor vehicle at a predefined target position is provided. The target position is preferably a charging position for wireless, in particular inductive, charging of the motor vehicle. In order to position the motor vehicle, the longitudinal movement of the vehicle can be controlled manually by one or more operator control elements (e.g., accelerator pedal, brake pedal) which can be actuated by the driver. The assistance system assists the manual longitudinal control during positioning. The assistance system serves to influence the manual longitudinal control. By influencing the manual longitudinal control, the assistance system counteracts, as a function of the respective position information, the longitudinal movement of the vehicle at least for certain relative positions, in order to bring the vehicle to a stop essentially at the target position.
US11318955B2	Modalities for authorizing access when operating an automated assistant enabled vehicle Implementations relate to enabling of authorization of certain automated assistant functions via one or more modalities available within a vehicle. Implementations can eliminate wasting of computational and communication resources by at least allowing other users to authorize execution of certain input commands from a user, without requesting the user to re-submit the commands. The vehicle can include a computing device that provides access to restricted data, which can be accessed in order for an action to be performed by the automated assistant. However, when a restricted user requests that the automated assistant perform an action involving accessing the restricted data, the automated assistant can be authorized or unauthorized to proceed with fulfilling the request via a modality controlled by an unrestricted user. The unrestricted user can also cause contextual restrictions to be established for limiting functionality of the automated assistant during a trip, for certain types of requests, and/or for certain passengers.
US11318953B2	Fault-tolerant embedded automotive applications through cloud computing A vehicle, operating system of a vehicle and a method of operating a vehicle is disclosed. A local electronic control unit is operated at the vehicle in order to control the vehicle. A backup electronic control unit is operated at a remote computing platform for control of the vehicle. A control of the vehicle is transferred from the local electronic control unit to the backup electronic control unit upon occurrence of a fault at the local electronic control unit.
US11318950B2	Calculation apparatus, control method, program and storage medium In cases when it is determined that a measured yaw angle (ΨL) can be calculated on the basis of the output of a LIDAR (12), a control unit (15) calculates the measured yaw angle (ΨL) as the estimated yaw angle (ΨE), and performs calibration processing on a gyro sensitivity coefficient (A), a gyro offset coefficient (B), a steering angle sensitivity coefficient (C) and a steering angle offset coefficient (D). Meanwhile, in cases when it has been determined that the measured yaw angle (ΨL) cannot be calculated, the control unit (15) calculates a gyro sensor-based yaw rate (Ψ⋅G) on the basis of the steering angle sensitivity coefficient (C) and the steering angle offset coefficient (D) while calculating a steering angle-based yaw rate (Ψ⋅S) on the basis of the steering angle sensitivity coefficient (C) and the steering angle offset coefficient (D), and weights these calculated values in accordance with the degrees of their reliabilities to thereby calculate an estimated yaw rate (Ψ⋅E) for calculating the estimated yaw angle (ΨE).
US11318944B2	Method and apparatus for testing ramp driving performance, and storage medium A method and an apparatus for testing a ramp driving performance, and a storage medium, where the method includes: controlling, according to a preset traveling track, an automatic driving vehicle to perform a stopping operation when the automatic driving vehicle is traveling on a ramp to a reference position; obtaining relative position information between an actual stopping position of the automatic driving vehicle and a reference object disposed at the reference position; and determining, according to the relative position information, whether the automatic driving vehicle is accurately stopped on the ramp. The driving performance of the automatic driving vehicle in a special scenario, such as ramp stopping, can be accurately detected, thereby ensuring a driving safety of the automatic driving vehicle in the ramp stopping scenario.
US11318941B2	Working combination encompassing an earth working machine and a further vehicle, and an automatic spacing monitoring system A system is provided for monitoring spacing during working operation between a first vehicle and at least one further self-propelled vehicle. A beam source is on one vehicle (source vehicle). A sensor arrangement on another vehicle (target vehicle) extends along a sensor axis. In a predetermined reference state, with the vehicles having a predetermined reference spacing apart, the beam source radiates toward the target vehicle electromagnetic radiation such that a predetermined sensor-axial reference detection region on the sensor arrangement is irradiated by the beam source. A change in the vehicle spacing results in a change, along the sensor axis, in the position of the detection region on the irradiated sensor arrangement, and thus in a change in the detection state of the sensor arrangement. Based on the detection state which depends on an actual spacing of the source and target vehicles, a spacing signal is generated with vehicle spacing information.
US11318931B2	Vehicle park assist One or more parking sensors are configured to determine a distance between a vehicle and an obstacle. A controller is configured to determine a threshold parking distance based on an operating mode of the vehicle; compare the determined distance with the threshold parking distance; and provide an indication to a user of the vehicle based on the determined distance being less than or equal to the threshold parking distance.
US11318919B2	Hidden braking device A hidden braking device includes a brake handle, a brake member controlling a wheel set, and a connecting member disposed in a main frame having telescoping upper and lower frames. The connecting member has an upper stem connected to the brake handle and having fixing notches, a lower stem connected to the brake member, a locking set disposed on the lower frame and mainly including a locking unit, and an adjusting set connected to both stems. The adjusting set mainly has an operating unit on which a first spring unit is disposed, an engaging case and a positioning case disposed relative to each other, and an elastic unit located between both cases and engaged with the fixing notches. The first spring unit pushes the operating unit while loosening the locking unit to thereby position the engaging case and adjust a full length of the main frame quickly.
US11318914B2	Manifold for vehicle sensor cleaning A fluid apparatus includes a straight pipe; an inlet fluidly connected to the pipe; a first cylindrical tube, a second cylindrical tube, and a third cylindrical tube each fluidly connected to and elongated from the pipe; a first solenoid valve controlling flow through the first cylindrical tube; a second solenoid valve controlling flow through the second cylindrical tube; a third solenoid valve controlling flow through the third cylindrical tube; a first outlet fluidly connected only to the first solenoid valve; and a second outlet fluidly connected only to the second solenoid valve and the third solenoid valve.
US11318912B2	Monitoring system, monitoring center device, mounting device, monitoring method, processing method, and program A monitoring system in which a mounting device of a moving body and a monitoring center device are connected via a communication network, wherein the mounting device includes a photographing unit configured to photograph a passenger, and a feature transmission unit configured to transmit feature data of the passenger, and the monitoring center device includes a monitoring processing unit which determines whether the feature data is recorded in a database and performs monitoring processing on the basis of a result of the determination.
US11318908B2	Method for generating a trigger signal for triggering at least one safety function of a motor vehicle A method for generating a trigger signal for triggering at least one safety function of a motor vehicle. The method includes at least the following method steps: a) receiving respective signals from at least two pressure tube sensors, b) determining at least one collision parameter from the signals received according to step a), c) outputting the trigger signal for the at least one safety function as a function of the at least one collision parameter determined in step b).
US11318895B2	Soundproofing device for transmission A soundproofing device for a transmission according to the present disclosure is provided to transmit the power of one or more prime movers (for example, internal combustion engine and electric motor). The soundproofing device includes a Helmholtz resonator including: a wall that forms a Helmholtz resonance chamber; and an opening formed in the wall so as to cause the Helmholtz resonance chamber to communicate with the outside of the Helmholtz resonance chamber. The wall includes a transmission case that accommodates the transmission and a housing of a component mounted on the transmission (for example, PCU housing). The Helmholtz resonance chamber is formed between the transmission case and the housing.
US11318894B2	Vehicle retrofit providing extended interior width An accessory body panel includes a recessed feature. The body panel is mounted at the exterior surface of the vehicle body over an opening or hole formed in the vehicle body. The opening can correspond to an OEM window cut-out. The mounted body panel creates an indentation present at the interior side of the vehicle body, which effectively extends the available interior space in the lateral or transverse direction.
US11318892B2	Vehicle interior component A component for use in a vehicle that may be subjected to an event/external force is disclosed. The component may comprise a bin; a cover moveable between closed and open positions; a latch mechanism to hold and release the cover; a catch mechanism moveable to a blocking position to prevent the cover from opening. The cover may be retained by the catch mechanism in the closed position. The catch mechanism may comprise a pin moveable relative to the cover within a catch/track of the cover. The catch mechanism may move from the blocking position to a second blocking position to prevent the cover from opening. The catch mechanism may release the cover to facilitate opening of the cover in response to (a) a first actuating force applied to the cover; (b) release of the first actuating force; and (c) a second actuating force applied to the cover.
US11318891B2	Vehicle interior component A vehicle interior component is disclosed. The component may comprise a base structure comprising a functional region configured to present a first form and a second form comprising a receptacle. The base structure may comprise an illuminated section at the functional region. The functional region may comprise a movable illuminated platform. The platform may move between an elevated state for a default form and a lowered state for the second form. The platform may be configured to be presented at a first or generally horizontal orientation and a second or generally tilted orientation. The illuminated section may comprise a perimeter of the functional region. The component may comprise an actuator configured to operate a mechanism for the functional region. The functional region may comprise wireless charging capability. The component may comprise at least one of a console; floor console; tunnel console; armrest; instrument panel; door; door panel.
US11318887B1	Panoramic virtual environment for in-vehicle entertainment An entertainment system of a vehicle includes: a plurality of cameras configured to capture images around an exterior of the vehicle; one or more displays; and an entertainment module configured to: based on the images, generate panoramic video; and display the panoramic video within the vehicle via the one or more displays.
US11318886B2	Interactive safety system for vehicles An interactive vehicle safety system having capabilities to improve peripheral vision, provide warning, and improve reaction time for operators of vehicles. For example, the interactive vehicle safety system may have capabilities for portraying objects, which are being blocked by any of the structural pillars and/or mirrors of a vehicle (such as a truck, van, train, etc.). The interactive vehicle safety system disclosed may comprise one or more image capturing devices (such as camera, sensor, laser), distance and object sensors (such as ultrasonic sensor, LIDAR radar sensor, photoelectric sensor, and infrared sensor), a real-time image processing of an object, and one or more display systems (such as LCD or LED displays). The interactive vehicle safety system may give a seamless 360-degree front panoramic view to a driver.
US11318873B2	Headrest support structure and vehicle seat A headrest support structure has an upper panel, a collar and a sleeve. The upper panel extends in a width direction of a seatback frame at the upper part. The upper panel has a sleeve support part including upper and lower wall parts facing in a direction perpendicular to the width direction. The sleeve support part is in a U-shape open to a side opposite to a seating side in a longitudinal sectional shape. The upper and lower wall parts have upper and lower holes. The collar is in a tubular shape with a through hole. The collar is arranged between the upper wall part and the lower wall part to have the through hole communicate with the upper and lower holes. The sleeve is inserted through the upper hole, the through hole, and the lower hole. A rod-like leg portion of a headrest is insertable in the sleeve.
US11318868B1	Side-impact crash structure for a vehicle seat A side-impact crash structure for a vehicle seat may be positioned in the side wall of a passenger seat to reduce impact forces imparted to an occupant during a side collision. The side-impact crash structure for the vehicle seat may include energy absorbers positioned between the seating surface and the outer sidewall of the vehicle. The energy absorbers may be positioned to engage the shoulder and/or lower abdomen area of the passenger. The energy absorbers may be configured to absorb impact forces over a limited ride-down distance (the distance over which the deceleration occurs) to prevent injury to occupants.
US11318867B2	Child carrier with side impact protection A child conveyance device includes an impact energy absorbing apparatus disposed on a portion of the child conveyance device. The impact energy absorbing apparatus includes an inner support configured to be positioned against the portion of the child conveyance device. The inner support has a receptacle formed therein. The impact energy absorbing apparatus further includes an outer cover configured to releasably secure the inner support and an insert received within the receptacle of the inner support. The insert is held in place by the outer cover when securing the outer cover.
US11318861B2	Coolant system for a vehicle A coolant system for an electric vehicle having first and second heat generating components includes a fluid circuit that circulates a coolant therethrough and a coolant assembly. The coolant assembly decreases the temperature of a portion of the coolant to a first temperature and supplies the portion of coolant to the first heat generating component via a first supply branch of the fluid circuit, and decreases the temperature of a remaining portion of the coolant to a second temperature and supplies the remaining portion of coolant to the second heat generating component via a second supply branch of the fluid circuit. The system includes a first pump unit, arranged downstream of the coolant assembly in the first supply branch, that directs the portion of coolant to the first heat generating component, and a second pump unit that directs the remaining portion of coolant to the second heat generating component.
