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US11409744B2	Query generation based on merger of subqueries Systems and methods for query generation based on merger of subqueries are described. For example, methods may include accessing a first join graph representing tables in a database, wherein the first join graph has vertices corresponding to respective tables in the database and directed edges corresponding to join relationships; receiving a first query specification that references data in two or more of the tables of the database to specify multiple subqueries in a set of subqueries; checking that two or more subqueries from the set of subqueries have the same join graph; checking that the two or more subqueries have the same set of grouping columns; responsive, at least in part, to the two or more subqueries having the same join graph and the same set of grouping columns, merging the two or more subqueries to obtain a consolidated query.
US11409738B2	Method and system for query federation based on natural language processing A system and method for generating a database query from a natural language using a query engine selector module for identifying appropriate database query format, a query engine builder module to generate appropriate database query using an intermediate query language 2 (IQL2) as input, and a data retriever module for fetching data from single or multiple data sources.
US11409734B2	Blockchain system and operation method thereof Disclosed is a blockchain system. A blockchain system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: at least one confirmation node; at least one management node configuring a confirmation group by including the at least one confirmation node, and configuring a confirmation block by combining transactions generated in the confirmation group; and an operator node controlling the at least one management node, wherein the at least one management node configures blockchain by combining respective confirmation blocks, wherein the management node configures the blockchain by resetting a parent block on the basis of an generation order of the confirmation blocks and distributes the blockchain.
US11409733B2	Automatic reclamation of storage space for database systems An approach is described to provide a method, a computer program product, and a computer system to implement hole punching. The described approach provides an automated way to free up space without requiring manual intervention by a DBA to manually reorganize database objects to free up space.
US11409730B2	Blockchain-based transaction platform with enhanced scalability, testability and usability Provided is a method of truncating one or more blocks in a blockchain (300) by an aging process executed by participating computer node (501, 502) of the blockchain. The method includes truncating one or more blocks (310, 320) with a time stamp (210) that is older than a pre-determined cut-off time (t1) by the computer node; creating a new block (360) in which one or more data packets of the new block capture essential data (312, 320) of blocks that are truncated; and appending the new block to the blockchain.
US11409728B2	Map information system A map information system includes: an in-vehicle device that executes driving support control based on map information; an external device having external map information used for the driving support control; and an update determination device. The in-vehicle device further executes external update processing that updates first map information being the map information of a first area by using first external map information being the external map information of the first area. The update determination device calculates a change degree being a difference between the first map information and the first external map information, for each point or each area in the first area. The external update processing is prohibited with respect to a section in which the change degree is equal to or less than a threshold. The external update processing is permitted with respect to a section in which the change degree exceeds the threshold.
US11409725B1	Multi-tenant partitioning in a time-series database Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for multi-tenant partitioning in a time-series database are disclosed. A partitioning scheme is determined that maps a plurality of data points to a plurality of partitions based at least in part on table identifiers associated with the data points. The partitions are stored using a plurality of storage resources. After the storage resources are provisioned, an additional table identifier is generated. Based at least in part on the partitioning scheme, one or more additional data points comprising the additional table identifier are mapped to a particular partition of the plurality of partitions. The one or more additional data points are stored in the particular partition using the storage resources.
US11409723B2	Detecting interesting decision rules in tree ensembles Mechanisms are provided for detecting interesting decision rules from a set of decision rules in a tree ensemble. Each tree in the tree ensemble is traversed in order to assign each individual data record from a set of data records to an identified leaf node in each tree. Predicted values are determined for the tree ensemble based on predictions provided by each leaf node to which each individual data record is assigned. Interesting sub-indices for decision rules from the set of decision rules are determined and, for each decision rule corresponding to the leaf nodes in the tree ensemble, the sub-indices are combined into interestingness index It. The decision rules are ranked corresponding to the leaf nodes in the tree ensemble according to the associated value of the interestingness index It and a subset of the decision rules corresponding to the leaf nodes in the tree ensemble are reported.
US11409717B1	Overspend control in a messaging platform A real-time messaging platform allows advertiser accounts to pay to insert candidate messages into the message streams requested by account holders. To accommodate multiple advertisers, the messaging platform controls an auction process that determines which candidate messages are selected for inclusion in a requested account holder's message stream. Selection is based on a bid for the candidate message, the message stream that is requested, and a variety of other factors that vary depending upon the implementation. The process for selection of candidate messages generally includes the following steps, though any given step may be omitted or combined into another step in a different implementation: targeting, filtering, prediction, ranking, and selection.
US11409714B2	Evaluating pending object replication rules Techniques for replication rule evaluation are provided. A replication rule is received at a first node of a plurality of nodes where the replication rule defines object replication among the plurality of nodes. The replication rule is labeled as pending, where a second replication rule on the first node is labeled as active. Upon receiving a request to predict an effect of the replication rule, a first object of a plurality of objects is identified based on the first replication rule. Upon determining that the first object is present on the first node but is not present on a second node of the plurality of nodes, an indication of the first object is outputted.
US11409705B2	Log-structured storage device format Embodiments of the disclosure provide techniques managing a log-structured solid state drive (SSD) format in a distributed storage system. SSDs in the distributed storage system maintains a journal of logical changes to storage objects to persist prepared and committed changes in the latency path. The journal includes metadata entries that describe changes and reference data pages. Dense data structures (such as a logical block addressing table) index the metadata entries. To reduce the amount of overhead in I/O operations, the distributed storage system maintains the dense data structures in memory rather than on disk.
US11409703B2	File versions within content addressable storage A request to access to a logical location in a file stored in a content addressable storage (CAS) system can be processed by retrieving first tree data from a first node in a first hash tree that represents a first version of the file. Based on the first tree data, a second node is selected from which a CAS signature is compared to a reserved CAS signature to determine the proper file version. In response to a match, a third node is accessed in a second hash tree that represents a second version of the file. Tree data is retrieved from a third node.
US11409702B2	Display device and control method therefor Disclosed is a display apparatus and a control method thereof. The display apparatus includes a display configured to display an image thereon; a storage configured to store a plurality of files therein to display the image; and a processor configured to: generate a first integrity check value of a first file based on at least one second file corresponding to a request for execution of the first file from an application, and identify whether to execute the first file by identifying whether the first integrity check value generated as above is consistent with a second integrity check value of the first file that has been generated based on the at least one second file before the request for execution of the first file was made.
US11409693B2	Scalar core integration Methods and apparatus relating to scalar core integration in a graphics processor. In an example, an apparatus comprises a processor to receive a set of workload instructions for a graphics workload from a host complex, determine a first subset of operations in the set of operations that is suitable for execution by a scalar processor complex of the graphics processing device and a second subset of operations in the set of operations that is suitable for execution by a vector processor complex of the graphics processing device, assign the first subset of operations to the scalar processor complex for execution to generate a first set of outputs, assign the second subset of operations to the vector processor complex for execution to generate a second set of outputs. Other embodiments are also disclosed and claimed.
US11409690B2	Communication systems with serial peripheral interface functionality Disclosed herein are systems and techniques for serial peripheral interface (SPI) functionality for node transceivers in a two-wire communication bus. For example, in some embodiments, a node transceiver may include SPI circuitry and upstream or downstream transceiver circuitry. SPI commands received via the SPI circuitry may be executed by the node transceiver, or transmitted upstream or downstream along the two-wire bus for execution by another node transceiver or a slave device coupled to another node transceiver.
US11409687B2	Systems and methods for automatically mapping between operation technology data and information technology data A system may include a data delivery pipeline communicatively coupled to one or more microservices that receive a dataset transmitted through the data delivery pipeline. The system may also include a first microservice that receives a first dataset corresponding to operation technology (OT) data or information technology (IT) data and determines a second dataset based on the first dataset. The system may also include a second microservice that receives the second dataset from the first microservice via the data delivery pipeline, determines an action to perform in an industrial automation component of an industrial automation system based on an analysis of the second dataset, and transmits the action to the industrial automation component via the data delivery pipeline.
US11409684B2	Processing accelerator architectures A processing element/unit can include a plurality of networks, a plurality of cores, crossbar interconnects, a plurality of memory controllers and local memory on an integrated circuit (IC) chip. The plurality of cores can be coupled together by the plurality of networks on chip. The crossbar interconnects can couple the networks of cores to the plurality of memory controllers. The plurality of memory controllers can be configured to access data stored in off-chip memory. The local memory can be configured to cache portions of the accessed data. The local memory can be directly accessible by the network of processing cores, or can be distributed across the plurality of memory controllers. The memory controllers can be narrow channel (NC) memory controllers having widths of 4, 8, 12, 16 or a multiple of 4 bits.
US11409677B2	Bus slave circuit and related single-wire bus apparatus A single-wire bus apparatus that includes a bus slave circuit(s) is provided. The bus slave circuit(s) can receive a unicast, a multicast, and/or a broadcast command sequence over a single-wire bus. In embodiments disclosed herein, the bus slave circuit(s) can be configured to determine whether to respond to a received multicast or broadcast command sequence based on a predefined response policy. As such, the single-wire bus apparatus can be configured to mix and match a legacy slave circuit(s), which always responds to the received multicast or broadcast command sequence, with an enhanced slave circuit(s) that can decide whether to respond to the received multicast or broadcast command sequence based on the predefined response policy. As a result, it is possible to improve design and implementation flexibility, such as supporting more bus slave circuits per port.
US11409676B2	System on chip, memory device, electronic device comprising the SoC and memory device, and method for storing data in the electronic device Provided is a SoC, a memory device, an electronic device and a method for storing data in an electronic device. The electronic device comprises a host configured to output data, and a memory device including a memory storage configured to receive the data and to store the data. The host is configured to generate data bus inversion (DBI) information on the data to be provided to the memory device in accordance with a data parallelizing system, the data parallelizing system being inside the memory device, and to provide the DBI information to the memory device. The memory device is configured to provide the data to the memory storage, the data output from the host, the data encoded in accordance with the DBI information, the providing the data being in accordance with the data parallelizing system.
US11409672B2	Unsuccessful write retry buffer A memory module includes at least two memory devices. Each of the memory devices perform verify operations after attempted writes to their respective memory cores. When a write is unsuccessful, each memory device stores information about the unsuccessful write in an internal write retry buffer. The write operations may have only been unsuccessful for one memory device and not any other memory devices on the memory module. When the memory module is instructed, both memory devices on the memory module can retry the unsuccessful memory write operations concurrently. Both devices can retry these write operations concurrently even though the unsuccessful memory write operations were to different addresses.
US11409652B2	Estimating worker nodes needed for performing garbage collection operations Systems and methods for estimating the number of workers needed to perform a garbage collection operation are disclosed. Similarity groups are used to identify segments associated with objects in a computing system. Using deletion records that identify objects to be deleted, the similarity groups impacted by the deletion records can be identified. The number of workers can be determined based on the impacted similarity groups. More specifically, the number of impacted similarity groups and/or workers can be evaluated in terms of memory requirements, input/output constraints and/or time requirements to estimate the number or workers needed to clean similarity groups impacted by a garbage collection operation.
US11409651B2	Host accelerated operations in managed NAND devices Devices and techniques for host accelerated operations in managed NAND devices are described herein. A host logical-to-physical (L2P) table of the NAND device has an associated map. Entries in the map correspond to one or more logical addresses (LA) and indicate whether the host L2P table is current for those LAs. If the table is not current, then a request will bypass the host L2P table, using a standard device L2P lookup instead. Otherwise, the host L2P table can be used.
US11409649B2	Removable direct attached storage for vehicle entertainment systems A data storage interconnect system has a network controller with a first expansion bus switch connected to a central processor over an expansion bus interface thereof, and a first transceiver connected to the first expansion bus switch. A directly attachable storage host with a second transceiver is communicatively linked to the first transceiver of the network controller. A second expansion bus switch is connected to the second transceiver, and is connectable to a removable storage device over an expansion bus interface. The removable storage device communicates with the second expansion bus switch over an expansion bus protocol. A data transmission link interconnects the first transceiver and the second transceiver, with expansion bus protocol data traffic between the first expansion bus switch and the second expansion bus switch being carried thereon.
US11409641B1	Mutation testing of database functions Methods and apparatuses are described for mutation testing of database functions. A computing device identifies database functions for testing from at least one database. The computing device generates, for each identified database function, mutated database functions by automatically applying mutations to the identified database function that change aspects of the identified database function. The computing device deploys the mutated database functions to the at least one database. The computing device determines line coverage attributes associated with each mutated database function. The computing device selects tests for execution against each mutated database function based upon the line coverage attributes associated with each mutated database function. The computing device executes the selected tests against each mutated database function using test automation applications to determine an outcome associated with each test. The computing device generates an output file comprising the outcome associated with each test executed against the mutated database functions.
US11409636B2	Processor including debug unit and debug system The present disclosure discloses a debug unit, comprising: a write register configured to store kernel write data written by a kernel of a processor, wherein the processor is communicatively coupled to a debugger configured to read the kernel write data, wherein the kernel write data is associated with a kernel write flag bit to indicate data validity of the kernel write data; and a control unit including circuitry configured to control access to the write register by the kernel of the processor and the debugger based on data validity indicated by the kernel write flag bit. The present disclosure further discloses a corresponding processor including the debug unit, a corresponding debugger communicatively coupled to the processor, and a corresponding debug system including the processor coupled to the debugger.
US11409628B2	Systems and methods for robust anomaly detection A system, includes: a distributed cache that stores state information for a plurality of configuration items (CIs). Management, instrumentation, and discovery (MID) servers form a cluster, each of the MID servers including one or more processors that receive, from the distributed cache, a subset of the state information associated with assigned CIs and perform a statistical analysis on the subset of the state information.
US11409624B2	Exposing an independent hardware management and monitoring (IHMM) device of a host system to guests thereon The technology disclosed herein enables a guest executing in a host of a host computing system to access an IHMM device of the host computing system. In a particular embodiment, a method provides, in the host, providing a virtualized IHMM device to a guest IHMM device driver in the guest and exchanging IHMM information between the guest IHMM device driver and the virtualized IHMM device. The method further provides, translating the IHMM information between the virtualized IHMM device and a host IHMM device driver on the host. The host IHMM device driver interacts with the host IHMM device based on the IHMM information.
US11409623B2	Integrated circuit (IC) power-up testing method and device, and electronic equipment An integrated circuit (IC) power-up testing method, an IC power-up testing device, a storage medium and an electronic equipment are disclosed. The IC power-up testing method includes: obtaining power-up testing parameters for an IC; obtaining a plurality of power-up testing waveforms; generating a plurality of power-up test instances by conducting parameter assignments for the power-up testing waveforms based on the power-up testing parameters; and performing power-up tests on the IC using the plurality of power-up test instances. The method allows simulating various IC power-up scenarios through a plurality of power-up test instances.
US11409619B2	Recovering a virtual machine after failure of post-copy live migration Post-copy is one of the two key techniques (besides pre-copy) for live migration of virtual machines in data centers. Post-copy provides deterministic total migration time and low downtime for write-intensive VMs. However, if post-copy migration fails for any reason, the migrating VM is lost because the VM's latest consistent state is split between the source and destination nodes during migration. PostCopyFT provides a new approach to recover a VM after a destination or network failure during post-copy live migration using an efficient reverse incremental checkpointing mechanism. PostCopyFT was implemented and evaluated in the KVM/QEMU platform. Experimental results show that the total migration time of post-copy remains unchanged while maintaining low failover time, downtime, and application performance overhead.
US11409617B2	Hardware bit-vector techniques Various implementations described herein are related to a device having energy harvesting circuitry that experiences power failures. The device may include computing circuitry having a processor coupled to the energy harvesting circuitry. The processor may be configured to reduce a number of write operations to a log structure having a hardware bit-vector used by the computing circuitry to boost computational progress even with the power failures.
US11409615B2	Cloning storage volumes from backup Embodiments are disclosed for a method. The method includes generating a backing layer having a file volume, in a layering file format and representing a portion of a volume snapshot that is backed up on a slower storage, and enabling an associated virtual machine. The method also includes generating an active layer comprising a second file volume, in the layering file format, representing a second portion of the volume snapshot, and enabling the associated virtual machine. The method further includes starting a process to pull a plurality of blocks from the backing layer to the active layer.
US11409614B2	Systems and methods for multiple recovery types using single backup type Embodiments described herein relate to a technique for performing an enhanced backup and restore for a computing device. The method may include: receiving, at a backup management device, a request to perform an enhanced backup operation; creating, by the backup management device, an enhanced recovery asset including computing device data items and stored on a backup storage device; performing a backup operation of a volume of the computing device to obtain a first backup container; performing a backup operation of system state information associated with the computing device to obtain a second backup container; associating the first backup container and the second backup container with the enhanced recovery asset; receiving, by the backup management device, a second request to perform a recovery operation; and performing, based on the second request, the recovery operation using at least a portion of the enhanced recovery asset.
US11409613B1	System and method for raw disk backup and recovery A backup manager for providing backup services to clients includes storage for storing a priority list. The backup manager also includes a processor programmed to obtain a request to generate a backup for a client of the clients; make a determination that the client is a high restoration priority client using the priority list; in response to the determination: obtain a raw disk backup for the client; and store the raw disk backup in backup storage in raw disk format.
US11409612B2	System and method for an application container backup prioritization based on container information and resource availability A method for performing a backup operation includes obtaining, by a backup server, container information associated with a plurality of application containers, generating a container score for each application container in the plurality of application containers based on the container information, identifying a resource availability for a backup agent associated with the plurality of application containers, generating an ordering of the plurality of application containers based on the availability and the container scores, and sending a prioritization list update request to the backup agent based on the ordering.
US11409608B2	Providing host-based error detection capabilities in a remote execution device Providing host-based error detection capabilities in a remote execution device is disclosed. A remote execution device performs a host-offloaded operation that modifies a block of data stored in memory. Metadata is generated locally for the modified of block of data such that the local metadata generation emulates host-based metadata generation. Stored metadata for the block of data is updated with the locally generated metadata for the modified portion of the block of data. When the host performs an integrity check on the modified block of data using the updated metadata, the host does not distinguish between metadata generated by the host and metadata generated in the remote execution device.
US11409607B1	Basic input output system updates Example implementations relate to Basic Input Output System updates. In some examples, a computing device can include a memory, a processor to, in response to completion of a Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) update, generate and store a boot status variable in the memory, determine whether the BIOS update was successful, in response to the BIOS update being successful, delete the boot status variable from the memory and perform a power event, and in response to the BIOS update being unsuccessful, perform a BIOS recovery.
US11409605B2	Failover system for database unavailability Systems and methods include receiving an exception raised by a database storage system in response to a database operation requested by an application, providing, in response to the exception, the application with a pointer to a failover framework comprising a memory store, receiving, from the application and at the failover framework, a request to write first data, storing, in response to the request to write first data, the first data in a tree structure of the memory store in chronological order, receiving, from the application and at the failover framework, a request to read second data, and, in response to the request to read second data, sorting the tree structure primarily by user and secondarily by chronological order and reading the second data from the sorted tree structure.
US11409600B2	Increased memory access parallelism using parity Disclosed in some examples are memory devices which increase a parallelism of host operations of a memory device. While a first block of data from a first stripe in a first memory die is being read, blocks of data belonging to a second stripe stored in memory dies other than the first memory die are concurrently read. This includes reading the parity value of the second stripe. The parity data, along with the blocks of data from the second stripe from dies other than the first die are then used to determine the block of data of the second stripe stored in the first memory die without actually reading the value from the block in the first memory die. This reconstruction may be done in parallel with additional read operations for other data performed on the first die.
US11409598B2	Semiconductor devices A semiconductor device includes a selection input circuit and a core data generation circuit. The selection input circuit is configured to generate selection data, a selection parity, and a selection data control signal from data, a parity, and a data control signal during a write operation and sets the selection data, the selection parity, and the selection data control signal to a predetermined logic level during a pattern write operation. The core data generation circuit is configured to receive drive data, a drive parity, and a drive data control signal driven by the selection data, the selection parity, and the selection data control signal to generate core data which are stored into a memory core according to whether an error correction operation and a data inversion operation is performed.
US11409595B2	Channel modulation for a memory device Methods, systems, and devices for channel modulation for a memory device are described. A system may include a memory device and a host device coupled with the memory device. The system may be configured to communicate a first signal modulated using a first modulation scheme and communicate a second signal that is based on the first signal and that is modulated using a second modulation scheme. The first modulation scheme may include a first quantity of voltage levels that span a first range of voltages, and the second modulation scheme may include a second quantity of voltage levels that span a second range of voltages different than (e.g., smaller than) the first range of voltages. The first signal may include write data carried over a data channel, and the second signal may include error detection information based on the write data that is carried over an error detection channel.
US11409593B1	Discovering insights and/or resolutions from collaborative conversations Methods, computer program products, and/or systems are provided that perform the following operations: in an information technology (IT) management system, grouping one or more ongoing service failure events into a service failure record; identifying a representative event for the service failure record; identifying one or more conversations that relate to the one or more ongoing service events; computing, using a similarity algorithm, feature similarity scores for respective conversations of the one or more conversations based, at least in part, on the features associated with the representative event and features associated with the respective conversations; linking a subset of the one or more conversations to the one or more ongoing service events in the service failure record based, at least in part, on the computed feature similarity scores; and providing the service failure record to a collaboration platform utilized in addressing the one or more ongoing service events.
US11409592B2	Methods of predicting electronic component failures in an earth-boring tool and related systems and apparatus A method or system for predicting failures in an earth-boring tool. Communication between one or more nodes in the earth-boring tool may be monitored. Metadata from the communication may be stored in a storage device. The metadata may be compared to historical communication metadata. The metadata may be fed into models built from historic metadata. Predictions from the models may be aggregated in to a recommendation. A failure prediction for each of the one or more nodes may be generated from the comparison.
US11409591B2	Anomaly determination apparatus, anomaly determination method, and non-transitory computer readable medium storing program An anomaly determination apparatus, an anomaly determination method, and a program, capable of easily determining whether or not an anomaly has occurred are provided. An anomaly determination apparatus (1) includes a transformation unit (2) and an anomaly determination unit (3). The transformation unit (2) performs a transformation process using a transform function for transforming an anomaly level of a signal into a probability variable value, the probability variable value being a variable value in accordance with a predetermined probability distribution. Note that the transform function is a monotone function. The anomaly determination unit (3) determines presence/absence of an anomaly of a sample of the anomaly level by using a result of the transformation by the transformation unit (2).
US11409590B2	Proactive outreach platform for error resolution based on user intent in server-driven communication channels There are provided systems and methods for a proactive outreach platform for server-driven communication channel presentation. A service provider, such as an electronic transaction processor for digital transactions, may utilize a data aggregation operation to detect different error or help events occurring thought different domains, pages, and interfaces of service provider. Using these events, mappings of user intents that resulted in the error event, and assistance channels may be generated. Rule may be established for mapping user intents to channels based on the error events, as well as issue priority and user engagement. Thereafter, when a user accesses a particular online service of the service provider and is performing an operation that results in an error, such as an account access failure, the mappings and rules may be used to proactively outreach to the user with a particular assistance channel that may result the user's error event.
US11409588B1	Predicting hardware failures In an approach for generating hardware failure labels, a processor receives sensor data from a plurality of sensors associated with a hardware system. A processor calculates an adaptive stress factor, wherein the adaptive stress factor is a dynamic selection model. A processor calculates an adaptive stress time window, wherein the adaptive stress time window is a spatial distribution of the adaptive stress factor. A processor calculates a relative duty cycle, wherein the relative duty cycle is a first function of an internal state of the hardware system, a type of input to the hardware system, the adaptive stress factor, and the adaptive stress time window. A processor generates a failure label, wherein the failure label is calculated as a second function of the relative duty cycle and a design duty cycle.
US11409575B2	Computation method and product thereof The present disclosure provides a computation method and product thereof. The computation method adopts a fusion method to perform machine learning computations. Technical effects of the present disclosure include fewer computations and less power consumption.
US11409568B2	Dynamically scaling out pods using a recursive way In an approach for pod scheduling and recursion, a processor schedules a master pod and one or more worker pods for applications to be deployed on a cluster. A processor builds a topology between the master pod and the one or more worker pods. A processor monitors a workload in the one or more worker pods. A processor determines whether any of the one or more worker pods needs to scale out. In response to determining that one of the one or more worker pods needs to scale out, a processor schedules a next layer of the one or more worker pods according to the workload.
US11409567B2	Application management method and terminal An application management method, a terminal, a computer readable storage medium, and a computer program product including an instruction are disclosed. The method includes: suspending a background application when the background application meets a preset condition and disconnecting a communication link between the background application and a communications module when suspending the background application. Applicable to management of background applications on terminals, this method is intended to resolve a problem existing in the prior art that a battery life of the terminal is reduced when a large quantity of applications run in the background.
US11409566B2	Resource control device, resource control method, and computer readable medium A process control unit (41) causes a plurality of control-target processes to operate in a memory area of a size equal to or smaller than a limiting value x. When a stopping process is detected, a resource allocation unit (43) allocates a size of a usable memory area for each of the control-target processes as a relaxed limiting value. When the stopping process is detected, the process control unit (41) causes each of the control-target processes to perform fallback operation in a memory area of a size equal to or smaller than the relaxed limiting value allocated to the process by the resource allocation unit (43).
US11409563B2	Allocation of cloud-based resources for backup/recovery services Disclosed is an improved system, method, and computer program product to allocate backup devices for a database system, where an appropriate appliance can be automatically allocated to accommodate backups. The allocation selects an appliance that effectively balances space allocation needs of the database with overall performance effects on a multi-tenant backup system that handles multiple databases of varying sizes.
US11409554B2	Time dilation based on an amount of resources allocated to a software execution environment Approaches for managing how the passage of time is observed by a software execution environment, such as a virtual machine or a sandbox environment. A computer system maintains a set of physical time sources. A set of virtual time sources are computed based on the set of physical time sources. The virtual time sources operate independently of the set of physical time sources. For example, the virtual time sources may observe time passing faster or slower than the set of physical time sources. The set of virtual time sources are presented to the software execution environment as the set of time sources. Many benefits may be obtained such as higher utilization of allocated resources and avoidance of timeouts.
US11409551B2	Emulating VPID correctly for a nested hypervisor A system and method of emulating virtual processor identifiers includes a nested hypervisor requesting a virtual processor identifier, which identifies a virtual processor, the request triggering an exit to a host hypervisor. The host hypervisor identifies a request including the virtual processor identifier. The host hypervisor generates a key defining an association between a virtual machine and the virtual processor identifier. The host hypervisor stores the key.
US11409547B2	Method for rendering user interface and terminal A method for rendering a user interface and a terminal are disclosed. The method includes running a target application; obtaining a running stage in which the target application is located currently or go next; generating a rendering strategy that is adapted to the running stage; and rendering the user interface of which the target application is to be presented in the running stage through the rendering strategy.
US11409541B2	Systems and methods for binding secondary operating system to platform basic input/output system An information handling system may include a processor, non-transitory computer readable media communicatively coupled to the processor and having stored thereon a primary operating system of the information handling system and a secondary operating system of the information handling system, and a basic input/output system communicatively coupled to the processor and having provisioned thereon a signed signature of the secondary operating system signed with a private key of a public-private key pair and a public key of the public-private key pair. The basic input/output system is configured to, responsive to a determination to boot to the secondary operating system in lieu of booting to the primary operating system of the information handling system verify the secondary operating system using the signed signature of the secondary operating system and the public key and responsive to verifying the secondary operating system, allow the information handling system to boot to the secondary operating system.
US11409538B2	Data processing system and method for configuring and operating a data processing system A data processing system includes a sensor data acquisition circuit configured to acquire sensor data from at least one sensor and a server circuit configured to receive the sensor data from the sensor data acquisition circuit and to forward the sensor data to a processing unit. The sensor data transmission path from the sensor data acquisition circuit to the server circuits might be setup as a static configuration. Any physical connection issue between the sensor data acquisition circuits and the server circuits would force the system to pre-defined data routing configurations.
US11409529B2	RISC-V implemented processor with hardware acceleration supporting user defined instruction set and method thereof The present invention relates to a hardware high-speed computation combined RISC-V based computation device for supporting a user-defined instruction set and a method thereof which configures a hardware high-speed computation unit executing a user-defined function through a field programmable gate array (FPGA) in a single chip together with a RISC-V based computation device, executes general computation and user-defined computation in an instruction level, not a separate bus connection configuration, through a program using a RISC-V based instruction set including a user-defined instruction set, and provides flexibility capable of optionally changing the user-defined instruction set and a corresponding function and a method thereof.
US11409521B2	Hyperpiler A method for an uncontrolled modeling language to be hyperpiled into a general purpose language is disclosed herein. The method overcomes previous limitations by allowing for a modeling language that is syntactically simple, while conceptually unlimited, while offloading the burdens of minutia and control structure to the hyperpiler.
US11409520B2	Custom term unification for analytical usage A system includes reception of a definition of a first attribute to associate with a logical object of the first application, reception of a definition of a second attribute to associate with a second logical object of the first application, determination, based on the definition of the first attribute and the definition of the second attribute, that the first attribute and the second attribute are associated with a same semantic, based on the determination, generation of e a first identifier associated with the first attribute and the second attribute and storing the first identifier associated with the first attribute and the second attribute in a first data schema associated with the first application, and storage of the first identifier associated with the first attribute and the second attribute in an analytics schema associated with an analytics application.
US11409517B2	Intelligent prefetching for OS components The correct clusters of operating system (OS) components to package for hydration to client devices is learned through analyzing telemetry data of numerous end devices. The telemetry data captures snapshots of the OS components that were used or loaded by the end devices during runs of different applications. An OS component service mines this telemetry data and compares the frequency in which pairs of OS components are used by the end devices together during the different applications runs. Using on these frequencies, the OS components are filtered in a relationship graph and an clustering algorithm is applied to determine whether the OS components are interdependent (meaning used together) or independent (meaning not used together). Interdependent OS components are packaged together into a hydration package and may be transmitted to client computing devices requesting any of their constituent OS components.
US11409515B2	Upgrade determinations of devices based on telemetry data An example of an apparatus including a communication interface to receive telemetry data from a client device. The telemetry data includes a resource capacity and a usage level. The apparatus further includes a grading engine to generate a scoring map. The apparatus also includes a diagnostic engine in communication with the communication interface and the grading engine. The diagnostic engine is to generate a score based on an application of the scoring map on the telemetry data. The apparatus also includes an upgrade engine to implement an upgrade at the client device based on the score.
US11409507B1	Dependency management in software development A software project management system can store object data about components of a software development project, such epics, features, and stories. The software project management system can also store dependency objects that reflect dependency relationships between two or more components of the software development project. The dependency objects can track status information about the dependency relationships, including expected completion dates, acceptance criteria, and state indicators. The information stored in the dependency objects can be updated over time as information about the dependency relationship changes. The software project management system can also use the dependency objects to display information in a user interface about one or more dependency relationships, such as to indicate which dependency relationships are on track or behind schedule.
US11409506B2	Data plane semantics for software virtual switches Examples may include a method of compiling a declarative language program for a virtual switch. The method includes parsing the declarative language program, the program defining a plurality of match-action tables (MATs), translating the plurality of MATs into intermediate code, and parsing a core identifier (ID) assigned to each one of the plurality of MATs. When the core IDs of the plurality of MATs are the same, the method includes connecting intermediate code of the plurality of MATs using function calls, and translating the intermediate code of the plurality of MATs into machine code to be executed by a core identified by the core IDs.
US11409505B1	Automated authoring of software solutions from a data model with related patterns Automatically generating code from an abstract model of a database. The abstract model is derived from a physical model which may be a source such as a legacy database, an entity relationship diagram, or other schema defining the data tables, objects, entities, or relationships etc. of the source. The generated code exhibits several patterns, interfaces and/or features including (a) separation of generated and developer code (b) context patterns (c) response/action patterns (d) language, database interfaces, operating systems and/or (e) user interface patterns.
US11409501B1	Detecting infrastructure as code compliance inconsistency in a multi-hybrid-cloud environment An approach for detecting non-compliant methodologies in a repository. The approach can generate an abstract model of an Infrastructure as Code (IaC) repository based on security requirements of an IaC. The approach can compare the abstract model to one or more validated abstract models associated with other repositories of a hybrid multi-cloud system. The approach can generate an alert notifying the IaC repository of one or more non-compliant methodology measures. The approach can send the alert to the IaC repository.
US11409498B2	Data processing system and data processing method A data processing system calculates prediction or planning data of an object from observation data of a calculation object of the prediction or planning data and observation data of various factors, including a first processing section which identifies a model used for calculation of the prediction or planning data of each of the factors, a second processing section which calculates data which indices the kind of a time transition of the factor from the observation data of the factor and classifies the observation data of the factor by using the calculated data which indicates the kind of the time transition, and a third processing section which changes the model for calculation of the prediction or planning data on the basis of the classified observation data and the prediction data of the factor in a prediction or planning data calculation object time period and calculates the prediction or planning data.
US11409493B2	Photographing method and terminal device A photographing method includes enabling, by a first terminal device, an image shooting function, and obtaining and displaying a preview image, outputting, by the first terminal device, first prompt information based on the preview image if the preview image includes an image of an image output device, where the first prompt information indicates that the first terminal device can connect to a second terminal device which is a device determined by the first terminal device based on feature information of the image output device, connecting, by the first terminal device, to the second terminal device in response to an operation of triggering the first prompt information, receiving, by the first terminal device, first image sent by the second terminal device, where the first image includes content currently played by an image output device of the second terminal device.
US11409484B2	System, method of controlling specific printer, non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, terminal device, and combination of non-transitory computer-readable storage media A system including a server and a terminal device controls a specific printer. The server includes an input acquisition unit that acquires input data generated based on sound data indicating voice by an utterer and transmitted from a voice input device to which the voice is input, and a print instruction output unit that outputs print instruction data indicating an instruction relating to a print job to be executed by the specific printer, by using the input data. The terminal device includes a print instruction receiving unit that receives the print instruction data transmitted from the server via a first communication interface, a print job generation unit that generates print job data indicating a print job to be executed by the specific printer, by using the print instruction data, and a print job transmission unit that transmits the print job data to the specific printer via a second communication interface.
US11409482B2	Communication apparatus A communication apparatus performs communication processing in the first communication mode and the second communication mode to set a communication period of the first communication mode per unit time to be longer than that of the second communication mode in a case where both the first communication mode and the second communication mode are enabled, a communication partner apparatus in the first communication mode is determined, and a communication partner apparatus in the second communication mode is not determined.
