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US11455450B1	System and method for performing sign-off timing analysis of electronic circuit designs Embodiments include herein are directed towards a method for dynamic voltage and frequency scaling (DVFS) based timing signoff associated with an electronic design environment. Embodiments may include receiving, using a processor, an electronic design and specifying, via a graphical user interface, a voltage sweep for each power net associated with the electronic design. Embodiments may further include specifying, via the graphical user interface, at least one voltage sweep to be excluded from analysis. Embodiments may also include automatically generating DVFS configurations based upon, at least in part, the voltage sweep for each power net and the at least one voltage sweep to be excluded from analysis.
US11455448B2	Method for analyzing electromigration (EM) in integrated circuit Methods for analyzing electromigration (EM) in an integrated circuit (IC) are provided. The layout of the IC is obtained. A metal segment is selected from the layout according to a current simulation result of the IC. EM rule is kept on the metal segment when a single via is formed over and in contact with the metal segment in the layout. The EM rule is relaxed on the metal segment when two first vias are formed over and in contact with the metal segment in the layout. The two first vias have the same current direction.
US11455446B2	Electric circuits drafting method Described is a method for drafting and displaying electrical circuits based on libraries containing items or speech codes corresponding to the various types of electrical components, the items are made up of alphanumeric codes through which it is possible to unequivocally identify each single electrical component and the method comprises the steps of viewing on a PC screen a control unit of the electrical circuit in the middle of a work area, viewing on the PC screen further electrical components, connected directly or indirectly to the control unit, around the above-mentioned control unit, grouping the views according to a level structure, where each level represents a component or device and contains a structure of sub-levels, setting and grouping a plurality of components or devices which have to be highlighted with respect to others, through graphic animations on the PC screen.
US11455445B2	Method and system for non-intrusively inspecting a fluidic channel A method is provided for non-intrusively determining cross-sectional variation of a fluidic channel. The method includes creating a pressure pulse in a fluidic channel using a hammer to strike an external surface of a fluidic channel. The method also includes sensing, by one or more sensors, reflections of the pressure pulse; and obtaining, from the one or more sensors, a measured pressure profile based on the sensed reflections of the pressure pulse. A forward model of cross-sectional variation of the fluidic channel is generated based on a baseline simulation. Using the forward model, a simulated pressure profile is generated. Using the measured pressure profile and the simulated pressure profile, an error is determined. When the error is outside a predetermined threshold, the forward model is updated based on the error. An estimate of cross-sectional variation of the fluidic channel based on the forward model is displayed.
US11455443B1	Methods and systems for designing image processing devices A computer-implemented method for designing an image processing device includes defining a loss function within a simulation space composed of a plurality of voxels; defining an initial structure for one or more physical features of a metasurface and one or more architectural features of a neural network in the simulation space; determining, using a computer system, values for at least one structural parameter, and/or at least one functional parameter for the one or more physical features and at least one architectural parameter for the one or more architectural features, using a numerical solver to solve Maxwell's equations so that a loss determined according to the loss function is within a threshold loss; defining a final structure of the metasurface based on the values for the one or more structural parameters; and defining a final structure of the neural network based on the values for the at least one architectural parameter.
US11455439B2	Neural network force field computational algorithms for molecular dynamics computer simulations A computational method for simulating the motion of elements within a multi-element system using a neural network force field (NNFF). The method includes receiving a combination of a number of rotationally-invariant features and a number of rotationally-covariant features of a local environment of the multi-element system; and predicting a force vector for each element within the multi-element system based on the combination of the number of rotationally-invariant features, the number of rotationally-covariant features, and the NNFF, to obtain a simulated motion of the elements within the multi-element system.
US11455438B2	Methods for topology optimization using a membership variable Methods for multi-component topology optimization for composite structures are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of designing a structure by computer-implemented topology optimization includes establishing a plurality of design points within a design domain and establishing at least a first orientation field and a second orientation field. The method further includes assigning values for the one or more membership fields, the one or more density fields, the first orientation field and the second orientation field, and projecting the values onto a simulation model. The method includes achieving convergence of an objective function for a design variable by iteratively executing a topology optimization of the simulation model using the values. Each design point of the plurality of design points is a member of no component or a member of one of the first component and the second component.
US11455427B2	Systems, methods, and apparatuses for implementing a privacy-preserving social media data outsourcing model In accordance with embodiments disclosed herein, there are provided methods and systems for implementing a privacy-preserving social media data outsourcing model. For example, there is disclosed a Data Services Provider (DSP) Framework system, which includes a receive interface to receive an unperturbed social media data set having social media data corresponding to each of a plurality of users represented therein; a data privacy engine to map the received unperturbed social media data set into a high-dimensional user-keyword matrix connecting each of the plurality of users represented with multi-variable keywords corresponding to each user's social media data within the unperturbed social media data set; the data privacy engine further to inject controlled noise generate as output, a perturbed user-keyword matrix which protects each of the plurality of users' privacy during a statistical query against the perturbed user-keyword matrix having the social media data of the plurality of users embodied therein by preventing an attacker from (i) inferring whether a targeted user by the attacker is one of the plurality of users or (ii) inferring whether any record is associated with the targeted user. Other related embodiments are disclosed.
US11455419B2	Annotations for privacy-sensitive user content in user applications Systems, methods, and software for data privacy annotation frameworks for user applications are provided herein. An exemplary method includes identifying content elements among user content in a user data file that contain sensitive data corresponding to one or more predetermined data schemes. During a content edit process for the user content in a user application, the method includes controlling presentation of annotation indicators for one or more of the content elements based at least in part on a quantity of the content elements that contain the sensitive data.
US11455418B2	Assembling and evaluating automated assistant responses for privacy concerns Automated assistant responses may be assembled and/or evaluated to address privacy concerns. A free-form natural language input may be received from a first user and may include a request for information pertaining to a second user. Multiple data sources may be identified that are accessible by an automated assistant to retrieve data associated with the second user. The multiple data sources may collectively include sufficient data to formulate a natural language response to the request. Respective privacy scores associated with the multiple data sources may be used to determine an aggregate privacy score associated with responding to the request. The natural language response may then be output at a client device operated by the first user in response to a determination that the aggregate privacy score associated with the natural language response satisfies a privacy criterion established for the second user with respect to the first user.
US11455417B2	Data processing methods, apparatuses, and devices Embodiments of the present specification disclose data processing methods, apparatuses, and devices. One method comprises: obtaining an acquisition request for target data of a data owner; determining a trusted application (TAPP) for generating the target data based on decentralized identifier document (DID Doc) information of the data owner in response to the acquisition request; sending, to the TAPP, a target data generation request to use the TAPP to process data of the data owner obtained from a trusted institution; and receiving a processing result from the TAPP in response to the target data generation request.
US11455408B2	Information processing device and non-transitory computer readable medium An information processing device is shared by multiple organizations having different information protection policies, the information processing device including: a specifying unit that specifies an organization to which a user using the information processing device belongs, before identifying the user; and an application unit that applies an information protection policy corresponding to the organization specified by the specifying unit, to the information processing device.
US11455403B2	Privacy-preserving document sharing An example operation may include one or more of receiving, by a document processor node, a document comprising a document identifier (ID) and a document type, generating, by the document processor node, at least one hashed attribute for sharing of the document based on the document ID and the document type, acquiring, by the document processor node, a list of documents and corresponding document owners to be linked to the document based on the at least one hashed attribute, and creating a plurality of linked documents based on the list of the documents.
US11455386B2	Authentication based on image classification Computer technology for sending an image a device to be authenticated. The image is designed to be classified to a first category by an image classifier, and the first category is different from a nature category of the image. A response message can be received from the device. The response message indicates a second category of the image determined by the device. Then, the device is determined to be an authorized device in response to the second category being consistent with the first category.
US11455383B2	Supervised and unsupervised techniques for motion classification A system and method are disclosed for identifying a user based on the classification of user movement data. An identity verification system receives a sequence of motion data characterizing movements performed by a target user. The sequence of motion data is received as a point cloud of the motion data. The point cloud is input a machine-learned model trained based on manually labeled point clusters of a training set of motion data that each represent a movement. The machine-learned model identifies a movement represented by the point cloud of the motion data and assigns a label describing the movement the point cloud. The system generates a labeled representation of the sequence of motion data comprising the label identifying a portion of the sequence of motion data corresponding to the identified movement.
US11455379B2	Control system and method thereof for secure manufacturing A control system and method thereof for secure manufacturing, comprising a source end, a verification end, and a production end. Providing a source file, the source end encrypting and signing the source file to generate a transfer file and to generate an authorization information simultaneously, the transfer file being transferred to the production end, and the authorization information being transferred to the verification end. After the production end is authorized by the verification end, the transfer file is verified and decrypted, and can be re-encrypted or not re-encrypted to be written into a product or to generate a product.
US11455374B2	System and method for combining differentiable partial differential equation solvers and graph neural networks for fluid flow prediction A computer-implemented method includes receiving a coarse mesh input that includes a first set of nodes, wherein the coarse mesh is input to a computational fluid dynamics solver with physical parameters to obtain a coarse mesh solution, receiving a fine mesh input that is of a second set of nodes, wherein the second set of nodes includes more nodes than the first set of nodes, concatenating the fine mesh input with the physical parameters and run the concatenation through a graph convolution layer to obtain a fine mesh hidden layer, upsampling the coarse mesh solution to obtain a coarse mesh upsample including a same number of nodes as the second set of nodes, and outputting a prediction in response to at least the coarse mesh upsample.
US11455372B2	Parameter estimation apparatus, parameter estimation method, and computer-readable recording medium A parameter estimation apparatus 10 is an apparatus for calculating a threshold for separating a plurality of data points into outliers and inliers and estimating a parameter fitting the inliers. The parameter estimation apparatus 10 includes: a parameter estimation unit 13 configured to estimate the parameter by using the plurality of data points as input; a threshold setting unit 14 configured to calculate the threshold based on statistical information of residuals of the data points; and a convergence determination unit 15 configured to determine whether or not convergence of the estimation of the parameter is reached based on the estimated parameter and the calculated threshold, and to cause the parameter estimation unit 13 and the threshold setting unit 14 to each execute processing again if the convergence determination unit 15 determines that convergence is not reached.
US11455365B2	Data processing method and apparatus A data processing method includes implementing data transfer between a website having a data processing permission and a website having no data processing permission by using the website having the data processing permission and in a cross-domain manner of a double-layered inline frame when the website having no data processing permission is accessed and data processing is performed in a page of the website; and calling a data processing interface of the website having the data processing permission to perform the data processing.
US11455361B2	Query entity-experience classification The technology described herein makes improved use of limited screen space on a search results page by determining whether to present a question-and-answer experience and/or an entity details experience. This determination effects the amount of information presented and the format in which it is presented. In general, the question-and-answer experience provides less information and is more targeted to a question and query terms other than the entity. In contrast, the entity details experience provides more information about the entity that is not tailored to the query beyond the entity being included in the query. In one aspect, the determination of whether to show a question-and-answer experience and/or an entity details experience is based, at least in part, on an entity-details intent classification score (“intent classification score”) generated by a machine classification system. The classification score may be processed in combination with other criteria to make a final determination.
US11455345B2	Collaboration environments that support offline edits of shared documents Document collaboration methods and systems that allow multiple users to create and edit a document are described. Such methods and systems can support devices that receive and process edits to one or more documents while the devices are off-line relative to a document collaboration service. These methods and systems can use a network based storage system (e.g., a “cloud storage platform”) to store a document (e.g., “cloud storage document”) that represents a recent collaboration state of the document based upon edits received from users who are (or have been) using the document collaboration service while one or more other users are off-line.
US11455344B2	Computer implemented system and method for geographic subject extraction for short text A computer implemented method for estimating a geographic location (geotag) from one or more short texts is described. Geo-tagging a short text post involves first determining location candidates from parsing text and then determining location resolutions (eg city, state) for each location candidate. Typically there are multiple resolutions for each candidate and then location resolution disambiguation is performed to identify the correct resolution from the set of potential resolutions This may be achieved by using context provided by other candidates within the post, as well as additional geographic context derived from the post author and their network. In particular, anchor locations may be obtained from metadata associated with the post to assist in resolution disambiguation.
US11455335B2	Image retrieval using interactive natural language dialog A search engine is modified to perform increasingly precise image searching using iterative Natural Language (NL) interactions. From an NL search input, the modification extracts a set of input features, which includes a set of response features corresponding to an NL statement in the NL search input and a set of image features from a seed image in the NL search input. The modification performs image analysis on an image result in a result set of a query including at least some of the input features. In a next iteration of NL interactions, at least some of the result set is provided. An NL response in the iteration is added to a cumulative NL basis, and a revised result set is provided, which includes a new image result corresponding to a new response feature extracted from the cumulative NL basis.
US11455331B2	Device, system and method for anonymously comparing query images to reference images A device, system and method for anonymously comparing query images to reference images is provided. A computing device receives, from at least one camera, a query image. The computing device generates a query characteristic vector associated with the query image. The computing device applies a mathematical operator on the query characteristic vector to obtain a query vector. The computing device compares the query vector to a reference vector, the reference vector obtained by applying a complementary mathematical operator on a reference characteristic vector associated with a reference image, the complementary mathematical operator comprising a complement of the mathematical operator. The computing device, in response to the comparing indicating a match between the query vector and the reference vector, provides a notification of the match.