US11318859B2	Methods for reconfigurable power exchange for multiple UAV types A reconfigurable system capable of autonomously exchanging material from unmanned vehicles of various types and sizes. The system comprises an environmental enclosure, a landing area, a universal mechanical system to load and unload material from the unmanned vehicle, and a central processor that manages the aforementioned tasks. The landing area may comprise a one or more visible or non-visible markers/emitters capable of generating composite images to assist in landing the unmanned vehicle upon the reconfigurable, autonomous system.
US11318855B2	Motor vehicle having an electric machine as a drive machine and method for operating a DC-DC converter in a motor vehicle A motor vehicle, including an electric machine as a drive machine, a high-voltage battery, a high-voltage network to which the electric machine and the high-voltage battery are connected, a low-voltage network having a lower voltage than the high-voltage network, and a DC-DC converter, which connects the low-voltage network and the high-voltage network and is designed for a maximum deliverable rated voltage. The DC-DC converter includes at least two independently usable converter circuits having different maximum power and a control unit. The control unit selects at least one converter circuit to be operated in dependence on a power requirement value of the low-voltage network.
US11318854B2	Protective device A protective device for an electrical charging cable for connecting two mechanisms in a charging process. The protective device has a supporting frame and a jacket, which are designed to enclose a cavity extending in a longitudinal direction. Through the cavity a charging cable can be guided, and the supporting frame and the jacket are deformable in the longitudinal direction. A length of the protective device is to be modified and a length of the charging cable to be guided through the cavity is to be adapted between the two mechanisms.
US11318851B2	Energy system for an electrically-driven vehicle An energy system for an electrically-driven vehicle is provided along with methods for operating the energy system. The energy system has a low-voltage charging function and an active load-balancing system for traction batteries.
US11318828B2	Axle assembly for frame rail vehicles An axle assembly for frame rail vehicles is described herein. The axle assembly includes a first axle shaft and a second axle shaft orientated along a first axis of rotation. A first electric machine is orientated along a second axis of rotation and a second electric machine is spaced from the first electric machine and orientated along a third axis of rotation. A differential gear set is disposed about the first axis of rotation and is coupled to and driven by a common gear reduction to transfer rotational torque from the first and second electric machines to the first and second axle shafts. A speed change mechanism is coupled between the common gear reduction and the differential gear set to change the rotational torque transferred to the first and second axle shafts.
US11318824B2	Assembly for a cover of a vehicle roof, and vehicle roof for a motor vehicle An assembly for a vehicle roof cover, wherein the cover can be moved from a closed position for closing a roof opening into an open position for at least partially releasing the roof opening. The assembly may have: a cover carrier for carrying the cover, a positionally fixed guide rail, and a carriage mounted so as to be displaceable in the guide rail along an opening direction. The cover carrier has a positionally fixed slotted guide to which the carriage may be coupled in the closed position, such that a deployment of the cover along a vertical direction (Z direction) is blocked in the closed position. The cover carrier has a locking apparatus configured so that a movement of the cover carrier along the vertical direction (Z direction) is limited in the closed position.
US11318817B2	Articulating locating and retention member An alignment member includes a first body member having a first end and a second end longitudinally opposite the first end, a second body member having a first end and a second end longitudinally opposite the first end, the second body member coupled to the first body member such that the first and second body members define a longitudinal axis of the alignment member, a first base member coupled to the second body member, a second base member rotatably coupled to the first base member, and a locking mechanism configured to engage with the first base member. The first base member rotates relative to the second base member to position the alignment member from a first position to a second position and the locking mechanism engages with the first base member to retain the alignment member in the second position.
US11318810B2	High flow rate ductwork for a recreational vehicle Recreational vehicles are provided with a tapered duct connector and/or a conditioned air receiving sleeve that is positioned in an infra-ceiling space of the vehicle. The tapered duct connector comprises a connector inlet coupled to a conditioned air passage on a wall of the conditioned air receiving sleeve, and a connector outlet coupled to the supply duct, to fluidly couple the sleeve to the supply duct. The tapered duct connector comprises a transitional duct height that increases from the connector outlet to the connector inlet. The conditioned air passage of the conditioned air receiving sleeve, the tapered duct connector, and the supply duct is contained such that air can pass from the conditioned air opening of the conditioned air receiving sleeve, through the conditioned air receiving sleeve, and into the supply duct without contacting structural components in the infra-ceiling space of the recreational vehicle.
US11318809B2	Heat exchanger Heat exchanger exchanging heat between coolant and refrigerant of different kinds in one device and providing an effective heat exchange ratio between the coolant and the refrigerant. The heat exchanger includes a refrigerant flow path having a refrigerant inlet and a refrigerant outlet, and a coolant flow path through which coolant flows to exchange heat with the refrigerant. The coolant flow path includes a first coolant flow path where first coolant flows, and a second coolant flow path where second coolant with a different kind flows. The heat exchanger is partitioned into a first heat exchange section, in which the first coolant exchanges heat with the refrigerant and a second heat exchange section, in which the second coolant exchanges heat with the refrigerant, so that the heat exchange in the first heat exchange section and the heat exchange in the second heat exchange are carried out independently.
US11318807B2	Transport refrigeration unit A transport refrigeration unit includes at least one component, a frame (136), and an energy storage module (110). The at least one component is driven by electrical power. The frame (136) is constructed and arranged to structurally support the plurality of components. The energy storage module (110) is adapted to provide the electrical power, and is internally located and supported by the frame (136).
US11318805B2	Suspension adjustment assembly A shock absorber assembly comprises two springs 11, 12 arranged in series so as, in use, to extend between a pair of spaced apart spring seats. A coupling member 13 is arranged between the adjacent ends 11b, 12a of the springs 11, 12. The coupling member 13 is adjustable and is formed by a shaft having a pair of flanges 14, 15 provided on the outer surface thereof. The shaft extends axially beyond each flange 14, 15 so as to extend inside the windings of the abutting spring ends 11b, 12a to locate the spring ends 11b, 12a on the coupler 13. Each flange 14, 15 engages an associated adjacent ends 11b, 12a of one of the springs 11, 12. At least one of said flanges 14, 15 is moveable longitudinally along the shaft so as to vary the longitudinal separation between the two flanges 14, 15 and thereby vary the preload on the springs 11, 12.
US11318787B2	Adjustable portal plate An adjustable portal box assembly for selectively mounting a wheel to an off road vehicle in either of two positions. The assembly includes a mounting plate mountable to the suspension of an off road vehicle, and a portal box is mountable to the mounting plate. The portal box includes an input shaft opening for an input shaft, and an output opening for an output shaft. The portal box is mountable to the mounting plate in a first position in which the output shaft is positioned to extend the wheelbase relative to the input shaft, or in a second position in which the output shaft is positioned in vertical alignment with the input shaft.
US11318786B2	Caster wheel assembly and a wheelchair comprising the same The present disclosure relates to a caster wheel assembly (1), comprising: a caster housing (3) provided with an axial channel, a spindle shaft (7) configured to be received by the channel of the caster housing (3), which spindle shaft (7) is inclined relative to the vertical plane when mounted in the caster housing (3) and the caster wheel assembly (1) is in use resting on a horizontal support, the caster housing (3) and the spindle shaft (7) being configured to rotate freely relative to each other, a caster wheel fork (9) having a wheel axle (11) configured to be arranged offset relative to a central axis of the spindle shaft (7), to provide a trail functionality, and a height adjustment mechanism (6) configured to adjust an axial position of the spindle shaft (7) relative to the caster housing (3) based on a rotational position of the spindle shaft (7) in relation to the caster housing (3).
US11318778B2	System for assisting use of a writing instrument The invention provides a system and method for assisting in the holding and use of a writing instrument whereby an upper lower collar support a first and second strap utilized in the assistive process.
US11318776B2	Rods for use with hanging file holders Rods for use in a filing system are disclosed. An example file folder rod includes a first end, a second end and an elongated body extending between the first end and the second end, the elongated body having a longitudinal axis. The example rod also includes a hook coupled to the first end of the rod. The example hook includes a longitudinal portion extending along the longitudinal axis, an elongated hook portion coupled to an end of the longitudinal portion with the elongated hook portion extending from the longitudinal portion a first distance, and a first extension extending from the longitudinal portion with the first extension extending from the longitudinal portion a second distance, the second distance less than the first distance.
US11318768B2	Cleaning device and image forming apparatus A cleaning device cleans a surface of a sheet conveyance member that conveys a sheet in an image forming apparatus which executes image forming processing, using a liquid recording material. The cleaning device includes a cleaning member having a contact surface configured to be brought into contact with the surface of the sheet conveyance member. A contact angle of the contact surface with the recording material is smaller than a contact angle of the surface of the sheet conveyance member with the recording material.
US11318764B2	Tape cutter and tape printing apparatus Provided is a tape cutter including a full-receiving portion, a full-movable portion that comes into contact with or separates from the full-receiving portion, a full-pressing portion that presses the full-movable portion, and a full second lever portion to which the full-pressing portion is fixed. The full-pressing portion has a full first pressing portion that presses a full first pressing target portion of the full-movable portion toward the full-receiving portion so that the full-movable portion approaches the full-receiving portion, and a full second pressing portion that engages with a full second pressing target portion of the full-movable portion and pulls the full second pressing target portion toward a side opposite to the full-receiving portion so that the full-movable portion separates from the full-receiving portion, and the full first pressing portion and the full second pressing portion are overlapping with the full second lever portion in a feed direction of the tape.
US11318760B2	Media transport belt that attenuates thermal artifacts in images on substrates printed by aqueous ink printers An inkjet printer includes a dryer configured to attenuate the effects of temperature differentials arising in substrates that are caused by holes in a media transport belt and a platen covering a vacuum plenum. The dryer includes a heater, a media transport belt cooler, and a media transport belt. The media transport belt is configured to move substrates past the heater after ink images have been formed on the substrates and the media transport belt cooler is positioned to remove heat energy from the media transport belt after the media transport belt has passed the heater and the substrates have separated from the media transport belt. The substrate cooler is configured to reduce a temperature of the media transport belt to a temperature that attenuates image defects arising from temperature differentials in the media transport belt when the media transport belt is opposite the heater.
US11318752B2	Logic circuitry package A logic circuitry package for a replaceable print apparatus component includes an analog sensor cell block with a plurality of sensor cells, analog control circuitry to bias and control the analog sensor cell block, an interface to communicate with a print apparatus logic circuit, a dedicated bit field that indicates whether the logic circuitry package is in a power saving mode, and at least one logic circuit. The at least one logic circuit may be configured to receive, via the interface, a request to cause the analog sensor cell block to provide sensor information for at least one sensor measurement; and selectively enable and disable power to the analog control circuitry based on the request and a value of the dedicated bit field.
US11318749B2	Ink cartridge, printer, and method for mounting ink cartridge In a state in which a cartridge body is not inserted in a cartridge receiving section provided on a printer side, an electronic component mounting section is held at an initial position to the cartridge body. The cartridge body is linearly inserted into the cartridge receiving section of the printer along a first direction, which is an insertion direction of the cartridge body, to a second position before a first position in which the cartridge body is in a mounted state in the cartridge receiving section. By the cartridge body being linearly inserted from the second position to the first position along the first direction, the electronic component mounting section is moved from the initial position in a second direction different from the first direction to couple the electronic component to electrical coupling portions provided on the printer side.
US11318746B2	Modular inkjet printhead having printhead modules with overlapping ink ports A modular inkjet printhead includes a plurality of printhead modules arranged end on end in a row. Each printhead module includes: a substrate having a plurality of longitudinal ink supply channels; a plurality of print chips mounted on a first face of the substrate, each print chip receiving ink from a respective ink supply channel; and a plurality of fingers extending longitudinally from opposite ends of each printhead module, each finger having an ink port extending away from a second face of the substrate opposite the first face, each ink port being in fluid communication with a respective ink supply channel Each ink supply channel is connected to a respective pair of ink ports at opposite ends of each printhead module and the fingers of neighboring printhead modules are interdigitated such that the ink ports of neighboring printhead modules overlap.
US11318733B2	Method and system to infer fountain solution thickness from diagnostic images produced at various fountain solution control parameters According to aspects of the embodiments, there is provided a method of determining the amount of fountain solution employed in a digital offset lithography printing system. Fountain solution thickness is determined from diagnostic images that are printed and analyzed using the existing Image Based Controls (IBC). An analysis of the density of solids, halftones, and background as a function of the fountain solution control parameter is performed to decide on the appropriate level of fountain solution. A latitude window of control parameters is then derived for which the digital offset lithography printing system in operation minimizes the undesirable effects of too much or too little fountain solution.