US11409475B2	Inspection apparatus, image forming system, inspection program, and inspection method An inspection apparatus includes: a hardware processor that: conducts an inspection on an image by comparing a scanned image with a correct image, the image being formed on paper in accordance with a print job, the scanned image being generated by reading the image, the correct image serving as a reference for the inspection of the image; and determines whether a page is a target for the inspection in accordance with a type of the paper on which the image will be formed according to print setting of the print job, wherein the hardware processor conducts the inspection on the image on a page that has been determined to be the target for the inspection by the hardware processor, and does not conduct the inspection on the image on a page that has been determined to not be the target for the inspection.
US11409469B2	Storage device for supporting multiple hosts and operation method thereof An operation method of a storage device including first and second physical functions respectively corresponding to first and second hosts includes receiving performance information from each of the first and second hosts, setting a first weight value corresponding to the first physical function and a second weight value corresponding to the second physical function, based on the received performance information, selecting one of a first submission queue, a second submission queue, a third submission queue, and a fourth submission queue based on an aggregated value table, the first and second submission queues being managed by the first host and the third and fourth submission queues are managed by the second host, processing a command from the selected submission queue, and updating the aggregated value table based on a weight value corresponding to the processed command from among the first and second weights and input/output (I/O) information of the processed command.
US11409466B2	Access control in CMB/PMR virtualization environment In one embodiment, a method provides access to a data storage device from a host coupled to the data storage device. The host is running a plurality of virtual functions. The method includes receiving an inbound request to a memory of a storage device controller of the data storage device. The memory of the storage device controller includes a DRAM memory and a non-DRAM memory. Whether the inbound request is a CMB/PMR transaction request is determined. The CMB/PMR transaction request is scheduled. Whether the scheduled CMB/PMR transaction request is allowed is determined. The allowed CMB/PMR transaction request is issued toward the DRAM memory of the storage device controller.
US11409462B2	Data removal marking in a memory device Devices and techniques for data removal marking in a memory device are described herein. A delete command can be received at the memory device. A count of data portions in the delete command can be compared to determine whether the count is below a threshold. In response to determining that the count of data portions is below the threshold, the data portions can be written to a buffer. When a buffer full event is detected, a segment of an L2P data structure can be loaded into working memory of the memory device. Then, each record in the segment of the L2P data structure that has a corresponding entry in the buffer can be updated to mark the data as removable (e.g., invalid).
US11409457B1	Co-located journaling and data storage for write requests A method and system for co-locating journaling and data storage based on write requests. A write request that includes metadata and data is received from a client. A logical storage unit for storing the metadata and the data is identified. The logical storage unit is divided into a journal partition and a volume partition. The journal partition includes a first log and a second log. Which of the first log and the second log is an active log and which of the first log and the second log is an inactive log are identified. The metadata is recorded in a first location in the active log and the data is recorded in a second location in the active log during a single I/O operation. A reply is sent to the client after the metadata and the data are recorded in the journal partition.
US11409455B2	Method and system for enabling deduplication for asynchronous replication in a storage system Techniques are used for enabling deduplication for asynchronous replication in a storage system. The techniques may be used to provide, among other things, retrieving, on a source system, a virtual index key corresponding to a logical address, and determining whether a deduplication index table for a target system includes an entry with the same virtual index key.
US11409454B1	Container ownership protocol for independent node flushing A protocol for processing write operations may include recording each write operation in a log using a PDESC(page descriptor)-PB(page block) pair. The protocol may be a data commit sequence that assigns ownership to containers of logged writes. Each container may be associated with a particular logical block address (LBA) range of a logical device, where logged writes that write to target addresses in the particular LBA range of the logical device may be included in the container. Ownership of a container may be determined by the initial write operation that is mapped to, and placed into, the container based on the target logical address of the write operation. A container may be allocated in response to the initial write operation of the container. Multiple nodes may independently flush containers of logged operations based on the particular node designated as the current owner of the containers.
US11409443B2	Intelligent memory wear leveling A data storage device including, in one implementation, a non-volatile memory device and a controller coupled to the non-volatile memory device. The non-volatile memory device includes a memory block. The controller is configured to receive a cycle operation request and perform a wear-level mitigation operation in response to receiving the cycle operation request. To perform the wear-level mitigation operation, the controller is configured to determine a read state condition of the memory block, perform the requested cycle operation, and increment a cycle count of the memory block by a value based on the determined read state condition of the memory block. The first read state of the memory block and the second read state of the memory block are based on a wordline voltage that is associated with the memory block.
US11409438B2	Peripheral circuit and system supporting RRAM-based neural network training A peripheral circuit includes a data preparation circuit, configured to selectively import, to a row or column of the resistive random access memory (RRAM) crossbar array based on a first control signal, preprocessed data obtained by first preprocessing on first data that is input into the data preparation circuit, a data selection circuit, configured to selectively export second data from the row or column of the RRAM crossbar array based on a second control signal, and perform second preprocessing on the second data to obtain third data, a data reading circuit, configured to: perform a weight update control operation, and perform a max pooling operation on fourth data that is input into the data reading circuit, to obtain fifth data, and a reverse training computation circuit, configured to calculate an error and a derivative of sixth data that is input into the reverse training computation circuit.
US11409433B2	Systems and methods for non-contacting interaction with user terminals Systems and methods are provided to enable users to interact with user terminals having a touch screen interface without requiring the user to physically contact a surface of the touch screen interface.
US11409426B2	User in interface, programmer and/or debugger for embedding and/or modifying problems on quantum processors A user interface (UI), data structures and algorithms facilitate programming, analyzing, debugging, embedding, and/or modifying problems that are embedded or to be embedded on an analog processor (e.g., quantum processor), increasing computational efficiency and/or accuracy of problem solutions. The UI provides graph representations (e.g., source graph, target graph and correspondence therebetween) with nodes and edges which may map to hardware components (e.g., qubits, couplers) of the analog processor. Characteristics of solutions are advantageously represented spatially associated (e.g., overlaid or nested) with characteristics of a problem. Characteristics (e.g., bias state) may be represented by color, pattern, values, icons. Issues (e.g., broken chains) may be detected and alerts provided. Problem representations may be modified via the UI, and a computer system may autonomously generate new instances of the problem representation, update data structures, embed the new instance and cause the new instance to be executed by the analog processor.
US11409419B2	Sound-directed graphic accessibility Apparatuses, methods, systems, and program products are disclosed for sound-directed graphic accessibility. An apparatus includes a processor and a memory that stores code executable by the processor. The code is executable by the processor to present a graphic on a touch-enabled display of a device. The graphic may be formatted as a binary graphic with lines defining edges of objects within the graphic. The code is executable by the processor to detect a touch on the touch-enabled display. The code is executable by the processor to, in response to determining that the touch is at a location on the display that corresponds to a line of the graphic, provide at least one sound to direct the touch to follow the line of the graphic.
US11409410B2	User input interfaces The present disclosure generally relates to managing user inputs. In some examples, devices receive user inputs via a biometric sensor, such as a fingerprint sensor. In some examples, devices receive user inputs via a button. In some examples, devices receive user inputs via touch sensors. In some examples, the biometric sensor and/or the touch sensor is integrated into the button.
US11409404B2	Audio-visual navigation and communication Communicating information through a user platform by representing, on a user platform visual display, spatial publishing objects as entities at locations within a three-dimensional spatial publishing object space. Each spatial publishing object associated with information, and each presenting a subset of the associated information. Establishing a user presence at a location within the spatial publishing object space. The user presence, in conjunction with a user point-of-view, being navigable by the user in at least a two-dimensional sub-space of the spatial publishing object space.
US11409401B2	Touch sensor and display device having the same A touch sensor and a display device including the same, in which the touch sensor includes a base layer including a first sensing area and a second sensing area, a sensing driving electrode extending along a first direction in the first sensing area and the second sensing area, a first sub-sensing electrode disposed in the first sensing area and extending along a second direction intersecting the first direction, a second sub-sensing electrode disposed in the second sensing area and extending along the second direction, a first common electrode disposed in the first sensing area, and a second common electrode disposed in the second sensing area. The first sub-sensing electrode and the second sub-sensing electrode are electrically connected to each other.
US11409394B2	Liquid crystal display device to improve display quality during hover operation A liquid crystal display device includes: a first electrode layer provided on a display surface side to prevent noise from being emitted from a display element to the outside; a second electrode layer provided outside the first electrode layer to perform position detection; a hover signal generation unit that generates a detection signal to be input to the second electrode layer and the first electrode layer for detection of an indicator approaching the display surface; a common electrode that applies a common voltage to derive the display element; a cancellation signal generation unit that generates a cancellation signal which cancels a signal component leaking from the first electrode layer to the common electrode; and a voltage addition unit that superimposes a cancellation signal on the common voltage.
US11409391B2	Touch display device having routing lines and display signal lines A touch display device in which routing lines are formed to have the same resistance value. Routing lines connected to touch electrodes in a non-active area and display signal links electrically connected to a light-emitting element are formed in different shapes from each other, and the lengths of at least one of zigzag patterns of the routing lines disposed in the non-active area and single-line regions are formed differently.
US11409390B2	Method, apparatus and computer-readable media for touch and speech interface with audio location Method, apparatus, and computer-readable media for touch and speech interface, with audio location, includes structure and/or function whereby at least one processor: (i) receives a touch input from a touch device; (ii) establishes a touch-speech time window; (iii) receives a speech input from a speech device; (iii) determines whether the speech input is present in a global dictionary; (iv) determines a location of a sound source from the speech device; (v) determines whether the touch input and the location of the speech input are both within a same region; (vi) if the speech input is in the dictionary, determines whether the speech input has been received within the window; and (vii) if the speech input has been received within the window, and the touch input and the speech input are both within the same region, activates an action corresponding to both the touch input and the speech input.
US11409389B2	Method and computer program for monitoring touchscreen events of a handheld device The invention relates to a method for monitoring touchscreen events (3) of a handheld device (6), wherein —a monitoring application (1) is provided, —at least one touchscreen event (3) on a display screen (61) of said handheld device (6) is detected by means of said monitoring application (1), wherein the touchscreen event (3) is directed to a foreground application (2), —event data (4) is generated for said at least one touchscreen event (3) by means of said monitoring application (1), wherein said event data (4) comprises a time stamp (41) of said at least one touchscreen event (3) and an identification (42) of said foreground application (2), —said event data (4) is stored by means of said monitoring application (1). The invention further relates to a computer program for executing the steps of the method according to the invention.
US11409387B2	Display device, apparatus for manufacturing display device and method for manufacturing display device A display device includes a display panel including display pads, display connection pads disposed on a side surface of the display panel and connected to the display pads, a touch member including touch pads disposed on a display surface perpendicular to the side surface of the display panel, and touch connection pads overlapping a top surface of the touch member and the side surface of the display panel and connected to the touch pads. The side surface of the display panel includes a first area overlapping the display connection pads, a second area overlapping the touch connection pads, and a third area which does not overlap the display connection pads and does not overlap the touch connection pads. The first area, the second area, and the third area are located on a same plane.
US11409386B2	Touch display device Embodiments of the present disclosure are related to a touch display device, by implementing a touch routing line using a part of a display electrode metal disposed in a non-active area of a display panel, the non-active area is reduced, and the touch routing line can be disposed while preventing an increase of a load of the touch routing line. Furthermore, by connecting the touch routing line implemented with the display electrode metal under an encapsulation layer to a touch electrode on the encapsulation layer through a connecting metal located under a dam, the touch routing line can be disposed under the encapsulation layer without dropping a function of the encapsulation layer for reducing moisture permeation.
US11409376B2	Multi-sensor device with an accelerometer for enabling user interaction through sound or image A method for controlling movement of a computer display cursor based on a point-of-aim of a pointing device within an interaction region includes projecting an image of a computer display to create the interaction region. At least one calibration point having a predetermined relation to the interaction region is established. A pointing line is directed to substantially pass through the calibration point while measuring a position of and an orientation of the pointing device. The pointing line has a predetermined relationship to the pointing device. Movement of the cursor is controlled within the interaction region using measurements of the position of and the orientation of the pointing device.
US11409375B2	Method and apparatus for adjusting optical setting of optical input device and related optical input device A method of adjusting an optical setting of an optical input device includes: determining a desired level of an intensity of captured reflected light reflected from a tracking surface; determining whether a surface changing event occurs; and adjusting an optical setting of the optical input device according to the desired level of the intensity of the captured reflected light if it is determined the surface changing event occurs.
US11409363B2	Augmented reality hand gesture recognition systems A method, system, apparatus, and/or device for detecting pinch gestures in an augmented reality environment. The method, system, apparatus, and/or device may include: a wearable display, a sensor, and a processing device. The wearable display may be configured to attach to a head of a user and display an augmented reality environment to the user. The sensor may be configured to detect a position of a first digit of a hand of the user and detect a position of a second digit of the hand of the user. The processing device may be configured to: identify a first fingertip of the first digit; identify a second fingertip of the second digit; determine that the first fingertip and the second fingertip are in an open pinch position at a first point in time; and display a cursor at a midpoint between the first fingertip and the second fingertip.
US11409361B2	Periodic motion-based visual stimulus A computer device is provided that includes a display device, and a sensor system configured to be mounted adjacent to a user's head and to measure an electrical potential near one or more electrodes of the sensor system. The computer device further includes a processor configured to present a periodic motion-based visual stimulus having a changing motion that is frequency-modulated for a target frequency or code-modulated for a target code, detect changes in the electrical potential via the one or more electrodes, identify a corresponding visual evoked potential feature in the detected changes in electrical potential that corresponds to the periodic motion-based visual stimulus, and recognize a user input to the computing device based on identifying the corresponding visual evoked potential feature.
US11409360B1	Biologically-constrained drift correction of an inertial measurement unit A method comprising determining a set of position parameters for an inertial measurement unit (IMU) on a headset worn by a user. The set of position parameters includes at least a first yaw measurement and a first roll measurement. The set describes a pointing vector. The method further comprises calculating a drift correction component that describes a rate of correction. The drift correction component is based at least in part on the set of position parameters. The method further comprises applying the drift correction component to one or more subsequent yaw measurements for the IMU. The drift correction component forces an estimated nominal position vector to the pointing vector at the rate of correction.
US11409355B2	Method and apparatus for power savings in communications equipment Techniques for power savings in communications equipment are provided. The computer-implemented method can comprise identifying, by an electronic device operatively coupled to a processing unit, one or more connectivity requirements of one or more servers associated with a data center. The computer-implemented method can also comprise determining, by the electronic device, a defined graph that satisfies the one or more connectivity requirements. The computer-implemented method can further comprise powering down, by the electronic device, one or more elements of the data center that are not required by the defined graph; and powering up, by the device one or more nodes of the data center, which are in any state other than power up, that are required by the defined graph.
US11409353B2	Mitigation of parasitic capacitance in self capacitance touch sensing Self capacitance touch circuits to cancel the effects of parasitic capacitance in a touch sensitive device are disclosed. One circuit can generate a parasitic capacitance cancelation signal that can be injected into touch sensing circuitry to cancel the parasitic capacitance. Another circuit can adjust the phase and magnitude of the parasitic capacitance cancelation signal based on characteristics of channels in the touch sensing circuitry so as to fine tune the parasitic capacitance cancelations. Another circuit can drive a guard plate and touch panel electrodes so as to cancel the parasitic capacitances between the panel and the plate and between the electrodes.
US11409349B2	Power management A data processing apparatus includes processing circuitry to process an event stream that includes one or more high power events. Tracking circuitry tracks the one or more high power events and power management circuitry manages power consumption by controlling a voltage supply and a frequency of a clock signal provided to the processing circuitry. The power management circuitry controls an extent to which execution by the processing circuitry of the high power events is restricted.
US11409346B2	Control circuit and method for fast setting power mode A control circuit is provided. A memory is configured to store a program code. A central processing unit (CPU) executes a plurality of instructions according to the program code. When a specific instruction is executed by the CPU, the CPU generates a control signal. A power mode management circuit generates a selection signal according to the control signal. A processing circuit transforms first power data according to the selection signal. A first storage circuit stores the first power data. The processing circuit generates first set data and second set data according to first power data. A first specific device operates in a first power mode according to the first set data. A second specific device operates in a second power mode according to the second set data. The first storage circuit, the power mode management circuit and the processing circuit are in an always-on state.
US11409342B2	Modular PC cooling pump A modular PC cooling pump for use in a personal computer is disclosed, according to certain embodiments. The modular PC cooling pump comprises a plurality of stackable interchangeable modules, according to certain embodiments.
US11409335B2	Display device A display device including a display panel having a plurality of signal wirings disposed on a side surface, each of the signal wirings including a first surface and a second surface different from the first surface; and a printed circuit board attached to the side surface of the display panel and including a base film and a plurality of lead wirings disposed on one surface of the base film. Each of the lead wirings includes a first lead portion and a second lead portion having a thickness less than that of the first lead portion. The first lead portion is bonded to the second surface, and the second lead portion is bonded to the first surface.
US11409334B2	Device with opening and closing performance A device includes a first body, a second body, and a rotating shaft connection mechanism configured to connect the first body and the second body. The rotating shaft connection mechanism includes N rotating shaft components, a connection component, and N movable linear components corresponding to the N rotating shaft components. An ith linear component is wound around a rotating shaft of a corresponding ith rotating shaft component. A segment of extending linear component and a segment of extending linear component separately pass through the connection component. When the second body rotates relative to the first body, the segment of linear component and the segment of linear component have different rotation radii.
US11409333B2	Foldable display device The disclosure provides a foldable display device comprising a flexible display panel, a foldable mechanism, a support, and a driving mechanism. The driving mechanism includes two base plates and a fixing part. The flexible display panel is located on the two base plates. The flexible display panel when in an unfolded state is located on the fixing part. When the flexible display panel is in a folded state, a portion of the flexible display panel enters into a cavity of the fixing part through an opening.
US11409316B2	Method for operating an energy generating system, and inverter for an energy generating system A method for operating an energy generation system containing a photovoltaic generator and an inverter, wherein electric power is transferred between the inverter and an AC voltage grid, and wherein the transferred electric power comprises an active power (P) and a reactive power (Q) is disclosed. The method includes operating the photovoltaic generator, in a first operating mode, at a maximum active power point (MPP) by way of the inverter, and setting the active power (P) of the photovoltaic generator via the inverter in a second operating mode depending on a grid frequency instantaneous value (f) and on a grid frequency rate of change (df/dt), and in the second operating mode, setting the reactive power (Q) depending on a grid voltage instantaneous value (U) and on a grid voltage rate of change (dU/dt).
US11409314B2	Full swing voltage conversion circuit and operation unit, chip, hash board, and computing device using same The invention provides a full swing voltage conversion circuit. The full swing voltage conversion circuit comprises: an input terminal for inputting a first level signal; an output terminal for outputting a second level signal; a differential input unit for inverting the first level signal of the input terminal, and outputting a differential input signal; a conversion unit; and an output driving unit; wherein the full swing voltage conversion circuit further comprises an auxiliary pull-down unit between the input terminal and the conversion unit for receiving a feedback to improve capability of the conversion unit in recognizing the differential input signal, such that the full swing voltage conversion circuit of the invention can convert from inputting a low voltage to outputting a high voltage.
US11409310B2	Unit and switching film for regulation and control of a fluid pressure A unit for the regulation for control of a fluid pressure, having at least one housing section and a switching film connected to the at least one housing section. A chemically inert, non-rubber-like PTFEswitching film switching film is disposed in the valve housing and switches at pressure differences of 1 mbar to 250 mbar for regulating, opening or blocking a flow of a fluid from the inlet to the outlet. The switching film is formed of a fluorine and carbon containing polymer material. The switching film has a plate-shaped flat body with a bending region and has a central closure region surrounded by the bending region. The bending region, when switching the switching film, moves the central closure region relative to a valve seat of the valve housing in an axial direction of the plate-shaped flat body toward or away from the valve seat by a stretch free or low-stretch bending movement.
US11409304B1	Supplementing top-down predictions with image features The described techniques relate to predicting object behavior based on top-down representations of an environment comprising top-down representations of image features in the environment. For example, a top-down representation may comprise a multi-channel image that includes semantic map information along with additional information for a target object and/or other objects in an environment. A top-down image feature representation may also be a multi-channel image that incorporates various tensors for different image features with channels of the multi-channel image, and may be generated directly from an input image. A prediction component can generate predictions of object behavior based at least in part on the top-down image feature representation, and in some cases, can generate predictions based on the top-down image feature representation together with the additional top-down representation.
US11409288B2	Lane changing method, device for driverless vehicle and computer-readable storage medium A lane changing method, device for a driverless vehicle and a computer-readable storage medium are provided. The lane changing method includes: determining candidate lanes, to which a lane changing is to be performed, based on a travelling intention of a main vehicle; screening the candidate lanes based on lane changing conditions of the candidate lanes; selecting, from the screened candidate lanes, a target lane, to which the lane changing of the main vehicle is to be performed; determining whether the lane changing of the main vehicle from a current lane to the target lane is safe; and performing the lane changing, if the lane changing is determined to be safe.
US11409277B2	Robotic assistance in security monitoring Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on storage devices, for monitoring, security, and surveillance of a property. In one aspect, a system includes multiple robotic devices, multiple sensors, wherein the multiple sensors includes a first sensor, multiple charging stations, and a monitor control unit. The monitor control unit may include a network interface, one or more processors, and one or more storage devices that include instructions to cause the one or more processors to perform operations. The operations may include receiving data from the first sensor that is indicative of an alarm event, accessing information describing the capabilities of the each of the robotic devices, selecting a subset of robotic devices from the multiple robotic devices, and transmitting a command to each robotic device in the subset of robotic devices that instructs each respective robotic device to deploy to the location of the first sensor.
US11409276B2	Method and system for controlling robots within in an interactive arena and generating a virtual overlayed A program for operating a robot, comprising providing, a user interface for controlling a robot, wherein the user interface is from the perspective of a recording device, applying, an overlay over the robot, wherein the overlay is visible through the user interface, enabling, a user to control the position and orientation of a robot, connecting a user device with a robot, converting a request from a user to alter the position and orientation of the robot, where the request is processed based on the requested position and orientation of the robot based on a target location determined by the recording device, detecting, the updated robot position and orientation through the recording device, and altering, the robot position and orientation based on a request from the user and the preserved overlay of the robot based on the new position and orientation based on the recording device perspective of the robot.
US11409271B2	Monitoring and confirming information in an image Data presented in a visual image is monitored and verified. A processing component receives data from sensors and other sources, and interprets the data to generate processed data. A render component generates a visual image based on the processed data. A projector component projects the image, which is received by a splitter component that splits the light stream of the image and routes a portion of light energy to the display screen viewed by the user and another portion of the light energy to a data verification component (DVC). DVC interprets information presented in the image to determine the data being presented to the user by the image. DVC also receives the processed data from the processing component. DVC compares the data determined from the image to the processed data to determine whether they match and takes appropriate responsive action if they do not match.
US11409269B2	Workflow of an apparatus A system including means for creating a workflow by receiving user input for combining a plurality of guidance elements, means for visually displaying the guidance elements and the workflow, means for saving the combination of the plurality of guidance elements into a file, means for obtaining the file using an application comprised in a mobile apparatus, means for executing the plurality of guidance elements combined in the file by the application.
US11409265B2	Method of setting a controller with setpoint weighting The invention relates to a method for the closed-loop control of a proportional integral-type controller (2) in an instrumentation and control device (1) of a closed-loop control system (3), in particular a servovalve-actuator system, said controller (2) including a setpoint-weighting coefficient (β), said closed-loop control method comprising the consecutive steps of assigning (11) a unit value to the set-point weighting coefficient (β), optimizing (12) a closed-loop control of the controller (2) satisfying at least one predefined performance criterion, defining a characteristic tracking error (εTC) making it possible to respond to the performance constraints of the system to be closed-loop controlled, and assigning (132) a setpoint weighting coefficient (β) value, depending on the characteristic tracking error (εTC) and the closed-loop control of the controller (2).
US11409261B2	Predicting distributions of values of layers for three-dimensional printing In some examples, a distribution of values of a property of a given layer to be printed as part of three-dimensional (3D) printing is predicted, wherein the predicting is based on a distribution of values of the property in a previous layer that has been printed as part of the 3D printing. 3D printing of an object is controlled based on the predicted distribution of values of the property of the given layer.
US11409257B2	Setting device that sets a programmable logic controller and PLC system that collects control data and a dashboard for displaying control data To facilitate work for creating a data utilization program for collecting control data held by a PLC and a dashboard for displaying the control data. A setting device receives selection of a dashboard, receives designation of collection target data, creates setting data including a set of a template of the dashboard and a template of a data utilization program, and transfers the setting data to a PLC. A second executing section of the PLC executes, based on the setting data, predetermined data processing on the collection target data to generate display target data. The display target data is linked with a graph display component included in the template of the display data of the dashboard.
US11409255B2	Output control apparatus An output control apparatus that controls opening and closing between an output terminal connected to an external apparatus and a power supply terminal to which power for the external apparatus is supplied is provided. The output control apparatus includes a first switching element and a second switching element that are connected in series between the power supply terminal and the output terminal, a data generation portion that generates output data for turning on and off the first switching element and the second switching element based on a control command received from outside, a first controller that controls drive of the first switching element, and a second controller that controls drive of the second switching element.
US11409254B2	Manufacturing system for biopharmaceutical products The present disclosure relates to a manufacturing system, method and control circuitry for quality assured manufacturing of at least two biopharmaceutical products. The manufacturing system comprises a warehouse facility, a hydration facility, and at least two biopharmaceutical manufacturing facilities, wherein the warehouse facility and hydration facility are comprised in the macro structure. Each biopharmaceutical manufacturing facility is comprised in a respective micro node, and a control facility in the macro structure is configured to control interoperability of the macro structure and the micro nodes by means of a network spine interconnecting the macro structure with each micro node.
US11409250B2	Adaptively learning surrogate model for predicting building system dynamics from system identification model Systems and methods for training a surrogate model for predicting system states for a building management system based on generated data from a system identification model are disclosed herein. The system identification model is used to generate predicted system parameters of a zone of the building based on historic data from operation of the building equipment. The surrogate model is trained based on the predicted system parameters from the system identification model. Predicted future parameters of the variable state of the building are generated using the surrogate model. The surrogate model is re-trained based on new operational data from the building equipment. An updated series of predicted future parameters is generated using the re-trained surrogate model.
US11409246B2	Time display apparatus and time correction method A time display apparatus includes a display section that displays the time, a first receiver that receives a wireless signal containing information on the time zone corresponding to a destination from a transmitter provided in a moving object, a second receiver that receives a satellite signal from a positioning satellite to perform positioning and calculates position information, and a processor that is capable of selectively executing a first process of setting time to be displayed on the display section based on the time zone information and a second process of setting the time to be displayed on the display section based on the position information and does not execute the second process for the period until the processor determines that a predetermined condition is satisfied in a case where the first receiver has received the wireless signal.
US11409243B2	Timepiece transmission coupling A transmission coupling (100), especially a timepiece transmission coupling, for the mechanical linkage of at least one first part (2A) of a first shaft at least movable in rotation about a first axis (A2) to at least one second part (3A) of a second shaft at least movable in rotation about a second axis (A3), the first and second axes being parallel or substantially parallel, the transmission coupling including the at least one first part (2A), the at least one second part (3A), and at least a first elastic return system (15, 16; 18; 16a′-16d′; 111a, 111b; 221, 222, 223, 224) arranged so as to limit or cancel out the play between the at least one first part (2A) and the at least one second part (3A), and connecting the at least one first part (2A) and the at least one second part (3A).
US11409239B2	Method for determining authenticity using images that exhibit parallax A method for determining the validity of a parallax image, including: receiving a parallax image's captured two-dimensional image having at least three target identifiers, where at least two target identifiers are located at different depth planes in the parallax image; identifying at least three target identifiers in the parallax image's captured two-dimensional image and determining spatial relationship between at least three target identifiers in the two-dimensional image of the parallax image; comparing the spatial relationship of at least three target identifiers in the parallax image's captured two-dimensional image against a predetermined spatial relationship of at least three target identifiers that indicates authenticity; and adjudicating the authenticity of the parallax image based on the degree of difference between spatial relationship of at least three target identifiers in the parallax image's captured two-dimensional image and the predetermined spatial relationship of at least three target identifiers.
US11409221B2	Cutting apparatus and image forming system An image forming system includes an image forming apparatus, a cutting apparatus, and a controller. The cutting apparatus includes a conveyance path, a first cutting unit configured to cut, at a cutting position with respect to a conveyance direction of the sheet on the conveyance path, the sheet in a width direction perpendicularly intersecting with the conveyance direction, and a second cutting unit configured to cut, at a cutting position with respect to the width direction, the sheet in the conveyance direction. The controller is configured to control the cutting apparatus such that, in a case where the sheet is cut neither with the first cutting unit nor with the second cutting unit, the sheet is conveyed through the conveyance path with the first cutting unit and the second cutting unit retreated not to contact with the sheet passing through the conveyance path.
US11409218B2	Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus according to the present disclosure includes a power supply circuit, a driving circuit, an opening/closing unit, a first switch configured to switch to a connected state and a disconnected state, at least one processor including a first mode for executing vector control for controlling the driving circuit and a second mode for controlling the driving circuit. The at least one processor is configured to determine a rotational phase using a detected current and a set control value, to control the driving circuit, to execute discriminating a type of the motor based on the detected current in the second mode, and to set the control value based on a result of the discriminating. The result based on the detected current in a state where the first switch is in the disconnected state is not used to set the control value.
US11409213B2	Image forming apparatus and heater control device An image forming apparatus includes an AC input portion to which AC power is to be supplied from a commercial power source, an image forming unit configured to form an image on a recording material, a fixing device including a first fixing heater and a second fixing heater which are configured to generate heat, the fixing device being configured to heat the image on the recording material by using the first fixing heater and the second fixing heater to fix the image to the recording material, a first relay configured to be switched between a first state in which electric connection is established and a second state in which electric connection is not established, and a second relay configured to be switched between a third state in which electric connection is established and a fourth state in which electric connection is not established.
US11409210B2	Developing cartridge having coupling and developing roller In a cartridge, a housing has a developer accommodating portion and includes a first side wall and a second side wall. A coupling member is disposed at a position opposite to the developer accommodating portion with respect to the first side wall. A detection body is disposed at a position opposite to the developer accommodating portion with respect to the second side wall. A first driving force transmission member is positioned at the same side with the coupling member with respect to the first side wall, and transmits driving force from the coupling member to a rotating member. A second driving force transmission member is positioned at the same side with the detection body with respect to the second side wall, and transmits driving force from the rotating member to the detection body.
US11409206B2	Alignment method and apparatus A method of determining a position of a feature (for example an alignment mark) on an object (for example a silicon wafer) is disclosed. The method comprises determining an offset parameter, determining the second position; and determining a first position from the second position and the offset parameter, the position of the mark being the first position. The offset parameter is a measure of a difference in: a first position that is indicative of the position of the feature; and a second position that is indicative of the position of the feature. The offset parameter may be determined using a first measurement apparatus and the second position may be determined using a second, different measurement apparatus.
US11409202B2	Digital exposure control method and apparatus Provided is a digital exposure control method, including: performing exposure of different types of functional areas of a substrate to be exposed through one or a plurality of full-page scans, wherein scan speeds for different types of functional areas of the substrate to be exposed are different.
US11409200B2	Substrate measuring device and a method of using the same Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a substrate measuring device in a lithography projection apparatus that provides multiple light sources having different wavelengths. In some embodiments, a lithography projection apparatus includes a substrate measuring system disposed proximate to a substrate stage, the substrate measuring system further including an emitter including multiple light sources configured to provide multiple beams of light, each of at least some of the multiple beams of light having a different wavelength, at least one optical fiber, wherein each of respective portions of the at least one optical fiber is configured to pass a respective one of the multiple beams of light, and a receiver positioned to collected light emitted from the emitter and reflected off of a substrate disposed on the substrate stage.
US11409189B2	Optical module, projection type image display apparatus, and method of manufacturing optical module Provided are an optical module and an image display apparatus, in which an adjustment position of a compensation plate is easily maintained even in a case where the image display apparatus is miniaturized, and a method of manufacturing the image display apparatus. An optical module including a fixing part that fixes an adjustment position of a phase difference compensation plate in a Z-axis direction perpendicular to a main surface of a liquid crystal panel; a projection type image display apparatus including a light source, a rotation body that rotationally adjusts, by an angle adjustment member, rotation of a phase difference compensation plate disposed between a liquid crystal panel and a polarized beam splitter of the liquid crystal panel, and a holder part that fixes the angle adjustment member of the rotation body to a fixing part in a Z-axis direction; and a method of manufacturing an optical module, the method including fixing an adjustment position of a phase difference compensation plate in a Z-axis direction perpendicular to a main surface of a liquid crystal panel.
US11409175B1	Cholesteric liquid crystal device A cholesteric liquid crystal device has an optical response opposite to that of the Prior Art. The liquid crystal device takes advantage of a unique and unusual effect in cholesteric liquid crystals where pressure applied to the device with a pointed stylus, without applying a voltage, creates a transmissive texture as opposed to the planar texture of the Prior Art.
US11409174B2	Display panel and display device A display panel and a display device are provided. The display panel includes: a display region and a non-display region surrounding the display region; multiple gate lines; and multiple data lines. The gate lines include regular gate lines and irregular gate lines. In the display region, the regular gate lines and the irregular gate lines are extended in a first direction, and a length of a part of the regular gate line in the display region is greater than a length of a part of the irregular gate line in the display region. The data lines include regular data lines and irregular data lines, and an extension direction of the regular data lines and the irregular data lines intersects with the first direction.
US11409170B2	Array substrate and display panel An array substrate and a display panel are provided. The array substrate includes a substrate, a first metal layer, an active material layer, a second metal layer, a pixel electrode layer, and a common electrode layer. The first metal layer includes a gate electrode layer, scan lines, and a shielding metal layer. The shielding metal layer includes a plurality of shielding metal wirings. At least one corner on a portion of each of the shielding metal wirings overlapping pixel opening areas is designed as an outer corner, and a protrusion is arranged at the outer corner, thereby relieving light leakage at metal intersections.
US11409165B2	Liquid crystal display device and manufacturing method thereof A liquid crystal display device includes: a TFT substrate formed with an alignment film on a pixel; a counter substrate disposed opposite to the TFT substrate and formed with an alignment film on a top surface on the TFT substrate side; and a liquid crystal sandwiched between the TFT substrate and the counter substrate. In the liquid crystal display device, the alignment film is configured of a first alignment film layer contacting the liquid crystal layer and having at least one kind of polyimide and a second alignment film layer formed below the first alignment film layer and having at least one kind of polyimide, the first alignment film layer is a material that is enabled to provide liquid crystal alignment regulating force by applying polarized light, and the first alignment film layer and the second alignment film layer contain a common polyimide structure.