US11455319B2	Merkle tree forest for synchronizing data buckets of unlimited size in object storage systems Embodiments extend using sparse Merkle trees for smart synchronization of S3 buckets by overcoming fixed size limitations through creating another Merkle tree when the fixed size limit of the first tree is exceeded, and creating yet another tree when the second tree is filled up, and so on as needed. The method maintains a list of trees, in which each tree can be synchronized separately by keeping a strict division to trees according to generation number. The generation is passed from a source site to a target site during replication operations. The tagging of the generation number also makes it easy and efficient to remove an older version of an element or deal with deleted elements. This allows efficient syncing between two data object buckets without a size limitation on number of elements in a bucket.
US11455316B2	Modification of data in a time-series data lake Techniques are disclosed relating to the modification of data in a time-series data lake. For example, in various embodiments, the disclosed techniques include a cloud-based service that maintains a time-series data lake that includes, for an organization, a time-series representation of data from one or more of the organization's data sources. The cloud-based service may receive a request to modify data associated with a particular user of the organization. As a non-limiting example, this request may correspond to a “Right to Be Forgotten” request from the particular user. This request may include one or more search parameters and an indication of one or more modifications to be performed. Based on the request, the cloud-based service may parse the time-series data lake to identify a subset of data that matches the one or more search parameters and perform the requested modifications on the subset of data in the time-series data lake.
US11455313B2	Systems and methods for intelligent prospect identification using online resources and neural network processing to classify organizations based on published materials In an illustrative embodiment, methods and systems for identifying prospective new clients based upon review of current clients include accessing a book of business of a user of a transactional platform to identify current clients, identifying, key terms relevant to each of the clients, automatically performing Internet searches, each search using different groupings of the key terms, automatically deriving from web sites of the search results information regarding a number of prospects, and presenting prospect information to the user. The key terms may be identified through performing web searches and web scraping of online information related to the current clients. The clients may be categorized based upon organizational attributes prior to searching. An initial set or sets of key terms may be filtered through performing a number of data analyses on the key terms.
US11455307B2	Workload-based sampling A system includes determination of a plurality of queries of a workload, determination of a data source comprising a plurality of data rows, and determination of a sample data source based on a cardinality of each of the plurality of queries with respect to the data source and an estimated cardinality of each of the plurality of queries with respect to the data source, wherein the estimated cardinality of a query with respect to the data source is determined based on the sample data source.
US11455306B2	Query classification and processing using neural network based machine learning Techniques are described herein for leveraging recurrent neural networks for query processing. In some embodiments, a query analytic system determines a sequence of tokens for at least a portion of a query and determines a vector representation for each token. The query analytic system further generates, using a neural network based on the sequence of tokens, a performance prediction associated with executing at least the portion of the query, wherein the neural network assigns at least a first weight for at least a first token in the sequence of tokens based at least in part on at least a second token that preceded the token in the sequence. The query analytic system further triggers a responsive action, such as triggering an alert and/or tuning the query, based at least in part on the performance prediction.
US11455302B2	Distributed histogram computation framework using data stream sketches and samples Methods for distributed histogram computation in a framework utilizing data stream sketches and samples are performed by systems and devices. Distributions of large data sets are scanned once and processed by a computing pool, without sorting, to generate local sketches and value samples of each distribution. The local sketches and samples are utilized to construct local histograms on which cardinality estimates are obtained for query plan generation of distributed queries against distributions. Local statistics of distributions are also merged and consolidated to construct a global histogram representative of the entire data set. The global histogram is utilized to determine a cardinality estimation for query plan generation of incoming queries against the entire data set. The addition of new data to a data set or distribution involves a scan of the new data from which new statistics are generated and then merged with existing statistics for a new global histogram.
US11455301B1	Method and system for identifying entities Some embodiments provide a program that identifies an entity having an entity attribute. The program receives, from each method of several methods, a set of candidate identity attributes that are each for identifying a particular entity having the entity attribute specified in the document. Each method of the several methods generates the corresponding set of candidate identity attributes based on the entity attribute specified in a document. The program calculates a score for each candidate identity attribute in the sets of candidate identity attributes. The program identifies, based on the sets of scores, an identity attribute from the sets of candidate identity attributes that identifies the entity having the entity attribute specified in the document.
US11455297B2	Managing transaction requests in ledger systems Disclosed herein are methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for managing transaction requests in ledger systems. One of the methods includes: receiving a plurality of transaction requests by a computing system, each of the plurality of transaction requests including content information of a corresponding transaction and authentication information of the corresponding transaction, storing each of the plurality of transaction requests in a request stream by the computing system, obtaining storage information of a transaction request of the plurality of transaction requests in the request stream by the computing system, and storing the storage information of the transaction request in an index of an index stream and authentication information of a transaction corresponding to the transaction request in a storage element of a storage stream by the computing system, the storage element corresponding to the index, the index stream being associated with the storage stream.
US11455296B1	Offline structured data entry and data access on a mobile device A digital data processing system includes a server digital data processor that maintains (i) one or more tables, each comprising records or other structured data (collectively, “records”), (ii) a schema for each of the remote app and of one or more of the tables dedicated to or associated with the app, where each schema comprises a collection of metadata for the respective app or table. A client digital data processor is at least intermittently connected for communications with the server, and a remote app executes on that client digital data processor. The app includes instructions to cause that digital data processor request a record from one of the tables, to update data in that record and to request storage of the update back to that table. The remote app utilizes the schemas to prefetch data from the one or more tables dedicated to or associated with the app.
US11455295B2	Electronic document workflow Provided are embodiments of electronic document processing that include a workflow engine executing a workflow that includes verifying material data of an electronic document, providing a verified copy of the electronic document to a reviewer for review and, in response to receiving approval of the electronic document from the reviewer, obtaining a digital signature of material data of the electronic document from the reviewer. The workflow may include a similar process for multiple reviewers, and providing the electronic document to a processor for processing.
US11455294B2	Information lifecycle management notification framework According to some embodiments, systems and methods are provided, comprising a data uniformity framework module; a data uniformity framework processor in communication with the data uniformity framework module and operative to execute processor-executable process steps to cause the system to: receive an indication that an action event was executed at a primary application; extract one or one or more key data elements affected by the execution of the action event; log the extracted one or more key data elements in a notification log; receive a request from a secondary application for the logged data; transmit the logged data to the secondary application; and manipulate secondary application data that corresponds to the logged data to replace the secondary application data with the logged data. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US11455290B1	Streaming database change data from distributed storage Techniques for distributed database storage utilizing split volume types for redo log records and change log records are described. A database engine sends redo log data to a first set of page storage nodes and change log data to a second set of tuple storage nodes, where the change log data is stored in an indexed manner Client access to change log data may be provided through a separate set of streaming storage servers instead of through the database engine.
US11455283B2	Candidate element selection using significance metric values Techniques and solutions are described for determining a set of elements of a second set that may correspond to a given element of a first set of elements. The elements can be, in specific examples, components of a database system, such as tables (or entities), attributes, or records. Significance metric values are calculated for elements in the first and second sets. The significance metric values can be a number of records in an entity or a number of read or write access operations for an entity or for a record of an entity. A significance metric value for the given element can be used at least in part to select elements of the second set as potential match candidates, based at least in part on significance metric values for elements of the second set. Selecting elements can include selecting elements based on a window of elements of the second set or a range of significance metric values.
US11455282B1	System for queuing backup operations in a deduplicating storage system A system for queuing deduplication backup operations comprises an input interface and a processor. The input interface configured to receive a request to perform a deduplication backup operation. The processor is configured to: a) determine a backup operation queue; b) determine whether the deduplication backup operation is at the head of the backup operation queue; c) determine whether the deduplication backup operation is qualified to be executed; and d) in the event the deduplication backup operation is qualified to be executed, execute the deduplication backup operation.
US11455281B2	Generating and morphing a collection of files in a folder/sub-folder structure that collectively has desired dedupability, compression, clustering and commonality One example method includes receiving a set of filesystem parameters, creating a simulated filesystem based on the filesystem parameters, receiving a set of target characteristics for a file collection, based on the target characteristics, slicing a datastream into a grouping of data slices, populating the simulated files with the data slices to create the file collection and forward or reverse morphing the file collection from one generation to another without rewriting the entire file collection.
US11455274B2	Method and system for analyzing data in a database A method and system analyze data in a database. The method and system include defining a plurality of set of rules, wherein each set of rules corresponds to a predictive model, storing the each set of rules corresponding to the predictive model in a library as a user-defined function and calling the user-defined function via a standard sequel language.
US11455267B1	Calibration method for current detection and protection mechanism and calibration device using same A calibration device includes a main control unit, an interface conversion unit and an electronic load generation unit. The electronic load generation unit provides an electronic load, so that a USB control chip generates a constant load current. The USB control chip uses at least one preset conversion parameter to generate an analog-to-digital conversion value according to the constant load current. The main control unit generates a to-be-calibrated output current according to the analog-to-digital conversion value. The main control unit generates at least one calibrated conversion parameter according to the constant load current and the to-be-calibrated output current. The USB control chip uses the at least one calibrated conversion parameter to generate a calibrated analog-to-digital conversion value, so that an over current protection mechanism is accurately enabled.
US11455258B2	Method and system for data validation using memristors A system and method for generating encryption keys on multiple devices, without transferring the keys. At least one sender memristor is set using at least one sender setting value. At least one sender reading value is applied to the at least one sender memristor to generate at least one sender output value. A string of characters is determined from the at least one output value based on a sender table. Data is encrypted with the string of characters. The encrypted data is transmitted to a receiver through a first channel. The at least one sender setting value or the at least one sender reading value or both is transmitted to the receiver through a second channel different from the first channel. The at least one sender setting value or the at least one sender reading value or both is applied to at least one receiver memristor to generate at least one receiver output value. A receiver table is used to determine the string of characters from the at least one receiver output value. The encrypted data is decrypted with the string of characters from the receiver table.
US11455253B2	Set indexing for first-level and second-level set-associative cache An apparatus comprises first-level and second-level set-associative caches each comprising the same number of sets of cache entries. Indexing circuitry generates, based on a lookup address, a set index identifying which set of the first-level set-associative cache or the second-level set-associative cache is a selected set of cache entries to be looked up for information associated with the lookup address. The indexing circuitry generates the set index using an indexing scheme which maps the lookup address to the same set index for both the first-level set-associative cache and the second-level set-associative cache. This can make migration of cached information between the cache levels more efficient, which can be particularly useful for caches with high access frequency, such as branch target buffers for a branch predictor.
US11455252B2	Multi-class multi-label classification using clustered singular decision trees for hardware adaptation Techniques for generating a model for predicting when different hybrid prefetcher configurations should be used are disclosed. Techniques for using the model to predict when different hybrid prefetcher configurations should be used are also disclosed. The techniques for generating the model include obtaining a set of input data, and generating trees based on the training data. Each tree is associated with a different hybrid prefetcher configuration and the trees output certainty scores for the associated hybrid prefetcher configuration based on hardware feature measurements. To decide on a hybrid prefetcher configuration to use, a prefetcher traverses multiple trees to obtain certainty scores for different hybrid prefetcher configurations and identifies a hybrid prefetcher configuration to used based on a comparison of the certainty scores.
US11455249B2	Storage device for performing dump operation, method of operating storage device, computing system including storage device and host device for controlling storage device, and method of operating computing system Provided herein may be a storage device, a method of operating the storage device, a computing system including the storage device and a host device for controlling the storage device, and a method of operating the computing system. A memory controller may include a host interface configured to receive bad block information on one or more bad blocks of a second memory device from a host device; and a bad block processor configured to store data of one or more source bad blocks of the first memory device in one or more available memory blocks of the first memory device by controlling the first memory device, the source bad blocks of the first memory device corresponding to the bad block information, the available memory blocks being different from the source bad blocks.
US11455248B2	Semiconductor device capable of performing software lock-step A semiconductor device performs a software lock-step. The semiconductor device includes a first circuit group including a first Intellectual Property (IP) to be operated in a first address space, a first bus, and a first memory, a second circuit group including a second IP to be operated in a second address space, a second bus, and a second memory, a third bus connectable to a third memory, and a transfer control circuit coupled to the first to third buses. when the software lock-step is performed, the second circuit group converts an access address from the second IP to the second memory such that an address assigned to the second memory in the second address space is a same as an address assigned to the first memory in the first address space.
US11455241B2	Data management method applicable to data storage device A memory management method applicable to a data storage device is provided. The memory management method includes steps of: requesting a private memory space from a host; recording a reserved memory space given by the host; dividing a mapping table into a plurality of sub-mapping tables; determining whether a capacity of the reserved memory space is sufficient to store the sub-mapping tables; and if yes, uploading the sub-mapping tables to the reserved memory space via an interface logic.
US11455238B2	Systems and methods for testing software applications Methods and systems are presented for testing software applications in a production-like environment that simulates real-world failures of production environments. A production environment has production applications and databases configured to process user requests from users for conducting transactions with a service provider. A testing system provides an intermediate interface that enables a software application operating in the test environment to access at least one of a production application or a production database. The intermediate interface can be configured based on different failure configurations to simulate production component failures in the production environment. Failure injection and randomized failure modes can be employed, including for network-related failures (latency, dropped packets, connections, etc.) that might occur in the production environment.