US11318731B2	Application unit with positioning device and magazine An application unit comprises an application mechanism with an impression cylinder, a forme cylinder, and a supply roller, along with a positioning device and a magazine for supply rollers, which magazine is located below the application mechanism. The magazine has magazine receptacles for supply rollers and a movable repositioning device, by the use of which, the magazine receptacles can be placed in different magazine positions. One of the magazine positions is a change position, and when a magazine receptacle is located in that change position, a supply roller can be transferred, with respect to a positioning direction, between the magazine receptacle and a remote region of a roller positioning path that connects the magazine to the application mechanism. The positioning direction deviates no more than 45 degrees from a vertical direction. One of the magazine positions is a loading position, and when a magazine receptacle is located in the loading position, a supply roller can be transferred along a loading path with respect to a loading direction, between the magazine receptacle and a loading area. The loading direction deviates no more than 30 degrees from at least one horizontal direction.
US11318729B2	Film material, and peeling device and method for film material The present disclosure provides a peeling device and method for film material. The film material includes a first film layer, a second film layer, and a third film layer stacked in sequence, and the first film layer and the second film layer have bodies corresponding to the third film layer and protrusions. The peeling device is configured to peel off the first film layer and includes: an abutment divided into a first area configured to place the bodies of the first film layer and the second film layer and the third film layer, and a second area configured to place the protrusions of the first film layer and the second film layer; and a peeling mechanism configured to be coupled to the protrusion of the first film layer to separate the first film layer from the second film layer.
US11318725B2	Absorbent paper laminate and food container made thereof An absorbent paper laminate, having an absorbent paper layer, a nonabsorbent high-density paper layer and an adhesive applied in a layer between the absorbent and nonabsorbent layers forming a laminate. The laminate has a surface which is provided with an array of perforations formed by needle punctures or a series of slits sized to allow steam to pass therethrough while retaining grease and oil in the absorbent paper layer. The preferred adhesive layer is selectively in a cellular pattern. A paper board food container can be formed having an absorbent paper laminate body defining a cavity for receiving a food item and absorb grease and oil. Optionally an exterior surface of the container is sized to be held in the hands of a user having an exterior surface with a second absorbent layer that can act as a napkin absorbing grease and oil from the hands of the user.
US11318716B2	Composite construction for an increased service life A composite construction, such as, in particular, a composite plate having a sandwich-type construction, has two outer layers which are mutually opposed in parallel and a foam material completely filling the space between the outer layers at least in some regions. The outer layers are interconnected by means of spacers, and the spacers are connected to the outer layers via a cured plastics material.
US11318715B2	Hard coating film and laminate The present disclosure provides a hard coat film comprising: a hard coat layer and a primer layer; wherein the primer layer includes a first layer of which transmittance with respect to light having a wavelength of 380 nm is 30% or below, and a second layer of which transmittance with respect to light having a wavelength of 340 nm is 10% or below; the first layer and the second layer are layered, in no particular order, in the position of one surface of the hard coat layer; and a substrate layer is included in the position of the surface of the hard coat layer which is opposite side surface to the primer layer side surface, or in the position of the surface of the primer layer which is opposite side surface to the hard coat layer side surface.
US11318710B2	Joined member assembly method and joined member A joined member assembly method includes: a step in which a substrate is inserted in a gap between a superposed first component and a second component, said substrate being configured from a multilayer fabric that is capable of expanding as a result of heating and that is flexible after expansion and a reinforcing material woven into the multilayer fabric; a step in which the substrate is heated and made to expand in the thickness direction; a step in which the gap is filled with a resin and the substrate is impregnated with the resin; and a step in which the resin is cured. A step in which a seam is created by machining in accordance with a measured gap shape is omitted.
US11318703B2	Cosmetic sheet and cosmetic plate An object of the present invention is to provide, for use in living environments, a decorative sheet that has excellent, easy cleanability and excellent impact resistance and from which dirt due to the adherence of a daily used contaminant, such as fine particle powder, that is not easy to clean is easily removed. The present invention provides a decorative sheet having a surface-protecting layer on the uppermost surface thereof, wherein (1) Ra(i)/Ra(ii) is 0.62 or more and 1.63 or less, the Ra(i)/Ra(ii) being calculated using an arithmetic average roughness Ra(i) measured along an arbitrary direction on the surface of the surface-protecting layer, and an arithmetic average roughness Ra(ii) measured along the perpendicular direction to the arbitrary direction.
US11318699B2	Device for providing padding material for packaging purposes, and forming unit for such a device The invention relates to a device for providing cushioning material for packaging purposes, comprising a converting unit for turning over at least one lateral edge of a web-type starting material in the direction of a center of the starting material, creating an intermediate product, and a crumpling mechanism for crumpling the intermediate product into the cushioning material. According to the invention, the housing has a first coupling portion, which is complementary to a corresponding second coupling portion of the converting unit, and the converting unit is one of a set of at least two converting units, wherein the converting units of a set all have the same second coupling portion, and wherein the converting units of a set are designed to convert different starting materials.
US11318695B2	Tire manufacturing method and tire A tire having a rubber assembly including a first rubber member, a second rubber member, and a third rubber member which are arranged in series in the cross-section including the tire rotational axis. The method includes: extruding the unvulcanized rubber assembly as two separate parts which are a first extrusion rubber portion and a second extrusion rubber portion divided at a division surface passing through the unvulcanized first rubber member; winding the first extrusion rubber portion into a base annular body; and forming the unvulcanized rubber assembly by winding the second extrusion rubber portion so that only the first rubber member included in the second extrusion rubber portion overlaps with the first rubber member included in the base annular body.
US11318684B2	Fluid-filled cushioning article with seamless side walls and method of manufacturing A method of manufacturing a cushioning article comprises wrapping a polymeric sheet around a support so that the polymeric sheet surrounds a perimeter of the support. A first portion of the polymeric sheet adjacent a first side edge of the polymeric sheet overlaps and is stacked on a second portion of the polymeric sheet adjacent a second side edge of the polymeric sheet. The first portion is welded to the second portion at a first weld disposed between the first side edge and the second side edge while the polymeric sheet is wrapped around the support so that the polymeric sheet forms an open-ended sheath with a top wall, a bottom wall, a first side wall and a second side wall with the first weld disposed at only one of the top wall and the bottom wall. A cushioning article manufactured according to the method is disclosed.
US11318682B2	Three-dimensional (3D) object printing based on build material permeability A system for manufacturing three dimensional objects can include logic to apply a gas with at least one flow rate to a vessel of a three dimensional printer. The logic can also detect a permeability of a build material residing within the vessel, wherein the permeability is calculated based on a plurality of pressure values detected by a plurality of pressure sensors residing in the vessel, and apply the gas with a predetermined humidity level at a second flow rate to modify the permeability of the build material residing in the vessel. Furthermore, the logic can initialize manufacturing a three dimensional object with the build material in response to detecting the permeability of the build material is below a predetermined threshold.
US11318671B2	System and method for sheeting and stacking 3D composite printed sheets A web sheet processing system for cutting and/or stacking AM composite printed sheets from the web combines web edge waste with the cut sheets, stacking the waste with the 3D object. The waste may be removed during the cleaning of the 3d object (e.g., by abrasive blasting, chemical removal, dissolution) to result in a 3D printed object. This approach eliminates the separate need for waste removal of a rewound web of substrate material waste. In examples, a tractor drive transport assembly ensures consistent web/sheet motion via tractor feeding along the edges of the web/sheet to a stacker subsystem. The tractor drive transport assembly, in combination with a drive guide, positions the cut sheets over the stacker subsystem for release onto the top of a stack, with the substrate waste that would normally be processed downstream stacked with the 3D object for removal during a normal cleaning of the object.
US11318667B2	Hybrid 3D printing with photo-curable materials A method of three-dimensional (3D) printing includes heating a photo-curable material and extruding the photo-curable material from a nozzle to form a first layer of an object according to a digital file, wherein the first layer has a first shape specified by the digital file, and wherein the first shape has a first minimum line width based on a diameter of the nozzle. The method further includes directing a light beam onto the first layer according to the digital file or an additional digital file to cure a portion of the first layer, wherein the cured portion of the first layer has a second shape, wherein the second shape may comprise features that are smaller than the first shape.
US11318666B2	System for removing support structure using integrated fluid paths A system for producing three-dimensional objects forms fluid paths within the support structure to facilitate the removal of the support structure following manufacture of the object. The system includes a first ejector configured to eject a first material towards a platen to form an object, a second ejector configured to eject a second material towards the platen to form support for portions of the object, at least one portion of the support having a body with at least one fluid path that connects at least one opening in the body to at least one other opening in the body, and a fluid source that connects to the at least one fluid path of the support to enable fluid to flow through the at least one fluid path to remove at least an inner portion of the support from the object.
US11318665B2	Multi-part filaments for additive manufacturing and related systems and methods Methods of additively manufacturing a part comprise dispensing a multi-part filament in three dimensions. The multi-part filament comprises an elongate filament body comprising a first body part extending longitudinally along the elongate filament body and comprising a first material that is configured to be cured responsive to a first cure condition, and a second body part extending longitudinally along the elongate filament body and comprising a second material that is configured to be cured responsive to a second cure condition that is different from the first cure condition. Methods also comprise concurrently with the dispensing, delivering curing energy corresponding to the first cure condition to impart a desired rigidity characteristic to the first body part to facilitate printing of self-supporting structures from the multi-part filament.
US11318657B2	Method using separating system for containers A separating system for separating individual container products from a frame assembly of plastic material, particularly polypropylene, has at least one stamping device (36) that at least partially separates the respective container product from a frame waste. By the stamping device (36) including a free fall body (52) separating the respective frame waste from the associated container product from an initial position during free fall, the separation can be carried out with very high speed (free fall) and additional mechanical components for applying a constraint force on the stamping body during the creating of the separating line can be omitted.
US11318648B2	Method for producing a composite part A method for producing a composite part. According to the method, a substrate is provided, the substrate having an integrated mixing portion for mixing a component system close to the substrate. The substrate provided is introduced into a cavity of a coating tool in an additional step. The substrate is then coated by flooding the cavity with the component system. The component system is mixed inside the cavity by means of the mixing portion of the substrate.
US11318645B2	Distributor device A distributor device is arranged for controlling a plurality of actuators, each of which is intended to open or close a corresponding mould. The distributor device comprises a rotary part rotatable about an axis and connectable to the actuators, and a stator part in fluid communication with the rotary part. The stator part is provided with: a low pressure distributor element, configured to selectively send an actuating fluid at a first pressure to the rotary part, so that one actuator of the plurality of actuators moves a first component and a second component of the corresponding mould closer to each other from a distanced position to an intermediate position; a high pressure distributor element, configured to selectively send an actuating fluid at a second pressure higher than the first pressure to the rotary part, so that the actuator moves the first component and the second component of the corresponding mould closer to each other from the intermediate position to a forming position; a maintaining distributor element, configured to selectively send an actuating fluid to the rotary part, so that the actuator maintains the first component and the second component in the forming position.
US11318642B2	Permeable wall encapsulation mold A mold for encapsulating an electrical component. The mold includes an encapsulation chamber and an air inlet. The encapsulation chamber is defined by a housing, an open top, and a solid bottom. The housing includes a solid outer wall, a permeable inner wall, and an air chamber between the solid outer wall and the inner wall. The air inlet is configured to introduce a gas into the air chamber. The encapsulation chamber is sized and shaped to receive the electrical component while leaving a gap for the introduction of encapsulant around the electrical component. The encapsulant may be silicone rubber. To remove an encapsulated electrical component, pressurized air may be introduced through the air inlet into the air chamber, passing through the permeable inner wall, separating the outer surface of the encapsulant from the housing, and allowing the combination casting to be removed from the mold.
US11318635B2	Bamboo strip shaping device and method Disclosed is a bamboo strip shaping method, which includes the following steps: S01: cutting a bamboo tube, and removing inner joints, outer joints and bamboo outer skin; S02: trisecting or quartering the bamboo tube in a longitudinal direction to obtain curved bamboo strips; S03: placing the curved bamboo strips in a bamboo strip shaping device for processing; S04: subjecting the curved bamboo strips to steam treatment and heating softening treatment; S05: pressing and shaping the curved bamboo strips to obtain flattened bamboo strips, and drying for a first time under a maintained pressure; S06: wetting bamboo outer skin surfaces and bamboo inner skin surfaces of the flattened bamboo strips, and drying for a second time; and S07: wetting the bamboo outer skin surfaces and the bamboo inner skin surfaces of the flattened bamboo strips, and drying for a third time.
US11318632B2	Razor system A cutting member for a shaving cartridge is provided that includes a flat cutting portion, a bent portion, and a base portion. The flat cutting portion has a front cutting-edge portion. The bent portion is intermediate to the base portion and the flat cutting portion. The bent portion and the base portion are made out of one single piece of material. The bent portion is arranged such that it is adjacent to the front cutting portion. The proposed shape of the cutting member resembles a reverse L.