US11409163B2	Common delay for LCD backlighting using LEDs An LED panel has an interleaved topology in which two adjacent LED rows in the LED panel are driven by different drivers. A delay time can be implemented between starting times two adjacent LED rows. Such an LCD panel can be employed to backlight an LCD panel in an LCD display. Implementing a delay time in driving the LED panel can reduce visual artifacts in the LCD display.
US11409162B2	Electronic device An electronic device is provided, including a frame, a backlight module, a working panel, and a tape. The frame includes a side wall and a back plate. The side wall includes an outer surface. The extension direction of the back plate is different from the extension direction of the side wall. The backlight module is disposed on the back plate. The working panel and the back plate are disposed on the opposite sides of the backlight module. The tape is in contact with at least a portion of the outer surface and the working panel.
US11409156B2	Optical device with liquid crystal alignment An optical device, comprising: —a first electrode layer; —a second electrode layer provided at a distance from the first electrode layer; —the first and second electrode layer being light transmitting; wherein the optical device further comprises, in between the first and the second electrode layers: o a diffractive optical element adjacent to the first electrode layer and comprising at least one sloped surface; and o a liquid crystalline material filling a space between the sloped surface and the second electrode layer; the liquid crystalline material having a pretilt that compensates for a slope angle of the at least one sloped surface.
US11409151B2	Liquid crystal display Provided a liquid crystal display (LCD) including a backlight unit, a lower polarizing plate provided on the backlight unit, a lower glass substrate provided on the lower polarizing plate, a plurality of thin-film transistors provided on the lower glass substrate, a liquid crystal layer provided on the plurality of thin-film transistors, the liquid crystal layer including a plurality of liquid crystal cells spaced apart from each other in a lattice structure and respectively corresponding to the plurality of thin-film transistors, a color filter provided on the liquid crystal layer, an upper glass substrate provided on the color filter, an upper polarizing plate provided on the upper glass substrate, and a heat release structure configured to externally release thermal energy of the LCD.
US11409149B2	Electronic device An electronic device includes a first base substrate, a flexible member, and a bending auxiliary structure. The first base substrate includes a first side. The flexible member includes a first end, a second end opposite to the first end, and a main body portion located between the first end and the second end. The first end is connected to the first base substrate at the first side. The bending auxiliary structure is provided at the first side and including at least one curved surface. The main body portion of the flexible member is bent around the at least one curved surface of the bending auxiliary structure, so that the first end and the main body portion or the first end and the second end are at least partially overlapped in a direction perpendicular to the first base substrate.
US11409146B2	Digital instrument cluster comprising dual display plastic lens The present disclosure relates to a dual-display digital cluster for use with a vehicle, which includes a plastic lens having a plurality of curvatures, super retardation films (SRFs) adhered to a plurality of positions on a rear surface of the plastic lens by using an optically clear adhesive (OCA), a plurality of liquid crystal displays (LCDs) each adhered to rear surfaces of the super retardation films by using an optically clear resin (OCR), a carrier bezel configured to be assembled to a rear side of the plastic lens, to support the plurality of LCDs closely, and to prevent the plastic lens from being deformed, a rear cover assembled to a rear side of the carrier bezel, and at least one printed circuit board (PCB) disposed between the carrier bezel and the rear cover.
US11409142B2	Actively reconfigurable, hyperbolic metasurfaces Metallic and dielectric domains in phase change materials (PCM) provide spatially localized changes in the local dielectric environment, enabling launching, reflection, and transmission of hyperbolic polaritons (HPs) at the PCM domain boundaries, and tuning the wavelength of HPs propagating in hyperbolic materials over these domains, providing a methodology for realizing planar, sub-diffractive refractive optics. This approach offers reconfigurable control of in-plane HP propagation to provide design optical functionality because the phase change material can be manipulated by changing the local structure, for example, to manipulate polaritons in the adjacent hyperbolic material, thus tuning the wave propagation properties of the polaritons in the hyperbolic material.
US11409137B2	Method and system for determining fitting parameters of an optical equipment with manual identification Disclosed is a method for determining at least one fitting parameter of an optical equipment configured to equip a user, the method including: providing an imaging device; taking a plurality of images of the user equipped with the optical equipment when the user takes successively at least two distinct positions; among the at least two distinct positions, identifying at least one period when the user is in a favorable position to determine the at least one fitting parameter, wherein the at least one period is manually identified by an operator; recording the at least one identified period and at least one image taken during the at least one identified period; determining the fitting parameter on the basis of the at least one recorded image.
US11409132B2	Ophthalmic lens, method for designing the same, method for manufacturing the same, and ophthalmic lens set An ophthalmic lens, including: an optical portion having: a near portion with a near dioptric power for viewing near distance; and a distance portion with a distance dioptric for viewing a distance further than the near distance; with the near portion or the distance portion being centrally disposed, wherein a portion that is not centrally disposed is annularly disposed at an outer edge of the near portion or the distance portion, the near portion or the distance portion centrally disposed in the optical portion having a portion A in which power is intensified and then weakened when viewed in X direction from a center to a periphery, and having a portion A′ in which power is intensified and then weakened when viewed in X′ direction from the center to the periphery, which is an opposite direction to the X direction, and also included is a related technique thereof.
US11409127B1	Folding frame for eyeglasses A folding frame for eyeglasses, the frame being structured to fold into a W-shape and thereby, dispose a frame front left half in parallel with a frame front right half, both left and right halves being disposed between respective left and right temple pieces. A first catch holds the left and right halves in parallel at a stored configuration, and a second catch holds the temple pieces in parallel at the stored configuration. An enlarged grip area is sometimes provided in at least one temple piece to facilitate one-handed orienting of the fully-deployed frame in registration on a user's head. Certain embodiments are configured to permit a user to cause a one-handed release and subsequent automatic frame deployment from a stored configuration to a first configuration wherein the frame front left and right halves are disposed in a common plane, and the temple pieces are disposed normal to that plane.
US11409126B2	Light adjustment apparatus, 3D display apparatus, and control method thereof The present disclosure is related to a display panel. The display panel may include a plurality of pixel units. Each of the plurality of pixel units may include a first pixel unit or a second pixel unit. The first pixel unit may include a first light adjusting structure configured to adjust an angle of light that transmits through the first light adjusting structure. The second pixel unit may include a second light adjusting structure configured to adjust an angle of light that transmits through the second light adjusting structure. A plurality of first pixel units may be configured to display a left-eye image. A plurality of second pixel units may be configured to display a right-eye image.
US11409120B2	Dynamic full three dimensional display There is provided an optical display system, including a light source, a control unit, and an array of at least two pixels, each of the pixels being a juxtaposed double grating element, comprising a first grating and a second grating spaced apart at a constant distance from each other, each of the two gratings having at least two edges, at least one sequence of a plurality of lines and apertures, the spacing between the lines gradually changing over the aperture of the gratings, the first grating diffracting a light wave from the light source towards the second grating, the light wave further diffracted by the second grating as an output light wave in a given direction, wherein for each of the pixels the direction of the output light wave from the second grating is separately, dynamically and externally controlled by the control unit.
US11409118B2	Device and method for generating a 3D light field The present disclosure provides a device for generating a 3D light field. The device comprises a first lens having a fixed focal length, and an imaging element arranged to send light into the first lens. The imaging element is configured to send the light from different positions within a defined distance on the optical axis of the first lens, in order to produce different depth layers of the 3D light field within a frame duration.
US11409113B2	Wearable accessory with phased array antenna system An accessory for an electronic device includes: an AR headset; at least one phased array antenna on the AR headset, the at least one phased array antenna comprising an array of antenna elements that are configured to form a beam in a determined direction, the at least one phased array antenna being configured to communicate wirelessly with an external device; a local communication system in the AR headset, the local communication system configured to communicate locally with the electronic device; and a battery in the AR headset, the battery operatively connected to each of the at least one phased array antenna and the local communication system.
US11409111B2	Photo-sensing reflectors for compact display module assembly Techniques are provided to re-arrange the placement of a photodiode within an illumination system to achieve improved characteristics and reduced form factor. An illumination system includes a laser assembly, a MEMS mirror system, a beam combiner, and a photodiode. The laser assembly includes RGB lasers, and the MEMS mirror system redirects laser light produced by the RGB lasers to illuminate pixels in an image frame. The beam combiner combines the laser light. The photodiode is provided to determine a power output of the laser assembly by receiving and measuring some of the laser light. The photodiode may be beneficially positioned before or after collimating optics and/or the beam combiner.
US11409106B2	Display module and head-mounted display device including the same A display module and an HMD device including the same are discussed in which a black matrix is not recognized as a lattice type by a user without an increase in resolution of the display module. The display module according to an embodiment includes a first substrate on which a plurality of pixels are provided, a second substrate including one surface on which an engraved pattern is provided, and a lens layer filled into the engraved pattern of the second substrate. The lens layer comprises a plurality of lenses respectively corresponding to the plurality of pixels.
US11409104B2	Method and system for operating at least two display devices carried by respective vehicle occupants on the head Data characterizing a relative arrangement of vehicle occupants with respect to one another are continuously transmitted to display devices worn on the heads of the vehicle occupants. Virtual environments are displayed as a function of these data.
US11409091B2	Method of operating a surgical microscope and surgical microscope A method of operating a surgical microscope includes detecting a direction of gaze of a user and detecting an amount of a movement of a head of the user. The movement of the head of the user is of a translatory movement type and a rotatory movement type. Amounts of movements or rotations of the camera or changes in the magnification are performed based on the detected amount of a movement of the head of the user.
US11409087B1	Zoom lens The present disclosure relates to optical lens, and provides a zoom lens including, from an object side to an image side in sequence: a first lens having a negative refractive power, a second lens having a positive refractive power, a third lens having a negative refractive power, a fourth lens having a positive refractive power, a fifth lens group having a negative refractive power; distances between adjacent two of the first lens, the second lens, the third lens, the fourth lens and the fifth lens group are variable in the direction of the optical axis; the fifth lens group including a fifth lens having a positive refractive power and a sixth lens having a negative refractive power; wherein the zoom lens satisfies conditions of: f_Tele/f_Wide>1.8; 4.78≤LB_Tele/LB_Wide≤6.20; 76.00≤ν1≤82.00; 58.00≤ν2≤78.00; and 76.00≤ν6≤82.00.
US11409080B2	Optical imaging lens including five lenses of −+−+− or −+−++ refractive powers An optical imaging lens may include a first, an aperture stop, a second, a third, a fourth, and a fifth lens elements positioned in an order from an object side to an image side along an optical axis. Through designing concave and/or convex surface of the lens elements, the optical imaging lens may have improved imaging quality, enlarged half field of view and reduced surface area in front of the optical imaging lens while the optical imaging lens may satisfy AAG/T5≤1.400 and HFOV≥50.000°, wherein a sum of the four air gaps from the first lens element to the fifth lens element along the optical axis is represented by AAG, a thickness of the fifth lens element along the optical axis is represented by T5, and a half field of view of the optical imaging lens is represented by HFOV.
US11409079B2	Optical imaging lens An optical imaging lens includes a first lens element, a second lens, an aperture stop, a third lens element and a fourth lens element from an object side to an image side in order along an optical axis, and each lens element has an object-side surface and an image-side surface. An optical axis of the image-side surface of the first lens element is convex and an optical axis of the image-side surface of the fourth lens element is concave. HFOV stands for the half field of view of the entire optical imaging lens and TTL is a distance from the object-side surface of the first lens element to an image plane along the optical axis to satisfy HFOV/TTL≤1.500°/mm.
US11409067B2	Frame assemblies for optical fiber distribution elements A cable management structure includes a base portion for removable mounting on a telecommunications fixture, the base portion defining an upper guide portion and a lower guide portion separated by a cable channel, wherein a transverse slit defined between the upper and lower guide portions communicates with the cable channel for insertion of cables into the channel and a flexible portion that is elastically flexible and is biased to cover at least a portion of the slit for retaining cables within the channel.
US11409065B2	Fiber optic cable A fiber optic cable includes an optical fiber, a strength layer surrounding the optical fiber, and an outer jacket surrounding the strength layer. The strength layer includes a matrix material in which is integrated a plurality of reinforcing fibers. A fiber optic cable includes an optical fiber, a strength layer, a first electrical conductor affixed to an outer surface of the strength layer, a second electrical conductor affixed to the outer surface of the strength layer, and an outer jacket. The strength layer includes a polymeric material in which is embedded a plurality of reinforcing fibers. A method of manufacturing a fiber optic cable includes mixing a base material in an extruder. A strength layer is formed about an optical fiber. The strength layer includes a polymeric film with embedded reinforcing fibers disposed in the film. The base material is extruded through an extrusion die to form an outer jacket.
US11409061B2	Optical module An optical module includes a base having a first surface, a board having a second surface and a third surface, an optical circuit element having a fourth surface, a fifth surface and two ports, and an array lens. The first surface is joined to the second surface by a first solder. The third surface has a first metallic pattern and a second metallic pattern that are joined to the fourth surface by a second solder. The array lens is fixed onto the first surface of the base so as to be optically coupled to the two ports provided at one end of the optical circuit element in the first direction. The first metallic pattern is formed closer than the second metallic pattern to the one end of the optical circuit element in the first direction and is formed between the two ports in the second direction.
US11409060B2	Optical module The optical module according to the present invention includes a photoelectric converter and an optical receptacle. The optical receptacle includes a first optical surface, a second optical surface, a transmission and reflection part, a recess, and a third optical surface. The transmission and reflection part is secured to the inner surface of the recess at a position that does not coincide with the optical path of signal light. The transmission and reflection part transmits the signal light incident on the first optical surface toward the second optical surface. The transmission and reflection part reflects the received light incident on the second optical surface toward the third optical surface. When viewed along a direction normal to a substrate, the optical path in the recess is inclined relative to the optical path between the second optical surface and the recess.
US11409058B1	Optical component alignment system and method using plural fiducials Systems and methods are provided to align a first optical component carried by a first semiconductor chip with a second optical component carried by a second semiconductor chip. Each of the first semiconductor chip and the second semiconductor chip may include at least one primary semiconductor chip fiducial which assists in the alignment of the first optical component carried by a first semiconductor chip with a second optical component carried by a second semiconductor chip.
US11409050B2	Plug-in connection A plug-in connection for the transmission of electric current having a male connector and a female connector, wherein the male connector includes a plug-in extension having electrical contacts, and the female connector includes a plug-in extension receptacle having electrical mating contacts, and at least one projection is arranged on one jacket wall, and the other of these jacket walls incorporates at least one receptacle slot which matches the projection. The plug-in extension, with the projection and the receptacle slot in an undamaged state, can only be inserted into the plug-in extension receptacle from an unambiguously defined plug-in position. The male connector, in the plug-in extension interior, additionally incorporates at least one moulding, and the female connector, in the plug-in extension receptacle interior, additionally incorporates at least one mating moulding, and the moulding and the mating moulding, in combination, constitute a stop mechanism for the prevention of any electrical contacting of the electrical contacts with the electrical mating contacts.
US11409049B2	MEMS element and optical apparatus using the same A MEMS element includes a substrate, a fixing portion provided at the substrate, first and second actuators provided at the fixing portion, a drive target member coupled to the first and second actuators, a third actuator provided at the fixing portion, and a restriction member coupled to the third actuator. The first and second actuators drive the drive target member in a direction parallel to or crossing an upper surface of the substrate. The third actuator drives the restriction member in a direction crossing a movement direction of the drive target member to position the restriction member within a movement plane of the drive target member such that the restriction member restricts displacement of the drive target member.
US11409026B2	Mirror cabinet capable of preventing mirror capacitive touch button from touch missoperation The invention relates to a mirror cabinet capable of preventing mirror capacitive touch button from touch misoperation, the mirror cabinet comprises a mirror surface, which comprises a glass layer, a metal plating layer provided on the back of the glass layer, and an uncoated metal layer area is provided on the back of the glass layer, and a capacitive touch panel including a plurality of touch buttons is provided in the uncoated metal layer area; a back of the mirror is also provided with a controller electrically connected to the capacitive touch panel and a high-frequency switching power supply electrically connected to the controller. The mirror cabinet can prevent touch misoperation of the mirror surface capacitive touch button so as to enable a touch system to have good stability.
US11409025B2	Functional sheet Provided is a functional polyamide sheet in which air bubbles are not generated or are reduced in a polarizing and/or photochromic functional sheet when the polarizing and/or photochromic functional sheet are/is manufactured using a sheet or film formed by a polyamide resin as a protective layer, and a functional polyamide lens using the functional polyamide sheet. Provided are a polyamide functional sheet obtained by disposing a protective layer formed by a transparent plastic sheet or film on at least one surface of a functional layer, which is a polyvinyl alcohol-based polarizing film layer, a photochromic layer, or a combination of these layers, with an adhesive layer being interposed therebetween, in which the protective layer is a sheet or film formed by a polyamide resin, and an oxygen transmission rate at 23° C. and 85% RH is 50 cm3/m2·24 hr·bar or more, and a functional polyamide lens using the polyamide functional sheet.
US11409022B2	System and method for optical measurements in a rotary machine A system is provided with a measurement system having a light source, a light sensor, and a controller coupled to the light source and the light sensor. The controller is configured to determine a clearance between a rotor and a casing at least partially based on an interruption of light transmitted from the light source to the light sensor.
US11409018B2	System and method for monitoring a ballooning potential of a wellbore A method for operating a wellbore system for producing hydrocarbons from a wellbore in an underground formation in which a working fluid is circulated through the wellbore during operation. The method includes detecting a loss of the working fluid, allocating the loss to one or more layers of the underground formation, determining a ballooning potential of the wellbore based on the allocated loss and a lithology of the one or more layers of the underground formation, detecting an increase in a return flow of the working fluid from the wellbore, and comparing the increase in the return flow to the ballooning potential of the wellbore to determine whether the increase in the return flow is due to an influx of formation fluid into the wellbore. Remedial action may be taken in response to a determination that the increase in the return flow is due to an influx of formation fluid.
US11409014B2	Non-uniform optimal survey design principles Method for acquiring seismic data is described. The method includes determining a non-uniform optimal sampling design that includes a compressive sensing sampling grid. Placing a plurality of source lines or receiver lines at a non-uniform optimal line interval. Placing a plurality of receivers or nodes at a non-uniform optimal receiver interval. Towing a plurality of streamers attached to a vessel, wherein the plurality of streamers is spaced apart at non-uniform optimal intervals based on the compressive sensing sampling grid. Firing a plurality of shots from one or more seismic sources at non-uniform optimal shot intervals. Acquiring seismic data via the plurality of receivers or nodes.
US11409013B2	System and method for property estimation from seismic data A method is described for property estimation including receiving a seismic dataset representative of a subsurface volume of interest and a well log from a well location within the subsurface volume of interest; identifying seismic traces in the seismic dataset that correspond to the well location to obtain a subset of seismic traces; windowing the subset of seismic traces and the well log to generate windowed seismic traces and a windowed well log; multiplying the windowed seismic traces and the windowed well log by a random matrix to generate a plurality of training datasets; and training a neural network using the plurality of training datasets. The method may be executed by a computer system.
US11409012B2	Frequency based method for reducing the effect of multiples in seismic data Disclosed are methods, systems, and computer-readable medium to perform operations including: decomposing the seismic data into a plurality of sub-volumes, each sub-volume associated with a respective one of the plurality of frequency components; identifying a portion of the seismic data that includes one or more multiples, the multiples being seismic data associated with multiply reflected seismic energy; identifying, based on the plurality of sub-volumes, the one or more multiples within the portion of the seismic data; and determining, from the plurality of frequency components, a single frequency that gives rise to a predetermined continuity along a primary reflector affected by the one or more multiples.
US11409007B2	Communication apparatus, communication system, communication control method, and non-transitory computer readable medium storing communication control program A communication apparatus calculates information about a position of the communication apparatus based on a GPS radio wave and registers the calculated information about the position as an installation position of the communication apparatus when a measured strength of the GPS radio wave is equal to or stronger than a predetermined strength, when the measured strength of the GPS radio wave is equal to or stronger than the predetermined strength, periodically calculates the information about the position of the communication apparatus based on the GPS radio wave or the like, uses the calculated information of the position as a current position of the communication apparatus, compares the current position of the communication apparatus with the registered installation position of the communication apparatus.
US11409006B2	Azimuth estimation device An azimuth estimation device includes a satellite data acquisition unit that acquires Doppler shift frequencies of navigation signals, a sensor data acquisition unit that acquires a yaw rate from a yaw rate sensor, a Doppler azimuth estimation unit that estimates an azimuth of a moving object, a state variable determination unit that determines a state variable indicating reliability of an azimuth angle, a threshold selection unit that selects, from plural evaluation parameter threshold groups for determining whether to adopt the azimuth as a reference azimuth, one of the evaluation parameter threshold groups, an evaluation parameter calculation unit that calculates plural evaluation parameters for evaluating reliability of an azimuth, and an adopting determination unit that compares the plural evaluation parameters with the evaluation parameter threshold group, and based on determination that an adopting condition is satisfied, determines adoption of the azimuth as the reference azimuth.
US11409005B2	GNSS receiver adapted to produce, use, and communicate software-generated satellite signal data A Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) receiver that includes a satellite signal generator generating signal data for a signal that is not being tracked by the receiver. The receiver includes a satellite signal generator running an algorithm to process first and second received signals to produce a software-synthesized satellite signal, and the generated signal data is used to correct bias or is communicated to a spaced-apart GNSS receiver or used for onboard positioning calculations. The satellite constellation may be the Galileo constellation, with the first and second signals being E5A and E5B signals tracked by the receiver and the generated third signal being an E5AltBOC signal. With a half-a-cycle bias resolution technique, the satellite signal generator generates synthetic E5AltBOC data of high quality. For a receiver, which physically tracks E5AltBOC, synthetic E5AltBOC may be used to monitor polarity of a physically tracked E5AltBOC and correct it if error is detected.
US11408987B2	Ultrasonic imaging with multi-scale processing for grating lobe suppression Aspects of the invention include ultrasound systems that suppress grating lobe artifacts arising due to high frequency operation of an array transducer probe which is operated at a frequency higher than its pitch limitation.
US11408986B1	Reverse acoustic calibration method A method for calibrating an acoustic calibration tank providing the tanks with reference hydrophones positioned along the tank. The tank is filled with a fluid at a known temperature and pressure. A calibrated reverse hydrophone is positioned in the tank, opposite one of the reference hydrophones. A known acoustic wave is created in the tank using the calibrated reverse hydrophone and the opposite reference hydrophone output is measured. Free field voltage sensitivity is computed for the reference hydrophone. This gives the calibration factor for the reference hydrophone. The calibrated reverse hydrophone can be repositioned. An iterative process can be utilized for the other reference hydrophones, and other known pressures and temperatures.
US11408970B2	Position detection system This position detection system comprises a mobile station that transmits a beacon signal, a plurality of fixed stations that receive the beacon signal, and a position analysis device that acquires position information for the mobile station by estimating the position of the mobile station from the reception intensities of the beacon signal at each fixed station. The mobile station includes a movement detection unit (acceleration sensor, geomagnetic sensor, etc.) that determines when movement has stopped. While the movement of the mobile station has stopped, the position analysis device stops estimating the position of the mobile station and keeps the position information at a fixed position.
US11408960B2	Two-dimensional direction-of-arrival estimation method for coprime planar array based on structured coarray tensor processing A two-dimensional direction-of-arrival estimation method for a coprime planar array based on structured coarray tensor processing, the method includes: deploying a coprime planar array; modeling a tensor of the received signals; deriving the second-order equivalent signals of an augmented virtual array based on cross-correlation tensor transformation; deploying a three-dimensional coarray tensor of the virtual array; deploying a five-dimensional coarray tensor based on a coarray tensor dimension extension strategy; forming a structured coarray tensor including three-dimensional spatial information; and achieving two-dimensional direction-of-arrival estimation through CANDECOMP/PARACFAC decomposition. The present disclosure constructs a processing framework of a structured coarray tensor based on statistical analysis of coprime planar array tensor signals, to achieve multi-source two-dimensional direction-of-arrival estimation in the underdetermined case on the basis of ensuring the performance such as resolution and estimation accuracy, and can be used for multi-target positioning.
US11408959B2	Positioning through multipath reflection A positioning system and method includes a transmitter, a receiver, and a controller. The transmitter includes at least one energy source configured to emit an optical or quasi-optical electromagnetic signal as a channel communication. The receiver includes at least one detector element configured to receive the channel communication. The controller is connected to the receiver and configured to estimate a position of the transmitter within a space using a reference map of the space and one or more diffuse components of an impulse response of the channel communication.
US11408952B2	Systems and methods for pulse sequence configuration in magnetic resonance imaging The present disclosure directs to a system and method for configuring a pulse sequence in MRI. The method may include obtaining a preliminary gradient pulse configuration, wherein the preliminary gradient pulse configuration relates to a portion of a pulse sequence to be implemented by one or more coils of an MR scanner, the pulse sequence including a plurality of gradient pulses. The method may also include determining a global peripheral nerve stimulation (PNS) value of the preliminary gradient pulse configuration according to a PNS model. The method may further include determining a target gradient pulse configuration based at least in part on the preliminary gradient pulse configuration, the global PNS value, and a PNS threshold.
US11408941B2	Information processing apparatus, computer-readable storage medium, and information processing method Provided are an abnormality detection unit that detects abnormality or stop of at least one of a plurality of storage battery housing devices, a storage device extraction unit that extracts, when the abnormality detection unit detects the abnormality or the stop, one or more storage battery housing devices related to the storage battery housing device in which the abnormality or the stop is detected from among the plurality of storage battery housing devices, and an adjustment unit that determines adjustment of utilization rate of at least one of the one or more storage battery housing devices extracted by the storage device extraction unit.
US11408939B2	Breaker measurement structure for power distribution unit A power distribution unit includes a circuit protection device having output terminals and a current transformer board connected to the output terminals of the circuit protection device. The power distribution unit further includes a signal board connected to the current transformer board and a measurement board connected to the signal board.
US11408935B2	JTAG registers with concurrent inputs The present disclosure relates to an apparatus comprising: a host device or a System-on-Chip: a memory component having an independent structure and including at least an array of memory cells organized in sub-arrays with associated decoding and sensing circuitry; a JTAG interface in said at least an array of memory cells including a boundary-scan architecture; an instruction register in said boundary-scan architecture of the JTAG interface including at least a couple of Bits indicative of the presence of a Test Data Input (TDI) signal. The apparatus has an extended TDI functionality using the data IO to improve the overall performances. A method for improving the communication between a Host or SoC device and an associated independent memory component is also disclosed.
US11408930B2	Semiconductor device and operation method of the semiconductor device A semiconductor device includes a voltage comparison circuit and a calibration control circuit. The voltage comparison circuit compares test reference voltages and generates a comparison result signal. The calibration control circuit controls an offset value of the voltage comparison circuit.
US11408914B2	MEMS probe and test device using the same A microelectromechanical system (MEMS) probe for electric connection between a tested contact point of an object to be tested and a testing contact point of a test circuit. The MEMS probe includes: a first terminal contact portion; a second terminal contact portion movable close to and away from the first terminal contact portion; and an elastic connecting portion connecting the first terminal contact portion and the second terminal contact portion, elastically deformed by an approach of the second terminal contact portion and comprising a plurality of plating layers stacked in the elastic deformation direction. According to the present disclosure, the MEMS probe includes a plurality of plating layers stacked in the elastic deformation direction, thereby decreasing fatigue failure and improving durability.
US11408909B2	Step counting device and method The present disclosure discloses a step counting device that includes a motion detection circuit, a storage circuit and a processing circuit. The motion detection circuit detects a body movement to generate a detection signal. The processing circuit executes computer executable commands to execute the steps outlined below. The detection signal is received from the motion detection circuit. Key data points from the detection signal and representing a simplified waveform are approximated and stored in the storage circuit, each corresponding to a turning data point within a predetermined time period of the detection signal. Periodic waveform sections in the simplified waveform are identified, wherein an error value of waveform parameters between each two of the periodic waveform sections is smaller than a predetermined value. A step group count including a left step and a right step corresponding to each of the periodic waveform sections is accumulated.
US11408897B2	Mass defect-based multiplex dimethyl pyrimidinyl ornithine (DiPyrO) tags for high-throughput quantitative proteomics and peptidomics The use of mass defect signatures to impart milliDalton mass differences between isotopically labeled peptides at the MS1-level allows multiplex quantification without the increased mass spectral complexity that occurs with mass difference approaches. Provided herein is a mass defect-based chemical tag, dimethyl pyrimidinyl ornithine (DiPyrO), that is compact and easy to synthesize at high purity in few steps using commercially available starting materials. The multiplex DiPyrO tags are amine-reactive and can impart a mass difference onto labeled peptides and through calculated substitution of heavy isotopes. DiPyrO offers up to 10-plex quantification on current Orbitrap or FT-ICR platforms without increasing mass spectral complexity. The synthesis of the DiPyrO tag is provided along with viability of the DiPyrO tag for labeling complex proteomics samples using yeast extract digests and its effect on labeled peptides during LC-MS2 analysis. Labeling and quantification of glycans and metabolites using the DiPyrO tag is also demonstrated.
US11408895B1	Allergen characterization, potent allergen product formulation, comprehensive allergen reagent, and allergy assay A method for detecting and quantifying allergen components of a substance is described herein. A method can include obtaining an Ig sample derived from two or more individuals, and one or more capillaries comprising allergenic biologics adhered thereto. The Ig sample can be applied to the one or more capillaries and allergen component and molecules that has bound with the Ig sample, can be detected in the one or more capillaries. A molecular weight and/or frequency of appearance, an isoelectric charge and/or frequency of appearance, a molecular functional group and/or frequency of appearance or a combination thereof, of the allergen component can be recorded. Furthermore, methods for determining the minimum and maximum concentrations of the detected allergen components for pre-determined platforms, formulating an allergen product using the determined concentration ranges and applying the allergen product to result an effective assay are described.
US11408890B2	Iterative expansion microscopy The present invention leverages the techniques for expansion microscopy (ExM) to provide improved high-throughput super-resolution whole-organ imaging methodology to image protein architectures over whole organs with nanoscale resolution by using high-throughput microscopes in combination with samples that have been iteratively expanded more than once, in a method referred to herein as “iterative expansion microscopy” (iExM). In the ExM method, biological samples of interest are permeated with a swellable material that results in the sample becoming embedded in the swellable material, and then the sample can be expanded isotropically in three dimensions The process of iteratively expanding the samples can be applied to samples that have been already expanded using ExM techniques one or more additional times to iteratively expand them such that, for example, a 5-fold expanded specimen can be expanded again 3- to 4-fold, resulting in as much as a 17- to 19-fold or more linear expansion.
US11408888B2	Early detection of hepatocellular carcinoma Provided are methods, assays, and kits for detecting hepatocellular carcinoma, as well as methods for stratifying subjects among higher and lower risk categories for having hepatocellular carcinoma, and methods of treating and managing treatment of subjects that are suspected or at risk of having hepatocellular carcinoma. Although previous work has attempted to address the need for a highly sensitive, early predictor of hepatocellular carcinoma by assessment of one or more biological factors, none have approached the degree of sensitivity that is required for clinically relevant determination of whether a subject, especially a non-symptomatic subject, has that condition. The present inventors have discovered that certain combinations of factors fulfill this need by conferring a high level of accuracy that was not previously attainable.
US11408884B2	Polymer dot compositions and related methods Lyophilized chromophoric polymer dot compositions are provided. Also disclosed are methods of making and using the lyophilized compositions, methods of dispersing the lyophilized compositions in aqueous solutions and kits supplying the compositions.
US11408879B2	System and method for centralized water monitoring in a fish farm Provided is a system for centralized water monitoring of a fish farm. the system including a plurality of fish tanks divided into a first and a second subgroup; and a first sample conduit only connected to the first of the subgroups through a first set of pipe connections, and a second sample conduit connected only to the second of the subgroups through a second set of pipe connections; each one of the pipe connections being connected to only one fish tank; the pipe connections being configured for water sampling from a selected fish tank of the first subgroup into the first sample conduit and from a selected fish tank from the second subgroup into the second sample conduit. Water samples are received by a first and second sensor system from the first and second sample conduits for simultaneous measurements of the samples by the sensor system.
US11408878B2	Dynamic product lifecycle predictions based on real-time product quality analysis A method, computer system, and a computer program product for lifecycle prediction is provided. The present invention may include identifying a unit of a product that has been selected from a store bin. The present invention may include retrieving data from at least one connected Internet of Things (IoT) device and a connected infrared scanner. The present invention may include predicting a lifecycle of the identified unit. The present invention may include displaying the lifecycle on the at least one connected IoT device or the infrared scanner. The present invention may include determining whether the unit is added to a cart. The present invention may lastly include pushing the collected data to a point of sale for generating data at checkout.
US11408874B2	Sensing system and method A system for analysis of at least one analyte gas present in an insulating fluid of an electrical transformer includes a gas sensor in operational contact with at least one analyte gas from an insulating fluid to provide multiple responses from the sensor. One or more processors are configured to receive the multiple responses during exposure of the sensor to the analyte gas from the insulating fluid representative of a concentration of the analyte gas present in the insulating fluid. The processors are configured to select one or more responses of the multiple responses that provide rejection of interfering gases, resolution between gases, improved low detection range of the analyte gas, improved high detection range of the analyte gas, improved response linearity of the analyte gas, improved dynamic range of measurements of the analyte gas, or one or more combinations thereof compared to non-selected responses from the sensor.
US11408871B2	Internet-of-things smell sensor devices and services Various techniques are described herein for using smell sensor-based Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices to detect and identify individual users based a unique scent or smell print. Interconnected networks of such devices may be used in collaboration, along with other devices such as IoT devices and home monitoring system devices, to track user movements and activities. Such smell sensor device also may be used to detect weapons, explosives, narcotics, and other prohibited items that may be concealed and/or not detectable using security cameras. The data received from the smell sensors and smell-based IoT devices may be used, alone or in combination with other security sensors and systems, to perform safety and security screening within homes, airports or other secure areas, or within any public indoor or outdoor location.