US11455235B2	Online query execution using a big data framework Techniques are disclosed relating to the execution of queries in an online manner. For example, in some embodiments, a server system may include a distributed computing system that, in turn, includes a distributed storage system operable to store transaction data associated with a plurality of users, and a distributed computing engine operable to perform distributed processing jobs based on the transaction data. In various embodiments, the server system preemptively creates a compute session on the distributed computing engine, where the compute session provides access to various functionalities of the distributed computing engine. The distributed computing engine may then use these preemptively created compute sessions to execute queries (e.g., for end users of the server system) against the transaction data and return the results dataset to the requesting users in an online manner.
US11455231B2	Testing as a service for cloud gaming Technology is described for Testing as a Service (TaaS) for a video game. In one embodiment, a method includes an operation for receiving a game application for testing for one or more bugs. The method further provides for executing, by an automated game testing module, a plurality of automated sessions of the game session while implementing testing inputs for the plurality of automated sessions, the testing inputs include control inputs, game states, system parameters and network parameters. The method further includes operations for detecting an occurrence of a bug during the said executing the plurality of sessions for generating a snapshot file including a portion of the control inputs, the game state data, and a video component associated with the occurrence of the bug.
US11455226B2	Uninterrupted power supply (UPS) with power management for self-service terminals (SSTs) An Uninterrupted Power Supply (UPS) is provided. The UPS comprises Alternating Current (AC) power ports, communication ports, a battery to supply Direct Current (DC) power, a display, a surge controller, a wireless transceiver, a processor, and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having executable instructions. The executable instructions when executed by the processor gathers coarse-grain and fine-grain power consumption metrics for a terminal plugged into an AC power port and the battery. The metrics displayed on the display and provided to user-operated devices over the wireless transceiver. User-operated devices include user interfaces that customer configure the executable instructions of the UPS for custom gathering of the metrics, custom aggregation of the metrics, custom reporting the metrics, and custom displaying of the metrics on the display.
US11455217B2	Transaction consistency query support for replicated data from recovery log to external data stores Transaction consistency query support is available for replicated data from recovery log to external data stores. An external data store is populated with records using entries of a change data table. The change data table has entries for each transaction that has committed and is to be replicated, and each of the entries stores information for each log entry in a recovery log from a database management system. Each log entry identifies a transactional change of data and a transaction completion indicator of one of commit and abort. In response to receiving a query about a transaction of the transactions, a set of records are retrieved from the external data store for the transaction. From the set of records, records whose sequence identifier values are larger than a maximum transaction commit sequence identifier are removed. From the set of records, remaining records having transaction consistency are returned.
US11455205B2	Systems and methods for pause-correct-replay workflow customization This disclosure pertains to systems and methods that allow users to specifically detect and correct errors within workflows quickly, efficiently, and with minimal repercussions. Once the error is corrected, users have the option to continue the workflow from the point of failure or from a point prior to the point of failure, while also having the option to bypass completed actions and/or other actions in a workflow. The improved communication technology comprises functionality that pauses relevant workflows or processes as soon as the error is detected and while it is corrected. The disclosure also improves communication technology between the networks and servers of separate parties relevant and/or dependent on successful execution of other workflows or processes; allowing for effective understanding, implementation, and engagement of business processes across organizational boundaries.
US11455201B2	Method and system for data transmission and reception of display device The present embodiment relates to a method and a system for data transmission and reception of a display device and, more specifically, to a method and a system for repeatedly checking whether an error has occurred in a data driving device configuration for high-speed communication when driving the display device to prevent the image quality degradation due to the configuration error.
US11455200B2	System and method for executing a notification service A system and method are provided for executing a notification service. The method includes accessing, via a communications module, a first repository of event data stored by an event monitoring layer connected to at least one entity in an enterprise, the first repository of event data being asynchronously updated by the event monitoring layer on an ongoing basis by the at least one entity communicating with the event monitoring layer. The method also includes detecting, by accessing the first repository of event data via the communications module, an actionable item requiring a notification. The method also includes accessing, via the communications module, a second repository comprising at least one of rules, hierarchies and thresholds, to determine at least one parameter for the notification. The method also includes sending the notification via the communications module to at least one client device user according to the at least one parameter.
US11455195B2	Workload-based cognitive dynamic computing system optimization A technique for dynamically adjusting a configuration of a computing system includes determining, during execution of a workload on the computing system, one or more characteristics of the workload. A system configuration from a plurality of system configurations available for the computing system is selected based on the one or more characteristics of the workload. A current configuration of the computing system is adjusted according to the selected system configuration, during the execution of the workload.
US11455190B2	Implicit status in many task computing An apparatus includes a processor to: within a performance container, execute a performance routine to derive an order of performance of tasks of a job flow based on dependencies, begin performing the tasks, and store, within a job queue, a job performance status indication including task performance statuses; identify a set of sub flows within the job flow based on branches in the job flow; correlate each of the task performance statuses to a corresponding sub flow performance status; reduce the job performance status indication size by, for each sub flow in which all tasks have been completed, replace the corresponding task performance statuses with the corresponding sub flow performance status of completed, and for each sub flow with no task performed, replace the corresponding task performance statuses with the corresponding sub flow performance status of not executed; and transmit the job performance status indication to the requesting device.
US11455188B2	System and method for increasing robustness of heterogeneous computing systems Disclosed is a method for task pruning that can be utilized in existing resource allocation systems to improve the systems' robustness without requiring changing to existing mapping heuristics. The pruning mechanism leverages a probability model, which calculates the probability of a task competing before its deadline in the presence of task dropping, and only schedules tasks that are likely to succeed. Pruning tasks whose chance of success is low improves the chance of success for other tasks. Tasks that are unlikely to succeed are either deferred from current scheduling event or are preemptively dropped from the system. The pruning method can benefit service providers by allowing them to utilize their resources more efficiently and use them only for tasks that can meet their deadlines. The pruning method further helps end users by making the system more robust in allowing more tasks to complete on time.
US11455181B1	Cross-network connector appliances A provider may receive a request to enable communications between applications running on network-computing platforms operated by different providers. A virtual machine image comprising instructions for a network connector appliance may be retrieved, transmitted, and installed on a virtual machine host in the third-party network. The virtual machine image may be selected based on its containing instructions needed to operate within the third-party network. When the instructions are executed, messages transmitted on the third-party network may be transmitted to an endpoint in the central network. Messages received at the endpoint may be forwarded to other network connector appliances.
US11455177B1	Hierarchical data binding for industrial control systems A system provides a design interface for designing and implementing graphical user interfaces that users can access through web browsers. Depending on the configuration of the graphical user interfaces, the users may be able to monitor and control industrial processes by interacting with components that correspond to the industrial processes as displayed in user interfaces at client devices. The design interface includes functionality for selecting preprogrammed components, or for generating new components for display. The design interface further allows designers to associate data values received from a variety of sources with properties of the components in the user interfaces. In particular, properties associated with a component of an interface are stored in property tree structures, making dynamic changes to the components possible. Data bindings between subtrees representing components and sets of data from industrial and other sources allows for designs that scale with the availability of the data.
US11455175B2	Transparently remote execution of development tool extensions Enhancements described support transparent remote execution of development tool extensions. Compute-intensive extensions may be executed on an extension machine external to a developer machine which runs a user interface renderer of the development tool. User interface extensions may run locally. Instead of sharing a filesystem, the renderer on the developer machine and an extension host and extension(s) on the extension machine may access distinct respective machine filesystems. Instead of spawning debug extension and other extension-support processes locally, the renderer may instruct the extension host or an extension host agent to spawn the processes remotely on the extension machine. Existing extensions and newly created extensions are binary-compatible with single-machine or multi-machine development tool deployments. Project files remain inside a firewalled and data-loss-prevention environment while being fully accessible to authorized developers working remotely and to operations performed by language servers, debug adapters, and tool extensions.
US11455170B2	Processing devices and distributed processing systems The present application pertains to a processing device or a distributed processing system using the processing device. The processing device comprises an instruction parsing module configured to receive a data processing instruction indicating a predetermined data processing operation on target data, wherein the data processing instruction comprises a task type field, a data processing operation field, and a data address field; and determine whether the data processing instruction carries the target data according to the task type field; and a data processing module performing the predetermined data processing operation on the target data according to the data processing operation field; wherein, when the data processing instruction carries the target data, the data processing module receives the target data carried by the data processing instruction from the instruction parsing module to perform the predetermined data processing operation on the target data; when the data processing instruction carries the storage address of the target data in the storage module, the processing device accesses the storage module according to the storage address and obtains the target data stored in the storage module.
US11455168B1	Batch building for deep learning training workloads Batch building for artificial intelligence workflows, including: issuing, responsive to a request for a batch of data objects, requests to a data repository for multiple data objects stored among one or more directories; selecting, in accordance with a batch building policy, a subset of data objects based on one or more responses to the requests; and providing, to the artificial intelligence workflow, a batch of data objects that includes the subset of data objects.
US11455160B1	Simultaneous operation of a networked device using multiple disparate networks Performing at least one of transmitting a request for an update responsive to at least one of at least two applications executing on a network device via at least one available network connection, wherein the network device utilizes at least two network adapters and the first network adapter is configured for transmitting the request for the update, via a first network connection, and the second network adapter is configured for transmitting a confirmation request requesting the update, via a second network connection, wherein the second network connection is a faster data connection than the first network connection, and downloading the update for the at least two applications via the second network connection.
US11455157B2	Display device and firmware updating method thereof A display device includes a display panel, a first storage device, a second storage device and a control device. The first storage device is disposed on the display panel and stores a first firmware. The second storage device stores a second firmware. The control device is coupled to the first storage device and the second storage device. The control device reads the first firmware and uses the first firmware to update the second firmware, or receives a third firmware transmitted by a host terminal device and uses the third firmware to update the second firmware. The control device executes the updated second firmware to generate an image signal corresponding to the updated second firmware to the display panel. Therefore, the efficiency of updating the firmware of the display device may be effectively increased, and the convenience of use is increased.
US11455153B2	Dynamic instances semantics A computing system includes a processor and a memory storing instructions for a compiler that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to generate a control flow graph of program source code by receiving the program source code in the compiler, in the compiler, generating a structure point representation based on the received program source code by inserting into the program source code a set of structure points including an anchor structure point and a join structure point associated with the anchor structure point, and based on the structure point representation, generating the control flow graph including a plurality of blocks each representing a portion of the program source code. In the control flow graph, a block A between the anchor structure point and the join structure point post-dominates each of the one or more divergent branches between the anchor structure point and the join structure point.
US11455137B2	Systems and methods for virtual and augmented reality Disclosed herein are systems and methods for distributed computing and/or networking for mixed reality systems. A method may include capturing an image via a camera of a head-wearable device. Inertial data may be captured via an inertial measurement unit of the head-wearable device. A position of the head-wearable device can be estimated based on the image and the inertial data via one or more processors of the head-wearable device. The image can be transmitted to a remote server. A neural network can be trained based on the image via the remote server. A trained neural network can be transmitted to the head-wearable device.
US11455136B2	Information processing apparatus and non-transitory computer readable medium An information processing apparatus includes a control unit. The control unit changes between a first setting and a second setting of a collaborative function, the second setting being different from the first setting, at least one of a display position of an image and display of connection between images, the image and the images each being associated with a function to be used for the collaborative function.
US11455135B2	Image forming system, image forming apparatus, mobile terminal device, and computer-readable non-transitory recording medium The image forming apparatus includes a display device, (a) generates a preview image corresponding to a target image to be printed, (b) generates an encoded image by encoding the preview image, and (c) displays the encoded image on the display device without displaying the preview image. The mobile terminal device (a) optically captures an encoded image displayed on the image forming device, (b) acquires a preview image by decoding the captured encoded image, and (c) displays the acquired preview image.
US11455133B2	Information processing apparatus including setting screen, control method therefor, and storage medium An information processing apparatus capable of providing an appropriate IP address to a mobile terminal in which a network service discovery protocol does not function. The information processing apparatus has a plurality of lines assigned with different pieces of address information, and is configured to transmit short-range wireless-communication information, in which address information regarding one line out of the plurality of lines is set, to a communication destination via short-range wireless communication. The information processing apparatus comprises a setting unit configured to preferentially set, into the short-range wireless-communication information, address information regarding a line, out of the plurality of lines, in which a relay device for performing intercommunication between different protocols is provided between the information processing apparatus and the communication destination.
US11455132B2	Printer and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing computer-readable instructions for printer A printer may accept a print instruction; start printing of a code image on a print medium; control an operation state of the printer, wherein in a case where the printing of the code image is completed after the printing of the code image has been started, the operation state of the printer is controlled to be a respondent state, and in a case where the printing of the code image is not completed due to an error occurring after the printing of the code image has been started, the operation state of the printer is controlled to be a non-respondent state; receive an authentication request from a first external device; send the authentication response to the first external device; receive connection information from the first external device; and establish, by using the connection information, a wireless connection between the printer and a second external device.
US11455131B2	Printing apparatus and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing program for controlling printing based on print settings A printing apparatus that receives user's instructions for a plurality of print settings and controls printing performs individual error display indicating prohibition near display of print settings for n print settings having a prohibition relationship, n being one or more, and does not perform the individual error display near display of the print settings for m print settings having the prohibition relationship, m being one or more.
US11455120B2	Memory system and operating method thereof A memory system may include: a memory device comprising a plurality of channels, a plurality of dies coupled to the respective channels, and a plurality of super blocks; and a controller suitable for controlling the memory device, wherein the controller includes: a detector suitable for searching for a first available reserved block in a first die, when a bad block has occurred in the first die which is coupled to a first channel and belongs to a first super block group, and searching for a second available reserved block in a second die which is coupled to the first channel and belongs to a second super block group when the first available reserved block is not present in the first die; and an assignor suitable for replacing the bad block with the second available reserved block when the second available reserved block is present.
