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US11449195B2	Systems and methods for dynamic and interactive visualizations for navigating media content Methods, systems, and related products that provide enhanced broadening and narrowing navigation capabilities through visualized populations of items, such as media content items. Aspects of the disclosure relate to methods of identifying a population of items and groupings of those items for visualizing, via a graphical interface, in a meaningful and easily navigable configuration. Aspects of the present disclosure relate to pre-selection interactions with visualized populations to explore potential narrowing or broadening navigation actions, and selection interactions for performing a narrowing or broadening navigation.
US11449174B2	Electronic device An electronic device including a display unit, a touch unit and a driving unit is provided by the present disclosure. The touch unit includes a first region and a second region. The first region and the second region are separately driven by the driving unit, and the display unit is overlapped with the touch unit.
US11449170B2	Stylus and processing method thereof A stylus processing method, comprising: receiving beacon signals via a tip electrode of a stylus; and during an i-th time slot of an j-th time period after the beacon signals are received, transmitting an j-th electrical signals via the tip electrode, where 1<=j<=M, M is a positive integer equals to or larger than 2, j is a positive integer and i is a positive integer.
US11449169B2	Method for processing a touch input in an electronic device having multiple displays and an electronic device having multiple displays capable of executing the method An electronic device includes a first touch screen display, a second touch screen display, a processor, and a memory. The memory stores therein instructions which are executed by the processor to cause the processor to convert first data and second data related to touch inputs to the first touch screen display and the second touch screen display to first virtual data and second virtual data, respectively, based on a third coordinate region, and apply an action corresponding to a first touch input and a second touch input to the first touch screen display and the second touch screen display, respectively, based on the first virtual data and second virtual data. In addition, various embodiments may be realized based on a specification.
US11449168B2	Touch surface scanning method and device A device acquires first sense data representing first electrical signals sensed from a first subset of a plurality of sensors of a touch surface. The device acquires second sense data representing second electrical signals sensed from a second subset of the plurality of sensors. The device detects a first set of one or more touches based on the first sense data and the second sense data. After the acquiring of the first sense data, the device acquires third sense data representing third electrical signals sensed from the first subset of the plurality of sensors; and detects a second set of one or more touches at the touch surface based on the second sense data and the third sense data.
US11449165B2	Pressure sensors constituting plurality of channels, touch input device comprising same, and pressure detecting method using same A touch input device according to an embodiment is capable of detecting a pressure of a touch on a touch surface and may include: a display module; and a pressure sensor which is disposed at a position where a distance from a reference potential layer may vary according to the touch for the touch surface, the distance is changeable according to a pressure magnitude of the touch, the pressure sensor may output a signal including information on a capacitance which is changed according to the distance, the pressure sensor may include a plurality of electrodes to form a plurality of channel, and detect the magnitude of the pressure for the touch based on a change amount of a capacitance detected in the each channel and an SNR improvement scaling factor assigned to each of the channels.
US11449158B2	Interactive, touch-sensitive user interface device Some aspects of the invention provide an interactive, touch-sensitive user interface device. A user interface device for a data processing system is provided, which includes a sensor having a surface configured to contactingly receive a pointing device and further configured to detect physical contact by a living human and to differentiate between said physical contact and movement of the pointing device when the pointing device is engaged with the surface. The user interface device is operable to transmit information corresponding to said physical contact to the data processing system.
US11449157B2	Wheel device with fast scrolling module A wheel device with fast scrolling module, comprises a fixing unit, a wheel unit, and a mobile unit. The wheel unit includes a wheel disposed on the fixing unit, and a ratchet tooth surface disposed on the wheel. The wheel rotates relative to a first bracket. The mobile unit is translated relative to the wheel unit, including a moving body disposed on the fixing unit, and an elastic supportive body disposed on the moving body. The mobile unit is movable between a first position and a second position. When the mobile unit is at the first position, the elastic supportive body touches the ratchet tooth surface, so that the wheel unit switches to ratchet mode. When the mobile unit is at the second position, the elastic supportive body is separated from the ratchet tooth surface, so that the wheel unit switches to free-spin mode.
US11449155B2	Control method of immersive system A control method for an immersive system includes following steps. Raw pose data of a controller is tracked. The controller is configured to operate in one of controller modes. A current controller mode is determined among the controller modes. A target pose transform matrix is selected from a plurality of pose transform matrices according to the current controller mode. Each of the pose transform matrices is provided corresponding to one of the controller modes respectively. The target pose transform matrix is applied onto the raw pose data to generate adjusted pose data. A virtual object under the current controller mode in an immersive content is rendered according to the adjusted pose data.
US11449150B2	Gesture control systems with logical states Systems and methods for gesture-based control are provided. In some embodiments, a system may include a wearable device configured to be worn on a person's wrist. The wearable device may include a plurality of biopotential channels, a location sensor, and a processor. The system may be configured to generate a data stream based on the outputs from the biopotential channels and/or the location sensor. The system may be configured to enter a first state in which the output from the location sensor is processed according to a first set of logical rules. The system may be configured to classify a gesture, and, based on the gesture classification, transition to a second state in which the output from the location sensor is processed according to a second set of logical rules that is different than the first set of logical rules.
US11449149B2	Assistant device arbitration using wearable device data Implementations set forth herein relate to effectuating device arbitration in a multi-device environment using data available from a wearable computing device, such as computerized glasses. The computerized glasses can include a camera, which can be used to provide image data for resolving issues related to device arbitration. In some implementations, a direction that a user is directing their computerized glasses, and/or directing their gaze (as detected by the computerized glasses with prior permission from the user), can be used to prioritize a particular device in a multi-device environment. A detected orientation of the computerized glasses can also be used to determine how to simultaneously allocate content between a graphical display of the computerized glasses and another graphical display of another client device. When content is allocated to the computerized glasses, content-specific gestures can be enabled and actionable at the computerized glasses.
US11449148B2	Communication system, server, storage medium, and communication control method Provided is a communication system that includes a recognition unit that recognizes whether a user is performing a specific gesture, and a control unit that identifies a client serving as a communication destination, when the specific gesture is recognized. The control unit further identifies an impression represented by the recognized gesture information and performs control such that the impression represented by the gesture information is notified to a user corresponding to the client.
US11449138B1	Saccade-based positioning for radial user interface A method of saccade-based positioning of a radial user interface includes performing operations while a first radial user interface is displayed on a display. The operations include (a) detecting a saccade movement based on eye-tracking data received from an eye-tracking system; (b) determining whether the saccade movement crosses a first region border corresponding to a first region of the first radial user interface; (c) determining a velocity of the saccade movement based on the eye-tracking data; and (d) dynamically determining a location for a subsequent radial user interface in response to the velocity and in response to determining that the saccade movement crosses the first region border. The method also includes displaying, on the display, the subsequent radial user interface at the location.
US11449133B2	Information processing apparatus and information processing method An information processing apparatus including circuitry that acquires information indicating a spatial relationship between a real object and a virtual object, and initiate generation of a user feedback based on the acquired information, the user feedback being displayed to be augmented to a generated image obtained based on capturing by an imaging device, or augmented to a perceived view of the real world, and wherein a characteristic of the user feedback is changed when the spatial relationship between the real object and the virtual object changes.
US11449130B2	Visual and inertial motion tracking A motion tracking system for tracking the motion of a subject in an environment, the system comprising: an imaging device adapted to be worn by the subject; an accelerometer adapted to be worn by the subject; and a processor configured to receive a series of images of the environment captured by the imaging device and to form, in dependence on the images an estimate of the subject's position in the environment, and to receive acceleration data from the accelerometer and to, form an estimate of the motion of a part of the subject's body carrying the accelerometer in dependence on the acceleration data and the estimated position.
US11449125B1	Adaptive dynamic clock and voltage scaling In each of two or more pipelined subsystems, the relative amount of time that the processing cores are idle may be determined. If the idle ratio is below a threshold, the clock frequency and voltage may be adjusted using dynamic clock and voltage scaling (DCVS) based on a power limit. However, if the idle ratio exceeds the threshold, the clock frequency and voltage may be decreased without regard to the power limit.
US11449124B2	Intelligent device wakeup In one general aspect, a method can include determining that a computing device is in a stationary position for a predetermined time, placing the computing device in a first power mode, detecting input from at least one sensor included in the computing device, identifying at least one application to launch on the computing device based on the detected input and on a heuristic-based usage pattern for the computing device, and transitioning the computing device from the first power mode to a second power mode based on the detected input. The transitioning can include automatically launching the at least one application on the computing device. The at least one application can provide content for display on a display device included in the computing device.
US11449119B2	Method for displaying content in expandable screen area and electronic device supporting the same Disclosed is an electronic device including a first plate, a second plate disposed under the first plate, a flexible display including a screen area configured to expand based on a movement of the first plate from a closed state to an open state with respect to the second plate, at least one display driver integrated circuit, and a processor electrically connected to the flexible display and the at least one display driver integrated circuit, and the at least one display driver integrated circuit being configured to display, in a first state where the processor is in an inactive state and the screen area of the flexible display is not expanded, at least one first object in a first area of the screen area, and display, in a second state where the processor is in the inactive state and the screen area of the flexible display is expanded, at least one second object associated with the at least one first object, in a second area of the screen area of the expanded flexible display.
US11449111B2	Scalable, high load, low stiffness, and small footprint loading mechanism A microprocessor loading mechanism, comprising a bolster plate surrounding an aperture, wherein the opening is to receive a microprocessor socket, one or more torsion bars coupled to the bolster plate, and a stud coupled to each of the one or more torsion bars, wherein each stud is to receive a nut to secure a microprocessor package to the microprocessor socket within the aperture and wherein each stud is secured to the bolster plate by each corresponding torsion bar.
US11449107B2	Electronic device and latch mechanism A latch mechanism includes a latch and a rotation shaft supporting part. The latch is rotatable around a rotation shaft between a housing position and a lock position, and fixes a first unit and a second unit in a closed state at the lock position. The rotation shaft supporting part rotatably supports the rotation shaft. The latch has a first ring-shaped part disposed coaxially with the rotation shaft. The rotation shaft supporting part has a second ring-shaped part disposed coaxially with the rotation shaft. Heights of the first ring-shaped part and the second ring-shaped part are set such that an area of abutment between the first ring-shaped part and the second ring-shaped part increases as the latch rotates from the lock position to the housing position.
US11449094B2	Display device assembly having mirror surface A display device assembly having a mirror surface is provided. The display device includes: a display device having the mirror surface, the display device includes a mirror component and a back plate spaced apart from each other, and the back plate is provided with an avoiding hole; an inner wall hanging component, the inner wall hanging component is located between the mirror component and the back plate and is connected to at least one of the mirror component and the back plate; and an outer wall hanging component, the outer wall hanging component is located on a side of the back plate away from the mirror component, and a portion of the outer wall hanging component passes through the avoiding hole and is engaged detachably with the inner wall hanging component.
US11449093B2	Independently-rotating computing device display mounting system A computing device display mounting system includes an offset bracket having a display system mounting member that mounts to a display stand system, and a computing device mounting member that mounts to a computing device. The computing device display mounting system also includes a rotation bracket that is movably coupled to the display system mounting member on the offset bracket such that the rotation bracket is configured to rotate relative to the offset bracket. The rotation bracket includes at least one display mounting element that is coupled to a display. The movable coupling of the rotation bracket to the display system mounting member allows the display to rotate relative to the computing device.
US11449091B2	Electronic control device There is provided a technology capable of synchronizing a plurality of timers with a simple circuit configuration in an electronic control unit that controls a vehicle. An electronic control unit according to the present invention concatenates a second timer value as the most significant bit of a first timer value reset by a synchronization signal, and counts up the second timer value by the synchronization signal.
US11449090B2	Synchronizing sensing systems A plurality of messages can be received from a remote device, each of the messages including a respective sent time from the remote device. A receiver can store a respective receipt time of each of the messages. A computer clock can be adjusted based on a first difference between respective sent times and a second difference between respective receipt times.
US11449079B2	Generalizable robot approach control techniques Systems and techniques are described that provide for generalizable approach policy learning and implementation for robotic object approaching. Described techniques provide fast and accurate approaching of a specified object, or type of object, in many different environments. The described techniques enable a robot to receive an identification of an object or type of object from a user, and then navigate to the desired object, without further control from the user. Moreover, the approach of the robot to the desired object is performed efficiently, e.g., with a minimum number of movements. Further, the approach techniques may be used even when the robot is placed in a new environment, such as when the same type of object must be approached in multiple settings.
US11449073B2	Shared vehicle obstacle data Systems, methods, and apparatuses described herein are directed to sharing vehicle obstacle data between vehicles and/or between vehicles and a central server. Vehicles may include sensors capturing data including, but not limited to, speed, direction, acceleration, deceleration, LIDAR data, RADAR data, SONAR data, camera data, GPS data, etc. In some implementations, acceleration of a vehicle above a threshold, such as braking or swerving, may trigger the transmission of sensor data to other vehicles and/or infrastructure devices. Vehicles that receive the transmitted data may determine a validity of the data, and may incorporate the data into operations of the receiving vehicle based at least in part on the validity of the data. Validity of the data may be based on sensor type, elapsed time or distance between detection of an obstacle or event and reception of data, a number of retransmissions, duplicative data, independent sources of data, etc.
US11449072B2	Intelligent and adaptive traffic control system Various embodiments include methods and interactive traffic control devices for interactively controlling traffic, which may include receiving refined location and state information associated with individual vehicles on a roadway, and determining customized dynamic traffic control instructions for a first one or more of the individual vehicles. The determined customized dynamic traffic control instructions may be based on the received refined location and state information and offer an optional route alternative to a set limited number of the individual vehicles. The first customized dynamic traffic control instructions may be transmitted by the interactive traffic control device to the first one or more of the individual vehicles.
US11449066B2	Driving support apparatus A driving support apparatus (12) is configured to support a vehicle (1) to travel at a parking lot, a parking spot (PS) at which the vehicle should be parked is defined by a parking section line (PL) at the parking lot, the driving support apparatus is configured to: detect a specific edge part (PLE) of the parking section line that is an edge part nearest to a traveling space at which the vehicle travels at the parking lot; set a virtual road section line (VDL) if a plurality of specific edge parts are detected at a specific area (LSA, RSA) located on a predetermined side viewed from the vehicle, the virtual road section line is an approximate line connecting the plurality of detected specific edge parts at the specific area; and support the vehicle to travel on the basis of the set road section line.
US11449065B2	System and method for controlling an autonomous carriage based on user intentions A system and method for controlling an autonomous carriage based on user intentions that include receiving data associated with a user that uses the autonomous carriage to transport at least one occupant. The system and method also include analyzing the data associated with the user to determine at least one intention of the user and analyzing a scene associated with a current point of interest location of the autonomous carriage. The system and method further include determining at least one travel path to be followed by the autonomous carriage during autonomous operation that is based on the at least one intention of the user and the scene associated with the current point of interest of the autonomous carriage.
US11449055B2	Systems and methods for energy based autonomous vehicle control Systems and methods for determining appropriate energy replenishment and controlling autonomous vehicles are provided. An example computer-implemented method can include obtaining one or more energy parameters associated with an autonomous vehicle. The method can include determining a refueling task for the autonomous vehicle based at least in part on the energy parameters associated with the autonomous vehicle. The refueling task comprises a first refueling task that is interruptible by a vehicle service assignment or a second refueling task that is not interruptible by the vehicle service assignment. The method can include communicating data indicative of the refueling task to the autonomous vehicle or to a second computing system that manages the autonomous vehicle. The method can include determining whether the refueling task for the autonomous vehicle has been accepted or rejected.
US11449046B2	Model-plant mismatch detection with support vector machine for cross-directional process behavior monitoring A method includes obtaining operating data associated with operation of a cross-directional industrial process controlled by at least one model-based process controller. The method also includes, during a training period, performing closed-loop model identification with a first portion of the operating data to identify multiple sets of first spatial and temporal models. The method further includes identifying clusters associated with parameter values of the first spatial and temporal models. The method also includes, during a testing period, performing closed-loop model identification with a second portion of the operating data to identify second spatial and temporal models. The method further includes determining whether at least one parameter value of at least one of the second spatial and temporal models falls outside at least one of the clusters. In addition, the method includes, in response to such a determination, detecting that a mismatch exists between actual and modeled behaviors of the industrial process.
US11449045B2	Artificial intelligence device and method of diagnosing malfunction using operation log and artificial intelligence model An artificial intelligence (AI) device includes a sensing unit configured to collect operation log including information on an external environment factor and an operation state of an AI device, a memory configured to store data corresponding to the operation log, and a processor configured to provide the data corresponding to the operation log to an AI model, to acquire information about whether the AI device corresponds to a normal range or a malfunction symptom range, and to perform control based on the acquired information.
US11449032B2	Method for setting control parameters for model prediction control for control target with integrator A setting method according to the present invention determines a desired time response in an optimum servo control structure corresponding to a servo control structure of a control target, calculates a predetermined gain corresponding to the desired time response, and calculates a first weighting coefficient Qf, a second weighting coefficient Q, and a third weighting coefficient R of a predetermined Riccati equation according to the Riccati equation on the basis of the predetermined gain. The first weighting coefficient Qf, the second weighting coefficient Q, and the third weighting coefficient R are set as a weighting coefficient corresponding to a terminal cost, a weighting coefficient corresponding to a state quantity cost, and a weighting coefficient corresponding to a control input cost, respectively, in a predetermined evaluation function for model prediction control.
US11449031B2	Parameter updating method, parameter updating system, and storage medium storing program A method includes: acquiring time-series data of a control input and a control output; calculating a variable parameter that minimizes an evaluation function, based on observation values of the control input and the control output; and updating the variable parameter with the calculated variable parameter. The evaluation function includes: a first function part that evaluates an entire error that is a control error of the entire observation period and increases the output value as the entire error increases; and at least one of: a second function part that evaluates a sectional error that is a control error of a particular section in the observation period and increases the output value as the sectional error increases; and a third function part that evaluates an instantaneous error that is a control error of a particular time point in the observation period and increases the output value as the instantaneous error increases.
US11449016B2	Action control method and apparatus An action control method and apparatus related to the field of artificial intelligence, where the method includes obtaining states of N dimensions of an artificial intelligence device, obtaining a plurality of discrete decisions based on an active fuzzy subset and a control model that are of a state of each of the N dimensions, where an active fuzzy subset of a state is a fuzzy subset whose membership degree of the state is not zero, the membership degree is used to indicate a degree that the state belongs to the fuzzy subset, performing, based on a membership degree between a state and an active fuzzy subset that are of each dimension, weighted summation on the plurality of discrete decisions, to obtain a continuous decision, and controlling, based on the continuous decision, the artificial intelligence device to execute a corresponding action.
US11449008B2	Watch case comprising a capsule held in place in a middle by a rear bezel A watch case includes a capsule receiving a watch mechanism, arranged along a main axis, and which includes a front side that has the watch face. The watch case further includes a middle surrounding the capsule and provided with an essentially cylindrical housing open toward the back from which side it receives the capsule. The watch case further includes a bezel placed against the back of the capsule. The bezel includes tabs arranged on the outer contour of the capsule, which are in a blocking position partly inserted in the interior of at least one groove having a circular orientation, produced in the cylindrical part of the housing of the middle.
US11449001B2	Cartridge and image forming apparatus A cartridge mountable to and dismountable from a main assembly of an image forming apparatus includes a memory, a guide configured to guide a portion-to-be-guided provided in the main assembly and to guide a main assembly contact provided in the main assembly to a memory contact of the memory when the cartridge is mounted in the main assembly, and a grip portion. The guide is provided at a bottom of the cartridge when the cartridge is hung by gripping the grip portion and constitutes a part of a supporting portion configured to support the cartridge when the cartridge is placed on a horizontal placement surface. The guide has a chamfered surface formed by being chamfered. When the cartridge is supported at the supporting portion, the chamfered surface opposes the horizontal placement surface, and a surface of the memory contact is inclined with respect to the horizontal placement surface.
US11448995B2	Clear toner based photo-finishing apparatus to realize uniform glossiness of printed image An example image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit to form a toner image on a print medium by using an electrophotographic method, a fixing unit to fix the toner image to the print medium by heat and pressure, a photo finishing unit to apply heat and pressure to the print medium after fixing and to cool the print medium, and a clear toner application unit located on an upstream side of the photo finishing unit with respect to a transporting direction of the print medium to apply 0.3 mg/cm2 or more of a clear toner to the print medium.
US11448983B2	Developing device A developing device includes a developer roller, a stir-and-transport member, and a layer thickness regulating member. The developer roller may carry developer to a photosensitive body. The stir-and-transport member may supply the developer to the developer roller. The layer thickness regulating member is located adjacent the developer roller to remove excess developer. The layer thickness regulating member includes a guide element to direct the excess developer to the stir-and-transport member.
US11448975B2	Multi-function overlay marks for reducing noise and extracting focus and critical dimension information An overlay mark includes a first, a second, a third, and a fourth component. The first component is located in a first region of the first overlay mark and includes a plurality of gratings that extend in a first direction. The second component is located in a second region of the first overlay mark and includes a plurality of gratings that extend in the first direction. The third component is located in a third region of the first overlay mark and includes a plurality of gratings that extend in a second direction different from the first direction. The fourth component is located in a fourth region of the first overlay mark and includes a plurality of gratings that extend in the second direction. The first region is aligned with the second region. The third region is aligned with the fourth region.
US11448970B2	Lithography system and methods A lithography exposure system includes a light source, a substrate stage, and a mask stage between the light source and the substrate stage along an optical path from the light source to the substrate stage. The lithography exposure system further comprises a reflector along the optical path. The reflector comprises: a first layer having a first material and a first thickness; a second layer having the first material and a second thickness different from the first thickness; and a third layer between the first layer and the second layer, and having a second material different from the first material.
US11448966B2	Photoresist-removing liquid and photoresist-removing method The present invention discloses a photoresist-removing solution comprising of an N-containing compound and an organic substance in a mass ratio of 1:(0.5-150). The N-containing compound includes at least one of the followings: tetraalkylammonium hydroxide, ammonia, liquid ammonia, and a mixture of ammonia and water; wherein the tetraalkylammonium hydroxide has the general formula (I): wherein R1, R2, R3, R4 is an alkyl with 1 to 4 carbons, respectively. The organic substance is an organic substance having at least one electron-withdrawing functional group. The present invention mixes a specific kind of N-containing compound and a specific kind of organic substance in a certain ratio, and preferably adds a certain amount of water, so that the removal liquid in the present application has an extremely excellent photoresist-removing effect.
US11448964B2	Coating compositions for use with an overcoated photoresist Organic coating compositions, particularly antireflective coating compositions for use with an overcoated photoresist, are provided that comprise that comprise a thermal acid generator that comprises: i) a pyridinium component having one or more ring substituents selected from optionally substituted alkyl and optionally substituted heteroalkyl; and ii) a sulfonic acid component.
US11448963B2	Resist composition and method of forming resist pattern A resist composition including a base component and an acid generator component, the base component including a resin component having a structural unit (a0) represented by general formula (a0) shown below, and the acid generator component containing at least one of a compound (b-1), a compound (b-2) and a compound (b-3) represented by general formula (b-3) shown below in which Wa represents a divalent aromatic hydrocarbon group; Ra00 represents an acid dissociable group; R101, R104 and R106 each independently represents a hydrocarbon group containing an aromatic ring; R105, R107 and R108 each independently represents a cyclic group, a chain alkyl group which may have a substituent or a chain alkenyl group; R102 represents a fluorine atom or a fluorinated alkyl group of 1 to 5 carbon atoms and M′m+ represents an m-valent onium cation.
US11448962B2	Resist composition and patterning process A resist composition comprising a sulfonium salt having formula (1) as PAG, a base polymer, and an organic solvent, when processed by lithography, has light transmittance, acid diffusion suppressing effect, and excellent lithography performance factors such as DOF, LWR and MEF. A lithography process for forming a resist pattern from the composition is also provided.
US11448958B2	System and method for controlling the placement of fluid resist droplets A fluid dispensing system, an imprint lithography system with a fluid dispensing system, a method of manufacturing an article with the fluid dispensing system. The fluid dispensing system comprising: a fluid dispenser and a heater. The fluid dispenser configured to dispense droplets of a fluid onto a substrate. The heater configured to maintain droplet temperature at greater than 23° C. Each of the droplets has a fluid volume that is less than 1.2 pL. The fluid dispenser is configured to have a drop placement accuracy for the imprint resist fluid that is less than a first threshold when the droplet fluid temperature is greater than 23° C. The drop placement accuracy is greater than the first threshold when the droplet fluid temperature is less than or equal to 23° C.
US11448950B2	Combination wheel for light conversion including both phosphor segments and color filters A combination wheel is disclosed, which comprises a color filter, a reflective substrate coaxially aligned with and on a surface of the color filter, light-emitting phosphor segments of different colors on the reflective substrate, and a diffuser segment. When used with a blue laser generator and a series of a dichroic filters and mirrors, the combination wheel tunes and convert lights to be collected by a subsequent optical system.
US11448947B2	Wavelength conversion device, illumination device, and projector A wavelength conversion device includes a rotating device, a substrate rotated by the rotating device, a wavelength conversion element, and a first cooling device including, on an inside, a space in which working fluid is encapsulated, the first cooling device cooling the wavelength conversion element. The first cooling device is disposed in a position corresponding to the wavelength conversion element. The space extends from an outer edge side of the substrate to a rotation axis side. The first cooling device includes an evaporator and a condenser which are provided in the space. The evaporator includes a liquid retaining part configured to retain the working fluid in a liquid phase. The liquid retaining part is provided at the outer edge side in the space and disposed in the position corresponding to the wavelength conversion element.
US11448942B2	Rotational mechanism and apparatus including the same A rotational mechanism includes a frame, a plurality of rotational units, an inner ring rotatably supported on the frame via the plurality of rotational units, and a rotation driving unit configured to generate power for rotating the inner ring. The inner ring is provided with a protrusion portion on an outer periphery. Each of the plurality of rotational units includes two bearings and a first pressing unit. The first pressing unit is configured to apply pressing forces to the two bearings in opposite directions in a rotational axis direction of the inner race. The protrusion portion is held between the two bearings due to the pressing forces.
US11448941B2	Camera focus and stabilization system Various embodiments include a camera with a voice coil motor (VCM) actuator assembly to provide autofocus (AF) and/or optical image stabilization (OIS) movement. The VCM actuator assembly is configured to move an image sensor of the camera in three dimensions (e.g. X, Y, and Z) to provide the AF and/or OIS movements. The VCM actuator assembly is asymmetrical and includes an at least partially open side that allows an optical assembly of the camera to pass through the open side of the VCM actuator. In some embodiments, the optical assembly is part of a folded optics arrangement of the camera that includes one or more prisms/and or lenses.
US11448930B2	Display device The disclosure provides a display device including a back light module, a pixel, a light shielding element and an opening. The back light module emits light while turned on. The pixel is disposed on the back light module and allows the lights from the back light module to pass through. The opening is disposed corresponding to the pixel, and the lights emitted from the back light module passes through the pixel and the opening. The pixel has a dark region when the back light module is turned on, and the light shielding element shields at least a portion of the dark region. The display device of the disclosed embodiment may improve the contrast ration of the display device.
US11448921B1	Liquid crystal display device comprising a vertical alignment-type liquid crystal layer and a plurality of pixels each including a first, second, third, and fourth liquid crystal domain A liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate, a second substrate, and a vertical alignment-type liquid crystal layer. The first substrate includes source lines and pixel electrodes. A pixel includes first, second, third and fourth liquid crystal domains. The pixel electrode has slits formed therein. The first substrate further includes a shield common electrode. The shield common electrode is located between the source lines and the pixel eleotrodes. The shield common electrode includes a solid portion overlapping the source lines and one end portion and the other end portion, in a row direction, of the pixel electrode, and also includes a first cutout portion formed across regions corresponding to the first, second, third and fourth liquid crystal domains in each pixel, the first cutout portion including portions overlapping the slits.
US11448912B2	Curved display and sensor devices A manufacturing process for forming a flexible assembly suitable for a curved sensor or display including a stack of layers defining electrical control circuitry is presented. The flexible assembly has a curved configuration and comprises at least first and second components (4, 8) laminated together in a stressed configuration due to their curvature. While the assembly is in said curved configuration at least the first and second components (4, 8) are cut to obtain one or more edges which are aligned to each other.
US11448906B1	Directional color conversion using photonic crystals with quantum dots A color converter device includes an array of color conversion regions. The array of color conversion regions includes color conversion regions of a first type and color conversion regions of a second type that is distinct from the color conversion regions of the first type. A respective color conversion region of the array of color conversion regions includes a respective photonic crystal structure defining a respective two-dimensional pattern. The respective color conversion region includes a respective color conversion matrix. The color conversion regions of the first type converts light of a first color into light of a second color that is distinct from the first color and the color conversion regions of the second type converts the light of the first color into light of a third color that is distinct from the first color and the second color.
US11448904B2	Solid-state reflective display panel and display device A solid-state reflective display panel and a display device are provided. The display panel includes an array substrate and pixel reflection units disposed on the array substrate. Each of the pixel reflection units includes sub-reflection units. Each of the sub-reflection units includes a heating element, a reflecting layer, a resonant cavity and a phase change material layer, stacked in sequence along a direction away from the array substrate. The sub-reflection units include at least a first sub-reflection unit and a second sub-reflection unit that are adjacent to each other. In one of the pixel reflection units, a first surface is a surface of the first sub-reflection unit away from the heating element, and a second surface is a surface of the second sub-reflection unit away from the heating element. An angle between the first surface and the second surface is less than 180 degrees.
US11448901B2	Anti UV420 lens The present invention proposes an anti UV420 lens, wherein it at least has a substrate at least stacked with a multi-film layer formed by stacking a first antireflection (AR) film layer, silicon dioxide colorless transparent film layer, zirconium dioxide film, trititanium pentoxide (Ti3O5) layer and silicon-aluminum mixture film layer, a waterproof layer is at least stacked on a surface of the multi-film layer, and a second antireflection layer and anti-blue light film layer are at least electroplated on a surface of the anti UV420 lens.
US11448896B2	Multilayer multiview display and method A multilayer static multiview display and method of multilayer multiview display operation provide a plurality of multiview images using diffractive scattering of light from guided light beams having different radial directions. The static multiview display includes a first multiview display layer configured to emit directional light beams representing a first multiview image by diffractive scattering light from a radial pattern of guided light beams within the first multiview display layer. The static multiview display further includes a second multiview display layer configured to emit directional light beams representing a second static multiview image by diffractive scattering light from a radial pattern of guided light beams within the second multiview display layer. The provided plurality of multiview images may include a composite color multiview image, a static multiview image, or an animated or quasi-static multiview image.
US11448892B2	Lens driving module having first sensor and second magnet in alignment A lens driving module includes a holder, a cover, a carrier, at least one first magnet, a first coil, at least two second magnets, at least one first sensor and at least one second sensor. The holder includes an opening hole. The cover is made of metal material and coupled to the holder. The carrier is movably disposed in the cover and for coupling to a lens. The first magnet is movably disposed in the cover. The first coil is wound around an outer side of the carrier. The second magnets are disposed on one end of the carrier. The first sensor is for detecting a magnetic field of the second magnets. The second sensor is for detecting a magnetic field of the first magnet.
US11448879B1	Augmented reality device and methods of use An augmented reality device can include an outer housing, an attachment component, a camera, and a display arrangement. The outer housing can have a transparent front and back arranged to allow a user to see therethrough. The attachment component can removably attach the augmented reality device to user eyewear. The camera can capture images through the outer housing front. The display arrangement can provide a virtual display at an angle to the user looking through the augmented reality device. The display arrangement can include an image emitting component, a prism component, a projecting optic component, a combining optic component, and a unibody optics enclosure. The augmented reality device can also include a processor and a memory configured to store and retrieve buffer clips of captured images, and a wireless communication component configured for communications with outside devices.
US11448878B2	Head up display A head up display that projects a video onto a windshield of a transportation, thereby displaying a virtual image related to the video to a driver, the head up display including a video display device including a light source and a display element and configured to form the video, and video light projecting means configured to project and reflect a video light emitted from the video display device on the windshield, thereby displaying the virtual image in front of the transportation, the video light projecting means including a reflection mirror that reflects the video light emitted from the video display device to the windshield, and the reflection mirror including, on its outer peripheral portion, deflection means configured to direct a reflected light in a direction different from a direction toward a line of sight of the driver.
US11448866B2	Unit magnification microscope A unit magnification microscope includes a first lens assembly (20) with a number of lenses forming an infinity-corrected objective and a second lens assembly (22), identical to the first lens assembly, deployed in an opposite orientation along a light path. A physical stop (26) is located at a central point along the light path between the lens assemblies. A focal plane array image sensor (28) is mounted at the external focal plane of the second lens assembly, such that light from an object at an object plane (30) is focused with unit magnification on the focal plane array image sensor after passing along the light path through the first lens assembly, the physical stop and the second lens assembly. A beam splitter (34) may be used to introduce illumination along the light path.
US11448865B2	Imaging optical system An imaging optical system includes a primary reflecting mirror, a secondary reflecting mirror, a tertiary reflecting mirror, and an aperture stop. The imaging optical system has a field of view, a focal length of the field of view that is defined as FFL, and an effective aperture of a field of view entrance pupil that is defined as FEPD. The FFL and the FEPD at a central field of view are greater than that at the edge field of views, and the FFL and the FEPD change continuously.
US11448864B2	Optical system and image enlargement device The embodiments of the disclosure provide an optical system and an image enlargement device. The optical system may include a display and an optical component disposed between the display and a viewing position. The optical component may include a first reflective element and a second reflective element. The first reflective element is configured to receive an incident light emitted from the display. The second reflective element is disposed on a reflected light path of the first reflective element, and configured to receive the incident light reflected by the first reflective element and reflect the reflected incident light to a viewing position. The first reflective element and/or the second reflective element having a function of concentrating light. Therefore, when the user looks at a display of a mobile phone or a terminal, the display is enlarged by the even reflection of the first reflective element and the second reflective element, thereby improving the user experience and comfort.