US11408868B2	Measuring system and measuring method of hydrogen peroxide concentration Provided are a method and system for measuring hydrogen peroxide concentration in sample water collected from a prescribed position in a water treatment process and includes: collecting the sample water; measuring a concentration of a dissolved oxygen in the sample water or a treated water obtained by treating the sample water with the hydrogen peroxide decomposing device by first and second dissolved oxygen concentration measuring analyzers to obtain a corrected value that is a difference between the two dissolved oxygen concentration values; measuring the concentration of the dissolved oxygen in the sample and treated water by the first and second dissolved oxygen concentration measuring analyzers, respectively, and obtaining a measured value that is a difference between the dissolved oxygen concentration values; and calculating a corrected concentration of hydrogen peroxide from the measured value obtained during the measured value obtaining and the corrected value obtained during the corrected value obtaining.
US11408866B2	Mass spectrometric data analyzer and mass spectrometric data analyzing program When a user inputs samples per group, a sample tree and a peak matrix are generated. Peak lists per group are shown in the sample tree, and m/z values and signal strength values from the peak lists are coordinates in the peak matrix. A multivariate analysis is applied to the generated peak matrix. The sample tree, peak matrix, score plot, and loading plot are displayed. When the user clicks a plotted point on the loading plot, a row indicating a corresponding peak on the peak matrix is discriminated. When the user deletes a checkmark corresponding to the discriminated row, the multivariate analysis is applied to the peak matrix from which the peak has been excluded. The score plot and other data are updated. When separation between groups is known from the score plot as failure, the excluded peak may be visually determined as a marker contributing to the group separation.
US11408853B2	DM-SWATH acquisition to improve MSMS confidence In DM-SWATH a plurality of CoVs and a precursor ion mass range are received. A processor performs an iterative series of steps for each CoV of the plurality of CoVs. For each CoV of the plurality of CoVs, the CoV is applied to the DMS device to select a group of precursor ions. A mass filter is instructed to select precursor ions of the group that are within the precursor ion mass range, producing a subgroup of precursor ions. A fragmentation device is instructed to fragment the subgroup of precursor ions, producing a group of product ions. A mass analyzer is instructed to measure the intensity and m/z of the group of product ions, producing a product ion spectrum for each CoV of the plurality of CoVs. DM-SWATH is further used to validate if a known compound is in a sample.
US11408847B2	Extreme-condition sensors for use with electrical capacitance volume tomography and capacitance sensing applications An electrical capacitance volume tomography sensor for use in high temperature, high pressure applications for measuring or imaging a flow within the sensor, the sensor comprising an outer pressure vessel, a plurality of electrodes placed within the outer pressure vessel, a plurality of threaded studs, wherein one of the threaded studs is attached to one of the plurality of electrodes, a coating or layer is placed on the plurality of electrodes for electrically isolating the plurality of electrodes, a plurality of holes in the outer pressure vessel for allowing terminal connections to the plurality of electrodes within the outer pressure vessel, wherein each of the plurality of holes accepts one of the plurality of threaded studs, and a plurality of gaskets, where one gasket is placed at each of the plurality of holes to seal the pressure at each of the holes in the outer pressure vessel by placing one gasket concentric around one threaded stud and conforming each gasket between a back of an electrode and the inside wall of the pressure vessel by tightening each of the plurality of nuts on each of the threaded studs.
US11408842B2	Method and system for detecting substance of interest in solution The objective of the present invention is to provide a versatile method that makes highly sensitive detection of nucleic acid, and the like, possible even if a solution has a high salt concentration. This objective has been achieved through a method for detecting a target substance in a solution through EIS impedance measurement, wherein the solution includes at least the target substance, an impedance observation substance A, and a substance B for causing the charge mobility of the impedance observation substance to vary, and the substance B for causing the charge mobility to vary has a property of being taken into the target substance.
US11408841B2	Thermal conductivity measuring device, heating device, thermal conductivity measuring method, and quality assurance method A thermal conductivity measuring device includes a sample container that has a plurality of storage sections; a drive unit that is configured to move the plurality of storage sections of the sample container; and a radiation thermometer that is configured to measure the temperature of a predetermined position of the sample container.
US11408839B2	Processing device The processing device includes: a temperature transition acquisition unit that acquires rising transition of the temperature of the winding in a state in which a first voltage is applied in order to raise a temperature of the winding to a first temperature and further acquires falling transition of the temperature of the winding in a state in which a second voltage is applied in order to lower the temperature of the winding to a second temperature that is lower than the first temperature after the temperature of the winding converges to the first temperature; and a decision unit that calculates stator-related parameters on the basis of the falling transition to decide a stator temperature characteristic mode and further calculates winding-related parameters on the basis of the rising transition and a stator temperature characteristic model to decide a winding temperature characteristic model.
US11408838B2	Method and device for multielement analysis on the basis of neutron activation, and use A method for a multielement analysis via neutron activation. The method includes generating fast neutrons with an energy in the range of 10 keV to 20 MeV and moderating the neutrons, irradiating the sample with the neutrons, and measuring the gamma radiation emitted by the irradiated sample using a detector to determine at least one element of the sample. The sample continuously irradiated in a non-pulsed fashion. The measurement is implemented during the irradiation. The determination of the at least one element includes an evaluation of the measured gamma radiation. The sample is subdivided into individual partitions and the measurement is implemented using a collimator. The evaluation includes a spatially resolved and energy-resolved determination of the neutron flux within the respective partition of the sample and calculation of energy-dependent photopeak efficiencies and neutron flux and neutron spectrum within a single partition of the sample by an approximation method.
US11408832B2	Surface inspection sensor Various surface and structural defects are currently inspected visually. This method is labor intensive, requiring large maintenance man hours, and is prone to errors. To streamline this process, herein is described an automated inspection system and apparatus based on several optical technologies that drastically reduces inspection time, provides accurate detection of defects, and provides a digital map of the location of defects. The technology uses multiple sensing/imaging modalities such as ring illumination angular scanning, coherent speckle scanning, multi-spectral imaging such as ultraviolet (UV), visible and infrared (IR) spectrums, and polarization detection.
US11408831B2	Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and recording medium An apparatus according to the present disclosure acquires a display condition for displaying at least a part of target data as a display image on a display unit, determines, in a case where the display image is changed, whether to store the display condition according to a changed display image in a storage unit, based on an index relating to the change of the display image, and stores, in a case where the display condition is determined to be stored, the display condition according to the changed display image in the storage unit.
US11408824B2	Biological material measurement device A biological material measurement device 80 comprises; a first light source emitting a first light; an ATR prism 20 including a front surface and a back surface and allowing the first light made incident from one end to be transmitted therethrough and emitted from the other end; a hyperbolic metamaterial layer 90 including a front surface and a back surface and arranged on the front surface of the ATR prism 20 such that the back surface of the hyperbolic metamaterial layer is in contact therewith; and a first light detector detecting the first light emitted from the ATR prism 20. An amount of a biological material in a living body is measured from the detected first light.
US11408818B2	Flow cell unit A gasket sandwiched between a flow cell and a joint member has, in a main flat surface, an inlet communication hole for communicating between an inlet hole of the flow cell and an inlet flow path of the joint member and an outlet communication hole for communicating between an outlet hole of the flow cell and an outlet flow path of the joint member. Furthermore, a deformation absorbing structure for absorbing deformation of the gasket is provided between the inlet communication hole and the outlet communication hole in the main flat surface of the gasket.
US11408814B2	Apparatus and methods for high throughput three-dimensional imaging An imaging system (200) including a phase-modulating element (202) configured and arranged with optics (100) in an imaging path (300) of the imaging system, to modulate light emitted from an object (150), while the object is in motion with respect to the imaging system, to create a modified point-spread function (PSF); and a processor (700) configured and arranged to generate, on an image plane (500) of the imaging system, a three-dimensional image from the modulated light to provide depth-based characteristics of the object. Other applications are also described.
US11408813B2	Enhancing flow cytometry discrimination with geometric transformation In flow cytometry, particles (2) can be distinguished between populations (8) by combining n-dimensional parameter data, which may be derived from signal data from a particle, to mathematically achieve numerical results representative of an alteration (48). An alteration may include a rotational alteration, a scaled alteration, or perhaps even a translational alteration. Alterations may enhance separation of data points which may provide real-time classification (49) of signal data corresponding to individual particles into one of at least two populations.
US11408810B2	Test device for determining the particle loading of highly pressurised hydrogen A test device for determining the particle load of pressurized hydrogen includes a housing (2), with an inlet (4) and an outlet (8) for the inflow or outflow of hydrogen, respectively. A sampling chamber (52) has a filter holder (44) for a test filter (58). A sample amount of hydrogen can flow through the test filter during a test procedure. After the test procedure has been completed, the test filter can be removed from the sampling chamber (52) for evaluating the deposition of particles. A venting device (64, 70) for reducing the pressure in the sampling chamber (52) is arranged inside the housing (2) and discharges any remaining hydrogen, at least partially, in the direction of the inlet (4) of the test device after the hydrogen has stopped flowing from the testing device.
US11408809B2	Stuck-ball method to delineate gelation time Methods for determining the gelation period of a gel solution are provided. The methods provided include introducing an inert ball into each of a plurality of gel solution containers having a gel solution therein. In the method, the inert balls are then allowed to sink to the bottom of the containers, followed by a step of repeatedly inverting a first gel solution container at specified time intervals until the onset of gelation of the first gel solution is observed. Methods further include repeatedly inverting an additional gel solution container at specified intervals where each of the subsequent gel solution containers containing the inert balls and gel solutions are sequentially inverted in series until the inert ball is observed to remain fixed in place in the solution.
US11408801B2	Optical time-domain reflectometer device including multiple and bi-directional optical testing for fiber analysis In some examples, an optical time-domain reflectometer (OTDR) device may include a laser source to emit a laser beam into a device under test (DUT), and a connection port to connect the OTDR device to a first end of the DUT, where the OTDR device may be designated a first OTDR device. A sensor display generator may determine a length of the DUT, receive, from a second OTDR device connectable to a second opposite end of the DUT, and over the DUT, OTDR information acquired by the second OTDR device in a direction from the second OTDR device towards the first OTDR device, and ascertain, based on acquisition by the first OTDR device, further OTDR information in a direction from the first OTDR device towards the second OTDR device. The sensor display generator may generate a bi-directional combined schematic display that includes relevant optical events with respect to the DUT.
US11408793B2	Method for checking a connection state between a blood treatment apparatus and a blood tubing set, and apparatuses Methods for checking a connection between a compressed air outlet of a blood treatment apparatus and a pressure measuring line of an extracorporeal blood tubing set. The methods include providing a blood treatment apparatus having a compressed air line. A compressed air device is in fluid communication with the compressed air line for generating pressure within the compressed air line. A compressed air outlet is in fluid communication with both the compressed air line and an exterior of the blood treatment apparatus. The compressed air outlet is connectable with a pressure measuring line and a pressure sensor. The method also includes building up a pressure and an air flow in the compressed air line and/or at the compressed air outlet, measuring a pressure at the compressed air outlet or in the compressed air line, and evaluating an increase of the measured pressure.
US11408791B2	Pressure sensor with a cap structured with an inner receiving section that prevents excessive spreading of a conductive adhesive A pressure sensor includes a pressure detecting element; a base material on which the pressure detecting element is mounted; a pad electrode provided on the base material and electrically connected to the pressure detecting element; a ground electrode provided on the base material and spaced from the pad electrode; and a cap having a tubular shape, the cap surrounding a periphery of the pressure detecting element on the base material and being attached to the ground electrode with a conductive adhesive. An inner receiving section is provided between an inner peripheral surface of the cap and a ground-electrode-side end surface of the cap, the inner receiving section thereby preventing excessive spreading of the conductive adhesive. The cap can be attached to the base material with the conductive adhesive without causing excessive spreading of the conductive adhesive.
US11408786B2	Torque sensor A torque sensor which can detect a torque with high accuracy is provided. First structure and second structure are connected by a plurality of third structures. First and second strain sensors are connected between the first structure and the second structure. Each of the first and second strain sensors includes a strain body connected between the first structure and the second structure and a plurality of sensor elements provided on the strain body. The sensor elements are disposed in a region of one side of each of the first structure and the second structure with respect to a longitudinal central portion of the strain body, and the region on the one side is a region where there is only a little difference in strain between along a torque direction of the strain body and a torque-excepted direction.
US11408782B2	Indoor temperature control system An indoor temperature control system includes a server, a first temperature sensor, a second temperature sensor, and a third temperature sensor. The server obtains a first heat adjustment amount according to a first temperature value of the first temperature sensor. The server obtains a second heat adjustment amount according to a second temperature value of the second temperature sensor. The server obtains a predetermined amount of heat of a predetermined region according to a third temperature value of the third temperature sensor. The server obtains a heat flow simulation diagram according to the first heat adjustment amount, the second heat adjustment amount, and the predetermined amount of heat. The server determines an operating time of an air conditioning device based on a target temperature, the second temperature value, and the heat flow simulation diagram.
US11408776B2	Power supply device, and method for detecting opening of exhaust valve of power supply device Disclosed is a power supply device including a battery having an exhaust valve that opens when an internal pressure becomes higher than a set pressure, the battery being housed in a case, a temperature sensor that detects a temperature in the case, and a detection circuit that detects opening of the exhaust valve at a detected temperature detected by the temperature sensor. In this power supply device, the detection circuit detects that a high temperature time (t1) from a timing at which a rate of rise (ΔT/Δt) of the temperature detected by the temperature sensor is higher than a rise rate set value and exceeds the rise rate set value to a timing at which the detected temperature falls to less than or equal to a reference temperature is longer than a high temperature time set value, and detects the opening of the exhaust valve.
US11408773B2	On-board radiation sensing apparatus Systems, methods, and apparatuses for providing on-board electromagnetic radiation sensing using beam splitting in a radiation sensing apparatus. The radiation sensing apparatuses can include a micro-mirror chip including a plurality of light reflecting surfaces. The apparatuses can also include an image sensor including an imaging surface. The apparatuses can also include a beamsplitter unit located between the micro-mirror chip and the image sensor. The beamsplitter unit can include a beamsplitter that includes a partially-reflective surface that is oblique to the imaging surface and the micro-mirror chip. The apparatuses can also include an enclosure configured to enclose at least the beamsplitter and a light source. With the apparatuses, the light source can be attached to a printed circuit board (PCB). Also, the enclosure can include an inner surface that has an angled reflective surface that is configured to reflect light from the light source in a direction towards the beamsplitter.
US11408768B2	Terahertz spectroscopy system and method A terahertz spectrometer includes: a terahertz-wave emitter and a terahertz receiver elements. The terahertz wave generated by means of generating beat frequency corresponding to the difference between two rapidly tunable continuous wave lasers. Having a difference in time between the interrogating signal and the reference signal at the receiver end side, which corresponds to intermediate frequency (IF), not centered around the baseband, i.e. zero Hertz. The offset step size of the intermediate frequency from zero Hertz is linearly correlated to the position of the interrogated object position.
US11408766B2	Detection device and optical filter According to an aspect, a detection device includes: a substrate; a plurality of photodiodes arranged on the substrate; a protective film that covers the photodiodes; a plurality of lenses provided so as to overlap the respective photodiodes; a first light-blocking layer that is provided between the photodiodes and the lenses and is provided with first openings in regions overlapping the respective photodiodes; and a second light-blocking layer that is provided between the first light-blocking layer and the lenses and is provided with second openings in regions overlapping the respective photodiodes and the respective first openings. The first light-blocking layer is provided with slits in regions overlapping gaps between the photodiodes adjacent to each other, and the second light-blocking layer is provided so as to be continuous across the photodiodes adjacent to each other and is provided so as to overlap the slits.
US11408765B2	Optical detector and system therefor There is provided in a first form, a detector. The detector includes a photosensitive detector element; and a reflecting surface disposed about and proximal to the photosensitive detector element, wherein the reflecting surface is configured to reflect radiation impinging on the reflecting surface onto the photosensitive detector element; and wherein the reflecting surface is further configured to determine a field of regard greater than a predetermined field of view.
US11408755B2	Inductive position sensor A resonant rotor, for use in an inductive position sensor, includes a rotor core, a first rotor coil, and a rotor capacitor. The first rotor coil includes a first twisted rotor loop drawn about the rotor core and the rotor capacitor is connected in series with the first rotor coil. For a second embodiment, the first rotor coil includes a second twisted rotor loop. The first rotor coil has a first symmetry and the inductive position sensor includes a stator. An excitation coil is drawn on the stator and has a second symmetry. The first symmetry substantially corresponds to the second symmetry. A method for determining a position of an object using an inductive position sensor includes generating three electromagnetic fields using respective excitation coils, inducing voltages, respectively, in three receive coils, and determining based on voltages a position of an object coupled to a resonant rotor. The voltages being based on mutual inductances arising between the rotor with each of the excitation and receive coils, and the elimination, by the resonant rotor, of mutual inductances arising between the excitation and receive coils.
US11408754B2	Rotation angle detection apparatus A rotation angle detection apparatus includes a driving gear, two driven gears, two sensors, and an arithmetic circuit. The two driven gears have different numbers of teeth and each are in mesh with the driving gear. The arithmetic circuit is configured to compute a rotation angle of the driving gear based on the rotation angles of the two driven gears, detected through the two sensors. The arithmetic circuit is configured to, when a relationship between the rotation angles of the two driven gears, detected through the two sensors, is different from the relationship when the rotation angle of the driving gear, computed by the arithmetic circuit, is normal, detect an abnormality in the rotation angle of the driving gear, computed by the arithmetic circuit.
US11408750B2	Prioritizing collecting of information for a map A host map system for updating a region of a host map based on sensor data received from a plurality of connected vehicles travelling in the region comprises monitoring a host map region for discrepancies, defining a geo-fence around an area of a discrepancy and setting a schedule for activing the geo-fence. When a connected vehicle enters the geo-fence, the host mapping system transmits the geo-fence to the connected vehicle and requests that it share its sensor data while travelling in the geo-fenced area. The host mapping system receives the sensor data and processes the data to update details of the host map. The host mapping system may transmit the updated map to connected vehicles travelling in the map region.
US11408745B2	Methods and systems for identifying safe parking spaces A method comprises determining a plurality of available parking spaces within a threshold distance of a destination; determining an initial utility score for each of the available parking spaces based on a distance between each of the available parking spaces and the destination; determining a safety score associated with each of the available parking spaces based on crime data and a distance between each of the parking spaces and a major street, an entrance to a parking facility in which each available parking space is located, or an entrance to a point of interest; determining an adjusted utility score for each of the available parking spaces based on the initial utility score and the safety score associated with each of the available parking spaces; and selecting a parking space among the plurality of available parking spaces based on the adjusted utility score for the parking space.
US11408732B2	Wheel aligner with advanced diagnostics and no-stop positioning A vehicle wheel alignment system has a plurality of cameras, each camera for viewing a respective target disposed at a respective wheel of the vehicle and capturing image data of the target as the wheel and target are continuously rotated a number of degrees of rotation without a pause. The image data is used to calculate a minimum number of poses of the target of at least one pose for every five degrees of rotation as the wheel and target are continuously rotated the number of degrees of rotation without a pause. At least one of the cameras comprises a data processor for performing the steps of preprocessing the image data, and calculating an alignment parameter for the vehicle based on the preprocessed image data.
US11408727B2	Observation method and observation apparatus In an observation method, measurement values of an object of measurement at a plurality of different positions in a plane that intersects a depth direction are acquired from an optical coherence tomography instrument (S100). In the observation method, measurement values are integrated in the depth direction at each of the plurality of positions (S104). In the observation method, a shrinkage parameter of the object of measurement is calculated on the basis of the integrated values at each of the plurality of positions (S105).
US11408718B2	Tape measure with magnetic retraction speed controller A tool, such as a tape measure, including a retraction system is shown. The tape measure includes a magnetic retraction speed controller. The magnetic retraction speed controller includes a magnet that induces an eddy current in a conductive component of the tool and slows a retraction speed.
US11408710B2	Battery compartment for sighting device A sighting device includes a base portion structured to be mounted to a gun, a battery powered accessory, and a battery receiver structured to contain a battery for the battery powered accessory. The battery receiver has a closed position in which the battery receiver is contained within the base portion as well as an open position in which the battery receiver is at least partially separated from the base portion. The sighting device includes a manually operated release button that, when pressed, causes the battery receiver to be released from the closed position.
US11408707B2	Firearm adapter with removable grip assembly A firearm grip assembly includes a firearm adapter having functionality for engaging the receiver of a firearm. An elongated handgrip body having an opening along the top end slidingly receives the bottom end of the adapter. The latching mechanism is positioned within the adapter and includes a resilient member having a pair of buttons extending outward therefrom. The buttons are positioned through a first set of openings located on the adapter body and are selectively positioned within a second pair of openings on the handgrip body when the adapter is positioned within the handgrip body.
US11408706B2	Apparatuses and methods for a superconducting explosive In an example, an apparatus includes a cryogenic container configured to store a cryogenic fluid, a superconducting coil disposed within the cryogenic container, and an outer casing surrounding at least a lateral surface area of the cryogenic container. The apparatus is configured such that, while the superconducting coil is carrying a current, is in a superconducting state, and is being cooled by the cryogenic fluid stored in the cryogenic container, an outward magnetic pressure is imposed on the cryogenic container and the outer casing. The cryogenic container and the outer casing are configured to withstand the outward magnetic pressure for at least a predetermined period of time, including while the superconducting coil is being charged to the superconducting state. An occurrence of a trigger event while the outward magnetic pressure is being imposed causes the cryogenic container and the outer casing to expand and burst into radially-dispersed fragments.
US11408704B2	Hybrid riser for archery bow In some embodiments, an archery bow riser comprises a body defining a first end, a second end and a grip portion. The body defines a shooting axis and comprises a first portion and a second portion. The first portion comprises a metal and the second portion comprises carbon fibers. The first portion extends to a first side of the shooting axis and to a second side of the shooting axis, and the second portion extends to the first side of the shooting axis and to the second side of the shooting axis.
US11408689B2	Structures for radiative cooling Various aspects as described herein are directed to a radiative cooling device and method for cooling an object. As consistent with one or more embodiments, a radiative cooling device includes a solar spectrum reflecting structure configured and arranged to suppress light modes, and a thermally-emissive structure configured and arranged to facilitate thermally-generated electromagnetic emissions from the object and in mid-infrared (IR) wavelengths.
US11408687B2	Heat exchanger assembly A heat exchanger assembly comprising a frame (10) and a heat exchanger (20), wherein the heat exchanger (20) comprises a core of plates (21) stacked in a first direction, with edges (22) protruding along their outline, characterized in that the frame (10) comprises a retaining element (30) configured to engage plate edges (22) so that the retaining element (30) restricts movement of the heat exchanger (20) with respect to the frame (10) in the first direction, wherein the retaining element (30) comprises an elongated core (31) attached to the frame (10) and plurality of protrusions (32) protruding from this core (31), said protrusions (32) configured to protrude between plate edges (22).
US11408684B1	Loop heat pipe evaporator A loop heat pipe evaporator includes a porous primary wick, and a nonporous envelope unseparatingly surrounding the primary wick. The primary wick and the envelope are of one-piece construction.
US11408679B2	Shoe dryer and control method thereof A shoe dryer including a main body, a shoe receiver provided inside the main body and configured to receive a shoe, a blower configured to blow air toward the shoe received in the shoe receiving portion, a camera configured to obtain an image of the shoe by photographing the shoe received in the shoe receiver, and a control device configured to recognize information about the shoe from the image of the shoe obtained by the camera, and control a direction of air blown by the blower based on the information about the shoe.
US11408678B2	Method and apparatus for separating hydrocarbons The claimed invention provides a method and an apparatus for separating hydrocarbons, wherein the method and the apparatus are used for separating a hydrocarbon having 3 or more carbon atoms including at least propane (hereinafter sometimes called “C3+ NGL”. NGL: Natural Gas Liquid) from liquefied natural gas (LNG).
US11408676B2	Mixed refrigerant system and method A system and method for cooling a gas using a mixed refrigerant includes a compressor system and a heat exchange system, where the compressor system may include an interstage separation device or drum with no liquid outlet, a liquid outlet in fluid communication with a pump that pumps liquid forward to a high pressure separation device or a liquid outlet through which liquid flows to the heat exchanger to be subcooled. In the last situation, the subcooled liquid is expanded and combined with an expanded cold temperature stream, which is a cooled and expanded stream from the vapor side of a cold vapor separation device, and subcooled and expanded streams from liquid sides of the high pressure separation device and the cold vapor separation device, or combined with a stream formed from the subcooled streams from the liquid sides of the high pressure separation device and the cold vapor separation device after mixing and expansion, to form a primary refrigeration stream.
US11408650B2	Thermo-electric heat pump systems The invention is directed to an energy efficient thermoelectric heat pump assembly. The thermoelectric heat pump assembly preferably includes two to nine thermoelectric unit layers capable of active use of the Peltier effect; and at least one capacitance spacer block suitable for storing heat and providing a delayed thermal reaction time of the assembly. The capacitance spacer block is thermally connected between the thermoelectric unit layers. The present invention further relates to a thermoelectric transport and storage devices for transporting or storing temperature sensitive goods, for example, vaccines, chemicals, biologicals, and other temperature sensitive goods. Preferably the transport or storage devices are configured and provide on-board energy storage for sustaining, for multiple days, at a constant-temperature, with an acceptable temperature variation band.
US11408643B2	Water heating apparatus with immediate hot water supply function and water heating system As a circulation pump is activated while a hot water supply faucet is closed, an immediate hot water supply circulation path is formed to bypass the hot water supply faucet on the outside of a water heating apparatus and to pass through a heat exchanger in the inside of the water heating apparatus. A controller determines in a test mode, whether or not the immediate hot water supply circulation path has been formed by connection of a thermal water stop bypass valve, based on whether or not a temperature detector senses increase in temperature to a predetermined criterion temperature while the circulation pump and a heat source apparatus are active.
US11408641B2	Bell mouth, air supply assembly including the bell mouth, and air supply control system using the bell mouth A bell mouth includes an upstream body including an upstream-side opening formed to allow air introduced from an air supply duct to pass through and an upstream measurement portion connected with a differential-pressure acquisition device that uses pressure of the air in the upstream-side opening, in which the air supply duct guides the air into a water-heating device from the outside, a differential-pressure generation part that is located downstream of the upstream body with respect to a flow direction of the air and that has a structure that reduces the pressure of the air passing through the differential-pressure generation part, and a downstream body including a downstream-side opening formed to allow the air passing through the differential-pressure generation part to pass through and a downstream measurement portion connected with the differential-pressure acquisition device that obtains a difference between the pressure of the air passing through the downstream-side opening and facing toward a blower of the water-heating device and the pressure of the air in the upstream-side opening.
US11408630B2	Management system for bulding equipment A management system for building equipment includes several units. An instruction transmission unit transmits an instruction to at least one device. A response reception unit receives a response indicating that a state transition is made by the device in accordance with the instruction. A detection unit detects an abnormal condition in which the response is not received by the reception unit within a reference time period after transmission of the instruction. A storage unit stores the reference time period. A time measurement unit measures a length of time from when the instruction is transmitted to when the response is received. A mode setting unit sets an operating mode of the management system to a reference-time-period calculation mode. A calculation unit performs calculations to determine the reference time period based on a measurement result obtained by the measurement unit, and prompts the storage unit to store the determined reference time period.
US11408628B2	Electronic device and method for control of a building management system Electronic device for regulating a thermo-fluidic system for a building, including a heating/cooling system including mixing valves adapted to control flows of hot/cold water within said heating/cooling system, the device including a control unit adapted to: receive a main signal from a building management system; receive a predefined reference signal representative of a desired parameter for the building; receive environmental signals from environmental sensors placed in the building and adapted to measure environmental parameters of said building; issue a control signal towards an actuator associated with a respective mixing valve in order to modify the opening or closing thereof.
US11408618B2	Indoor unit of air-conditioner Provided is an indoor unit of an air-conditioner including: an indoor unit body configured to be provided in a ceiling; a suction port attached to a lower surface of the indoor unit body; a panel including a blow port for blowing conditioned air into a room; and a louver provided at the blow port of the panel to change an air sending direction. The panel includes an outer frame provided outside the blow port and provided with a substantially horizontal flat portion, and a protruding portion provided on the flat portion of the outer frame and protruding vertically downward. A lower end of the protruding portion is positioned vertically above a lower end of the louver. A lower end of an inner flow path wall surface forming a flow path wall surface inside the blow port is positioned vertically below the lower end of the louver.
US11408613B2	Solar thermal roofing system A solar thermal control system includes a membrane configured to receive solar energy, wherein the membrane is configured to form a cavity between the membrane and an outer surface of a structure by coupling to the outer surface, and wherein the solar energy is configured to heat air within the cavity. The control system also includes a thermal collection unit configured to connect to the cavity and receive and direct air from the cavity, and a ducting system coupled to the thermal collection unit and configured to direct air from the thermal collection unit to at least one of the interior of the structure and a vent.
US11408612B2	Cooking appliance A cooking appliance is provided such that upper and front surfaces of a housing are open and a door can open and close the upper and front surfaces of the housing. The cooking appliance having such a configuration can provide an expanded passage required to enable a user to easily and conveniently insert or withdraw food or a tray into or from a cooking compartment.
US11408607B2	Microfluidic-based apparatus and method for vaporization of liquids Methods and apparatus for vaporizing liquid into the surrounding environment, including directing liquid from a liquid source to a vaporization port where the vaporization port has lateral dimensions varying from 10 um to 300 um, applying heat to the liquid in the vaporization port with an at least one heating element located in thermal communication to the vaporization port, and releasing vaporized liquid from the vaporization port into the surrounding environment so that fluid is transported through the depth of the structure.
US11408594B2	Light fixture and method of mounting light fixture A light fixture assembly for mounting on a mounting surface of a building material includes: a light fixture. The light fixture comprises a main body comprising a back side surface and a light transmissive side surface opposing the back side surface. The main body has a first dimension from a first lateral edge to a second lateral edge opposing the first lateral edge that is greater than a second dimension from the back side surface to the light transmissive side surface. The assembly further includes a mounting adapter provided at the back side surface, and a plate spring provided at the back side surface and extending along a first direction from the first lateral edge to the second lateral edge. The plate spring is configured to apply a restoring force to the first lateral edge and the second lateral edge.
US11408592B2	Integrated louvres for beam control in an LED lighting device An optical structure for controlling distribution of light generated by a light source is described. The optical structure includes a primary optics disposed relative to the light source and configured to reflect light generated by the light source towards a target region. The optical structure also includes a secondary optics disposed and aligned relative to the primary optics. The secondary optics is configured to at least partially block light generated by the light source from illuminating a region outside the target region.
US11408591B2	LED lighting module with micro LED arrays and phosphor film An LED lighting module with micro led arrays and phosphor film is disclosed. The LED lighting module includes a plurality of micro LED arrays and a phosphor film. The micro LED arrays are respectively composed of at least one micro LED. The phosphor film is disposed on one side of the micro LED arrays; and the phosphor film has a transparent substrate and is provided with a plurality of light emitting regions. The plurality of light emitting regions are arranged adjacent to each other and into a matrix form, and are set corresponding to the micro LED arrays collimation respectively. A part or the whole of the surface of the plurality of light emitting regions is provided with at least one type of phosphor powder.
US11408590B2	Luminaire and illumination system A luminaire and an illumination system are disclosed. In an embodiment a luminaire includes at least one light-emitting semiconductor chip having a main emission side and a reflector having a reflection side facing the main emission side, the reflection side being a freeform different from a circle, an ellipse, a parabola or a hyperbola when seen in cross-section, wherein a base line of the reflector runs through the main emission side and a local height of the reflection side is measured against the base line, wherein a local focal length of the reflection side is increased along the local height, concerning ray bundles coming in parallel with the base line from an exterior of the luminaire during operation, and wherein local heights do not have a common focal point.
US11408576B2	High and low beam integrated vehicle lamp lighting device, vehicle lamp, and vehicle A high and low beam integrated vehicle lamp lighting device, a vehicle lamp, and a vehicle. The lighting device comprises a first light source, a first light-condensing element, a second light source, a second light-condensing element, a light distribution element, and a lens; the first light-condensing element is arranged to be capable of condensing light emitted by the corresponding first light source and making the light projected through the lens by means of the light distribution element to form a low beam shape, and the second light-condensing element is arranged to be capable of condensing light emitted by the corresponding second light source and making the light projected through the lens by means of the light distribution element to form a high beam shape, wherein the light exit direction of at least one of the first light-condensing element and the second light-condensing element intersects with a light shape projection direction.
US11408575B2	Illumination device for a motor vehicle headlight, and motor vehicle headlight The invention relates to a lighting device (1) for a for a motor vehicle headlight and/or for a rear light of a motor vehicle and/or for a signal light for a motor vehicle registration for generating at least two, in particular precisely two, light distributions, or for generating at least two, in particular precisely two different lighting functions, wherein the lighting device (1) comprises an optical element (2) and two light sources (30, 40) —a first light source (30) and a second light source (40), in particular LED light sources—wherein each of the light sources (30, 40) can be controlled independently of the other light source or sources, wherein the optical element (2) is formed from an optically transparent material, and wherein the optical element (2) has a light coupling region (10) and a light exit surface (11), and wherein light of the light sources (30, 40) which is introduced into the optical element (2) via the light coupling region (10) at least partially exits via the light exit surface (11), wherein the light coupling region (10) is formed from a central light coupling surface (100) and a lateral coupling surface (200) on the side, wherein the central light coupling surface (100) is opposite the light sources (30, 40), and wherein the lateral coupling surface (200) adjoins the central light coupling surface (100) in such a way that a recess is formed in the optical element (2), in or opposite which the light sources (30, 40) are arranged and into which the light sources (30, 40) emit their light, wherein the two light sources (30, 40) lie on a straight line (G) which runs in a vertical direction (R), which runs parallel to a vertical axis (Z), and wherein the first light source, seen in the vertical direction (30), lies above the second light source (40), and wherein the light coupling region (10) has two focal points (F1, F2), wherein one of the light sources (30) is arranged in one of the focal points (F1) and the other light source (40) is arranged in the other focal point (F2), wherein the lateral coupling surface (200) of the light coupling region (10) is designed in such a way that, in a region which is at least partially or completely above a first horizontal plane (E1) in which the first light source (30) is arranged, in the vertical direction (R), the lateral boundary surface (200) has a first, curved lateral boundary surface portion (201), and in a region which in the vertical direction (R) lies at least partially or completely below a second horizontal plane (E2) in which the second light source (40) is arranged, the lateral boundary surface (200) has a second, curved lateral boundary surface portion (202), wherein the horizontal planes (E1, E2) are planes which run parallel to a plane (X, Y) to which the vertical axis (Z) is orthogonal and which contains the optical axis (X), and wherein the two lateral boundary surface portions (201, 202) are connected to one another via lateral boundary surface connecting portions (203, 204); and the central light coupling surface (10) is designed as follows: starting from each lateral boundary surface connecting portion (203, 204), a central coupling surface (103, 104) extends in the direction of the other lateral boundary surface connecting portion (204, 203), wherein the central coupling surfaces (103, 104) converge and terminate at a single central edge (110); above and below the central coupling surfaces (103, 104) extend two connection coupling surfaces (101, 102) which connect the central coupling surfaces (103, 104) to the lateral boundary surface portions (201, 202), wherein the central coupling surfaces (103, 104) are concavely curved in horizontal sectional planes—sectional planes which run parallel to a plane (X, Y) to which the vertical axis (Z) is orthogonal, and which contains the optical axis (X) —such that concave central coupling surface contours (103″, 104″) are produced.