US11318623B2	Systems and methods for acquiring and moving objects An end effector system is disclosed for a robotic system that includes a primary acquisition system that includes a primary end effector, and a secondary retention system that substantially surrounds at least a portion of the primary acquisition system, wherein at least a portion of the primary acquisition system may be drawn up within at least a portion of the secondary retention system such that the primary end effector system may be used to select an object from a plurality of objects, and the secondary retention system may be used to secure the object for rapid transport to an output destination.
US11318616B2	Robotic digital twin control with industrial context simulation An industrial control design and testing system allows vendor-specific digital twins of industrial robots to be imported into a vendor-agnostic simulation platform so that coordinated operation of the robots within the context of a larger automation system can be simulated and observed. Rather than requiring a designer to re-write the robot program in a format understandable by the simulation system, the design and testing system can link to instances of the vendor-specific robot simulation platforms to facilitate execution of the actual robot programs that will be installed and executed on the corresponding physical robots. This accurately simulates operation of the robots in a manner that requires less development work on the part of the designer and allows the robot's surrounding environment to be modeled and simulated more accurately than would be the case using a simulation platform specific to a particular robot vendor.
US11318594B2	Systems and/or devices for managing vehicle repairs Certain exemplary embodiments can provide a system comprising a frame, which can comprise a backbone, which defines a backbone longitudinal axis. The frame can further comprise a handle coupled to the backbone. The handle is positioned to allow a user to lift and position the frame. An actuator is coupled to the backbone. The actuator defines an actuator longitudinal axis.
US11318591B2	Nut driver tool A nut driver includes an elongate drive shank and a reversible socket. The socket has a first hex socket opening sized to engage a hexagonal profile of a first size, and a second hex socket opening sized to engage a hexagonal profile of a second size that is larger than the first size. The socket is mountable on the drive shank in either a first orientation that presents the first hex socket opening for use, or a second orientation that presents the second hex socket opening for use. Additionally, in the first orientation, the socket is mountable in either a screw head receiving position or a drive bit receiving position.
US11318586B2	Electrically isolated tool with failsafe coating An electrically isolated coupler includes a drive body, a driven body, an insulating member and an isolation coating. The drive body is made of first metallic material and has a drive end configured to interface with a fastening component. The drive body includes a first interface portion and the driven body includes a second interface portion. The driven body is made of a second metallic material and has a driven end configured to interface with a driving tool. The insulating member is molded to fit between the drive body and the driven body to electrically isolate the drive body and the driven body from each other. The isolation coating is disposed on a surface of the first interface portion or the second interface portion that contacts the insulating member and faces the second interface portion or the first interface portion, respectively. The isolation coating includes a material that adheres to metal and has a dielectric strength of greater than about 10 kV.
US11318580B2	Dual cutter head portioning and trimming A conveyance system 14 carries food products 12 past the scanning system 16 for scanning the food products and generating data pertaining to various parameters of the food products. Thereafter, the food products 12 are transported past a processing station 18 for cutting, trimming, portioning, etc. using a cutting apparatus 20 in the form of a robotic actuator 22 onto which is mounted a dual headed cutter assembly 24 capable of independently and simultaneously cutting/trimming/portioning two separate food products 12, for example, located in side-by-side lanes on the conveyance system or capable of independently and simultaneously cutting/trimming the opposite sides of the same food product.
US11318574B2	Pneumatic apparatus having rotary vane motor operable as part of a three component magnetic circuit A pneumatically driven apparatus, including a hand guided and/or hand held pneumatic power tool, includes a pneumatic rotary vane (PRV) motor, a working element and a gear arrangement for transmitting a rotational movement and torque. The PRV motor includes a housing defining a cylindrical chamber extending along a cylinder axis, and a cylindrical rotor located in the chamber and extending along and rotatable about an axis running to the cylinder axis. The rotor includes radially movable vanes forced radially outwards during rotation of the rotor. The gear arrangement is a magnetic gear arrangement, and that the rotor of the motor includes permanent magnets attached thereto between the vanes, so that the rotor of the PRV motor forms one of the rotating components of the magnetic gear arrangement.
US11318570B2	Inclining and rotating table apparatus An inclining and rotating table apparatus includes a position adjusting mechanism for adjusting a position of an inclination frame with respect to a driven shaft at least in a vertical direction and provided between the driven shaft and the inclination frame, in which the driven shaft is formed in a hollow shape such that at least a part of a rotation drive motor is disposed therein, and has an attachment portion to which the inclination frame is attached and which extends in a radial direction and allows attachment of the rotation drive motor to the inclination frame, and the rotation drive motor is supported on the driven shaft via the inclination frame.
US11318569B2	Net forged spiral bevel gear A process for forming a finished spiral bevel gear includes forging a blank to form a forging having near net-shaped spiral bevel teeth, machining the forging, coining the forging to form a coined spiral bevel gear with net-shaped spiral bevel gear teeth; heat treating the coined spiral bevel and finishing the heat treated, coined spiral bevel gear without machining the net-shaped spiral bevel gear teeth in a machining operation that forms chips.
US11318565B2	Machining condition adjustment device and machine learning device A machining condition adjustment device adjusts settings of an ionizer so as to neutralize a charge carried by plasma generated during laser beam machining of a workpiece by a laser beam machining device, calculates an amount of charge per unit time that is to be radiated from the ionizer, based on the amount of charge carried by the plasma generated during the laser beam machining, and sets the ionizer to radiate the calculated amount of charge per unit time.
US11318562B2	Grain-oriented electrical steel sheet and magnetic domain refinement method therefor A grain-oriented electrical steel sheet includes a groove formed on a surface and a solidified alloy layer formed under the groove, wherein the solidified alloy layer includes particles of a certain average diameter.
US11318559B2	Laser machining system A laser machining system includes: a laser irradiation device that irradiates a workpiece with a laser beam; a workpiece moving device that moves the workpiece; a laser irradiation controller that controls the laser irradiation device to control an irradiation position of the laser beam; and a workpiece move controller that controls the workpiece moving device to control at least one of the position and the posture of the workpiece. The workpiece move controller transmits information about at least one of the position and the posture of the workpiece to the laser irradiation controller. The laser irradiation controller compensates for the irradiation position of the laser beam based on the information received from the workpiece move controller.
US11318551B2	Arc welding display device and display method An arc welding display device is included in a welding apparatus having a weaving function of swinging a torch with respect to a welding direction. The arc welding display device displays, on a screen, at least one of a welding current and a welding voltage during the arc welding with a range sectioned by each fixed period including at least one weaving period.
US11318536B2	Additive manufacturing apparatus and additive manufacturing method An additive manufacturing apparatus according to one embodiment includes a manufacturing unit, an elastic wave generation unit, an elastic wave detection unit, and an inspection unit. The manufacturing unit sequentially stacks a layer formed by emitting a first energy beam to a material and solidifying the material. The elastic wave generation unit emits a second energy beam to a manufactured object including the layer and generates an elastic wave propagating in the manufactured object. The elastic wave detection unit detects the elastic wave. The inspection unit inspects the manufactured object on the basis of a detection result from the elastic wave detection unit.
US11318531B2	Gate valve system, casting plant, and casting process A gate valve system includes a base plate and a gate valve plate, a casting plant includes the gate valve system, and a casting process manufactures workpieces, particularly from metal materials. The base plate has an opening and the gate valve plate has a first opening and at least a second opening. The separating gate valve system is set up so that the separating gate valve system can be brought into casting, pressing, and closure positions. In the casting position, the first opening is arranged to align with the opening of the base plate, at least to the greatest possible extent; in the pressing position, the second opening is arranged to align with the opening of the base plate, at least to the greatest possible extent; and in the closure position, the gate valve plate closes off the opening of the base plate.
US11318516B2	Bending group of a paneling machine tool A bending group of a paneling machine tool for manufacturing profiled elements by bending a sheet of sheet metal includes a main frame, and a blocking press able to block the metal sheet during the manufacturing steps. The bending group includes a first bending member and a second bending member, distinct from the first bending member, both suitable for carrying out at least a bending of at least a portion of the sheet of sheet metal, at least one of the first bending member and second bending member being mobile with respect to the other.
US11318515B1	Large diameter pipe rounding tool and method of use An apparatus and method for re-rounding a distorted end (e.g., oval-shaped) of a pipe for insertion into a mechanical joint fitting or pipe bell have a circular diameter. The apparatus involves two separate semi-circular members having jack bolt assemblies evenly distributed in each. The two ends of each of the semi-circular members have extensions that can be releasably coupled to join to the two members to form a circular re-rounding tool. A first semi-circular member is positioned on the maximum diameter side of the distorted pipe and the other semi-circular member is placed on the opposite side of the distorted pipe and extensions joined. With an equal number of jack bolt assemblies in each member, corresponding jack bolt assemblies in the two members are diametrically aligned forming pairs. To re-round the distorted end, pairs of these jack bolt assemblies are tightened in a “star sequence” to re-round the distorted end. The re-rounded end is inserted into the mechanical joint fitting or pipe bell and the extensions are decoupled to easily remove the circular tool from the re-rounded end.
US11318514B2	Press for the direct extrusion of metallic material The present invent on relates to a press for the direct extrusion of metallic material. The press comprises a supporting structure, a container receiving the metallic material to be extruded, a container holder element and a plurality of adjustment devices to adjust the position of the container holder with respect to the supporting structure. The container holder element is movable along an extrusion direction by means of a plurality of pads slidable along corresponding guides integral with the supporting structure. The press comprises at least one motorized member operationally connected to at least one of the adjustment devices to determine a variation of the position of the container holder with respect to the supporting structure.
US11318508B2	Glass-plate cleaning device and method for producing glass plate A cleaning apparatus for a glass sheet includes a housing in which a cleaning liquid is stored, a plurality of spindle cases fixed to the housing to face an internal space of the housing, a spindle rotatably held in each of the spindle cases to face an internal space of the each of the spindle cases, and a cleaning member mounted to a distal end portion of the spindle. The cleaning apparatus also includes a first supply path formed in the each of the spindle cases to supply the cleaning liquid in the internal space of the housing to the internal space of the each of the spindle cases, and a second supply path formed in the spindle to supply the cleaning liquid in the internal space of the each of the spindle cases to the cleaning member.
US11318504B2	Substrate processing device and substrate processing method The substrate processing apparatus includes: a nozzle having a spout and adapted to spout SPM from the spout toward a substrate; a mixing portion communicating with the spout; a sulfuric acid-containing liquid supply device which recovers liquid supplied to and expelled from the substrate held by a substrate holding unit, prepares a sulfuric acid-containing liquid from the recovered liquid, and supplies the prepared sulfuric acid-containing liquid to the mixing portion; and a control device. The control device performs: a sulfuric acid-containing liquid preparing step of recovering SPM supplied to and expelled from the substrate and preparing the sulfuric acid-containing liquid; and an SPM spouting step of supplying the prepared sulfuric acid-containing liquid and hydrogen peroxide water to the mixing portion, mixing the sulfuric acid-containing liquid and hydrogen peroxide water together in the mixing portion to prepare SPM, and spouting the prepared SPM from the spout.
US11318493B2	Multi-reagent slot die coating process and useful devices A slot die shim for use with a slot die, the slot die shim including a first channel configured to receive a first coating, a second channel configured to receive a second coating, and a third channel configured to receive a third coating. The slot die shim simultaneously dispenses the first coating through the first channel, the second coating through the second channel, and the third coating through the third channel onto a substrate. The coatings can be applied at different flow rates and include different test reagents. A vacuum force is applied to the first, second, and third coatings to control a width and a thickness of each of the coatings and a gap or distance between the coatings. The first, second, and third coatings are placed near one another or directly in contact with one another to minimize the area required for the coatings.
US11318489B2	Fluid product dispenser A dispenser having a fluid reservoir (1); a dispenser member (2) having a body (21) and an actuator rod (22) movable over a maximum rod stroke; a dispenser orifice (46); a rotary actuator member (4); a transmission member (5) that is engaged both with the dispenser member (2) and also with the rotary actuator member (4); and a cam mechanism (43, 55) for transforming turning of the rotary actuator member (4) into an axial movement of the actuator rod (22) or of the body (21). The cam mechanism (43, 55) defines a maximum cam stroke that is greater than the maximum rod stroke; and a resilient mechanism (56) acts axially to compensate for the extra amount of the maximum cam stroke and thus allow it to be followed so as to guarantee that the rod performs its maximum stroke in full.