US11448863B2	Method of fabricating arrays of individually oriented micro mirrors for use in imaging security devices A visual display assembly useful as an authentication or anti-counterfeiting element. The assembly includes a substrate and, on a surface of the substrate, an array of micro mirrors receiving ambient light. Each mirror includes a reflective surface to reflect the ambient light to display an image that appears to float in a plane, which is spaced a distance apart from the surface of the substrate. The image includes a plurality of pixels, and the array of micro mirrors includes for each of the pixels a set of the micro mirrors each having a reflective surface oriented to reflect the ambient light toward a point on the plane corresponding to one of the pixels. Each of the sets of the micro mirrors includes a plurality of the micro mirrors, and the reflected ambient light each set of micro mirrors intersects to illuminate or write a pixel of an image.
US11448850B2	Optical member driving mechanism An optical member driving mechanism is provided, including a fixed portion, a movable portion, and a driving module, wherein the movable portion is movably connected to the fixed portion and includes an optical member holder and a spacing member. The optical member holder can support an optical member and has a surface facing the optical member. The optical member can change the moving direction of an external light. The spacing member is disposed between the surface and the optical member, and a gap is formed between the surface and the optical member. The driving module can drive the movable portion to move relative to the fixed portion.
US11448847B2	Multi-camera filter mount A filter mount for removably coupling an optical element to an encasement for a personal electronics device that provides openings for light paths to at least first and second cameras within the encasement. The filter mount has a frame that defines a first orifice having a bayonet coupling, wherein the first orifice provides a first light path for imaging to at least the first camera, and a second orifice, adjacent to and coplanar with the first orifice and configured to provide a second light path for imaging to at least the second camera. Rotation of the filter mount frame within the bayonet coupling couples the filter mount against the encasement and opens at least the first and second light paths to the corresponding cameras.
US11448842B2	Small diameter fiber optic cables having low-friction cable jackets and optical fibers with reduced cladding and coating diameters A fiber optic cable includes a cable jacket having an outer surface defined by a cable jacket outer diameter JOD and an inner surface defined by a cable jacket inner diameter JID; a plurality N of optical fibers, where N≥4, contained within the cable jacket and positioned a distance away from the cable jacket inner diameter, with each optical fiber having a core, a cladding surrounding the core, and at least one coating surrounding the core with the at least one coating having an outer coating diameter less than or equal to about 200 microns and wherein the cable jacket outer diameter JOD is less than or equal to 1 mm.
US11448840B2	Unitube ribbon breakout A unitube breakout kit includes a bottom portion extending from a neck end to an outlet end. A top portion is selectively attached to the bottom portion. The bottom portion and the top portion together define a central cavity configured to contain at least one of fiber optic fibers or ribbon fibers. The bottom portion defines a first pair of slots configured to cooperate with a fastener to attach at least one of fiber optic core tube or unitube ribbon cable to the bottom portion.
US11448838B2	Optical component and method for manufacturing same There is provided an optical element mounted on a substrate and an optical coupling element mounted on the substrate. The optical coupling element includes a guide unit extending in a direction parallel to a plane of the substrate so as to fix an optical fiber. There is provided a mold resin layer formed on the substrate so as to cover the optical element and expose a side surface of the optical coupling element at one end of the guide unit. The optical element includes a light incidence/emission unit on a side surface perpendicular to the plane of the substrate, and the other end of the guide unit and the light incidence/emission unit are disposed to face each other.
US11448831B2	Frame assemblies for optical fiber distribution elements A telecommunications device fixation assembly includes a bracket configured to be mounted to a telecommunications fixture, the bracket defining at least one planar wall and a device holder configured to be removably mounted to the bracket, the device holder defining a device holding portion and a fixation portion, wherein the fixation portion defines at least one pocket configured to receive an edge of the planar wall of the bracket, the fixation portion further including an elastically flexible latch configured to snap fit to a portion of the planar wall of the bracket to fix the device holder to the bracket.
US11448828B2	Optical device for coupling light An optical device for coupling light propagating between a waveguide and an optical transmission component is provided. The optical device includes a taper portion and a grating portion. The taper portion is disposed between the grating portion and the waveguide. The grating portion includes rows of grating patterns. A first size of a first grating pattern in a first row of grating patterns is larger than a second size of a second grating pattern in a second row of grating patterns. A first distance between the first row of grating patterns and the waveguide is less than a second distance between the second row of grating patterns and the waveguide.
US11448820B2	Integrated optical fiber and epsilon-near-zero material The present disclosure provides an optical waveguide design of a fiber modified with a thin layer of epsilon-near-zero (ENZ) material. The design results in an excitation of a highly confined waveguide mode in the fiber near the wavelength where permittivity of thin layer approaches zero. Due to the high field confinement within thin layer, the ENZ mode can be characterized by a peak in modal loss of the hybrid waveguide. Results show that such in-fiber excitation of ENZ mode is due to the coupling of the guided fundamental core mode to the thin-film ENZ mode. The phase matching wavelength, where the coupling takes place, varies depending on the refractive index of the constituents. These ENZ nanostructured optical fibers have many potential applications, for example, in ENZ nonlinear and magneto-optics, as in-fiber wavelength-dependent filters, and as subwavelength fluid channel for optical and bio-photonic sensing.
US11448819B2	Display device According to one embodiment, a display device includes a first transparent substrate including a first main surface, a second transparent substrate including a first end portion, a liquid crystal layer containing strip-shaped polymers and liquid crystal molecules, a third transparent substrate including a second end portion and a second main surface, a first light-emitting element and a first light guide. The first light guide includes a first surface and a second surface. A height from the first main surface to the second surface is less than a height from the first main surface to the second main surface.
US11448818B2	Ring light guide and light source module A light source module includes a ring light guide, at least one light source, a reflector, and a diffuser. The ring light guide includes a ring body and at least one light incident portion. The ring light guide has a light exit surface and a bottom surface, which are two opposite ring surfaces of the ring body. The ring body has a plurality of optical structures disposed along the ring body. The at least one light incident portion is disposed on the ring body and protrudes from a lateral side of the ring body. The light incident portion has a light incident surface, wherein a plane where the light incident surface lies crosses a plane where the light exit surface lies.
US11448817B2	Optical film having inclined films, and backlight unit and display device using the same An optical film, a backlight unit, and a display device are provided. An optical film includes: a plurality of base layers arranged at predetermined intervals in a horizontal direction, and a plurality of barriers respectively provided between pairs of the plurality of base layers, wherein each of the plurality of barriers includes first and second films inclined with a first inclined angle with respect to a lower surface of each of the plurality of base layers, wherein the first film is configured to: transmit light polarized in a first direction, and reflect light polarized in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, and wherein the second film is configured to phase-retard the light polarized in the first direction to the light polarized in the second direction.
US11448811B2	Projector configuration with subdivided optical aperture for near-eye displays, and corresponding optical systems An optical system for displaying a projected image to an observer includes a light-guide optical element having two major parallel surfaces and configured for guiding illumination corresponding to a projected image collimated to infinity by internal reflection at the major parallel surfaces from a coupling-in region to a coupling-out region where at least part of the illumination is coupled out towards an eye of the observer, and a projector configuration associated with the coupling-in region of the light-guide optical element. The projector configuration includes a number of adjacent optical arrangements, each including collimating optics deployed for projecting a subset of the illumination. The adjacent optical arrangements cooperate to provide an entirety of the projected image to the coupling-out region.
US11448799B2	Device and method for altering the vergence of light to improve human vision of an electronic display A device for altering vergence of light to improve human vision of an electronic display. The change in vergence is received at the pupil of the wearer. The altered light effectively recreates the rays emitted by a pixel such that they reach a presbyopic eye as though they were being viewed at a distance (i.e., the rays are substantially parallel). As such, the emmetropic presbyopic eye produces a sharp image of the electronic display. The device comprises: a refractive element that refracts rays, emitted from a pixel of an electronic display, at a predetermined vergence, wherein the refractive element is located directly adjacent or on the electronic display.
US11448798B1	Nanovoided graded-index optical elements, optical arrays, and methods of forming the same A graded-index optical element may include a nanovoided material including a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface. The nanovoided material may be transparent between the first surface and the second surface. Additionally, the nanovoided material may have a predefined change in effective refractive index in at least one axis due to a change in at least one of nanovoid size or nanovoid distribution along the at least one axis. Various other elements, devices, systems, materials, and methods are also disclosed.
US11448797B1	Viewing lens and method for treating lenses to minimize glare and reflections for birds with tetra-chromatic vision A viewing lens and method for treating lenses to minimize glare and reflections for birds with tetra-chromatic vision. The anti-reflection lens is treated to with a coating on the surface. The coating is configured to enable the lens surface to be less perceptible to a bird with tetra-chromatic vision by reducing reflections therefrom. The lens treatment includes applying an anti-reflective coating in multiple coats. The coats comprise an adhesion composition, a low index composition (such as SiO2), a high index composition (such as ZrO2), and a superhydrophobic composition that are applied in subsequent layers of varying nanometer thicknesses. The treated lens exhibits minimal reflection properties in the visible range of the electromagnetic spectrum and almost no reflection in the UV-A range. This creates a lens surface that is difficult for birds with tetra-chromatic vision to see a reflection therefrom.
US11448787B2	Fault throw augmented fault detection A fault indicator calculator, a method for determining a fault indicator, and a fault indicator calculating system are disclosed herein. One embodiment of a fault indicator calculator includes: 1) an interface configured to receive seismic data, and 2) a processor configured to scan a manifold-shaped operator through said seismic data at a range of dips and azimuths and calculate fault throws at various orientations of said dips and azimuths independent of determining other fault indicators.
US11448785B2	Methods and seismic shot generation and data collection systems utilizing refraction in horizontal stratified media for monotonically increased velocity determinations Methods and seismic shot generation and data collection systems configured to determine a monotonically increased velocity v(z) from a monotonically increased velocity model by requiring the monotonically increased velocity v(z) to be nearest to a refraction velocity v(z) determined for an estimated depth z and to be characterized by a positive slope such that the refraction velocity v(z) increases with depth, and to generate a subsurface image based on the estimated depth z and the determined monotonically increased velocity v*(z).
US11448780B2	Device for the detection of gamma rays with active partitions The invention relates to a device for the detection of gamma rays coming from a source without image truncation and without image overlapping, comprising, at least, two detection cells and each of said cells comprising a detection space adapted to receive the gamma rays that penetrate through an opening, wherein said detection space comprises one or more detection assemblies, with some of said assemblies being positioned such that they stand in the way of the gamma rays coming into the overlap volume thereof.
US11448773B2	Seamlessly tracking a water vessel using satellite and mobile data A system and a method are disclosed for enabling seamlessly tracking a location of a water vessel by supplementing satellite data with mobile data location based on proximity of a water vessel to shore. The system receives a Global Positioning System (GPS) location of the water vessel, the GPS location of the water vessel based on using the satellite data of the water vessel. The system determines that the GPS location is within a threshold distance of a boundary. Responsive to determining that the GPS location is within the threshold distance of the boundary, the system initiates monitoring for a mobile signal emanating from a trajectory path of the water vessel. The system detects, during the monitoring, the mobile signal, the tracking the location of the water vessel based on mobile data of the mobile signal. The system provides the tracked location to a monitoring device.
US11448768B2	Method for operating a laser distance measuring device The proposed method for operating a laser distance measuring device, in particular a hand-held laser distance measuring device, is based on a method in which laser radiation is emitted to a target point by means of an emitter unit, laser radiation reflected back from the target point is detected by a receiver unit with a detection surface, at least one image of at least one target environment of the target point is captured by at least one camera, and a representation of the image, overlaid with a marking of the target point, is displayed on a screen of the laser distance measuring device. According to the disclosure, a parallax error in the representation of the image, overlaid with a marking of the target point, is corrected according to an estimated distance to the target point. The disclosure also relates to a corresponding laser distance measuring device.
US11448766B2	Actuated spinning sensor Various embodiments of the present invention are directed towards a system and methods for generating three dimensional (3D) images with increased composite vertical field of view and composite resolution for a spinning three-dimensional sensor, based on actuating the sensor to generate a plurality of sensor axis orientations as a function of rotation of the actuator. The output data from the sensor, such as a spinning LIDAR, is transformable as a function of the actuator angle to generate three dimensional imagery.
US11448764B2	Optical beam director Described herein is a system for directing light over two dimensions. In a first embodiment, an optical beam director includes a wavelength router, such as an optical interleaver, optically coupled to an array of dispersive elements, such as free-space diffractive couplers. In a second embodiment, an optical beam director includes a diffractive element optically coupled to a 1D-to-2D spatial interleaver.
US11448760B2	Laser scanner with real-time, online ego-motion estimation A method comprises accessing a data set comprising a LIDAR acquired point cloud comprising a plurality of points each of which are attributed with at least a geospatial coordinate, sub-sampling at least a portion of the plurality of points to derive a representative sample of the plurality of points and displaying the representative sample of the plurality of points.
US11448753B2	System and method for transferring electro-optical (EO) knowledge for synthetic-aperture-radar (SAR)-based object detection Described is a system for transferring learned knowledge from an electro-optical (EO) domain to a synthetic-aperture-radar (SAR) domain. The system uses a measured similarity between the EO domain and the SAR domain to train a model for classifying SAR images using knowledge previously learned from the electro-optical (EO) domain. Using the trained model, a SAR image is processed to determine regions of interest in the SAR image. A region of interest is classified to determine whether the region of interest corresponds to an object of interest, and classified regions of interest that contain the object of interest are output. The object of interest is displayed on a visualization map, and the visualization map is automatically updated to reflect a change in position of the object of interest.
US11448749B1	Tag that enhances vehicle radar visibility of objects A tag enhances vehicle radar visibility of objects by increasing the effective radar cross-section of the object, allowing detection at longer ranges and providing the vehicle/driver with more time to avoid a collision. The tag may include a receive antenna and a bandpass filter configured to receive a signal from the receive antenna and to allow a portion of the frequency range of the signal from the receive antenna through. The tag may also include an amplifier configured to receive and amplify the signal with the portion of the frequency range from the bandpass filter. The tag may further include a transmit antenna configured to transmit the amplified signal. The receive antenna, the transmit antenna, and the amplifier may be configured such that antenna-to-antenna isolation between the receive antenna and the transmit antenna is greater than a gain of the amplifier.
US11448745B2	Sensor device and system, and biometric sensing method and system An FMCW radar is used to sense an object. A sensor device that senses an object by using an FMCW radar is provided. The sensor device includes: a signal processing unit that acquires a reception signal that is based on a reception wave of the FMCW radar, and senses the object; and a phase converting unit that acquires phase information from the reception signal, and tracks the object by monitoring a peak BIN, and a phase offset between the peak BIN and another BIN based on the phase information. As the reception signal, the signal processing unit may use micro-vibration data about the object to sense the object. A system including: a transceiving unit that transmits and receives an FMCW radar signal; and the sensor device according to the first aspect of the present invention is provided.
US11448724B2	Electronic device for detecting location of user An electronic device disposed on a door frame includes a back plate attached to the door frame, a housing coupled to the back plate, a first antenna that transmits or receives a signal having a first wavelength with an external electronic device, a second antenna that is disposed closer to the back plate than the first antenna and that transmits or receives a signal having the first wavelength with the external electronic device, an electric-wave blocking member that is disposed between the back plate and the second antenna and that blocks a signal reflected by the door frame, and at least one processor operatively connected with the first antenna and the second antenna. The first antenna and the second antenna are disposed inside the housing, and an antenna pattern of the second antenna is different from an antenna pattern of the first antenna.
US11448721B2	In device interference mitigation using sensor fusion In an embodiment, a method of interference mitigation in a device that includes a millimeter-wave radar, includes transmitting radar signals with the millimeter-wave radar; receiving reflected radar signals with the millimeter-wave radar, the reflected radar signals corresponding to the transmitted radar signals; generating a first spectrogram based on the reflected radar signals; generating a second spectrogram indicative of movement of a non-target object; generating a compensated radar spectrogram based on the first and second spectrograms to compensate for an influence of the movement of the non-target object in the first spectrogram; and detecting a target or a property of the target based on the compensated radar spectrogram.
US11448719B2	Obtaining fingerprints for indoor navigation systems A method, apparatus, computer readable storage medium and system are disclosed for generating a radio map for indoor navigation and/or floor detection. The method includes obtaining one or more first fingerprints, which stem from one or more radio nodes comprised by an infrastructure of a venue. The one or more radio nodes are surrounding the first apparatus so that the first apparatus is located within each respective coverage area of the one or more radio nodes. The method also includes generating a radio map based at least partially on the one or more first fingerprints; and outputting the generated radio map.
US11448714B2	Multi-planar intraoral RF coil for magnetic resonance imaging A multi-planar intraoral radio frequency (RF) coil apparatus for use in a magnetic resonance imaging system can include a housing having a shape configured to be positioned in an occlusal plane between an upper jaw and a lower jaw of a subject and a plurality of coil elements disposed within the housing. The plurality of coil elements includes a first coil element positioned in a first plane and a second coil element positioned in a second plane different from the first plane and substantially parallel to the first plane. The coil elements can be loop coil elements or dipole coil elements.
US11448710B2	Regenerative load bank systems and methods A regenerative load system includes a voltage input and a load current regulator electrically connected to the voltage input. The system includes a fly back rectifier electrically connected to the load current regulator. A current output is electrically connected to the fly back rectifier. A system for regeneratively testing electrically powered equipment includes a power source. The system includes a unit under test (UUT) having a voltage input electrically connected to the power source, a regenerative load system electrically connected to the UUT. The regenerative load system (RLS) includes a RLS voltage input electrically connected to the UUT, a load current regulator electrically connected to the RLS voltage input, a fly back rectifier electrically connected to the load current regulator, and a current output electrically connected to the fly back rectifier. The current output is configured and adapted to provide current the UUT and/or the power source.
US11448691B1	Thermal sensor A method of calibrating a thermal sensor device is provided. The method includes extracting an incremental voltage to temperature curve for a diode array from a first incremental voltage of the diode array at a first temperature. The diode array and a device under test (DUT) which includes a thermal sensor are heated. After heating the diode array, a first incremental temperature is determined from the incremental voltage to temperature curve for the diode array and a second incremental voltage of the diode array after heating the diode array. An incremental voltage to temperature curve is extracted for the DUT from the first incremental temperature, a first incremental voltage for the DUT at the first temperature, and a second incremental voltage of the DUT after heating the device under test. A temperature error for the thermal sensor is determined from the incremental voltage to temperature curve for the DUT.
US11448685B2	Device and method for testing semiconductor devices A testing circuit includes a first circuit and a second circuit. The first circuit has a first capacitor and a second capacitor. The first circuit is configured to transfer at least a portion of a first voltage across the first capacitor to the second capacitor. The second circuit has the first capacitor and the second capacitor. The second circuit is configured to transfer at least a portion of a second voltage across the second capacitor to the first capacitor.
US11448680B2	Screening method for electrolytic capacitors that maintains individual capacitor unit identity A method of screening a lot of capacitors is provided. The method includes measuring a first leakage current of each individual capacitor in a first set of capacitors and calculating a first mean leakage current; removing each of the individual capacitors having a measured first leakage current equal to or above a first predetermined value, forming a second set of capacitors; subjecting the second set of capacitors to a burn in treatment; measuring a second leakage current for each of the individual capacitors in the second set and calculating a second mean leakage current; comparing the second leakage current for each of the individual capacitors to the first leakage current for each of the individual capacitors; and removing each of the individual capacitors having a second leakage current equal to or above a second predetermined value and/or having a second leakage current that does not change by a specified amount compared to the first leakage current for each of the individual capacitors.
US11448678B2	Polyphase inductive filter A device including at least two transformers, wherein: each winding of a transformer is electrically in series with a winding of another transformer, and the transformers have a transformation ratio different from one.
US11448675B2	Capacitance detection module, method and electronic device The present application provides a capacitance detection module, a method and an electronic device, including: a sensing module and detecting circuit; a first sensing unit is disposed on the first surface of the sensing module, and a second sensing unit is disposed on the second surface of the sensing module; the first sensing unit and the second sensing unit are respectively connected to the detecting circuit; the detecting circuit is configured to determine, according to the capacitance value of the first sensing unit and the capacitance value of the second sensing unit, the wearing state of the user to the device having the capacitance detection module. Thereby the problem that the capacitance detection is affected by temperature is avoided.
US11448670B2	Overcurrent detection using dissimilar biasing of diode networks Apparatus and associated methods relate to detection of an overcurrent condition by determining if a voltage across a current-sense resistor exceeds a predetermined voltage threshold. The voltage at each side of the current-sense resistor is sensed indirectly, through a diode network. The diode networks through which the voltages on each side of the current-sense resistor are biased differently from one another. Such differently-biased diode networks translate the voltages at each side of the current-sense resistor by different amounts, the biasing of these diode networks is such that a voltage difference between the second terminals of the first and second diode networks is of a first polarity during normal current conditions, and the voltage difference between the second terminals of the first and second diode networks is of a second polarity during overcurrent conditions.
US11448667B2	Bidirectional sensor circuit A bidirectional sensor circuit includes a sensing impedance with first and second terminals; a first operational amplifier which non-inverting input is connected to the first terminal and its inverting input is connected to the second terminal; a second operational amplifier with the non-inverting input connected to the second terminal and its inverting input is connected to the first terminal; a first diode with the anode connected to the inverting input of the first operational amplifier and whose cathode is connected to the output of the first operational amplifier; and a second diode with the anode connected to the output of the first operational amplifier and to the cathode of the first diode. The input of the circuit consists of the terminals of the sensing impedance, and the output is at the anode of the second diode and senses a load impedance connected to the first terminal of the sensing impedance.
US11448655B2	Method for identifying a modulator of the TNFα or CD40L interaction with their cognate receptors It has been demonstrated that certain compounds bind to TNF and stabilise a conformation of trimeric TNF that binds to the TNF receptor. Accordingly, these compounds can be used as modulators of TNF. A new assay for identifying compounds with this mechanism of action is also disclosed.
US11448648B2	Compositions and methods for diagnosing and differentiating systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis and Kawasaki disease Provided are methods, compositions, kits and the like, for diagnosing and differentiating patients with systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis (sJIA) from patients with Kawasaki disease (KD) and other febrile illnesses.
US11448647B2	Methods of assaying proteins Methods and systems for identifying a protein within a sample are provided herein. A panel of antibodies are acquired, none of which are specific for a single protein or family of proteins. Additionally, the binding properties of the antibodies in the panel are determined. Further, the protein is iteratively exposed to a panel of antibodies. Additionally, a set of antibodies which bind the protein are determined. The identity of the protein is determined using one or more deconvolution methods based on the known binding properties of the antibodies to match the set of antibodies to a sequence of a protein.
US11448641B2	Methods and devices for separation of blood components The present disclosure relates to methods and devices for the separation of blood components including separation by rapid sedimentation, including in an automated fashion.
US11448639B2	Massively parallel DNA sequencing apparatus A DNA or genome sequencing structure is disclosed. The structure includes an electrode pair, each electrode having a tip-shaped end, the electrodes separated by a nanogap defined by facing tip-shaped ends; at least one conductive island deposited at or near each tip-shaped end; and a biomolecule having two ends, each end attached to the conductive islands in the electrode pair such that one biomolecule bridges over the nanogap in the electrode pair, wherein nucleotide interactions with the biomolecule provides electronic monitoring of DNA or genome sequencing without the use of a fluorescing element.
US11448628B2	Sensor and sensor module According to one embodiment, a sensor includes a base body, and a first sensor part. The first sensor part includes fixed and movable electrode members, and first and second support members. The fixed electrode member includes a fixed electrode fixed to the base body. The movable electrode member includes a movable electrode. The movable electrode member includes first and second movable portions, and a third movable portion between the first and second movable portions. The first support member is fixed to the base body and connected with the first movable portion. The second support member is fixed to the base body and connected with the second movable portion. The first and second support members support the movable electrode member to provide a first gap between the fixed and movable electrode members. The fixed electrode member includes first, second, and third fixed electrode portions facing the movable portion.
US11448626B2	Ion exchange chromatography column, method, and system thereof An ion exchange chromatographic packing material is described that includes support resin particles and a copolymer grafted to the support resin particles. The copolymer includes polymerized functional monomers such as a first ion exchange group monomer and a second ion exchange group monomer. At a first pH, the first ion exchange group monomer is configured to have a first charge at a first pH, and the second ion exchange group monomer is configured to have a net neutral charge. At a second pH, the first ion exchange group monomer is configured to have the first charge at a second pH, and the second ion exchange group monomer is configured to have a second charge at the second pH where the first charge and second charge both have a same polarity.
US11448622B2	Ultrasonic device and inspection device According to one embodiment, an ultrasonic device includes an ultrasonic transmitter. The ultrasonic transmitter includes a first element, a second element, and a driver. The first element is flexing-vibratable at a first resonant frequency. The second element is flexing-vibratable at a second resonant frequency different from the first resonant frequency. The driver is configured to supply a first electrical signal to the first element and to supply a second electrical signal to the second element. The first electrical signal includes a first signal having the first resonant frequency. The second electrical signal includes a second signal having the second resonant frequency.
US11448621B2	Ultrasound probe with row-column addressed array An ultrasound probe can detect flaws in an object in a non-destructive manner. The probe includes a row-column addressed (RCA) array with a plurality of row and column electrodes. The row and column electrodes are configurable to have at least four states: 1) a transmission state, 2) a reception state, 3) a ground state, and 4) a high impedance state. The probe also includes a control circuit to operate the RCA array in different transmission and reception configurations.
US11448616B2	Method for relative quantitative analysis of polymer using MALDI mass spectrometry A method for relative quantitative analysis of a polymer using MALDI mass spectrometry, the method comprising the steps of preparing a plurality of polymer specimens having a thickness variation of 30% or less by electrospraying a solution including a polymer sample, a monomeric internal standard material, and a matrix through a mask for each different concentration of the polymer sample; obtaining MALDI mass spectra by irradiating laser beams to each of the plurality of polymer specimens, and calculating a signal intensity ratio of the polymer sample to the small molecule internal standard from peak results of the spectra; and depicting the calculated signal intensity ratio according to the concentration of the polymer sample to prepare a quantitative calibration curve, and the method capable of providing MALDI mass spectra with reduced overlapping peaks and thereby providing the relative quantitative analysis of a polymer with improved accuracy.
US11448613B2	ChemFET sensor array including overlying array of wells Methods and apparatus relating to FET arrays for monitoring chemical and/or biological reactions such as nucleic acid sequencing-by-synthesis reactions. Some methods provided herein relate to improving signal (and also signal to noise ratio) from released hydrogen ions during nucleic acid sequencing reactions.
US11448609B2	Method for operating a gas sensor arrangement and gas sensor arrangement In an embodiment a method for operating a gas sensor arrangement includes generating a sensor current by a gas sensor, converting the sensor current into a digital comparator output signal in a charge balancing operation depending on a first clock signal, determining from the digital comparator output signal an asynchronous count comprising an integer number of counts depending on the first clock signal, determining from the digital comparator output signal a fractional time count depending on a second clock signal and calculating from the asynchronous count and from the fractional time count a digital output signal which is indicative of the sensor current generated by the gas sensor.
US11448607B2	Charged particle beam inspection of ungrounded samples Systems and methods are provided for dynamically compensating position errors of a sample. The system can comprise one or more sensing units configured to generate a signal based on a position of a sample and a controller. The controller can be configured to determine the position of the sample based on the signal and in response to the determined position, provide information associated with the determined position for control of one of a first handling unit in a first chamber, a second handling unit in a second chamber, and a beam location unit in the second chamber.
US11448598B1	Methods and systems for detection of biohazard signatures in complex clinical and environmental samples Methods, apparatus, and systems provide improved identification of selected biohazard and/or biohazard signatures from complex in vivo or in vitro samples and include deep UV native fluorescence spectroscopic analysis for multiple locations of a sample wherein classification results for individual locations are combined and spatially correlated to provide a positive or negative conclusion of biohazard signature presence (e.g., for signatures for viruses, bacteria, and diseases including SARS-CoV-2 and its variants and COVID-19 and its variants). Improvements include one or more of reduced sample processing time (minutes to fractions of a minute), reduced sampling cost (dollars to fractions of a dollar), high conclusion reliability (rivaling real time RT-PCR). Some embodiments may incorporate a stage or scanning mirror system to provide movement of a sample relative to an excitation exposure location. Some embodiments may incorporate Raman or phosphorescence spectroscopic analysis as well as imaging systems.
US11448596B2	Method to measure the refractive index of a sample using surface plasmon polaritons A method to measure the refractive index of a sample, includes: providing a plasmonic sensor including a sensing surface in contact with the sample; providing an optical resonator, the plasmonic sensor being integrated therein as a reflecting surface; providing a first input field of electromagnetic radiation as a primary carrier; providing a second input field of electromagnetic radiation as a secondary carrier having a second frequency different from the first and defined as: second frequency=first frequency+Δv and having a TE and/or a TM polarized component; impinging simultaneously with the first and second input field the plasmonic sensor; tuning the frequency of the first field and/or the value of Δv; detecting a resonator output power corresponding to the first and second intra-cavity fields resonating; determining a difference between the first and the second resonating frequencies; and calculating the refractive index of the sample from the difference.
US11448595B2	Prism-coupling systems and methods with improved intensity transition position detection and tilt compensation The prism-coupling systems and methods include using a prism-coupling system to collect a 2D digital mode spectrum of an IOX article. The mode line and critical angle positions and orientations are found by performing a weighted fit to mode line and critical angle images and are used to define a compensated mode spectrum. If mode line tilt is found, it is removed from the 2D digital mode spectrum to define the compensated mode spectrum. The compensated mode spectrum is then processed using techniques known in the art to provide a more accurate estimate of stress-related characteristics of the IOX sample versus using the uncompensated mode spectrum. Derivative-based methods of accurately establishing positions of intensity transitions in a mode spectrum of an IOX sample using a derivative spectrum and curve fitting are also disclosed.
US11448593B1	Method of spectroscopically characterizing a surface A device and method for performing reflectivity measurements at a distance by receiving two or more reflected signals (using two or more different wavelength sweeps) and calculating ratios of the two (or more) received reflected signals, for the purpose of determining the composition of a material or surface at a distance.
US11448589B2	Analyzer, analysis method, and a program recording medium recorded with a program for analyzer An analyzer analyzes a measurement sample on the basis of spectrum data obtained by irradiating light to the measurement sample. The analyzer includes a main analysis part, a correlation data storage part and a concentration calculation part. The main analysis part calculates a concentration of a predetermined hydrocarbon component contained in the measurement sample on the basis of the spectrum data of the measurement sample. The correlation data storage part stores therein a plurality of correlation data each indicating a correlation between a concentration of the predetermined hydrocarbon component or the spectrum data and a THC concentration. The concentration calculation part selects at least one correlation data from among a plurality of correlation data stored in the correlation data storage part according to the concentration of the predetermined hydrocarbon component, and calculates a concentration of the total hydrocarbon components in the measurement sample by using correlation data thus selected.
US11448587B1	Methods and apparatus for detecting incapacitating drugs Devices and methods for detecting drugs, such as gamma hydroxybutyrate and gamma butyrolactone, using infrared spectrometry, and alerting an intended target of the drug, or others, to the presence of the drug.
US11448586B2	Inspection apparatus, sensing apparatus, sensitivity control apparatus, inspection method, and program with pixel sensitivity control The present disclosure relates to an inspection apparatus, a sensing apparatus, a sensitivity control apparatus, an inspection method, and a program that perform inspection with improved accuracy. The inspection apparatus includes a detection section for detecting a plurality of different wavelength region components of ambient light reflected from an inspection target to be inspected, and a control section for controlling the sensitivity of each of the different wavelength region components. The control section controls the sensitivity by calculating a histogram indicating the detection level in every wavelength region of light reflected from the inspection target that is detected by the detection section, and determining, based on histograms of particular spectroscopic components, whether or not the sensitivity is properly set for the detection section. The present technology is applicable, for example, to an inspection apparatus that inspects vegetation.
US11448581B2	High sensitivity fiber optic based detection system According to another embodiment, a method of detecting the occurrence of a condition using a detection system located within a predetermined area includes transmitting light from at least one node of a plurality of nodes into an ambient atmosphere adjacent the at least one node, receiving scattered light from the ambient atmosphere at the at least one node, communicating the received scattered light to a control system operably coupled to the at least one node, analyzing the scattered light at the control system to determine a condition of the ambient atmosphere adjacent each at least one node, and adjusting a sensitivity of the at least one node of the plurality of nodes.
US11448576B2	Multifunctional true triaxial rock drilling test system and method A multifunctional true triaxial rock drilling test system and method; rock cores are respectively taken from a plurality of drilling holes on the same test piece, uniaxial test and triaxial test are respectively performed on these rock cores to obtain multiple groups of mechanical property parameters, multiple groups of drilling parameters are obtained according to a multifunctional true triaxial rock drilling tester that can directly measure the drilling parameters, relational expression between mechanical property parameters of rock mass and the drilling parameters is established, and mechanical property parameters of rock mass can be obtained just by detecting the drilling parameters of the rock mass through the relational expression. The multifunctional true triaxial rock drilling tester is preset test device, has function of performing triaxial loading on the test piece, and can simulate drilling process of drilling rig in a three-way confining pressure state in underground engineering of the test piece.
US11448565B2	Measurement time determination device, measurement time determination method, and computer-readable recording medium To reduce erroneous determinations of detecting a leak, a measurement time determination device is provided with: a degree-of-ease calculation unit configured to calculate degree-of-ease of detecting a leak in piping, based on vibration propagating through the piping or a fluid flowing through the piping when the piping is vibrated; and a determination unit configured to determine a measurement time necessary for detecting the leak, based on the degree-of-ease.
US11448559B2	Capacitance detection device for detecting the capacitance of a sensor element A capacitance detection device includes a sensor unit including at least one sensor element whose capacitance changes, a control line applying to the sensor element a predetermined charging voltage for detecting the capacitance of the sensor element, a shield line electrically shielding the control line, a control circuit supplying the charging voltage to the sensor element via the control line, measuring a voltage change of the sensor element when the charging voltage is applied to the sensor element, and detecting the capacitance of the sensor element based on the voltage change, and an equipotential circuit setting a potential of the shield line equal to a potential of the control line.
US11448553B2	Light detection device A light detection device includes a Fabry-Perot interference filter provided with a light transmitting region on a predetermined line, a light detector disposed on one side with respect to the Fabry-Perot interference filter on the line, a package having an opening positioned on the other side with respect to the Fabry-Perot interference filter on the line, a light transmitting member provided in the package such that the opening is blocked, and a temperature control element having an endothermic region thermally connected to the Fabry-Perot interference filter and the light detector. The endothermic region is positioned on one side with respect to the light detector on the line.