US11408552B2	Tablet and smartphone holder for video and photo shooting A tablet or smartphone holding system for video and photo shooting is disclosed. The holder is a clip which has a clear, flat, front panel and a back panel which are joined together by an axis. The axis goes through bases on both the front and back panel and has a spring, which generates pressure to press the back panel toward the front panel, with a tablet or smartphone in between.
US11408545B2	Clamping clip A clamping clip, including a clamping band the two end portions of which overlap one another in a closed condition of the clamping clip forming an inner band portion and an outer band portion, the clamping band including a first tensioning hook arranged on the outer band portion, and a second tensioning hook arranged on the inner band portion, the second tensioning hook including an inclined surface facing the outer band portion as a ramp, wherein at least one of the first tensioning hook and the second tensioning hook includes a plurality of projections facing away from the other of the first tensioning hook and the second tensioning hook.
US11408544B2	Fluid coupling A fluid coupling including a first adapter, a second adapter configured to selectively connect with and disconnect from the male adapter, an inner sleeve, a first seal between the first adapter and the inner sleeve, a second seal between the second adapter and the inner sleeve, and at least one thermally-activated seal between two of the first adapter, the second adapter, and the inner sleeve. During normal operation, the at least one thermally-activated seal may be spaced apart from at least one of the two of the first adapter, the second adapter, and the inner sleeve. At or above a predetermined temperature, the thermally-activated seal may be configured to expand to create a seal between the two of the first adapter, the second adapter, and the sleeve.
US11408541B2	Coupling device for connecting elongated hollow bodies in an assembly system Coupling device (12) for connecting elongated hollow bodies (26, 28) in an assembly system (10), comprising: a first receiving opening (32) for receiving a first elongated hollow body (26) and a second receiving opening (34) for receiving a second elongated hollow body (28), wherein the receiving openings (32, 34) are arranged relative to one another in such a way that the first and second elongated hollow bodies (26, 28) can be coupled to one another after introduction into the respective receiving openings (32, 34).
US11408540B2	Tube coupling assembly A tube coupling assembly is disclosed, which comprises a first connector for connecting to a tube; a second connector for jointing with the first connector; a first member is adapted to mount on the first connector and operably affixable to the second connector; and a second member is adapted to mount on the second connector, and is capable of being engaged with the first member to prevent separation between the first connector and the second connector.
US11408539B2	Resin line comprised of a corrugated pipe A resin line is provided with a corrugated pipe that has a wall with individual circumferentially arranged through openings. Sections of the wall are circumferentially closed. The wall has a cross-sectional shape of non-rotational symmetry transverse to a longitudinal center axis and is divided in relation to the cross-sectional shape of non-rotational symmetry into a first part and a second part. The first part has a flattened base extending in a transverse direction transverse to the longitudinal center axis across a length of the corrugated pipe. The second part has an arc shape extending in a direction of height transverse to the longitudinal center axis across the length of the corrugated pipe. The flattened base has a width measured in the transverse direction that is larger than a height of the arc shape measured in the direction of height.
US11408538B2	Support assembly for swivellably supporting hydraulic lines A support assembly for hydraulic lines is disclosed. The support assembly includes a frame designed to retain at least one ring within its opening. Each ring is configured to be secured about a single hydraulic hose, thus simultaneously securing it within the frame. Each ring can rotate with respect to the frame about their longitudinal axis, reducing the stress exerted directly on the hydraulic line. The support assembly further includes a second frame in which the frame is attached. The frame can rotate about an axis that is perpendicular to the rotation of the rings to further lessen the stress on the hydraulic lines. The support assembly is attached to a hydraulically operated machine by a base plate or bracket onto which the second frame is fixedly attached.
US11408535B2	Valve and reservoir(s) for pressurized fluid A valve for pressurized fluid including a body housing a fluid circuit having an upstream end configured to be placed in communication with a reserve of pressurized fluid and a downstream end configured to be placed in communication with a user of fluid, the circuit including a collection of valve shutter(s) including at least one shutoff valve shutter allowing the circuit to be closed or opened, the valve including a member for manually controlling the collection of valve shutter(s).
US11408529B2	Exhaust flap A coupling device couples a drive shaft of a pivot drive (30) of an exhaust gas stream exhaust flap (10) for an internal combustion engine with a pivot shaft (14), which is rotatable about a pivot axis (A) and carries a flap member (16). The coupling device includes a coupling element (46) with a first coupling area (42) positive-locking engaging with a drive shaft (34) and with a second coupling area (44) positive-locking engaging with a pivot shaft. A prestressing element (58) is supported in relation to the coupling element and in relation to a support element (66) and prestresses the coupling element in a direction of a coupling axis (K), axially away from the support element and in a circumferential direction. A preassembly-blocking device (78) holds the support element under axial prestress and circumferential prestress in a preassembled position in relation to the coupling element.
US11408526B2	Pilot-operated relief valve assembly A pilot-operated relief valve assembly can include a relief valve, and a pressure detection assembly. A valve lift factor or indicator of relief flow can be determined based on pressure measurements gathered by the pressure detection assembly.
US11408517B2	Metal-coated seat retention groove Example aspects of a valve are disclosed. The valve can comprise a valve body defining a first end, a second end opposite the first end, an inner surface, and an outer surface, the inner surface defining a body bore extending from the first end to the second end and a channel extending radially outward from the body bore, the channel defining a seat retention groove; a metal barrier applied to the inner surface and covering the seat retention groove, the metal barrier defining a first edge and a second edge, the first edge oriented between the seat retention groove and the first end, and the second edge oriented between the seat retention groove and the second end; and a valve seat positioned within the channel.
US11408515B2	Pressure regulator having an oblique valve seat A pressure regulator including: a housing including an inlet flow passage and an outlet flow passage; a plunger reciprocally mounted in the housing and including a plunger flow passage; an inlet to the plunger flow passage, wherein the inlet is aligned with a plane oblique to an axis of the plunger flow passage; and a valve seat fixed to the housing and positioned between the inlet flow passage and the inlet to the flow passage of the plunger, wherein the valve seat is configured to receive and abut the inlet to the flow passage of the plunger.
US11408514B2	Constant gas flow valve structure of toy gun magazine A toy gun magazine constant gas flow valve structure is coupled with a magazine of a pneumatic toy gun and structurally includes a gas valve body fixed in the magazine and includes a gas inlet end portion, a gas discharge portion, and a coupling end portion, a driving rod movably disposed in the gas valve body, a control member coupled with one end of the driving rod, a stroke limiting trough having a front limiting portion and a rear limiting portion, and a stop element. Before the toy gun is firing, the stop element abuts the front limiting portion to control the extent by which the driving rod presses against the leak-sealing element and after the firing of the toy gun, the stop element abuts the rear limiting portion to control the extent of opening of the gas inlet end portion and the gas discharge portion.
US11408512B2	Magnetic fluid sealing device A magnetic fluid sealing device, includes first pole teeth and a first magnetic fluid adsorbed on the first pole teeth functioning as a first line of defense for sealing, as well as second pole teeth and a second magnetic fluid adsorbed on the second pole teeth functioning as a second line of defense for sealing. The second pole teeth of the magnetic fluid sealing device are arranged on the permanent magnet or the flux sleeve. Since the flux sleeve is fitted over the permanent magnet, the arrangement of the second pole teeth can ensure the ability of the pole shoe to absorb the magnetic fluid, and also can make full use of a length of the permanent magnet in the axial direction of the rotating shaft. Therefore, the magnetic fluid sealing device is effectively improved in the sealing effect and the pressure resistance without increasing its axial length.
US11408507B2	Piston for an internal combustion engine A piston (10) for an internal combustion engine includes a groove (16) for an oil wiper ring and a recess (18) between the groove (16) and at least one shaft wall (20). A lower edge of the groove (16), which is closer to the shaft wall (20), has a larger diameter than a lower edge of the recess (18).
US11408499B2	Device for transferring rotational power, a machine including such a device and use of such a device A device (13) for transferring rotational power from a first shaft (14) to a second shaft (15), comprising an endless toothed belt (16) and a housing (17), wherein the belt (16) is arranged inside said housing (17) and is connectable to the first and second shafts (14, 15) for transferring rotational power from the first shaft (14) to the second shaft (15). The housing (17) comprises a first cavity (18) and a second cavity (19), wherein the second cavity (19) is separated from the first cavity (18) by means of a wall (20). The belt (16) is arranged in the first cavity (18) and the first cavity (18) is provided with a first liquid for contacting the belt (16). The second cavity (19) is provided with a second liquid, the second liquid being a cooling liquid. The housing (17) comprises an inlet (23) to the second cavity (19) and an outlet (24) from the second cavity (19) for the second liquid, and the second cavity (19) is connected to a source of the second liquid through the inlet (23), so that the second liquid can be circulated through the second cavity (19). Disclosed is also a machine including such a device and uses of such a device for industrial machines.
US11408495B2	Compact torque converter assembly for hybrid module A hybrid module comprising a rotor assembly including a rotor carrier and a torque converter completely disposed radially inside of the rotor carrier is provided. The torque converter assembly includes an impeller having an impeller shell fixed to the rotor carrier such that the impeller shell and the rotor carrier form a housing of the torque converter.
US11408494B2	Clutch assembly A clutch assembly is disclosed herein. The clutch assembly includes a joint balance chamber positioned between a disconnect apply chamber and a torque converter clutch apply chamber. A torque converter assembly includes a charge pressure fluid circuit. A hub defines a passage between the charge pressure fluid circuit and the joint balance chamber, such that fluid from the torque converter assembly is provided to the joint balance chamber.
US11408489B2	Belt drive system A drive system for driving a belt is presented. The system comprises a frame, a driving shaft connected to a motor, a controller, a driven shaft, two pulleys connected to the driven and driving shafts, and a belt. The frame supports the driving and driven shafts to mount the belt on the pulleys. A signal element is mounted on and drives with the belt. At least two detection elements are mounted on the frame so that when the signal element passes the detection elements, a signal is generated as the belt moves. The detector elements are connected to a controller which controls the motor so that when the system starts, the belt moves until the signal element generates a signal in a first detector element to fix a zero point of the belt movement. The signal of the second detector element checks the zero point during normal drive operation.
US11408486B2	Planetary gear device and compound planetary gear device A carrier includes a first carrier portion and a second carrier portion. The first carrier portion includes a gear housing space that houses a planetary gear, an opening that opens the gear housing space toward the second carrier portion and allows the planetary gear to fit into the gear housing space, and a first support hole that supports a first end portion of the planetary support shaft. The second carrier portion includes a cover portion that covers the opening, a second support hole that supports a second end portion of the planetary support shaft, and a joining portion that detachably joins the second carrier portion to the first carrier portion. The joining portion is joined to the first carrier portion by being tightened in a direction aligned with a direction of an axial core of a sun gear.
US11408478B2	Joint for transmitting a torsional load with elastic response A transmissive joint has an elastic response for transmitting a torsional load capable of ensuring the transmission in the absence of coaxiality between two actuating and actuated devices, and allowing the internal passage of cabling or possible accessory components along the axis of transmission/torsion.
US11408475B2	Wheel brake arrangement A wheel brake arrangement for a wheel of a vehicle, said wheel brake arrangement comprising a wheel hub (102) comprising an outwardly facing gear teeth arrangement (104) arranged in a circumferential direction thereof; and a brake disc (106) comprising an inwardly facing gear teeth arrangement (108) arranged in meshed connection with the outwardly facing gear teeth arrangement of the wheel hub for preventing a relative circumferential movement between the brake disc and the wheel hub, wherein one of the wheel hub and the brake disc comprises a circumferentially arranged groove (110); wherein the wheel brake arrangement further comprises at least one retainer (112) connected between the wheel hub and the brake disc for preventing a relative axial movement between the wheel hub and the brake disc, wherein the at least one retainer is at least partially arranged in the circumferentially arranged groove (110) of one of the wheel hub and the brake disc.
US11408473B2	Bar spacer for a braked aircraft wheel The invention relates to a bar spacer (10) for a braked aircraft wheel, the bar being for fitting to a rim (1) of the wheel in order to drive the rotor disks of the brake in rotation, the spacer being for interposing between the bar and the rim, the spacer comprising two bearing blocks (11) connected together by a core (15) that is pierced to pass a screw for fastening the bar to the rim. According to the invention, the bearing blocks (11) of the spacer include voids defining a void fraction of at least 30% of the volume of the bearing blocks.
US11408468B2	Torque limiter embedded damper device A torque limiter embedded damper device is provided between a power source-side member and an output-side member. The torque limiter embedded damper device includes a damper unit coupled to the output-side member, and a torque limiter unit that limits torque transmitted between the power source-side member and the damper unit. The damper unit includes first and second plates opposed to each other. The first and second plates have a disc shape. The first plate includes a first coupling portion in an outer peripheral end thereof. The second plate includes a second coupling portion in an outer peripheral end thereof. The first and second coupling portions are coupled to each other. The torque limiter unit includes a friction disc including a third coupling portion in an inner peripheral part thereof. The third coupling portion is coupled to the damper unit and disposed radially inside the first and second coupling portions.
US11408454B2	Fastener for attaching together workpieces having aligned holes therethrough The invention relates to a fastener (10) for attaching together workpieces (50a, 50b) having aligned holes therethrough, the fastener (10) comprising a shank portion (11) and a head portion (13) provided at one end of the shank portion (11), the diameter of the shank portion (11) and/or of the head portion (13) being selected such that the fastener (10) can be installed in the aligned holes in close tolerance. The fastener (10) further comprises an oversizing structure (20), said oversizing structure (20) being firmly bonded to at least a part of the shank portion (11) and/or the head portion (13) in order to oversize at least the part of the shank portion (11) and/or the head portion (13) such as to allow the fastener (10) to be installed in aligned holes (60a, 60b) having a diameter larger than that required for the fastener (10) without the oversizing structure (20).
US11408451B2	Smart valve with integrated electronics The embodiments disclosed herein relate to an apparatus for monitoring a valve having a control element, wherein the control element is actuated by an actuator, including a valve stem having a bore therethrough, wherein the bore is defined by a wall of the valve stem, and further wherein the valve stem is connected at a first end to the actuator and at a second end to the control element; and an electronics module within the bore of the valve stem, wherein the electronics module further includes one or more sensors within the valve stem.
US11408449B2	Dithering hydraulic valves to mitigate static friction A method and apparatus for dithering hydraulic valves to mitigate static friction (“stiction”) associated with the hydraulic valves. A first hydraulic valve and a second hydraulic valve are dithered to mitigate stiction associated with those valves. The dithering of the first and second hydraulic valves also cause dithering of a main hydraulic valve associated with the first and second hydraulic valves. Accordingly, stiction of three hydraulic valves of a hydraulic system is mitigated.
US11408447B2	Methods and systems for improving the operation of transmissions for motor vehicles The “factory installed” pressure regulator valve of an automotive transmission is replaced by a pressure regulator valve having two separate valve components conjointly movable together in a bore. A protrusion or protuberance extending from the center of one end of one of the valve components defines a fulcrum which abuts against an adjacent end of the other valve component as the two valve components move conjointly and in direct contact with each other within the bore during operation of the pressure regulator valve. Preferably, an opening is provided in a land in one of the valve components to vent hydraulic fluid (transmission oil) to prevent a pressure build-up in the bore which might separate the two valve components from each other during reciprocating movement of the valve components in the bore.
US11408438B2	Low-profile blowers and methods A blower configured to be positioned in confined spaces and to provide ventilation of a fluid, such as temperature controlled air, is disclosed. In various embodiments, the blower is configured to have a reduced axial thickness, which can be desired in such confined spaces. In some embodiments, the blower has an integral filter, a wire channel for the routing of one or more wires, and/or an exposed backplate. In some embodiments, the blower has a snap-fit circuit board, containment system for mounting the motor, one or more vanes for directing fluid flow, shrouded impeller, and/or integrated connector.
US11408424B2	Drive for a compressor element and water injected compressor device provided with such a drive An actuator for a compressor element, the actuator comprising an electrical motor with a motor casing which defines a motor chamber in which a motor rotor is positioned rotatably with the help of one or more motor bearings in relation to a motor stator, whereby the motor stator is built of laminations around which windings are attached and whereby the motor rotor is built of a shaft with laminations, whereby the actuator is further equipped with a cooling circuit for a coolant, wherein the coolant is water, the motor bearings are water-lubricated, the shaft on the motor rotor is made from stainless steel, the windings are embedded in an epoxy resin and a composite sleeve is applied around each of the laminations on the motor rotor and on the motor stator.
US11408420B2	Stator and uniaxial eccentric screw pump The present invention aims to provide a long-life stator and a uniaxial eccentric screw pump provided with the stator, which enable a comparatively extended period of use by preventing damage of the stator due to repeating of attachment and removal to/from the uniaxial eccentric screw pump. A stator 20 includes an outer cylinder 30, and a stator main body 42 having flange-shaped gasket parts 46 and 47. The stator 20 includes fixing areas 24 and 25 to which the gasket parts 46 and 47 and the outer cylinder 30 are adhered. One or both of the outer cylinder 30 and the gasket parts 46 and 47 has a derricking part penetrating or being dented in axial directions X and made into such a shape where at least part of one of the outer cylinder and the gasket parts is fitted into the other.
US11408419B2	Fluid end assembly A fluid end having its fluid flow bores sealed without threading a retaining nut into the walls of each bore. The fluid ends may be assembled using a plurality of different kits that each comprise a fluid end body, a component, a retainer element, and a fastening system. The retainer element holds the component within each of the bores formed in the fluid end body and the fastening system secures the retainer element to the body. The fastening system comprises a plurality of externally threaded studs, washers and nuts in some embodiments. In other embodiments, the fastening system comprises a plurality of screws.
US11408416B2	Pump system with pinch valve for fluid management in surgical procedures and method of operation thereof Pump systems with pinch valves for surgical procedures. At least some of the example embodiments are pump systems including a stationary housing defining a front face. A tube support extends outwardly from the front face for aligning and supporting a first tube and a second tube. At least one pinch member is movable relative to the tube support by a power actuator operably coupled to the at least one pinch member and configured to have three orientations that define: a first arrangement of the pinch member relative to the tube support configured to pinch closed the first tube, a second arrangement of the at least one pinch member relative to the tube support configured to pinch closed the second tube, and a third arrangement of the at least one pinch member relative to the tube support configured to pinch closed neither the first tube nor the second tube.
US11408410B2	Plastic air pump mechanism The application discloses a plastic air pump mechanism, which comprises a plastic body, a plastic output unit and an actuating unit; the plastic body has an integrally forming structure, which comprises a plastic cylinder and a plastic bracket disposed at an air inlet end of the plastic cylinder; the plastic output unit is detachably connected to an air outlet end of the plastic cylinder; the actuating unit comprises a motor, plastic gears disposed on the plastic bracket and electrically connected to the motor, and a plastic rocker arm driven by the plastic gears to realize reciprocating of a piston in the plastic cylinder; and a large body insert of metal is provided in an air outlet of the plastic cylinder. The plastic air pump mechanism can reduce product weight, simplify production and installation processes, save materials and labor costs, and reduce self weight of a vehicle.
US11408407B2	Wobble plate compressor and oxygen concentrator using the same An oxygen concentrator includes a wobble plate compressor having one or more double-headed pistons and cylinders. A wobble plate of the compressor does not spin as an axle rotates, but orbitally tilts relative to the axle, thereby causing the double-headed pistons to move within the respective cylinders.
US11408400B2	De-icing system for a wind turbine blade Disclosed is a wind turbine blade having a blade de-icing system. The blade de-icing system comprises: a first channel longitudinally extending from a first position to a second position, wherein the second position is between the tip end and the first position; and a heating channel longitudinally extending from the second position to the first position along the leading edge of the wind turbine blade, the heating channel and the first channel being in fluid connection. The blade de-icing system is arranged to provide a flow of heated fluid through the first channel and the heating channel, the flow of heated fluid through the heating channel having a main flow direction along a longitudinal direction of the wind turbine blade, and wherein the blade de-icing system is configured to affect the flow of heated fluid through the heating channel resulting in a rotational flow of the heated fluid about the main flow direction. The rotational flow is rotating from the suction side to the pressure side at the leading edge.
US11408398B2	Configuration of wind turbine controllers The wind turbine comprises at least one controller arranged to control a function of the wind turbine, and a data storage unit arranged to store controller specific data for the at least one controller, where the data storage unit is associated with the at least one controller to enable communication of the controller specific data between the data storage unit and the at least one controller. The method comprises detecting a connection between a programming enabling key and a connection interface dependent on a presence of the programming enabling key in proximity of the connection interface, initiating a programming mode wherein a control unit is enabled to receive controller specific data or wind turbine specific data from which the controller specific data can be determined, and obtaining the controller specific data or the wind turbine specific data via a manual action or via a trusted data source.
US11408396B2	Thrust control for wind turbines using active sensing of wind turbulence A wind turbine and method are provided for defining a plurality of thrust limits for the wind turbine located at a site and having a rotor with rotor blades, wherein the thrust limits define values of aerodynamic thrust on the rotor not to be exceeded in operation. The method includes providing a wind speed distribution representative for the site and defining one or more isolines of constant turbulence probability representing a turbulence parameter as a function of wind speed. The isolines correspond to quantile levels of turbulence of the wind speed distribution and the turbulence parameter is indicative of wind speed variation. The turbulence parameter is determined by continuously measuring wind speed upstream of the rotor with an active sensing system and calculating the wind speed variations from the measured wind speed. Turbulence ranges are defined with respect to the isolines and thrust limits are defined for the turbulence ranges.
US11408392B2	Insert and blank for a wind turbine blade root A composite material blank (190) comprising an elongate blank body (300) extending between a first end face (312a) and a second end face (312b); said blank body (300) extending in a longitudinal direction, parallel to a longitudinal axis thereof, and having four peripheral sides (341, 342, 343, 344); each said first and second end face (312a, 312b) having edges (361a-364a; 361b-364b) which define a trapezoid shape; wherein the peripheral sides (341, 342, 343, 344) of said blank body (190) connect the edges (361a-364a) of said first end face (312a) with the edges (361b-364b) of said second end face (312b); and wherein said first trapezoid end face (312a) is inverted in relation to said second trapezoid end face (312b). A method of manufacturing a composite blank (190), and a wind turbine blade root insert (105) which may be formed from a blank (190).
US11408387B2	Auto-stop start system for a vehicle An auto-stop start system for a vehicle. The auto-stop start system has a control unit with an auto-stop start function controlling stop and start of an engine of the vehicle, and a control device by which control device the auto-stop start function can be temporarily deactivated by an operator of the vehicle. The control unit is configured to reactivate the auto-stop start function after a predetermined duration of a temporary deactivation. The predetermined duration of the temporary deactivation of the auto-stop start function is selectable by means of the control device.
US11408383B2	Fuel pump assembly with electric motor fuel pump and fluid driven fuel pump In at least some implementations, an assembly includes a reservoir, a primary fuel pump having an inlet in communication with the reservoir's internal volume, an outlet, a motor and a pumping element driven by the motor and a secondary fuel pump with a body having first and second inlets and an outlet. The first inlet receives fuel from the primary fuel pump and a nozzle is communicated with the first inlet and fuel flows out of the nozzle into the body via the first inlet. The second inlet is in communication with the reservoir inlet, and the outlet is in communication with the internal volume. The flow of fuel through the nozzle draws fuel from the fuel source through the second fuel inlet and that fuel is combined with the flow of fuel from the nozzle and discharged into the reservoir.
US11408382B2	Carburetor drain A carburetor includes a carburetor bowl, a fuel supply pipe, a fuel drain pipe, and a valve. The carburetor bowl is configured to store fuel and provide the fuel to an air passage. The fuel supply pipe is connected a fuel tank and the carburetor bowl. The fuel drain pipe is connected to the carburetor bowl and the fuel supply line. The valve for the fuel drain pipe is configured to open and close in response to an orientation of the carburetor.
US11408379B2	Air supply arrangement for supplying air to an internal combustion engine The invention relates to a an air supply arrangement (100) for supplying air from the atmosphere towards an internal combustion engine in a vehicle, the air supply arrangement comprising an air intake (101) for intake of air from the atmosphere, an air outlet (102) for outlet of air towards the internal combustion engine, and an air duct (103) for leading air from the air intake (101) in a downstream direction to the air outlet (102). A separator (200) is arranged in the air duct (103) so as to divide the air duct (103) into an upstream portion (104) and a downstream portion (105) for filtering of atmospheric air from debris by passage of said atmospheric air through the separator (200). The air supply arrangement (100) further comprises a compressed air delivery arrangement (300) being arranged to supply compressed air towards the separator (200) for cleaning the separator (200) from assembled debris.
US11408367B2	Internal combustion engine An internal combustion engine includes: a piston guided by a cylinder to reciprocate along a cylinder axis and forming a combustion chamber with a crown surface facing a cylinder head; and a fuel injection valve having an injection port facing the combustion chamber and injecting fuel to a forward tumble flow in the combustion chamber. A ridge formed on the crown surface rises toward a ceiling surface side relative to a reference plane, orthogonal to the cylinder axis and including an outer peripheral edge of the crown surface, and has a ridge line formed by a curved surface to surround a recessed part. The recessed part is recessed toward a center of the crown surface in a direction orthogonal to a virtual plane including the cylinder axis and parallel to a rotation axis of a crankshaft, and is recessed toward the center in an axial direction of the crankshaft.
US11408365B2	Method for operating an injection system of an internal combustion engine, an injection system for an internal combustion engine, and an internal combustion engine including an injection system A method for operating an injection system of an internal combustion engine, including: providing the injection system includes a high pressure accumulator; regulating a high pressure in the high pressure accumulator in a normal operation by way actuating a low pressure-side suction throttle; regulating the high pressure in a first operating mode of safety operation by way of actuating at least one high pressure-side pressure control valve; carrying out a switchover from the normal operation into the first operating mode of safety operation if the high pressure reaches or exceeds a first limit pressure value; and carrying out a switchover from the first operating mode of safety operation into the normal operation if, starting from above a setpoint pressure value, the high pressure reaches or undershoots the setpoint pressure value, which is lower than the first limit pressure value.
US11408359B2	System for turbocharger performance monitoring and adaptation New and/or alternative approaches to physical plant performance control that can account for the health of the physical plant. A physical plant may be controlled by configurable controller, which may further comprise a low level controller associated with a higher level controller such as an Engine Control Unit (ECU). The ECU uses modeling to calculate an estimated operating value of a first parameter in the physical plant, and also uses a sensor to measure an operating value of the first parameter. The measured and modeled values are compared to determine the state of health (SOH) of the physical plant or a component thereof. The SOH may be stored, transmitted, or used to modify one or more control values used by the low level controller.
US11408357B2	Engine and propeller control system An electronic controller for an engine and a propeller, a control system and related methods are described herein. The control system comprises the controller having a first channel and a second channel independent from and redundant to the first channel. Each channel comprises a control processor configured to receive first engine and propeller parameters and to output, based on the first engine and propeller parameters, at least one engine control command and at least one propeller control command. Each channel also comprises a protection processor configured to receive second engine and propeller parameters and to output, based on the second engine and propeller parameters, at least one engine protection command and at least one propeller protection command. The control system comprises sensors for measuring the parameters of the engine and/or the propeller and effectors configured to control the engine and the propeller.
US11408354B2	Aircraft engine Gas turbine engine for aircraft including: engine core including turbine, compressor, and core shaft connecting turbine to compressor; fan located upstream of engine core, including plurality of fan blades; gearbox receives input from core shaft and outputs drive to fan shaft to drive fan at lower rotational speed than core shaft; and fan shaft mounting structure arranged to mount fan shaft within engine. Fan shaft mounting structure includes at least two supporting bearings connected to fan shaft. Gearbox's output is at gearbox output position and fan's input is at fan input position. First bearing separation distance is defined as axial distance between input to fan and closest bearing of at least two supporting bearings in rearward direction from fan. First bearing separation ratio of: the ⁢ ⁢ first ⁢ ⁢ bearing ⁢ ⁢ separation ⁢ ⁢ distance ⁢ ⁢ ( d 1 ) the ⁢ ⁢ axial ⁢ ⁢ distance ⁢ ⁢ between ⁢ ⁢ the ⁢ ⁢ fan ⁢ ⁢ input ⁢ ⁢ position and ⁢ ⁢ the ⁢ ⁢ gearbox ⁢ ⁢ output ⁢ ⁢ position ⁢ ⁢ ( d 4 ) is greater than or equal to 1.6×10−1, and the axial distance between the fan input position and the gearbox output position (d4) is greater than or equal to 0.43 m.
US11408353B2	Auxiliary power unit with plural spool assembly and starter transmission arrangement A gas turbine engine includes a plural spool assembly including a first spool and a second spool. The engine also includes an accessory configured to change between a motor mode and a generator mode and a transmission configured to transmit mechanical power between the accessory and at least one of the first spool and the second spool. The transmission, when the accessory is in the generator mode, is configured to transmit mechanical power from the first spool to the accessory for generating electric power at the accessory. The transmission, when the accessory is in the motor mode, is configured to transmit mechanical power from the accessory to the second spool.
US11408348B2	Fuel supply system A fuel supply system for fuel injectors of a multi-stage combustor of a gas turbine engine is provided. The system has a metering and splitting arrangement which receives a pressurised fuel flow and controllably meters and splits the received flow into metered pilot and mains flows for injecting respectively at pilot and mains fuel discharge orifices of the injectors to perform staging control of the combustor. The system further has pilot and mains fuel distribution pipeworks respectively distributing fuel from the metering and splitting arrangement to the pilot and mains discharge orifices. The system further has a controller which is configured to command the metering and splitting arrangement to provide the metered flows, to select the pilot distribution pipework and deselect the mains distribution pipework for pilot-only operation.
US11408346B2	Fuel injector A fuel injector includes: a pilot fuel injection portion including a pilot fuel supply block and a pilot shroud; a main fuel injection portion arranged so as to surround the pilot fuel injection portion from an outer side in a radial direction; and an intermediate air passage arranged between the pilot fuel injection portion and the main fuel injection portion. The pilot shroud includes: a throat located at a downstream side of the pilot fuel supply block; and a flame holding portion surrounding flame located at the downstream side of the throat. An air injection slit is formed at the flame holding portion, the air injection slit being configured to inject compressed air of the intermediate air passage in a direction along an inner peripheral surface of the flame holding portion such that the compressed air covers the inner peripheral surface over an entire periphery.
US11408339B2	Steam turbine system and combined cycle plant A steam turbine system (200) includes a steam turbine (60) in which a main flow path (C) through which a main steam flows is formed, and a saturated steam generation portion (210) that is configured to generate a saturated steam. The saturated steam generation portion (210) is configured to feed the saturated steam into a wet region (C1) in which the main steam in the main flow path (C) is in a wet state via a hollow portion formed inside a stator vane (650) of the steam turbine (60). The stator vane (650) has a plurality of supply ports that are formed such that the hollow portion is configured to communicate with the main flow path (C), and a discharge amount of the saturated steam increases from an inner circumferential side toward an outer circumferential side in a blade height direction.
US11408334B2	Controlling the position of turbine guide vanes and of a coolant flow Methods and systems are provided for a turbocharger system. In one example, a system comprises an actuator configured to adjust a position of a plurality of guide vanes and a position of a coolant valve configured to adjust coolant flow through a turbine coolant jacket or a compressor coolant jacket.
US11408331B2	Wastegate assembly and turbocharger including the same A wastegate assembly for a turbocharger includes a valve element. The valve element has a valve body, a first shaft extending away from the valve body along a first axis, and a second valve shaft spaced from the first valve shaft and extending away from the valve body along a second axis. The valve element is movable between a first and a second position to control exhaust gas flow to a turbine housing interior of the turbocharger. The wastegate assembly also includes a valve arm coupled to the first and second valve shafts for moving the valve element between the first and second positions. The wastegate assembly further includes a washer coupled to at least one of the first and second valve shafts and axially spaced from the valve arm with respect to the first and second axes.
US11408328B2	Engine cooling apparatus An engine cooling apparatus configured to circulate cooling water between an engine and a radiator is provided. A cylinder is provided on an upper part of a crankcase in the engine and the radiator is configured to radiate heat of the cooling water that has passed through the engine. The engine cooling apparatus includes a water pump configured to eject cooling water toward the engine, and a thermostat configured to send cooling water to the radiator in response to a cooling water temperature. The water pump is attached to the crankcase from an outside in a vehicle width direction. The thermostat is attached to the water pump from an inside in the vehicle width direction. The thermostat overlaps the crankcase in a front view of the engine.
US11408298B2	Sealing of a turbine An assembly for a multistage turbine of a turbomachine has a static sealing device and a nozzle with a radially outer end and an outer casing surrounding the nozzle. The static sealing device is arranged radially between a radially outer end of the nozzle and the outer casing. The static sealing device includes an annular seal borne by the nozzle and an annular structure that defines a plurality of radial annular walls. The walls are axially spaced apart from one another, and at least one first wall is in annular contact radially inwardly with the annular seal. A longitudinal dimension of the annular contact is less than a longitudinal dimension of the seal.
US11408295B2	Nozzle for a turbine, turbomachine turbine equipped with said nozzle and turbomachine equipped with said turbine The invention concerns a turbine nozzle, comprising a plurality of angular nozzle sectors (6) each angular sector (6) comprising two inner and outer platform sectors, connected together by a plurality of radial blades (63), each inner platform sector (62) being rigidly attached to a radially inner foot (621), this nozzle comprising an annular collar (5) on which the nozzle angular sectors are fastened end-to-end circumferentially, this collar (5) comprising a cylindrical ring (50) the radial inner face (51) of which comprises an abradable material (53). This nozzle is characterised in that the radially inner foot (621) of each inner platform sector comprises a radial tab (622) and in that the annular ring (50) comprises a plurality of L-shaped pads (55), each pad delimiting a slot (553) for receiving the tab (622), so as to ensure the fastening by coupling of the collar on each nozzle angular sector.