US11455108B2	Method and device for controlling storage format of on-chip storage resource The present application provides a method and a device for controlling a storage format of an on-chip storage resource, the method for controlling the storage format of the on-chip storage resource includes: while mapping a neural network model to a many-core system, generating an on-chip storage resource of each processing core in the many-core system, and storing the on-chip storage resource into a specified file; and parsing out a storage format of the on-chip storage resource based on the specified file, obtaining occupied storage space of each processing core, and adjusting the storage format of the on-chip storage resource of each processing core based on the occupied storage space of each processing core.
US11455107B2	Managing sequential write performance consistency for memory devices A method is implemented for a memory sub-system that detects a sequential write pattern in a write sequence for a memory device in a set of commands received from a host, detects current bandwidth utilization deviating from a write bandwidth utilization performance target, in response to detecting the sequential write pattern, and adjusts write bandwidth utilization to conform to the write bandwidth utilization target, in response to detecting the current bandwidth utilization deviating from the write bandwidth utilization performance target.
US11455098B2	Host techniques for stacked memory systems Techniques are provided for operating a memory package and more specifically to increasing bandwidth of a system having stacked memory. In an example, a system can include a storage device having a first type of volatile memory and a second type of volatile memory, and a host device coupled to the storage device. The host device can issue commands to the storage device to store and retrieve information of the system. The host device can include a memory map of the storage device and latency information associated with each command of the commands. The host can sort and schedule pending commands according to the latency information and can intermix commands for the first type of volatile memory and commands for the second type of volatile memory to maintain a high utilization or efficiency of a data interface between the host device and the storage device.
US11455097B2	Resource monitoring in a distributed storage system A distributed electronic storage system (DESS) comprises a plurality of computing devices communicatively coupled via one or more network links and having a file system distributed among them. The DESS comprises management circuitry that resides on the first computing device. The management circuitry is operable to generate an indication of a load on a first resource that resides on the first computing device. The management circuitry is operable to receive, via the one or more network links, an indication of a load on a second resource that resides on a second computing device of the plurality of computing devices. The management circuitry is operable to determine a condition of the DESS based on the indication of the load on the first resource and the indication of the load on the second resource.
US11455092B2	Method and system for monitoring and controlling operational settings in a bathing system A method, device and system for displaying, via a user interface, an ambiance setting for a bathing system. The user interface is configured to display at least one display page on a display screen. The method comprises displaying on the display screen, a plurality of ambiance settings selectable by a user of the user interface, receiving, at a processor, an indication of a selected ambiance setting from the plurality of ambiance settings displayed on the display screen and in response to the selected ambiance setting, displaying on the display screen a first operational setting for at least one first type of bathing unit component and a second operational setting for at least one second type of bathing unit component. The first operational setting and the second operational setting are pre-programmed in association with the selected ambiance setting.
US11455089B1	Smart mapping Systems and methods are disclosed for smart mapping, including dynamically recalculating a heatmap of displayed map entries based on changes to a map displayed on a viewport. In certain embodiments, a method may comprise providing a display of a map on a user interface, determining selected geographic tiles depicted on the display, and loading selected data corresponding to map entries from the selected geographic tiles only. The method may further comprise generating a heatmap on the display based on comparing the selected data, determining changes at the user interface resulting in a different set of geographic tiles depicted on the display, and dynamically generating a new heatmap based on the changes.
US11455087B2	Generating search commands based on field-value pair selections In embodiments of field value search drill down, a search system exposes a search interface that displays one or more events returned as a search result set. A field-value pair can be emphasized in the field-value pairs of an event displayed in the search interface, and a menu is displayed with search options that are selectable to operate on the emphasized field-value pair of the event. The menu includes the search options to add search criteria of the emphasized field-value pair to a search command in a search bar of the search interface, exclude the search criteria of the emphasized field-value pair from a search, or create a new data search based on the emphasized field-value pair. A selection of one of the search options in the menu can be received, and the search command in the search bar is updated based on the search option that is selected.
US11455083B2	Electronic apparatus and control method thereof A control method of an electronic apparatus is provided. The control method includes: displaying, on a display of the electronic apparatus, a first user interface (UI) for setting a display mode, from among a horizontal mode and a vertical mode, for each of one or more sources providing images to the electronic apparatus; storing information on a display mode corresponding to a first source, based on receiving, through the first UI, a first user input for setting the display mode corresponding to the first source of the one or more sources; and controlling at least one of the display or a motor of the electronic apparatus so that the display is operated in one of the horizontal mode or the vertical mode according to the stored information on the display mode corresponding to the first source, based on receiving a second user input for providing an image through the first source.
US11455078B1	Spatial navigation and creation interface Systems and methods are provided for navigating messaging application interfaces. The systems and methods include operations for: displaying, by a messaging application of a user device, a menu comprising a first set of options relating to a first level in a hierarchy of levels; detecting, by a touch sensor, one finger touch of a first option of the first set of options; in response to detecting the one finger touch of the first option, displaying, by the messaging application, a second set of options related to the first option, the second set of options relating to a second level in the hierarchy of levels; detecting, by the touch sensor, two finger touch of a second option of the second set of options; and in response to detecting the two finger touch of the second option, re-displaying, by the messaging application, the first set of options.
US11455060B2	Detection apparatus, detection method, and non-transitory computer-readable medium A detection apparatus includes a cover, touch sensors that output a detection signal based on contact on the cover, and a controller that acquires the detection signal. The controller detects contact on the cover based on the detection signal and judges whether input of a predetermined pattern is provided based on time variable data of the detection signal outputted by each touch sensor from when the contact on the cover starts until the contact on the cover ends.
US11455054B2	Multi-protocol coexistence in an active stylus A method, computing system, and one or more computer-readable storage media for operating an active stylus equipped with a stylus capture detection routine. The method includes operating the stylus according to a first communication protocol to enable communication with a first display device. The method also includes detecting a beacon from a second display device operating according to a second communication protocol. The method also includes automatically switching the stylus to the second communication protocol in response to detecting the beacon. The method also includes detecting a stylus capture event indicating that switching the stylus to the second communication protocol was erroneous and is preventing the user from communicating with the first display device and, in response to detecting the stylus capture event, switching the stylus back to the first communication protocol.
US11455053B2	Display device with input sensor having alignment member connected to ground A display device includes a display panel and an input sensor disposed on the display panel and having an active area and a peripheral area adjacent to the active area. The input sensor includes a sensing electrode disposed in the active area; a sensing line disposed in the peripheral area and electrically connected to the sensing electrode; a sensing pad disposed in the peripheral area and electrically connected to the sensing line; a ground pad disposed in the peripheral area and to receive a ground voltage; and a first alignment member disposed in the peripheral area and electrically connected to the ground pad.
US11455050B2	Display device, display module, and electronic device A display device with improved display quality and reduced power consumption is provided. The display device includes a gate driver, a display portion, and a selection signal output circuit. The display portion includes pixel circuits and scan lines. Each of the pixel circuits includes a display element. The gate driver is electrically connected to the scan lines. The first scan lines are electrically connected to the pixel circuits. The scan lines are each configured to receive a first scan signal. The selection signal output circuit is configured to output a first selection signal. The first selection signal is configured to supply the first scan signal to a selected scan line. The display element is configured to update display by the first scan signal. In the pixel circuits, one display element displays an image updated with a different update frequency from another display element.
US11455044B2	Motion detection system having two motion detecting sub-system The present invention provides a motion detecting system, which includes a light source module, a plurality of image sensors and a control unit. The light source module illuminates at least one object. The image sensors respectively detect the object under the light emitted by the light source module to generate a plurality of detection results. The control unit is coupled to the image sensors, and generates a control command according to the detection results.
US11455040B2	Display device A display device includes a display panel, a vibrator and an adhesive layer. The vibrator is disposed on a surface of the display panel. The adhesive layer is disposed between the display panel and the vibrator, and a part of the adhesive layer contacts the display panel and another part of the adhesive layer contacts the vibrator.
US11455030B2	System, method and apparatus of simulating physics in a virtual environment A method of simulating physics in a virtual worlds system includes selecting at least one of the client devices participating in an instance of a scene as a physics host, the physics host determining subsequent states of objects and sending the subsequent states to one or more processors of a server, the subsequent states of objects comprising one or more of: subsequent locations, orientations, velocities and accelerations determined based on characteristics of the objects and constraints for simulating physics consistent with the new instance of the scene of the virtual worlds system.
US11455021B2	Datacenter power management using AC and DC power sources In disclosed techniques, datacenter power management uses AC and DC power sources. An AC power distribution topology within a datacenter provides one or more AC power sources to computing devices. A DC power distribution topology within the datacenter provides one or more DC power sources to computing devices. An uninterruptible power supply (UPS) is provisioned to a rack of computing devices, wherein the UPS is capable of receiving the one or more AC power sources using the AC power distribution topology and the one or more DC power sources using the DC power distribution topology. The one or more DC power sources are evaluated for energizing the DC power distribution topology. The one or more DC power sources are connected to the UPS which is provisioned to the rack of computing devices, based on the evaluating and a datacenter power requirement.
US11455019B2	Docking system having elastic rail portions A docking system for facilitating a connection of an electronics module to a mating connector comprises first and second rails. Each rail has an elongated guide slot for receiving a corresponding guide portion of the electronics module during sliding movement of the electronics module toward the mating connector. A first elastic structure is located on the first rail. The first elastic structure has a first engagement portion extending into the elongated guide slot of the first rail. A second elastic structure is located on the second rail. The second elastic structure has a second engagement portion extending into the elongated guide slot of the second rail. The first engagement portion and the second engagement portion are configured to engage the guide portions of the electronics module and to resist movement of the guide portions in a direction generally perpendicular to the sliding movement of the electronics module.
US11455018B2	Optical proximity sensor component comprising light guide This application provides an optical proximity sensor component that includes an optical proximity sensor and a light guide body. The light guide body includes a first end face. The light guide body is disposed on the optical proximity sensor, and the light guide body is configured to transfer, to the optical proximity sensor, light that enters from the first end face, and send out, through the first end face, light that is emitted by the optical proximity sensor. No additional connector or supporting component is required in the optical proximity sensor, which has a simple structure and is easy to assemble.
US11455017B2	Hinge for mobile terminal having an inwardly bendable flexible screen and mobile terminal having an inwardly bendable flexible screen A hinge for a mobile terminal having an inwardly bendable flexible screen comprises: a three-member mechanism consisting of a left supporting plate, a middle supporting plate and a right supporting plate which are rotatably and sequentially connected; a left supporting frame; a right supporting frame; and a middle U-shaped outer cover. Both ends of the three-member mechanism are free ends, such that the left supporting plate, the middle supporting plate and the right supporting plate are flexible screen supporting members capable of moving up and down. After moving up, the left supporting plate, the middle supporting plate and the right supporting plate form a flexible screen supporting face, and after moving down, the components are in a bent state, thereby providing a space for bending of the flexible screen. After moving down, the middle supporting plate reaches a bottom portion of the middle U-shaped outer cover. The present invention can provide a larger space for bending of the flexible screen such that the middle mechanism of the hinge is not exposed after folded, and it can be used in mobile terminals such as mobile phones, e-books, and computers, enabling the mobile terminal to achieve large-screen display in a small volume.
US11455014B2	Foldable display device Provided is a foldable display device. The foldable display device includes a housing comprising a folding area, a first unfolding area adjacent to the folding area, and a second unfolding area adjacent to the folding area and under the first unfolding area; a display panel located at the first unfolding area and the second unfolding area that is capable of providing light through a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface; a shutter layer on the display panel in the first unfolding area that controls whether light is transmitted; a window on the shutter layer; and a shielding layer located at the second unfolding area that is capable of blocking the light.
US11455013B2	Computing device and mount An example device can include a computing device having a first portion of a pogo pin connector coupled thereto and a mount having a second portion of the pogo pin connector coupled thereto to receive the first portion of the pogo pin connector. The mount can be communicatively coupled to a hub for receiving signals sent from the computing device, and the signals can be communicated from the computing device to the hub via the pogo pin connector in response to engagement of the first portion with the second portion.
US11455004B2	Portable information device A portable information device includes: a first chassis; a second chassis disposed adjacently to the first chassis and coupled to the first chassis to be rotatable between a flat form and a stacked form; and a spine member disposed across adjacent end portions of the first and second chassis. In the flat form, the first and second chassis are side by side in a direction perpendicular to a surface direction of the first and second chassis. In the stacked form, the first and second chassis are stacked and overlap one another in the surface direction.
US11455002B1	Timing signal synchronisation A device comprising: a data interface comprising: a data input for receiving a data signal; a clock input for receiving a clock signal for clocking the data signal; and a timing input for receiving a first timing signal having a first frequency; and a timing signal generator configured to generate, based on the first timing signal and the data signal, a second timing signal having a second frequency, the first frequency being a integer multiple of the second frequency, a phase of the second timing signal being aligned with an event in the data signal.
US11454988B2	Systems and methods for automated landing of a drone There is provided a method of automatically landing a drone on a landing pad having thereon guiding-elements arranged in a pattern relative to a central region of the landing pad, comprising: receiving first image(s) captured by a camera of the drone, processing the first image(s) to compute a segmentation mask according to an estimate of a location of the landing pad, receiving second image(s) captured by the camera, processing the second image(s) according to the segmentation mask to compute a segmented region and extracting from the segmented region guiding-element(s), determining a vector for each of the extracted guiding-element(s), and aggregating the vectors to compute an estimated location of the central region of the landing pad, and navigating and landing the drone on the landing pad according to the estimated location of the central region of the landing pad.