US11448542B2	Dosing cap with adjustable volume The present disclosure provides a dosing cap. In an embodiment, the dosing cap includes (A) a collar member having an annular skirt depending from a base. An inner surface of the annular skirt has a securing member for securing the collar member to a neck of a container. The base includes (i) at least one opening with a one-way valve permitting fluid flow in a first direction, and (ii) an air channel with a one-way valve permitting fluid flow in a second direction. The dosing cap includes (B) a cap member having an annular sidewall extending from a dispensing element. An inner surface of the annular sidewall has an attachment member adjustably attached to a reciprocal attachment member on an outer surface of the first sidewall. The dosing cap includes (C) a metering chamber formed by an enclosed volume between the cap member and the base. The dosing cap includes (D) the dispensing element permitting flow of a fluid from the metering chamber.
US11448539B2	Gas flow measuring circuit and gas flow sensor A gas flow measuring circuit includes at least one reference resistor and at least one variable resistor that varies in accordance with the characteristics of the flow of a gas and means for determination of the difference between the reference resistor and variable resistor, with at least one current loop arrangement including first current source means coupled in series with said reference resistor and second current source means coupled in series with said variable resistor wherein both resistors are connected to ground for providing an ideally constant current through the respective resistor to produce first voltages across the reference resistor and second voltages across the variable resistor, and voltage measuring means for measuring the voltage difference between said reference resistor and said variable resistor to produce a characteristic voltage difference representative of the characteristics of the gas.
US11448533B2	Containment system for sensing elements A containment system for installation internally along a conduit, for co-locating at least one sensing element and one or more communication media within the conduit, the containment system comprising: an elongate flexible body mountable on a wall of the conduit to extend longitudinally along the conduit, the body including: an elongate sensor cavity, extending longitudinally along the body, for receiving the at least one sensing element; and a shield portion including one or more elongate channels, extending longitudinally along the shield portion, each channel for receiving one or inure communication media.
US11448532B2	Sensor device, method for operating a sensor device and electronic assembly comprising a sensor device A sensor device, a method for operating a sensor device and an electronic assembly comprising a sensor device are disclosed. In an embodiment a sensor device includes a first sensor unit and a second sensor unit in a common housing, wherein each of the first and second sensor units comprises a heater element and a temperature sensor element, wherein the housing comprises a cover element having an opening, the cover element covering the first sensor unit, and wherein the opening is arranged over the second sensor unit.
US11448531B2	Sensor component, sensor, and method for manufacturing sensor A sensor component includes: a sensor part having a sensor body and a connection terminal extending from the sensor body; and a holder part for holding the sensor part, the connection terminal being resin-sealed by an exterior part that is connected to a conductor of a wire, wherein a melt part that melts during the molding of the exterior part is provided on an outer surface of the holder part that is arranged inside of the exterior part, and the melt part is arranged in a position separating the sensor body and a connection part where the connection terminal is connected to the conductor.
US11448529B2	Optical rotary encoder An optical rotary encoder includes a code disk, a laser source unit, a focusing unit and a photodetector array. The focusing unit converts the laser beam emitted by the laser source unit into incident laser beams that have a plurality of light points respectively on code tracks of the code disk, such that the code disk modulates the incident laser beams to form optical code signals. The photodetector array receives and converts the optical code signals into electric code signals.
US11448528B2	Resettable closed-loop multi-turn magnetic sensor Aspects of this disclosure relate to a resettable closed-loop multi-turn magnetic sensor. In one aspect, the sensor includes a nanowire forming a plurality of loops, a plurality of domain orientation sensors configured to detect locations of a pair of domain walls within the nanowire, and an initialization circuit configured to inject the pair of domain walls into the nanowire. The nanowire forms a closed-loop via a bridge crossing connecting two of the loops.
US11448526B2	Position estimation method, position estimation device, and motor module for estimating position of rotor in motor A position estimation method of the present disclosure includes: acquiring learning data from a storage medium that stores the learning data including a sequence of a plurality of measurement values which define a waveform characteristic of a first electrical signal output from a sensor device when a rotor R is rotating; acquiring a sequence of a plurality of detection values which define a waveform characteristic of a second electrical signal output from the sensor device when the rotor starts rotating from a stopped state; and performing matching between an increase/decrease pattern of the sequence of the plurality of measurement values and an increase/decrease pattern of the sequence of the plurality of detection values to estimate a relationship between a rotation position of the rotor when the first electrical signal is output and a rotation position of the rotor when the second electrical signal is output.
US11448520B2	Device and method for desensitizing a display system to faults A desensitization device includes an acquisition module for acquiring the current flight parameters of the aircraft, a generation module for generating a first image depicting flight symbology including at least one reference zero pitch line, a generation module for generating a second image depicting topography of terrain overflown by the aircraft, a generation module for generating a third image including at least two portions separated by a separating line, a generation module configured to generate a fourth image by superposing the first image, the second image and the third image in that order, the first image being placed in the foreground, and a transmission module configured to transmit, to a user device, a signal that is representative of the fourth image.
US11448518B2	Augmented reality navigational overlay A system and method may generate a more realistic augmented reality (AR) overlay by generating a segmentation image and blending it with one or more other images. The system may generate a segmentation image based on an input image. The segmentation image may be blended with an AR path overlay image to generate an object-masked AR path overlay image. The object-masked AR path overlay image may be blended with the input image to generate an output image.
US11448514B2	Route information decision device, route information system, terminal, and method for deciding route information A route information decision device includes: a route search unit that searches for a route along which a user moves from a first spot to a second spot; a partial route decision unit that decides a permissible route part of the route and a non-permissible route part of the route, the permissible route part being contained in a permissible region where a vehicle is permitted to be dispatched to the user, the non-permissible route part being contained in a non-permissible region where the vehicle is not permitted to be dispatched to the user, the vehicle being a vehicle for which an automatic driving control is performed.
US11448510B2	Vehicle information processing system A position acquisition device includes a learning execution unit that learns a change value of an on-board sensor, a changing unit that changes an output value of the on-board sensor based on the change value, a position calculation unit that calculates a traveling position of the vehicle based on the output value of the on-board sensor changed by the changing unit, and an output unit that outputs a progress status of the learning by the learning execution unit and the traveling position of the vehicle calculated by the position calculation unit. An application execution device determines whether the output of the position acquisition device is able to be used for executing the application based on the progress status and the traveling position acquired from the position acquisition device.
US11448509B1	System and method for facilitating limited area GPS Disclosed are a system for identifying the position of mobile object, comprising a positioning module, a set of beacons and processor configured to determine the position of the positioning module based on the data gathered from the interaction between the positioning module and each one of the set of beacons. More specifically, the limited area positioning system utilizes signal emitted from the positioning module and the signals emitted from the each of the beacons in response to the signal from the positioning module. Using the signals transmitted from the positioning module and the beacons, at least three circles can be formed, and the limited area positioning system determines the intersecting point of those three circles as the position of the positioning module.
US11448506B2	Inertial sensor, method for manufacturing inertial sensor, inertial measurement unit, portable electronic apparatus, electronic apparatus, and vehicle A gyro sensor includes a plurality of beams connected via a turnaround part. A groove is provided on a main surface of at least one beam of the plurality of beams. Wall thicknesses on the main surface of two sidewalls facing each other of the groove in a direction orthogonal to a longitudinal direction of the beam satisfy 0.9≤T1/T2≤1.1, where T1 is the wall thickness of one sidewall and T2 is the wall thickness of the other sidewall.
US11448499B2	Systems and methods for semiconductor chip surface topography metrology Embodiments of systems and methods for measuring a surface topography of a semiconductor chip are disclosed. In an example, a method for measuring a surface topography of a semiconductor chip is disclosed. A plurality of interference signals each corresponding to a respective one of a plurality of positions on a surface of the semiconductor chip are received by at least one processor. The interference signals are classified by the at least one processor into a plurality of categories using a model. Each of the categories corresponds to a region having a same material on the surface of the semiconductor chip. A surface height offset between a surface baseline and at least one of the categories is determined by the at least one processor based, at least in part, on a calibration signal associated with the region corresponding to the at least one of the categories. The surface topography of the semiconductor chip is characterized by the at least one processor based, at least in part, on the surface height offset and the interference signals.
US11448496B2	Non-invasive optical detection system and method using partially balanced interferometric parallel detection Source light having a range of optical wavelengths is generated. The source light is split into sample light and reference light. The sample light is delivered into a sample, such that the sample light is scattered by the sample, resulting in signal light that exits the sample. The signal light and the reference light are combined into an interference light pattern having optical modes, each having a direct current (DC) component and at least one alternating current (AC) component. Different subsets of the optical modes of the interference light pattern are respectively detected, and analog signals representative of the optical modes of the interference light pattern are output. Pair of the analog signals are subtracted from each other, and differential analog signals are output. The sample is analyzed based on the differential analog signals.
US11448489B2	Two-piece primer insert for polymer ammunition The present invention provides a multi piece primer insert for ammunition comprising: an upper primer insert portion connected to a lower primer insert portion, wherein the upper primer insert portion comprises an upper primer bottom surface and an upper primer top surface opposite the upper primer bottom surface, an upper primer aperture through the upper primer bottom surface, a substantially cylindrical coupling element extending away from the upper primer bottom surface, wherein the lower primer insert comprises: a lower primer top surface opposite a lower primer bottom surface, a primer recess in the lower primer top surface that extends toward the lower primer bottom surface and adapted to fit a primer, a lower flash hole aperture through the lower primer bottom surface extending to the primer recess; and a flash hole groove in the top surface of the upper primer insert portion, the flash hole groove extends circumferentially about the upper primer aperture and the flash hole groove is larger than the upper primer aperture, and wherein the flash hole groove is between the upper primer aperture and the lower flash hole aperture.
US11448487B1	Vibration resistant initiator assembly having exploding foil initiator An initiator assembly that includes a housing, a base, an exploding foil initiator and an input charge assembly. The housing defines a cavity. The base coupled to the housing and closes the cavity. The exploding foil initiator is mounted to the base and has a barrel that defines an initiation axis. The input charge assembly is received in the cavity and includes a holder and an input charge. The holder has a first axial end and a second axial end that are spaced apart along the initiation axis. The first axial end is closer to an output of the barrel than the second axial end. A charge aperture is formed through the first axial end of the holder and does not extend through the second axial end of the holder. The input charge is formed of an explosive material and is received into the charge aperture.
US11448486B2	Intelligent munition An intelligent munition can position circuitry in a 12 gauge form factor that detects the distance from a target in real-time in order to deploy a parachute to slow the munition to a speed that is conducive to accurate, but non-lethal, deployment of at least one electrode toward the target. The munition can intelligently discharge electrical charge into the target via an electrode to disable the target. The munition may further monitor the target and deliver a subsequent electrical discharge in response to detected target movement.
US11448485B2	Ballistic dolly system Implementations described and claimed herein provide a ballistic dolly system. In one implementation, a frame assembly of a ballistic dolly has an elongated member. A seat assembly is mounted to the elongated member. The seat assembly has one or more surfaces adapted to engage an inner surface of a body of an overlap panel. One or more seat channels are formed in the seat assembly. Each of the one or more seat channels is adapted to releasably engage an edge of a body of an armor panel. Each of the one or more seat channels orients the edge of the body of the armor panel in an overlapping relationship with the body of the overlap panel such that a portion of the body of the armor panel overlaps with a portion of the body of the overlap panel. The overlapping relationship covers a ballistic void of the ballistic dolly.
US11448477B2	Multi-mode firearms, triggers, kits, and methods of use Provided are multi-mode firearms, triggers, kits, and methods of use that allow a user to select between a semi-automatic firing mode and a pull-and-release firing mode that fires the firearm upon both pulling the trigger and releasing the trigger, by using the selector switch or other mechanism to change the amount the trigger can move. A safe mode that prevents the firearm from firing may also be selected in various example embodiments by using the selector switch or other mechanism to change the amount the trigger can move. In certain example embodiments the trigger cannot move at all in safe mode, can move more in semi-automatic mode, and can move yet more in pull-and-release mode. The modes can be positioned for selection in any order. Kits comprising a trigger assembly and a selector assembly are provided for retrofitting conventional semi-automatic firearms.
US11448474B2	Protection structure for vapor chamber A protection element for vapor chamber includes a main body and a protection element. The main body is divided into a working zone and a sealing zone. The sealing zone is located around an outer periphery of the working zone and is provided with a notch area, to which a fluid-adding and air-evacuating pipe is connected. The protection element is correspondingly mounted to the notch area to contact with the sealing zone of the main body. With the arrangement of the protection element, the fluid-adding and air-evacuating pipe is protected against collision and impact and accordingly, the main body of the vapor chamber is protected against vacuum and working fluid leakage.
US11448470B2	Heat dissipation plate and method for manufacturing the same A method for manufacturing a heat dissipation device that includes stamping a composite plate including a welding material to form a first plate having a plurality of angled grooves, depositing powder in the plurality of angled grooves of the first plate, contacting the first plate to a second plate, and welding the first plate and the second plate together, and sintering powder to obtain a capillary structure.
US11448463B2	Freeze drying chamber for a bulk freeze drying system A freeze drying vessel (302) having a freeze drying chamber (304) that includes sloped horizontal shelves (352) that receive frozen particles (282). Each shelf is sloped relative to a horizontal axis (390) and arranged such that a downward slope between successive shelves alternates between first (392) and second (394) directions. At least one connecting member (374, 376, 378, 380, 382, 384, 386, 386, 388) is attached between pairs of shelves. At least one connecting member is attached to an associated vibration element (396, 398, 400, 402) located outside the drying chamber. Each vibration element vibrates a pair of shelves to cause the frozen particles to advance relative to an associated shelf and drop downward from shelf to shelf wherein the shelves heat the frozen particles to promote sublimation to form freeze dried product (284).
US11448458B2	Refrigerator A refrigerator includes a cabinet, a door configured to open/close the cabinet, an outer plate defining a front surface of the door and having an opening formed therein to pass through the door, a door liner defining a rear surface of the door, lighting members configured to illuminate storage spaces of the door and the cabinet, a transparent panel assembly mounted to shield the opening and allowing the storage spaces to be selectively seen according to an ON/OFF state of the lighting members, an insulator filled between the outer plate and the door liner, and a blocking part arranged inside the door along a periphery of the transparent panel assembly and detachably coupled to a peripheral surface of the transparent panel assembly to fix the transparent panel assembly.
US11448452B2	Swivel fan guards In one instance, a cooling unit for cooling a refrigerated room includes a fan base and a fan guard that both twist and rotate to change pitch thereby allowing the cooling unit air to be directed in many directions as desired. The fan base has a flange portion and a conduit portion. The conduit portion of the fan base mates with an opening in a conduit member of the fan guard. The opening in the fan guard is sized and configured to form an interference fit with at least a portion of a conduit portion of the fan base while allowing rotation of the fan guard relative to the fan base about the longitudinal axis. The second longitudinal end of the fan-guard conduit member is at least partially angled to allow the rotation about a lateral axis in order to pitch the direction of the grill front wall.
US11448449B2	Mobile refreshment cart with thermoelectric cooling A mobile refreshment cart includes an open refreshment chamber exposed to an environment surrounding the refreshment cart and configured to receive refreshment containers therein. The mobile refreshment cart also includes a thermally conductive plate having a first surface facing the open refreshment chamber, and having a second surface opposite to the first surface. The mobile refreshment cart also includes a thermoelectric cooler coupled to, and directly contacting, the second surface of the thermally conductive plate. The thermoelectric cooler is configured to extract heat from the thermally conductive plate through the second surface of the thermally conductive plate. The refreshment cart also includes a fan configured to urge an air flow over a portion of the thermoelectric cooler and to the environment, such that the air flow extracts the heat from the thermoelectric cooler and expels the heat to the environment.
US11448441B2	Refrigerant system for cooling electronics The various implementations described herein include methods, devices, and systems for cooling a vehicular electronics system. In one aspect, a vehicular refrigerant system includes: (1) a refrigerant loop having a compressor configured to compress a refrigerant, a condenser configured to condense the compressed refrigerant, an expansion device configured to enable expansion of the condensed refrigerant, and a heat exchanger configured to transfer heat from a liquid coolant to the expanded refrigerant; (2) a liquid coolant loop configured to transfer heat from an electronics system via the liquid coolant; and (3) a controller configured to: (a) obtain operating data regarding the refrigerant, the liquid coolant, and/or the electronics system; and (b) adjust operation of the refrigerant loop and/or the liquid coolant loop based on the obtained operating data.
US11448439B1	Refrigerant can tap A refrigerant can tap with a tap body having an inlet and an outlet, an internal pin, a gasket, and a backflow preventer. The inlet and outlet of the tap body have a one-half inch ACME left-handed thread, the inlet for engaging the self-sealing valve of an R-1234yf can.
US11448438B2	Transport climate control system with auxilary cooling A transport climate control system for a climate controlled transport unit includes a main heat transfer circuit and a chiller heat transfer circuit. The main heat transfer circuit includes a compressor, a condenser, a main expansion valve, a main evaporator, a chiller expansion valve, and a chiller evaporator. The main evaporator and a chiller evaporator positioned are in parallel to each other downstream of the condenser. Working fluid and a second process fluid flowing through the main evaporator. Working fluid and a third process fluid flowing through the chiller evaporator. The chiller heat transfer circuit includes the chiller evaporator and the third process fluid is configured to provide auxiliary cooling. A method of operating a transport climate control system for a climate controlled transport unit includes operating in a HVACR and chiller mode, operating in a HVACR mode, and operating a chiller mode.
US11448434B1	Thermal management systems A thermal management system is described. The thermal management system includes an open circuit refrigeration circuit that has a refrigerant fluid flow path, with the refrigerant fluid flow path including a receiver configured to store a refrigerant fluid, an ejector having a primary flow inlet configured to receive refrigerant, a liquid separator, an evaporator configured to extract heat from a heat load that contacts the evaporator, with the evaporator coupled to the ejector and the liquid separator, and an exhaust line coupled to a vapor side outlet of the liquid separator. In operation, the evaporator in the open circuit refrigeration circuit would be coupled to a heat load.
US11448432B2	Adaptive trans-critical CO2 cooling system A cooling system includes a heat exchanger through which a refrigerant flows, the heat exchanger having a fluid passing therethrough such that heat is rejected to the fluid, an evaporator, a refrigerant piping split point that receives the refrigerant at a given pressure from the heat exchanger and splits the refrigerant flow into a first circuit and a second circuit, the first circuit having an expansion valve that receives the refrigerant at the given pressure, and the second circuit having a first turbine coupled to a first compressor, wherein the first turbine receives the refrigerant at the given pressure, and a set of valves arranged to direct the refrigerant through the first circuit, the second circuit, or both the first and second circuits based on ambient conditions of the cooling system.
US11448427B2	Heat-recovery-enhanced refrigeration system A refrigerated system includes a vapor compression system defining a refrigerant flow path and a heat recovery system defining a heat recovery fluid flow path. The heat recovery system is thermally coupled to the vapor compression system. The heat recovery system includes a first heat exchanger within which heat is transferred between a heat recovery fluid and an engine coolant and at least one recovery heat exchanger positioned along the heat recovery fluid flow path directly upstream from the first heat exchanger.
US11448420B2	Air duct damper An air damper assembly for an air duct having an interior wall and an exterior wall is provided. The air damper assembly includes a damper plate having a periphery and multiple teeth spaced at least partially around and extending from the periphery. The multiple teeth vary in length from a maximum to a minimum over a span of approximately 90 degrees around the periphery. The air damper assembly further includes an axle assembly fixedly coupled to the damper plate and rotatably coupled to the air duct. Rotation of the axle assembly causes the damper plate to rotate within the air duct between a fully open position and a fully closed position to increase or decrease a flow of fluid through the air duct.
US11448418B2	Undulated surface enhancement of diffuser blades for linear bar diffuser A linear bar diffuser includes a grille frame and blades in a stacked arrangement within the grille frame such that space is provided between adjacent blades to facilitate flow of an incoming air flow therethrough. One of the blades includes a leading edge configured to face the incoming air flow, the leading edge including an undulated contour extending along a length of the blade and into a width of the blade, the width of the blade extending transverse to the length and between the leading edge and a trailing edge of the blade.
US11448410B2	Method of monitoring an air flow in a zone of an HVAC system A method of monitoring an air flow in a zone (1) of an HVAC system (10) is described, the zone (1) comprising a supply port (11) and a return port (12), a first flow sensor (111) configured to measure a supply flow (ϕ1) through the supply port (11), and a second flow sensor (121) configured to measure a return flow (ϕ2) through the return port (12), the method comprising: recording by a control system (20, 20′) the supply flow (ϕ1) measured by the first flow sensor (111) and the return flow (ϕ2) measured by the second flow sensor (121); determining by the control system (20, 20′) an infiltration and exfiltration component (ϕinf/exf), using the supply flow (ϕ1) and the return flow (ϕ2) recorded by the control system (20, 20′); and determining by the control system (20, 20′) an operational sensor state of at least one of the first flow sensor (111) and the second flow sensor (121), using the supply flow (ϕ1), the return flow (ϕ2), and the infiltration and exfiltration component (ϕinf/exf).
US11448405B2	Floor heating system including membranes that are configured to be joined together to house a heating cable, and flooring underlayment including such membranes A flooring underlayment includes a base membrane and a cover membrane. The base membrane is configured to be installed between a subfloor and floor tiles to allow movement of the floor tiles relative to the subfloor. The cover membrane is configured to be coupled to the base membrane to form a flat surface for supporting the floor tiles. The cover membrane is configured to be coupled to the base membrane using at least one of a snug fit and a snap fit.
US11448400B2	Firebox assembly for a gas fireplace and gas heating appliance A firebox is provided for use in a gas fireplace, the firebox comprising: a back which includes at least one combustion fan aperture, an upper end and a lower end and a length therebetween, a pair of sides, each side including an upper end, a lower end, a first riser which has an inner section and an outer section, the inner section attached to the back, a first flange, which is parallel to the back and extends outward from the back, and a second riser, wherein the outer section of the first riser, the first flange and the second riser extend above the upper end of the back and below the lower end of the back; a top which is attached to the inner section of the first risers and to the back at the upper end; and a base which is attached to the inner section of the first risers and to the back above the combustion fan aperture, to define an opening. The fireplace is also provided.
US11448398B2	Burner panel for a metallurgical furnace One or more embodiments of a burner panel for a metallurgical furnace is described herein. The burner panel has a body. The body has a front face, a first side surface, and a second side surface. Additionally, the body has a hollow extending between the first side surface, second side surface, and the front face. A middle portion of the body extends from the hollow toward the interior face. A burner tube is disposed through the middle portion of the body. The burner tube has an exterior portion having an entry and an exit disposed at the font face. An internal mounting flange extends along the first side surface and the second side surface. The body of the burner panel has no internal plumbing for cooling.
US11448393B2	Tube support system for nuclear steam generators Apparatus for a steam generator that employs tube support plates within a shroud that is in turn disposed within a shell. The tube support plates are made of a material having a coefficient of thermal expansion lower than that of the shroud. The tube support plates are aligned during fabrication, with minimal clearances between components. Using a tube support displacement system, a controlled misalignment is then imposed on one or more tube support plates, as the steam generator heats up. The tube support plate displacement system has only one part, a push rod, which is internal to the steam generator shroud, thereby minimizing the potential of loose parts. The tube support plate displacement system can be used to provide controlled misalignments on one or more tube support plates, in the same or varying amounts and directions, and with one or more apparatus for each individual tube support plate.
US11448375B2	Multifunctional atmosphere candle The present disclosure discloses a multifunctional atmosphere candle. The multifunctional atmosphere candle comprises cushion blocks, a shell, a rotating plate, a base plate, a candle-imitating lamp, an aromatherapy cabin and a gift lifting device, wherein the cushion blocks are symmetrically arranged below the base plate, the candle-imitating lamp is arranged on the top of the base plate, the shell is arranged on the top of the candle-imitating lamp, the rotating plate rotatably penetrates through the upper wall of the shell, the aromatherapy cabin is arranged in the shell, and the gift lifting device is arranged in the shell and arranged below the rotating plate. The present disclosure belongs to the technical field of lamps, and particularly relates to a multifunctional atmosphere candle which controls a gift to ascend and descend through the gift lifting device, gives surprise to others, releases aroma through the aromatherapy cabin and further emphasizes the atmosphere.
US11448373B1	Photosensitive candle One example embodiment is a photosensitive candle comprising: (a) a candle container comprising an opening; (b) a candle component disposed in the candle container, comprising: a candle body having a surface proximate to or substantially aligned with the opening; a wick with an exposed portion protruding out of the surface of the candle body; and an optical fiber embedded in the candle body and positioned juxtapose to the wick for transmitting flame lights of the wick, wherein the optical fiber comprises a first end proximate to the exposed portion of the wick and an opposing second end; (c) a lighting control component disposed in the candle container, comprising: a casing comprising an interior cavity; a controller and a power source disposed within the interior cavity; and a light sensor connected to the controller, comprising a photosensitive element proximate to the second end of the optical fiber to detect light transmitted therefrom; and (d) at least one light-emitting device connected to the controller. In some embodiments, the controller is configured to receive light signals associated with the flame lights of the wick from the light sensor, and control the at least one light-emitting device based on the received light signals.
US11448362B2	Axle cooling system and method An axle cooling system for a vehicle that has a first axle hydraulic circuit that passes through a first axle assembly, a second axle hydraulic circuit that passes through a second axle assembly, a first pump that circulates axle oil through the first axle hydraulic circuit, a second pump that circulates axle oil through the second axle hydraulic circuit, a first temperature sensor that monitors a first axle temperature of the first axle assembly, and a second temperature sensor that monitors a second axle temperature of the second axle assembly. The first pump and the second pump are independently controlled from one another to circulate axle oil through the corresponding first or second axle hydraulic circuit.
US11448358B2	Heavy-duty jack stand Provided is a jack stand that includes a base and a post for extending from the base. A top is provided for topping the post and engaging with a load. The top includes a load spreader for spreading the weight of the load to the post. Advantageously, the spreader spreads the weight of the load to the post thereby resulting in a more heavy duty jack-stand, rated for significantly higher loads, than prior jack stands which instead can fracture under heavy unbalanced loads locally travelling along one side when the loading is not evenly spread.
US11448348B2	Backflow prevention assembly having a variable lay-length and orientation A backflow prevention assembly is configurable with varying lay-lengths and orientations. The assembly includes coupling assemblies and valve bodies that adjust in length and/or rotation to allow for the varying lay-lengths and orientations of the backflow prevention valves and assemblies with and without certification. A coupling assembly is connected to a backflow prevention valve and includes an outer sleeve and an inner sleeve that is slidingly received within the outer sleeve. The lay-length is adjusted by slidably moving the inner and outer sleeves with respect to one another.
US11448343B2	Fastening means for fastening of a cable to a tubular body A fastening means is for attaching a cable to a tubular body. The tubular body has a sleeve with a first end face and a second end face. The fastening means has a first attachment part arranged with a first abutment surface for resting against the first end face; a second attachment part arranged with a second abutment surface for resting against the second end face; both the first attachment part and the second attachment part including a through cable recess; and a tightening device for pulling the first attachment part and the second attachment part towards each other. The fastening means is characterized by the first attachment part and the second attachment part being adjustably connected in a spaced-apart manner via the tightening device.
US11448342B2	Methods and apparatus relating to pipe welding A method of aligning first and second pipes end-to-end in a position ready for welding. Each pipe has an end bevelled with a shape scanned and stored in memory of a control unit. At least one of the pipes has machine readable codes distributed around their circumference of the pipe. The method includes effecting relative movement of the ends of the first and second pipes towards each other, reading at least one of the codes with a reader, and ascertaining the relative movement required to align the pipes in accordance with a target orientation. The relative movement is ascertained with information provided by the read code and the shapes of the bevelled ends stored in the control unit memory. In other aspects, a closed loop control method and machine-learning may be used to align the pipes. A pipe-laying vessel including pipe handling equipment and the control unit is also provided.
US11448341B2	Pipelaying An in-line accessory structure for a subsea pipeline has an elongate pipe section arranged to be integrated into the pipeline, hence defining a flow axis through the structure. A branch has a lower end in fluid communication with the pipe section and an upper end in fluid communication with a connector hub. The structure further has a subsea foundation such as a mudmat, arranged to support the structure installed orientation. When the structure is in that orientation, the branch inclines inwardly from its lower end toward its upper end in a transverse direction, toward an upright longitudinal plane containing the flow axis.
US11448336B2	Valve for fluids, preferably for gases A valve (1) for fluids, preferably for gases, comprising an inlet passage (2); an outlet passage (3); a shutter (4) interposed between the inlet passage (2) and the outlet passage (3) and movable between an open position and a closed position; actuating means (5) operatively active on the shutter (4); and a first stabilisation membrane (6) interposed between the shutter (4) and a fixed portion (7) of the valve (1). The first stabilisation membrane (6) exposes an active wall (8) to the fluid, which has an outer surface (9) shaped in such a way that the pressure of the fluid acting on the active wall (8) is lower than the pressure of the fluid acting on the rear surface (10) of the shutter (4), preventing the fluid from opening the shutter (4), when the shutter (4) is in the closed position and when the valve (1) is in a back pressure condition.
US11448334B2	Double 6-way valve for vehicle cooling system A double 6-way valve for a vehicle cooling system provides various modes, reduces the number of parts of the cooling system, and improves packaging, compared to a conventional cooling system. The double 6-way valve includes: an upper housing including a plurality of upper nipples disposed at equal intervals on an outer circumference surface thereof; a lower housing stacked under the upper housing and including a plurality of lower nipples disposed at equal intervals on an outer circumference surface thereof; an upper hub rotatably mounted within the upper housing; a lower hub rotatably mounted within the lower housing and stacked under the upper hub; and a driving apparatus to rotate the upper hub and the lower hub.
US11448328B2	Mixer valve device A mixer valve device, in particular for mixing hot and cold water, has a movable shutter that adjusts the flow of hot water and of cold water into a mixing chamber so as to have in the outlet mixed hot/cold water at a given preset temperature; the device combines a gearmotor and a thermostat; during the step of setting the device the gearmotor moves the shutter to the position substantially corresponding to the required temperature of the mixed water; the thermostat maintains the required temperature within a preset tolerance by moving the shutter correspondingly. A mixer valve device is thus made that has reduced mechanical wear and low electric consumption and is safe and reliable.
US11448327B2	Valve for single-use applications A centerbody assembly for a valve includes: a centerbody having a process surface, at least one inlet orifice disposed in the centerbody and adapted to be disposed in fluid communication with a fluid at a process pressure, and at least one outlet orifice disposed in the centerbody separate from the at least one inlet orifice; an inlet port disposed in fluid communication with the at least one inlet orifice; an outlet port disposed in fluid communication with the at least one outlet orifice; and a flexible control diaphragm facing the process surface, wherein a perimeter of the control diaphragm is bonded to the centerbody so as to define a seal that blocks the passage of fluid.
US11448326B2	Double acting boost arrangement A valve assembly, is presented that has a seating member is slidably coupled to a valve body adjacent a valve body bore and has a metal seat located on a seating end thereof that is engagable against a ball valve member. The seating member has a vent port located there through to allow fluid to flow into a fluid chamber within the ball housing. A first piston is slidably located between the seating member and the ball housing and located over the vent port, and a second piston is slidably located between the seating member and the ball housing and is located downhole from the first piston. Sealing members are located between the first and second pistons and engaged against the seating member.
US11448324B2	Translating cavity valve A valve assembly includes a valve body and an opening extending through the valve body along a longitudinal axis. The valve assembly also includes a valve member arranged within the opening, the valve member being movable, along the longitudinal axis, between an open position and a closed position. The valve assembly includes an upper seal positioned to seal against at least a first portion of the valve body. The valve assembly includes a lower seal positioned to seal against at least a second portion of the valve body, wherein both the upper seal and the lower seal travel with the valve member as the valve member moves between the open position and a closed position.
US11448321B2	Ball valve seal A seal for a ball valve comprising a resilient ring defining an engagement feature; a first polymer ring disposed adjacent to a first axial end of the resilient ring and coupled with the engagement feature; and a second polymer ring disposed adjacent to a second axial end of the resilient ring and coupled with the engagement feature.
US11448310B2	Oil baffle for gas turbine fan drive gear system A method of assembling an epicyclic gear train includes positioning a carrier, the carrier being a unitary structure with side walls and mounts unitary with one another, inserting intermediate gears through a central opening of the carrier, moving each of the intermediate gears into intermediate gear pockets, inserting baffles into the carrier, inserting a sun gear through the central opening, and moving the intermediate gears to intermesh with the sun gear, and moving a ring gear into engagement with the intermediate gears.
US11448309B2	Geared architecture gas turbine engine with planetary gear oil scavenge A fan drive gear system for a turbofan engine according to an exemplary embodiment of this disclosure, among other possible things includes a sun gear that is rotatable about an axis, a plurality of intermediate gears driven by the sun gear, and a baffle that is disposed between at least two of the plurality of intermediate gears for defining a lubricant flow path from an interface between the sun gear and at least one of the plurality of intermediate gears. The baffle includes a channel with at least one ramp portion directing lubricant.
US11448307B2	Continuously variable transmission cooling A continuously variable transmission (CVT), wherein the CVT includes a housing having an inner cover and an outer cover connected to the inner cover to provide the housing having an interior chamber defined therein. The CVT additionally comprises a clutch assembly disposed within the housing interior chamber, wherein the clutch assembly comprises a clutch post that is connectable to an output shaft of a vehicle prime mover, a movable sheave movably mounted on the clutch post, and a stationary sheave fixedly mounted on the clutch post opposite a front face of the movable sheave. The clutch assembly additionally comprises an intake fan fixedly mounted to the clutch post opposite a rear face of the movable sheave such that the intake fan is separate, independent and spaced apart from the movable sheave.
US11448296B2	Centrifugal impact transmission A centrifugal impact transmission between a drive shaft (1) with one or more rotors (1) and one or more driven shafts (6) parallel to the drive shaft (1): each rotor (1) or rotor level (1) includes one or more arms (2) joined to the rotor (1) by a joint (4) and with a mass (3) at the free end thereof, which can be disconnected via a clutch. Each driven shaft (6) includes at least one lever (7), joined to the driven shaft (6) via a one-way clutch, and aligned with a rotor (1), the lever (7) having a return mechanism (8). In this way, each arm (2) has at least one lever (7) aligned with it, and the rotation of each rotor (1) produces the consecutive impact of the arms (2) thereof on each lever (7) aligned with the rotor (1).