US11408288B1	Turbine airfoil A turbine blade for a gas turbine engine having: an airfoil including leading and trailing edges joined by spaced apart pressure and suction sides to provide an exterior airfoil surface extending from a platform in a radial direction to a tip; and wherein the exterior airfoil surface is formed in substantial conformance with multiple cross-sectional profiles of the airfoil described by a set of Cartesian coordinates set forth in at least one of Tables 1-3 and wherein the set of Cartesian coordinates in Tables 1-3 are offset from a center point of an inner diameter edge of a forward root face of a root of the turbine blade by offsets of Table 4 to provide the exterior airfoil surface at a span location.
US11408287B2	Compressor pump body, compressor, and air conditioner with a vane enlargement portion The disclosure discloses a compressor pump body, a compressor and an air conditioner. The compressor pump body includes a sliding vane, a first flange and a second flange. The sliding vane includes a main body. The main body is provided with a first surface and a second surface which are arranged opposite to each other. The first surface abuts against the first flange, and the second surface abuts against the second flange. The first surface and/or the second surface are/is provided with an enlargement portion. An exhaust port is formed in the first flange and/or the second flange. When the sliding vane rotates to sweep the exhaust port, the enlargement portion can prevent two sides of the sliding vane in the rotation direction from communicating by means of the exhaust port.
US11408286B2	Rotational displacement apparatus An apparatus including a first piston member rotatable about a first rotational axis and a rotor with a first chamber and pivotable about a second rotational axis. The first piston member extends across the first chamber. The rotor and first piston member are rotatable around the first rotational axis, and the rotor is pivotable about the second rotational axis to permit a relative pivoting motion between the rotor and the first piston member linked to the rotor rotating about the first rotational axis.
US11408284B2	System and method for supporting sidewalls or ribs in coal mines A mining bolt system to anchor mining roofs. A bearing plate has a top bearing surface, a bottom bearing surface and a central hole. An L-shaped angle bracket having an upstanding portion and an upper portion has further defined therein a pair of bracket holes. A bolt including a rod portion and a bolt head passes through the central hole and into a mine roof. A threaded staff is then adapted to pass through one of the bracket holes underneath the bottom bearing surface, wherein, in combination, the bearing plate, angle bracket and threaded staff can be tensioned to provide a lifting force against the mine roof.
US11408283B2	Formwork for the production of concrete articles A formwork for the production of concrete articles includes: a supporting beam with a development axis; a panel which has an outer surface designed to be in contact with a concrete casting, the panel being connected on an inner side to the beam and being curvable around a transverse direction relative to the development axis of the beam; and a connector, present in the area of one end of the beam, allowing connection of the beam to another structure. The connector includes: a slide connected to the beam to perform a translation or rotation movement, or both, the slide carrying a first fastener connecting the beam to another adjacent beam, and a second fastener connecting the beam to a supporting structure; and an adjustment mechanism which acts on the slide to move it continuously between a retracted position and an extended position, adjusting its position relative to the beam.
US11408278B2	Autonomous tool A method, system, and apparatus for determining the location of a tool traveling down a wellbore by measuring a first borehole magnetic anomaly with respect to time at two known locations on a tool, comparing the time difference between the two measurements, then calculating the velocity of the tool based on the comparison, then further calculating the distance traveled by the tool in the wellbore based on the velocity calculation, then executing a series of commands at a predetermined location in the wellbore.
US11408267B2	Well fracturing systems with electrical motors and methods of use A system for stimulating oil or gas production from a wellbore includes a hydraulic fracturing pump unit having one or more hydraulic fracturing pumps driven by one or more electrical fracturing motors, a variable frequency drive (VFD) controlling the electrical fracturing motors, a fracturing pump blower unit driven by a blower motor, and a fracturing pump lubrication unit having a lubrication pump driven by a lubrication motor and a cooling fan driven by a cooling motor. The system may further include a blender unit and a hydration unit. A system control unit may control the operational parameters of the system.
US11408262B2	Mobile fracking pump trailer A mobile fracking pump trailer 100 includes a gas turbine engine 102 and fracking pump 104, and torque converter 114 that fluidly couples the gas turbine engine 102 to the fracking pump 104. The mobile fracking pump trailer 100 further includes a first reduction gearing 118 connected between the gas turbine engine 102 and the torque converter 114 and a first power takeoff 120 connected to first reduction gearing 118. An electrical machine 128 is connected to the first power takeoff 120 for selectively starting the gas turbine engine 102 and generating electrical power to power the mobile fracking pump trailer 100 after the gas turbine engine 102 has been started.
US11408258B2	Hydraulic underbalance initiated safety firing head, well completion apparatus incorporating same, and method of use A firing head assembly is described. The firing head assembly includes a tubular housing, upper piston and lower pistons, and a compressible member arranged within a lumen of the tubular housing and positioned between the upper and lower pistons. According to an aspect, the assembly includes a safety assembly that includes a sleeve having a zigzag shaped slot therein. The safety assembly may include a key that radially extends from a surface of one of the pistons, through the zigzag shaped slot. The distance between the upper and lower pistons may be adjusted by adjusting a pressure inside the tubular housing and a second pressure outside the tubular housing. The upper and lower pistons may function to operatively adjust the arrangement of the key within the zigzag shaped slot to activate the firing head assembly to either trigger an explosive reaction or to not trigger the explosive reaction.
US11408242B2	Consumable packer element protection for improved run-in times A sacrificial shroud is disposed over a packing element of a downhole packer to provide isolation from incompatible wellbore fluids and to minimize a tendency for swabbing or packer preset due to fluid flow past the packing element during run-in, thereby allowing for faster run-in speeds. The shroud may be depletive or consumable, such as by dissolution into a wellbore fluid or by melting at a predetermined downhole thermodynamic condition. The shroud may take the form of a sleeve or an applied coating.
US11408241B2	Downhole pulling tool with selective anchor actuation A single-trip cut and pull system for a wellbore including a cutter, a power section, and an anchor selectively actuable independently of the power section; a method for cutting and pulling casing in a single run including running a cut and pull system on a string to a target depth, rotating a cutter of the cut and pull system to cut a casing section, and actuating an anchor of the cut and pull system after cutting the casing section; and a method for cutting and pulling casing in a single run including running a cut and pull system on a string to a target depth, rotating a cutter of the cut and pull system by rotating the string to cut a casing section, and pulling the cut casing in the single run.
US11408238B2	Auxiliary device for lowering a tool into a well The present invention relates to an auxiliary device for lowering at least one tool into a well, the auxiliary device comprising a main body configured to at least partially envelope an upper portion of the tool, wherein the main body comprises: a bottom opening configured to allow passage of the tool; and a top opening configured to block passage of the tool and allow passage of the cable supporting the tool.
US11408235B2	Connectors for high temperature geothermal wells The invention relates to connectors for casings used in high temperature wells. The connectors of the present invention may be used for connecting casing segments of geothermal or oil wells. The connector is simple in design and able to take up thermal expansion due to temperature change when high temperature media starts to flow through the casings and when the well needs to be cooled down for maintenance. The connector of the present invention uses a new sealing mechanism for preventing leaking during operation.
US11408228B2	Methods and systems for improving confidence in automated steering guidance Systems including a plurality of sensors disposed on a bottom hole assembly (BHA) configured to provide data to a controller, wherein a drill bit is connected to a bottom of the BHA; and a controller configured to: receive a well plan; receive, at a first stationary survey station, locational data and directional data of the BHA from the plurality of sensors; create steering instructions based on the well plan, historical drilling data, and the locational and directional data; generate a predicted future position of the drill bit for each of a plurality of stationary survey stations subsequent to the first stationary survey station assuming implementation of the steering instructions; display the predicted future position of the drill bit for each stationary survey station on a graphical user interface; receive directions to implement, reject, or revise the steering instructions; and execute the received directions. Methods and machine-readable media are also included.
US11408215B2	In mold assembly of two hinges The present invention is directed to a 4-bar kinematic link component and method for forming the 4-bar kinematic link using a single rotary molding tool. The invention eliminates the need to form individual components of the bracket from several different tools, which will then requires additional assembly steps. The 4-bar kinematic link is formed from two different materials each having a different in mold shrinkage value. This allows for hinge pins to be formed through a base component in a way that will prevent sticking of the components together thereby allowing the parts to have it relative to one another using the hinge pin. The final component is a 4-bar kinematic link that can be used as a 4 bar link mechanism for providing motion.
US11408181B2	Mechanical locking system for panels and method of installing same Floor panels are provided with a mechanical locking system including a flexible locking element in a locking groove which during a horizontal motion is displaced vertically. A panel system including a plurality of rectangular panels with long and short edges which are mechanically connectable to each other along at least one pair of adjacent edges, said panels each being provided with a tongue and groove formed in one piece with the panels for mechanically locking together said adjacent edges at right angles to the principal plane of the panels, thereby forming a vertical mechanical connection between the panels, said panels being provided with a first locking element at one first edge formed in one piece with the panel and a locking groove at an opposite second edge, the locking groove being open towards a rear side or a front side of the panel.
US11408176B2	Multi-axially braided reinforcement sleeve for concrete columns and method for constructing concrete columns A multi-axially braided reinforcement sleeve that provides a low cost, simpler method to form strong concrete columns for constructing buildings and other structures. The braided reinforcement sleeve provides structural support and the rebar normally embedded to provide structural support in concrete can be eliminated, preventing the possibility of rebar oxidation which might otherwise undermine the structural integrity of the column. The reinforcement sleeve is lightweight, easy to transport, and can be greatly reduced in size to facilitate transportation. The reinforcement sleeve and construction method can be utilized in many implementations, and can be particularly useful for constructing buildings or other structures in geographic areas that are subject to earthquakes and where low cost is important.
US11408168B2	Waterproofing and safety-increasing prefabricated building framing system and method A waterproof and safety framing system is disclosed. The framing system includes a building defining an opening, a wall panel, and a framing assembly. The framing assembly includes receiver and a bottom track. The receiver is installed along an edge of the opening, with the receiver including a receiver bottom wall that defines a receiver ridge extending along a length of the receiver. The bottom track is attached to an edge of the wall panel and including a track bottom wall that defines a track ridge, with the receiver and the bottom track matingly engaging such that the bottom track overlays the receiver and the receiver ridge and the track ridge are proximal one another. The framing assembly is structured to prevent the wall panel from passing through the opening in a first direction.
US11408165B2	Modular protective enclosure for outdoor equipment A protective enclosure for equipment located outside, such as, for example pipeline and wellhead valves, includes a plurality of modular panels that are releasably connectable to form the enclosure into a configuration necessary to enclose and protect the equipment from the weather. The modular panels are metal structural panels having a rigid foam core to provide a desired level of insulation rating to the enclosure. In embodiments, the modular panels are configured to be assembled into one or more of a roof assembly, a gable assembly, and one or more sidewall assemblies. Assembly securing members attach the various modular panels together in a manner so as to prevent separation in a plurality of directions.
US11408163B2	Floor drain A drain floor, including a drain base, a drain body including a cavity, a drain cup, a supporting frame; and a reset member. The drain cup includes a cup body, a stem, and a base. The cup body includes a through hole, and two ends of the stem are connected to the cup body and the base, respectively. The cup body is disposed in the cavity and the base is disposed out of the cavity. The space between the drain body and the drain cup forms an annular channel, and the annular channel communicates with the through hole. The annular channel includes a water inlet and a water outlet. The reset member is connected to the drain cup and is movable with respect to the drain cup to open and close the water outlet. The supporting frame connects the drain body and the reset member.
US11408159B2	Multifunctional water outflow device and water flow divider The present disclosure discloses a multifunctional water outflow device comprising a connecting portion and a water outflow portion. The water outflow portion comprises a lower casing. A water dividing portion and a water flow divider are disposed in the lower casing. The water dividing portion is disposed with two water dividing passages. The water flow divider comprises a central portion, an annular wall, and a surrounding wall. A mounting groove extends inwardly from a top surface of the central portion. A bottom of the mounting groove is disposed with a water outflow passage. The mounting groove is disposed with a functional member. An opening of the first mounting groove is connected to one of the two water dividing passages. An annular chamber defined between the surrounding wall and the central portion is connected to another of the two water dividing passages to generate aerated water.
US11408148B2	Working machine with control device to control operation allowable state and operation restriction state A working machine includes an operation device to conduct operations of the working machine, a control device to control the working machine between an operation allowable state and an operation restriction state, the operation allowable state allowing the working machine to be operated, the operation restriction state restricting the operations conducted by the operation device in comparison with the operation allowable state. The working machine includes a display device having a display portion and an input operation portion. The control device performs control under the operation restriction state when a predetermined input operation is conducted through the input operation portion.
US11408140B2	Pile croppers and methods for cutting piles An apparatus for cutting a pile having a pair of cutting members having a first cutting member having a first cutting edge and a second cutting member having a second cutting edge. The first and second cutting members are pivotally mounted at separate primary pivot axes and are moveable about the primary pivot axes in order to move the first and second cutting edges with respect to each other between rest and cutting positions. The first and second cutting edges are parallel with respect to each other when in their respective cutting positions.
US11408139B2	Elongated connecting element for anchoring members and method for providing and installing an elongated connecting element for anchoring members An elongated connecting element for anchoring members, which is provided with a first anchoring end portion designed to be inserted into an anchoring region and a second end portion which defines a head, which lies opposite the first anchoring end portion and is designed to interact with an element to be anchored. The elongated connecting element includes an external tubular element which accommodates an internal elongated body, the external tubular element defining, at the head, at least one feeding port for a synthetic anchoring mix and, at the first anchoring end portion, at least one exit opening for the synthetic anchoring mix. The synthetic anchoring mix is configured to set, penetrating at least partially into the anchoring region and creating a stable connection between the anchoring region and the elongated connecting element and between the respective portions of the external tubular element and of the internal elongated body.
US11408138B2	Roadway work area safety truck A system for generating collision data captured by safety monitoring equipment on-board a safety truck may include a processor that receives an indication of a speed of a vehicle approaching the safety truck and that overlays a textual indication of the speed of the vehicle onto frames of video captured of the vehicle. If the processor receives an indication that the vehicle has collided with the safety truck, a timestamp is associated with the video and a predetermined portion preceding the timestamp and after the timestamp is not overwritten.
US11408137B1	Bollard anchor system An anchor system for anchoring a bollard. Some of the various embodiments of the present disclosure include a base and a rod. The rod is inserted into the ground to secure the rod to the ground. The base is connected to the rod to secure the base to the ground. The bollard is connected to the base to secure the bollard to the ground. Some other embodiments include the base, the rod, and/or a helical member, a nut, a washer, one or more prongs, and one or more set screws.
US11408135B2	Milling cutting element system A cylindrical cutting system, a bit holder assembly, and machine for milling or scarifying road surfaces are disclosed. A bit holder is attachable to a milling platform, and includes an inward facing surface for engaging a corresponding mating surface of the milling platform. The inward facing surface of the bit holder and the mating surface include aligning fastener and pin openings. A fastener and a pin are inserted within the respective openings to couple the bit holder to the milling platform. The mating surface may define a part of a recess formed in the milling platform. A wear element may be disposed at the leading side of the bit holder. Multiple platforms may be coupled together with axially extended platform fasteners.
US11408130B2	Switch element for a track carrying a rubber-tyred vehicle, track switchgear made from said elements and method for transporting passengers along a rail provided with such switchgear The disclosure relates to a flexible switch element for a track carrying rubber-tyred trains comprising two parallel rails each having an upper running surface for the tyres and an inner side surface for supporting a continuous strip (B) for guiding the train. The switch element has at least one hinge providing the longitudinal link with an adjacent switch element. The switch element also has a set of longitudinal abutments engaging, on the one hand, with the hinge in order to adjust the relative angular orientation of the element and, on the other hand, with a pivoting bottom rod providing the connection to and the alignment with an identical switch element arranged symmetrically on the opposite side of the switch. The disclosure also relates to a track switchgear comprising the assembly of such elements and a method for transporting passengers along a track provided with said track switchgear.
US11408129B2	Fibrous structures A fibrous structure includes a plurality of discrete wet-formed knuckles extending from a pillow surface of the fibrous structure, wherein the plurality of discrete wet-formed knuckles are arranged in a pattern organized in an X-Y coordinate plane, each of the wet-formed knuckles of the pattern is included within a plurality of rows oriented in an X-direction and a plurality of rows oriented in a Y-direction, and each row in the X-direction is curved in a repeating wave pattern, wherein the repeating wave pattern has an amplitude and a wavelength, and wherein the amplitude is between about 0.75 mm and about 3.0 mm, and the wavelength is between about 25.0 mm and about 125.0 mm.
US11408127B2	Zwitterionic imidazolinium surfactant and use in the manufacture of absorbent paper Zwitterionic surfactant compounds and their use in connection with absorbent paper manufacture in debonder and softener formulations. An exemplary surfactant is an imidazolinium compound of formula: wherein X is SO3, R1 is a hydrocarbyl spacer group having a chain length of from 2-6 carbon atoms, R2 is a hydrocarbyl group having from 8 to 22 carbon atoms; and R3 is an alkenylamidoalkyl moiety having from 8 to 30 carbon atoms.
US11408123B2	Base interlining, methods for their manufacture and application thereof The invention relates to a novel binder system and its use for bonding textile fabrics as well as products containing such bonded textile fabrics. The materials according to the invention are suitable for manufacturing base interlinings which may be used for manufacturing base interlinings for sarking, roofing and sealing membranes, particularly for manufacturing coated sarking, roofing and sealing membranes.
US11408114B2	Apparatus for treating laundry A laundry treating apparatus includes a cabinet having an entrance and a door, a tub having a tub entrance, a drum within the tub having a drum entrance, an insulating part having a first fixing body, a second fixing body, a connecting body connecting the first and second fixing bodies together to form a space for storing liquid therebetween, and an inflow pipe through the first fixing body, a storage part within the cabinet to provide a space for storing detergent therein, a storage part connecting pipe discharging the detergent of the storage part, an insulating part connecting pipe connected to the inflow pipe, a trap forming pipe between the storage part connecting pipe and the insulating part connecting pipe, and a decelerating part provided to the insulating part connecting pipe to decelerate a flow speed of water moving from the trap forming pipe to the insulating part connecting pipe.
US11408107B2	Method for controlling washing machine A method of controlling a washing machine that includes a tub, a drum rotatably disposed in the tub, at least one nozzle spraying water into the drum, a washing motor rotating the drum relative to the tub, and a circulation pump circulating water discharged from the tub, the method including: rotating the drum to cause laundry in the drum (i) to be raised with respect to a bottom of the drum and (ii) to fall downwards into the drum while water is supplied to the drum; spraying water through the at least one nozzle while the drum rotates; based on a first water level in the tub, controlling the circulation pump to rotate at a first rotation speed; supplying water to the drum to increase the water in the tub to a second water level; and controlling the circulation pump to rotate at a second rotation speed.
US11408106B2	Counting crochet hook Apparatuses, systems, and methods are disclosed for a counting crochet hook. An apparatus comprises a handle. The apparatus includes an elongate rod comprising a first end and second end, the first end coupled to the handle and the second end comprising a hook that is pointed with a lateral groove behind the hook. The apparatus further comprises a first button disposed on the handle. The first button is configured to increment a first counter when actuated. The apparatus additionally comprises a second button disposed on the handle. The second button is configured to increment a second counter when actuated. The apparatus also comprises a display disposed on the handle for displaying a value of the first counter and a value of the second counter.
US11408103B2	Three-dimensional shoe A knitted upper for an article of footwear. The knitted upper is formed essentially as a single piece in a three-dimensional knitting process. The knitted upper includes at least one activated shrink yarn.
US11408096B2	Method of producing mechanoluminescent fibers Described herein is the application of centrifugal spinning to provide a flexible mechanoluminescent material composed of rare earth metal doped fibers. Rare earth metal doped fibers are formed, in one embodiment, by centrifugal spinning.
US11408072B2	Vapor deposition apparatus A vapor deposition apparatus for providing a deposition film on a substrate, the vapor deposition apparatus includes a plurality of first nozzle parts which injects a first raw material toward the substrate; a plurality of second nozzle parts which is alternately disposed together with the plurality of first nozzle parts and injects a second raw material toward the substrate; a diffuser unit which distributes the second raw material to the plurality of second nozzle parts; and a supply unit which supplies the second raw material to the diffuser unit.
US11408071B2	Gas supplying unit of substrate treating apparatus A gas supplying unit of a substrate treating apparatus is proposed. The gas supplying unit includes: a gas distribution plate having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, and having first gas supply holes formed through the first surface and the second surface; a shower head having a third surface being in close contact with the second surface and a fourth surface opposite the third surface, and having second gas supply holes formed through the third surface and the fourth surface to be connected to the first gas supply holes; and heat transfer members having first ends inserted in at least one of the gas distribution plate and the shower head and second ends being in contact with any one of the shower head and the gas distribution plate.
US11408062B2	System and method for heat treating aluminum alloy castings A method for heat treating cast aluminum alloy components that includes obtaining a casting formed from an aluminum alloy having a silicon constituent and at least one metal alloying constituent, and heating the casting to a first casting temperature that is below but within 10° C. of a predetermined silicon solution temperature at which the silicon constituent rapidly enters into solid solution. The method also includes increasing the rate of heat input into the casting to raise the temperature of the casting to a second casting temperature that is above but within 10° C. of a predetermined alloying metal solution temperature at which the at least one metal alloying constituent rapidly enters into solid solution, maintaining the casting at the second casting temperature for a period of time that is less than about 20 minutes, and then quenching the casting to a temperature less than or about 250° C.
US11408061B2	High temperature, creep-resistant aluminum alloy microalloyed with manganese, molybdenum and tungsten A high temperature creep-resistant aluminum alloy microalloyed with manganese and molybdenum and/or tungsten is provided. The aluminum alloy includes scandium, zirconium, erbium, silicon, at least one of molybdenum and tungsten, manganese and the balance aluminum and incidental impurities. The concentration of the alloying elements, in atom %, is greater than 0.0 and less than or equal to 0.15 scandium, greater than 0.0 and less than or equal to 0.35 zirconium, greater than 0.0 and less than or equal to 0.15 erbium, greater than 0.0 and less than or equal to 0.2 silicon, greater than 0.0 and less or equal to 0.75 molybdenum when included, greater than 0.0 and less than or equal to 0.35 tungsten when included, and greater than 0.0 and less than or equal to 1.5 manganese. And the total concentration of Zr+Er+Sc is greater than or equal to 0.1.
US11408053B2	Methods for selective leaching and extraction of precious metals in organic solvents The present application relates to methods for leaching and extraction of precious metals. For example, the present application relates to methods of leaching gold, palladium and/or platinum from a substance comprising gold, palladium and/or platinum (such as a gold-containing ore or a platinum group metal (PGM) concentrate) using an organic solvent that is water-miscible or partially water-miscible.
US11408051B2	Method and system for metal recovery from arsenical bearing sulfides ores There is provided a method for the removal of arsenic from an arsenical bearing sulfides ore, comprising a thermal treatment of arsenical sulfide in the presence of sulfur dioxide, yielding a calcine and a sublimate, the sublimate containing arsenious oxide. The method allows recovering metallic value from an arsenic-bearing metallic sulfides ore, by recovery of the calcine comprising the metallic value of the ore.
US11408050B2	Component manufacturing method and component A component manufacturing method includes: disposing, in a fluid, an unprocessed component having a hole that has an opening in an outer surface of the unprocessed component; creating a flow of the fluid such that air bubbles resulting from laser peening performed by irradiating an inner wall of the hole of the unprocessed component with a laser beam in the fluid flow along the hole; setting an irradiation area of the laser beam in an inner surface of the hole; and in the fluid of which the flow has been created, irradiating the irradiation area with the laser beam from the side of the outer surface through the opening.
US11408028B2	Nucleic acid hybridization assay Provided herein is a method and device for performing a homogeneous nucleic acid detection assay. The device can contain a pair of plates where one of the plates comprises (i) surface amplification surface; and (ii) target-specific nucleic acid probes that are immobilized on said amplification surface and that specifically binds to a part of the target nucleic acid; and the second plate comprises a sample contact area comprising a reagent storage site that comprises target-specific nucleic acid detection agents that specifically binds to another part of the target nucleic acid. In some embodiments, the device can be read without a washing unbound label from the surface of the device.
US11408019B2	Alpha-glucan mixture, its preparation and uses An object of the present invention is to provide an α-glucan mixture in a preferable molecular weight range, which can be made into a transparent film with advantageous strength and water solubility when an edible film is made by using the α-glucan mixture without adding any plasticizer. The above object is solved by providing an α-glucan mixture, which is obtainable by a process comprising the steps of gelatinizing waxy starch and liquefying the resulting gelatinized waxy starch by allowing an amylase to act on it, having the following characteristics (1) and (2): (1) having the weight average molecular weight (Mw) in a range of 150 kDa to 3,000 kDa; and (2) having the value of dividing weight average molecular weight (Mw) with number average molecular weight (Mn), Mw/Mn, of 35.1 or lower.
US11408012B2	Nucleic acid-guided nucleases Disclosed herein are nucleic acid-guided nucleases, guide nucleic acids, and targetable nuclease systems, and methods of use. Disclosed herein are engineered non-naturally occurring nucleic acid-guided nucleases, guide nucleic acids, and targetable nuclease systems, and methods of use. Targetable nuclease systems can be used to edit genetic targets, including recursive genetic engineering and trackable genetic engineering methods.
US11408007B2	Compositions and methods for biocontainment of microorganisms Methods and strategies for introducing genetic safeguards into microorganisms, genetically modified organisms (GMO) including the safeguards, and methods of use thereof are provided. The genetic safeguards generally impart a low escape frequency, are robust, and are modular. Safeguards with low escape frequency prevent the rise of mutants escaping defined media and limit growth in the wild. Robust safeguards retain wild-type levels of fitness while also maintaining containment in diverse growth conditions.
US11407991B2	Nucleic acid extraction from heterogeneous biological materials Methods for extracting high quality nucleic acids from a heterogenous collection of nucleic acid-containing materials from a biological sample are disclosed. The heterogenous collection of nucleic-acid containing materials may contain cells or microvesicles, or both. The extractions obtained by the methods described herein are characterized by high yield and high integrity, making the extracted nucleic acids useful for various applications in which high quality nucleic acid extractions are preferred, e.g., a diagnosis, prognosis, or therapy evaluation for a medical condition.
US11407984B2	Methods for purification of arysulfatase A The present invention provides, among other things, improved methods for purifying arylsulfatase A (ASA) protein produced recombinantly for enzyme replacement therapy. The present invention is, in part, based on the surprising discovery that recombinant ASA protein can be purified from unprocessed biological materials, such as, ASA-containing cell culture medium, using a process involving as few as four chromatography columns and only one step of post-chromatographic ultrafiltration/diafiltration.
US11407979B2	Intermittent starvation techniques to prolong functional lifetime of liver cells in culture The present disclosure relates to compositions and methods for culturing a population of hepatocytes in vitro, comprising co-culturing the population of hepatocytes with at least one non-parenchymal cell population and incubating the co-culture in culture medium, wherein the co-culture is periodically incubated in culture medium that does not comprise serum (serum-free culture medium).
US11407975B2	E. coli strains having an oxidative cytoplasm This disclosure provides an E. coli strain, which lacks thioredoxin reductase activity encoded by trxB and thioredoxin 1 activity encoded by trxA, and glutathione reductase activity encoded by gor. Said E. coli strain expresses a mutated AhpC protein having glutathione reductase activity and a cytosolic prokaryotic disulfide isomerase. The E. coli strain has an oxidative cytosol and can be used to efficiently produce proteins having disulfide bonds.
US11407973B2	Methods for culturing filamentous fungi in fermentation media Methods for culturing filamentous fungi, in which the filamentous fungi are grown in a colloid of air and a fermentation medium, are provided. The methods result in more rapid and prolific growth of the filamentous fungus than has been achieved by previous methods. Biomats produced by the methods and air-medium colloids for use in the methods are also provided.
US11407972B1	Fungal-derived formulations and associated methods Methods for stimulating in-vitro Paecilomyces hepiali or Hirsutella sinensis growth, and nutritional supplement formulations containing such fungal strains are disclosed and described. In some embodiments, such a method may include providing a an effective amount of a P. hepiali fungus strain for use as a stimulating agent on a culture medium for which H. sinensis is grown and regulating the temperature to induce and maintain the growth of the H. sinensis fungus. Alternatively, a P. hepiali fungus may be grown in a similar manner using H. sinensis as the stimulating agent. In some aspects, the growth of one fungus may be sequentially switched with the other in order to improve fungi potency.
US11407963B1	Cleaning and disinfectant composition A biodegradable cleaning and disinfectant concentrate and method for disinfecting and cleaning surfaces. The concentrate consists essentially of a reaction product of hydrochloric acid and urea; an ethoxylated alcohol surfactant; water; and optionally, a peroxide booster. The reaction product is present in an amount ranging from about 30 to about 50 percent by weight based on a total weight of the concentrate.
US11407953B2	Processes for utilisation of purified coal compositions as a chemical and thermal feedstock and cleaner burning fuel A process for upgrading of a coal product is provided. The process comprising the steps of: (i) providing a purified coal composition, wherein the composition is in the form of solid particles, and wherein at least about 90% by volume (% vol) of the solid particles are no greater than about 500 μm in diameter; and (ii) combining the purified coal composition with a solid coal feedstock, in order to create a combined solid-solid blend upgraded coal product. Further a process for preparation of a purified coal product is provided. The process comprising the steps of: obtaining a starting material that comprises coal; subjecting the starting material to at least one fine grinding stage so as to reduce the starting material to a particulate composition in which substantially all of the particles are no more than 500 microns (μm) in diameter; exposing the particulate composition to at least one froth flotation stage so as to separate hydrocarbonaceous material comprised within the particulate composition from mineral matter, wherein during the at least one froth flotation stage the hydrocarbonaceous material is associated with froth produced and separated from the at least one froth flotation stage; washing the froth separated from the at least one froth flotation stage with water to release the hydrocarbonaceous material; and subjecting the hydrocarbonaceous material to at least one dewatering stage so as to obtain a particulate purified coal product that has an ash content of less than 12% m, a water content of less than 25% m and wherein the particles comprised within the particulate purified coal product have a d90 of less than 00 μm. Products, such as pelletized or briquetted coal, comprising purified coal material obtainable via the described processes are also provided.
US11407949B2	Process for converting C2-C5 hydrocarbons to gasoline and diesel fuel blendstocks A process for converting C2-5 alkanes to higher value C5-24 hydrocarbon fuels and blendstocks. The C2-5 alkanes are converted to olefins by thermal olefination, without the use of a dehydrogenation catalyst and without the use of steam. The product olefins are fed to an oligomerization reactor containing a zeolite catalyst to crack, oligomerize and cyclize the olefins to the fuel products which are then recovered. Optionally, hydrogen and methane are removed from the product olefin stream prior to oligomerization. Further optionally, C2-5 alkanes are removed from the product olefin stream prior to oligomerization.
US11407944B2	Light-absorbing anisotropic film, optical laminate, and image display device An object of the present invention is to provide a light-absorbing anisotropic film having an excellent degree of alignment of a dichroic azo coloring agent; an optical laminate including the same; and an image display device using the same. The light-absorbing anisotropic film according to an embodiment of the present invention is a light-absorbing anisotropic film which is formed of a liquid crystal composition containing a dichroic azo coloring agent compound, a liquid crystalline compound, and a compound represented by Formula (1) and has a front transmittance of 60% or less, and in which a content mass ratio of the dichroic azo coloring agent compound to the liquid crystalline compound is 5% to 35% by mass.
US11407942B2	Garnet silicate, garnet silicate phosphor, and wavelength converter and light emitting device which use the garnet silicate phosphor Garnet silicate is garnet silicate containing, as a main component, silicate represented by a general formula: Lu2CaMg2(SiO4)3. The garnet silicate includes primary particles having a particle shape derived from a crystal structure of garnet. Moreover, the garnet silicate further contains alkaline metal including at least lithium, in which a content of the alkaline metal is less than 2000 ppm. The garnet silicate phosphor includes garnet silicate and ions which are included in the garnet silicate and function as a light emission center. The wavelength converter includes the garnet silicate phosphor. A light emitting device includes the garnet silicate phosphor or the wavelength converter.
US11407941B2	Fluorescent nanomaterial and preparation method and applications thereof The present disclosure provides a fluorescent nanomaterial and a preparation method and applications thereof, and the preparation method comprises: subjecting amphiphilic molecules in a solvent system to an illumination treatment and/or a heat treatment to obtain fluorescent nanomaterials. The preparation of fluorescent nanomaterials provided by the present disclosure is simple in process, simple and easily available in raw materials and requires neither additional addition of a strong acid, a strong alkali, a passivating agent and the like, nor high temperature and high pressure in the preparation process. The whole process is environmentally friendly and pollution-free and the products can be used in various fields.
US11407933B2	Location and orientation control by acid etching process A method of controlling the fracture location, orientation, and reduce the breakdown pressure in multistage fracturing, particularly of unconventional reservoirs. Acid etching can be used to initiate small channels (wormholes) around the horizontal well, followed by the hydraulic fracturing fluid to create the fractures. The fracture orientation can follow the same direction of the etched part of the well and in the same location of the wormholes. The breakdown pressure can be reduced by 5, 10, 15%, or more, e.g., from 2200 to 1800 psi after acid etching which can minimize the pumping requirements at the surface and break the formation with very high breakdown pressure.
US11407926B2	Water-based adhesives An adhesive includes a polymeric latex, a penetrant selected from the group consisting of: terpenes, polylimonene, limonene, carvone, α-pinene, citral, dipentene, 1,8-cineole, eucalyptol, citronellol, geraniol, citronellene, terpinen-4-ol, borneol, camphor, guayule resin, and combinations thereof; and a reinforcing filler. The adhesive has a solids content of 35-65% and a pH of 9 to 12. Articles of manufacture, such as tires and air springs incorporate the adhesive to join rubber interfaces. A method of making the adhesive is also is provided.
US11407923B2	Polishing compositions for reduced defectivity and methods of using the same Chemical mechanical polishing compositions include an abrasive, an additive, and water. The polishing compositions have a value of less than 800,000 for the relation: large particle counts/weight percent abrasive, when measured using a 0.2 μm bin size.