US11318486B2	Water outlet device with adjustable water power The present disclosure discloses a water outlet device with adjustable water power. The water outlet device comprises a fixed portion, a water outlet portion, and an adjusting member. The fixed portion comprises a water inlet passage and a first connection portion. The adjusting member is disposed in the water outlet portion and is configured to move relative to the water outlet portion. The adjusting member comprises a second connection portion and an adjusting portion, the adjusting portion corresponds to the water outlet hole. The first connection portion and the second connection portion cooperate to drive the adjusting member to move close to or away from the water outlet portion so as to adjust a power of water flowing out from the water outlet hole.
US11318466B2	Microfluidic fluid flow in a target fluid One example includes a device that may include a heating element and a molecular binding site. The heating element may heat a fluid volume, interfaced with the heating element, in response to a voltage being applied to the heating element, the heat transforming the fluid volume from a liquid state into a vaporized state to generate fluid motion within the fluid volume. The molecular binding site may be disposed proximate to the heating element, in which a portion of the fluid volume expands when the fluid volume transforms from the liquid state into the vaporized state, the vaporized state of the fluid volume generating the fluid motion within a target fluid that is disposed within the molecular binding site.
US11318464B2	Automated machine for sorting of biological fluids A technique relates to a machine for sorting. A removable cartridge includes a nanofluidic module. The removable cartridge includes an input port and at least two output ports. The nanofluidic module is configured to sort particles in a sample fluid. A holder is configured to receive the removable cartridge. A pressurization system is configured to couple to the input port of the removable cartridge. The pressurization system is configured to drive the sample fluid into the nanofluidic module for separation to the at least two output ports.
US11318463B2	Cell transfer apparatus and cell transfer method A cell transfer apparatus transfers cells from a dish in which the cells are held to a microplate where a plurality of wells are classified into a plurality of groups. The cell transfer apparatus includes a camera unit that captures an image of the dish with the cells being held in the dish, an evaluation unit that gives evaluation levels to the plurality of cells held in the dish, respectively, based on the image of the dish with reference to predetermined multiple-step evaluation level for the cells, an allocation processor that sets transfer destinations of the cells on the dish so that the cells equal in evaluation level are distributed evenly to the groups in the microplate, and a shaft controller that transfers the cells in accordance with the transfer destinations set by the allocation processor.
US11318454B1	Method and system for renewing spent fluid catalytic cracking (SFCC) catalysts using acid leaching and acid reflux activities A method and system for renewing spent fluid catalytic cracking (SFCC) catalysts are disclosed which comprises: treating SFCC catalysts using a static reactor designed to uniformly distribute with an oxalic acid solution and its reflux to obtain leached SFCC catalysts; washing with aqueous solution and filtering to collect cleaned and treated SFCC catalyst; and c) executing the cleaned and treated SFCC catalyst with thermal treatment to obtain renewed FCC catalysts.
US11318450B2	Molecular sieves and a process for making molecular sieves Processes are provided for preparing molecular sieves. The process involves preparing a synthesis mixture for the molecular sieve wherein the synthesis mixture includes a morphology modifier L selected from the group consisting of nonionic surfactants, anionic surfactants, sugars and combinations thereof.
US11318447B2	Compositions for high temperature catalysis Ceramic compositions with catalytic activity are provided, along with methods for using such catalytic ceramic compositions. The ceramic compositions correspond to compositions that can acquire increased catalytic activity by cyclic exposure of the ceramic composition to reducing and oxidizing environments at a sufficiently elevated temperature. The ceramic compositions can be beneficial for use as catalysts in reaction environments involving swings of temperature and/or pressure conditions, such as a reverse flow reaction environment. Based on cyclic exposure to oxidizing and reducing conditions, the surface of the ceramic composition can be converted from a substantially fully oxidized state to various states including at least some dopant metal particles supported on a structural oxide surface.
US11318446B2	Activated carbon/Pd-Ga liquid alloy composite catalyst, preparation method and use thereof An activated carbon/palladium-gallium (Pd—Ga) liquid alloy composite catalyst, including a support and an active component supported on the support. The support is acid washed activated carbon. The active component is Pd—Ga liquid alloy. In the present invention, the active component Pd—Ga, present in the form of liquid alloy, forms a self-protective oxide layer. This protects acetylene from secondary reactions on the surface of the catalyst, inhibits or reduces acetylene to deeply hydrogenate to form ethane, thereby increasing ethylene selectivity. The present invention further provides a preparation method of the catalyst, where the catalyst of the present invention is prepared by immersion. The preparation method is simple and easy to operate. When the activated carbon/Pd—Ga liquid alloy composite catalyst provided by the present invention is used for acetylene hydrogenation to prepare ethylene, conversion rate of acetylene is as high as 99.8%, while the ethylene selectivity is as high as 98.9%.
US11318445B2	Hydrocarbon conversion catalyst The present invention relates to a hydrocarbon conversion catalyst, comprising: a first composition comprising a dehydrogenation active metal on a solid support, and a second composition comprising a transition metal and a doping agent, wherein the doping agent is selected from zinc, gallium, indium, lanthanum, and mixtures thereof, on an inorganic support.
US11318441B2	Hydrogen chloride removing agent The present invention provides a new hydrogen chloride removing agent that exhibits a good hydrogen chloride removal effect at a relatively low temperature. The present invention preferably provides a new hydrogen chloride removing agent for removing hydrogen chloride contained in a hydrogen-chloride-containing gas, such as a pyrolysis gas, a combustion exhaust gas, a dry distillation gas, etc., especially hydrogen chloride contained in a biomass pyrolysis gas. The present invention relates to a hydrogen chloride removing agent characterized by containing a mixture of a calcium carbonate and an imogolite and/or a synthetic imogolite, and relates to a method for removing, by using said hydrogen chloride removing agent, hydrogen chloride contained in a hydrogen-chloride-containing gas, especially hydrogen chloride contained in a biomass pyrolysis gas.
US11318428B2	Method and device for mixing components for manufacturing a customised product The invention concerns a device 51 for mixing at least two components, characterised by the fact that the mixing device 51 comprises two containers 52 and 53 each provided with: a. at least one opening 110 connected by a conduit 55 and provided with a device allowing the available volume of the containers 52 and 53 to be varied alternately, pistons 50 that are able to be moved in opposing directions, so as to transfer the content from one of the containers 52 or 53 into the other container 52 or 53 through the openings 110 and the conduit 55; and b. at least one inlet opening X allowing the at least two components to enter; said mixing device not comprising an additional outlet opening, one of the inlet openings X allowing both at least one component to enter, and the mixture of the at least two components obtained to leave. The invention also concerns a method for mixing cosmetic components using this mixing device and a device for manufacturing and dispensing a customised cosmetic composition comprising said mixing device.
US11318427B2	Method and apparatus for instantaneous on-line carbonation of water through electrostatic charging Carbonation apparatus is provided for carbonating a mixed input flow of pressurized and refrigerated carbon dioxide and water. A first cartridge is disposed within the carbonation chamber, defining a porous micromesh net in fluid communication with the input flow and a central cavity in fluid communication with the carbonation chamber output port. The micromesh net is configured to break up chains of water molecules passing through the net, to enhance bonding between the water and carbon dioxide molecules within the cartridge. The net also responds to the flow of water and carbon dioxide molecules impacting and passing through the net by generating a passive polarizing field that has a polarizing influence on the water molecules to further enhance. Beads may be provided within the cartridge for capturing and stabilizing carbon dioxide molecules to yet further enhance bonding between the water and the carbon dioxide molecules.
US11318426B1	Submersible aerator A submersible aerator includes a hollow cylindrical housing having an open upper end, an open lower end and a hollow interior. An air supply hose extends from an air supply source into the upper end of the housing and terminates at an air outlet, immediately above the lower end of the housing. Attached to the interior surface of the housing outer wall are a series of vertically spaced, oppositely facing baffle plates that provide impact surfaces to cleave rising air bubbles into smaller bubbles. A weep hole is formed on the outer surface of the air supply hose, equidistantly positioned between each adjacent pair of baffle plates. Accordingly, excess air pressure will be relieved via the weep holes as opposed to the lower end of the housing to protect nearby external equipment.
US11318423B2	Processes for separation of aromatic compounds using a thin film composite membrane This invention discloses a method for separation of an aromatic compound from a mixture comprising an alkane using an improved thin-film composite membrane. The membrane is particularly useful for separation of benzene from cyclohexane, which have similar boiling points. The membrane comprises a more mechanically durable and defect-free separation layer as a result of its fabrication from an ionomer solution that is substantially free of dissolved ionic species not associated with the ionomer.
US11318418B2	Apparatus and process for separation of water from dissolved solutes by forward osmosis Provided herein is forward osmosis-based water purification process, that includes contacting a solution of a soluble draw agent with a dehydrated insoluble draw agent, separating the now hydrated insoluble draw agent from the now concentrated draw solution, and exerting a stimulus on the hydrated insoluble draw agent for extracting water therefrom, thereby regenerating a dehydrated insoluble draw agent, wherein the osmotic concentration (osmolality) of the insoluble draw agent is greater than the osmotic concentration of the diluted draw solution, and the insoluble draw agent is impermeable to the soluble draw agent.
US11318415B2	Humidity conditioning device and humidity conditioning method A humidity conditioning method includes: the humidity-absorbing step of bringing a hygroscopic liquid containing a hygroscopic material into contact with a first mass of air so that the hygroscopic liquid absorbs moisture in the first mass of air; and the regeneration step of separating moisture from the hygroscopic liquid having absorbed moisture, wherein the regeneration step retains the hygroscopic liquid having absorbed moisture, bombards at least some of the retained hygroscopic liquid with ultrasound to generate misty droplets from the hygroscopic liquid having absorbed moisture, and removes the misty droplets to separate moisture from the hygroscopic liquid.
US11318413B2	Swing adsorption processes using zeolite structures The present disclosure describes the use of a specific adsorbent material in a rapid cycle swing adsorption to perform dehydration of a gaseous feed stream. The adsorbent material includes a zeolite 3A that is utilized in the dehydration process to enhance recovery of hydrocarbons.
US11318409B2	Ultramicro to mesopore frameworks for selective separation and storage of noble gases Methods and materials for the selective capture and storage of preselected materials from gas streams using metal organic framework (MOF) materials are described. In various embodiments preselected target material gases could include noble gasses such as Kr, Xe, Rn, Arultramicro to mesopore frameworks for selective separation and storage of noble gases, other gasses such as I2 or other particular isotopes either naturally occurring or man-made, or another preselected gas capture material such as a target material for legal, regulatory or treaty compliance, or a preselected material from a particular process such as a cleaning or etching agent from semiconducting or microelectronic manufacture, or a portion of an anesthetic gas such as nitrous oxide, isoflurane, sevoflurane or a fluorinated ethers.
US11318402B2	Rotary vessel with a spigot having a non-circular outer circumferential cross-section forming an axial movement limiting engagement with a housing closure member A rotary vessel for a filter assembly has a rotor body rotatable about an axis of rotation and a spigot with a non-circular cross-section and integral with or coupled to the rotor body. The spigot extends away from the rotor body along the axis of rotation and engages with a bearing. The spigot facilitates transfer of rotary motion between the rotor body and the bearing. A filter assembly has a housing with a main body and a closure member separably attachable to the main body. The rotary vessel is disposed inside the housing. The closure member retains the rotary vessel inside the housing and is separable from the main body to permit removal of the rotary vessel from the housing. The spigot integral with or coupled to the rotor vessel engages with a bearing of the filter assembly to rotatably support the rotary vessel in the housing.
US11318398B2	Coalescing filter element One aspect of the disclosure provides a filter element including a first end cap, a second end cap, a ring of filter media and an annular seal. The first end cap defines a cylindrical collar that circumscribes a first central opening and includes a substantially planar first outer surface that extends radially outward from the cylindrical collar to an outer peripheral edge. The second end cap defines a second central opening substantially coaxial with the first central opening. The ring of filter media is disposed between the first end cap and the second end cap, and circumscribes a central cavity in fluid communication with the first central opening and the second central opening. The annular seal is disposed upon the first outer surface of the first end cap and around the cylindrical collar. The annular seal extends axially way from the first outer surface.
US11318390B2	Systems and methods for hardware-based matchmaking The present disclosure provides a system for a game application host system and game application that can determine the hardware characteristics of a user computing system for use during online matchmaking in a multiplayer game application. The game application can include a hardware analysis module that can evaluate the user computing system to determine the speed and operational characteristics of the hardware. The hardware characteristics can be used for matchmaking by a matchmaking module of the host application system to select hosts and users for a game match. The hardware analysis module that can run tests, such as a data throughput analysis and a processing analysis, to evaluate and rate the user computing system. The ratings can be incorporated into the matchmaking analysis along with other matchmaking characteristics, such as latency, player skill level, geographical location, and other existing matchmaking characteristics, in order to selects users for game matches.