US11448290B1	Transmission A transmission apparatus may include a planetary gear set including three rotation elements, a dog clutch provided to selectively fix one rotation element of the planetary gear set, input and output shafts connected to two remaining rotation elements, a friction clutch provided to vary frictional force between two arbitrary rotation elements, a linear actuator provided to form linear displacement, a push member provided to receive the linear displacement and to apply pressure to the friction clutch to increase frictional force thereof, a return spring elastically supporting the push member in a direction of releasing the frictional force of the friction clutch, a one-way interlocking structure provided between a sleeve and the push member, and a release spring provided to elastically support the sleeve with respect to the push member in a direction of releasing the dog clutch.
US11448287B2	Internally damped crossbar assembly having elastomeric isolator A crossbar assembly for facilitating isolation of a sensor assembly from vibration of a payload mounting system on a vehicle comprises an outer crossbar segment, an inner crossbar segment, and an isolator. The outer crossbar segment comprises a payload mount interface operable to mount to a payload mount, and an outer isolator interface operable to mount to an isolator. The inner crossbar segment comprises a structure interface to mount to a structure, and an inner isolator interface operable to mount to the isolator. The isolator can be supported by the outer and inner crossbar segments. The isolator comprises an elastomeric component operable to elastically deform in response to relative movement between the outer and inner crossbar segments. The isolator operates to partially decouple the outer crossbar segment from the inner crossbar segment and dampen vibrations propagating between the outer and inner crossbar segments.
US11448286B2	Vibration-damping device A restricted passage (24) of the present invention includes a first communication part (26) which is open to a first liquid chamber, a second communication part (27) which is open to a second liquid chamber, and a main body flow path (25) which allows the first communication part (26) and the second communication part (27) to communicate with each other, the main body flow path (25) includes a swirl chamber (34) that generates a swirling flow of the liquid according to a flow velocity of the liquid from the other of the first communication part (26) and the second communication part (27), and the swirl chamber (34) is disposed to be spaced apart from one of the first ID communication part (26) and the second communication part (27).
US11448284B2	Vibration isolation device A partition member (217) of the present invention includes a membrane (231) which forms a part of a partition wall of a main liquid chamber (215), and a first orifice passage (221) which communicates with the main liquid chamber (215) and opens toward a sub liquid chamber (216), and a flow resistance of a liquid in a portion positioned on the main liquid chamber (215) side and the flow resistance of a liquid in a portion (221a) positioned on the sub liquid chamber (216) side are different from each other in the first orifice passage (221).
US11448283B2	Main piston boost valve in a vehicle damper A vehicle damper assembly is disclosed. The damper includes a cylinder having an inner diameter (ID). A rod and a piston, the piston coupled to the rod and configured to divide the cylinder into a compression side and a rebound side. An electronic valve assembly including an electronic valve body coupled with the rod on the compression side of the piston. The electronic valve body having an electronic valve body outer diameter (OD). A boost valve having a boost valve body, a boost valve area located between the electronic valve body and the boost valve body, the boost valve having a boost valve OD. The boost valve OD is larger than the electronic valve body OD, such that the boost valve is configured to allow the electronic valve assembly to operate within said cylinder ID that is too large for the electronic valve body OD.
US11448267B2	Control device for power transmission mechanism A control device for a power transmission mechanism includes a controller. The power transmission mechanism includes an engagement mechanism and an operation mechanism including a movable member and a guide member. The guide member includes a plurality of guide areas being configured to move relative to the movable member to guide the movable member to an engaging position or to a disengaging position. The controller is configured to switch, when determining that a predetermined condition related to traveling of the vehicle is satisfied, a contact guide area that is in contact with the movable member to guide the movable member to the engaging position or to the disengaging position, from a first guide area to a second guide area that are included in the plurality of guide areas.
US11448266B2	Disk for a disk clutch or brake, disk clutch or brake with such a disk, and a method for producing such a disk The present invention relates to a disk (2) for a disk clutch or brake (4) comprising a first friction surface (28) and a second friction surface (34) facing away from the first friction surface (28), in which recesses and/or grooves (40, 42, 44) are provided. A first type of recesses and/or grooves (40), which is generated by a material shaping and/or a material casting and/or a non-material removing first manufacturing method, is provided in the first friction surface (28), and a second type of recesses and/or grooves (42), which is generated by a material removing second manufacturing method, is provided in the second friction surface (34). In addition, the present invention relates to a disk clutch and brake (4) comprising such a disk (2) and a method for producing such a disk (2).
US11448263B2	Axial shaft coupling a coupling assembly includes a first portion and a second portion which are configured to couple to one another such that the second portion is capable of rotationally driving the first portion about an axis of rotation. The first portion is provided with a first magnet and the second portion is provided with a second magnet. The first and second magnets are arranged to repel each other such that the first and second portions are biased away from each other in an axial direction that is parallel to the axis of rotation.
US11448261B2	Preload assembly for roller bearings A preload assembly for bearings comprising in combinations a threaded bolt, an anti-rotational washer, a serrated edge locking washer, and a threaded locking nut having a shallow outer profile and at least four locking notches in an outer edge thereof.
US11448259B2	Methods of manufacturing combination thrust-bearing and radial bearing apparatuses Embodiments of the invention relate to bearing apparatuses in which one bearing surface of the bearing apparatus includes diamond, while another bearing surface includes a non-diamond superhard material (e.g., silicon carbide). For example, a bearing apparatus may include a bearing stator assembly and a bearing rotor assembly. The bearing stator assembly and bearing rotor assembly each include a support ring and one or more superhard bearing elements generally opposed to one another. The bearing surface(s) of the rotor or stator may include diamond, while the bearing surface(s) of the other of the rotor or stator do not include diamond. Another bearing apparatus may include both thrust- and radial bearing components. The generally opposed thrust-bearing elements may include diamond, while the generally opposed radial bearing elements may not include diamond, but include a non-diamond superhard material, such as silicon carbide.
US11448254B2	Retained self-aligning washer and nut assembly and method for fabrication by additive manufacturing A washer and retained nut assembly has a washer with a retaining flange and a positioning cavity and a nut received in the washer. The nut has a shoulder received in the positioning cavity with a top surface of the shoulder engaging a lower surface of the retaining flange in a loose condition of the washer and nut. The nut further has an engagement surface contacting a receiving surface in the washer in an engaged position of the washer and nut. The nut further has a peripheral surface engaging a blocking surface in the washer with the nut and washer in a maximum offset angle orientation between the washer and nut in the engaged position.
US11448252B2	Set of panels with a mechanical locking device A set including a first panel, a second panel and a mechanical locking device for locking the first panel to the second panel, wherein the first panel includes a first edge surface and a first panel surface, the second panel includes a second edge surface and a second panel surface, the first edge surface is facing the second panel surface in a locked position of the first and the second panel, the mechanical locking device includes an edge groove at the second edge surface, a flexible tongue positioned in the edge groove, a rod-shaped element at the first edge surface and an insertion groove at the second panel surface extending from the second panel surface to the edge groove, the rod-shaped element is configured to be inserted into the insertion groove and the rod-shaped element includes a recess.
US11448251B2	Bolt connector An object of the present invention is to provide a bolt connector that enables a bolt to be inserted into a high nut, and is capable of easily maintaining a connection state between the bolt and the nut. The bolt connector connects two bolts and is configured by: a high nut that has a female screw portion; and a spring that is partially inserted into the female screw portion. The female screw portion is formed having a larger diameter than an outer diameter of the bolt. The spring is formed into a shape in which the spring is in contact with threads of the female screw portion and a male screw portion of the bolt, in a state in which the bolt or the high nut is rotated and fastened.
US11448229B2	Seal assembly A seal assembly for sealing an annular space between a first cylindrical surface and a second cylindrical surface. The annular space has high pressure zones and low pressure zones. The seal assembly has an annular seal with an inner surface that faces the second cylindrical component, an outer surface that faces the first cylindrical component, a sealing end and an engagement end. A seal actuator assembly applies a force to the engagement end of the annular seal to urge the annular seal in a first direction towards an engaged position within the annular space. The force applied to the engagement end of the annular seal has a first component aligned with the first direction and a second component that is perpendicular to the first direction. The first component is at least 1.7 times greater than the second component.
US11448227B2	Tool for simultaneous local stress relief of each of a multiple of linear friction welds of a rotor forging A tool for simultaneous local stress relief of each of a multiple of linear friction welds includes a columnar track defined along an axis, the columnar track having a helical slot; and a support structure engaged with the helical slot to translate and rotate a heat treat fixture portion along the axis.
US11448223B2	Vacuum pump and spiral plate, spacer, and rotating cylindrical body each included vacuum pump In a vacuum pump, an outer diameter of a spiral plate disposed on a downstream side is set smaller than an outer diameter of a spiral plate disposed on an upstream side. Specifically, a stepped portion is provided by setting a blade length of the spiral plate disposed on the downstream side shorter than a blade length of the spiral plate disposed on the upstream side. In addition, in a spacer provided in the stepped portion, a relief formation portion is provided to allow a contact surface in contact with an upstream spacer (i.e., spacer opposed to the spiral plate having the unreduced outer diameter) and a contact surface in contact with a downstream spacer (i.e., spacer opposed to the spiral plate having the reduced outer diameter) in the stepped portion to have an equal inner diameter.
US11448218B2	Displacement machine according to the spiral principle, method to regulate pressure in the counter-pressure chamber by using a pressure difference and characteristic curve The invention relates to a displacement machine according to the spiral principle, in particular a scroll compressor or scroll expander, with a high-pressure chamber, a low-pressure chamber and an orbiting displacement spiral, which engages in a counter-spiral such that chambers are formed between the displacement spiral and the counter-spiral for receiving a working medium, wherein a counter-pressure chamber is formed between the low-pressure chamber and the displacement spiral. According to the invention a pressure regulating device which is fluidically connected to the counter-pressure chamber sets a pressure difference between the counter-pressure chamber and the low-pressure chamber by means of a set value specified by the computing unit.
US11448214B2	Compressor including a heat radiating member A compressor includes a casing that defines an oil storage space and an opening that discharges refrigerant to an outside of the casing, a rotatable shaft disposed in the casing, a driver coupled to an inner circumferential surface of the casing and configured to rotate the rotatable shaft, a compression assembly coupled to the rotatable shaft and configured to compress and discharge the refrigerant to an inside of the casing, a muffler coupled to the compression assembly and configured to guide the refrigerant discharged from the compression assembly toward the opening, where the muffler being is configured to exchange heat with the refrigerant, and a heat radiating member that is coupled to the muffler and extends to the oil storage space and contacts the oil in the oil storage space. The muffler is configured to exchange heat with the oil through the heat radiating member.
US11448210B2	Valve for reciprocating pump assembly A valve member for an inlet or outlet valve assembly of a reciprocating pump assembly includes a valve body and a seal member. The valve body comprises a first body surface and a second body surface that extend circumferentially about the valve body. The valve body defines a body axis and an annular cavity. The seal member is positioned at least partially within the annular cavity of the valve body such that an outer seal portion of the seal member extends between the first body surface and the second body surface of the valve body. The outer seal portion of the seal member comprises a first seal surface and a second seal surface. The first body surface, the first seal surface, and the second seal surface extend at different angles relative to the body axis.
US11448202B2	Automated control of hydraulic fracturing pumps Methods and systems pertaining to generating a startup or other operating order of pumps of a pumping system for performing a subterranean formation fracturing operation, and/or another pumping operation, and for coordinating distribution of flow rates to the pumps for performing the pumping operation.
US11448196B2	Axially mounted bearing housing and a wind turbine with the axially mounted bearing housing A bearing housing for use in a wind turbine is provided. Further, the bearing housing is axially coupled to a base support structure using plurality of fastening points on the bearing housing. The bearing housing may be coupled to the base support structure at multiple points so that the load is distributed evenly to the support structures such as base plate and the tower. The bearing housing is coupled to the base support structure using a fastener. The horizontal central axis of the bearing housing coincides with the horizontal central axis of the base support structure.
US11448195B2	Sensor arrangement for a wind turbine The invention relates to a sensor arrangement for use on a wind turbine. The sensor arrangement comprises a rotor blade-related sensor, which is arranged in/on a rotor blade, and a non-rotor blade-related sensor, wherein the sensor signals, which are associated with the rotor blade-related sensor, are processed by fusion with the sensor signals which are associated with the non-rotor blade-related sensor. The invention also relates to a method for operating a wind turbine.
US11448181B2	Method and apparatus of extracting energy from water waves to generate electric power (EN) This invention relates to method and apparatus for extracting energy from water waves to generate electric power. The wave energy converter uses sea wave oscillations, from a land-based position. It understood a land-based power take off apparatus (3) that is oscillated by waves conveyed to it by canal or tunnel. The canal has a funnel shaped intake (1) at the coastline, a wave control gate (9) positioned near the intake and a power take off apparatus (3) positioned inland across the canal with a float (8) that works pumping cylinders (7) that pump hydraulic fluid to turn an impulse turbine (5) coupled to an electricity generator to generate electricity. The canal depth is predetermined to float the float, of the power take off apparatus (3), at all tide levels.
US11448175B1	Fuel nozzle A fuel nozzle for a combustor includes a fuel body, a primary fuel passage having a primary fuel outlet, and a secondary fuel passage having a secondary fuel outlet, the secondary fuel passage being non-concentric with the primary fuel passage. The primary fuel outlet and the secondary fuel outlet are non-parallel. An axial centerline of the primary fuel outlet is angled with respect to an axial centerline of the primary fuel passage and an axial centerline of the secondary fuel outlet is colinear with an axial centerline of the secondary fuel passage. Also provided is a method of introducing non-concentric, non-parallel fuel flows to a combustor is also provided.
US11448173B2	Return tube of a fuel filter assembly of a fuel system A fuel filter assembly for filtering a fuel-liquid mixture comprises a filter cartridge and a return tube. The filter cartridge comprises a filter media and a housing. The filter media defines an open central region therein. The housing contains the filter media. The return tube extends into the central region of the filter media. The return tube collects and drains liquid from a bottom inner region of the filter media.
US11448162B2	Propelling nozzle for a turbofan engine on a supersonic aircraft The invention relates to a propelling nozzle for a turbofan engine on a supersonic aircraft, the propelling nozzle including: a propelling nozzle wall, a duct, which is radially outwardly bounded by the propelling nozzle wall, and a central body arranged in the duct. According to the invention, the central body is connected to the propelling nozzle wall via at least one brace.
US11448160B2	High temperature gradient gas mixer A mixing system for a power generation system. The power generation system includes a rotary machine, an exhaust processing system, and a duct system. The rotary machine is configured to produce an exhaust stream. The exhaust processing system is positioned to receive and process the exhaust stream. The duct system is oriented to channel an air stream to the exhaust processing system and to channel the exhaust stream from the rotary machine to the exhaust processing system. The mixing system is within the duct system. The mixing system includes a plurality of supports, a plurality of links extending between at least two of the supports, and at least one wrap circumscribing at least two of the links. The at least one wrap is oriented to change an effective direction of momentum of the exhaust stream and the air stream.
US11448157B2	Controller for internal combustion engine, control method for internal combustion engine, and memory medium A controller and a control method for internal combustion engine, and a memory medium are provided. A port injection ratio is changed according to an engine operating state of the internal combustion engine. The port injection ratio is a ratio of a port injection amount that is an amount of fuel injected by port injection valves to an amount of fuel supplied to cylinders from the port injection valves and direct injection valves. An injection reducing process causes a fuel injection amount in a reduced-injection cylinder to be smaller than a fuel injection amount in other cylinders. An increase limiting process limits increases in an adhered fuel amount in intake ports by regulating the port injection ratio during execution of the injection reducing process.
US11448156B2	Control apparatus for compression-ignition type engine An engine control apparatus includes an ignition control section and an injection control section. When partial compression ignition combustion is carried out, the ignition control section causes an ignition plug to carry out: main ignition in which a spark is generated in a late period of a compression stroke or an initial period of a expansion stroke to initiate the SI combustion; and preceding ignition in which the spark is generated at earlier timing than the main ignition. Also, when the partial compression ignition combustion is carried out, the injection control section causes the injector to inject fuel at such timing that the fuel exists in a cylinder at an earlier time point than the preceding ignition. Energy of the preceding ignition is set to be lower when an in-cylinder temperature specified by an in-cylinder temperature specification section is high than when the in-cylinder temperature is low.
US11448150B2	Engine control device and engine control method For an engine that draws a complicated torque trajectory, it has been taken a lot of time to adapt a time constant for calculation of estimated torque. Therefore, an ECU 102 includes a target torque calculation unit 203 that calculates target torque of an engine for which torque-based engine control is performed using estimated torque, and an estimated torque calculation unit 210 that calculates the estimated torque by calculating a primary delay coefficient 304 equivalent to a time constant calculated for each control cycle based on a change in an actual intake air amount with respect to a target intake air amount of air sucked into the engine and performing primary delay processing on the target torque using the primary delay coefficient 304.
US11448146B2	Method and system for starting an internal combustion engine A method for starting an internal combustion engine (ICE) having a crankshaft and an electric turning machine (ETM) operatively connected to the crankshaft comprises energizing an absolute position sensor adapted for providing an indication of an angular position of a rotor of the ETM and applying a current to the ETM to generate a sufficient torque to rotate the crankshaft.
US11448144B1	Methods and system for controlling an engine with two throttles Systems and methods for operating an engine that includes two throttles that are arranged in parallel to deliver air into a single intake manifold are described. In one example, a first throttle is opened before a second throttle during a first condition and the second throttle is opened before the first throttle during a second condition. The throttles may be operated in this way to ensure even operation of the throttles.
US11448133B2	Moderate pressure liquid hydrogen storage for hybrid-electric propulsion system A turbine engine according to an exemplary embodiment of this disclosure, among other possible things includes, a liquid hydrogen fuel storage tank that is configured to maintain the liquid hydrogen fuel at a pressure greater than an external pressure and less than 20 bar, an electric machine that is in thermal communication with a liquid hydrogen fuel flow from the liquid hydrogen fuel storage tank, the liquid hydrogen fuel flow is configured to maintain at least a component of the electric machine at an operating temperature below an ambient temperature, and a fuel system that is configured to receive gas hydrogen fuel flow and communicate the gas hydrogen fuel flow to a power generation device.
US11448130B2	Multiple stream heat exchanger A thermal management system for a gas turbine engine includes a heat exchanger including a first coolant passage for a first coolant medium and a second coolant passage for a second coolant medium that is different than the first coolant medium. A first hot flow passage is in thermal communication with the first coolant passage. A second hot flow passage is in thermal communication with the second coolant passage all within a common housing. A first valve controls a flow of a hot medium into at least one of the first hot flow passage or the second hot flow passage. A controller configured to operate the first valve to direct the flow of hot medium into one of the first hot flow passage and the second hot flow passage for transferring thermal energy from the flow of hot medium into one of the first coolant medium and the second coolant medium.
US11448126B1	Dual-pressure source aircraft pneumatic system with pressure relief A bleed air system for a pneumatic system of an aircraft includes a low-pressure bleed tap configured to bleed a low-pressure compressed air from a low-pressure source; a high-pressure bleed tap configured to bleed a high-pressure compressed air from a high-pressure source; an upstream duct configured to receive one or both of the low-pressure compressed air and the high-pressure compressed air; a downstream duct configured to provide a regulated compressed air to the pneumatic system; a high-pressure shutoff valve positioned between the high-pressure bleed tap and the upstream duct; a low-pressure non-return valve positioned between the low-pressure bleed tap and the upstream duct; a pressure regulating and shutoff valve positioned between the upstream duct and the downstream duct, the pressure regulating and shutoff valve configured to generate the regulated compressed air; and a pressure relief valve positioned within the upstream duct.
US11448118B2	Two-stage turbocharged internal combustion engine A two-stage turbocharged internal combustion engine comprises a low-pressure stage turbocharger mounted at a first end side of an engine block and a high-pressure stage turbocharger mounted at the same first end side of the engine block. The respective turbochargers are mounted via a mounting structure, Which also accommodates the charge air coolers associated with the turbochargers. In order to obtain a compact arrangement and reduce a length of pipe connections between the different components, the different charge air coolers are mounted to mounting structure such that they overlap in a plan view of the internal combustion engine. Further, flow directions of charge air in the different charge air coolers are opposite to each other.
US11448116B2	Multiport valve, fluid circuit and cooling fluid circuit A multiport valve for controlling a fluid flow in a fluid circuit, such as a cooling fluid circuit of a motor vehicle, may include a valve housing having at least three fluid connections and a rotary slide for setting the fluid flow. The rotary slide includes at least two fluid channels and is configured to connect two respective fluid connections fluidly via one fluid channel dependent upon its rotary position in relation to its rotational axis. The at least three fluid connections and the at least two fluid channels overlap in relation to a crosswise direction oriented crosswise relative to the rotational axis.
US11448111B2	Method for adapting an amount of reductant for controlling the nitrogen oxide pollution of gases in a motor exhaust line In a process for adapting an amount of reducing agent for a removal of nitrogen oxides from the gases in an exhaust line, a first alignment of the amounts of nitrogen oxides measured by upstream and downstream sensors is performed without injection of agent and with a catalyst of the system emptied of ammonia. A second alignment of the estimated reduction of nitrogen oxides with the measured reduction is performed by a difference between amounts of nitrogen oxides upstream and downstream during a substoichiometric injection of reducing agent without creating a store of ammonia in a catalyst of the system with a first correction of the amount of agent. A third alignment of an estimated efficiency of retaining nitrogen oxides with a efficiency measured by the sensors is performed, this third alignment taking place via a second correction of the amount of reducing agent injected as an adaptive correction.
US11448110B2	Selective catalytic reduction articles and systems Certain selective catalytic reduction (SCR) articles, systems and methods provide for high NOx conversion while at the same time low N2O formation. The articles, systems and methods are suitable for instance for the treatment of exhaust gas of diesel engines. Certain articles have zoned coatings containing copper-containing molecular sieves disposed thereon, where for example a concentration of catalytic copper in an upstream zone is lower than the concentration of catalytic copper in a downstream zone.
US11448108B1	System and methods for mitigating hydrocarbon breakthrough Methods and systems are provided for mitigating hydrocarbon breakthrough from an onboard fuel vapor canister during an engine-off condition. In one example, a method may include actively routing ambient air to an exhaust catalyst to reducing a temperature of the exhaust catalyst.
US11448107B2	Inside-out rotating coalescer with gas exit through hollow shaft Various example embodiments relate to rotating coalescers. One embodiment includes a housing comprising a first housing section having a blowby gas inlet structured to receive crankcase blowby gases from a crankcase. The housing further comprises an oil outlet. The rotating coalescer includes an endcap and filter media. The filter media is arranged in a cylindrical shape and is coupled to and positioned between the first housing section and endcap. The filter media is structured to filter the crankcase blowby gases passing through the filter media by coalescing and separating oils and aerosols contained in the crankcase blowby gases. The rotating coalescer includes a hollow shaft extending through the housing and positioned radially inside of the filter media. The hollow shaft forms a blowby gas outlet structured to route filtered crankcase blowby gases out of the housing. The rotating coalescer further includes a drive mechanism operatively coupled to the hollow shaft.
US11448093B2	Turbine vane with dust tolerant cooling system A turbine vane includes an airfoil that extends from an inner diameter to an outer diameter, and from a leading edge to a trailing edge. The turbine vane includes an inner platform coupled to the airfoil at the inner diameter. The turbine vane includes a cooling system defined in the airfoil including a first conduit in proximity to the leading edge to cool the leading edge and a second conduit to cool the trailing edge. The first conduit has an inlet at the outer diameter to receive a cooling fluid and an outlet portion that is defined at least partially through the inner platform. The first conduit includes a plurality of cooling features that extend between a first surface and a second surface of the first conduit, and the first surface of the first conduit is opposite the leading edge.
US11448087B2	Gas turbine engine A gas turbine engine comprising: a combustor configured to initiate combustion; and a turbine comprising a stator vane ring defining a plurality of passageways between adjacent vanes; wherein at least one of the passageways is provided with a restrictor which defines a temporary gas washed surface for the stator vane ring and is configured to be ablated upon initiation of combustion to reveal an operational gas washed surface of the stator vane ring. A method of starting a gas turbine engine is also described.
US11448081B2	Balanced circumferential seal A machine has: an outer member; an inner member mounted for rotation about an axis relative to the outer member; and a seal system. The seal system has: a seal housing mounted to the outer member; one or more seal rings held by the seal housing and having an inner diameter surface; and a seal runner mounted to the inner member and having a first outer diameter surface portion contacting or facing the inner diameter surface of the one or more seal rings. The seal runner has a circumferential array of mounting features. One or more weights are mounted to one or more of the mounting features.
US11448075B2	CMC vane arc segment with cantilevered spar A vane arc segment includes a hollow ceramic airfoil section that has walls that define an internal cavity, a trailing edge, a leading edge, a pressure side, and a suction side. A structural spar piece supports the hollow ceramic airfoil section. The spar piece includes a first spar platform, a hollow leg that has a proximal end at the spar platform and an opposed distal end. The hollow leg extends into the internal cavity of the hollow ceramic airfoil section and has an outer surface with raised bearing pads. Multiple ones of the bearing pads contact the walls of the hollow ceramic airfoil section to support the hollow ceramic airfoil section. A second spar platform is secured with the distal end of the leg.
US11448074B2	Turbine airfoil and turbine including same An airfoil having a leading edge and a trailing edge is provided. The airfoil includes a rear cooling path connected to the trailing edge to discharge air to the trailing edge, a plurality of cooling fins formed in the rear cooling path, and a flow guide rod connecting the cooling fins to support the cooling fins, wherein each of the plurality of cooling fins includes an upper fin portion protruding upward from an upper portion of the flow guide rod, a lower fin portion protruding downward from a lower portion of the flow guide rod, and an intermediate fin portion inserted through the flow guide rod.
US11448072B2	Rotary compressor A rotary compressor: a casing; a plurality of bearings provided in an internal space of the casing; at least one cylinder provided between the bearings to form a compression space and has a vane slot; a rolling piston accommodated in the compression space to perform an orbiting movement; at least one vane that is slidably inserted into the vane slot of the cylinder, the at least one vane configured to separate the compression space into a suction chamber and a discharge chamber; a discharge cover including a noise reducing space to accommodate refrigerant discharged from the compression space; and a bypass flow path that allows the noise reducing space of the discharge cover to be connected between a sidewall of the vane slot and a side of the vane facing the sidewall.
US11448065B2	Digital signal processing in mud pulse telemetry Digital signal processing for mud pulse telemetry utilizes a variety of “On/Off” keying based modulation schemes, such as pulse width modulation (PWM) and pulse position modulation (PPM), to encode and/or decode information. A combination of PPM and PWM is disclosed that increases a bit rate while keeping a chip rate unchanged. The combination of PPM and PWM comprises determining a drilling condition and forming a message based on the drilling condition, forming a string of symbol values comprising the message, identifying a pulse width and a pulse start for the pulse based on a symbol value, providing a first pulse at a selected chip location, providing subsequent pulses to form the pulse width, and forming a quiet period at the end of the pulse width.
US11448057B2	Adjusting well tool operation to manipulate the rate-of-penetration (ROP) of a drill bit based on multiple ROP projections Multiple projected rate of penetration (ROP) values can be determined for purposes of adjusting well tools and well characteristics. For example, surface data can be determined based on a surface sensor signal. Downhole data can be determined based on a downhole sensor signal. A first value indicating a first projected ROP of a drill bit can be determined by providing the surface data as input to a first machine-learning model. A second value indicating a second projected ROP of the drill bit can be determined by providing the downhole data as input to a second machine-learning model. A third value indicating a third projected ROP of the drill bit can be determined by providing the first value and the second value input to a third machine-learning model. An operating characteristic of a well tool can be adjusted based on the third value.
US11448053B2	Well production optimization using hyperspectral imaging Methods and systems are provided for optimizing bitumen production from a plurality of wells employing steam-based recovery techniques such as SAGD, using hyperspectral imaging of produced emulsion samples to estimate total bitumen content at each well as a means of determining steam injection adjustment to enhance production.
US11448052B2	Cement and anti-corrosion fluid for casing isolation A method for cementing a wellbore, including pumping a volume of an anti-corrosion fluid comprising at least one corrosion inhibitor into a casing and displacing the anti-corrosion fluid into an annular space outside the casing with a volume of cement. A displacement fluid may then be injected into the casing to displace the cement into the annular space, wherein a combined volume of cement and anti-corrosion fluid fills the annular space along a height of the casing. A height of the cemented annular space may be less than the height of the casing, the anti-corrosion fluid being retained in the annular space axially above a cemented annular space, forming an anti-corrosion fluid annular space. Partially cementing in this manner may simultaneously protect the casing from corrosion while allowing easier workover operations proximate the anti-corrosion fluid annular space.
US11448049B2	Gas assisted plunger lift control system and method A disclosed control system for a gas assisted plunger lift (GAPL) system includes a sensor and a processor circuit. The sensor is configured to measure a plunger speed and/or velocity and the processor circuit is configured to control various parameters of the GAPL based on the measured plunger speed and/or velocity. The processor circuit may be configured to adjust a gas injection rate parameter based on the measured plunger speed and/or velocity, and/or may adjust one or more parameters including: a close time, an afterflow time, a flow rate, a load factor, a tubing pressure, a casing pressure, and a tubing/casing differential pressure. The controller may be further configured to adjust all parameters simultaneously or may sequentially adjust a first sub-set of parameters and then adjust a second sub-set of parameters. The first sub-set may include a gas injection flow rate and the second sub-set may include after-flow and close time parameters.
US11448039B2	Downhole fluid control system A fluid flow control system serving as an inflow port from a fluid reservoir (R) to the interior of a production pipe (S) is in the form of a housing (3b, 3c, 3d, 3e, 3f, 3g, 3h, 3i, 3j, 3k, 3l). The housing has a primary flow path (18) and a secondary flow path (19). The secondary flow path is in fluid communication with a chamber (B) in which is arranged an actuator (5) for a valve device (4), the valve device arranged to open and close the primary flow path. At least one flow restrictor (1,2) is arranged in the secondary flow path, the flow restrictor arranged to provide a pressure to chamber (B) sufficient to actuate the valve to an open position when the fluid flowing through the secondary flow path is oil, and a pressure sufficient to actuate the valve to a closed position when the fluid has a viscosity and/or density less than oil.
US11448029B2	Multi vessel method and system for placing an object on a seabed A method is for placing an object on a seabed. The method includes connecting the object to at least two vessels by use of a work wire; attaching one or more buoyancy devices to the work wire, to achieve a distributed buoyancy of the work wire that forms a double curvature which disassociates at least some vessel movement from the object, to allow for controlled movement of the object; and co-operating the vessels to move the object into a position in a sea distant from the vessels, to lower the object to the seabed and to place the object on the seabed. Also described is a system for transporting an object to a position in a sea where the water comprises gas bubbles significantly lowering the load-carrying capacity of the water and for lowering the object to an area having a wellbore from which the gas bubbles enter the sea.
US11448025B2	Impact resistant material in setting tool A method and apparatus for using a plurality of impact dampening discs composed of a closed cell polyurethane foam composite with polyborodimethylsiloxane as a dilatant non-Newtonian fluid dispersed through a foam matrix in a downhole setting tool to absorb the energy released during setting operations.
US11448023B2	Screen break detector A method for determining a screen break may include obtaining a fluid stream after a screening system in a drilling process; placing the fluid stream into a screen break detector; obtaining a pressure within a well of the screen break detector when the screening system is in a first state; obtaining a pressure within the well of the screen break detector when the screening system is in a second state; determining a differential pressure within the well of the screen break detector obtained when the screening system is in the second state compared to the pressure when the screen break is in the first state; and transmitting a notification to an operator when the pressure within the screen break detector obtained when the screening system is in the second state is greater than the pressure within the screen break detector when the screening system is in the first state.
US11448018B2	Power tong frame stiffner A frame stiffener for a power tong frame comprises a body having a top surface securable to a top plate of the frame, a bottom surface securable to the bottom plate of the frame, an outer side and an interior side having a plurality of recesses, each recess formed to conform to an angular portion of an adjacent dumbbell roller secured within the frame along with a plurality of other dumbbell rollers to rollably surround, engage and stabilize a ring gear rotatably disposed within the frame.
US11448003B2	Strengthened automatic sliding door Disclosed is a vertical profile for an automated sliding door. The profile is formed by front and rear walls connected by nose and tail walls. The nose and tail walls are thicker than the front and rear walls to provide enhanced resistance to deflection in the through-door direction. The walls are formed as an aluminum extrusion. The arrangement and thickness of the walls provides strength sufficient to withstand high wind loads without the installation of reinforcing members. Fillets may be provided where the walls are joined to lessen the tendency for the nose and tail walls deflect, further strengthen the profile.
US11447996B2	Structure for operating watertight door by buoyancy Provided is a structure for operating a watertight door by use of buoyancy. The structure includes: a detention tank for storing rainwater flowing from a street inlet; a buoyant member which is installed in the detention tank; and a sensor installed in the detention tank, in which if the buoyant member raised by the buoyant of the rainwater collected in the detention tank comes into contact with the sensor, the watertight door is automatically operated. The watertight door structure manually operated at localized heavy rain is improved, and the watertight door is automatically operated if the water level reaches the predetermined level.
US11447995B2	Device for moving a door leaf A device for moving a door leaf between an open position and a close position with regard to a door opening in a wall includes lever kinematics with a lever for assisting the movement of the door leaf. The lever includes a first section and a second section, and a connecting element for accommodating a transmission component configured for transmitting electrical energy and/or data. The device is provided for the connecting element to be rotatably supported at the first section of the lever.
US11447990B2	Strut for keeping an engine hood of a vehicle in a lifted position an engine hood A strut includes a tube and a telescopic device. The tube includes a cavity. The telescopic device includes an anti-skid cap, a rod and an elastic element. The anti-skid cap is formed with an aperture and located on the tube to close the cavity so that the aperture is in communication with the cavity of the tube. The rod is movably inserted in the anti-skid cap and the cavity of the tube. The elastic element biases a section of the rod from the anti-skid cap via the aperture.