US11454979B2	Washer fluid level detection A system includes a processor and a memory. The memory stores instructions executable by the processor to, upon determining that a first fluid level in a vehicle container is below a threshold based on fluid level sensor data, determine a second fluid level based on a fluid consumption signal and the fluid level sensor, and to navigate the vehicle based on the determined second fluid level.
US11454977B2	Information processing method and information processing device An information processing method includes: obtaining, from a mobile object, (i) at least one of operation information of the mobile object and traveling information indicating a traveling route taken by the mobile object, and (ii) sensor data obtained by sensing of the traveling route using a sensor included in the mobile object; causing a learning model to learn, using (i) the at least one of the operation information and the traveling information, and (ii) the sensor data as input, at least one of operation performed on and movement made by the mobile object using the sensor data obtained by sensing of the traveling route; generating, according to a number of times the learning model is trained, presentation information indicating the input required before the learning model completes learning about the traveling route; and causing a presentation device to present the presentation information.
US11454976B1	Optimizing data levels for processing,transmission, or storage Techniques are discussed for determining a data level for portions of data for processing. In some cases, a data level can correspond to a resolution level, a compression level, a bit rate, and the like. In the context of image data, the techniques can determine a region of first image data to be processed a high resolution and a region of second image data to be processed at a low resolution. The regions can be determined by a machine learned algorithm that is trained to output identifications of such regions. Training data may be determined by identifying differences in outputs based on the first and second image data. The image data associated with the determined regions and the determined resolutions can be processed to perform object detection, classification, segmentation, bounding box generation, and the like, thereby conserving processing, bandwidth, and/or memory resources in real time systems.
US11454974B2	Method, apparatus, device, and storage medium for controlling guide robot Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a method, apparatus, device, and storage medium for controlling a guide robot, and relate to the field of artificial intelligence, robots, and multi-sensor fusion technologies. A specific embodiment of the method includes: acquiring a state of the guide robot, a state of a user, and a position of an obstacle; generating a state update equation for a combined system of the guide robot and the user based on the state of the guide robot and the state of the user; generating a collision-free global path based on the position of the obstacle; generating a control command based on the state update equation for the combined system and the collision-free global path; and driving the guide robot to move based on the control command.
US11454966B2	Programmatic application of router flags for vehicle limitations Systems and methods provide for routing an autonomous vehicles based on an assessment of its limitations. The autonomous vehicle can avoid problematic routes by applying a set of rules to a map, where the set of rules are associated with a feature that causes a failure of the autonomous vehicle due to an autonomous vehicle limitation. Based on the application of the set of rules, a portion of a route on the map that is associated with the feature can be identified, and an identifier can be applied to the identified portion of the route associated with the feature on a routing map. The portion of the route can be omitted from a routable graph applied to the routing map, such that the route for the autonomous vehicle is generated in accordance with the routable graph.
US11454965B2	Remote control system for industrial vehicles, industrial vehicle, remote control device, remote control program for industrial vehicles, and remote control method for industrial vehicles An industrial vehicle remote control system includes a forklift that has a vehicle communication unit and a remote control device that has a remote communication unit and is used to remotely control the forklift. A vehicle wireless CPU of the industrial vehicle remote control system acquires the received radio wave intensity of a remote control signal by which the two communication units wirelessly communicate, and, on the basis of the results thereof, determines whether the forklift is positioned in a permission range or in a prohibition range.
US11454961B2	Processing time monitoring device The processing time monitoring device is intended to monitor processing time of the target device, and includes: a data acquisition unit that acquires time series data of the target device as input time series data; a time difference calculation unit that calculates a time difference between the input time series data and reference time series data, the time difference existing in a direction of a time axis; and a display unit that displays the time difference calculated by time difference calculation unit.
US11454959B2	Product manufacturing with a manufacturing product and process structure A method, apparatus, system, and computer program product for managing a product. An engineering product structure for the product is identified. The engineering product structure comprises parts for the product. A manufacturing product and process structure is created using the engineering product structure, wherein the manufacturing product and process structure comprises the parts and manufacturing information for connecting the parts to each other to form the product.
US11454955B2	Method and system for controlling a manufacturing plant with a manufacturing execution system A manufacturing plant with an MES system is controlled through the execution of a given workflow. a) A plant designer application models a representation of the manufacturing plant through a set of equipment objects and through a workflow, b) a complex entity (plugin) is provided for expanding the characteristics of an equipment object; the plugin exposing an interface with a configuration, a set of property elements, a set of functionality elements; c) at engineering time, designing a set of plugins usable by the set of equipment objects; d) at engineering time, for at least one equipment object, associating at least one plugin; e) defining, through the plant designer, a given workflow according to given customer requirements, the workflow including an interaction with an element of a plugin associated with an equipment object; f) at runtime, executing the given workflow and performing the interaction with the element of the plugin.
US11454952B2	Numerical control apparatus A numerical control apparatus includes a processor that loads a basic function processing object in which basic function processing for executing a basic function on a control target is compiled and an additional function processing object in which additional function processing of executing an additional function on the control target is compiled, and develops an additional function processing unit and a basic function processing unit on a RAM, where the basic function processing object includes an identifier for identifying the additional function processing, and the processor develops a machining program used for controlling the control target on the RAM, accesses a location on the RAM corresponding to the identifier when there is a command to execute processing corresponding to the identifier during execution of the machining program, and executes the additional function processing corresponding to the identifier.
US11454945B2	Method and device for calling program module in PLC ladder programming environment A method for calling a program module in a programmable logic controller (PLC) ladder programming environment comprises: determining a first feature to be called in a PLC ladder programming environment and a second feature not to be called from features implemented by an artificial intelligence (AI) module compiled by a computer programming language; configuring the first feature as an interface conforming to an interface specification of the PLC ladder programming environment; configuring the second feature as a non-call method; packaging the non-call method and the interface into a dynamic link library (DLL); importing the DLL into the PLC ladder programming environment.
US11454935B2	Mystery-drive mechanical or electromechanical timepiece A mechanical or electromechanical timepiece including a watch case delimiting an internal volume, the watch case including a back delimiting the watch case at the bottom; a crystal closing the watch case at the top, the crystal defining a useful display aperture; a middle part connecting the back and the crystal to one another; a horological movement housed in the internal volume of the watch case; at least one hand for displaying information visible via a useful display aperture and rotated with respect to the watch case by the horological movement with at least one driving belt extending at least partially in the useful display aperture, the timepiece includes the internal volume of the watch case filled with a fluid wherein at least one driving belt is submerged, and wherein the driving belt is made of a material wherein the optical refractive index is equal or substantially equal to that of the fluid.
US11454933B2	Timepiece regulating mechanism with articulated resonators A timepiece regulating mechanism including primary resonators each with an inertial weight suspended by flexible strips to a fixed structure with respect to which this weight pivots, and mechanical device of synchronizing the primary resonators which include, between the inertial weights, an articulated connection which, under normal conditions, allows pivoting of the inertial weights in opposite directions of rotation and with close rotation angles, and during a shock, prevents pivoting thereof in the same direction of rotation, the mechanism including an oscillator with a frictional rest escapement mechanism arranged to cooperate alternately with the primary resonators, on pallet stones of the inertial weights.
US11454932B2	Method for making a flexure bearing mechanism for a mechanical timepiece oscillator A method for making a flexure bearing for an oscillator with an inertial element oscillating in a plane supported by flexible strips fixed to a stationary support returning it to a rest position includes: forming the bearing with basic strips in superposed levels, each having an aspect ratio of less than 10; breaking down the number of basic levels into a plurality of sub-units, each including one or two strips joining a basic support and a basic inertial element, which are made by etching substrates; assembling the sub-units by joining their basic inertial elements; and fixing the basic supports to the support, directly or via translational tables along one or two in-plane translational degrees of freedom, of lower translational stiffness than that of the sub-unit.
US11454929B2	Method of hologram calculation A method of calculating a hologram having an amplitude and a phase component. The method comprises (i) receiving an input image comprising a plurality of data values representing amplitude. The method then comprises (ii) assigning a random phase value to each data value of the plurality of data values to form a complex data set. The method then comprises (iii) performing an inverse Fourier transform of the complex data set. The method then comprises (iv) constraining each complex data value (X1, X2) of the transformed complex data set to one of a plurality of allowable complex data values (GL1-GL8), each comprising an amplitude modulation value and a phase modulation value, to form a hologram, wherein, the phase modulation values (GL1-GL7) of the plurality of allowable complex data values substantially span at least 3π/2 and at least one of the allowable complex data values has an amplitude modulation value of substantially zero (GL8) and a phase modulation value of substantially zero.
US11454926B2	Image forming apparatus A controller is configured to execute a larger gamut technology mode in which the controller performs image formation by controlling a ratio of a rotation speed of a development roller to a rotation speed of a photosensitive drum such that the ratio becomes a second speed ratio higher than a first speed ratio in a normal mode. The controller is configured to, when the controller executes the larger gamut technology mode, control transfer voltage based on a humidity around an image forming apparatus.
US11454912B2	Image forming apparatus including a display unit for displaying information about a procedure for replenishing developer An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member, a developer bearing member, a discharge unit, a stacking tray including a stacking surface on which the recording material is stacked, a replenishment port, a cover capable of moving between a closed position where the cover covers the replenishment port and constitutes at least part of the stacking surface and an open position where the cover exposes the replenishment port, and an information display unit for displaying information about a procedure for replenishing the developing container with the developer from the replenishment container.
US11454910B2	NIP formation member having a base, a thermal conductor, and a stabilizer, and fixing device and image forming apparatus using the same A nip formation member includes a base, a high thermal conduction member, and a securing member. The high thermal conduction member has a thermal conductivity greater than a thermal conductivity of the base. The securing member is independent from the base and the high thermal conduction member. The securing member is configured to restrict movement of the base relative to the high thermal conduction member.
US11454903B2	Cartridge and image forming apparatus A cartridge attachable to an apparatus main body of an image forming apparatus, the apparatus main body having a restricting portion and to which the cartridge is mounted by being moved from a unmounted position to a mounting-completed position in a first direction, the cartridge includes a developer container provided with a supply port, and a shutter movable between an opening position for opening the supply port and a closing position for closing the supply port, having a restricted portion, and configured to be in the closing position when the cartridge is in the unmounted position and be in the opening position when the cartridge is in the mounting-completed position, wherein a movement of the shutter in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction is restricted by an engagement between the restricting portion and the restricted portion when the cartridge is in the mounting-completed position.
US11454902B2	Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes a developing device, a first container, a second container, and a toner supplying device. The toner supplying device includes first and second conveyance members that convey the toner in the first and second containers, and first and second sensing shafts that are used to sense the remaining quantities of toner there. The first and second sensing shafts have a first or second light-shielding plate that moves into and out of the optical path of an optical sensor. Of the first and second light-shielding plates, one rotates together with the first or second conveying member selectively driven and makes contact with the other, and thereby makes it move out of the optical path of the optical sensor.
US11454900B2	Developing cartridge An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a developing cartridge, including: a developing cartridge frame having an internal space for accommodating a developing agent; a developing roller rotatably mounted on the developing cartridge frame and configured to supply the developing agent to a photosensitive drum; a drive end cover mounted on a drive end of the developing cartridge frame; and a drive force receiving member rotatably mounted on a drive end of the developing cartridge frame; where the drive force receiving member includes a drive force receiving part that extends out of the drive end cover and receives a rotational drive force. A driving end separation force receiving member is provided on an outer circumference of the drive force receiving part. The driving end separation force receiving member is configured to receive a separating force that separates the developing roller from the photosensitive drum.
US11454897B2	Developing device and image forming apparatus containing regulated bearing A developing device configured to develop a latent image formed on a surface of an image bearer includes a rotator, a bearing, a holder, a first regulator, and a second regulator. The rotator includes a rotation shaft. The bearing supports the rotation shaft. The holder holds the bearing. The first regulator, disposed on any one of the bearing and the holder, regulates movement of the bearing such that the bearing does not fall toward one end side in an axial direction of the rotation shaft relative to the holder. The second regulator regulates movement of the bearing such that the bearing does not fall toward another end side in the axial direction relative to the holder after the bearing is attached to the holder.
US11454891B2	Manufacturing method of semiconductor device and semiconductor processing system A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device and a semiconductor processing system are provided. The method includes the following steps. A photoresist layer is formed on a substrate in a lithography tool. The photoresist layer is exposed in the lithography tool to form an exposed photoresist layer. The exposed photoresist layer is developed to form a patterned photoresist layer in the lithography tool by using a developer. An ammonia gas by-product of the developer is removed from the lithography tool.
US11454890B2	Composition for resist underlayer film formation, resist underlayer film and forming method thereof, patterned substrate-producing method, and compound A composition for resist underlayer film formation, includes a compound represented by formula (1) and a solvent. Ar1 represents an aromatic heterocyclic group having a valency of m and having 5 to 20 ring atoms; m is an integer of 1 to 11; Ar2 is a group bonding to a carbon atom of the aromatic heteroring in Ar1 and represents an aromatic carbocyclic group having 6 to 20 ring atoms and having a valency of (n+1) or an aromatic heterocyclic group having 5 to 20 ring atoms and having a valency of (n+1); n is an integer of 0 to 12; and R1 represents a monovalent organic group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, a hydroxy group, a halogen atom, or a nitro group. Ar1Ar2R1)n)m (1)
US11454888B2	Semiconductor device and method of manufacture A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming a polymer mixture over a substrate, curing the polymer mixture to form a polymer material, and patterning the polymer material. The polymer mixture includes a polymer precursor, a photosensitizer, a cross-linker, and a solvent. The polymer precursor may be a polyamic acid ester. The cross-linker may be tetraethylene glycol dimethacrylate. The photosensitizer includes 4-phenyl-2-(piperazin-1-yl)thiazole. The mixture may further include an additive.