US11318389B2	Apparatus and methods for virtual gaming terminals An apparatus and method for creating and/or editing a game adapted to comprise at least a front engine and a back engine, the front engine comprising a user interface having a dashboard for providing information about the operation status of the data processing unit and menu options for accessing one or more layers in dependence on a user authentication status, the back engine comprising a user interface comprising menu options for accessing one or more layers in dependence on a user authentication status.
US11318387B2	Unlocking game content based on amounts of collaborative gameplay This disclosure relates to unlocking game content for users of an online game based on amounts of collaborative gameplay. Groups of users interacting with the online game cooperatively are identified and amounts of cooperative gameplay engaged in by the individual groups are quantified. Content in the online game is made available to the groups of users based on the quantified amounts of cooperative gameplay. In implementations, the quantification of the amount of cooperative gameplay engaged in by the groups is made independent from achievement and/or successful accomplishment of any game objective in the online game by the groups.
US11318385B2	Method and apparatus for providing a computer implemented game A user device provides a computer implemented game with different levels. The device has a user interface. A player selects a level via the user interface. When a level is selected, the associated game board in displayed. Information about the difficulty of at least one of the levels is displayed.
US11318384B2	Method and apparatus for controlling virtual camera in game A method and apparatus for controlling a virtual camera in a game are disclosed. In the present application, a virtual camera is controlled to shift in response to a first touch operation for a visual field control region, and the virtual camera is controlled to enter a locked state according to a locking operation, thereby locking a game scene captured by the shifted virtual camera as a game scene rendered on a graphical user interface until restoring to control the movement of the virtual camera according to the position change of a virtual character when the locked state is unlocked.
US11318381B2	Program, server apparatus, and game system A server apparatus, which may be configured to execute a step of storing one or more first game content associated with a plurality of users, a step of selecting two or more users from among the plurality of users, an establishment step of establishing association between each user and a second game content, and a step of executing a first game part on the basis of the second game content of which association with each user may be established and a user operation on the terminal device used by each user. The second game content associated with the first user among the two or more users may be selected from among one or more first game content associated with the first user and one or more first game content associated with the second user among the two or more users.
US11318380B2	Method for providing a game, recording medium and server A method for providing a game in which a plurality of missions is presented to a user device each time a certain period has elapsed from a server having a storage unit for storing user information relating to a plurality of users, includes the steps of generating a plurality of different missions for each of the plurality of users based on the user information stored in the storage unit, presenting a list of the generated missions for each of the users on the user device, and presenting an operational element for updating a mission included in the presented list to another mission regardless of the elapse of the period in accordance with the progress of presented missions.
US11318377B2	Technique for online video-gaming with sports equipment Methods and apparatus for use in an Internet-of-Things (IoT) system are presented. A method performed by a network node in an Internet-of-Things (IoT) system is presenting in an example embodiment. According to this example method, a network node or a plurality of network nodes working collaboratively can obtain data captured by one or more IoT devices and associated with an interactive activity with which different participants interface at different sites. Furthermore, the network node(s) may determine a state of the activity by applying the data to a data model. Moreover, the network node(s) can, in an example method, provide one or more feedback signals to feedback devices associated with one or more of the different sites to actualize the determined state of the activity, where at least two of the different sites have disparate, meaning non-identical, feedback device sets.
US11318373B2	Natural speech data generation systems and methods Example natural speech data generation systems and methods are described. In one implementation, a natural speech data generator initiates a game between a first player and a second player and determines a scenario associated with the game. A first role is assigned to the first player and a second role is assigned to the second player. The natural speech data generator receives multiple natural speech utterances by the first player and the second player during the game.
US11318356B2	Golf club head with polymeric hosel A golf club head includes a face, a club head body, and a hosel. The hosel has a tubular hosel body extending along a longitudinal axis and defining a bore. The bore is configured to receive a golf club shaft or a shaft adapter. The tubular hosel body is molded from a polymeric material that includes a resin and a plurality of fibers, each fiber has a length of from about 0.01 mm to about 12 mm.
US11318353B2	Golf ball In a golf ball having a core, a cover and at least one intermediate layer therebetween, the cover is formed of a rubber composition which includes a diene rubber, methacrylic acid, a metal oxide and an organic peroxide. The cover has a specific Poisson's ratio, Shore D hardness and thickness. At least one intermediate layer has a specific Shore D hardness and thickness. This golf ball, even with the use of a rubber cover, compares favorably with balls having conventional resin covers, both in that it can achieve a lower spin rate on shots with a driver (W #1) and thus has an excellent flight performance and also in that it can improve controllability in the short game.
US11318352B2	Exercise device to promote, measure and analyze leg movements while seated A seated exercise system is provided having a pair of sliders devices, each slider device including a body portion having a continuous side wall and a support surface. The support surface is sized and shaped to receive a foot of a user. A floor portion configured to slide on a floor surface during operation is provided. A grip portion is attached to the support surface, wherein the grip portion is constructed from a traction material providing traction to the foot during operation. Motion tracking components configured to detect movement data of the foot and during operation are provided. At least one slider of the pair of floor sliders is configured to communicate the detected movement data to the other slider; and, wherein at least one slider of the pair of floor sliders includes a wireless communication device configured to send the detected movement data a computerized device such that the detected movement data is available to the user.
US11318348B2	Exercise machine and cross trainer The present invention is directed, in part, to a system and methods for combining newly designed cardiovascular equipment with the added features of an upper body weight training regimen in order to provide a user a full body workout, cardiovascular exercise and weight training simultaneously. The invention does so by employing either a weight tray apparatus configured to newly designed cardiovascular equipment or machine or through the use of an adjustable weight training apparatus combined with the newly designed cardiovascular equipment or machine. More specifically, the present invention relates to a system and methods for combining newly designed cardiovascular equipment including stationary and recumbent bikes, elliptical machines, treadmills and stair steppers, with a tray apparatus that allows a user to employ free weights. The invention further relates to a system and methods for combining newly designed cardiovascular equipment including stationary and recumbent bikes, elliptical machines, treadmills and stair steppers that are configured with an adjustable weight training apparatus that allows a user to build upper body muscle groups simultaneously with cardiovascular exercise, in effect, providing a full body workout.
US11318342B2	Mini stepper with flat steps Improvements in a transportable stepper are disclosed. The mini stepper has steps that remain horizontal through the entire stroke. The mini stepper uses parallel connected arms to maintain flat steps so a user steps in a natural position and maintain a balanced posture. The stepper has a step height adjustment that links the two pedals. The travel or highest position for the foot pads is adjustable to change the resistance or work-out intensity for the user by limiting the vertical travel for the foot pads and links the foot pads to ensure when one footpad is being pushed downward, the opposing footpad is being elevated. The resistance pistons are surrounded by an insulation tube that minimizes skin contact to hot pistons. The mini stepper has a display that links to an application for tracking/displaying exercise related information.
US11318341B2	Portable lower limb therapy device A portable lower limb therapy device having a support base and a force transfer system. The support base includes an exterior surface suitable to slide on smooth surfaces and an interior surface suitable to receive and conform to a foot of a user. The force transfer system embodied through one or two cords integrated with the support base and operates to transfer force applied behind and above the foot of a user that is in the support base to the support base. The portable lower limb therapy device may be used with a wearable anchor that is attachable to the thigh of the user of allows for the cord or cords to be fixed in place for the performance of static progressive stretch therapy motions without requiring ongoing manual force.
US11318337B2	Systems and methods for suppressing a fire condition in an aircraft An example system for suppressing a fire condition in an aircraft includes a supply of fire suppressant agent on-board the aircraft, a conduit coupled to the supply of fire suppressant agent and configured to carry fire suppression agent, an inlet located downstream of the conduit that is coupled to the conduit and is configured to be attached to a cargo container in the aircraft to deliver the fire suppression agent directly into the cargo container, a valve connected to the conduit between the supply of fire suppressant agent and the inlet, a detector located inside the cargo container, and a computer controller in communication with the valve and in communication with the detector, and controlling operation of the valve for delivery of the fire suppression agent into the cargo container based on an output received from the detector.
US11318331B2	Pulmonary hypertension treatment Disclosed herein is a therapeutically active agent usable in the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), for use in the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension, as well as methods of treating PAH, said treatment and methods comprising administering such an active agent and effecting pulmonary artery denervation in the subject. In some aspects, a sub-therapeutically effective amount of the active agent is administered. In some aspects, the method is devoid of administering such an active agent for at least one month subsequent to the denervation. Further disclosed is a method of treating PAH comprising determining a responsiveness of the subject to at least one therapeutically active agent usable in treating PAH; and effecting pulmonary artery denervation in a subject responsive to the active agent(s).
US11318321B2	Operation of an extracardiovascular implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) during implantation of another medical device Techniques are disclosed for determining, by an extracardiovascular implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) implanted in a patient, whether one or more test therapy signals generated by another medical device implanted in the patient is detected. In response to detecting the one or more test therapy signals, the extracardiovascular ICD provides an indication that the extracardiovascular ICD has detected the one or more test therapy signals. In some examples, the indication is an audible tone provided to a clinician. In some examples, the other medical device is an intracardiac cardiac pacing device, and the one or more test therapy signals comprises a plurality of anti-tachycardia pacing (ATP) pulses.
US11318319B2	Implantable stimulator with a conformable foil-like electrode array An implantable stimulator is provided having a conformable foil-like substrate, having a longitudinal axis extending from a pulse generator to a distal end of the substrate. The substrate comprising one or more adjacent polymeric substrate layers and an electrode array. The electrode array having a first and second electrode where one or more electrical interconnections are comprised in the substrate. The conformable foil-like substrate has a maximum thickness of 0.5 millimeter or less, proximate the electrodes. By providing a more easily patternable multilayer substrate, more complicated electrode array configurations may be supported, allowing a higher degree of flexibility to address transverse and/or longitudinal misalignment. By providing a relatively thin implantable electrode array user comfort may be increased through application of energy to tissue by the implantable stimulator.
US11318318B2	Methods of manufacturing a hermetic and isolating feedthrough for an electronic device casing, in particular made of titanium A device casing includes a wall having a metallic substrate and electrical connection of a feedthrough that includes a metal through-element made at least in a zone of isolation of the area of the feedthrough from the substrate material, in the form of an islet of closed contour, physically and electrically isolated from the substrate. An interface for coupling the through-element to the substrate provides the mechanical securing of the through-element to the substrate and the electrical isolation thereof and includes a peripheral lateral layer made of an electrically isolating material that surrounds the through-element over the whole periphery thereof and extends transversally through the thickness of the thinned area of the substrate. The substrate, the through-element and the lateral layer form a monolithically integrated unit, and the lateral layer provides essentially and directly both the mechanical securing and the electrical isolation between through-element and substrate.
US11318305B2	Systems and methods for improved tissue-sensing based electroporation An adaptive control method for controlling EP pulse parameters during electroporation (EP) of cells or tissue using an EP system includes providing a system for adaptive control to optimize EP pulse parameters including EP pulse parameters, applying voltage and current excitation signals to the cells, obtaining data from the current and voltage measurements, and processing the data to separate the desirable data from the undesirable data, extracting relevant features from the desirable data, applying at least a portion of the relevant features to a trained diagnostic model, estimating EP pulsing parameters based on an outcome of the applied relevant features, where the initialized EP pulsing parameters are based on the trained model and the relevant features, to optimize the EP pulsing parameters, and applying, by the generator, a first EP pulse based on the first pulsing parameters.
US11318298B2	Systems and methods for intra-surgical monitoring of cochlear trauma during an electrode lead insertion procedure An exemplary monitoring system 1) monitors evoked responses that occur in response to acoustic stimulation during an insertion procedure in which a lead that is communicatively coupled to a cochlear implant is inserted into a cochlea of a patient, the monitoring comprising using an intracochlear electrode disposed on the lead to measure a first and a second evoked response at a first and a second insertion depth within the cochlea, the second insertion depth nearer to an apex of the cochlea than the first insertion depth, 2) determines that a change between the first evoked response measured at the first insertion depth and the second evoked response measured at the second insertion depth is greater than a predetermined threshold, and 3) determines, based on the determination that the change is greater than the predetermined threshold, that cochlear trauma has likely occurred at the second insertion depth.