US11447989B2	Hood prop rod assembly for vehicles Embodiments herein are directed to a hood prop assembly for a vehicle having a hood panel with a slot. The hood prop assembly includes an elongated member, a housing, and a retainer mechanism. The elongated member has a first end and a second end. The first end is coupled to the vehicle. The housing includes a cavity. The housing further includes a distal end and a proximate end. The cavity extends axially from the proximate end and receives the second end of the elongated member. The retainer mechanism extends from the distal end of the housing. The housing and the retainer mechanism rotatably move with respect to the second end of the elongated member between a locked position and an unlocked position. In the locked position, the retainer mechanism engages with the slot to retain the hood panel and in the unlocked position, the retainer mechanism disengages with the slot.
US11447988B2	Turn off the car when pumping the gas in the gas stations A motor vehicle includes an engine and a fuel tank having a cap with a first position in which the cap seals the fuel tank and a second position in which the cap does not seal the fuel tank. A sensor detects whether the cap is in the first position or the second position. An electronic processor is communicatively coupled to the engine and to the sensor. The electronic processor turn offs the engine in response to the sensor detecting that the cap is in the second position.
US11447987B2	Door presenter with door holding presenting position and electrical release An actuator for presenting a handless door of a vehicle. The actuator including: an extendable extension bar supporting a pawl/catch system, the pawl/catch system having an actuator catch that cooperates with a dedicated striker; an actuator housing for housing a motor and a gear train operatively coupled to the motor, the gear train comprising a gear that has an integrated wormscrew; a nut located on the integrated wormscrew that translates linearly on the wormscrew as it is rotated by the motor, wherein movement of the nut causes the extendable extension bar to be moved outwardly and inwardly from the housing.
US11447982B2	Multidirectional enclosure compression locking mechanism A latch system for locking of a door to a cabinet comprises a latch receiver secured to the cabinet and having first and second ramps and a rest surface. The latch system further comprises a door latch comprising a handle, a shank coupled to the handle, and a cam latch supported by the shank. In response to rotation of the handle (in either rotational directions), the shank and the cam latch rotate to cause a lock arm of the cam latch to slidably interface with the first and second ramps of the latch receiver, and to seat against the rest surface, thus placing the door latch in a locked position. The latch receiver can have a plurality of ramps, and the lock arm can have a plurality of cam surfaces, so that it can be locked from both rotational directions. The door latch can have a compression load adjustment mechanism.
US11447975B1	Lock system with key and auxiliary pin tumbler stack Locking systems allow for the unlocking and locking of, e.g., doors, containers, and enclosures. Lock cylinders are coded to specific keys, and often there is a desire to have a key be able to access a subset of lock cylinders. Keys are coded using bitting to gain access to specific lock cylinders. It is with respect to these and other general considerations that embodiments have been described.
US11447965B2	Platform system A modular platform system utilizing a number of components including a platform. The platform is configured so that each of the components may interchangeably connect to any side of the platform. The components include, for example, handrails and stairways, as well as other platforms. The platform and most of the components are formed from single, continuous pieces of metal.
US11447963B2	Automated wall finishing system and method A method of generating a building assembly that includes spraying a coating material onto a plurality of pieces of substrate disposed on a first assembly face. The spraying includes spraying the coating material onto the plurality of pieces of substrate via a sprayer configured to apply the coating material to a target surface via a nozzle coupled with a mobile storage container storing the coating material, the coating material impregnating voids of the substrate. The method also includes allowing the coating material impregnating the voids to dry and harden and become rigid to generate the building assembly.
US11447961B2	Pedestal/stand for raised floors A pedestal/stand for raised floors can be applied on a number of heads of supports for raised floors. The pedestal/stand may include at least one beam. The beam is of a contoured type and includes at least one zone for interlocking mechanical association with the number of heads of the supports.
US11447960B2	Wall panel system A wall system comprising a frame and one or more panels removably attached to the frame, wherein the one or more panels are positioned over one or more cutouts of the frame to form a substantially coplanar surface.
US11447958B2	Vertical seals for use with exterior wall panel assemblies An exterior wall panel assembly includes an exterior wall panel, a vertical seal and a horizontal seal. The exterior wall panel has a top, a bottom and opposed sides. The vertical seal is affixed to one side of the exterior wall panel and extends from the top to the bottom of the exterior wall panel. The horizontal seal is affixed to the top of the exterior wall panel. The horizontal seal extends along the top and is spaced inwardly from each opposed side. An exterior wall panel system includes at least two exterior wall panel assemblies and a horizontal splice. The horizontal splice is positioned between horizontal seals on adjacent exterior wall panels and is sealingly attached thereto.
US11447946B2	Portable shelter A portable shelter includes one or more floor panels, a plurality of exterior wall panels, and one or more roof panels. Each of the floor panels defines a plurality of floor panel apertures. Each of the exterior wall panels has a first wall flange that abuts a floor panel from among the one or more floor panels and defines a plurality of first flange apertures that align with the plurality of floor panel apertures of the floor panel. Each of the floor, exterior wall, and roof panels includes a foam core and two fiberglass sheets sandwiching the foam core. A plurality of threaded fasteners may be inserted through the one or more floor panels and the flanges of the plurality of exterior wall panels via the aligned pluralities of apertures.
US11447942B2	Toilet seat device and toilet device A toilet seat device includes a toilet seat, a casing provided in rear of the toilet seat, and a functional component that ejects liquid or that blows out or suctions gas. The functional component is a private part cleaning device that cleans a private part of a sitting person, a blower device that provides warm air into a toilet bowl, or a deodorizing device that deodorizes an inner portion of the toilet bowl, for example. At least part of the functional component is provided in the toilet seat, and the other part of the functional component is provided in the casing.
US11447937B2	Wear assembly for earth working equipment Wear caps protect the wearable surfaces of an adapter for an earth working equipment. These wear caps are subjected to erosion and wear by contact with abrasive material, such as experienced in an excavating operation. The wear caps can be attached to upper and lower legs of the adapter and protect them from wear. Each wear cap is secured to a retention feature on an independent mounting structure. The independent mounting structures are aligned and staggered such that installation of a wear cap onto the rearward independent mounting structure is conducted first. The independent mounting structures on an upper leg may be situated one above the other.
US11447935B2	Camera-based boom control Systems and methods are described for determining an actual pose of an articulating boom arm using an artificial intelligence mechanism (e.g., a neural network) trained to determine the actual pose of the articulating boom arm based on captured image data. In some implementations, an electronic processor is configured to control movement of the articulating boom arm based at least in part on pose information determined by applying the image-based neural network. In some implementations, an electronic processor is configured to train the neural network by using, as training data, captured image data and output signals from sensors indicative of measured positions of the components of the articulating boom arm.
US11447933B2	Control system for work vehicle, method, and work vehicle A control system for a work vehicle includes a controller. The controller determines a work zone at a work site. The controller determines a target design topography at least partially positioned below an actual topography at the work site. The controller specifies a non-work zone. The non-work zone is a portion in which the actual topography is positioned below the target design topography in the work zone. The controller modifies the work zone based on the non-work zone. The controller generates a command signal to operate a work implement of the work vehicle according to the modified work zone and the target design topography.
US11447931B2	Ground engaging tool monitoring system The electronic control unit includes a memory including computer executable instructions for recognizing a ground engaging tool; and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to execute the computer executable instructions, the computer executable instructions when executed by the processor cause the processor to: determine a dimension of a ground engaging tool installed on a work tool; compare the determined dimension of the ground engaging tool installed on a work tool to the theoretical dimension of a new ground engaging tool installed on the work tool; and calculate the difference between the determined dimension and the theoretical dimension.
US11447927B2	Support assembly for a grading machine A grading machine includes a machine body, a blade assembly, a circle supporting the blade assembly and including a plurality of teeth, a drawbar assembly connecting the circle to the machine body, and a cover plate coupled to a bottom portion of the drawbar assembly. The drawbar assembly includes a plurality of blocks, and the cover plate is configured to be coupled to the drawbar assembly via the plurality of blocks.
US11447926B2	Method and a system for controlling the ground grip of a wheeled loader A method for controlling the ground grip of a wheeled loader having a pair of front wheels, a bucket, and at least one boom, comprising measuring the relative position of said front wheels with respect to the ground, detecting the reaching of a critical threshold value by measuring the relative position of the front wheels with respect to the ground, comparing the measurement of the relative position of the front wheels to a critical threshold value, and, when the measurement of the relative position of the front wheels with respect to the ground reaches the critical threshold value, inhibiting a further tilting of the bucket and a further lowering of the at least one boom.
US11447921B1	Cryogenic trench/trough apparatus and method A method of installing a trench for containing a cryogenic spill, including the step of constructing multiple precast concrete sections at a first location, each section preferably having a bottom wall and spaced apart side walls connected to and extending up from the bottom wall. Each section preferably has end portions that enable connection to another said concrete section. The method includes (at the first location) preparing multiple panels of polymeric concrete material by filling one or more molds with a slurry or liquid polymeric concrete material and after time allowing the material to cure and harden. The mold can have a cavity that is lined with a release material. At the first location, one or more of the panels can be adhered to the bottom wall and side walls of each concrete section preferably using an adhesive. After adhering of the panels to the concrete sections, the concrete sections can be transported from the first location to a second location that is remote from the first location. At the second location, the concrete sections are connected together using connections that preferably join one end portion of a concrete section to and end portion of another concrete section. An epoxy grout is preferably field applied to the connections at the second location.
US11447919B2	Vehicle gate assembly A vehicle gate assembly includes a first post and a latch post comprising a J-slot formed along a face of the latch post, the J-slot comprising a primary vertical slot extending from an open top end of the primary vertical slot at a top side of the latch post to a bottom end of the primary vertical slot, a horizontal slot extending from the bottom end toward the first post, and the horizontal slot comprising a trap extending toward the top side of the latch post and a beam movable between an open position to allow vehicles to drive through a vehicle passage and a closed position blocking the vehicle passage, and a pin extending from the beam, the pin disposed in the J-slot when the beam is in the closed position.
US11447908B2	Additive dispenser for varying the types of additives within a washing machine appliance A washing machine appliance, as provided herein, may include a fluid additive dispenser and a controller. The fluid additive dispenser may include a housing, a dispenser drawer, a water supply conduit, a first water valve, a shower plate, and a second water valve. The water supply conduit may be directed to the pod compartment defined by the dispenser drawer and define a water inlet. The shower plate may be disposed upstream from a primary compartment and the pod compartment. The controller may be configured to initiate a washing operation that includes initiating a wetting water flow at the second water valve to the pod compartment through the shower plate, initiating a break water flow to the pod compartment through the water supply conduit following the wetting water flow, and initiating a fill water flow through the shower plate following the break water flow.
US11447901B2	Method of making a surgical braid A method of making a surgical braid. The method comprises moving a plurality of bobbins along an active track, the active track being an endless track; and selectively moving a bobbin to a passive track while continuing to move the remaining bobbins along the active track.
US11447900B2	Apparatus for making surgical braids An apparatus for making surgical braids comprises a plurality of bobbin carrier assemblies. An active track engages at least some of the bobbin carrier assemblies. A passive track arranged to selectively engage at least one of the bobbin assemblies, and a gate positioned between the active track and the passive track. The gate defines an inter-track path and an intra-track path. The gate has an open position wherein the inter-track path is aligned between the active and passive tracks. The gate further has a closed position wherein the intra-track path is aligned with the active track.
US11447896B2	Smart yarn and method for manufacturing a yarn containing an electronic device One variation of a method for producing a smart yarn includes: aligning a set of sensing elements offset along a lateral axis in a magazine, wherein each sensing element in the set of sensing elements includes a sensor, a first conductive lead extending from a first side of the sensor along a longitudinal axis perpendicular to the lateral axis, and a second conductive lead extending from a second side of the sensor opposite the first side and along the longitudinal axis; wrapping a set of fibers into a yarn within a wrapping field; feeding a leading end of a first sensing element, in the set of sensing elements, from the magazine into the wrapping field; releasing the first sensing element from the magazine into the wrapping field; encasing the first sensing element between the set of fibers within the yarn; and repeating this process for the set of sensing elements.
US11447878B2	Hydrogen generating cell A hydrogen generating fuel cell includes an anode and a cathode separated by a channel configured to hold liquid water or water vapor. At least one of the anode and the cathode are porous. The hydrogen generating fuel cell includes a power source electrically connected to the anode and the cathode and an ultraviolet radiation source positioned to emit ultraviolet radiation from the anode to the cathode, the cathode to the anode, or both directions. A hydrogen generating system and a method of generating hydrogen are also disclosed.
US11447875B2	Hard coating and hard-coating-covered member A hard coating includes a three kinds of layers that are alternately laminated. The three kinds of layers consist of a single composition layer and two kinds of nanolayer-alternated layers. The single composition layer is constituted by one of an A composition (nitride of AlCrSiα), a B composition (nitride of CrBSiβ) and a C composition (nitride of AlCr(SiC)γ). The two kinds of nanolayer-alternated layers include nanolayers which are alternately laminated and which are constituted by two of three combinations consisting of a combination of the A composition and B composition, a combination of the A composition and C composition and a combination of the B composition and C composition. The single composition layer has a thickness of 0.5-1000 nm. Each of the nanolayers constituting the two kinds of nanolayer-alternated layers has a thickness of 0.5-500 nm, and each of the two kinds of nanolayer-alternated layers has a thickness of 1-1000 nm.
US11447871B2	Apparatus for manufacturing semiconductor device and method of manufacturing semiconductor device There is provided a technique capable of forming a plating film excellent in film thickness and quality uniformity on a to-be-plated surface of a semiconductor wafer while suppressing an increase in costs of facilities. An apparatus for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes: a reaction bath; a supply pipe provided inside the reaction bath and including a plurality of ejection holes for ejecting the reaction solution, the ejecting holes being arranged in a longitudinal direction of the supply pipe; and an outer bath serving as a reservoir bath provided adjacent to the reaction bath on a first end side of the supply pipe and storing therein the reaction solution overflowed the reaction bath. The aperture ratio of part of the ejection holes more distant from the outer bath is at least partially higher than that of part of the ejection holes closer to the outer bath.
US11447868B2	Method for controlling a plasma process Embodiments of the disclosure relate to apparatus and method for a tunable plasma process within a plasma processing chamber. In one embodiment of the disclosure, a heater assembly for a plasma processing chamber is disclosed. The heater assembly includes a resistive heating element, a first lead coupling the resistive heating element to an RF filter and a tunable circuit element operable to adjust an impedance between the resistive heating element and the RF filter. Another embodiment provides a method for controlling a plasma process in a plasma processing chamber by forming a plasma from a process gas present inside the plasma processing chamber and adjusting an impedance between a resistive heating element and an RF filter coupled between the resistive heating element and a power source for the resistive heating element, while the plasma is present in the plasma processing chamber.
US11447854B2	Process for film deposition on a substrate with non-uniform overlapping subpulses of a precursor A process for the uniform controlled growth of materials on a substrate that directs a plurality of pulsed flows of a precursor into a reaction space of a reactor to deposit the thin film on the substrate. Each pulsed flow is a combination of a first pulsed subflow and a second pulsed subflow of the same precursor, wherein a pulse profile of the second pulsed subflow overlaps at least a portion of a latter half of a pulse profile of the first pulsed subflow having a non-uniform pulse profile.
US11447849B2	Non-heat treated steel for induction hardening A non-heat treated steel for induction hardening contains, in mass %, C: 0.35 to 0.44%, Si: 0.01 to less than 0.30%, Mn: 0.80 to 1.50%, P: 0.030% or less, S: more than 0.010 to 0.095%, Cr: more than 0.10 to 0.30%, V: 0.050 to 0.200%, N: 0.0040 to 0.0200%, O: 0.0024% or less, Cu: 0.05% or less and Ni: 0.05% or less, and for which fn1≤50.0, fn2: 0.70 to 1.00, and fn3≥1.30. In the steel, a ratio of a number of Mn oxides containing oxygen in an amount of 20.0 mass % or more and Mn in an amount of 10.0 mass % or more to the number of oxides is 10.0% or less fn1=80C2+55C+13Si+4.8Mn+30P+30S+1.5Cr fn2=C+(Si/10)+(Mn/5)−(5S/7)+(5Cr/22)+1.65V fn3=−2C—Si+2.33Mn+0.26Cr+V−1.5Cu−1.5Ni.
US11447844B2	Manufacturing method for hot rolled steel sheet A method for the fabrication of a hot rolled steel includes providing a liquid metal comprising a certain chemical composition; carrying out a vacuum or SiCa treatment, the chemical composition including, expressed by weight 0.0005%≤Ca≤0.005%, if a SiCA treatment is carried out; dissolving quantities of Ti and N in the liquid metal so as to satisfy (% [Ti])×(% [N])<6.10−4%2; casting the steel to obtain a cast semi-finished product; rolling the cast semi-finished product with an end-of-rolling temperature between 880° C. and 930° C., a reduction rate of the penultimate pass being less than 0.25, and a start-of-rolling temperature of the penultimate pass being less than 960° C. to obtain a hot-rolled product, then cooling the hot rolled product at a rate between 20 and 150° C./s to obtain a hot rolled steel sheet; and coiling the hot rolled product to obtain a hot rolled steel sheet.
US11447840B2	High-strength steel sheet and method for producing same To provide a high-strength steel sheet with excellent ductility and hole expansion formability, a yield ratio of less than 68%, and a tensile strength of 980 MPa or more, by having a predetermined chemical composition and a microstructure where ferrite is 15% or more and 55% or less and martensite is 15% or more and 30% or less in area ratio, retained austenite is 12% or more in volume fraction, the average grain size of ferrite, martensite and retained austenite is 4.0 μm or less, 2.0 μm or less and 2.0 μm or less respectively, the average aspect ratio of crystal grain of ferrite, martensite and retained austenite is each more than 2.0 and 15.0 or less, and the value obtained by dividing the Mn content (mass %) in retained austenite by the Mn content (mass %) in ferrite is 2.0 or more.
US11447838B2	Method and device for heat treating a metal component The invention relates to a method and to a device for heat treating a metal component. The method comprises at least the following steps: a) heating the component; b) setting a temperature difference between at least one first sub-region and at least one second sub-region of the component; c) at least partially forming and/or cooling the component in a press hardening tool; and d) mechanically post-processing the at least one first sub-region of the component.
US11447835B2	Compositions and methods for detecting or quantifying hepatitis C virus This disclosure provides oligomers, compositions, and kits for detecting and quantifying Hepatitis C virus (HCV), including different genotypes and variants thereof, and related methods and uses. In some embodiments, oligomers target the 5′ untranslated region of HCV and are configured to provide substantially equivalent quantification of different genotypes and variants of HCV.
US11447832B2	Compositions and methods for oncology precision assays Provided are methods and compositions for preparing a library of target nucleic acid sequences that are useful for assessing gene mutations for oncology biomarker profiling of samples. In particular, a target-specific primer panel is provided that allows for selective amplification of oncology biomarker target sequences in a sample. In one aspect, the invention relates to target-specific primers useful for selective amplification of one or more target sequences associated with oncology biomarkers from two or more sample types. In some aspects, amplified target sequences obtained using the disclosed methods, and compositions can be used in various processes including nucleic acid sequencing and used to detect the presence of genetic variants of one or more targeted sequences associated with oncology.
US11447829B2	Nucleic acid rearrangement and integration analysis Provided herein are methods and systems for identifying chimeric nucleic acid fragments, e.g., organism-pathogen chimeric nucleic acid fragments and chromosomal rearrangement chimeric nucleic acid fragments. Also provided herein are methods and systems relating to determining a pathogen integration profile or a chromosomal rearrangement in a biological sample and determining a classification of pathology based at least in part on a pathogen integration profile or a chromosomal rearrangement in a biological sample. In certain aspects of the present disclosure, cell-free nucleic acid molecules from a biological sample are analyzed.
US11447821B2	Nucleic acid amplification and testing Methods for amplifying a target nucleic acid by self-sustained amplification methods are described. The methods are designed, in particular, to be carried out without use of specialised lab facilities or instruments. Compositions, lyophilised formulations, and kits for carrying out the methods are also described.
US11447809B2	Evolution of tRNA synthetases The disclosure provides amino acid sequence variants of orthogonal aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases (AARSs) having increased activity and selectivity compared to previous AARSs, and methods of producing the same.
US11447806B2	Systems and methods for producing a sugar stream An improved dry grind system and method for producing a sugar stream from grains or similar carbohydrate sources and/or residues, such as for biofuel production. In particular, a sugar/carbohydrate stream, which includes a desired Dextrose Equivalent (DE) where DE describes the degree of conversion of starch to dextrose (aka glucose) and/or has had removed therefrom an undesirable amount of unfermentable components, can be produced after saccharification and prior to fermentation (or other sugar conversion process), with such sugar stream being available for biofuel production, e.g., alcohol production, or other processes. In addition, the systems and methods also can involve the removal of certain grain components, e.g., corn kernel components, including protein, oil and/or fiber, prior to fermentation or other conversion systems. In other words, sugar stream production and/or grain component separation occurs on the front end of the system and method.
US11447794B2	Method of increasing resistance to a fungal pathogen by applying a hydrophobin to a plant The present invention relates to a method of increasing resistance against fungal pathogens of the family Phacosporaceae plants and/or plant cells. This is achieved for instance by increasing the expression of a hydrophobin protein or fragment thereof in a plant, plant part and/or plant cell in comparison to wild type plants, wild type plant parts and/or wild type plant cells. In the transgenic plants hydrophobin can be expressed as a fusion protein to facilitate and/or enhance expression. Furthermore, the hydrophobin protein can be expressed including a secretion signal sequence which mediates secretion of the protein into the apoplast and/or into the cuticule.
US11447791B2	Methods and means for modulating flowering time in monocot plants The present invention relates to the identification of monocot FLC sequences, such as wheat FLC sequences, as well as their uses in modulating flowering time, seed development and seed germination.
US11447790B2	Compositions and methods for producing tobacco plants and products having reduced or eliminated suckers The present disclosure provides methods and compositions for controlling sucker growth in tobacco by altering the expression of different target genes.
US11447784B2	Method for improving transformation efficiency of plant and method for transforming plant The present invention provides a method for improving transformation efficiency of a plant. The method according to the present invention comprises the use of a nucleic acid encoding the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 2 or 4, or a nucleic acid encoding a polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence having at least 85% identity with the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 2 or 4, and having a function of improving transformation efficiency of a plant.
US11447781B2	Host cells for use in an inducible coexpression system The present invention provides host cells for use in an inducible coexpression system that is capable of controlled induction of expression of each gene product.
US11447778B2	TNF-targeting aptamers and uses thereof for treatment or diagnosing TNF-related inflammatory diseases Nucleic acid aptamers that bind to tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF). Also provided herein are pharmaceutical compositions comprising such anti-TNF aptamers and methods for the using the same for therapeutic and diagnostic applications, for example, alleviating liver injury and monitoring presence of TNF in vivo or in vitro.
US11447770B1	Methods and compositions for prime editing nucleotide sequences Compositions and methods are provided herein for conducting prime editing of a target DNA molecule (e.g., a genome) that enables the incorporation of a nucleotide change and/or targeted mutagenesis. The compositions include fusion proteins comprising nucleic acid programmable DNA binding proteins (napDNAbp) and a polymerase (e.g., reverse transcriptase), which is guided to a specific DNA sequence by a modified guide RNA, named a PEgRNA. The PEgRNA has been altered (relative to a standard guide RNA) to comprise an extended portion that provides a DNA synthesis template sequence which encodes a single strand DNA flap which is synthesized by the polymerase of the fusion protein and which becomes incorporated into the target DNA molecule.
US11447767B2	Apparatus for and methods of the disruption of a biological cell Disrupting a biological cell includes freezing, boiling or perhaps alternately freezing and boiling material containing the biological cell using a thermoelectric cell with a working face, and a base face whereof is contiguous with a heat source/sink at a substantially constant temperature. Apparatus for the disruption process includes a peltier cell, a base face, which is flexibly attached to a heat source/sink held at a constant temperature, and a working face contiguous with a reaction vessel or holder thereof. Reversal of the voltage in the peltier cell enables the working face alternately to reach below freezing and above boiling temperatures, and/or with use of a resistive wire on the vessel or holder for heating, with the TEC used purely for cooling. The materials of the base face tend to inhibit disintegration of the peltier cell brought about by expansion and contraction by heat.
US11447766B2	Apparatus for immobilizing microbial cell and method of immobilizing microbial cell using same An embodiment of the present disclosure provides an apparatus for immobilizing a microbial cell, the apparatus including: a mixing tank in which a cell-carrier-containing mixed solution is accommodated; a nozzle part through which the cell-carrier-containing mixed solution is injected from the mixing tank and is discharged to the outside; and a reaction tank in which a cell immobilized bead is formed by contact between the cell-carrier-containing mixed solution discharged from the nozzle part and an aqueous curing agent solution. In the apparatus for immobilizing a microbial cell according to the present disclosure, since the cell-carrier-containing mixed solution is injected through an air spraying nozzle, even when an immobilized carrier solution having a high viscosity is used, a microbial cell immobilized bead having a small size and having a spherical shape, or an almost spherical shape may be mass-produced.
US11447765B2	Rhamnose synthase derived from stevia and gene The purpose of the present invention is to provide a protein, said protein having an activity of synthesizing rhamnose from glucose, and a polynucleotide encoding the same. Provided are a rhamnose synthase derived from stevia and a method for producing rhamnose from glucose using a gene. Also provided is a method for producing a steviol glycoside using the rhamnose synthase derived from stevia.
US11447762B2	Bacillus lentus subtilisin protease variants and compositions comprising the same The present invention provides serine protease variants produced there from. Specifically, the present invention provides serine protease variants having one or more substitutions as compared to a reference serine protease. In addition, the present invention provides compositions comprising these serine protease variants. In some embodiments, the present invention provides cleaning compositions comprising at least one of these serine protease variants.
US11447761B2	Xylanase mutant and its preparation method and application The present invention discloses a kind of xylanase mutant and its preparation method and application, which relates to the technical field of genomic engineering and genetic engineering. Such mutant includes one or more mutants obtained by taking xylanase HwXy110A as female parent to conduct saturation mutagenesis to the site of Gly363. Specifically, relates to obtaining 19 mutants through site-directed mutagenesis, and then conducting yeast expression to them, after that, obtaining two mutants with significantly improved specific activity and thermal stability through screening of thermal stability and catalytic activity; the present invention can significantly improve the thermal stability and catalytic efficiency of xylanase through modifying the site of Gly363, and is of important guiding significance for improving the thermal stability and the catalytic efficiency of the 10th family of xylanases and other glycoside hydrolases as well as lays the foundation for its application in industrial production.
US11447753B2	Non-neuroinvasive viruses and uses thereof Provided herein are compositions and methods for vaccination and research applications. In particular, provided herein are non-neuroinvasive herpesviruses and alpha herpesviruses and uses thereof.
US11447749B2	Methods for differentiating mesenchymal stem cells The application discloses a method for obtaining MSC-derived cells with improved transplantation properties from MSC, the method comprising a cell size reduction step, wherein said cell size reduction step is characterized by contacting MSC or MSC-derived cells in vitro or ex vivo with heparin or a derivative or analogue thereof at a concentration of at least 0.01 IU/ml. The application further provides a method for obtaining mesenchymal stem cell-derived cells from mesenchymal stem cells (MSC) comprising contacting MSC in vitro or ex vivo with FGF-2, TGFβ and at least 0.01 IU/ml heparin or a derivative or analogue thereof. The invention also provides the so-obtained cells and cell populations, as well as further products comprising such and uses thereof.
US11447748B2	Encapsulated adipose-derived stem cells, methods for preparation and theraputic use A therapeutic composition comprising a purified fraction of adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells encapsulated in a three-dimensional biocompatible gel matrix, and methods, and systems for preparing and using encapsulated adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells. Hydrogel microbeads encapsulating stem cells maintain the viability and location of the stem cells for an extended period as compared to stem cells in suspension. The gel matrix allows the release of cellular factors from the encapsulated stem cells to surrounding tissues to achieve desired therapeutic results.
US11447747B2	Methods for allogenic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation The disclosure provides methods for improved hematopoietic stem cell transplantations, including methods to enhance protection from graft versus host disease while maintaining effective immune responses such as graft versus tumor immune responses. The disclosure provides methods for administering, for example, hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells, regulatory T cells, and conventional T cells, wherein the conventional T cells are administered after the hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells and regulatory T cells. The disclosure also provides methods for administering, for example, hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells, regulatory T cells, and conventional T cells, wherein the regulatory T cells have not been cryopreserved prior to administration.
US11447741B2	Lactobacillus plantarum strain ATG-K2, ATG-K6 or ATG-K8, and composition for preventing or treating vaginitis comprising same A novel Lactobacillus plantarum strain ATG-K2, ATG-K6 or ATG-K8 and a composition for the prevention or treatment of vaginitis containing the same are proposed. The Lactobacillus plantarum strain ATG-K2, ATG-K6 or ATG-K8 has excellent antimicrobial effects against various pathogenic strains as well as Candida albicans and Gardnerella vaginalis, which are vaginitis pathogens, and thus can be easily used as a composition for the treatment of bacterial vaginosis, vaginal candidiasis, etc., or as a functional health food for the prevention or amelioration of these diseases.
US11447731B2	Three-dimensional bioreactors The present invention relates to the design, fabrication and applications of three-dimensional (3D) bioreactor for cell expansion and cell secreted substance production. The bioreactors have relatively low levels of potentially cytotoxic compounds, can be coated with substituted or unsubstituted poly(p-xylene) type coatings and can also be separately formed from liquid crystal photopolymerizable monomers.
US11447727B2	Use of surfactant blend to control rheology of unit dose or liquid laundry detergent A unit dose detergent pack includes a pouch made of a water-soluble film and a detergent composition encapsulated within the pouch, wherein the detergent composition includes a surfactant component including (1) an alcohol ethoxy sulfate having a C8-C20 backbone that is ethoxylated with from about 1 to about 10 moles of ethylene oxide, (2) at least one non-ionic surfactant having an alkoxylated alcohol, and (3) at least one anionic surfactant having a linear alkylbenzene sulfonate wherein (1), (2), and (3) are present in a weight ratio of actives of about (0 to 0.5):(0.05 to 0.9):(0 to 0.75). The detergent composition also includes water and a rheology control agent and has a viscosity of less than about 7,500 cps at 75° F. when diluted with additional water.
US11447717B2	Continuous fractionation of crude tall oil to refined tall diesel The present invention describes a process for continuous fractionation of CTO (crude tall oil) to RTD (refined tall diesel), said process comprising:—when removing a stream of TOP (tall oil pitch) the CTO is fed through at least two evaporation zones arranged in series so that one stream of CTO is fed from a first evaporation zone to a second evaporation zone, wherein a TOP stream is produced and fed from the second evaporation zone, wherein a first vapor stream is produced within the first evaporation zone and a second vapor stream is produced within the second evaporation zone and wherein there is a temperature difference of at least 10° C. between the first vapor stream and the second vapor stream; and—feeding the first vapor stream and the second vapor stream into a subsequent fractionation column to produce a stream of RTD from the fractionation column, wherein the first vapor stream and the second vapor stream are being fed to different positions, relative to the column height, in the fractionation column, where different conditions are applied to ensure suitable fractionations of a more fatty acid rich material and a more rosin rich material, respectively, and which different positions in the fractionation column are separated by packing means.
US11447711B2	Electrically-conductive lubricant This is to provide an electrically-conductive lubricant having characteristics in combination that it shows liquid crystallinity in a wide temperature range, retains low dynamic friction coefficient, has electrical-conductivity, has almost no loss due to evaporation, decomposition and the like, has a clean appearance, and emits fluorescence, and can find deterioration or leakage immediately. This electrically-conductive lubricant comprises at least one kind of the compound (1) represented by the formula (1): 12:8 wherein, R11 and R21 are the same or different from each other, and each is hydrogen or a group —OCH2CH2CH(R′)CH2CH2OR (R is a linear or branched CnH2n+1, 4≤n≤12, and R′ is methyl or ethyl), and R12, R13, R22 and R23 are the same or different from each other, and each is a group —OCH2CH2CH(R′)CH2CH2OR (R is a linear or branched CnH2n+1, 4≤n≤12, and R′ is methyl or ethyl)].
US11447706B2	Heavy marine fuel compositions A process for reducing the environmental contaminants in a ISO8217 compliant Feedstock Heavy Marine Fuel Oil, the process involving: mixing a quantity of the Feedstock Heavy Marine Fuel Oil with a quantity of Activating Gas mixture to give a feedstock mixture; contacting the feedstock mixture with one or more catalysts to form a Process Mixture from the feedstock mixture; separating the Product Heavy Marine Fuel Oil liquid components of the Process Mixture from the gaseous components and by-product hydrocarbon components of the Process Mixture and, discharging the Product Heavy Marine Fuel Oil. The Product Heavy Marine Fuel Oil is compliant with ISO 8217 for residual marine fuel oils and the Environmental Contaminants, which are selected from the group consisting of: a sulfur; vanadium, nickel, iron, aluminum and silicon and combinations thereof, have concentration less than 0.5 wt %. The Product Heavy Marine Fuel Oil can be used as or as a blending stock for an ISO 8217 compliant, IMO MARPOL Annex VI (revised) compliant low sulfur or ultralow sulfur heavy marine fuel oil.
US11447702B2	Liquid crystal composition, liquid crystal display element and liquid crystal display A liquid crystal composition, a liquid crystal display element and a liquid crystal display comprising the liquid crystal composition belong to the field of liquid crystal display. The liquid crystal composition of the present disclosure comprises a compound represented by formula I, a compound represented by formula II, one or more compounds represented by formula III, one or more compounds represented by formula IV and more than three compounds represented by formula V. The liquid crystal composition has low rotational viscosity γ1 and high stability to heat and light on the basis of maintaining appropriate optical anisotropy Δn, which can realize fast response of liquid crystal display.
US11447700B2	Liquid crystal cured layer, production method therefor, optical film, polarizing plate, and display device A liquid crystal cured layer formed of a cured product of a liquid crystal composition, wherein the liquid crystal composition contains a polymerizable liquid crystal compound having a reverse wavelength dispersion property, and a copolymer containing a monomer unit A including a monovalent group containing an aromatic ring and a monomer unit B containing a monovalent aliphatic hydrocarbon group optionally having a substituent, a main chain mesogen of the polymerizable liquid crystal compound in the liquid crystal cured layer is oriented at a tilt angle of 85° to 90° with respect to a layer plane of the liquid crystal cured layer.