US11407913B2	Inkjet inks for manufacturing printed circuit boards A method of manufacturing a Printed Circuit Board (PCB) wherein an inkjet printing step is used, characterized in that in the inkjet printing step a radiation curable inkjet ink comprising an adhesion promoter having a chemical structure according to Formula I is jetted and cured on a substrate, wherein X is selected from the group consisting of O and NR3, L1 and L2 independently represent a divalent linking group comprising from 2 to 20 carbon atoms, R1 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group and a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, R2 is selected from the group consisting of a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkenyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkynyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkaryl group, a substituted or unsubstituted aralkyl group and a substituted or unsubstituted (hetero)aryl group, R3 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkenyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkynyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkaryl group, a substituted or unsubstituted aralkyl group and a substituted or unsubstituted (hetero)aryl group, n represents an integer from 0 to 4, any of L1, L2 and R2 may represent the necessary atoms to form a 5 to 8 membered ring.
US11407911B2	Water-based ink for ink-jet recording and ink-jet recording method A water-based ink for ink-jet recording includes: a first resin-dispersed pigment, a second resin-dispersed pigment, and water, wherein the following conditions (1) and (2) are satisfied, Q1≥1.2 Condition (1): Q2<1.2 Condition (2): in the conditions (1) and (2), Q1 and Q2 are represented by the following formulae (i) and (ii), respectively. Q1=D1a/D1p (i) Q2=D2a/D2p (ii) D1a: an average particle size (nm) of the first resin-dispersed pigment after being mixed with an aqueous solution of calcium ions; D1p: an average particle size (nm) of the first resin-dispersed pigment after being mixed with pure water; D2a: an average particle size (nm) of the second resin-dispersed pigment after being mixed with an aqueous solution of calcium ions; D2p: an average particle size (nm) of the second resin-dispersed pigment after being mixed with pure water.
US11407906B2	Powder composition of polyarylene ether ketone ketones allowing an excellent castability/coalescence balance suitable for laser sintering A method for producing a surface coated with a coating having an improved coalescence, the method including: providing a composition comprising from 99.6% to 99.99% by weight of at least one powder of at least one polyarylene ether ketone and 0.01 to 0.4% by weight of a hydrophilic flow agent, the hydrophilic flow agent being hydrophilic silica; depositing the composition onto a surface forming a coated surface; and baking the coated surface to form a film on the surface.
US11407904B2	Waterborne polyurethane containing polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane Methods of preparing waterborne polyurethane dispersions involving reacted units of a polyol, an acidic diol, a hydroxy functionalized polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane, a diisocyanate, and a chain extender. Polyurethane coatings based on these waterborne polyurethane dispersions are evaluated on their hydrophobicity (water contact angle), mechanical strength (e.g. tensile strength, Young's modulus, elongation at break), and antifouling properties.
US11407899B2	Asphalt-based patch composition and method An asphalt cold-patch compound composition and method are disclosed. The compound can include bituminous material and an oil binder mixed according to a ratio. For example, recycled roofing shingles and used motor oil can be mixed according to a ratio of about 9:1 to about 20:1. The compound is suitable for patching surfaces, such as roads, and can be placed in service without heating. The asphalt cold-patch compound can be made from recycled materials and can be applied without specialized heating equipment.
US11407896B2	Polymer alloy comprising a sulphur-containing aromatic polymer and a VDF-based polymer The present invention relates to a polymer alloy comprising a sulphur-containing aromatic polymer and at least one fluoropolymer, which has improved dispersibility and improved mechanical properties. The invention also relates to a process for the preparation of said polymer alloy and to an article comprising the same.
US11407890B2	Dual cure additive manufacturing resins for production of flame retardant objects The present invention concerns methods of forming a three-dimensional object, and polymerizable liquids such as dual cure resins useful for making a three-dimensional object by stereolithography, such as by continuous liquid interface production (CLIP), wherein the three-dimensional object is flame retardant.
US11407889B2	Polymer and preparation method and application thereof Provided are a polymer having ultraviolet absorption functionality and preparation method thereof; specifically, three monomers having different ultraviolet absorption bands are used for copolymerization, achieving a significant expansion of the ultraviolet absorption range and achieving the effect of full-band ultraviolet shielding. The obtained polymer film has strong visible light transmittance, fluorescence, easy processing, excellent stability, and remarkable ultraviolet shielding performance, and can be broadly applied in such areas as aviation, construction, agriculture, and optical devices.
US11407888B2	Ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer composition, pellets, and multilayer structure An ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer composition contains: (A) an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer; (B) a styrene derivative; and (C) an iron compound; wherein the iron compound (C) is present in an amount of 0.01 to 5 ppm on a metal basis based on the weight of the ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer composition. The ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer composition has ultraviolet absorbability even without a known ultraviolet-absorbing agent blended therein, and is excellent in heat stability and reduced susceptibility to coloration.
US11407887B2	Resin composition, sheath cable, and wire harness A resin composition contains a resin component containing a copolymer of olefin and a comonomer having polarity and an ethylene-propylene-diene terpolymer. The resin component is cross-linked and the tensile stress at 19% strain is 2.0 MPa or less. The resin composition has a sea-island structure in which the copolymer of olefin and a comonomer having polarity is the continuous phase, and the ethylene-propylene-diene terpolymer is the dispersed phase.
US11407886B2	Single-site catalyst based impacted copolymers with excellent mechanical and optical properties The present invention relates to a heterophasic propylene polymer (HECO) comprising a) 65 to 90 wt. % of a matrix component (M) selected from a propylene homo- or random copolymer (PP); and b) 10 to 35 wt. % of an ethylene-propylene rubber (EPR), dispersed in the propylene homo- or random copolymer (PP), whereby the xylene cold soluble fraction (XCS) of the heterophasic propylene polymer (HECO) has—an ethylene content of 10.0 to 17.0 wt. %; —an intrinsic viscosity (IV), determined according to ISO 1628-1:2009, of at least 1.6 dl/g; and the xylene cold insoluble fraction (XCI) of the heterophasic propylene polymer (HECO) has 2, 1-erythro regiodefects in an amount of at least 0.4 mol % to a composition comprising the heterophasic propylene polymer (HECO), a process for its preparation and an article comprising the heterophasic propylene polymer (HECO) or the composition comprising the same.
US11407885B2	Thermoplastic elastomer composition having excellent molding appearance and a molded product obtained therefrom The present invention relates to a thermoplastic elastomer composition comprising 10 to 80 parts by mass of polyolefin resin (A), 10 to 80 parts by mass of styrene-based thermoplastic elastomer (B), and 1 to 20 parts by mass of at least partially crosslinked rubber (C) (with the total amount of the components (A), (B) and (C) being 100 parts by mass), wherein the composition has a type D hardness (i.e., the instantaneous value) of 35 or more and 70 or less in accordance with JIS K6253, and relates to a molded thermoplastic elastomer product obtained by molding the composition.
US11407884B2	Resin composition and film comprising it To provide a resin composition comprising a cyclic polyolefin and an ethylene polymer, having excellent impact resistance and having high transparency maintained. A resin composition comprising from 5 to 95 parts by weight of a cyclic polyolefin (A) and from 5 to 95 parts by weight of an ethylene polymer (B) which satisfies the following requirements (a) to (d) (the total amount of (A) and (B) is 100 parts by weight): (a) the density is from 930 to 960 kg/m3; (b) MFR is from 0.1 to 15.0 g/10 min; (c) in molecular weight measurement by gel permeation chromatography, two peaks are observed, and the ratio (Mw/Mn) of the weight average molecular weight (Mw) to the number average molecular weight (Mn) is within a range of from 3.0 to 7.0; and (d) a fraction having Mn of at least 100,000 as obtained by molecular weight fractionation, has at least 0.15 long-chain branches per 1,000 carbon atoms of the main chain.
US11407883B2	High performing low viscosity tire sealant A high performing low viscosity tire sealant includes about 15% to about 75% by weight of a biobased aliphatic diol, about 5% to about 50% by weight natural rubber latex, and about 2% to about 50% by weight synthetic rubber latex. The tire sealant exhibits excellent performance at temperatures of −40 degrees Celsius and lower.
US11407880B2	Polymethallyl alcohol resin composition and molding containing same Provided is a resin composition containing polymethallyl alcohol (A) having a repeating structural unit represented by the following formula (1) in an amount of greater than or equal to 30 mol %, and a metal ion (B), a content of the metal ion (B) being greater than or equal to 0.05 μmol per 1 g of the polymethallyl alcohol (A); a method of producing the resin composition; and a molding containing the resin composition.
US11407879B2	Acrylic rubber composition An acrylic rubber composition comprising 5 to 12.5 parts by weight of silica and 5 to 15 parts by weight of graphite as fillers, based on 100 parts by weight of ultracold-resistant acrylic rubber having a glass transition point Tg of −42° C. or less. Due to the use of ultracold-resistant acrylic rubber, the use environment temperature, i.e., −30 to +150° C., is satisfied. In addition, the respective use of specific amounts of silica and graphite as fillers allows the formation of bonded piston seals that have roll processability and adhesion equivalent to or higher than those of the existing seals, and that satisfy compression set characteristics.
US11407873B2	Process for foaming polyolefin compositions using a modified high density polyethylene The present disclosure provides a foamable composition containing (A) a high density polyethylene (HDPE); (B) a low density polyethylene (LDPE); (C) a peroxide-modified HDPE; and (D) a nucleator. The present disclosure also provides a process for making a foam composition. Additionally, the present disclosure provides a foam formed from a foamable composition, and a cable with an insulation layer containing the foam.
US11407865B2	Basalt-fiber-reinforced thermoplastic composite material and method of manufacturing the same A basalt-fiber-reinforced thermoplastic composite material may include a thermoplastic resin and a basalt fiber as a reinforcement, wherein the basalt fiber is surface-treated with an alkoxy-group-substituted silane compound.
US11407862B2	Silicone and a method for preparing the same One of the purposes of the present invention is to provide a silicone which has polymerizable groups at the both terminals and a hydrophilic side chain having three or four hydroxyl groups, is colorless and transparent and is well compatible with another monomer, particularly with hydrophilic monomer, and a method for preparing the same. The present inventor has made research to solve the afore-mentioned problems and found that a silicone represented by the formula (1), which has an unbranched or branched alkyl group represented by —CpH2p+1−q(OH) and a hydrophilic side chain containing an ether bond, has no coloration and is well compatible with other hydrophilic monomers. Therefore, the silicone polymerizes with a monomer having high hydrophilicity to give a colorless, transparent and highly hydrophilic copolymer. Further, the present inventors have found that the silicone represented by the formula (1) is obtained by addition reacting an organohydrogenpolysiloxane represented by the formula (4) with a compound represented by the formula (5).
US11407860B2	Method for preparing polyarylene sulfide A method for preparing polyarylene sulfide that can control a viscosity grade thereof by adjusting the molar ratio of water and amide-based compounds present in a polymerization reaction.
US11407857B2	Method for producing aqueous polyimide precursor solution composition A method for producing an aqueous polyimide precursor solution composition includes forming a polyamic acid by the reaction of a tetracarboxylic acid component and a diamine component in an aqueous solvent together with an imidazole in an amount of 1.6 mole or more per mole of the tetracarboxylic acid component of the polyamic acid.
US11407852B2	Modified polyisocyanate The present invention relates to a modified polyisocyanate and use thereof, in particular as a crosslinking component of water-soluble or water-dispersible coatings. The modified polyisocyanate is obtained by a reaction of a system comprising the following components: at least an aminosulfonic acid; at least a polyisocyanate; at least a tertiary amine; and optionally a polyether alcohol containing an ethylene oxide group. The modified polyisocyanate comprises at least an iminooxadiazinedione structure and at least an isocyanurate structure, the weight ratio of the iminooxadiazinedione structure to the isocyanurate structure being 1:300 to 1:5. The amount of sulfonate group of the modified polyisocyanate is 0.75% by weight to 1.1% by weight, based on the amount of the modified polyisocyanate as 100% by weight. The viscosity thereof is 500 mPa·s to 10000 mPa·s, as determined according to DIN EN ISO 3219:1994-10 at a temperature of 23° C. and a shear rate of 10 s−1. The coating comprising the modified polyisocyanate of the present invention can be manually stirred well, and the resulting coating layer has high gloss and good transparency.
US11407833B2	Anti-VISTA antibody and use thereof The present invention relates to an anti-VISTA antibody or an antigen binding fragment thereof, a nucleic acid coding for the same, a vector carrying the nucleic acid, a cell transformed with the vector, a method for preparing the antibody or an antigen binding fragment thereof, a composition for prevention or treatment of autoimmune disease, comprising the same antibody, and a composition for concurrent administration in combination with a PD-1 antibody or PD-L1 antibody.
US11407831B2	Pharmaceutical composition administered in combination with substituted dihydropyrrolopyrazole compound and immunotherapeutic agent A pharmaceutical composition including a compound represented by the formula (I) or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof wherein two R moieties each independently are a C1-3 alkyl group or are groups bonded to each other to form a C2-5 alkylene group; A is an optionally substituted C6-10 aryl group or an optionally substituted heteroaryl group; and R1, R2 and R3 each independently are an optionally substituted linear or branched C1-4 alkyl group, wherein the pharmaceutical composition is administered in combination with an immunotherapeutic agent.
US11407830B2	Methods of treating cancer with anti-PD-1 antibodies The present invention provides methods of administering certain PD-1 binding agents to patients having cancer. Dosage regimens for compositions comprising a PD-1 binding agent are also explicitly provided.
US11407828B2	Anti-CLauDiN 18 antibodies and methods of use thereof Antibodies that specifically bind to the human tight junction molecule CLDN18.2 and have functional properties that make them suitable for use in antibody-based immunotherapies of a disease associated with aberrant expression of CLDN18.2 are disclosed.
US11407826B2	Screening method for pain suppressor and pharmaceutical composition for prevention or treatment of pain The present invention provides a screening method for a pain suppressor, which method comprises using FLRT3 to select a substance capable of inhibiting FLRT3 expression or a substance capable of inhibiting FLRT3 transport to the spinal cord. In addition, the present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition for prevention or treatment of pain, which pharmaceutical composition comprises, as an active ingredient, a substance capable of inhibiting FLRT3 expression or a substance capable of inhibiting FLRT3 transport to the spinal cord.
US11407824B2	Nucleic acids encoding antibodies against IL-1 beta The present invention relates to anti-IL-1 beta antibodies and in particular to monovalent high potency IL-1 beta-binding antibody fragments being highly stable. Such antibodies can be used in the treatment of inflammatory and other diseases as well as in diagnostics. Also provided are related nucleic acids, vectors, cells, and compositions.
US11407822B2	Treatment of fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva Methods for treating Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva (FOP) are provided. Such methods involve administering to a subject having FOP an effective regime of an activin receptor type 2A (ACVR2A) and/or an activin receptor type 2B (ACVR2B) antagonist or an activin receptor type 1 (ACVR1) antagonist. Antagonists include fusion proteins of one or more extracellular domains (ECDs) of ACVR2A, ACVR2B and/or ACVR1 and the Fc domain of an immunoglobulin heavy chain, and antibodies against ACVR2A, ACVR2B, ACVR1 or Activin A.
US11407820B2	Modulating the alternative complement pathway Provided herein are compositions, including pharmaceutical compositions, and methods for modulating, i.e., stimulating or inhibiting, activity of the alternative complement pathway, and methods of identifying factor H-binding proteins.
US11407819B2	Compositions and use of a fibrinogen binding motif present in EFB and COA for therapeutics and vaccines against Staphylococcus aureus The present disclosure provides methods and composition including vaccines, monoclonal antibodies, polyclonal antibodies, chimeric molecule of an extracellular fibrinogen binding protein (Efb) and targeted agent delivery pharmaceutical composition comprising at least a portion of a modified N-terminus region, at least a portion of a modified C-terminus region, or both, wherein the modified extracellular fibrinogen binding protein results in inhibiting the fibrinogen binding, C3 binding, or both or administering to a subject a pharmacologically effective amount of a vaccine in a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient, comprising a modified extracellular fibrinogen binding protein comprising at least a portion of a modified N-terminus region, at least a portion of a modified C-terminus region, or both, wherein the modified extracellular fibrinogen binding protein results in not shielding the staphylococcus bacterium from recognition by a phagocytic receptor.
US11407816B2	Monoclonal antibodies and cocktails for treatment of Ebola infections Described herein are compositions and methods for the prevention and treatment of ebolavirus infection. In certain embodiments of the present invention, monoclonal antibodies substantially, similar to those described herein, as well as affinity matured variants thereof, alone or in combination, provide therapeutic efficacy in a patient against multiple species of ebolavirus.
US11407815B2	Stabilized fibronectin based scaffold molecules Provided herein are proteins comprising a fibronectin based scaffold (FBS) domain, e.g., 10Fn3 molecules, that bind specifically to a target, and wherein the FBS domain is linked at its C-terminus to a region consisting of PmXn, wherein P is proline, X is any amino acid and wherein n is 0 or an integer that is at least 1 and m is an integer that is at least 1, and wherein the PmXn moiety provides an enhanced property to the FBS domain, e.g., enhanced stability, relative to the protein that is not linked to the PmXn moiety.
US11407812B2	Targeted expression of chloride channels and methods of use thereof Certain embodiments of the invention provide a method of treating an excitable cell-related disease or condition in a mammal in need thereof, comprising administering to the mammal an effective amount of a vector comprising an expression cassette, wherein the expression cassette comprises a promoter operably linked to a nucleic acid encoding a subunit of a multimeric ion channel.
US11407808B2	Peptides and combination of peptides for use in immunotherapy against various tumors The present invention relates to peptides, proteins, nucleic acids and cells for use in immunotherapeutic methods. In particular, the present invention relates to the immunotherapy of cancer. The present invention furthermore relates to tumor-associated T-cell peptide epitopes, alone or in combination with other tumor-associated peptides that can for example serve as active pharmaceutical ingredients of vaccine compositions that stimulate anti-tumor immune responses, or to stimulate T cells ex vivo and transfer into patients. Peptides bound to molecules of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC), or peptides as such, can also be targets of antibodies, soluble T-cell receptors, and other binding molecules.
US11407803B2	Compositions and methods of chimeric autoantibody receptor T cells The invention includes compositions comprising at least one chimeric autoantibody receptor (CAAR) specific for an autoantibody, vectors comprising the same, compositions comprising CAAR vectors packaged in viral particles, and recombinant T cells comprising the CAAR. The invention also includes methods of making a genetically modified T cell expressing a CAAR (CAART) wherein the expressed CAAR comprises a desmoglein extracellular domain.
US11407802B2	Compositions and methods of chimeric autoantibody receptor T cells The invention includes compositions comprising at least one chimeric autoantibody receptor (CAAR) specific for an autoantibody, vectors comprising the same, compositions comprising CAAR vectors packaged in viral particles, and recombinant T cells comprising the CAAR. The invention also includes methods of making a genetically modified T cell expressing a CAAR (CAART) wherein the expressed CAAR comprises a desmoglein extracellular domain.
US11407797B2	Modified gal-1 proteins and uses thereof Described herein are modified gal1 monomers that can contain one or more mutated cysteines and/or can be pegylated. Also described herein are modified gal1 dimers, trimers, and tetramers that can contain one or more modified gal1 monomers as described herein. Also described herein are pharmaceutical formulations containing a modified gal1 monomer, dimer, trimer, and/or tetramer. Also described herein are methods of making the modified gal1 polypeptides and complexes thereof. Also described herein are methods of using the modified gal1 polypeptides and complexes thereof.
US11407795B2	Peptides and methods for the treatment of diabetes The invention relates to peptides such as HCPYCSLQPLALEGSLQKRG [SEQ ID NO: 26] and their use in the treatment of type 1 diabetes and the generation of cytolytic CD4+ T cell.
US11407792B2	Regulating electron flow using fragmented proteins Engineered protein electron carriers, microorganisms expressing the same, and methods detecting regulated electron flow are described.
US11407791B2	Compositions, methods, and systems for orally administrable affinity-based protein Disclosed herein are compositions comprising one or more therapeutic proteins for oral administration. The disclosed proteins, which may be directed to a variety of GI and systemic target antigens, resist denaturation and degradation in the stomach and intestines of a patient. The disclosed proteins may be delivered intact to a target region within the gut, or anywhere in body to target specific molecules, cells, tissues, or organs. In some embodiments, the disclosed proteins may include two or more proteins for targeting two or more target antigens.
US11407790B2	HPV vaccines Provided herein are genetically modified arenaviruses suitable as vaccines against neoplastic diseases or cancer. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions and methods for the prevention or treatment of certain infections causing neoplastic diseases or cancer, such as infections with oncogenic viruses. Specifically, provided herein are pharmaceutical compositions, vaccines, and methods of preventing or treating diseases and conditions caused by and associated with infections with Human Papillomavirus (HPV), such as cervical cancer, anogenital cancer, head and neck cancer and skin cancers. Also provided herein are immunotherapies for the treatment of a neoplastic disease, such as a neoplastic disease caused by infection with oncogenic viruses.
US11407780B2	Steviol glycoside compounds, compositions for oral ingestion or use, and method for enhancing steviol glycoside solubility Novel steviol glycoside compounds characterized by a first group of four glucopyranose residues attached via the number 13 carbon (C13) of the steviol moiety and a second group of two or three glucopyranose residues attached via the number 19 carbon (C19) of the steviol moiety are described, and exemplified by compounds 1-4. These compounds can be present in a composition with other steviol glycosides (e.g., Reb D and Reb M) to enhance their solubilities. Accordingly, the novel compounds can facilitate the preparation of Compound name (C-13) aqueous compositions having a higher concentration of steviol glycosides. A steviol glycoside composition including one or more of compounds 1-4 can be used as a sweetener composition to sweeten other compositions (sweetenable compositions) such as foods, beverages, medicines, oral hygiene compositions, nutraceuticals, and the like.
US11407779B1	Process for the preparation of molnupiravir A process for the preparation of Molnupiravir, an antiviral drug under investigation for the treatment of Covid-19, is provided including reacting 2′-3′-isopropylidene cytidine with isobutyric anhydride in the presence of a base to obtain 5′-isobutyric ester having an amide impurity. Treating the reaction mixture with para-toluenesulphonic acid monohydrate results in acetonide deprotection giving pure isobutyric cytidine tosylate salt which is free from the amide impurity. Conversion of tosylate salt into free base and reacting with hydroxylamine gives Molnupiravir.
US11407772B2	Optically-active cyclopentenone derivatives The present invention provides: industrially desirable and novel optically-active cyclopentenone derivatives; and a novel industrial manufacturing method. The novel optically-active cyclopentenone derivatives and method for manufacturing the same are, respectively: an intermediate for industrially desirable and novel prostaglandin derivatives and the like; and a method for manufacturing the same. It is expected that the present invention will be commercialized and industrialized.
US11407769B2	Organolithium process under continuous flow conditions The invention relates to methods for CC bond formation using organolithium compounds under continuous flow conditions in a micro or mesoreactor system, wherein an organic substrate is reacted with an alkyl lithium compound in the presence of a donor solvent to form a Li intermediate, which can be reacted in situ or subsequently in a second reaction step with an electrophile to form an organic secondary product, the organolithium compound RLi being used as a solution in a hydrocarbon or hydrocarbon mixture and the RLi concentration being at least 3 M, preferably at least 4 M.
US11407755B2	[1,2,4]triazolo[4,3-b]pyridazines for use in the treatment of proliferative diseases The invention concerns compounds of Formula (I) or pharmaceutically-acceptable salts thereof, wherein R1, R2 and n have any of the meanings defined hereinbefore in the description; processes for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use as anti-proliferative and/or cell-killing agents.
US11407751B2	Hydrochloric acid salt of (6bR,10aS)-3-methyl-2,3,6b,7,8,9,10,10a-octahydro-1H-pyrido[3′,4′:4,5]pyrrolo[1,2,3-de]quinoxaline The present invention provides methods for the preparation of substituted heterocycle fused gamma-carbolines, such as Formula 2J, as shown below, intermediates useful in producing them and methods for producing such intermediates and such heterocycle fused gamma-carbolines, and as further defined herein:
US11407741B2	Compounds and their use as selective inhibitors of caspase-2 The present invention relates to a compound of formula (I): wherein P1, P3, P4 and P5 are amino acid residues or amino acid like structures. The invention also relates to a compound of formula (I) for its use as a Caspase-2 inhibitor and for its therapeutical use. It also concerns the use of a compound of formula (I) as activity base probe to selectively detect Caspase-2 activity.
US11407740B2	Antibacterial compounds Provided herein are heterocyclic derivative compounds of Formula (II), and pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds that are useful for inhibiting the growth of gram-negative bacteria. Furthermore, the subject compounds and compositions are useful for the treatment of bacterial infection, such as urinary tract infection and the like.
US11407736B2	RIP1 inhibitory compounds and methods for making and using the same Disclosed herein are kinase inhibitory compounds, such as a receptor-interacting protein-1 (RIP1) kinase inhibitor compounds, as well as pharmaceutical compositions and combinations comprising such inhibitory compounds. The disclosed compounds, pharmaceutical compositions, and/or combinations may be used to treat or prevent a kinase-associated disease or condition, particularly a RIP1-associated disease or condition.
US11407725B2	Selective fluorescent probe for aldehyde dehydrogenase High aldehyde dehydrogenase 1A1 (ALDH1A1) activity has emerged as a reliable marker for the identification of both normal and cancer stem cells. Herein, is presented AlDeSense, a turn-on green fluorescent probe for aldehyde dehydrogenase 1A1 (ALDH1A1) and Ctrl-AlDeSense, a matching non-responsive reagent. AlDeSense exhibits a 20-fold fluorescent enhancement when treated with ALDH1A1. Through the application of surface marker antibody staining, tumorsphere assays, and assessment of tumorigenicity, the disclosed results show that cells exhibiting high AlDeSense signal intensity have properties of cancer stem cells. Herein, is also reported the development of a red congener, red-AlDeSense. Importantly, red-AlDeSense represents one of only a few examples of a turn-on sensor in the red region using the d-PeT quenching mechanism.
US11407716B2	Acridine compound for use in an electronic device and display device The present invention relates to acridine compound of formula structure (I), and to an electron transport layer, which comprises at least one compound of formula (I), an semiconductor layer comprising at least one compound of formula (I) as well as to an electronic device comprising a semiconductor layer thereof.
US11407711B2	Benzamide compound and use thereof The present disclosure relates to a benzamide compound as shown in Formula I, an insecticidal comprising same, and a use of the compound as an insecticide in the fields of agriculture, forestry and health.
US11407708B2	Active ester compound and composition and cured product obtained using the same The present invention aims to provide a means by which a cured product to be obtained has a low dielectric loss tangent and higher heat resistance. Specifically, provided are an active ester compound represented by chemical formula (1): (where in chemical formula (1), Ar1 is a substituted or unsubstituted first aromatic ring group, and each Ar2 is independently a substituted or unsubstituted second aromatic ring group, in which at least one of Ar1 and Ar2 has an unsaturated bond-containing substituent, and n is an integer of 2 or 3), a curable composition containing the active ester compound, and a cured product thereof.
US11407706B2	Method for manufacturing terephthalate-based composition comprising applying pressure Provided is a method for manufacturing a terephthalate-based composition, the method comprising: a step (S1) of flowing in a dialkyl terephthalate in which alkyl has 7 to 10 carbon atoms and a primary alcohol with a low boiling point having 4 or 5 carbon atoms into a reactor and performing transesterification of the dialkyl terephthalate and the primary alcohol with a low boiling point; and a step (S2) of extracting in a reduced pressure an unreacted material and a by-product from the reactor after finishing the transesterification, wherein the step S1 comprises a pressure-applying step in which the pressure of the reactor is 1.5 to 2.5 bar.
US11407704B2	Process of vitamin K2 derivatives preparation Provided is an improved process of vitamin K2 derivatives preparation, represented by formula (I) wherein n is an integer from 3 to 13.
US11407700B2	Process for preparing 2,3-unsaturated alcohols The present invention provides a process for preparing an unsaturated alcohol of the formula (I), wherein one of R1 and R2 is preferably C2-C10-alkyl or C2-C10-alkenyl containing one double bond and the other one is preferably hydrogen or methyl; R3 is preferably hydrogen; which comprises subjecting an educt composition including at least 75% by weight of an unsaturated aldehyde of the formula (II) wherein R1, R2 and R3 preferably have the above defined meanings, to a hydrogenation in the presence of a catalyst and a tertiary amine; wherein the tertiary amine is used in an amount ranging from 0.001 to 0.7% by weight, based on the total amount of the liquid reaction mixture. The invention further relates to the nerol compound obtainable by the inventive process, to a fragrance or aroma substance composition comprising the nerol compound obtainable by the inventive process, to a method for imparting and/or intensifying an odor or flavor of a product, and also to perfumed or aromatized products comprising a nerol compound obtainable by the inventive process.
US11407694B2	Method for decomposing byproducts in phenol production process In a process of decomposing byproducts of a phenol production process using a reactive distillation column in which a reactor and a distillation column are integrated, since acetophenone is mixed with tar recovered to a lower part of the reactive distillation column and transferred, viscosity of the tar may be lowered so that the tar may be transferred at room temperature, and since the reactive distillation column may be operated at 0.5 to 3 bar, an operating temperature of the reactive distillation column is low as compared with a method of separating acetophenone by pressurization with high pressure, significantly reducing an operation cost of a heater required for a reaction. Also, since acetophenone is separately recovered at a position of 25 to 90% of a total number of stages in the reactive distillation column, recovery of an active ingredient may be enhanced.
US11407690B2	Plant fertilizer compositions and related methods Plant fertilizer compositions, products, systems, kits, and methods. Products and methods for increasing the amount of soluble phosphorus in soil, solubilizing or increasing the level of soluble phosphorus and/or bioavailability of phosphorus in soil. Bioactivated fertilizer compositions and related methods for increasing phosphorus solubility and/or bioavailability in soil.
US11407688B2	Coating structure, turbine part having same, and method for manufacturing coating structure Provided are a coating structure, a turbine part having the same, and a method for manufacturing the coating structure. The coating structure is provided on a surface of a base portion including a ceramic matrix composite. The coating structure is layered on the surface of the base portion, and includes a bond coat layer formed of a rare-earth silicate and a top coat layer layered on the bond coat layer. The residual stress present in the bond coat layer is compressive residual stress. The oxygen permeability coefficient of the bond coat layer is no greater than 10−9 kg·m−1·s−1 at a temperature of not lower than 1200° C. and a higher oxygen partial pressure of not less than 0.02 MPa. The bond coat layer may contain carbonitride particles or carbonitride whiskers.
US11407683B2	Process for reforming the fly ash and apparatus therefor A process for reforming the fly ash, including the heating step that heats a raw fly ash powder containing the unburned carbon at a temperature of 780 to 1000° C. to decrease the amount of the unburned carbon contained in the raw fly ash powder; the classifying step that introduces the heat-treated fly ash containing the unburned carbon in decreased amounts obtained through the heating step into a classifying apparatus in the state of being heated at a high temperature so as to separate the fly ash into a coarse powder and a fine powder; the fine powder recovering step that recovers the fine powder of the heat-treated fly ash obtained through the classifying step by using a dust-collecting apparatus; and the milling step that mills the coarse powder of the heat-treated fly ash obtained through the classifying step until a 45 μm sieve residue becomes not more than 34% by mass, and then recovers the milled powder.
US11407677B2	Glass for autonomous car The invention concerns an automotive glazing comprising (i) at least one glass sheet having an absorption coefficient lower than 5 m−1 in the wavelength range from 750 to 1050 nm and having an external face and an internal face, and (ii) an infrared filter. According to the present invention, an infrared-based remote sensing device in the wavelength range from 750 to 1050 nm, and preferably in the wavelength range from 750 to 950 nm, is placed on the internal face of the glass sheet in a zone free of the infrared filter layer.
US11407665B2	Method for purifying fresh, combined and saline wastewater from radioactive heavy metals The invention relates to environment management, particularly to methods for purifying a wastewater in order to climate a toxic impact of heavy and radioactive metals. A method for purifying fresh, combined and saline wastewater from radioactive and heavy metals using an electrolysis and a special active substance (sorbent), wherein the wastewater is fed to an electrolyzer with a chamber that is separated by a special membrane that is permeable for ions of metals separately of water, then changes of the pH occur in order to form complex compounds, which comprise ions of radioactive and heavy metals. Afterwards, the adsorption of the obtained compounds by the special active substance (sorbent) and filtering-off on a precoat filter that retains ions of heavy and radioactive metals are performed. The obtained filtrate is cemented without drying and evaporation in order to perform final deposition of the radioactive compounds.
US11407661B2	Chlorine generator system A chlorine generator apparatus wherein a housing is adapted to be mounted in an exterior, user-accessible surface of a spa and a chlorine generating electrode cartridge carrying a pair of electrodes is configured to be installable by a user in the housing and to thereafter be removeable by the user for replacement.
US11407660B2	System and method for remediation of wastewater including aerobic and electrocoagulation treatment The present invention relates to a system or method for the remediation of wastewater with a treatment media in tandem with an electrocoagulation system. The system and method also include cleaning elements for cleaning distribution lines within the system and for cleaning the electrocoagulation system.
US11407651B2	Water purification device having bladderless accumulator and vibrationally-isolated pump mount A water purification device includes a housing having an outlet for dispensing purified water; a filtration system for purifying water, and a pump mounted to the housing and fluidly coupled between the filtration system and the outlet; and a bladderless accumulator coupled to the pump for accumulating the water. The pump is mounted to the housing via a pump mount that is suspended above the housing. The combination of a bladderless accumulator and pump mount ensures that pulsations generated by the pump are greatly reduced.
US11407649B2	Cerium (III) carbonate formulations The disclosure provides, inter alia, formulations comprising cerium (III) carbonate, and processes for producing cerium (III) carbonate. In embodiments, the disclosure provides methods for passivating photodegradation of organic compounds using cerium (III) carbonate.
US11407647B2	Synthetic caustic composition An aqueous caustic composition comprising: a caustic component; an amino acid additive adapted to provide an extended buffering effect to the caustic composition when such is exposed to an acid; and water, wherein the caustic component and the amino acid additive are present in a molar ratio ranging from 15:1 to 5:1. Methods of using such compositions are also disclosed.
US11407645B2	Method and apparatus for producing carbon dioxide A method is provided for producing carbon dioxide by combusting a carbonaceous fuel with oxygen or with a gas mixture containing more than 25 mol % of oxygen obtaining a flue gas mixture, wherein the flue gas mixture is processed obtaining a secondary gas mixture containing carbon dioxide and oxygen, and wherein a part of the oxygen contained in the secondary gas mixture is catalytically reacted with a first auxiliary fuel in a reactor system comprising a series of multiple reactors, obtaining further carbon dioxide and water. A further part of the oxygen contained in the secondary gas mixture is catalytically reacted with a second auxiliary fuel in the reactor system. A corresponding apparatus is also described herein.