US11318297B2	Imaging markers for stimulator leads A medical lead includes a main body having a length extending from a proximal end to a distal end, a longitudinal axis parallel to the length, and a proximal portion adjacent to the proximal end and a distal portion adjacent to the distal end; a plurality of electrodes defining an electrode region; and an imaging marker positioned between the electrode region and the proximal end and separated from the electrode region by a distance in an axial direction. The imaging marker may include one or more marker segments. The imaging marker may be disposed in a pocket of a sleeve at least partially surrounding the main body and comprising one or more pockets for receiving the imaging marker. The medical lead may be operatively connected to an implantable medical device.
US11318283B1	Medical tube holding apparatus A medical tube holding system for holding tubes extending from the mouth of a patient. Embodiments of the system comprise a rim or mask shaped and sized to be supported on the face of a patient, a lower support surface comprising various shapes and openings, and a tube holding device comprising at least one opening for receiving a medical tube and comprising a first adjusting component and a second adjusting component. Embodiments of the system include various features, including adjusting mechanisms in various dimensions, tube clamps, cushioning and straps.
US11318279B2	Flushable catheters A flushable catheter assembly includes a catheter shaft having proximal and distal end portions. The catheter may include a funnel assembly associated with the distal end portion of the catheter shaft and/or an introducer cap assembly associated with the proximal end portion of the catheter shaft. A groove is defined along at least a portion of an outer perimeter of the funnel assembly or introducer cap assembly, with the groove being configured to receive at least a portion of the catheter shaft for wrapping the catheter shaft around the outer perimeter when disposing of the catheter. Instead of (or in addition to) a groove, one or more channels may pass through the funnel assembly to receive a portion of the catheter shaft for securing the catheter shaft to the funnel assembly for disposal. The catheter assembly and/or its individual components may be formed of a water disintegrable material.
US11318271B2	Humidifier with a water tub within a pressurized chamber A tub is configured to contain a supply of water and is configured to be inserted into a chamber of a humidifier. The tub includes a tub base configured to contain the supply of water. The tub also includes a tub lid and a flow plate provided between the tub base and the tub lid. The flow plate includes a water level indicator configured to indicate a level of the supply of water in the tub base. In addition, the water level indicator includes a generally rectangular portion and a generally triangular portion.
US11318269B2	Conduit for respiratory therapy apparatus A respiratory conduit apparatus that conducts a breathable gas for respiratory therapy may include electrical circuit components to assist with therapy. In an example, a delivery conduit for connection with a patient interface and a respiratory therapy device may include a cuff having a microcontroller unit. The cuff may be configured with circuit components for accessory identification, gas characteristic detection for therapy control, heating and communications. In some versions, the delivery conduit may include a controller in a circuit board assembly located at an end of the delivery conduit. The printed circuit board may be configured to control and power the components of the cuff, as well as communicate with a respiratory therapy device.
US11318264B2	Aerosol generating device and article An aerosol generating device defines a first flow path from an air inlet to an outlet, and a second, separate flow path from the (or another) air inlet to the outlet. The device includes a container for aerosol generating material, a heating element arranged to heat the material to generate, in the first flow path, a flow of aerosol; and the (or another) heating element arranged to heat inlet air from the air inlet or the other air inlet to generate, in the second flow path, a flow of heated air. A receiving portion, in the second flow path, is arranged to receive an element for modifying a property of the flow of heated air, thereby to generate, in the second flow path, a flow of modified air. Also disclosed is an aerosol generating device and article wherein first and second flow paths extend substantially parallel to one another.
US11318262B2	Neuraxial connector Described is a medical adapter assembly comprising an end including a neuraxial fitting that is not directly connectable to a standard luer fitting, an opposing end including a fitting connectable to an intravenous medical device, and a check valve that allows fluid flow from the end with the standard luer fitting to the end with the neuraxial fitting, but prevents fluid flow from the end with the neuraxial fitting to the end with the standard luer fitting. Methods of using the medical adapter assembly and kits containing the medical adapter assembly are also described.
US11318260B2	Device and method for delivering a medicament A device for delivery of medicament is presented that has an elongated housing, a container mounted within the housing and adapted to contain liquid medicament, a stopper slidably arranged within said container, and a delivery mechanism comprising a resilient member, a plunger assembly having one end connected to the stopper and a second end being operably connected to the resilient member, a rotatable latch for releasably retaining the plunger assembly in a first position where the resilient member has an accumulated energy, where rotation of the latch releases the plunger assembly such that the accumulated energy is transferred to the plunger assembly for driving the stopper within the container whereby the medicament within said container is delivered to an injection site. After delivery of the medicament a rotator having a hard stop feature aligns with a rib on the protective shield to prevent retraction of the protective shield.
US11318254B2	Injector needle cap remover Disclosed is a cover for an injector having a needle, a needle cap, and a needle cap remover, the cap remover being a coupler for a needle cap and a user handle, the user handle having a protruding element opposite the coupler, the protruding element having a short dimension and a long dimension, the cover comprising: at least one adhesive layer covering a surface of an outside of the injector; at least one liner layer, covering the adhesive layer, an extension extending beyond the surface; a first aperture through the adhesive layer and the liner layer aligned to an opening in the surface, the first aperture sized and shaped for passage of the coupler therethrough; and a second elongated aperture, through the extension, having a length being shorter than the short dimension and shorter than the long dimension of the protruding element.
US11318246B2	Pump for measuring pressure of fluid to be transferred, fluid transport system using the same, and method for operating the system The present invention discloses a pump for measuring a pressure of fluid to be transferred, a fluid transport system using the same, and a method for operating the system. The pump includes a pumping portion alternately generating a positive pressure and a negative pressure; a first diaphragm which is provided on one side of the pumping portion and of which a shape is changed as the positive pressure and the negative pressure are alternately generated; a transport chamber which sucks and discharges a transport target fluid corresponding to the deformation of the first diaphragm; a second diaphragm which is provided on the other side of the pumping portion; a monitoring chamber which is provided on one side of the second diaphragm and of which a pressure changes corresponding to the deformation of the second diaphragm; and a pressure measuring portion measuring a pressure change of the monitoring chamber.
US11318242B2	Manifold for a medical waste collection system A medical waste collection system for collecting medical waste material, and a manifold for filtering the waste material and/or coupling a suction tube to the system. The system may include a receiver in which the manifold is configured to be inserted in a proximal direction to facilitate an inlet mechanism moving correspondingly in the distal direction. The manifold may include an arm, a spine, a lock element, and/or a catch each having a surface with a relative position in the proximal-to-distal direction. The rim and the catch may be spaced apart by a void, and the rim may be positioned below the catch. The housing may include a body portion, a first leg extending proximally from the body portion, and a second leg spaced apart from the first leg to define the void. The rim may be on the first leg, and the catch may be on the second leg.
US11318238B2	Blood inspection system and blood inspection control method A blood inspection system automatically repeats blood inspections at a plurality of times at a desired interval and a desired timing by chronologically coupling a supply of blood to each one of a series of blood inspection units. A change in a blood condition, such as a clotting time, is monitored so that a thrombus or the like is prevented from being formed and an associated medicine is prevented from being overdosed. The blood inspection system has a catheter providing a main flow path, a supply of a flushing liquid, a plurality of inspection units, a plurality of branched flow paths, an aspiration unit, and a switching valve for selectively coupling the main flow path to a determined inspection unit which has not yet performed an inspection.
US11318232B2	Compositions and methods for delivering drugs to a vessel wall The invention relates to balloon coatings and their use in delivering drugs via a drug-eluting balloon. The delivery can be, e.g., to a vessel wall.
US11318230B2	Platelet-derived growth factor compositions and methods of use thereof A method for promoting growth of bone, periodontium, ligament, or cartilage in a mammal by applying to the bone, periodontium, ligament, or cartilage a composition comprising platelet-derived growth factor at a concentration in the range of about 0.1 mg/mL to about 1.0 mg/mL in a pharmaceutically acceptable liquid carrier and a pharmaceutically-acceptable solid carrier.
US11318228B2	Crosslinked soft tissue graft and methods of use thereof The invention relates to crosslinked soft tissue grafts and methods of use thereof. The invention also relates to methods of preparing the same.
US11318222B2	Ultraviolet lamp An ultraviolet lamp includes a lamp tube and an electrode. A discharge cavity is formed in the lamp tube. A thermistor is disposed on an end socket at a first end of the lamp tube. A receiving groove communicated with the discharge cavity is formed in the end socket and contains amalgam. The thermistor heats the amalgam in the receiving groove in the end socket. The Curie temperature of the thermistor ranges from [T1+(T2−T1)/5] to [T1+4*(T2−T1)/5], wherein T1 and T2 are respectively a minimum operating temperature and a maximum operating temperature of the amalgam in a continuous region where the ultraviolet radiation power is from 90% to 100% when the input power of the ultraviolet lamp is 100%.
US11318221B1	Wearable air cleaner with ultraviolet light disinfection This invention is directed to a wearable air cleaner where an air cleaning device is incorporated into a hat. The air cleaning device includes a fan unit to pull air through the device and an air filter to capture particles in the air. The air cleaning device also includes ultraviolet light to disinfect the air and pushes the filtered and disinfected air in front of the wearer for breathing.
US11318201B2	Multimeric IL-15-based molecules The invention features multi-specific protein complexes with one domain comprising IL-15 or a functional variant and a binding domain specific to a disease antigen, immune checkpoint or signaling molecule.
US11318198B2	MERS-CoV vaccine composition An immunogenic CD40-targeted trimeric MERS-CoV S1 fusion polypeptide as well as a corresponding polynucleotide encoding it and its use for safely inducing immune responses directed against MERS-CoV without inducing vaccine associated respiratory pathologies associated with non-targeted vaccines.
US11318189B1	IL-15 agonist drug combinations for immune therapy Methods and pharmaceutical combinations for preventing, reducing the occurrence of, and/or treating an infection in a subject are provided herein. The method includes administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of an IL-15 agonist after or concomitantly with administration of a therapeutically effective amount of an antibiotic to the subject. The pharmaceutical combination includes an IL-15 agonist and an antibiotic.
US11318184B2	Anti-angiogenic treatment with a combination of antagonists The teachings provided herein generally relate to a combination therapy and are directed to pharmaceutical compositions and methods for administering a combination of an α5β1 antagonist with an α2β1 antagonist to a subject. The methods are for use in inhibiting, preventing, or reversing angiogenesis, as well as in treating cancer. In some embodiments, the compositions and methods include a combined administration of VLO4 and VP12 (ECL12).
US11318176B2	Topical composition, pharmaceutical composition containing inactivated culture and method of facilitating wound healing and scar reduction using the same The present invention relates to a topical composition of facilitating wound healing and reducing scars, which includes an inactivated culture of Lactobacillus species as an effective ingredient and can significantly facilitate wound healing as well as reducing scars, thereby can be applied to a method of facilitating wound healing and reducing scars.
US11318167B2	Isolation of fusion-competent myoblasts and therapeutic applications thereof related to muscular dystrophy Described are methods of isolating high purity myoblasts that are used to create novel DMD model systems and methods using human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs). Also described are therapeutic methods based on the use of these myoblasts.
US11318165B2	D-domain containing polypeptides and uses thereof D domain (DD) containing polypeptides (DDpp) that specifically bind targets of interest (e.g., BCMA, CD123, CS1, HER2, AFP, and AFP p26) are provided, as are nucleic acids encoding the DDpp, vectors containing the nucleic acids and host cells containing the nucleic acids and vectors. DDpp such as DDpp fusion proteins, are also provided as are methods of making and using the DDpp. Such uses include, but are not limited to diagnostic and therapeutic applications.
US11318159B2	Health benefiting compositions of daily supplement and methods of use thereof A health benefiting daily nutrition includes protein, the protein having a protein weight. The health benefiting daily nutrition includes fiber, the fiber having a fiber weight. The fiber weight is more than 5 g. A ratio of [the protein weight]:[the fiber weight]=1:0.5-1.5.
US11318155B2	Hsp90 activator Aha1 drives production of pathological tau aggregates Disclosed herein are compounds and methods for inhibiting Aha1 for the treatment of tauopathies and neurodegenerative diseases. The Aha1 inhibitor may reduce the interaction between Aha1 and Hsp90. The Aha1 inhibitor may reduce aggregation of tau protein. The Aha1 inhibitor may include a compound selected from KU-177, KU-174, and KU-308.
US11318153B2	Method of using Neoandrographolide for lowering blood sugar, lowering blood lipid, improving liver function and improving renal function A method of using Neoandrographolide for lowering blood sugar, lowering blood lipid, improving liver function and improving renal function. The method includes preparing a composition comprising Neoandrographolide as the active ingredient, and administering the composition to lower the blood sugar or blood lipid of a user, to prevent a decrease in liver function of a user, or to improve the renal function of a user. The Neoandrographolide is the only active ingredient in the composition.