US11447699B2	Soil stabilization material based on solid waste and bioenzyme, and preparation method thereof A soil solidification material based on solid waste and bioenzyme, and a preparation method thereof are disclosed. The soil solidification material is composed of the following components in parts by weight: recycled aggregate 22-35 parts, steel slag 20-30 parts, high-calcium fly ash 16-24 parts, the bioenzyme 5-15 parts, an inorganic adsorbent 10-18 parts, an organic adsorbent 8-20 parts, industrial waste gypsum 25-35 parts, an activator 20-30 parts, sodium citrate 1-3 parts, and slaked lime 0.02-0.2 parts. The present disclosure adopts the recycled aggregate, the steel slag, the industrial waste gypsum and the high-calcium fly ash as the main components of the soil solidification material to reduce the cost. The soil solidification material of the present disclosure prepared by optimizing the proportion is capable of significantly improving the engineering properties of the soil or the mixed contaminated soil, and has significant economic and environmental benefits.
US11447689B2	Crosslinked proppant-gel matrix A method of making a proppant-gel matrix comprising: a) hydrating a gelling agent to form a hydrated gelling agent; b) adding a basic compound to the hydrated gelling agent to form a basic hydrated gelling agent having a pH in the range of 11.5 to 14.0; c) mixing the basic hydrated gelling agent and a proppant to form a basic hydrated gelling system; and d) adding a crosslinking agent to the basic hydrated gelling system to form the proppant-gel matrix, is disclosed. The proppant-gel matrix can then be used as a fracturing fluid in a hydraulic fracturing process.
US11447687B2	Enhancing rheological properties of foam using aloe-barbadensis gel A surfactant foam for enhanced oil recovery (EOR) gas injection that includes a surfactant and Aloe vera gel. The surfactant may be a methanol surface active agent foamer. The surfactant foam may be generated in-situ from an injected gas (such as air or nitrogen), water (such as seawater), a surfactant, and Aloe vera gel. A process for enhancing oil recovery in a hydrocarbon reservoir using the surfactant foam and for manufacturing the foam are also provided.
US11447686B2	Low molecular weight polyacrylates for EOR The disclosure is directed to low molecular weight polyelectrolyte complex nanoparticles that can be used to deliver agents deep into hydrocarbon reservoirs. Methods of making and using said polyelectrolyte complex nanoparticles are also provided.
US11447681B2	Aqueous silica dispersion Methods of forming an aqueous silica suspension are provided. The methods include admixing water, an organic acid, a silica powder, and a siliconate under certain conditions. The silica powder includes undensified silica powder in an amount of at least about 50% by weight and has a specific gravity in the range of from about 2.1 to about 2.5, a bulk density in the range of from about 12 lb/ft3 to about 40 lb/ft3, and a water requirement of from about 80 to about 250 at a pH in the range of from about 5.5 to about 7.5. Also provided are aqueous silica suspensions, hydraulic cement compositions, and methods of cementing in a well.
US11447677B2	Thermal interface material with mixed aspect ratio particle dispersions An electron package includes an interface member between an electronic component and a thermal dissipation member. The interface member is highly efficient in transmitting thermal energy and/or suppressing electromagnetic radiation, with a particle filler dispersion including a combination of substantially spherical particles and substantially platelet-shaped particles within dispersion attribute ranges.
US11447675B2	Refrigerant composition Provided is a refrigerant composition that has a low GWP; is non-flammable or mildly flammable; and has a refrigerating capacity (Cap) and/or coefficient of performance (COP) equivalent to or higher than those of traditional refrigerants, such as R-134a, R-410A, R-123, or R-404A, when used as an alternative refrigerant for these traditional refrigerants. Specifically, provided is a refrigerant composition containing FO-1216 and a hydrofluoroolefin, wherein the hydrofluoroolefin is at least one member of HFO-1234ze and HFO-1243zf.
US11447674B2	Refrigerant compositions A composition comprising: (i) 1,1-difluoroethene (vinylidene fluoride, R-1132a); (ii) carbon dioxide (CO2, R-744); (iii) pentafluoroethane (R-125); and (iv) one or more of trifluoromethane (R-23) and hexafluoroethane (R-116).
US11447671B2	High-solids content solvent-based adhesive compositions and methods of making same A two-component adhesive composition is disclosed. The adhesive composition comprises an isocyanate component comprising an isocyanate-terminated prepolymer that is the reaction product of a polyisocyanate and an isocyanate reactive component having an average molecular weight greater than 1,000 that comprises a polyester polyol that is the reaction product of a polyhydric alcohol and a polybasic acid. The NCO content of the isocyanate component is, optionally, between 3 and 9%. The isocyanate reactive component comprises a polyester polyol that accounts for 50 wt % or more of the isocyanate reactive component. The composition further comprises a polyol component comprising polyether polyols having an average molecular weight less than 1,500. The composition still further comprises an adhesion promoter. The average functionality of the adhesive composition is from 2 to 2.4. The adhesive composition provides for improved performance and processability. A method for forming a laminate is also disclosed. A laminate formed by this method is also disclosed.
US11447665B2	Organosilicon synthetic leather and preparation method thereof The present invention relates to an organosilicon synthetic leather and a preparation method thereof. The organosilicon synthetic leather comprises a surface glue layer, a bottom glue layer, and a base layer which are overlapped sequentially. The preparation method comprises the steps of: mixing the main raw materials of the surface glue layer in a proper proportion to obtain a surface glue; mixing the main raw materials of the bottom glue layer in a proper proportion to obtain a bottom glue; coating and curing the surface glue on a release paper, coating the bottom glue on the cured surface glue to form the bottom glue layer, then compositing the bottom glue layer with the base layer and curing composited bottom glue layer, and striping the release paper to obtain the organosilicon synthetic leather. The inventive organosilicon synthetic leather has excellent safety, wear resistance, antifouling property and flame retardancy.
US11447664B2	Color wrapping film for vehicle The present disclosure relates to a color wrapping film for a vehicle, which has an excellent impact resistance and excellent scratch restorability due to a base layer and a coating layer formed of a polyurethane-based material, and suppresses discoloration caused by an external environment by adding a color pigment to a separate layer.
US11447662B2	Optical transparent adhesive sheet, method for producing optical transparent adhesive sheet, laminated body, and display device with touch panel The present invention provides an optically clear adhesive sheet with reduced delay bubble generation using a thermosetting polyurethane composition that has excellent flexibility and is capable of giving a thick film. The optically clear adhesive sheet of the present invention is an optically clear adhesive sheet formed of a cured product of a thermosetting polyurethane composition, the optically clear adhesive sheet having a shear storage modulus (G′) at 85° C. of 4.5×103 to 5.0×104 Pa, a loss tangent (tan δ) at 85° C. of 0.3 to 0.97, and a thickness of 50 to 2000 μm. The optically clear adhesive sheet preferably has an adhesive strength measured by a 180° peel test of 2 N/25 mm or more.
US11447658B2	Resin composition, resin sheet, multilayer printed wiring board, and semiconductor device The resin composition of the present invention contains a maleimide compound (A) represented by the following formula (1); and a photo initiator (B) having an absorbance of 0.1 or more at a wavelength of 405 nm (h-line). In the formula (1), R1, R2, and R3 each independently represent an alkyl group or an alkoxy group which may have a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a hydroxyl group, or a substituent, R4 represents an alkylene group, an alkenylene group, an alkoxylene group, or an arylene group which may have a substituent, and R5 and R6 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, a linear or branched alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, or a linear or branched alkenyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms.
US11447656B2	Anti-fouling coatings fabricated from polymers containing ionic species An anti-fouling coating is provided, containing a continuous matrix comprising a first component; a plurality of inclusions comprising a second component, wherein the first component is a low-surface-energy polymer having a surface energy, and the second component is a hygroscopic material containing one or more ionic species. The low-surface-energy polymer and the hygroscopic material are chemically connected ionically or covalently, such as in a segmented copolymer composition comprising fluoropolymer soft segments and ionic species contained within the soft segments. The continuous matrix and the inclusions form a lubricating surface layer in the presence of humidity. Coefficient-of-friction experimental data is presented for various sample coatings. The incorporation of ionic species into the polymer chain backbone increases the hygroscopic behavior of the overall structure. Improvement in lubrication enables material to be cleared from a surface using the natural motion of an automotive or aerospace vehicle.
US11447638B2	Acetalanthraquinone derivatives useful for cellular staining The present invention provides di-substituted acetalanthraquinone-based compounds of the Formulae (l)-(IV) that are useful for cellular staining and for light-based detection of biological material, e.g. fluorescence-based detection of biological material. These compounds may be used in hydrolysed or non-hydrolysed form. Also provided is a fluorescent complex that comprises a nucleic acid and an acetalanthraquinone-based compound of the invention; and a method of staining a biological sample comprising cells or other biological material containing nucleic acid, which method comprises contacting the biological sample with an acetalanthraquinone-based compound of the invention. In the Formulae (l)-(IV), A and B are each independently of formula —RaCH2CH(ORb)2; or one of A and B is of formula —RaCH2CH(ORb)2 and the other one is of formula: —NRb2.
US11447627B2	Oxygen scavenging plastic material The invention relates to a polyether-polyester copolymer comprising: (i) polyether segments wherein at least one polyether segment contains at least one polytetramethylene oxide segment, (ii) polyester segments, (iii) bridging elements of the structure —CO—R2-CO—, wherein R2 represents an optionally substituted bivalent hydrocarbon residue consisting of 1 to 100 carbon atoms; (iv) one or two end-caps R1-O—(C2-C4—O—)e—*, wherein R1 is an optionally substituted hydrocarbon residue and e is an integer of from 0 to 1000.
US11447616B2	Blowing agent compositions for insulating foams Disclosed is a blowing agent composition comprising a hydrofluoroolefins (HFO) and a branched hydrocarbon, and a foamable polymer composition comprising the blowing agent composition. Also disclosed is a method of making a polymer foam utilizing a blowing agent composition comprising an HFO and a branched hydrocarbon.
US11447614B2	Combination of silica and graphite and its use for decreasing the thermal conductivity of vinyl aromatic polymer foam The invention relates to the co-use of a) a certain type of silica and b) a certain type of graphite, wherein the silica and the graphite are used in a weight ratio in a range of from 1:1 to 1:10, for decreasing the thermal conductivity of vinyl aromatic polymer foam.
US11447613B2	Polymeric foam comprising low levels of brominated flame retardant and method of making same A composition and method for making polymeric foam is provided. The composition includes a flame retardant composition comprising brominated polymeric compounds. The resulting polymeric foams have a low bromine content of from about 0.01-0.5 wt. %, while maintaining acceptable flame retardant characteristics.
US11447612B2	Sheet The purpose of the present invention is to provide a composite sheet in which the dimension stability when it is tensed is high and the appearance deterioration and the yellowness change are suppressed. The present invention relates to a sheet comprising; cellulose fibers having a fiber width of 1000 nm or less and having a phosphoric acid group or a phosphoric acid group-derived substituent; and a polyvinyl alcohol-based resin, wherein the sheet has a tensile elastic modulus of 3.4 GPa or more.
US11447610B2	Transparent composite film and flexible display devices including the same Described herein are articles and methods of making articles, including a transparent composite film having a fiber filler embedded in a polymer network. The polymer network of the transparent composite film is a cured, cross-linked matrix including a first and second structure segment. The structure segments may contribute or impart improved properties in the transparent composite film. The select structure segments can provide increased modulus and reduced glass transition temperature thereby allowing for a desirable balance of flexibility and rigidity in the transparent composite film. The improved transparent composite film is suitable for many applications including use in display devices.
US11447604B2	Method for the separation of volatile compounds from viscous products by means of a thin-film evaporator, and polylactide resin A method for removing compounds in the gaseous aggregate state from PLA-containing products in the viscous aggregate state by means of a thin-film evaporator. The compounds may be present in the liquid or solid aggregate state in the products under standard conditions. The invention further relates to a polylactide resin prepared in accordance with the method of the invention.
US11447603B2	Polyester resin, method for preparing same, and resin molded product formed therefrom The present invention relates to a polyester resin. The polyester resin contains a particular content of diol moieties, derived from isosorbide and diethylene glycol, and thus can provide a resin molded product exhibiting high transparency in spite of a large wall thickness thereof.
US11447599B2	Ductile one-component thermosetting epoxy composition A one-component thermosetting epoxy resin composition, including a) at least one epoxy resin A having on average more than one epoxide group per molecule; b) at least one latent hardener for epoxy resins; c) at least one physical or chemical blowing agent BA; d) 3-15 wt.-% of at least one carboxyl group containing acrylonitrile/butadiene rubber ABR1 with a Mooney Viscosity of 15-30 MU (Mooney units), based on the total amount of epoxy resin A; and e) 3-15 wt.-% of at least one carboxyl group containing acrylonitrile/butadiene rubber ABR2 with a Mooney Viscosity of 35-50 MU (Mooney units), based on the total amount of epoxy resin A. The ratio of ABR1 to ABR2 is from 0.5-2.0. The epoxy resin adhesive is notable for the improved storage stability.
US11447598B2	Multi component dispersant The invention relates to a composition comprising i) 10-90 wt. % of an ethylenically unsaturated component (A), ii) 10-90 wt. % of a component (B) having urethane and/or urea groups, iii) 0-4 wt. % of an organic component (C) which is different from components (A) and (B), and iv) 0-9 wt. % of other ingredients (D) wherein the wt. % are calculated on the total weight of the composition, wherein the sum of the wt. % of component (A) and the wt. % of component (B) is 91-100 wt. %, component (A) consists of compounds having 1-8 ethylenically unsaturated bonds and a molar mass of 100-1400 g/mol, component (A) contains no amino groups, component (B) contains no primary and no secondary amino groups, component (B) consists of compounds having 2-40 functional groups selected from urethane and urea groups, having 1-40 groups selected from tertiary amino groups, salts thereof, quaternary ammonium groups, and mixtures thereof, component (B) contains not more tertiary amino groups than the sum of urethane and urea groups, and component (B) has a nitrogen content in the range of 1.0 to 12.0 wt. %, component (C) consists of organic compounds having a molar mass of less than 1000 g/mol.
US11447593B2	Block copolymer and micelle compositions and methods of use thereof Provided herein are block copolymers comprising a hydrophilic polymer segment and a hydrophobic polymer segment, wherein the hydrophilic polymer segment comprises a polymer selected from the group consisting of: poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO), poly(methacrylate phosphatidyl choline) (MPC), and polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP), wherein the hydrophobic polymer segment comprises wherein R′ is —H or —CH3, wherein R is —NR1R2, wherein R1 and R2 are alkyl groups, wherein R1 and R2 are the same or different, wherein R1 and R2 together have from 5 to 16 carbons, wherein R1 and R2 may optionally join to form a ring, wherein n is 1 to about 10, and wherein x is about 20 to about 200 in total. Also provided are pH-sensitive micelle compositions for therapeutic and diagnostic applications.
US11447588B2	Water-soluble copolymer and use thereof as dispersant for suspension of particles The invention relates to the field of preparing aqueous dispersions of organic, organometallic or inorganic particles. In particular, the invention relates to the preparation of aqueous suspensions comprising organic, organometallic or inorganic particles and at least one particular copolymer obtained by polymerization of at least one acid and at least one compound or at least one ester derived from a particular acid, in the presence of water, at least one initiator compound and at least one activator compound, followed by total or partial neutralization by means of at least one compound chosen from alkali metal hydroxides, alkaline earth metal hydroxides, alkaline earth metal dihydroxides and mixtures thereof. The invention relates to such a particular copolymer having a low polydispersity index and weight-average molecular weight, the preparation process thereof and the use thereof, especially for the preparation of an aqueous paint composition.
US11447584B2	Olefin polymerization activators Embodiments of this disclosure include processes of polymerizing olefins, the process comprising contacting ethylene and a (C3-C40)alpha-olefin comonomer in the presence of a catalyst system, the catalyst system comprising a Group IV metal-ligand complex and a metallic activator ionic complex, the metallic activator ionic complex comprising an anion and a countercation, the anion having a structure according to formula (I):
US11447563B2	Tumor selective macropinocytosis-dependent rapidly internalizing antibodies Methods are provided for identifying and selecting antibodies that are internalized into cells via the macropinocytosis pathway. Additionally antibodies that are internalized via this pathway are provided as well as immunoconjugates comprising such antibodies.
US11447559B2	Anti-BCMA antibody having high affinity for BCMA and pharmaceutical composition for treatment of cancer, comprising same Provided according to an embodiment of the present invention is an antibody that binds specifically to B-cell maturation antigen (BCMA) and comprises a heavy chain variable domain (VH domain) composed of a sequence having a homology of 80% or higher with any one of the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NOS: 1 to 20, or a fragment thereof.
US11447558B2	Bispecific antigen binding molecules comprising anti-4-1BB clone 20H4.9 The invention relates to new bispecific antigen binding molecules, comprising at least one antigen binding domain capable of specific binding to 4-1BB, at least one moiety capable of specific binding to a target cell antigen, and a Fc domain composed of a first and a second subunit capable of stable association, and to methods of producing these molecules and to methods of using the same.
US11447554B2	Anti-ALK2 antibody This application provides: an antibody which specifically binds to an ALK2 protein and has an activity of inhibiting BMP signal transduction mediated by ALK2; a method for producing the antibody; and a pharmaceutical composition comprising the antibody, for treating and/or preventing ectopic ossification and/or bone dysplasia, anemia, or diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG).
US11447553B2	FGFR2 inhibitors alone or in combination with immune stimulating agents in cancer treatment Provided herein are uses of fibroblast growth factor receptor 2 (FGFR2) inhibitors in cancer treatment, in some cases in combination with immune stimulating agents, such as inhibitors of PD-1 or PD-L1. In some embodiments, FGFR2 inhibitors may comprise FGFR2 antibodies or FGFR2 extracellular domain (ECD) polypeptides, or FGFR2 ECD fusion molecules comprising an FGFR2 ECD and a fusion partner. In some embodiments, PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitors may comprise anti-PD-1 antibodies such as antibodies that bind to PD-1 or to PD-L1 and inhibit interactions between these proteins, as well as PD-1 fusion proteins or polypeptides.
US11447552B2	Methods and compositions for inhibiting CD32B expressing cells The present invention relates to immunoglobulins that bind FcγRIIb+ cells and coengage the antigen on the cell's surface and an FcγRIIb on the cell's surface, methods for their generation, and methods for using the immunoglobulins.
US11447536B2	High avidity antigen recognizing constructs The present invention pertains to novel high avidity antigen recognizing constructs, such as antibodies or T cell receptors, which specifically bind to the melanoma associated antigen (MAGE) A1. The constructs of the invention are particularly useful for the diagnosis, prevention or therapy of tumorous diseases which are characterized by the specific expression of the MAGE-A1 antigen. Furthermore provided are nucleic acids, vectors and host cells—such as CD4 or CD8 positive T cells—which encode, comprise or present the antigen recognizing constructs of the invention. The invention thus provides new approaches for immune therapy, specifically adoptive T cell therapy, for treating cancer.
US11447531B2	Cleavable peptides and insecticidal and nematicidal proteins comprising same A peptide comprised of either a binary or a tertiary peptide, the peptide contains at least 4 amino acids and up to a maximum of 16 amino acids, comprised of 2 or 3 different regions, wherein the binary peptides have 2 different regions and the tertiary peptides have 3 different regions; wherein, the peptide can be cleaved by both an animal gut protease and an insect or nematode gut protease.
US11447502B2	Antibacterial agents: dual-targeted RNA polymerase inhibitors The invention provides bipartite, dual-targeted inhibitors of bacterial RNA polymerase having the general structural formula (I): X-α-Y (I) wherein X is an moiety that binds to the Rif target of a bacterial RNA polymerase; Y is a moiety that binds to the bridge-helix N-terminus target of a bacterial RNA polymerase; and is a covalent bond or a linker. The invention also provides compositions comprising such compounds, methods of making such compounds, and methods of using said compounds. The invention has applications in control of bacterial gene expression, control of bacterial growth, antibacterial chemistry, and antibacterial therapy.
US11447490B2	Aromatic heterocyclic substituted olefin compound, preparation method for same, pharmaceutical composition of same, and applications thereof Provided in the present application are an aromatic heterocyclic substituted olefin compound, a preparation method for same, a pharmaceutical composition of same, and applications thereof. The aromatic heterocyclic substituted olefin compound of the present invention is a novel ALK5 inhibitor and is for use in treating and/or preventing various ALK5-mediated diseases.
US11447488B2	Heterocyclic compounds The present invention aims to provide a heterocyclic compound having an AMPA receptor potentiator effect, which is expected to be useful as an agent for the prophylaxis or treatment of depression, Alzheimer's disease, schizophrenia, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and the like. The present invention relates to a compound represented by the formula (I): wherein each symbol is as described in the specification, or a salt thereof.
US11447484B2	Cyclic compound having dopamine D3 receptor antagonistic effect Novel compounds having a D3 receptor antagonistic activity are provided. The compound represented by Formula (I): wherein Ring A is a non-aromatic heterocycle or the like substituted with substituted or unsubstituted aromatic heterocyclyl or the like; R2a to R2d are each independently a hydrogen atom or the like; n is an integer of 0 to 3; Ring B is a non-aromatic carbocycle or the like; R3 is each independently halogen or the like; r is an integer of 0 to 4; -L- is —N(R10)—C(═O), or the like; R10 is a hydrogen atom or the like; R4 is substituted or unsubstituted aromatic heterocyclyl or the like, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
US11447482B1	Imidazopyridine and oxazolopyridine derivatives and analogs thereof, methods of preparation thereof, methods of HIF-2A pathway inhibition, and induction of ferroptosis Novel substituted imidazopyridine and oxazolopyridine compounds that are useful as inhibitors of HIF-2α and inducers of ferroptosis through perturbations in iron metabolism, synthetic methods for making said compounds, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds, and methods of using the compounds and compositions to treat disorders associated with dysfunction of HIF-2α or iron metabolism.
US11447480B2	Compound exhibiting enteropeptidase inhibitory activity The present invention relates to a novel compound exhibiting enteropeptidase-inhibiting activity, a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, a pharmaceutical composition for preventing and treating metabolic diseases such as obesity, diabetes mellitus or hyperlipidemia, etc. comprising the compound or pharmaceutically acceptable salt, and a method for preventing or treating metabolic disease using the above novel compound. The compound of the present invention has excellent inhibitory activity against enteropeptidase, and thus is not absorbed into the body, but are excreted outside the body. However, since not only fat but also protein are discharged together, it has few side effects such as fat stools and acts only in the gastrointestinal tract, so it has few side effects such as depression, and is very useful as a therapeutic or prophylactic drug for various metabolic diseases such as obesity, diabetes mellitus, and hyperlipidemia.
US11447479B2	Compounds active towards nuclear receptors Disclosed are compounds active towards nuclear receptors, pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds and use of the compounds in therapy.
US11447478B2	BACE1 inhibitors The present invention provides a compound of formula I having BACE1 inhibitory activity, their manufacture, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use as therapeutically active substances. The active compounds of the present invention are useful in the therapeutic and/or prophylactic treatment of e.g. Alzheimer's disease.
US11447475B2	Isoxazole N-linked carbamoyl cyclohexyl acids as LPA antagonists The present invention provides compounds of Formula (Ia) and (Ib): (Ia) or (Ib), or a stereoisomer, tautomer, or pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof, wherein all the variables are as defined herein. These compounds are selective LPA receptor inhibitors.
US11447474B2	Solid forms of a GlyT1 inhibitor Disclosed are solid forms of an inhibitor of glycine transporter-1 (GlyT1). The invention also relates to methods of making these solid forms, pharmaceutical compositions comprising these solid forms, and their use for medical conditions responsive to treatment with an inhibitor of glycine transporter-1.
US11447470B2	Pyrimidinone-containing compound, preparation method thereof, pharmaceutical composition and application thereof Disclosed is a pyrimidinone-containing compound represented by formula I, a preparation method thereof, a pharmaceutical composition, and an application thereof. The pyrimidinone-containing compound of the present disclosure can be used as HIV-1 inhibitor and can be also used in the treatment of human immunodeficiency virus infection.
US11447468B2	IL-17 ligands and uses thereof Provided herein are novel ligands and pharmaceutical compositions thereof which modulate IL-17A. Also provided are methods for preparing the IL-17A modulators. Such compounds may be useful in the treatment and/or prevention of, for example, inflammation, cancer or autoimmune disease.
US11447465B2	Pharmaceutical compounds for treatment of medical disorders Complement Factor D inhibitors, pharmaceutical compositions, and uses thereof, as well as processes for their manufacture are provided. The compounds provided include Formula I, Formula II, Formula III, and Formula IV or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, prodrug, isotopic analog, N-oxide, or isolated isomer thereof, optionally in a pharmaceutically acceptable composition. The inhibitors described herein target Factor D and inhibit or regulate the complement cascade.
US11447464B2	Compounds with spirobifluorene-structures The invention relates to spirobifluorene derivatives which are substituted with electron transport groups, in particular for use in electronic devices. The invention further relates to a method for producing the compounds according to the invention, and to electronic devices comprising the same.
US11447463B2	Piperidine carboxamide compound, preparation method, and use thereof The present invention provides a compound of a general formula I, a stereomeride, pharmaceutically acceptable salt or a solvate thereof, a preparation method thereof, and usages in preparing medicines for preventing and/or treating diseases or symptoms caused by drug-resistant tumors or drug-resistant bacteria and in preparing medicines for preventing and/or treating diseases or symptoms related to tumors, neurodegenerative diseases, allogeneic transplantation rejection, and infection. Preferably, the diseases or symptoms related to tumors, neurodegenerative diseases, allogeneic transplantation rejection, and infection are diseases or symptoms caused by a heat shock protein 70 (Hsp70). The compound in the present invention is used for overcoming a difficult problem of drug resistance of tumors, improves the effect of tumor treatment, and provides a new medical strategy for clinical tumor treatment.
US11447442B2	Aminoadamantyl nitrate compounds and their use to treat CNS disorders The present disclosure provides adamantyl compounds having one or more amine groups and one or more nitrate groups. The aminoadamantyl nitrate compounds can be used to treat disorders of the central nervous system, including neurodegenerative and non-neurodegenerative diseases.
US11447439B2	Method for inhibiting unwanted radical polymerisation of acrylic acid present in a liquid phase P Process for inhibiting the undesired free-radical polymerization of acrylic acid present in a liquid phase P, wherein the acrylic acid content of P is at least 10% by weight, the liquid phase P comprises in the range from 25 to 1000 ppmw of glyoxal based on the weight of the acrylic acid present in P and the liquid phase P is admixed with furfural in an amount that results in a furfural content in the range from 25 to 1000 ppmw based on the weight of the acrylic acid present in P. Liquid phase P, wherein the acrylic acid content of P is at least 10% by weight and the liquid phase P comprises in the range from 25 to 1000 ppmw of glyoxal and in the range from 25 to 1000 ppmw of furfural in each case based on the weight of the acrylic acid present in P.
US11447437B2	Organic compound and organic light-emitting element An organic compound is represented by formula (1). In the formula (1), R1 to R24 are each independently selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkoxy group, a substituted or unsubstituted amino group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryloxy group, a silyl group, and a cyano group.
US11447435B2	Method for producing butadiene An exemplary embodiment of the present application provides a method for preparing butadiene, the method comprising a process of performing an oxidative dehydrogenation reaction by introducing a reactant comprising butene, oxygen, nitrogen, and steam into a reactor which is filled with a catalyst, in which during a first start-up of the oxidative dehydrogenation reaction, the oxygen is introduced into the reactor before the butene, or the oxygen is introduced into the reactor simultaneously with the butene.
US11447434B2	Mitigating oxygen, carbon dioxide and/or acetylene output from an ODH process A method of converting one or more alkanes to one or more alkenes that includes a) providing a first stream containing one or more alkanes and oxygen to an oxidative dehydrogenation reactor; b) converting at least a portion of the one or more alkanes to one or more alkenes in the oxidative dehydrogenation reactor to provide a second stream exiting the oxidative dehydrogenation reactor containing one or more alkanes, one or more alkenes, oxygen, carbon monoxide and optionally acetylene; and c) providing the second stream to a second reactor containing a catalyst that includes a group 11 metal to convert a least a portion of the carbon monoxide to carbon dioxide and reacting the acetylene.
US11447429B2	Methods and systems for electrochemically increasing bioreactivity of carbonaceous geological materials Embodiments of the present invention may provide methods and systems for enhancing bioreactivity of carbonaceous geological material (11) which may include adding carbonaceous geological material to an electrochemical treatment (18) and creating acidic and basic pH levels, peroxides, and radicals (5) which can increase biochemical reactivity, bioavailability, and water solubility of the carbonaceous geological material to provide a reactive carbonaceous geological material (14).
US11447400B2	System and method for solar vapor evaporation and condensation A solar vapor generator system and method are provided. In some embodiments, the system has near perfect energy conversion efficiency in the process of solar vapor generation below room temperature. Remarkably, when the operation temperature of the system is below that of the surroundings, the total vapor generation will be higher than the upper limit that can be produced by the input solar energy.
US11447393B2	Graphene and method for preparing same The present disclosure relates to a method for preparing graphene, including: forming a dielectric material; and applying heat treatment concurrently with a gaseous carbon source on the dielectric material to grow.
US11447392B2	Carbon nanotubes decorated with carbon nanospheres Provided are multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) decorated with nanospheres of carbon, methods of preparing multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) decorated with nanospheres of carbon, and uses thereof.
US11447381B2	Bottle opener sleeve The present invention is a bottle opener device that can be connected to an end of a handle such as a sporting equipment handle. The bottle opener device includes a sleeve having a hollow tubular shape with an open end and a closed end. The sleeve has a length and a width configured to enclose around the end of the handle. A bottle opener element is connected to the closed end of the sleeve with an opener cutout for enabling the removal of a bottle cap from a bottle. The bottle opener device also includes a magnetic element that holds on to the bottle cap against the bottle opener element after removal. A closing mechanism is integrated along a length of the sleeve which opens and closes and allows the bottle opener sleeve to be placed around the handle and tightly secure it in place by closing.
US11447362B2	Apparatus for supporting convolutely wound logs of web material during cutting An apparatus supports a convolutely wound log of web material during cutting of the convolutely wound log, and includes a bottom support link operatively pivotally coupled to a support frame and a side support link operatively pivotally coupled to the support frame and the bottom support link. A flexible member operatively coupled to a distal end of the side support link extends tangentially from the side support link and curves away from the side support link and the bottom support link so that a portion of the flexible member is spaced away from the side support link and the bottom support link. The spaced away portion of the flexible member together with the side support link and the bottom support link at least in part define a support surface for supporting the convolutely wound log when the log is directed into the apparatus.
US11447359B1	High speed adhesive collation system for retail signage Signage packs for retail store shelves are compiled with a continuous belt pusher system having multiple pushers that allow accumulated set signage packs to be collated and pushed to a downstream transport system that forwards them for the application of hot-melt adhesive to an edge of each pack while simultaneously eliminating printer skipped pitches.
US11447358B2	Tape dispenser having two sided cutter blade and method of manufacture A tape dispenser has a cutter or cutting blade that has at least two rows of teeth opposite each other relative to the cutter or cutting blade. The blade is to be installed on the tape dispenser in any of at least two orientations. By installing the blade in any of at least two orientations, at least one row of teeth will always project from the dispensing end to cut adhesive tape as it is unwound from a roll after being dispensed. This type of blade permits an easier manufacturing ability by reducing or eliminating the need to ensure proper alignment of the teeth to project outwardly from the tape dispenser housing.
US11447354B2	Sheet conveying device and image forming apparatus A sheet conveying device includes a blocking member having a blocking surface with which a leading end of a sheet that is being conveyed comes into contact for obliquity correction. The blocking member is rotated by being pushed by the sheet against an urging force of a positioning unit that positions the blocking member to be in the standby position. The blocking member is rotatable to be in a sheet-passage-allowing orientation in which the sheet is allowed to pass. When a trailing end of the sheet that is being conveyed has passed the blocking member, the blocking member that is in the sheet-passage-allowing orientation rotates in a same direction as a sheet conveyance direction and is positioned to be in a standby position.
US11447347B2	Conveyor A conveyor and process for transporting products, wherein a carrier with an associated product holder can be moved along a conveying path by means of a conveyor element. In a processing position, the carrier can be aligned by means of first alignment elements, and second alignment elements are provided for aligning the product holder for disengagement from the carrier.
US11447343B2	Temperature monitor for a conveyor belt A temperature monitor is provided for use on a conveyor belt. The temperature monitor includes a first wall and a second wall. The first wall and the second wall are generally parallel to one another. The temperature monitor also includes a first anchor and a second anchor. The first wall is attached to the first anchor at a first end and the first wall is attached to the second anchor at a second end. The second wall is attached to the first anchor at a first end and the second wall is attached to the second anchor at a second end. The temperature monitor further includes a temperature deformation mechanism defined between the first wall and the second wall. The temperature deformation mechanism is altered in an instance in which a predetermined temperature is reached. A method of manufacturing a temperature monitor and a temperature monitor system are also provided.
US11447341B2	Variable cross-section combine feeder slat A combine feeder slat having a first base, a second base, and a slat body. The bases are located at respective ends of the slat, and have respective upper and lower surfaces. The slat body extends longitudinally and connects the bases. The slat body has a variable profile as viewed along the longitudinal direction, that transitions from a first profile shape at the first base, to an intermediate profile shape between the first base and the second base, to a second profile shape at the second base. The intermediate profile shape includes a front lip, a rear lip, and an upward-facing concave projection that connects the front lip to the rear lip and extends below an attachment plane defined between the first lower surface and the second lower surface. The first base, second base, and slat body are made from a unitary wrought metal part.
US11447313B2	Humidity control system A humidity control system includes a cap including a retention element at an inner surface of the cap, the inner surface of the cap defining an interior volume of the cap, and a package in the interior volume of the cap, the package including a humidity control substance configured to control humidity and a retainer including a sealing interface to enclose the humidity control substance, the retainer being configured to engage the retention element. The package and the inner surface of the cap define a shielded volume.