US11454880B2	Method for producing a planar polymer stack The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a flat polymeric stack, said stack comprising one or more first and one second layer of (co)polymer (20, 30) stacked one on the other, the first underlying (co)polymer layer (20) not having undergone any prior treatment allowing its crosslinking, at least one of the (co)polymer layers initially being in a liquid or viscous state, said method being characterized in that the upper layer (30), known as the top coat (TC), is deposited on the first layer (20) in the form of a prepolymer composition (pre-TC), comprising one or more monomer(s) and/or dimer(s) and/or oligomer(s) and/or polymer(s) in solution, and in that it is then subjected to a heat treatment capable of causing a crosslinking reaction of the molecular chains within said layer (30, TC).
US11454879B2	Mask treating method Disclosed are a mask treating apparatus and a mask treating method. The mask treating apparatus comprises a process chamber that receives a blank mask package inclusive of a blank mask and performs a process on the blank mask, an unpacking unit that is disposed in the process chamber and unpacks the blank mask package, and a laser marking unit that is disposed in the process chamber and irradiates a laser onto the blank mask to form a fiducial mark.
US11454877B2	Extreme ultraviolet light reflective structure including nano-lattice and manufacturing method thereof An EUV reflective structure includes a substrate and multiple pairs of a Si layer and a Mo layer. The Si layer includes a plurality of cavities.
US11454876B2	EUV mask blank absorber defect reduction Methods of coating extreme ultraviolet (EUV) reticle carrier assemblies are disclosed. The method includes depositing an adhesion layer on the EUV reticle carrier assembly, depositing at least one EUV absorber layer on the EUV reticle carrier assembly and depositing a stress-relieving layer on EUV reticle carrier assembly. The coated EUV reticle carrier assemblies exhibit reduced particle defect generation during EUV mask blank manufacturing.
US11454875B2	Prism architecture Described examples include a device having a prism cube having a first side and a second side opposite the first side, the prism cube configured to: receive light comprising a first color light and a second color light, direct the first color light to the first side of the prism cube, and direct the second color light to the second side of the prism cube.
US11454873B2	Polarized projection system and method A projection system for use with a polarized projection screen having a screen polarization direction. The projection system includes a projector operable to generate a polarized light output and project the polarized light output along a beam path towards the polarized projection screen. The polarized light output includes at least a first light component having a first polarization direction and a second light component having a second polarization direction orthogonal to the first polarization direction. The projection system also includes a waveplate received in the beam path. The waveplate is structured to rotate at least one of the first light component and the second light component such that the first light component and the second light component have a common polarization direction to be aligned with the screen polarization direction to minimize absorption loss of the polarized light output.
US11454866B2	Electronic rangefinder Systems and methods directed to a digital rangefinder camera are described. The digital rangefinder camera may include a viewfinder assembly configured to receive a first optical image from a first optical path and a focus ring movement detection assembly configured to detect an amount of movement associated with a focus ring of a lens attached to the digital rangefinder camera. A processing device may be configured to provide a movement signal indicative of the amount of movement associated with the focus ring to an actuator coupled to an optical element, where the actuator moves the optical element and displaces a second optical image from a second optical path directed toward an optical component in the viewfinder assembly. The optical component in the viewfinder assembly is configured to project the first optical image and the second optical image toward a single common viewing position when the first optical image and the second optical image coincide.
US11454865B2	Dynamic camera lens cap The present disclosure is directed to a lens cap with an integrated iris that screws onto a camera lens. Once secured on a camera lens, the iris may be opened by rotating an outer edge of the lens cap in a first direction. When in an open position, the entire surface of the camera lens is free from obstruction and photos may be taken as if the lens cap were not even there. The iris can literally disappear within an edge of circular lens cap. By rotating the lens cap in an opposite direction, the lens may be completely covered by the integrated iris again. For example, the iris may be opened by rotating the lens cap in a clockwise direction and then closed again by rotating the lens cap in a counter clockwise direction. Once installed, this lens cap never has to be removed.
US11454863B2	Camera module A camera module includes a support structure having an internal space, a movable body disposed in the internal space of the support structure, and a plurality of driving wires supporting the movable body in the internal space of the support structure and configured to move the movable body relative to the support structure, each of the driving wires being made of a shape-memory alloy and having one end connected to the support structure, and another end connected to the movable body. An angle between the movable body and each of the driving wire is maintained at 15.5° or less at all positions to which the movable body is movable by the driving wires.
US11454862B2	Apparatus and methods for spatio-temporal implementation of arbitrary unitary transformations on optical modes An apparatus includes a plurality of interconnected reconfigurable beam splitters and a plurality of phase shifters collectively configured to define a network of optical devices. The network of optical devices is configured to perform a universal transformation on a plurality of input optical signals via a triangular architecture. The apparatus also includes a first delay line optically coupled to the network of optical devices and configured to send at least one output optical signal from a plurality of output optical signals of the network of optical devices to interact with at least one input optical signal in the plurality of input optical signals within the network of optical devices.
US11454857B2	Folded waveguide phase shifters In an embodiment, a phase shifter includes: a light input end; a light output end; a p-type semiconductor material, and an n-type semiconductor material contacting the p-type semiconductor material along a boundary area, wherein the boundary area is greater than a length from the light input end to the light output end multiplied by a core width of the phase shifter.
US11454855B2	Applications of an electrokinetic device for an imaging system An electrokinetic device is configured as a dynamic lens cover and/or filter for an imaging assembly, e.g., of a mobile device, to selectively allow electromagnetic radiation to pass through a lens of the imaging assembly when the dynamic lens cover is in a first operating state or to prevent electromagnetic radiation from reaching the lens of the imaging assembly when the dynamic lens cover is in a second operating state. The electrokinetic device includes transparent first and second substrates, and a compaction trench surrounding the lens of the imaging assembly. The compaction trench stores pigment when the dynamic lens cover is in the first operating state. In the second operating state pigment is dispersed within a carrier fluid between the first and second substrates.
US11454844B2	Light source member, display device including the same, and manufacturing method for the same A light source member includes a circuit board, a plurality of light emitting elements on the circuit board, and a reflection plate facing the circuit board. The reflection plate includes a base layer defining a plurality of grooves of the reflection plate, each of the plurality of grooves recessed in a direction towards the circuit board, and a light control pattern which wavelength-converts, absorbs or reflects light from the plurality of light emitting elements, on the base layer.
US11454841B1	Illumination device for a screen with at least two operating modes An illuminating apparatus designed for a display screen and operable in at least two operating modes B1 and B2 and/or at least one operating mode B3 for illuminating separately two or simultaneously both, at least partially disjoint angular ranges W1 and W2, comprising a planar backlight unit, which in a first alternative radiates light into the said restricted angular range W2, and in a second alternative radiates light into a restricted angular range W2a, a plate-shaped light guide that is arranged in front of the backlight unit and features, on at least one of the large surfaces and/or within its volume, outcoupling elements, wherein the light guide is transparent to at least 70% of the light originating from the backlight unit, and light sources are arranged laterally on at least one of the narrow edges of the light guide.
US11454840B2	Display panel and preparation method thereof, and display apparatus Provided are a display panel, a preparation method thereof, and a display apparatus. The display panel includes an array substrate and a color filter substrate aligned and combined into a cell. The color filter substrate includes a first base substrate and a plurality of color resist blocks arranged at intervals on the first base substrate. The array substrate includes a second base substrate and a plurality of pixel electrodes arranged at intervals on the second base substrate. The pixel electrodes are in one-to-one correspondence with the color resist blocks. The display panel includes a bending area and a non-bending area located at least on one side of the bending area. A density of the pixel electrodes in the bending area is less than that in the non-bending area, and a density of the color resist blocks in the bending area is less than that in the non-bending area.
US11454837B2	AOM system with interface board and signal vias and related methods A system may include a laser source, and an AOM coupled to the laser source. The AOM may include an acousto-optic medium, and transducer electrodes carried by the acousto-optic medium. The system may also include an interface board having a dielectric layer, and vertically extending signal vias within the dielectric layer. Each vertically extending signal via may have a lower end in contact with a respective transducer electrode. The interface board may have laterally extending signal traces carried by the dielectric layer. Each laterally extending signal trace may be in contact with an upper end of a respective vertically extending signal via.
US11454833B2	Quantum-classic detection interface device Novel and useful quantum structures having a continuous well with control gates that control a local depletion region to form quantum dots. Local depleted well tunneling is used to control quantum operations to implement quantum computing circuits. Qubits are realized by modulating gate potential to control tunneling through local depleted region between two or more sections of the well. Complex structures with a higher number of qdots per continuous well and a larger number of wells are fabricated. Both planar and 3D FinFET semiconductor processes are used to build well to gate and well to well tunneling quantum structures. Combining a number of elementary quantum structure, a quantum computing machine is realized. An interface device provides an interface between classic circuitry and quantum circuitry by permitting tunneling of a single quantum particle from the classic side to the quantum side of the device. Detection interface devices detect the presence or absence of a particle destructively or nondestructively.
US11454829B2	Method and device for measuring data for fitting an ophthalmic lens in a frame for a given individual Disclosed is a method for measuring data for fitting an ophthalmic lens in a frame for a individual, including the following steps: a) placing the individual in a natural posture; b) displaying a visual target with adjustable position in the field of view of the individual; c) having the individual equipped with the frame adjust the position of the visual target in order to place it straight ahead from him; d) determining the intersection, with a surface representative of the lens once placed in the frame, of the line of sight of the individual looking at the visual target with its adjusted position and determining the data based on the intersection determined.
US11454825B2	Orthokeratology contact lens for treating myopia An orthokeratology contact lens for controlling myopia includes a curved front side and a back side intended to be applied to the eye. the back side defines a central area designed to align with the optical area of the eye, and a peripheral area, concentric to the central area, which includes an annular portion defining a tear accumulation area. The annular portion includes a first segment, which extends concentrically in relation to the central area, up to an annular limit line, and a second segment which extends from the annular limit line concentrically in relation to the central area, configured to extend up to the cornea. The first segment and the second segment form a broken line such that the annular limit line defines a peak with the height of a tear.
US11454824B2	Method for determining a progressive ophthalmic device for personalised visual compensation for an individual The invention relates to a method for determining a progressive ophthalmic device for personalised visual compensation for an individual, according to which the following steps are performed: a) in a first data acquisition phase, determining at least at a first time preceding the appearance of the presbyopia of this individual, at least one value of at least one individual parameter of said individual, and recording each value of the individual parameter of the wearer in a database, in correlation with an associated temporal indicator, b) in a second determination step of the progressive ophthalmic device for personalised visual compensation, determining a desired value of at least one geometric or optical parameter of said progressive ophthalmic device for visual compensation, taking account of said at least one value of the individual parameter determined in step a) and the associated temporal indicator.
US11454823B2	Soft contact lens with reduced volume variation Ophthalmic lenses are described herein. An example ophthalmic lens may comprise a first surface. The example ophthalmic lens may comprise a second surface disposed opposite the first surface and defining a volume of lens material therebetween. The ophthalmic lens may exhibit a first cylinder power. A difference of the volume of lens material of the ophthalmic lens and a volume of lens material of a comparative lens may be minimized. The comparative lens may consist essentially of the same lens material as the ophthalmic lens and exhibit a second cylinder power different from the first cylinder power.
US11454820B2	Multifunctional collimator for contact image sensors Disclosed is a cost-effective method to fabricate a multifunctional collimator structure for contact image sensors to filter ambient infrared light to reduce noises. In one embodiment, an optical collimator, includes: a dielectric layer; a substrate; a plurality of via holes; and a conductive layer, wherein the dielectric layer is formed over the substrate, wherein the plurality of via holes are configured as an array along a lateral direction of a first surface of the dielectric layer, wherein each of the plurality of via holes extends through the dielectric layer and the substrate from the first surface of the dielectric layer to a second surface of the substrate in a vertical direction.
US11454818B2	Wearable display device A wearable display device includes a display element, a first circuit board, a second circuit board, and an outer packaging case housing the display element, the first circuit board, and the second circuit board, wherein the second circuit board has a larger calorific value than the first circuit board, and is disposed at a further outer side, which is an opposite to a wearer than the first circuit board, in the outer packaging case.
US11454816B1	Segmented illumination display A device having a see-through display including a segmented light source configured to provide additional control of an illumination level of an image display. The individual light segments of the light source are individually controlled to together produce a light beam that illuminates the image display to provide an additional range of control of the illumination level. An N number of light segments allow the minimum light level of the light beam to be 1/N of the minimum light the light source can generate. The maximum light level of the beam is N time brighter than a light source with only one light segment. The dynamic level of the image generated is matched to the ambient light about the device such that the image is visually acceptable to a user. The device can be eyewear in one example.