US11318149B2	Compositions and methods for inhibiting biofilm-forming bacteria The present disclosure provides, among other things, compositions and methods useful for inhibiting biofilm-forming bacteria. For example, the compositions and methods described herein can be used to inhibit the proliferation, viability, and/or biofilm-forming activity, of biofilm-forming bacteria.
US11318144B2	Compositions and methods for treating Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease Pharmaceutical compositions comprising azelastine, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of azelastine, and methylcobalamin are disclosed. Methods of using the pharmaceutical compositions for treating patients with Alzheimer's disease or Parkinson's disease are also disclosed.
US11318140B2	Use of TRPV4 antagonists to ameliorate hydrocephalus and related materials and methods The present disclosure provides uses of TRPV4 antagonists in the treatment or prevention of hydrocephalus symptoms, also known as hydrocephaly, including hydrocephalus as a result of any structural defect, any metabolic defect, any injury (direct force to the head, indirect force to the head, shock waves, pressure changes, etc.), any insult (microbial, chemical, toxins, allergic reactions or other inflammatory process, or other pathology, e.g. cancer, benign tumor, etc.). Related materials and methods are also provided herein.
US11318138B2	Methods for treating B cell proliferative disorders Described herein are methods for treating B cell proliferative disorders, in an individual in need thereof. The methods include administering to an individual in need thereof a Btk inhibitor (e.g., ibrutinib), in combination with a CDK4 inhibitor (e.g., palbociclib).
US11318131B2	Nanoliposomal irinotecan for use in treating small cell lung cancer Novel therapies for the treatment of small cell lung cancer (SCLC) include the administration of an antineoplastic therapy consisting of liposomal irinotecan administered once every two weeks, optionally including the administration of other non-antineoplastic agents to the patient such as the administration of a corticosteroid and an anti-emetic to the patient prior to the administration of the irinotecan liposome.
US11318118B1	Methods and compositions for treating SARS-CoV-2 infection using carboxyamidotriazole orotate This invention provides compositions and methods for treatment of mild, moderate and severe stages of SARS-CoV-2 infection, particularly COVID-19 disease caused by wild type and mutant strains of SARS-CoV-2 using 5-amino-1-(4-(4-chlorobenzyl)-1, 2, 3-triazole-4-carboxamide orotate. Carboxyamidotriazole orotate (CTO) alone or in combination with other therapeutics in standard of clinical care are useful for directing antiviral effects and host-directed antiviral effects against wild type and mutant strains of SARS-CoV-2 throughout the viral life cycle.
US11318112B2	Pharmaceutical composition containing silybin and ve A pharmaceutical composition is prepared from the following raw materials (in parts by weight): silybin (8.75-60), phospholipid (15-65), a Pu'er tea extract (25-200), and vitamin E (6.25-40). The composition has the effect of treating non-alcoholic fatty liver diseases.
US11318082B2	Crosslinkable coating compositions formulated with dormant carbamate initiator A crosslinkable coating composition comprising: ingredient A that has at least two protons that can be activated to form a Michael carbanion donor; ingredient B that functions as a Michael acceptor having at least two ethylenically unsaturated functionalities each activated by an electron-withdrawing group; and a dormant carbamate initiator of Formula (1) wherein R1 and R2 can be independently selected from hydrogen, a linear or branched substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group having 1 to 22 carbon atoms; 1 to 8 carbon atoms; and An+ is a cationic species or polymer and n is an integer equal or greater than 1 with the proviso that An+ is not an acidic hydrogen; and optionally further comprising ammonium carbamate (H2NR1R2+−OC═ONR1R2). The crosslinkable coating composition can be used for a variety of coating applications including nail coating compositions.
US11318081B2	Conditioning shampoo composition The invention relates to a shampoo composition for enhancing deposition of oil drop onto a substrate, comprising a mixture of sulfonated methyl ester compounds containing two or more sulfonated methyl esters of a fatty acid having a chain length of 12 to 20 carbon atoms (C12-C20); a zwitterionic surfactant; an oil phase; and a cationic polymer. The shampoo composition may further comprise an inorganic electrolyte such as sodium chloride. The invention also relates to use of the shampoo composition for enhancing deposition of oil drop onto a substrate, wherein the composition comprises a specific blend of sulfonated methyl ester compounds.
US11318061B2	Funeral tray The funeral tray can have an elongated bottom and an upwardly projecting wall peripheral to the bottom and leading to a raised rim, defining a concave shape sized and configured to receive the body of a deceased person, the upwardly projecting wall and the bottom being integral to one another and made of bio-based material.
US11318053B2	Absorbent article An absorbent article includes: an absorbent main body including an absorbent core; and leak-proof walls on respective widthwise side portions of the absorbent main body. Each leak-proof wall is capable of standing on a skin side in the thickness direction, and includes a skin-side portion and a non-skin-side portion. A joined part is formed by joining at least partially facing surfaces of the skin-side and non-skin-side portions. The absorbent main body includes a crotch stretchable portion in a central portion in the width direction and the longitudinal direction, and the crotch stretchable portion stretches/contracts in at least one of the longitudinal direction and the width direction. The joined part is provided inside a distal end of the leak-proof wall and outside the crotch stretchable portion in the width direction. A part of the joined part and a part of the crotch stretchable portion at least overlap in the longitudinal direction.
US11318052B2	Methods and apparatuses for making elastomeric laminates with elastic strands unwound from beams The present disclosure relates to methods for assembling elastomeric laminates, wherein elastic material may be stretched and joined with either or both first and second substrates. A first beam is rotated to unwind a first plurality of elastic strands from the first beam in the machine direction. The first plurality of elastic strands are positioned between the first substrate and the second substrate to form the elastomeric laminate. Before the first plurality of elastic strands are completely unwound from the first beam, a second beam is rotated to unwind the second plurality of elastic strands from the second beam. Subsequently, the advancement of the first plurality of elastic strands from the first beam is discontinued. Thus, the elastomeric laminate assembly process may continue uninterrupted while switching from an initially utilized elastic material drawn from the first beam to a subsequently utilized elastic material drawn from the second beam.
US11318047B2	Image guidance methods and apparatus for glaucoma surgery An imaging probe comprises a camera or endoscope with an external detector array, in which the probe is sized and shaped for surgical placement in an eye to image the eye from an interior of the eye during treatment. The imaging probe and a treatment probe can be coupled together with a fastener or contained within a housing. The imaging probe and the treatment probe can be sized and shaped to enter the eye through an incision in the cornea and image one or more of the ciliary body band or the scleral spur. The treatment probe may comprise a treatment optical fiber or a surgical placement device to deliver an implant. A processor coupled to the detector can be configured with instructions to identify a location of one or more of the ciliary body band, the scleral spur, Schwalbe's line, or Schlemm's canal from the image.
US11318045B2	Image guidance methods and apparatus for glaucoma surgery An imaging probe comprises a camera or endoscope with an external detector array, in which the probe is sized and shaped for surgical placement in an eye to image the eye from an interior of the eye during treatment. The imaging probe and a treatment probe can be coupled together with a fastener or contained within a housing. The imaging probe and the treatment probe can be sized and shaped to enter the eye through an incision in the cornea and image one or more of the ciliary body band or the scleral spur. The treatment probe may comprise a treatment optical fiber or a surgical placement device to deliver an implant. A processor coupled to the detector can be configured with instructions to identify a location of one or more of the ciliary body band, the scleral spur, Schwalbe's line, or Schlemm's canal from the image.
US11318040B2	Systems and methods for delivering biomaterials Delivery systems and methods for forming and delivering biomaterials from two components are described herein. In particular, apparatus and methods for performing controlled delivery of multicomponent delivery of biomaterials into or onto a body part, such as a body lumen are described. More specifically, in some embodiments, the apparatus and methods are directed towards controlled delivery of micro-volumes of biomaterials into or onto a target location, the micro-volumes being defined as 0.001 mL-1 mL (or 1 μL-1,000 μL) of volume.
US11318037B2	Orthotic precluding patient rollover An orthotic substantially precludes a human wearing it from rolling from her or his side to her or his face or back. The garment (such as a vest or jacket) has an open top portion, a front that can be closed by fasteners, a substantially closed rear, a first receptacle on the front, and a second receptacle on the rear and functionally cooperating with the first receptacle. Third and fourth receptacles are preferably also provided, the first and second receptacles on the left side of the garment, and the third and fourth on the right side. The garment may be primarily of a stretchable mesh fabric. A cylindrical or prismatic bolster (e. g. of firm foam or rubber) is insertable into, and removable from, each of the first and second receptacles, or each of the third and fourth receptacles.
US11318030B1	Stent assembly for use in treating bifurcation lesions and methods of making and using the same The presently disclosed subject matter is directed to a dual stent assembly useful in treating one or more bifurcation lesions in a subject. The dual stent assembly includes a first stent and a second stent. The first stent comprises a body, proximal and distal ends, and a flare positioned at the proximal end. The first stent translates between a compressed configuration and a deployed configuration. The second stent is defined by a body comprising a sidewall, proximal and distal ends, and an orifice positioned on the body that extends through the sidewall. The second stent is translatable between a compressed configuration and a deployed configuration. The orifice is sized and shaped to align with the proximal end of the first stent when the second stent is deployed.
US11318024B2	Flexible, cannulated implants for the hand and foot A flexible bone implant includes a proximal stem having a proximal end, a distal end, and a proximal conduit extending from the proximal end to the distal end of the proximal stem, whereby the proximal conduit is open at both the proximal and distal ends of the proximal stem. The implant includes a distal stem having a proximal end, a distal end, and a distal conduit extending from the proximal end to the distal end of the distal stem, whereby the distal conduit is open at both the proximal and distal ends of the distal stem. The implant includes a flexible hinge interconnecting the distal end of the proximal stem with the proximal end of the distal stem for allowing the proximal and distal stems to flex relative to one another. A proximal stem protective tube is disposed within the proximal conduit of the proximal stem and has a length that matches the length of the proximal conduit, and a distal stem protective tube is disposed within the distal conduit of the distal stem and has a length that matches the length of the distal conduit. The proximal stem, the distal stem and the flexible hinge comprise a unitary structure made of a polymer material.
US11318017B2	Stented valve A stented valve suitable for use in body ducts. The valve includes an expandable support structure and an attached flexible membrane that changes shape when the valve opens and closes. The expandable support structure has the shape of a stent with a series of interconnected expandable unit cells and elongated support beams. When the valve is open, body fluid can flow around the membrane and pass through the gap between it and the inner stent surface. In one configuration, a set of two valves is combined with an intermediate inflatable balloon to create a cardiac assist pumping device. In another embodiment, valve closure can be achieved by remotely controlled valve leaflets actuation. A double aorta valve frame is used to accommodate shape and diameter variations of the annulus in an outer valve frame, while the inner valve frame has dimensions for optimized performance of the valve membrane.
US11318005B2	Aqueous oral care solutions, methods, kits, and tooth surfaces having a coating derived from the oral care solution An aqueous oral care solution, a kit that includes such solution, a method of making such solution, a method of using such solution (e.g., a method of providing fluoride to a patient's tooth surface), and a tooth surface having a coating derived from the aqueous oral care solution, wherein the oral care solution includes: silver cations; thiocyanatc anions provided by a thiocyanatc source comprising Ca(SCN)2; fluoride anions; and water; wherein the molar ratio of silver to thiocyanatc ions is up to 0.40:1, and water is up to 57 wt-%, based on the total weight of the solution.
US11318003B2	Method of monitoring oral health A computer-implemented method including deriving a health profile of a user from a sample taken from the user and displaying a representation of the health profile on a display, wherein the representation of the health profile includes a list of undesirable oral health characteristics that are detectable from the sample. The representation of the health profile may also include a list of desirable oral health characteristics that are detectable from the sample. Furthermore, a user may select one of the undesirable health characteristics, and in response an indication of historical values associated within he selected one of the undesirable health characteristics may be displayed on the display.
US11318001B2	Dental products and procedures Polymeric shells which fit over one or more natural teeth to change the perceived color of the teeth, and optionally to provide orthodontic support. The shells can be prepared by thermoforming selected polymeric sheets which contain optical additives over a physical image of the teeth, or by depositing polymeric compositions containing optical additives over a physical image of the teeth, or by additive manufacturing based upon a digital image of the teeth. The optical additives cause the combination of the shell and the teeth to have a desired appearance. At least part of the shell preferably has transparency greater than 75%, particularly greater than 85%.

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