US11407643B2	Large scale production of oxidized graphene Embodiments described herein relate generally to the large scale production of functionalized graphene. In some embodiments, a method for producing functionalized graphene includes combining a crystalline graphite with a first electrolyte solution that includes at least one of a metal hydroxide salt, an oxidizer, and a surfactant. The crystalline graphite is then milled in the presence of the first electrolyte solution for a first time period to produce a thinned intermediate material. The thinned intermediate material is combined with a second electrolyte solution that includes a strong oxidizer and at least one of a metal hydroxide salt, a weak oxidizer, and a surfactant. The thinned intermediate material is then milled in the presence of the second electrolyte solution for a second time period to produce functionalized graphene.
US11407636B2	Inter-poly connection for parasitic capacitor and die size improvement The present disclosure, in some embodiments, relates to a method of forming a micro-electromechanical system (MEMS) package. The method includes forming one or more depressions within a capping substrate. A back-side of a MEMS substrate is bonded to the capping substrate after forming the one or more depressions, so that the one or more depressions define one or more cavities between the capping substrate and the MEMS substrate. A front-side of the MEMS substrate is selectively etched to form one or more trenches extending through the MEMS substrate, and one or more polysilicon vias are formed within the one or more trenches. A conductive bonding structure is formed on the front-side of the MEMS substrate at a location contacting the one or more polysilicon vias. The MEMS substrate is bonded to a CMOS substrate having one or more semiconductor devices by way of the conductive bonding structure.
US11407630B1	On demand functional beverage dispenser An on demand functional beverage dispenser is provided that outputs an enhanced flavored mixture by combining a liquid with a flavored product and a functional product including a dietary supplement.
US11407628B2	Filling system for filling containers with a fluid filling material and filling machine A filling element includes a radar for measuring fill level in a container during filling thereof and an antenna connected to the radar. The antenna is disposed along a flow path formed in a gas pipe that forms a flow path for fluid while the container is being filled. The antenna provides the radar with a signal indicative of a measurement of a level of the filing material in the container.
US11407607B2	Dispenser The dispenser may include a housing that includes an inner cavity for select reception and retention of a tape ribbon. A cap may be movable between a closed position to enclose the inner cavity and the tape ribbon therein and an open position providing access to the tape ribbon in the inner cavity of the housing. Furthermore, the dispenser may also include a dispense channel having a size and shape for selectively dispensing the tape ribbon out from within the inner cavity when the cap is in the closed position. Moreover, a safety wall may extend outwardly from the dispense channel and form an enclosure shielding opposite sides of a free end of the tape ribbon extending through the dispense channel, while permitting front on hand access of the free end for continued select dispensing.
US11407605B2	Air-based photoreceptor sheet stripper Printing apparatuses include (among other components) a photoreceptor (that is adapted to contact and transfer marking material to a printing side of sheets of media), a transport belt adjacent the photoreceptor, a baffle, and an air outlet. The sheets of media are moved by the photoreceptor across a gap to the transport belt in a “processing direction.” The baffle is adjacent the back side of the sheets of media (the side that is opposite to the printing side of the sheets of media). The air outlet is also positioned adjacent the back side of the sheets of media, and the air outlet is adapted to direct a stream of air along the baffle and between the baffle and the back side of the sheets of media to lift the sheets of media off the photoreceptor without damaging the sheets of media or disturbing the unfused marking material thereon.
US11407594B2	Method for tracking packages on a conveyor section In a method for tracking packages on a conveyor section, the tracking rate of packages is intended to be maximized. This is achieved by providing a method for tracking packages on a conveyor section, the method comprising the following steps: a) providing a conveyor section having a conveyor surface for conveying a sequence of packages, the conveyor section comprising at least one photoelectric barrier for detecting the packages, b) detecting a photoelectric barrier pattern by means of the photoelectric barrier, the photoelectric barrier pattern being caused by the sequence of packages, c) detecting a conveyor speed of at least one subsection of the conveyor section, d) estimating an event sequence which has with the highest probability caused the photoelectric barrier pattern, while taking into account the conveyor speed of the conveyor section, by means of an algorithm, the algorithm comprising the following further steps: e) compiling a list of possible event sequences, f) sorting the event sequences with the aid of their occurrence probability, g) extending the most probable event sequence by all possible consecutive events, the probability of the event sequence being determined for each extension, h) incorporating the extensions as a new event sequence into the list of event sequences, i) repeating steps g) to h) until the most probable event sequence fully reflects the detected photoelectric barrier pattern.
US11407593B2	Sensor systems and methods for detecting conveyor tension in a mining system A conveyor system that includes a sprocket, a conveyor element, a sensor, a tensioning system, and an electronic processor. The conveyor element is coupled to the sprocket to move around the sprocket. The sensor is positioned adjacent to the sprocket and configured to generate an output signal indicative of a detection of the conveyor element. The electronic processor is coupled to the sensor and to the tensioning system. The electronic processor is configured to receive the output signal from the sensor, estimate a trajectory of the conveyor element based on the output signal, determine a value for slack distance based on the estimated trajectory of the conveyor element, and control the tensioning system based on the value for slack distance.
US11407589B2	Systems and methods for learning to extrapolate optimal object routing and handling parameters A system for object processing is disclosed. The system includes a framework of processes that enable reliable deployment of artificial intelligence-based policies in a warehouse setting to improve the speed, reliability, and accuracy of the system. The system harnesses a vast number of picks to provide data points to machine learning techniques. These machine learning techniques use the data to refine or reinforce in-use policies to optimize the speed and successful transfer of objects within the system. For example, objects in the system are identified at a supply location, a predetermined set of information regarding object is retrieved and combined with a set of object information and processing parameters determined by the system. The combined information is then used to determine routing of the object according to an initial policy. This policy is then observed, altered, tested, and re-implemented in an altered form.
US11407585B2	Automatic control of a refuse front end loader An automatic control system for a refuse vehicle includes a mode select switch disposed within the vehicle that generates a mode select signal based on input from an operator of the vehicle, a control mechanism disposed within the vehicle that operates in response to the mode select signal, and a plurality of sensors adapted to sense a plurality of characteristics of the vehicle and adapted to communicate the plurality of sensed characteristics. The system further includes a control module that receives control instructions from the control mechanism and selectively controls at least one component of a plurality of components of the vehicle based on the mode select signal, at least one of the plurality of sensed characteristics, and the control instructions.
US11407582B2	Spill containment system for container tanks A spill containment system for container tanks which include a liquid container and a steel frame surrounding the liquid container. The overall dimensions of the container tank are approximately twenty feet long, eight feet wide and eight and a half feet high. Beneath one or more stacked container tanks is a containment pan assembly including a liquid-tight pan having an interior capable of holding at least a portion of the contents of one liquid container. The containment pan assembly has an upper rectangular section that supports the container tanks and also has a length of about twenty feet and a width of eight feet. However, the entire height of the containment pan assembly is between eight inches and twenty-four inches. Additional similarly constructed containment pan assemblies are arranged adjacent the first assembly with hoses interconnecting the interiors of the several liquid-tight pans of the several containment pan assemblies.
US11407581B2	Dispensing systems A dispensing system includes a container and an overcap. The container includes a central, longitudinal axis and a first outermost point. The first outermost point of the container is a first distance from the central, longitudinal axis along a first line perpendicular to the central, longitudinal axis. The overcap is coupled to the container and includes a pivotable trigger that is configured to pivot between an unactuated position and an actuated position. A second outermost point of the trigger is a second distance from the central, longitudinal axis along a second line perpendicular to the central, longitudinal axis when the trigger is in the unactuated position, the second distance less than the first distance. Further, the second outermost point of the trigger is to move toward the central, longitudinal axis when the trigger moves toward the actuated position.
US11407580B2	Nonwoven fabric dispenser A nonwoven fabric dispenser is provided with fixation elements attached to the body of the dispenser and a cutter assembly attached to a lid of the dispenser. Nonwoven fabric stock is secured by the fabric engagement structures when the lid of the dispenser is in a closed configuration and the cutter assembly is configured to separate a sheet of the nonwoven fabric stock of a desired length.
US11407578B1	Disposable beverage container sleeve and coaster A unitary disposable beverage container sleeve that can also be used as a coaster and that can be comprised of (optionally recyclable) cardstock for economically imprinting with advertising logos or slogans. The upper body vertical rectangular edges are connected to form sides of the sleeve and a gusset extends across the diameter at the lower edge to form the base of the sleeve. The gusset has a hinge that opens and closes the sleeve. Arched grooves positioned at that lower edge above the gusset where the gusset attaches to opposing sides of the sleeve allows flex in the sleeve and affords a level base.
US11407573B2	System for transporting fragile objects According to certain embodiments, a vibration-isolating system comprises a platform adapted to carry one or more loads and an adjustable load-positioning system. The platform is suspended within a support structure by a plurality of isolators. The isolators are tuned to impede vibrations in a pre-determined frequency range for a payload having a pre-determined mass. The adjustable load-positioning system is adapted to facilitate positioning the one or more loads such that the payload having the pre-determined mass is centered at the center of gravity of the platform.
US11407557B2	Shipping frame An improved shipping frame for use with storage and/or transporting goods includes four corner posts and a top surface and a bottom surface. The corner posts comprise of telescoping leg sections whereby the smaller dimensioned section fits within the larger dimensioned section and can be locked at a particular height. A spacer is positioned between the gap of the different dimensioned leg sections so as to reduce and preferably eliminate any angular displacement of the leg sections.
US11407553B2	Packaging structure with resilient positioning flaps A packaging structure having resilient positioning flaps can have a particular shape formed by folding a planar sheet including a left fixing portion, a right fixing portion, and a main body portion whose left and right edges are each respectively connected to a connecting portion. The connecting portions are connected to the left and right fixing portions, respectively. Two spaced-apart pressed lines are formed on each fixing portion so that the fixing portions can be bent toward the main body portion along the press lines. Each fixing portion is formed with an opening having a portion of its periphery formed with cuttings extending away from the opening to form resilient positioning flaps. When the package structure is folded and a product is extended therein from the openings, the resilient positioning flaps can be engaged in a concave space of the product to position the product in the packaging structure.
US11407545B2	Sealing device and method for sealing a lid material to sealing areas of a blister web or of a blister cap A sealing device for sealing a lid material to sealing areas of a blister web comprises a first, heated sealing tool and a second sealing tool arranged opposite each other and movable relative to each other. A first intermediate element of elastic material is attached to the first sealing tool on a side facing the second sealing tool, and a second intermediate element of thermally-insulating material is attached to the second sealing tool on a side facing the first sealing tool. The first and second sealing tools are movable relative to each other between an opened position and a closed position, in which at least sections of the first intermediate element and of the second intermediate element exert pressure on each other. In the closed sealing position, the first intermediate element rests on the lid material and the second intermediate element rests on lands of the blister web.
US11407544B2	Part packing system and method A part packing system for packing a part in an elongated bag includes a bag holding machine including a first bag gripper mechanism, a second bag gripper mechanism, and an air nozzle. The first bag gripper mechanism is configured to hold a first end of the elongated bag. The first bag gripper mechanism opens the first end of the elongated bag. The second bag gripper mechanism is configured to hold a second end of the elongated bag. The second bag gripper mechanism closes the second end of the elongated bag. The air nozzle is located proximate to the first bag gripper mechanism. The air nozzle is configured to inflate the elongated bag with an airflow directed into the first end of the elongated bag. The first bag gripper mechanism holds the inflated elongated bag with the first end open to receive the part in the open first end while the air nozzle directs the airflow into the elongated bag.
US11407540B2	Packaging device for round articles such as eggs A packaging device (1) for packaging substantially round articles into a dimpled package (100) having an array of pockets to receive the round articles. The packaging device comprising a supply conveyor (2) for the articles and a package conveyor (15) located below the supply conveyor for conveying the packages. A filling buffer (4) is located between the supply conveyor and the package conveyor having multiple sub-buffers (5). The device furthermore comprises a collector (8) for receiving articles from the buffer, and a setter (12) wherein, in use, the setter reciprocates between an upper position to a lower position, wherein in the upper position the articles can be received from the collector and in the lower position the articles can be discharged into the pockets of the package. The collector comprises a plurality of collector rows, wherein the collector is configured and arranged to move each one of the plurality of collector rows back and forth underneath the filling buffer to a position under any one of the sub-buffers for receiving articles from the lowest row thereof, and to move back and forth with filled pockets to a position above the setter to discharge the articles into the setter.
US11407538B2	Packaging material profiling for containment force-based wrapping Packaging material may be profiled to generate an incremental containment force per revolution (ICF) attribute that is represented by a function that is variable as a function of wrap force. Moreover, the performance of different packaging materials, e.g., in terms of speed or cost, may be compared for a particular load through simulation of wrap operations based upon dimensions of the load and a desired load containment force requirement for the load.
US11407537B2	Apparatus and method for vacuum skin packaging of a product and a skin packaged product A product can be packaged by arranging the product on a support, providing a plastic film above the support with the product arranged between the support and the film sheet, and air tightly fixing the film to the support. The process can be implemented using an apparatus that includes a film supply assembly and a base equipment having an upper side defining one or more receiving areas, each being configured for receiving a respective product loaded support; an upper tool is configured for holding a film portion above the product loaded support and then heat sealing the film portion to the product loaded support. Each receiving area has a flat portion and elongated features protruding above the plane of flat portion.
US11407534B2	Apparatuses and methods for forming pouch product In an example embodiment, an apparatus for making pouch products includes a conveyor system. The conveyor system includes a first receiving location along a path of the conveyor system, and a dosing location along the path of the conveyor system. The apparatus also includes a first material dispensing station configured to transfer a first material to the first receiving location. The first material includes a first elastic layer and a first support layer. The first material dispensing station includes a dispenser roller configured to hold a roll of the first material, a plurality of rollers configured to convey the first material from the dispenser roller to the first receiving location, and a stripper plate configured remove at least a portion of the first support layer from a portion of the first elastic layer.
US11407533B2	Enhanced monitoring method in a drug containers handling line and drug containers handling line thereof A method for reconciliation in a drug filling line includes providing a batch number relating to a predetermined batch of containers to be filled with a drug. Each one of the containers is marked with a unique identifier differentiating and/or identifying each container among others. Each unique identifier is stored and associated with the batch number by a processing and control unit, before starting the filling step of each container. Filled containers are flashed by at least one identifier reader to check correspondence between the batch number being processed and each filled container, in order to validate or reject in real time each container with respect to a predetermined batch being processed by the filling line.
US11407515B2	Optimized module for aircraft cockpit To facilitate assembly of an aircraft cockpit, a cockpit module includes an instrument panel to support at least one screen and an air conditioning distribution block bordering the instrument panel and integral with a rear face of it. The air conditioning distribution block includes an air distributor, an excess air collector, and air distribution channels each including a first end communicating with the air distributor and a second end communicating with the excess air collector, each distribution channel being equipped with an air outlet arranged between its first and second ends.
US11407511B1	Delivery drop platforms, tethers, and stabilization An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) can deliver a package to a delivery destination. Packages delivered by a UAV may be lowered towards the ground while the UAV continues to fly rather than the UAV landing on the ground and releasing the package. Packages may sway during lowering as a result of wind or movement of the UAV. A package sway may be monitored and mitigated by rapidly paying out a tether, when using a winch mechanism, to dissipate the energy of the sway as downward energy. Further, the UAV may navigate in the direction of the sway or reduce the altitude of the UAV to dissipate the energy of the sway. Open-loop and/or closed loop drop techniques may be utilized to lower a package from the UAV, and the package may be released in the air or on the ground.
US11407509B2	Tilt-wing aircraft In various embodiments, a tilt-wing aircraft includes a fuselage; a first wing tiltably mounted at or near a forward end of the fuselage; and a second wing rotatably mounted to the fuselage at a position aft of the first wing. A first plurality of rotors is mounted on the first wing at locations on or near a leading edge of the first wing, with two or more rotors being mounted on wing portions on each side of the fuselage; and a second plurality of rotors mounted on the second wing at locations on or near a leading edge of the second wing, with two or more rotors being mounted on wing portions on each side of the fuselage. A flight control system generates a set of actuators and associated actuator parameters to achieve desired forces and moments.
US11407508B2	Vertical takeoff and landing aerial vehicle A vertical takeoff and landing aerial vehicle, which comprises a plurality of lift propellers respectively arranged at the top sides of a left linear support and a right linear support, and a left additional lift propeller and a right additional lift propeller respectively arranged on the bottom sides of the left linear support and the right linear support. According to the aerial vehicle provided by the disclosure, the takeoff and landing power of the aerial vehicle is effectively improved and the maximum take-off weight and effective load of the aerial vehicle are improved by using multiple groups of lift motors on the aerial vehicle.
US11407507B2	Lift rotor system A lift rotor arrangement (100) for a VTOL aircraft (200). The lift rotor arrangement (100) comprises: a fairing (6) mounted on a wing segment (10); and first and second rotor blades (17, 18) mounted on a first shaft (4) extending vertically from the fairing (6). The first shaft (4) is movable between an extended position in which the first and second rotor blades (17, 18) are vertically spaced above the wing segment (10) and are rotatable to provide vertical lift, and a retracted position in which the first and second rotor blades (17, 18) are rotationally-fixed with the first rotor blade (17) stowed within the wing segment (10). The blades (17, 18) may be rotatable around an axis substantially perpendicular to the axis of the respective first shaft (4) so as to act as ailerons/elevons in the retracted position.
US11407497B2	Cavity acoustic tones suppression A cavity system, comprising: a cavity (2) comprising a cavity opening; and an acoustically reflective structure (18, 20) located at least partially within the cavity (2), the acoustically reflective structure (18, 20) comprising one or more acoustically reflective surfaces (24, 26, 30, 32), each acoustically reflective surface (24, 26, 30, 32) being oblique to a plane of the cavity opening (27). The one or more acoustically reflective surfaces (24, 26, 30, 32) may be arranged to reflect incident acoustic waves out of the cavity opening while avoiding reflection into a region (48) at or proximate to a leading edge (14) of the cavity (2).
US11407496B1	Systems and methods for redundant flight control in an aircraft The present invention is directed to systems and methods for redundant flight control configured for use in an aircraft. More specifically, a system is provided that includes a plurality of actuators that are configured to move a flight component of an aircraft such that one actuator is configured to move the flight component if the other actuator fails to move the flight component upon receipt of an attitude command from a pilot control.
US11407491B2	Lift-sharing wing with rotatable trailing edge One embodiment includes a rotary aircraft, including: a rotary propulsion system; a body; and a pair of wings connected on opposite sides of the body, wherein each of the wings includes a flap rotatably connected to a trailing edge thereof and configured to rotate downward relative to the wing during low speed and stationary flight of the aircraft, and to rotate upward relative to the wing during high-speed flight of the aircraft.
US11407483B2	Thermal hydrogen generator using a metal hydride and thermite This invention relates to a thermal hydrogen generator and a process and system for generating hydrogen gas, more specifically to a process and system for generating hydrogen gas by thermally decomposing a metal hydride.
US11407479B2	Jet propulsion watercraft A jet propulsion watercraft includes a vessel body, a jet pump that is disposed at the vessel body and that includes a water jet opening, and a first guide that is attached to the vessel body. The jet pump generates a thrust by sucking in water existing around the vessel body and jetting the water from the water jet opening. The first guide receives water flowing on a lateral side of the vessel body and generates a downforce that generates a wake behind the vessel body.
US11407477B2	System and method for enhancing a wake profile for pontoon boats A system for enhancing a wake profile produced by a pontoon boat is provided. The system includes a pair of ramps attached to the bottom of a platform supported by at least two pontoons. The ramps may be oriented downward with a rear end of the ramp disposed in the water between the pontoons. The water flowing between the pontoons is displaced downward by the ramps, thereby increasing water displacement and directing the water to produce an improved wake profile. Downforce may be applied to the boat by one or more wake plates, with a faceted portion of the wake plate facing forward and upward, such that when water impacts the faceted portion a downforce is provided. The wake plates may be attached to the ramps or may be separate from the ramps.
US11407464B2	Front structure of saddle riding vehicle A motorcycle includes, in a body front portion: a headlight that includes a headlight case and a lens coupled to a front end of the headlight case; and a headlight cowl that covers a periphery of the headlight. The lens includes a cylindrically-shaped peripheral wall portion coupled to the headlight case. A cylindrically-shaped cover member gradually decreasing in diameter toward the rear of the vehicle is placed between the headlight and the headlight cowl. The cover member covers at least the outside of the peripheral wall portion of the lens.
US11407458B2	Vehicle with deployable towing wheels Example apparatuses and techniques have been presented for towing tracked vehicles at high speeds without various deficiencies and for allowing a vehicle to be configured to extend supplemental wheels from a storage configuration into a ground support configuration in which the vehicle is able to make use of the supplemental wheels for additional ground support.
US11407445B2	Electric power steering system An electric power steering system includes an electric motor, a rotational angle detection unit, a current detection circuit, a steering torque detection unit, a target torque setting unit, a current command value setting unit, and a current control unit. The target torque setting unit includes a basic target torque setting unit, a first compensation value computation unit, a second compensation value computation unit, and a correction unit. The basic target torque setting unit sets basic target torque for the electric motor. The first compensation value computation unit sets a first compensation value based on steering torque. The second compensation value computation unit computes a second compensation value which is an estimated value of disturbance torque other than the steering torque. The correction unit corrects the basic target torque.
US11407444B2	Electromechanical motor vehicle steering system An electromechanical motor vehicle steering system includes a steering column, a steering rack, a steering pinion that couples the steering column to the steering rack, and an electric drive device with an electric motor and a worm wheel arranged on the steering pinion. The steering rack is arranged between the worm wheel of the electric drive device and the steering column.
US11407438B2	Clamp load assembly for lock lever A lever assembly for a steering column includes a rotatable lock lever. The lever assembly also includes a bolt operatively coupled to the rotatable lock lever and rotated therewith. The lever assembly further includes a clamp load assembly operatively coupled to the bolt. The clamp load assembly includes an assist cam having a cam profile defined by at least one ramp. The clamp load assembly also includes an assist follower having a follower profile in contact with the cam profile. The clamp load assembly further includes an assist spring disposed between the assist follower and a column structure, the assist spring biasing the assist follower into contact with the assist cam.
US11407437B2	Gear wheel of an adjustment drive mechanism for a steering column and steering column for a motor vehicle A gear wheel for an adjustment drive mechanism which has a ring gear which is attached coaxially circumferentially to the outside of a core element which has an axial passage opening, in which a threaded element is fitted, the latter having an axially continuous internal thread having at least one thread tooth running around helically. The threaded element is formed from a plastic as an injection molded plastic part, which is molded onto the core element on an inner wall of the passage opening.
US11407431B2	System and method for object trajectory prediction in an autonomous scenario An object trajectory prediction system of a vehicle includes: one or more sensors to generate sensory data corresponding to one or more objects within a range of the vehicle; one or more processors; and memory connected to the one or more processors and having instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to: identify a first person of interest (POI) from the sensory data; estimate a 3-dimensional (3D) pose of the first POI from the sensory data; calculate a trajectory of the first POI according to at least the 3D pose of the first POI; and determine a navigational path of the vehicle according to the trajectory of the first POI.
US11407429B2	Road resource conflict resolution algorithm A road resource is identified, according to one or more maneuver sharing intent messages received to the vehicle via a transceiver of a vehicle, where the road resource is contested between the vehicle and one or more other vehicles and includes a portion of a roadway to be traversed by the vehicle and also the one or more other vehicles. A conflict resolution procedure is performed to determine whether the vehicle gains access to the road resource, wherein the conflict resolution procedure is independently performed by each of the vehicle and the one or more other vehicles. One of the vehicle or the one or more other vehicles is granted access to the road resource based on the conflict resolution procedure.
US11407423B2	Ego actions in response to misbehaving vehicle identification Systems, apparatus, methods, and techniques for an ego vehicle to respond to detecting misbehaving information from remote vehicles are provided. An ego vehicle, in addition to reporting misbehaving vehicles to a misbehavior authority via a vehicle-to-anything communication network, can, take additional actions based in part on how confident the ego vehicle is about the evidence of misbehavior. Where the confidence is high the ego vehicle can simply discard the misbehaving data and provide an alternative estimate for such data from alternative sources. Where the confidence is not high the ego vehicle can request assistance from neighboring vehicles and roadside units to provide independent estimates of the data to increase confidence in the evidence of misbehavior.
US11407417B2	Vehicle driving assist apparatus A vehicle driving assist apparatus includes an first calculator to calculate a degree of acceleration suppression, a controller to suppress target acceleration based on the degree of acceleration suppression, a map information storage to store road map information, an estimator to estimate a vehicle position and identify a traveling lane on the road map information, a detector to detect whether there is a crossing road ahead of the identified traveling lane, and a second calculator to calculate an azimuth angle difference between an azimuth of the crossing road where the own vehicle is about to turn and an azimuth in the traveling direction of the own vehicle. The acceleration suppression degree calculator makes a degree of acceleration suppression for suppressing the acceleration of the own vehicle higher then an azimuth angle difference becomes narrower based on the azimuth angle difference.
US11407406B2	Parking assistance device A parking assist device according to the present invention includes a backward-direction-path calculation unit that calculates a backward-direction path for taking an own vehicle out from a target parking position B based on constraint conditions of a parking space and an own-vehicle behavior, a connection-candidate-position storage unit that sets a plurality of connection candidate positions D on the backward-direction path, a forward-direction-path calculation unit that calculates a forward-direction path leadable to one of the connection candidate positions D from a current position A of the own vehicle, and a parking-path setting unit that sets a parking path by combining the backward-direction path and the forward-direction path.
US11407400B2	Control of automatic transmission during charging of a battery in a hybrid-electric vehicle A system for controlling charging of a battery in a hybrid-electric vehicle. The system is configured to estimate a total vehicle power requirement and an available internal combustion engine power provided by the engine in each gear of a transmission system of the vehicle. The system may then determine a highest gear of the transmission system that has an estimated available power at least equal to the estimated total vehicle power requirement. The system may then, responsive to a state of charge of the battery falling below a predetermined low-charge threshold, and if the transmission system is not currently in the highest gear that has an estimated available power at least equal to the estimated total power requirement, control operation of the vehicle to shift the transmission system to the highest gear that has an estimated available power at least equal to the estimated total power requirement.
US11407399B2	Hybrid drive device During shift control of a transmission mechanism, a hybrid drive device computes the amount of change in input torque (deTr) acting on the transmission mechanism and an input torque change time (t15), and controls a motor so that motor torque is changed by the amount of change in input torque (deTr), when the motor can change the amount of change in input torque (deTr), and outputs, when the motor cannot change the amount of change in input torque (deTr), an engine torque signal (Tesig1) at an engine torque change time (t14) earlier than the input torque change time (t15) at which drive power of the motor is changed when the motor can change the amount of change in input torque (deTr).
US11407397B2	Brake temperature and turnaround time estimation systems and methods A method for cooling a brake system is disclosed. In various embodiments, the method includes determining a turnaround time parameter; determining a time to cool parameter; determining a parameter difference between the time to cool parameter and the turnaround time parameter; and adjusting a flow of air directed at the brake system based on the parameter difference.
US11407383B2	Toothed wheel for a gear motor of a window wiper The invention relates to a toothed wheel (116) for a gear motor (10) of a window wiper, in particular of a motor vehicle, this wheel having a central member (120, 128) defining an axis of rotation A and two opposite substantially parallel faces, a first of said faces including an orifice (124) having an axis B and intended to receive a pin (26) of a linkage (38) of the gear motor, characterized in that it comprises, on said first face, abutment means (128a, 154a) in an axial direction and/or in a radial direction relative to axis A and means (128a, 154a, 152a) for guiding sliding in a circumferential direction about the axis A, said abutment and guide means being configured to cooperate with said pin during the assembly of the toothed wheel with the linkage in order to facilitate the insertion of the pin into the orifice.
US11407379B2	Vehicle occupant restraint system A vehicle occupant restraint system is configured to, when a vehicle speed is higher than or equal to a vehicle speed threshold, a steering angle velocity is higher than or equal to a steering angle velocity threshold set for each vehicle speed, and an estimated lateral acceleration is higher than or equal to an acceleration threshold, drive a retractor motor. The steering angle velocity threshold is as a condition to drive the retractor motor. Therefore, by setting an appropriate steering angle velocity threshold according to an amount of movement of an occupant with inertia in a vehicle width direction, the vehicle occupant restraint system is able to take up a webbing when the occupant is estimated to move with inertia by a relatively large amount in the vehicle width direction. The amount of movement with inertia varies for each vehicle speed even at the same steering angle velocity.
US11407378B2	Airbag system and related methods of inflating an airbag An airbag system and related method of inflating an airbag is disclosed. The airbag system has an airbag cushion having an interior cavity. At least one pyrotechnic gas generating compound is positioned within the interior cavity of the airbag cushion. At least one ignition source is in communication with the at least one pyrotechnic gas generating compound. A control unit is in communication with the at least one ignition source, wherein activation of the at least one ignition source by the control unit causes the at least one pyrotechnic gas generating compound to inflate the airbag cushion.
US11407376B2	Method of folding far-side airbag Disclosed herein is a method of folding a far-side airbag, which includes forming a first folding part in such a manner that an upper side of an airbag seat is folded inboard, forming a second folding part by folding both widthwise sides of the airbag seat, forming a third folding part by folding the upper side of the airbag seat, forming a roll-folding part by roll-folding the upper side of the airbag seat, forming an overlapping part by folding over an inflator of the airbag seat, and folding the roll-folding part so that the roll-folding part overlaps the overlapping part.
US11407375B2	Airbag apparatus for vehicle An airbag apparatus for a vehicle includes: an airbag cushion including: a main panel; a main portion including a first sewn part joined to the main panel and a first chamber part, the main portion disposed in a side of a passenger when the airbag cushion is expanded by gas injected in the first sewn part; and an auxiliary portion including a second sewn part and a second chamber part, the auxiliary portion disposed in front of the passenger when the airbag cushion is expanded by gas injected in the second sewn part; and a connection member including a first end connected to the main portion of the airbag cushion and a second end fixed to the second sewn part of the auxiliary portion, the connection member being configured to guide the airbag cushion to be expanded in a shape of surrounding the passenger when the airbag cushion is expanded.
US11407373B2	Occupant protection device An occupant protection device for a vehicle includes a collision predictor, a main airbag, and a deployment controller. The collision predictor is configured to predict a collision of the vehicle. The main airbag is configured to deploy toward an occupant from a front of the vehicle when a collision of the vehicle is predicted by the collision predictor. The main airbag includes a first deployment part, an arm-push-away deployment part, and a second deployment part. The controller is configured to cause the main airbag to deploy toward the occupant when a collision of the vehicle is predicted by the collision predictor. The controller is configured to, when a collision of the vehicle is predicted by the collision predictor, cause the first deployment part to deploy, subsequently cause the arm-push-away deployment part to deploy to push an arm of the occupant away, and thereafter, cause the second deployment part to deploy.
US11407365B2	Tailgate and truckbed mat, systems and methods A device, system and method for protecting a tailgate of a pickup truck while also protecting a bed of the pickup truck includes a flexible mat having perforations to allow water and debris to pass therethrough and configured to slide along the bed of the pickup truck toward the tailgate such that a portion of the flexible mat extends upward and over a top edge of the tailgate, allowing bicycles to be carried upon the pickup truck while the bicycles extend over the top edge of the tailgate.
US11407363B2	Method for calculating a tow hitch position A method for calculating a tow hitch position of a trailer is presented. A first and a second image of the trailer is captured and a trailer rotation and translation relative to a known zero pose of the trailer based on the captured first and second images is calculated. The rotation axes of the trailer in the first and second image is calculated based on the calculated trailer rotations and translations. An intersection of the first and second rotation axis is calculated to determine a ray to the tow hitch position. The ray to the tow hitch position and a geometrical condition are used to calculate the tow hitch position.
US11407359B2	Method and system of displaying multimedia content on glass window of vehicle Disclosed is a method of displaying content on a glass window of a vehicle, including capturing sight information of surrounding scenery of the vehicle during a first time period, by using at least one first image capturing device, identifying a request for displaying content related to the sight information from a user during a second time period after the first time period, and displaying the content related to the sight information on the glass window of the vehicle based on the request.
US11407351B2	Loading arm assembly for a load-handling vehicle for loading ISO containers and for loading transportation containers having a hook A loading arm assembly for a load-handling vehicle has a main arm and an auxiliary arm. The loading arm assembly is configured for unloading and loading ISO containers and for unloading and loading transportation containers having a hook. The loading arm assembly is improved in that a crossbeam having two corner grippers and furthermore, separately therefrom, a telescopic gripping hook is disposed on the auxiliary arm.
US11407338B2	Child safety restraint system A portable child safety restraint system is provided. The portable child safety restraint system includes a child safety seating system and a backpack. The child safety seating system includes a seat bottom that is connected to a seat back such that the seat bottom is rotatable from an open position to a closed position. The child safety seating system is entirely removable from the backpack or permanently secured to or within at least one enclosure of the backpack. A method of securing a child in a portable child safety restraint system is also provided.
US11407329B2	Apparatus and method for controlling vehicles motor based on temperature of battery An apparatus for controlling vehicle motors based on a battery temperature includes: a battery temperature sensor unit for measuring a temperature of a battery pack of an industrial vehicle; a battery monitoring unit for monitoring a measured value of the temperature sensor unit, and for transmitting temperature information when the temperature of the battery pack is out of a reference value that is predetermined; a vehicle control unit for restricting driving of a motor that receives a power from the battery pack based on the temperature information; and a fan control unit for controlling driving of a fan that cools the battery pack based on the temperature information.
US11407325B2	Systems and methods for integrating on-premises electric appliances with vehicle-to-grid electric vehicles An energy management system includes a local power grid configured to route electricity, the local power grid configured to receive electricity from a municipal power grid of a utility service provider; an electric appliance electrically coupled to the local power grid, the electric appliance configured to receive electricity from the local power grid for operating according to an energy usage state; an electric vehicle electrically coupleable to the local power grid, the electric vehicle configured to exchange electricity with the local power grid; and a system server communicatively coupled to the electric appliance and the electric vehicle. The system server configured to: receive utility related data, appliance related data, and vehicle related data, determine, based on the received data, a vehicle-to-grid energy cost and a utility energy cost, and control the electric vehicle to discharge electric energy to the local power grid for operating the electric appliance, based on a comparison of the vehicle-to-grid energy cost with the utility energy cost for operating the electric appliance according to the energy usage state.

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