US11454811B2	Method and apparatus for unlocking head-mounted display device The present disclosure provides a method and apparatus for unlocking a head-mounted display device based on gaze point information. The method includes: acquiring gaze point information of a user who wears a locked head-mounted display device; generating unlocking information according to the gaze point information; performing a matching operation on the unlocking information and a pre-stored unlocking key; and unlocking the head-mounted display device when the unlocking information matches the unlocking key. With this method, convenience and safety of the unlocking operation may be improved, and user's experience may be enhanced.
US11454806B2	Monitoring camera having a heater A camera having a heating arrangement comprising a heater arranged to supply heat to a window. A thermally conductive member is arranged in contact with a housing and with the heating arrangement, when a temperature at the conductive member is below a threshold, to transfer heat supplied by the heater to the housing. A thermally insulating member is arranged in proximity with the housing and the heating arrangement. The conductive and/or insulating member is configured to, when the temperature increases above the threshold during heater operation, change its extension to enable contact between the insulating member and the housing and between the insulating member and the heating arrangement, and to disable contact between the conductive member and the housing and between the conductive member and the heating arrangement, thereby thermally insulate the housing from the heater.
US11454800B2	Optical device and method for high-resolution image transfer An optical device and a method for high-resolution image transfer are provided. The optical device includes an image-guiding element having a distal end and a proximal end, an inverting reflection prism having an entry face and an exit face, and a display element. The image-guiding element directs light beams into the inverting reflection prism, and after having passed therethrough they are directed to the display element, the image-guiding element being mounted for non-stop rotation over more than 360°. The light entry face and the light exit face of the image-guiding element define an angle μ to one another which is between 5° and 175°.
US11454794B2	Systems and methods for conducting contact-free thickness and refractive-index measurements of intraocular lenses using a self-calibrating dual confocal microscopy Systems and methods for conducting contact-free thickness and refractive-index measurements of transparent objects, such as intraocular lenses using a dual confocal microscopy system are disclosed.
US11454793B2	Aberration correction method and optical device A microscope apparatus includes SLMs each having a modulation plane, an objective lens disposed on an optical path between the modulation plane and an object, and a computer for controlling the SLMs on the basis of a modulation pattern including a correction pattern for correcting aberration caused by a refractive index interface of the object. The computer determines a position of the correction pattern in the modulation pattern on the basis of inclination information of the refractive index interface with respect to a plane perpendicular to an optical axis of the objective lens.
US11454792B2	Light microscope and method for providing structured illumination light A light microscope comprises: a structuring optical unit comprising a waveguide chip for providing a structured illumination; an input selection device for variably directing light to one of several inputs of the waveguide chip; the waveguide chip further comprising a light guide path following each of the inputs; each light guide path divides into several path divisions; and each path division leads to one output of the wave-guide chip. The outputs of the waveguide chip can be arranged at a pupil plane of the light microscope, and an exit direction of light from the outputs is transverse to a plane defined by the waveguide chip. A method for providing structured illumination light using the light microscope is also described.
US11454791B2	Optical component for generating a periodic light pattern An optical component for illuminating a sample region with a periodic light pattern comprises: a first waveguide, a further waveguide and an optical splitter. The optical splitter has an input for receiving light, a first output and a second output. The first waveguide is optically coupled to the first output, to direct the first input light into the sample region in a first direction. The second output is optically coupled to the sample region to direct second input light into the sample region in a second direction. The further waveguide is arranged to receive third input light which is directed into the sample region in a third direction. The first direction, second direction and third direction are different from one another. The first and second input light interferes to form a periodic pattern in the sample region. The optical component may be used for structured illumination microscopy.
US11454785B2	Small lens system including eight lenses of −+−+−++− refractive powers Disclosed is a small lens system including a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, a sixth lens, a seventh lens, and an eighth lens, wherein the first lens has a lens surface convex toward an object, the second lens has a lens surface convex toward the object, the third lens has a lens surface convex toward the object, the fourth lens has a positive refractive power, the fifth lens has a negative refractive power, the sixth lens has a lens surface convex toward an image, the seventh lens has a positive refractive power and is configured such that a lens surface is convex toward the object in the vicinity of an optical axis, and the eighth lens has a negative refractive power and is configured such that an object-side surface and an image-side surface are concave in the vicinity of the optical axis.
US11454784B2	Camera optical lens Provided is a camera optical lens including, sequentially from an object side to an image side: a first lens having a positive refractive power; a second lens having a negative refractive power; a third lens having a positive refractive power; and a fourth lens having a negative refractive power. The camera optical lens satisfies following conditions: 2.00≤(f1+f3)/f≤2.30; −8.60≤(f2+f4)/f≤−4.80; −2.10≤(R1+R2)/(R1−R2)≤−1.90; −4.00≤(R3+R4)/(R3−R4)≤−1.00; and 2.00≤(R7+R8)/(R7−R8)≤3.40. The camera optical lens can achieve high optical performance while satisfying design requirements for ultra-thin, wide-angle lenses having large apertures.
US11454781B2	Real-time autofocus focusing algorithm A digital scanning apparatus is provided that includes imaging and focusing sensors and a processor to analyze the image data captured by the imaging and focusing sensors and adjust the focus of the scanning apparatus in real time during a scanning operation. The individual pixels of the imaging sensor are all in the same image plane with respect to the optical path of the digital scanning apparatus. The individual pixels of the focusing sensor are each in a different image plane with respect to the optical path, and one pixel of the focusing sensor is on the same image plane as the image sensor. The processor analyzes image data from the imaging sensor and the focusing sensor and determines a distance and direction to adjust the relative position of an objective lens and a stage of the digital scanning apparatus to achieve optimal focus during the scanning operation.
US11454779B1	Head-mounted display device with stepper motors for moving displays A head-mounted display device includes a first set of one or more lenses and a first display configured to provide visual data through the first set of one or more lenses. The head-mounted display device further includes a first stepper motor mechanically coupled to the first display, and the first stepper motor is configured to move the first display along a first axis by rotating a rotatable component of the first stepper motor. The head-mounted display device further includes a first electronic controller configured to (i) determine a first position of the first display, (ii) receive information identifying a second position of the first display, and (iii) generate one or more electrical signals that cause the first stepper motor to move the first display from the first position to the second position along the first axis.
US11454777B2	Lens fixing module and projection device A lens fixing module is configured to fix a lens, wherein the lens has a flange. The lens fixing module includes a fixing base and a fixing ring. The fixing base has a hollow pillar and a first connecting portion. The fixing ring has a restraining portion and a second connecting portion. An end of the lens is inserted into the hollow pillar, the fixing ring is disposed on the lens and the hollow pillar, and the first connecting portion is connected to the second connecting portion, such that the flange is sandwiched in between the restraining portion and the hollow pillar.
US11454772B2	Short-waveband active optical component based on vertical emitting laser and multi-mode optical fiber A short-waveband active optical component based on a vertical emitting laser and a multi-mode optical fiber (3) is provided. In the component, multiple VCSELs (11) are configured to be used for generating multiple optical signals of different wavelengths; multiple photodiodes (15) are configured to be used for receiving the optical signals emitted by the VCSELs (11); two focusing lens arrays (12, 22) or lens array group elements are configured to be used for collimating and focusing optical signals at an emitting end (1) and a receiving end (2); two Z-block-shaped prisms (13, 23) are configured to be used for a light combining function of the emitting end (1) of the optical component and a light splitting function of the receiving end (2); one multi-mode optical fiber (3) is configured to be used for transmitting the optical signals generated by the VCSELs (11); and two focusing lenses (14, 24) are configured to be used for collimating and focusing optical signals at two ends of the multi-mode optical fiber (3). The short-waveband active optical component has a small size and a high transmission rate.
US11454753B2	Optical multilayer film, and optical component and display device comprising the same The optical multilayer film, which comprises a laminate in which a base layer, a primer layer, and a hard coat layer are sequentially laminated, has enhanced mechanical properties while preventing rainbow stains and a reduction in the visibility by adjusting the in-plane retardation of the base layer and the refractive indices of the respective layers. Thus, the optical component and the display device, which comprise the optical multilayer film, have excellent optical characteristics and can operate normally even in harsh environments.
US11454752B2	Optical element, method for forming photo-alignment pattern, and method for manufacturing optical element Provided are an optical element including a first optically-anisotropic layer consisting of a cured layer of a composition including a first liquid crystal compound, in which the first optically-anisotropic layer has 0.24 or more of a refractive index anisotropy Δn550 which is measured with light having a wavelength of 550 nm, the first optically-anisotropic layer has a first liquid crystal alignment pattern in which a direction of an optical axis derived from the first liquid crystal compound continuously changes rotationally in at least one in-plane direction, and in the first liquid crystal alignment pattern, in a case where a length Λ over which the direction of the optical axis rotates 180° in a plane is defined as a single period, the length Λ of the single period is 1.6 μm or less; a method for forming a photo-alignment pattern; and a method for manufacturing an optical element.
US11454747B1	Shadow-matched Fresnel lens doublet for reduced optical artifacts A lens assembly includes a first lens and a second lens. The first lens has a first lens surface and a second lens surface opposite to the first lens surface. The second lens surface includes a first plurality of Fresnel structures. The second lens, coupled to the first lens, has a third lens surface and a fourth lens surface opposite to the third lens surface. The third lens surface includes a second plurality of Fresnel structures. The third lens surface faces the first lens and the second lens surface faces the second lens. A headset that includes a display and the lens assembly is also disclosed. A method of transmitting, with the lens assembly, light from the display toward an image plane is also disclosed.
US11454743B2	Ophthalmic lens having increased resistance to hot and humid environment The invention concerns an ophthalmic lens having an increased resistance to thermal and hygroscopic stresses, said ophthalmic lens comprising a substrate, at least one main face of which is coated with a siloxane-based anti-abrasion hardcoat, characterized in that said ophthalmic lens further comprises at least one protective layer of an organic-inorganic material directly in contact with said hardcoat, said protective layer of organic-inorganic material having a Young's modulus higher than 20 GPa, preferably of at least 25 GPa.
US11454739B2	Method of fabricating all-dielectric flat lens with low refractive index A method is disclosed of fabricating all-dielectric flat lens with low refractive index comprising: selecting dielectric substrate material and lens structure material; determining incident wavelength; calculating phase modulation corresponding to each pillar unit; periodically sampling circular area of dielectric substrate with radius to obtain plurality of sampling points; calculating phase modulation required at position of each sampling point; obtaining pillar corresponding to each sampling point; arranging different dielectric pillars with low refractive index and same thickness are arranged on dielectric substrate, thereby obtaining all dielectric flat lens with low refractive index. Also disclosed is method of fabricating all-dielectric flat lens with low refractive index that fabricates plane divergent lens with high transmission in wavelength range of visible light, and providing all-dielectric flat lens with low refractive index to improve transmission in visible light region through using dielectric with low refractive index to replace metal and dielectric with high refractive index.
US11454737B1	Predicting the future magnetic alignment of a runway Disclosed is a method for predicting the future magnetic alignment of a runway. Extrapolating from previous historical records, the future trajectory of the Earth's eccentric geomagnetic axial pole (“ED”) is predicted. With that predicted trajectory as the basis, the future azimuthal change between the location of the ED and the location of an airfield is calculated. At the location of the airfield, a future change in the declination between true north and geomagnetic north is then calculated based on the predicted azimuthal change. The predicted change in declination then becomes the predicted change in magnetic alignment of any runway at the airfield. By predicting future changes in the magnetic alignment of a runway, preparations for changing the name of the runway can be made.
US11454731B2	Image sensors having radiation detectors and masks Disclosed herein is an image sensor comprising: a plurality of radiation detectors; a mask with a plurality of radiation transmitting zones and a radiation blocking zone; and an actuator configured to move the plurality of radiation detectors from a first position to a second position and to move the mask from a third position to a fourth position; wherein while the radiation detectors are at the first position and the mask is at the third position and while the radiation detectors are at the second position and the mask is at the fourth position, the radiation blocking zone blocks radiation from a radiation source that would otherwise incident on a dead zone of the image sensor and the radiation transmitting zones allow at least a portion of radiation from the radiation source that would incident on active areas of the image sensor to pass through.
US11454729B2	Driving evaluation apparatus Driving-evaluation-apparatus evaluating driving-status of driver driving mobile-body, includes: microprocessor and memory. The microprocessor functions as: information-acquisition-unit acquiring location/travel-speed-information of mobile-body based on GPS-signals received by driver's mobile-terminal; entry-direction-calculation-unit calculating entry-direction in which mobile-body enters determination-area based on location/travel-speed-information; entry-direction-determination-unit determining whether angle formed by entry-direction and predetermined-reference-entry-direction is predetermined-angle or smaller; state-determination-unit determining whether there is stop/deceleration-state in which travel-speed is predetermined-travel-speed or lower within time-period from time-point when mobile-body enters determination-area to time-point when mobile-body exits determination-area based on location/travel-speed-information when angle is predetermined-angle or smaller; and driving-evaluation-unit evaluating driver's driving-status in determination-area based on determination-result. The determination-area is area inside determination-circle centered on reference-point predetermined-distance before the predetermined-location and having predetermined-radius. The angle is angle formed by: straight-line along the reference-entry-direction and passing through the reference-point; and straight-line connecting plot representing location of the mobile-body before entering inside the determination-circle based on location/travel-speed-information and the reference-point.