US11447289B1	Collapsible container A collapsible container includes rigid sidewalls and end walls that are hinged together and a rigid bottom wall that is hinged to one of the sidewalls. A short leg on an end of each of the sidewalls gives the sidewall a L-shape (when viewed from above). Hinges formed on distal ends of the legs enable the bottom wall to fold against an inboard surface of one of the sidewalls, and enable one of the end walls to lie flat to conserve volume for shipping multiple containers in the collapsed configuration.
US11447288B2	Expandable mesh food support A food support tray comprised of an expanded paperboard mesh tray insert for a delivery carton such as a pizza carton or a fresh produce clamshell. The expanded paperboard mesh is adapted for supporting pizza or other food items on the bond peaks of the expanded mesh, thus isolating the food item from oil and juices that could make the fresh food item turn soggy.
US11447282B2	Illuminated door indicator for automated machinery Lighting elements are disposed within the enclosure doors surrounding an automated material handling machine such as a packaging machine. The clear panels in the door are edge-lit so that the entire door window corresponding to the location of the maintenance notice is illuminated a contrasting color to call the operator's quick attention to that portion of the machine.
US11447277B2	Slide measuring system for filling pouches and associated method Systems and methods for metering a granular material for packaging in pouches are disclosed. A system includes a hopper structured and arranged to hold a granular material in a hopper cavity. The system also includes a measuring system including a measuring cavity and a tube that is slidable in the hopper cavity between a first position unaligned with the measuring cavity and a second position over and aligned with the measuring cavity. The measuring system is structured and arranged to move a portion of the granular material from the hopper cavity to the measuring cavity when the tube is in the first position. The measuring system is structured and arranged to move the portion of the granular material from the measuring cavity to a pouch making machine using pressurized gas when the tube is in the second position.
US11447273B1	Orbit determination service Instead of users (e.g., independent owners/operators of different satellites) having to calculate orbit determination for each satellite themselves, an orbit determination service automatically calculates the orbit determination (OD) based on a user request. The calculated OD can then be used by a satellite ground station service to determine appropriate orientations for a ground station antenna in order to communicate with the satellite. In some embodiments, the OD service uses information from the calculations of ODs for multiple satellites and users to update a model used in the OD calculation, for example, to provide a more accurate model for Earth's atmosphere to be applied in subsequent OD calculations. In some embodiments, the OD service uses a user-provided computer-aided drawing (CAD) file of the satellite to produce or tune models specific to the satellite, for example, to generate more accurate models for solar radiation pressure and ballistic drag.
US11447272B2	Interactive electronic checklists for autonomous aircraft A technique relates to interactive aircraft operation. An interactive electronic checklist is selected from a plurality of interactive electronic checklists, the interactive electronic checklists each comprising checklist tasks. It is perceived that one or more of the checklist tasks in the interactive electronic checklist is executable by an autonomous system. The one or more of the checklist tasks is performed using the autonomous system, an operator being designated to perform any other ones of the checklist tasks.
US11447270B2	Track filler and methods for installing the track filler A track filler may include an elongated body. The body may include a first sidewall having a first top end and a first bottom end, and formed along a first side of the body, a second sidewall having a second top end and a second bottom end, and formed along a second side of the body, opposite the first sidewall, and a topwall joining the first top end and the second top end. The body may form at least a partially hollow interior portion, and may also include a plurality of periodic notches along the first bottom end of the first sidewall and the second bottom end of the second sidewall and extending toward the first top end and the second top end, respectively. The body may also include a plurality of periodic grooves extending partially through the topwall, wherein each of the grooves extend from a notch at the first top end to a corresponding notch at the second top end.
US11447254B2	Passenger seat with support structure including offset struts A passenger seat for an aircraft, including a bottom support configured to be connected to a floor of the aircraft, a seat pan frame, and a support structure interconnecting the seat pan frame to the bottom support, the support structure including a front support member pivotally connected to a front end of the seat pan frame, the front support member including a respective strut on each side of the seat pan frame, each respective strut having a bottom end rigidly connected to the bottom support and an opposed top end located under the seat pan frame, the bottom end being inwardly, downwardly and rearwardly offset with respect to the top end.
US11447250B2	Optimized configuration for lower lobe passenger rest cabins A modular lower lobe passenger rest cabin includes passenger rest compartments oriented longitudinally along the roll axis and laterally along the pitch axis. Partial passenger rest compartments are defined by the modular lower lobe passenger rest cabin such that when two modular lower lobe passenger rest cabins are installed in a cargo deck of an aircraft, the partial passenger rest compartments define a single passenger rest compartment or aisle from space that would otherwise be insufficient for the purpose.
US11447245B2	Drone-based goods transportation A container includes a transportation section and a drone section. The drone section has a drone place holder and a door. The drone place holder is accessible when the door is in an open position. The container includes a processor that is programmed to actuate the door to the open position, actuate a drone, fittable in the drone place holder, to fly out of the container, and actuate the drone to transport the container to a destination.
US11447235B2	Unmanned aerial vehicle To provide an unmanned aerial vehicle that eliminates or minimizes the laboriousness involved in optimal pitch adjustment of propellers while eliminating or minimizing complexity and instability in airframe structure and/or flight programs. This object is solved by an unmanned aerial vehicle that is provided with a plurality of rotors and that includes: a center frame that is a central portion of an airframe of the unmanned aerial vehicle; and a plurality of arms extending radially from the center frame in plan view. A plurality of motors that are driving sources of the respective rotors are provided in the center frame. The plurality of rotors are supported by the respective arms. Each arm of the arms has a hollow cylindrical structure. A motive power transmission member configured to transmit a driving force of each motor of the motors to the each rotor is provided in the each arm.
US11447234B2	Aircraft wing and flight control surface A flight control surface with an actuator with an aerodynamic fairing for a swept aircraft wing. The swept aircraft wing includes a movable flight control surface with a hinge line non-perpendicular to the line of flight of the aircraft, and an actuator arm configured to actuate the flight control surface. The actuator arm includes a longitudinal axis substantially aligned with the line of flight, the actuator arm extending at least partially from an outer surface of the aircraft wing, and a fairing arranged on the outer surface of the aircraft wing to at least partially cover the actuator arm. Aligning the actuator arm with the line of flight of the aircraft may allow for an improved fairing to be provided.
US11447233B2	Low load shear out auxiliary support joint A flap support structure incorporates an auxiliary flap support attachment fitting and an auxiliary flap support track. A primary load pin couples the auxiliary support track to the auxiliary flap support attachment fitting and reacts operating loads on the flap. At least one fuse pin extends through the primary load pin to limit translation of the primary load pin relative to the attachment fitting.
US11447227B2	Self-righting aeronautical vehicle and method of use An aeronautical vehicle that rights itself from an inverted state to an upright state has a self-righting frame assembly has a protrusion extending upwardly from a central vertical axis. The protrusion provides an initial instability to begin a self-righting process when the aeronautical vehicle is inverted on a surface. A propulsion system, such as rotor driven by a motor can be mounted in a central void of the self-righting frame assembly and oriented to provide a lifting force. A power supply is mounted in the central void of the self-righting frame assembly and operationally connected to the at least one rotor for rotatably powering the rotor. An electronics assembly is also mounted in the central void of the self-righting frame for receiving remote control commands and is communicatively interconnected to the power supply for remotely controlling the aeronautical vehicle to take off, to fly, and to land on a surface.
US11447226B1	Lighter than air balloon systems and methods Described herein are features for a high altitude lighter-than-air (LTA) system and associated methods. The LTA may include a super-pressure balloon (SPB) and/or a zero-pressure balloon (ZPB). The SPB may include two, three, four or more chambers. There may be more than one SPB. The SPB may use a compressor to provide a variable amount of ballast air by pumping in or expelling out ambient air. The zero-pressure balloon (ZPB) may be attached with the multi-chamber SPB. The ZPB may provide lift for the system. The SPB may include lifting gas and ballast air to provide both lifting and descent functions. The SPB may have an internal barrier separating a lift gas compartment from a variable ballast air compartment.
US11447223B2	Control device for battery of marine vessel, control method therefor, and marine vessel A control device for a battery of a marine vessel recovers a power storage amount of a chargeable lithium ion battery while protecting the same. When an acquired power storage amount of the lithium ion battery becomes equal to or less than a first predetermined power storage amount, a switch to connect the lithium ion battery and a line or a load is turned off. While the switch is off, as an electric power balance on the line, a power inflow amount, a first power outflow amount, and a second power outflow amount are acquired. Based on the electric power balance acquired while the switch is off, whether a chargeable condition in which the lithium ion battery is chargeable is satisfied is determined. When the chargeable condition is satisfied, the switch is turned on.
US11447220B2	Motor assembly having lifting mechanism and watercraft incorporating same A motor assembly having a lifting mechanism and associated watercraft are provided. The lifting mechanism is operable to lift a motor of the motor assembly from a deployed position to a stowed position. A user can then transition the motor from the stowed position back to the deployed position via a user control.
US11447216B2	Floating platform A floating platform is attached to another object. The object may be fixed to the earth or it may be a floating object such as a floating dock or a vessel. The floating platform is held in horizontal position relative to the object to which it is attached, but vertical movement of the floating platform relative to the object is permitted. The object is connected to the floating platform by devices that have blades extending from. Each blade slidably engages a bracket, with the slidable blade permitting horizontal adjustment of the distance of the floating platform from the object during installation of the floating platform. Guide posts or piles slidably engage pile guides mounted to the object, permitting the floating platform to move vertically relative to the object, but fixing the floating platform's horizontal position relative to the object.
US11447207B2	Boat hull drain plug A drain plug for a recreational boat includes a position sensor and an alarm to detect the operating condition of the drain plug and provide a signal indicating that the plug is in an open position. The drain plug includes a drain plug body and a cap. The cap is connected to the drain plug body in such a manner as to be inseparable from the drain plug body.
US11447197B2	Trailer having retractable axles Aspects of the disclosure relate to a trailer having a frame suitable for transporting an item, such as an oil drilling pipe. The trailer includes a plurality of stabilizers for supporting the frame over a surface, at least one axle attached to a plurality of wheels. The trailer further includes an axle pin group includes first and second axle pins interconnected to respective hydraulic cylinders. The trailer further includes leaf springs connected to respective sides of the frame and mounted to the axle. Retraction of the axle pins away from the leaf springs enables movement of the frame with respect to the axle due to the weight of the frame, if the stabilizers are retracted. In this configuration, the frame can be raised and lowered with respect to the surface. Methods of use are also disclosed.
US11447196B2	Robotic leg and robot having the same A robotic leg assembly includes a main body having a first end and an opposite second end, a first servo arranged at the first end of the main body, a second servo connected to the main body and comprising an output shaft, a servo holder arranged at the second end of the main body, a third servo received in the servo holder, and a linkage bar mechanism. Each of a first initial angle of the first rotary member and a second initial angle of the second rotary member is in a predetermined range.
US11447190B2	Structure for reinforcing framework member in vehicle A structure for reinforcing a framework member in a vehicle includes: a resin framework member that constitutes a part of a framework of a vehicle and is formed so as to have a closed cross-section; and a fiber-reinforced-resin reinforcing member. The reinforcing member has a first reinforcing part that is disposed so as to form a substantially U-shaped cross-section including one of surfaces of the framework member extending along the longitudinal direction, and a second reinforcing part that is disposed so as to form a substantially U-shaped cross-section including the other surface of the framework member extending along the longitudinal direction. At a minimum part of the framework member at which the cross-section is smallest, a portion of the first reinforcing part and a portion of the second reinforcing part are laid one on top of the other so as to overlap each other.
US11447184B2	Vehicle body lower structure A vehicle body lower structure may include: a rocker arranged in a lower lateral part of a vehicle body and extending along a front-rear direction of the vehicle body; a power source arranged adjacent to the rocker; a first energy absorbing member arranged under the rocker; a second energy absorbing member arranged between the first energy absorbing member and the power source; and a bracket extending from a bottom of the power source along a vehicle width direction, the bracket being fixed to the second energy absorbing member, wherein the first energy member, the rocker, and the bracket are fixed to each other.
US11447177B2	Damper unit, a damper assembly, methods of making a damper unit and a damper assembly A damper unit for use in a vibration-reducing assembly for a steering wheel is disclosed. An elastomeric damper element is molded on an inner sleeve and includes a plurality of elastomeric ribs forming a radially outer engagement surface, and a plurality of elastomeric support studs, which are mutually spaced in a circumferential direction are flexible in all directions transverse to said axis. Methods for making a damper unit and a damper assembly are also disclosed.
US11447175B2	Steer ratio synchronization for steer-by-wire systems A method for a steer by wire steering system. The method includes determining a difference between a commanded steering ratio and an achieved steering ratio and determining whether the difference between the commanded steering ratio and the achieved steering ratio is greater than a threshold. The method also includes, in response to a determination that the difference between the commanded steering ratio and the achieved steering ratio is greater than the threshold, adjusting the commanded steering ratio to be equal to the achieved steering ratio. The method also includes, in response to a determination that the difference between the commanded steering ratio and the achieved steering ratio is greater than the threshold, selectively adjusting a bandwidth of a filter based on at least one vehicle characteristic of an associated vehicle and adjusting, using the filter, the commanded steering ratio to be equal to a desired steering ratio.
US11447163B2	Train with dual distance counters A control system for a train includes a display unit providing a first display including a plurality of distance counters simultaneously, wherein the plurality of distance counters includes at least a count up counter and a countdown counter. The control system further includes a controller configured to continually increment or decrement at least one of the count up or countdown counters based at least in part on a track distance covered by the train.
US11447160B2	Extraction device for discharging mixed fluid, in particular containing feces, from a collecting tank An extraction device for discharging a mixed fluid, in particular containing feces, from a collecting tank of a rail vehicle comprises a housing having a mixed fluid inlet and a mixed fluid outlet, a flow passage which extends in the housing between the inlet and the outlet, a retaining latch mounted to the housing and adapted to cooperate with a corresponding recess on the collecting tank and is pivotably reciprocal between a locked position and an unlocked position, a shut-off member reciprocable between a release position and a blocking position, and a handling means or actuator mounted to the housing for actuation of the shut-off member. The handling means is operatively connected to the retaining latch in such a way that upon the movement of the retaining latch into the unlocked position the shut-off member is put into the blocking position.
US11447152B2	System and methods for partially instrumented connected automated vehicle highway systems The present technology relates to an intelligent road infrastructure system and, more particularly, to systems and methods for a heterogeneous connected automated vehicle highway (CAVH) network in which the road network has various RSU and TCU/TCC coverages and functionalities. The heterogeneous CAVH network facilitates control and operations for vehicles of various automation level and other road users by implementing various levels of coordinated control among CAVH system entities and providing individual road users with detailed customized information and time-sensitive control instructions, and operations and maintenance services.
US11447151B2	Object detection under rainy conditions for autonomous systems Advanced automotive active-safety systems, in general, and autonomous vehicles, in particular, rely heavily on visual data to classify and localize objects, most notably pedestrians and other nearby cars, to assist the corresponding vehicles maneuver safely in their environment. However, the performance of object detection methods is anticipated to degrade under challenging rainy conditions. Nevertheless, and despite major advancements in the development of deraining approaches, the impact of rain on object detection has largely been understudied, especially in the context of autonomous systems. This disclosure analyzes this problem space and presents an improved system for detecting objects under rainy conditions.
US11447150B2	Comfort-based self-driving planning method A comfort-based self-driving planning method is provided, including the steps of: a) establishing a relationship model of vibration road surface quality and driving comfort on the basis of a vehicle type; b) obtaining road ahead condition parameters, including abnormal condition information, road flatness and road surface anti-slide performance; c) obtaining the road ahead condition parameters, and adjusting a vehicle expected driving trajectory; d) respectively designing vehicle acceleration, deceleration and constant speed processes, and generating a speed change curve; and e) optimizing the speed change curve. Based upon changeable road surface quality and vehicle vibration action mechanism analysis and image-based road surface anti-slide coefficient evaluation technology, a GIS and vehicle-road communication technology are used to acquire road condition parameters, and vehicle acceleration, deceleration and constant speed processes are respectively designed on the basis of changes in the parameters.
US11447147B2	System and method to detect driver behavior and employ driver incentives Embodiments are directed towards the interpretation of driver behavior and communication with autonomous vehicles and incentivizing drivers based on the driver's behavior. A computing device that sits on the dashboard of a vehicle includes at least one camera and circuitry. The computing device captures first images of the driver in the vehicle and second images of an area outside the vehicle. The computing device identifies another vehicle based on an analysis of the second images. The computing device determines a driving behavior of the driver based on an analysis of the first images. The computing device determines if the driving behavior satisfies a positive incentive threshold or a negative incentive threshold. The computing device selects and provides a positive or negative incentive to the driver in response to the driving behavior satisfying the positive incentive threshold or the negative incentive threshold, respectively.
US11447133B2	Brake control system for motor vehicles A brake control system has an electronic control unit such that, when the motor vehicle is at a standstill, an automatic parking brake function can be activated by the control unit. In the presence of an activation condition for the parking brake function, the brake pressure required for this purpose can be determined at least in a manner dependent on the longitudinal inclination and in a manner dependent on an estimated normal force distribution of all of the wheels and/or an estimated capability of all of the wheels to transmit braking and/or drive torque to the underlying surface. Here, the brake pressure can be predefined to be higher the more wheels have a reduced normal force.
US11447128B2	Method and system for operating an on-vehicle LiDAR sensor A spatial monitoring system for a vehicle includes a LiDAR sensor, sensors arranged to monitor ambient environmental states, sensors arranged to monitor vehicle operating conditions, and a controller. The controller includes an instruction set that is executable to monitor the ambient environmental states and the vehicle operating conditions. The LiDAR sensor captures a point cloud, and the instruction set is executable to determine point cloud metrics. Desired control parameters for the LiDAR sensor are determined based upon the ambient environmental conditions, the vehicle operating conditions, and the point cloud metrics, and the LiDAR sensor is controlled based upon the desired control parameters. The LiDAR sensor is controlled to capture an image of a field-of-view proximal to the vehicle based upon the desired control parameters.
US11447126B2	Preemptive chassis control intervention for autonomous vehicle Described herein is a system and method for preemptive chassis control intervention for an autonomous vehicle having a mechanical system and a chassis controller. The chassis controller is configured to output a consumption signal that represents a percentage of an activation threshold consumed by an operation monitored by the chassis controller, wherein the chassis controller is activated to manipulate the mechanical system when the activation threshold is reached. A computing system of the autonomous vehicle receives the consumption signal output by the chassis controller to determine a path plan for the autonomous vehicle based upon the percentage of the activation threshold consumed by the operation monitored by the chassis controller. The computing system further controls the mechanical system to execute the path plan to preempt activation of the chassis controller.
US11447120B2	HEV battery SOC meter and power split usage display Systems and methods are provided for presenting in a hybrid electric vehicle display, proximate to or in some relation to each other, engine power usage, motor-generator power usage, and battery state of charge information. By combining the display of engine power usage, motor-generator power, and battery state of charge information, power distribution and related information may be presented to the operator of a vehicle to explain the vehicle's performance from a power split output and usage perspective. This can provide reassurance or confirmation that the vehicle is operating as it should, identify a problematic condition, etc.
US11447111B2	Brake-motor control unit, braking system for a vehicle having an electric brake motor, and method for the control of the brake-motor control unit A brake motor control device for control of an electric brake motor of an electromechanical braking device includes a connection unit configured to be connected to an auxiliary control unit for controlling the electric brake motor in an event of a fault of the brake motor control device. The electric brake motor is configured to displace a brake piston against a brake disc.
US11447102B1	Adaptive adjustment windshield wiper An adaptive adjustment windshield wiper, comprising a wiper rubber body and an adaptive adjustment mechanism. The adaptive adjustment mechanism comprises an adjusting elastic piece, balance connectors and fixators; the adjusting elastic piece has elastic modulus, the balance connectors are arranged between the adjusting elastic piece and the wiper rubber body; elastic supporting parts are arranged on both sides of the balance connector, and the fixator is flexibly installed between supporting parts of the balance connector. The adaptive adjustment mechanism is installed on the wiper rubber body; elastic pressure of the adjusting elastic piece for the adaptive adjustment mechanism is transferred to the wiper rubber body through the balance connectors so that the wiper rubber body is bent to fit surface of the front windshield; the balance connectors flexibly connected with the adjusting elastic piece through the fixators can adjust balance during move to ensure wiping effects of the windshield wiper.
US11447099B2	Multiplexed antenna circuit network for ultra-high frequency low energy based phone as a key access to a vehicle A system includes antenna circuits void of transceivers, a multiplexer connected to the antenna circuits, a transceiver and a control module. The transceiver is connected to the multiplexer and cycles through the antenna circuits to facilitate determination of a location of a portable access device relative to a vehicle. The transceiver allocates periods of time for each of the antenna circuits and during each period of time exchanges radio frequency signals with the portable access device to obtain timing information associated with transmission of the radio frequency signals or a range estimate of the portable access device relative to the vehicle. The range estimates are estimates of distances between the antenna circuits and the portable access device. The location is determined based on the timing information or the range estimates. The control module, based on the determined location, provides access to the vehicle or control of a vehicle system.
US11447097B1	Control system with wireless control device authorization and related methods A control system is for a vehicle with vehicle devices and a data communications bus extending through the vehicle and coupled to the vehicle devices. The control system may include a vehicle wireless device, and a vehicle controller configured to communicate, via the data communications bus, with a vehicle device based upon an authorized wireless control device, and send a request for authorization, via the vehicle wireless device, of a new wireless control device to be able to operate the vehicle controller. The control system may include a remote wireless device away from the vehicle and configured to receive the request for authorization from the vehicle controller, present the request for authorization to a user, and permit the user to send a response to the request for authorization to the vehicle controller.
US11447092B2	Pedestrian protection apparatus A pedestrian protection apparatus includes a collision prediction unit which predicts a collision of a vehicle with a pedestrian existing forward of the vehicle, a grille which is disposed on a front surface of the vehicle so as to be inclined while rising toward the rear and attached to the vehicle in a state where an upper end portion of the grille is forwardly advanceable, and an actuator mechanism which causes, when the collision prediction unit predicts the collision of the vehicle with the pedestrian, the grille to be moved in such a manner that the upper end portion of the grille is advanced forward by a forward advancing amount greater than that of a lower end portion of the grille.
US11447090B2	Knee protection airbag device A knee protection airbag device is provided with an airbag, an inflator, an airbag cover, and an attachment base to be connected to a vehicle body side member. The airbag cover includes a door portion that allows forming of a protrusion-permitting opening when pushed by the airbag that inflates, a door disposition wall portion that covers a lower portion of the airbag in a folded state, and connecting wall portions that extend upward from front and rear edges of the door disposition wall portion and that are connected to the attachment base. The airbag cover defines an accommodating recess capable of accommodating the airbag that is formed by bending a portion of the recessed grooves for bending that are formed by performing press working on a sheet member made of a non-woven fabric.
US11447080B2	Wire harness retainer assembly and methods for use The present disclosure provides a wire harness retainer assembly. The wire harness retainer assembly includes a stud including a first end and a second end opposite the first end. The stud includes a cavity between the first end and the second end. The stud is configured to receive a wire harness retainer thereon. The wire harness retainer assembly also includes a plug configured to be positioned at least partially within the cavity to lock the wire harness retainer onto the stud.
US11447076B1	Multi-purpose cargo carrier for transporting bicycles and other items by a vehicle A multi-purpose cargo carrier for coupling to a vehicle's tow hitch, carries sturdy bicycles, like mountain bicycles, electric bicycles, and the like, containers, coolers, and small items. The multi-purpose cargo carrier has a tow hitch connecting platform defining a first bicycle lane that receives front and rear wheels of a first bicycle, a second bicycle lane that receives front and rear wheels of a second bicycle, and a storage compartment between the first and second bicycle lanes. A hinged lid covers the storage compartment. A top of the lid defines a support for cargo. A plurality of catches and strap receivers are strategically situated about the platform providing cargo tie down locations. Each bicycle lane has pivoting front and rear wheel holders extending from lateral sides of the platform. Openings in the wheel holders receive portions of the wheels. Extensions of the front wheel holders provide generally vertical wheel stands.
US11447073B2	Smart mirror and hidden compartment assembly for a vehicle Mirror displays, mirror display and compartment assemblies, and methods for making mirror displays are provided. In one example, the mirror display includes a transparent mirror having a front surface facing in a forward direction and a back surface opposite the front surface. When a user is present in front of the front surface, the transparent mirror is configured to reflect a first image of the user from the transparent mirror back towards the user. A display panel is disposed adjacent to the back surface of the transparent mirror and is configured to display a second image that is transmitted through the transparent mirror to be viewable from the front surface.
US11447072B2	Multifunctional rearview mirror A multifunctional rearview mirror includes a casing having first and second receiving spaces. A mirror is mounted to one side of the casing that is formed with the first receiving space. The second receiving space is located under the first receiving space and has a front surface formed with first through-holes. A distance detection and alarm unit is arranged in the second receiving space and includes an ultrasonic distance detection module, an alarm light module, and a buzzer. The ultrasonic distance detection module is eclectically connected with the alarm light module and the buzzer. The alarm light module is arranged in the first through-holes. The ultrasonic distance detection module emits an ultrasonic wave, which is returned to the ultrasonic distance detection module by an object, so that a distance to the object is calculated and the alarm light module and the buzzer are activated according to the distance.
US11447066B2	Lighting device for a motor vehicle headlight The invention relates to a lighting device (1) which comprises an imaging unit (2) which is configured to generate an intermediate light image in an imaging plane (ZBE, ZBE′), wherein each imaging unit (2) is composed of a light source (3) and a collimator optics (4), wherein the collimator optics (4) are designed in such a way that the light emitted by the light source (3) in the imaging plane (ZBE, ZBE′) is imaged as an intermediate light image, and wherein the lighting device (1) comprises a projection lens (5) which has a focal plane (BE), and the imaging unit (2) and the projection device (5) are arranged with respect to one another in such a way that the imaging plane (ZBE, ZBE′) lies substantially in the focal plane (BE) of the at least one projection device (5). According to the invention, the imaging unit (2) is designed as a convergence imaging unit (2) being characterized in that the body (4A) of the collimator optics (4) is designed such that the light, which is coupled into the body (4A) via the light coupling region (41A) form a collimator body light bundle (KLB, KLB′) converging into a common virtual intermediate light image plane (VBE, VBE′), wherein the virtual intermediate light image plane (VBE, VBE′) lies in front of the imaging plane (ZBE, ZBE′) of the convergence imaging unit (2) in the direction of light propagation, and wherein a light exit surface (41C) of the body (4A) is designed in such a way that when the collimator body light bundle (KLB, KLB′) exits from the body (4A), the light beams are deflected at the light exit surface (41C) and are formed into an exit light bundle (ALB, ALB′) such that the light beams of the exit light bundle (ALB, ALB′) form the intermediate light image in the imaging plane (ZBE, ZBE′), which intermediate light image lying in the imaging plane is imaged by the projection device (5) into a region in front of the lighting device (1), e.g. into a traffic area in front of the motor vehicle in the case of a lighting device installed in a motor vehicle, as a light distribution or part of a light distribution.
US11447063B2	Steerable scanning and perception system with active illumination A scanning and perception system for a vehicle camera having an instantaneous field of view (iFOV) and configured to capture an image of an object at a saturation level in the camera's iFOV. The system also includes a light source configured to illuminate the camera's iFOV. The system additionally includes a radar configured to determine the object's velocity and the object's distance from the vehicle, and a mechanism configured to steer the radar and/or the camera. The system also includes an electronic controller programmed to regulate the mechanism and adjust illumination intensity of the light source in response to the saturation level in the image or the determined distance to the object. The controller is also programmed to merge data indicative of the captured image and data indicative of the determined position of the object and classify the object and identify the object's position in response to the merged data.
US11447061B2	Ratchet configurations An apparatus and system for improving rope, strap, tie downs, hooks, and nets is provided. Includes a new design whereby the apparatus has a thick walled body made of nylon, aluminum, or stainless steel with a spool and center hub and axle throughout the spool body frame and handle. The apparatus uses multiple coils to automatically retract strap or rope within the spool hub. It also contains a tangential rib opposing the face wheel. The apparatus may have gears on the radius of the wheel, spring loaded slidable pawl plates, or pivotally rotatable pawls or plates which allow the proper engagement of the wheel ratchet. It may also have rope, strap, or belt that is non-cuttable and corrosion, petrol, and chemical resistant used in tie downs and nets. The apparatus may have a lockable body frame, and/or hooks that are lockable to prevent theft.
US11447053B1	Retractable cup holder A retractable cup holder is provided, including: a main base, disposed with a plurality of guide grooves inside located at different heights, and with a placement surface as a top; a gear set, located inside the main base; at least three surrounding arms, each including a sliding element and a surrounding element connected to each other, the sliding element being located movably in the corresponding guide groove; the plurality of the surrounding elements being erected around the main base, each peripheral gear being positioned corresponding to the sliding element, and the actuating gear meshing with the actuating rack; when one of the surrounding arms moving, the rest of the surrounding arms moving synchronously through the meshed gear set; a stopper; partially restricted in the main base but movable for a short distance; after the stopper engaging a sliding element, the surrounding arm becoming unable to move.
US11447049B2	Vehicle seat structure A vehicle seat structure includes a vehicle seat including a seat cushion and a seatback, and a pushing apparatus provided inside the seatback at a predetermined height. The pushing apparatus includes a pushing portion that, at a time of a vehicle collision in which an occupant sitting on the vehicle seat moves to a seat forward side, pushes a portion of a seat front face of the seatback to the seat forward side.
US11447044B1	Seat support assembly A seat support assembly has a lower member with a first channel extending in a front-back direction of the seat support assembly and an upper member positioned above the lower member and having a second channel extending in the front-back direction. A first linkage has a lower end pivotably coupled to the lower member and translatable in the front-back direction by way of the first channel and an upper end pivotably coupled to the upper member. A second linkage has a lower end pivotably coupled to the lower member and an upper end pivotably coupled to the upper member and translatable in the front-back direction by way of the second channel. The first and second channels are offset from one another in the front-back direction.
US11447041B2	Slide rail device and method of manufacturing the same A slide rail device includes a track member, and a slider unit that includes a slider being slidable along the track member and having a recess which is cooperatively defined by two inner side faces and an inner connecting face connected between the inner side faces, and two block boards fixedly fastened to the inner connecting face. The slide rail device further includes a linear motor unit that includes a rotor connected to the inner connecting face and cooperating with the inner connecting face, the inner side faces and the block boards to define a filling space, and a heat dissipating member that fills the filling space, and that is seamlessly connected between the rotor and the slider unit.
US11447040B2	Side-by-side vehicle The present invention relates to a replacement seat for utility vehicles configured to couple to the frame of the utility vehicle without modifications and/or additional parts.
US11447039B2	Communication seat-type vehicle A communication seat-type vehicle having communication seats arranged at locations to allow the passengers seated thereon to talk face-to-face, four wheels including two front wheels and two rear wheels, a driving source configured to apply driving force to at least one of the four wheels, a steering mechanism configured to steer at least one of the four wheels, and a vehicle body frame which is at least partially provided between front ends of the two front wheels and rear ends of the two rear wheels in the vehicle front-rear direction, and in which a cabin space is provided to accommodate the passengers. The vehicle body frame has a front H-shaped frame structure including a ceiling frame, a floor frame provided directly below the ceiling frame, a front H-shaped frame including two front pillars and a front intermediate transverse frame connecting the two front pillars, and a rear frame including two rear pillars.
US11447033B2	Stackable battery apparatuses and methods of use Landing apparatuses for unmanned aerial vehicles are provided herein. An example battery assembly can include a housing having a top surface, and a bottom surface, wherein the bottom surface of the housing having a receiving interface that receives a first protruding adapter of an associated object. The top surface of the housing having a second protruding adapter that mates with the receiving interface of a second battery assembly, an energy storage unit disposed within the housing, a locking mechanism disposed within the housing, a biasing member that places the locking mechanism in a locked configuration, and a controller having a processor and memory for storing instructions, the processor being configured to execute the instructions to cause the locking mechanism to move into an unlocked configuration.
US11447032B2	Power reception/billing between multiple portable power supply devices A server acquires a reception amount which is an amount of power that a power supply device received from an engine-driven type generator, converts the reception amount into a virtual currency, transmits, to the power supply device, a money transfer instruction in order to instruct a money transfer, to the engine-driven type generator, of a virtual currency that the conversion unit converted the reception amount into. The power supply device generates a money transfer request in order to, in accordance with the money transfer instruction, performs a money transfer of virtual currency to a virtual currency wallet associated with the engine-driven type generator a virtual currency wallet associated with the server, and transmits the money transfer request to a virtual currency network.
US11447030B1	Methods and systems for authentication of an electric aircraft for recharging A method for authentication of an electric aircraft for recharging. The method includes receiving, at a charging connector, an authentication datum from an electric aircraft. The charging connector is configured to mate with an electric aircraft port of the electric aircraft. The method further includes verifying, at a computing device communicatively connected to the charging connector, the authentication datum. The method further includes enabling charging of the electric aircraft, at the charging connector and by the computing device, as a function of the verification of the authentication datum. A system for authentication of an electric aircraft for recharging is also provided.
US11447026B2	Charging system for vehicle and battery charging stop method thereof A charging system for a vehicle and a battery charging stop method thereof may provide a charging system for a vehicle and a battery charging stop method thereof, which may stop the charging of a battery upon failure of a current sensor applied to a three-phase coils of a motor configured for driving a vehicle, preventing the occurrence of the torque caused by operation of the motor.
US11447019B2	Vehicle control device A vehicle control device includes a power storage device, a drive device, a system main relay attached to a power line, and a charge circuit connected to the power line on a side of the drive device from the system main relay. The vehicle control device turns off the system main relay in a power shortage of the power storage device, and store a power shortage state of the power storage device to prohibit reactivation of the system. The vehicle control device, when charging of the power storage device using the charge circuit is requested, determines whether the power shortage state of the power storage device is stored, and when the power shortage state of the power storage device is stored, releases prohibition of system reactivation when an output limit of the power storage device reaches predetermined electric power or more due to charging.
US11447018B2	Path correction of a vehicle relative to projected magnetic flight path Disclosed herein are techniques for guiding a vehicle over a flight path. The techniques include receiving guideway data, such as information corresponding to a track segment, generated by one or more guideway sensors associated with a metallic track, and receiving flight path data, such as a set of 3-D space coordinates for the vehicle. The method further includes determining an amount of deviation between one or more coordinates of the flight path data and a position of the vehicle based on the guideway data, and adjusting the position of the vehicle relative to the track segment to minimize the amount of deviation in at least one dimension in the 3-D space.
US11447009B2	Vehicular infotainment apparatus, method of controlling the same, and vehicle including the same A vehicular infotainment apparatus may include: a display unit configured to display information on a screen; a projection unit disposed proximate to the screen of the display unit, the projection unit being rotatable, movable, and configured to project the information displayed on the screen of the display unit; a driver configured to rotate and move the projection unit; and a controller configured to control operation of the display unit and the driver and to receive a request for rotation of the projection unit. The controller may be further configured to control the driver such that the driver causes the projection unit to rotate or move at a rotation angle corresponding to the request for rotation of the projection unit and to control the display unit such that the display unit modifies the information displayed on the screen of the display unit according to the rotation angle.
US11447003B2	Vehicle power device and wheel bearing device with generator The vehicle power device includes: a wheel bearing including a stationary ring and a rotary ring; and a motor including a stator and a rotor. The stator and the rotor of the motor generator have a smaller diameter than that of an outer peripheral part of the brake rotor, and an entirety of the motor, excluding a mounting part to the hub flange, is located within an axial range between the hub flange and an outboard-side surface of a chassis frame component. An insulating layer is interposed between the stationary ring and the stator.
US11446994B2	Dynamic roof top for truck body and method of operation A dynamic roof top for a truck body and method of assembly is provided. The dynamic roof top comprises at least one dynamic panel having a plurality of wheels for translating the at least one dynamic panel from an extended or closed position to a retracted or opened position and from the retracted or opened position to the extended or closed position. A static panel is included that allows the at least one dynamic panel to obtain and enveloped condition between the dynamic panel and the static panel. A rail system is also provided to allow the dynamic panel to translate from the extended or closed position to a retracted or opened position and from the retracted or open position to the extended or closed position.
US11446992B2	Locking apparatus for flap door of vehicle A locking apparatus for a flap door of a vehicle includes: a body bracket fixed on a vehicle body; a flap bracket fixed on the flap door; a lower side link with a first end connected to the flap bracket and a second end connected to the body bracket; an upper side link with a first end connected to the flap bracket and a second end connected to the body bracket at an upper side of the lower side link; a stopper groove and a stopper protrusion provided on the first end of the upper side link; a locking cam mounted to a rotational shaft of the lower side link relative to the flap bracket, while being in contact with the stopper groove and the stopper protrusion; and a spring installed between the flap bracket and the locking cam to elastically switch a direction of rotating the locking cam.
US11446991B2	Collapsible door frame and fabric cover A collapsible door frame with an extendable fabric cover replaces a factory door for a sport utility vehicle, providing the vehicle for operation without a door while still allowing the drive to assemble and install the collapsible door frame and extend the fabric cover to provide protection from adverse weather conditions.
US11446990B2	Accessory utility vehicle door panel An accessory door panel for a utility vehicle provides a fabric door panel which can be quickly deployed and installed within a utility vehicle for emergency weather use where the utility vehicle has had the factory doors removed at the discretion of the driver. The fabric door panel is fitted to the contours of the door opening and may be stored from an overhead horizontal support member over the door or alternatively stored within a container mounted to the floor at the bottom of the door opening, the door being made of a flexible material that can be stretched across the door opening and anchored at several points along the door frame by independent anchors.
US11446981B2	Vehicle air conditioner Disclosed is a vehicle air conditioning device, which is an air conditioning device using an integrated heat pump system, and in which left and right independent air conditionings can be implemented in a simple structure such that the left and right air volumes may be automatically controlled, the ability to mix hot and cold air is improved, and sufficient space can be secured inside a vehicle.
US11446970B2	Receiver and transmitter unit for tire condition monitoring apparatus A reception control section obtains the rotation angles of wheel assemblies when receiving transmission data by a reception circuit. The reception control section divides 360°, which is the range of the possible rotation angles of the wheel assembly, into equal parts to obtain angle ranges and assigns each of the obtained rotation angles to one of angle ranges. The reception control section derives the angle range in which the number of times (frequency) the obtained rotation angles are included is a maximum value. The reception control section calculates a reception-side angle difference, which is the difference between the median values of the angle ranges in which the number of times the obtained rotation angle is included is a maximum value. The reception control section associates the ID codes with the wheel assemblies based on the correspondence between the reception-side angle difference and the angle difference between specific angles.
US11446969B2	Pressure based wireless sensor and applications thereof A radio frequency identification (RFID) tag includes an antenna, an analog front end, a processing circuit, and memory. The analog front end includes a power circuit, a tuning circuit, a transmitter, and a receiver. The power circuit is operably coupled to convert a radio frequency (RF) signal into a power supply voltage. The tuning circuit, when enabled, adjusts an RF characteristic of the analog front end to tune power harvesting from the RF signal. The transmitter is operably coupled to transmit a response signal to the RFID reader via the antenna. The receiver is operably coupled to receive a command signal from the RFID reader, wherein the command signal is contained within a portion of the RF signal. The processing circuit is operable to interpret the command signal and generate the response signal.
US11446966B2	Tires containing resonating carbon-based microstructures This disclosure provides a tire formed of a body having multiple plies and a tread that surrounds the body. In some implementations, the plies and/or the tread include a resonator that generates a resonant signal in response to being activated by locally generated power or by an externally generated excitation signal. Multiple resonators formed of carbon-containing materials are distributed in the plies and/or tread to respond to changes to the tire by altering a characteristic of the resonant signal. Such alterations include frequency shifting of the resonant signal and/or attenuation of the resonant signal. The resonator can be configured to resonate at a first frequency when a structural characteristic of a respective ply or tread is greater than a level, and to resonate at a second frequency different than the first frequency when the structural characteristic of the respective ply or tread is not greater than the level.
US11446964B2	Tyre A tyre includes a tread portion having a tread surface provided with grooves extending in a tyre axial direction. The grooves each include an opening formed on the tread surface, a minimum portion located inwardly in a tyre radial direction of the opening and having a groove width being locally minimum, and a maximum portion located inwardly in the tyre radial direction of the minimum portion and having a groove width being locally maximum in a region inwardly in the tyre radial direction of the opening.
US11446962B2	Tire A tire comprises a tread portion provided with at least one main groove extending continuously in the tire circumferential direction to axially divide the tread portion into land portions. The land portion is provided with axial grooves extending thereacross in the tire axial direction, and each comprising a radially outer portion and a radially inner portion which is wider than the radially outer portion. The radially outer portion of each of the axial grooves is crossed by one ore more sipes.
US11446957B2	Wheel bearing unit A hybrid connection element, in particular a bearing outer element of a wheel bearing, includes a core part made of steel and a reinforcement part made of plastic. The reinforcement part at least partially encases the core part. The core part includes a hollow cylindrical bearing unit extending in an axial direction and a flange extending in a radial direction. The reinforcement part includes at least one reinforcement rib which transmits force between the bearing unit and the flange of the core part.
US11446944B2	Image forming apparatus and method for controlling image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes a sheet feeder, an image former, an ultrasonic sensor, and a controller. The image former forms an image on a sheet conveyed. The ultrasonic sensor is used to detect the sheet conveyed. The ultrasonic sensor includes a transmitter circuit which sends ultrasonic waves and a receiver circuit which receives the ultrasonic waves. The ultrasonic sensor outputs an output voltage in accordance with a strength of the ultrasonic waves received by the receiver circuit. The controller recognizes a current air pressure based on a magnitude of the output voltage.
US11446941B2	Inkjet apparatus and method for manufacturing functional element using the same An inkjet apparatus includes an inkjet head, a scanning mechanism, a surrounding portion surrounding a predetermined region in which the inkjet head is moved by the scanning mechanism in plan view of the substrate surface and which comprises a height at which a nozzle surface of the inkjet head is disposed in side view of the substrate surface, and a vapor supply portion provided outside the substrate surface and in the region surrounded by the surrounding portion in plan view of the substrate surface. The scanning mechanism is configured to control relative positions of the inkjet head and the substrate surface. The vapor supply portion is configured to supply a vapor of the same material as a component of a solvent contained in the ink to the region surrounded by the surrounding portion.
US11446939B2	Recording device, transport device A recording device includes a recording unit capable of performing recording on a medium, a transporting belt capable of transporting the medium, and a first contact portion and a second contact portion that contact the transporting belt, and are inclined in mutually different directions with respect to a movement direction of the transporting belt, wherein when a direction orthogonal to the movement direction and along the transporting belt is an orthogonal direction, a range, in which the first contact portion and the second contact portion are provided, in the orthogonal direction is wider than a width dimension of the transporting belt in the orthogonal direction, and an interval between the first contact portion and the second contact portion in the orthogonal direction increases in the movement direction.
US11446931B2	Liquid consumption apparatus A controller determines, for each cartridge, whether a remaining amount in a first liquid chamber is smaller than a first liquid amount; in response to determining that a first cartridge exists for which the remaining amount is smaller than the first liquid amount, determines, for each cartridge other than the first cartridge, whether the remaining amount is smaller than a second liquid amount larger than the first liquid amount; in response to determining that a second cartridge exists, determines whether a remaining amount of the second cartridge is smaller than the first liquid amount, the second cartridge having the remaining amount smaller than the second liquid amount; and in response to determining that a particular second cartridge exists, displays a first screen including a first object that prompts replacement of the first cartridge and the particular second cartridge having the remaining amount smaller than the first liquid amount.
US11446925B2	Fluid supply control Examples include a fluid ejection system. The fluid ejection system comprises a fluid supply reservoir, a fluid ejection die, a fluid delivery subsystem, and a control engine. The fluid ejection die comprises nozzles to eject fluid and at least one temperature sensor disposed on the die to sense a temperature of the fluid ejection die. The fluid delivery subsystem fluidly connects the fluid reservoir and the fluid ejection die, and the fluid delivery subsystem comprises at least one valve to regulate conveyance of fluid from the fluid supply reservoir to the fluid ejection die. The control engine controls the at least one valve to thereby regulate conveyance of fluid from the fluid supply reservoir to the fluid ejection die based at least in part on the temperature of the fluid ejection die.
US11446924B2	Liquid ejecting apparatus, drive circuit, and integrated circuit A liquid ejecting apparatus includes an integrated circuit, and a feedback circuit that feeds back a feedback signal. The integrated circuit includes a modulation circuit that output a modulation signal, a constant voltage output circuit that outputs a DC voltage signal, and an input terminal to which the feedback signal is input. The modulation circuit and the constant voltage output circuit are electrically coupled to the input terminal, a first line segment located between the input terminal and the constant voltage output circuit in a first straight line connecting the input terminal and the constant voltage output circuit at a shortest distance does not intersect the modulation circuit, and a second line segment located between the input terminal and the modulation circuit in a second straight line connecting the input terminal and the modulation circuit at a shortest distance does not intersect the constant voltage output circuit.
US11446919B2	Device for alphanumeric labeling of securities A device for the alphanumeric labeling of printed products comprises a shaft mounted in a frame, and around which shaft at least one wheel-shaped or ring-shaped labeling tool is rotatably mounted, which tool carries a number of alphanumeric characters, one behind the other, on its outer circumference. A drive motor, in the form of, for example, a stepper motor, is provided and by which the labeling tool can be rotated around the shaft. The drive motor is linked for signals transmission to one of a data processing and a data storage of a control device, in which an assignment specification between the working positions of the alphanumeric characters or the fields carrying the alphanumeric characters, and step numbers of the stepper motor, is provided. The drive motor is or can be controlled by the control device in terms of a number of steps to be traveled, using this provided assignment specification, to move an alphanumeric character to be printed or the relevant field into a working position.
US11446916B2	Stretch laminate A method to manufacture an elastic laminate is disclosed. Thermoplastic Elastomeric Material (TEM) is selected from a polymer supply and fed into an extruder. The TEM film is extruded by the extruder by passing the TEM polymer through an extrusion die head to form a TEM film layer on a carrier web provided by a carrier supply. The TEM film layer is allowed to solidify on the carrier web, thereby forming a first laminate. The first laminate is stored in a first storage prior to being delivered to a delamination unit, which delaminates the first laminate by separating the TEM layer from the carrier web. The delaminated TEM layer is stretched at least in its Machine Direction (MD) in a stretching station via a plurality of web guide means. The stretched TEM layer is positioned between a first envelope web and optionally a second envelope web prior to being delivered to a bonding unit, which connects them to form a second bonded laminate. The second bonded laminate is unstretched and stored in a second storage for a predetermined time. The stored second bonded laminate is wound under controlled tension to form a roll or spool, thereby forming the elastic laminate.
US11446915B2	Roll-to-roll slot die coating method to create interleaving multi-layered films with chemical slurry coatings An improved method for manufacturing a continuous self-healing barrier film is provided. The method includes slot-die coating opposing sides of a separator substrate with a curing agent slurry and a curable resin slurry using a single-sided coating line or a tandem coating line. The method also includes sequentially interleaving inner and outer protective layers via a continuous roll-to-roll process to create a multi-layered barrier film. The barrier film can optionally be formed into a barrier envelope, and an insulating core material can be inserted into the barrier envelope to define an enclosure. Evacuating and sealing the enclosure along a perimeter of the barrier envelop forms a self-healing vacuum insulation panel with excellent properties for use as a building material and in refrigeration systems, for example. The barrier film can alternatively be used in the manufacture of tires, roofing, cargo containers, food packaging, and pharmaceutical packaging, for example.
US11446904B2	Laminated glass Provided is a laminated glass capable of suppressing multiple images and enhancing the heat shielding properties, and enhancing the uniformity of heat shield properties or color tone between one end side and the other end side of the laminated glass. A laminated glass according to the present invention has one end, and the other end being at the opposite side of the one end and having a thickness larger than a thickness of the one end; the laminated glass includes a first lamination glass member, a second lamination glass member, and an interlayer film arranged between the first lamination glass member and the second lamination glass member; the first lamination glass member has a wedge angle of 0.10 mrad or more; the wedge angle of the first lamination glass member is equal to a wedge angle of the interlayer film or larger than the wedge angle of the interlayer film, and the interlayer film contains a heat shielding substance.
US11446903B2	Multilayer glass panel for a vehicle and method of making the same Disclosed is a multilayer panel, comprising: a center layer comprising graphene, wherein the center layer comprises a first surface and an opposing second surface; a first polymer layer deposited on the first surface of the center layer and a second polymer layer deposited on the second surface of the center layer; and a first glass layer deposited on an outer surface of the first polymer layer and a second glass layer deposited on an outer surface of the second polymer layer; wherein the first polymer layer, the second polymer layer, or any combination(s) thereof comprise carbon filler.
US11446899B2	Transparent film and transparent electrode Provided is a transparent film having advantages such as excellent heat resistance, a birefringence that is not easily affected by the film forming conditions, and being uniform. According to one embodiment, there is provided a transparent film including a resin composition that includes a polycarbonate resin (A) having a structural unit represented by formula (1) and having a photoelastic coefficient of 80×10−12 m2/N or less.
US11446897B2	Double-double composite sub-laminate structures and methods for manufacturing and using the same Disclosed is a sub-laminate module for use in forming a composite laminate structure. The sub-laminate module comprises: a first ply set containing a first ply layer oriented at a first angle and a second ply layer oriented at a second angle, the second angle being equal and opposite the first angle; a second ply set containing a third ply layer oriented at a third angle and a fourth ply layer oriented at a fourth angle, the fourth angle being equal and opposite the third angle; and an acute angle defined by a difference between the first angle and the third angle, wherein the second ply layer is positioned adjacent the third ply layer and the second and third ply layers are both positioned intermediate the first and fourth ply layers, so as to define a double-double helix arrangement. Associated composite laminate structures and methods are also disclosed.
US11446887B2	Method and system for molding of thermoplastic optical polymers Provided herein are methods of molding thermoplastic polymers into optical elements. The optical elements in the form of cylindrical discs, semi-finished lens blanks or finished lenses are compression molded at high temperature typically above thermoplastic polymers softening temperature and under high pressure. The semi-finished lens blanks and finished lenses are molded using front and back glass molds inside a mold assembly which reshapes the cylindrical discs that are either previously molded or cut out from thick slab. Also provided are methods for producing single vision and progressive addition lens prescriptions.
US11446886B2	Method and device for producing a plastic profile Plastic profiles are produced by a pultrusion method. For this, a mold is moved periodically relative to the stationary plastic profile and said profile is held by a holding means and transported away. In particular, the starting and the stopping of the method are problematical, since a tensile stress must be applied, by which both “slack” fibers and “rigid” profiles can be drawn through the mold. The invention creates a method and a device for simple and reliable manufacture of plastic profiles. For this, it is provided that at least one cross section of a receiving space of the at least one holding means is changed along a longitudinal axis of the holding means in order to grasp a reinforcement and/or the plastic profile.
US11446882B2	Shaped bone fiber-based products and a method of manufacture thereof The present invention relates to shaped, bone fiber-based products and methods to make the same.
US11446869B2	Recoating device and method for applying a layer of build material capable of solidification on a working surface A recoater for applying a layer of build material capable of solidification on a working surface, wherein the recoater comprises a discharge port and a flattening member, wherein the discharge port is configured to discharge build material to form a heap of build material ahead of the flattening member, wherein the flattening member is configured to spread material from the heap of build material along the working surface in order to form the layer of build material on top of the working surface through a gap formed between a lower surface of the flattening member and the working surface by relative movement of the flattening member and the working surface, wherein the recoater further includes a shutter distanced from the discharge port, wherein the shutter is configured to be movable between a closed position in which build material is not dispensed onto the working surface, and an opened position in which build material is dispensed onto the working surface, wherein the shutter is configured to close an adjacent area ahead of the lower surface of the flattening member in the closed position.
US11446865B2	Print head for a 3D printer, with improved control The invention relates to a print head (10) for a 3D printer (1), comprising a feed zone (11) with a feed (12) for feedstock (20) with variable viscosity, a melting zone (14) comprising a heating element (15) and an outlet opening (16) for the liquid phase (22) of said feedstock (20), as well as a conveyor device (30) for conveying the feedstock (20) from the feed zone (11) into the melting zone (14), said conveyor device (30) comprising a plunger (31) that can be inserted into said feed zone (11).
US11446862B2	Sacrificial layers in selective deposition-based additive manufacturing of parts A method of operating a selective deposition-based additive manufacturing system capable of building a three-dimensional (3D) part includes developing a first layer using at least one electrostatographic engine, conveying the first layer from the at least one EP engine to a transfusion assembly, determining an anticipated transfusion overlay error for the first layer, determining whether the anticipated transfusion overlay error exceeds an overlay error specification, discarding the first layer after determining that the anticipated transfusion overlay error exceeds the overlay error specification, developing a successive layer using the at least one electrostatographic engine, conveying the successive layer from the at least one electrostatographic engine to the transfusion assembly, and transfusing the successive layer on a part build surface using the transfusion assembly to build the 3D part in a layer-by-layer manner on a part build platform.
US11446855B2	Method and apparatus for integral double-walled container structures A method and apparatus for the formation of double-walled containers includes two integrally connected containers extending in the same direction with an air gap between them, stretch-blow moulded as single bodies out of thermoplastic material, and suitable for mass-production. A thermoplastic tubular blank is formed and then heat-conditioned. The heat-conditioned tubular blank is then mechanically stretched longitudinally and blow-formed outwards by gas pressure to form first and second containers. A piston and mould cavity cooperate to further mould the containers such that the second smaller container side wall(s) are at least substantially not in contact with the second container shaped mould cavity set and may be inverted inside-out, while the second smaller container bottom wall at least substantially does not invert, in order for the second smaller container to become a substantially mirror-image inverted second smaller container extending in the same direction as, and interior to, the first container.
US11446852B2	Hand-held three-dimensional drawing device An apparatus including a three-dimensional (3D) drawing pen can permit a user to draw in free space to form a 3D object. The 3D drawing pen can include a housing, an actuator, and a nozzle assembly. The housing is configured to receive material therein and fit in a user's hand. The actuator is coupled to the housing and is configured to control a movement of the material. The nozzle assembly is configured to permit the material to be extruded to permit the user to form the three-dimensional object.
US11446850B2	Method and apparatus for injection molding of plastic materials A method for injection molding of plastic materials into a cavity of a mold by means of a molding apparatus including at least one injector having a pin valve displaceable between a fully closed position and a maximum opening position, and vice versa, in a controlled fashion in respect of its position and speed. In the opening displacement from the fully closed position to the maximum opening position, the pin valve is initially moved at a first speed and subsequently at a second speed, where the first speed is the highest opening displacement speed of the pin valve.
US11446849B2	Method of forming an article Method of forming an article from a molten plastic composition including a polymer and a blowing agent. The method provides that during an injecting step (c) and a packing step (d), the injection pressure and the packing pressure, respectively, are maintained above a minimum pressure threshold in at least one second region of the cavity to maintain the physical blowing agent as a gas dissolved in the polymer so that substantially no gas bubbles are formed in the at least one second region, during a mould opening step (e), at least some of the molten plastic composition is exposed to an external pressure lower than a minimum pressure threshold to form in the article at least one first portion having expanded cellular foam formed from the plastic composition, and prior to the opening step (e), the plastic composition in the at least one second region of the cavity has been cooled so as to be fully solidified to form in the article at least one second portion having a substantially homogeneous, solid phase, unexpanded plastic composition.
US11446842B2	Portable construction mixer A portable mixer that has a first auger, a second auger, a motor, a material loading location, where material may be loaded into the mixer, and a dispensing conduit. The motor powers both the first auger and second auger. Further, the second auger may rotate in a first rotational direction and a second rotational direction and the second auger substantially prevents material from exiting a dispensing conduit when the second auger rotates in the first rotational direction and the second auger distributes material through the dispensing conduit when the second auger rotates in the second rotational direction.
US11446836B2	Razor with rotatable head A two way razor is disclosed having a handle, a bracket, and a shaving head mounting dual opposing shaving cartridges each comprising a plurality of razor blades, and a swivel mechanism disposed between the handle and the bracket for exchanging the positions of the first and second cartridges' positions, the swivel mechanism comprising first and second disks where a first disk has two projections at opposite ends and a second disk has two recesses at opposite ends, such that the projections and recesses engage to lock the bracket in first and second orientations with respect to the handle.
US11446834B2	Trigger knife A trigger knife, including a knife housing, a knife holder, a blade, an elastic part, a trigger, a linkage assembly, a connecting plate. When the trigger is rotated outwards, the elastic part is deformed, and the linkage assembly drives the connecting plate to move and enables the knife holder to move to a first blade ejection position. When one end of the blade is lifted, the knife holder is enabled to fit with an inner wall of the knife housing, the knife holder to move to a second blade ejection position, and the connecting plate is fastened onto the knife housing and separated from the knife holder. When the end of the blade is moved down, the knife holder is enabled to move down, the elastic part is restored from the deformation to enable the knife holder to move to a rebound position.
US11446830B2	Fastening device for a supply hose and/or a supply line for fastening to an industrial-robot arm A fastening device is useful for at least one supply hose and/or at least one supply line for fastening to an industrial-robot arm with a holder, an assignable holder unit for the supply hose and/or the supply line, and a lockable tensioning element. The holder is arranged on the lockable tensioning element so that the holder, by the tensioning element being clasped and locked around the industrial-robot arm, can be fastened and/or positioned flexibly on the industrial-robot arm and thus in the event of the holder being connected to the assignable holding unit the supply hose and/or the supply line can be oriented in a specific manner.
US11446825B2	Method for estimating a direction of gravity with respect to a robot A method, system, and non-transitory, computer-readable medium are provided for estimating a direction of gravity with respect to a robot. The method includes rotating a first joint. A first torque information of the first joint is recorded during rotation of the first joint. A second joint is then rotated. A second torque information of the second joint is recorded during rotation of the second joint. The direction of gravity is then estimated with respect to the robot based on the first torque information and the second torque information. The method provides an efficient way for determining the direction of gravity with respect to the robot.
US11446824B2	Palletizing control device, system and method and storage medium The present disclosure relates to a palletizing control device, system, method and storage medium, and relates to the technical field of logistics. A palletizing control device includes: a prestage position generation module configured to generate a prestage position of an article to be palletized by respectively shifting a placement position of the article to be palletized along a horizontal palletizing direction by a horizontal offset corresponding to the article to be palletized and along a vertical palletizing direction by a vertical offset corresponding to the article to be palletized; and a path generation module configured to generate movement path information representing a straight path from the prestage position of the article to be palletized to the placement position of the article to be palletized.
US11446822B2	Simulation device that simulates operation of robot A simulation device simulates a robot device including two two-dimensional cameras. The simulation device includes a setting point arrangement unit which arranges a plurality of setting points on a surface of a workpiece model, and a distance calculation unit which calculates distances from a three-dimensional sensor model to each of the setting points. The simulation device includes a three-dimensional information generating unit which generates three-dimensional information including positions of the setting points and distances from the three-dimensional sensor model to the setting points. The simulation device includes an exclusion unit which excludes the setting point that is not visible from the camera models. The simulation device changes a position and orientation of a robot model on the basis of the three-dimensional information.
US11446820B2	Robot path generating device and robot system To generate a more appropriate path, provided is a robot path generation device including circuitry configured to: hold a track planning module learning data set, in which a plurality of pieces of path data generated based on a motion constraint condition of a robot, and evaluation value data, which corresponds to each of the plurality of pieces path data and is a measure under a predetermined evaluation criterion, are associated with each other; and generate, based on a result of a machine learning process that is based on the track planning module learning data set, a path of the robot between a set start point and a set end point, which are freely set.
US11446812B2	Cable-driven robot A cable-driven robot has a base, a platform movable with respect to the base, a plurality of motors mounted on the base, and a plurality of movement cables of the platform each fixed at a first end at a respective fixing point to the platform and at a second end thereof to a respective motor. The robot further includes a shaft rotatably mounted on the platform, a supplementary movement cable, and a supplementary activating motor mounted at a respective position on the base. The supplementary movement cable is fixed, at a first end, to the supplementary activating motor and is wound with a portion of its length on the shaft.
US11446811B2	Robot A robot includes a mobile robot provided with driving wheels, a frame provided in the mobile robot, a housing having an opening formed therein, a drawer guide having a fixed bracket installed in the housing and a moving bracket moving along the fixed bracket and drawable out through the opening, and a drawer mounted on the moving bracket to be inserted into the housing or drawn out of the housing.
US11446808B1	Trowel protector accessory The trowel protector accessory is configured for use with a trowel. The trowel protector accessory is a guard that attaches to the trowel. The trowel protector accessory encloses a plurality of lateral faces of the trowel. The trowel protector accessory prevents the edges of the trowel from causing inadvertent damage. The trowel is stored within the trowel protector accessory. The trowel is removed from the trowel when the trowel is in use. The trowel protector accessory comprises the trowel and the edge guard. The edge guard encloses the plurality of lateral faces of the trowel when the trowel is stored.
US11446795B2	Double-sided, detachable wrench A double-sided, detachable tool includes a first tool half and a second tool half. The first tool half has a first tool head on a first end, a first stepped profile on a bottom surface, and a latch protruding from the bottom surface. The second tool half has a second tool head on its first end, a second stepped profile on its bottom surface, and a latching aperture extending through the second tool half from its top side to the bottom side. The latch is inserted into the latching aperture to connect the first tool half to the second tool half and is removed from the latching aperture to detach the first tool half from the second tool half. The transitions from the stepped profiles to the seconds ends of the tool halves create a substantially flush surface therebetween.
US11446789B2	Portable work holding device and assembly A work holding device includes a first jaw piece having an elongated first connection member for connecting the work holding device to a support. The first connection member defines a first passage. A second jaw piece has an elongated second connection member positionable within the first passage. The second connection member defines a second passage in communication with the first passage. A spindle assembly movably couples the second jaw piece to the first jaw piece. The spindle assembly is configured to move the second jaw piece with respect to the first jaw piece to create a clamping pressure when an object is placed between the first jaw piece and the second jaw piece.
US11446785B2	Methods to clean chemical mechanical polishing systems Provided herein are chemical-mechanical planarization (CMP) systems and methods to reduce metal particle pollution on dressing disks and polishing pads. Such methods may include contacting a dressing disk and at least one conductive element with an electrolyte solution and applying direct current (DC) power to the dressing disk and the at least one conductive element.
US11446781B2	Control device for machine tool and machine tool A control device for a machine tool and a machine tool capable of easily performing cutting with vibration according to the amount of feed is provided. A control device (180) for a machine tool comprises a control means (181) for controlling the relative rotation and feeding of a cutting tool and a material, the control means performing control such that cutting is performed with vibrating the cutting tool relative to the material by combining a forward feed movement in the machining direction, in which the cutting tool machines the material, and a return movement in the counter-machining direction. A return position calculation section (191) for calculating a return position of the cutting tool at time when one vibration is completed on the basis of the number of vibrations and an amount of feed that are predetermined for one rotation of the cutting tool or the material, a forward feed setting section (192) for setting the forward feed movement on the basis of one or more change point setting values that determine a change point from the machining direction to the counter-machining direction, and making the cutting tool reach the determined change point, and a return movement setting means (193) for setting a pulse-like signal that is output as a command for the return movement so that the cutting tool reaches the calculated return position at time when one vibration is completed are included.
US11446769B2	Laser cutting apparatus and method and method of manufacturing display panel by using laser cutting method A laser cutting apparatus and method, and a method of manufacturing a display panel by using a laser cutting method are provided. A laser cutting method includes: providing a panel in which a second substrate is stacked on a first substrate including a conductive wiring; and removing a portion of the second substrate to expose the conductive wiring by emitting a laser beam to the second substrate, and the laser beam is emitted to the second substrate at an incident angle equal to or greater than a threshold angle at which total reflection occurs in the second substrate.
US11446768B2	Laser wire processing device A wire guide and a laser wire-processing device that includes a wire guide are provided. The laser wire-processing device includes a housing and an aperture in a side of the housing, wherein the aperture defines a longitudinal axis that is substantially perpendicular to the aperture. The laser wire-processing device also includes a backstop arranged in the housing and aligned with the longitudinal axis, the backstop defining a wire-contact surface in a facing relationship with the aperture. The laser wire-processing device also includes a wire guide arranged in the housing to manipulate a wire inserted through the aperture into a desired position relative to the longitudinal axis between the aperture and the backstop. The laser wire-processing device also includes a laser operable to direct a laser beam toward an insulation layer of the wire. The wire guide could be a tube arranged in the device or a backstop guide.
US11446762B2	Laser irradiation apparatus, laser irradiation method, and method of manufacturing semiconductor device A laser irradiation apparatus (1) according to one embodiment irradiates a workpiece (16) with a laser beam (15) while conveying the workpiece (16) caused to float with the use of a flotation unit (10). The flotation unit (10) includes precision float regions (11a, 11b) and rough float regions (13a to 13j). The precision float regions (11a, 11b) are configured to cause the workpiece (16) to float by utilizing ejection and suction of a gas, and the rough float regions are configured to cause the workpiece (16) to float by utilizing ejection of a gas without suction of a gas.
US11446748B2	Machining ball tracks and guide webs of an inner joint part Machining ball tracks and guiding webs of an inner part for a constant velocity joint in a clamping arrangement includes mechanical machining of at least one first ball track in a first rotational position; rotating the articulated inner part into a second rotational position for machining at least one further ball track; wherein at least one guiding web is mechanically machined during the rotating of the inner joint part from the first rotational position into the second rotational position. A corresponding device is used for machining ball tracks and guiding webs of an inner joint part.
US11446747B2	Systems and methods for calculating usage of power tools with a sensor tag A method includes measuring raw sensor information of a tool over a period of time with a sensor tag coupled to an external surface of the tool. The method also includes determining one or more events of the tool based on the raw sensor information and calculating an aggregate time for each type of event from the one or more events determined over the period of time. The method also includes wirelessly transmitting a history of the one or more events from the sensor tag to a remote computing device. The history comprises the aggregate time for each type of event from the one or more types of events over the period of time.
US11446734B2	Casting nozzle A casting nozzle for use in the casting of molten metal produces a stable flow pattern having an elongated section in the horizontal plane. The bore cross-sectional area contains, from entry to exit, at least two significant section area reductions to reduce turbulence, realign streamlines and affect flow distribution inside the nozzle. The bore cross-section has a local minimum value in a contraction section located between the entry section and an expansion section. Bore cross-sectional area decreases from the expansion section to the lower end of the nozzle. The two significant cross-sectional area reductions cooperate with other structures within the bore to stabilize flow.
US11446733B2	One-piece feeder body for use while casting metals The invention relates to a single-part feeder body for use as a feeder insert or component of a two-part or multi-part feeder insert in metal casting, having a feeder wall which at least partially delimits a feeder cavity for receiving liquid metal, wherein the feeder wall has an inner surface facing toward the feeder cavity, an outer surface for bearing against a mold material that surrounds the feeder body in certain regions, and a passage opening for the liquid metal into the feeder cavity, wherein the feeder wall has, on the inside, one, two or more material recesses for forming one or more outwardly protruding projections on the metal solidifying within the feeder cavity.
US11446730B2	Method and apparatus for sealing a metallic container with a metallic end closure An apparatus includes a tool operable to releasably join a metallic end closure to a metallic container. In one embodiment, the tool is configured to form a thread in the closure and the container. The tool may optionally crimp the closure to the container. Once sealed, the container can be opened by rotating the closure in an opening direction. The closure can subsequently re-close the container by rotating the closure in a closing direction.
US11446727B2	Low-gloss metal plate and method for fabricating the same A low-gloss metal plate includes a metal body and a plurality of metal pattern units. The metal body has a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other. The plurality of metal pattern units protrude from the first surface and are arranged to form a regular pattern. One of the plurality of metal pattern units has a top, a base and a sidewall. The base at least partially overlaps with the first surface. The sidewall connects the top with the base and forms an angle less than 60° with the base.
US11446726B2	Metal fastening die assembly A metal fastening or joining apparatus is provided. In another aspect, a single piece die guard includes an integral die shield section and an integral retainer section, wherein a die anvil can be removed, and the die shield section has a low height and a small lateral square width. A further aspect employs a generally square peripheral shape for a die shield within which is an anvil and movable die blades, which are operable to fasten or join sheet metal workpieces together in an interlocking manner. In still another aspect, a projecting and/or peripheral orientation structure is on a backside of a workpiece fastening die assembly which allows for anvil reorientation without the need to also reorient a laterally surrounding die shield and retainer.

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