US11454720B2	Vehicle radar system with enhanced wave guide antenna system A vehicular radar sensing system includes a radar sensor disposed at a vehicle so as to sense exterior of the vehicle and having at least one transmitter that transmits radio signals and at least one receiver that receive radio signals. The radar sensor includes at least one wave guide antenna, a PCB, and a processor disposed on an inboard side of the PCB and operable to process radio signals received by the at least one receiver. The wave guide antenna includes a first wave guide slot disposed at the inboard side of the PCB that guides the radio signals to the at least one receiver or from the at least one transmitter, a second wave guide slot that guides the radio signals to and from the environment, and an air wave guide that guides the radio signals between the first wave guide slot and the second wave guide slot.
US11454713B2	Configuration of a LIDAR sensor scan area according to a cycle segment of an operation of a machine A light detection and ranging (LIDAR) controller is disclosed. The LIDAR controller may receive cycle segment information identifying a cycle segment of an operation of a machine. The LIDAR controller may determine, based on the cycle segment information, a scan area within a field of view of the LIDAR sensor. The LIDAR controller may cause the LIDAR sensor to capture, with an increased point density relative to a non-scan area within the field of view, LIDAR data associated with the scan area. The LIDAR controller may process the LIDAR data to determine, using the increased point density, a status associated with the operation. The LIDAR controller may perform an action associated with indicating the status associated with the operation.
US11454708B2	Lidar device A LIDAR device is described including a beam source for emitting electromagnetic radiation in an emission path, in which at least one holographic optical element is situated for diffracting the emitted electromagnetic radiation, and a detector for detecting incident electromagnetic radiation in a reception path, an optical bandpass filter being connected upstream from the detector. Depending on a wavelength of the emitted electromagnetic radiation, the holographic optical element effectuates a diffraction by at least one angle of reflection which is matched to the shift of the wavelength of the incident electromagnetic radiation with the aid of the bandpass filter.
US11454704B2	Target detection apparatus and method and vehicle control apparatus and method Embodiments disclosed herein relate to a target detection apparatus and method, and a vehicle control apparatus and method. A vehicle control apparatus includes: an image sensor operable to be disposed at a vehicle so as to have a field of view of exterior of the vehicle, the image sensor configured to capture image data; a processor configured to process the image data captured by the image sensor; and a controller configured to select a control target responsive at least in part to processing by the processor of the image data.
US11454684B2	Device and context specific signal pattern analysis for magnetic resonance imaging equipment component diagnostics and predictive maintenance When predicting required component service in an imaging device such as a magnetic resonance (MR) imaging device (12), component parameters such as coil voltage, phase lock lost (PLL) events, etc. are sampled to monitor system components. Voltage samples are filtered according to their temporal proximity to coil plug-in and unplug events to generate a filtered data set that is analyzed by a processor (46) to determine whether to transmit a fault report. A service recommendation is received based on the transmitted report and includes a root cause diagnosis and service recommendation that is output to a user interface (50).
US11454682B2	Optically pumped magnetometers for communication reception Various embodiments of the present technology use low-frequency magnetic signals for communication and location applications. Compared to the case of traditionally used radio-frequency electromagnetic signals, their advantage in the presence of strong signal attenuation is in the extended spatial range. Some embodiments use an optically pumped atomic magnetometer operated as a sensor to achieve high detection sensitivity. The spatial range can be extended to hundreds of meters when noise is suppressed by the use of the available sensor sensitivity. In some embodiments, a one-channel spread-spectrum signal processing technique can be used to eliminate the systematic fluctuations coming from power grid (or another source) harmonics and reduce the ambient noise by averaging uncorrelated fluctuations from the environment.
US11454677B2	Wireless control and status monitoring for electric grill with current protection circuitry Provided is an apparatus and method for protecting against unsafe electric current conditions. A protections circuit may be used in a device, such as an electric grill, that has one or more electric loads, such as heating elements. The protection circuit may protect against various failure scenarios, including, without limitation, instances of ground fault, over current, driver failure, and failure of a microprocessor. The microprocessor may further be in wireless communication with a remote device and wirelessly communicate error codes indicative of an error, and receive control signals from the remote device for controlling temperature or turning the grill off. The remote device may also receive operating parameters and create a log of the electric grill's conditions at the time of an error.
US11454676B2	Apparatus for estimating state of secondary battery, and battery pack including the same An apparatus for estimating a state of a secondary battery, connectable to a positive electrode lead, a negative electrode lead, a first measuring lead, and a second measuring lead in the secondary battery, including: a terminal case including: inner terminals contactable with the positive electrode lead, the negative electrode lead, the first measuring lead, or the second measuring lead on a first surface of the terminal case, and outer terminals respectively electrically connectable to the inner terminals on a second surface facing the first surface of the terminal case, a voltage measuring unit electrically connected to at least two of the outer terminals, and measuring a potential difference between the first and the second measuring lead, and a control unit estimating a state of health of the secondary battery based on the potential difference between the first measuring lead and the second measuring lead.
US11454672B2	Battery life extension via changes in transmission rates Disclosed are techniques to conserve battery of an endpoint device. Example techniques include adjusting the size of messages transmitted by an endpoint device and/or adjusting the transmission rate of an endpoint device. In some configurations, the one or more criteria are used by an endpoint device to determine what data fields to include within a message and/or adjust a transmission rate associated with the transmission of messages by the endpoint device. For instance, the one or more criteria may include the battery level of the device, the time of year, whether the data has already been transmitted by the endpoint device, whether the data has been acknowledged as received by another device, whether the endpoint device has been instructed by another device to reduce the message size and/or adjust the transmission rate, and the like.
US11454669B2	Circuit for detecting damage to a peripheral edge on an integrated circuit die An integrated circuit die has a peripheral edge and a seal ring extending along the peripheral edge and surrounding a functional integrated circuit area. A test logic circuit located within the functional integrated circuit area generates a serial input data signal for application to a first end of a sensing conductive wire line extending around the seal ring between the seal ring and the peripheral edge of the integrated circuit die. Propagation of the serial input data signal along the sensing conductive wire line produces a serial output data signal at a second end of the sensing conductive wire line. The test logic circuit compares data patterns of the serial input data signal and serial output data signal to detect damage at the peripheral edge of the integrated circuit die.
US11454667B2	Inspection apparatus and method of adjusting position of chuck top An inspection apparatus includes: a plurality of inspection devices configured to respectively inspect electronic devices of inspection objects on a plurality of chuck tops; a measurement device configured to measure height positions of a plurality of points on a surface of each of the plurality of chuck tops, which are respectively disposed to correspond to the plurality of inspection devices, or to measure distances in a height direction from a measurement reference point to the plurality of points; a calculation device configured to calculate adjustment amounts in the height direction at the plurality of points of each chuck top, based on the height positions of the plurality of points or the distances in the height direction from the measurement reference point to the plurality of points; and an adjustment mechanism configured to adjust, for each chuck top, an angle of the respective chuck top based on the adjustment amounts.
US11454665B2	Integrated circuit spike check test point identification apparatus and method A nontransitory computer-readable program storage medium storing program instructions. The program, when executed by a processor, has the processor capable of receiving a set of input data, the input data relating to devices on a test board for testing a device under test. The program, when executed by a processor, also is capable of transforming the set of input data into test board mapping data. The test board mapping data comprises an ordered listing of potential test points along a path that couples to a conductive surface, wherein the potential test points are derived from at least one of the test board attributes. Further, the program, when executed by a processor, is capable of identifying a selected test point from among the one or more potential test points, the selected test point for spike check probing of the device under test.
US11454662B1	System and method for over-the-air (OTA) testing to detect faulty elements in an active array antenna of an extremely high frequency (EHF) wireless communication device Systems and methods for detecting faulty elements in an active planar antenna array of an extremely high frequency (EHF) wireless communication device. A planar antenna array having a matrix of dual-polarization modulated scattering probes is disposed within a near-field region of the antenna under test (AUT). Electromagnetic energy received from the AUT is converted to a complex electrical signal that is modulated by an electrical modulation signal and radiated as a scattering signal. The resulting electromagnetic scattering signal, received and converted to an electrical signal by another antenna, is used in a holographic image reconstruction operation via a backward-propagation transformation to reconstruct the signal spectrum radiated from the surface of the AUT. Configurable (e.g., electrically) scatter probes provide maximized modulation depths (MDs) over wide frequency ranges.
US11454651B2	Automatic probe ground connection checking techniques A test system can include a probe suitable to be coupled between a test measurement device and a device under test (DUT). The probe can include a signal input to receive an active signal from the DUT and a signal output to provide the active signal to the test measurement device. The probe can also include an input ground to connect to the DUT ground and an output ground to connect to the test measurement device ground. A probe ground connection checking device can automatically determine whether the probe ground connections to the DUT ground and test measurement device ground are solid.
US11454647B2	Scanning type probe microscope and control device for scanning type probe microscope A cantilever has a probe at a tip end. An optical system emits laser light to the cantilever and detects the laser light reflected by the cantilever. A measurement unit measures characteristics of a sample based on a displacement of the cantilever obtained by a change in a position of the laser light detected by the optical system. The laser light adjustment unit adjusts, when adjusting the optical axis of the laser light, a spot diameter of the laser light to be larger than the spot diameter when measuring the characteristics of a sample. The imaging unit captures an image of a range including the position of the probe when adjusting the optical axis of the laser light. The display unit displays the captured image.
US11454645B2	Inertial sensor, electronic instrument, and vehicle An inertial sensor includes a movable element including a first movable section and a second movable section, a first detection electrode, and a first dummy electrode. The first movable section has a first section, a second section that is farther from the swing axis than the first section, and a third section disposed between the first section and second section. The first section of the first movable section has a first opening and the third section of the first movable section has a second opening. An opening ratio of the first opening to the first section of the first movable section is smaller than an opening ratio of the second opening to the third section of the first movable section.
US11454644B2	Directional differential pressure detector Methods and apparatuses for indicating the presence of a directional differential pressure between separated adjacent spaces are provided. A differential pressure set point indicator may be configured to correlate multiple potential angles of inclination of an elongated conduit to respective threshold differential pressures between two spaces which generate net flow of fluid sufficient to cause a lightweight ball to move from one region of the conduit to an opposing region. The elongated conduit may be adjustable in length so as to accommodate installation of the device into walls of varying thickness. The device may include a sound attenuator that reduces noise upon impact of the ball with either end of the conduit. The device may also include a sealing material that is flexible yet firm enough to provide both a seal with the exterior surface of the conduit and support for the conduit when oriented in a tilted configuration.
US11454640B2	Culture medium processing system and method with deproteinization in a filtration container The culture medium processing system includes a controller (100) configured to control operation of a sample dispensing part (20), a reagent dispensing part (26) and a transport arm (24) to deproteinize a sample, wherein the controller (100) is configured to dispense a methanol solution into an empty filtration container (50) to perform a conditioning of a filtration filter (52) disposed in the filtration container (50), then dispense a sample into the filtration container (50), add an acetonitrile solution as a deproteinization agent to the sample in the filtration container (50), and then perform a filtration process in the filtration part (30).
US11454638B2	Sample rack transport apparatus, sample analysis device, and sample analysis system A sample rack transport apparatus for transporting a sample rack to a sample analyser, comprising: a bidirectional transmission track for bidirectionally transmitting a sample rack without passing through the sample analyser; a feed channel in parallel with the bidirectional transmission track, wherein the sample rack may be delivered from the bidirectional transmission track to the feed channel and to the sample analyser; an unloading cache region located between the bidirectional transmission track and the feed channel, the unloading cache region being used for storing the sample tack; and an unloading mechanism for delivering the sample rack in the feed channel to the unloading cache region for storage, or delivering the sample rack stored in the unloading cache region to the bidirectional transmission track. Also provided are a sample analysis device and a sample analysis system using the sample rack transport apparatus.
US11454636B2	Procedure of predicting type 2 diabetes development through analysis of N-glycans attached to the plasma proteins of a healthy person A prediction of type 2 diabetes development through quantitative analysis of N-glycans attached to the plasma proteins of a healthy person, which enables determination of whether the investigated person belongs to a risk group for type 2 diabetes development in the future. Using obtained quantitative percentages of all analyzed N-glycans as input variables of a model F: F(GP1, GP2, . . . , GPX; D, S), where X, D and S are parameters of the model F: X=total number of analyzed N-glycans; D=age of the investigated person; S=sex of the investigated person; male=1, female=0. Obtaining constants of the model F (GP1, GP2, . . . , GPX; D, S) by statistical data processing and modelling from analyzed population. Comparing obtained result F for the investigated person with a statistically determined threshold T, which defines the threshold of increased risk for type 2 diabetes (T2D) development in the future.
US11454635B2	Methods and compositions for diagnosis and prognosis of renal injury and renal failure The present invention relates to methods and compositions for monitoring, diagnosis, prognosis, and determination of treatment regimens in subjects suffering from or suspected of having a renal injury. In particular, the invention relates to using a one or more assays configured to detect a kidney injury marker selected from the group consisting of Coagulation factor VII, CA19-9, Insulin-like growth factor-binding protein 7, C—X—C motif chemokine 6, and C—C motif chemokine 13 as diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers in renal injuries.
US11454634B2	Assessing whether a subject shall be subjected to imaging based diagnostic The present invention relates to a method for assessing whether a subject shall be subjected to an imaging based diagnostic assessment. The method is based on the determination of the amount(s) of a cardiac Troponin and/or Fibroblast Growth Factor 23 (FGF-23) in a sample from the subject, and on the comparison of the, thus, determined amount(s) with a reference amount (reference amounts). The present invention also relates to a system for performing an assessment whether a subject shall be subjected to an imaging based diagnostic assessment and to reagents and kits used in performing the methods disclosed herein. Moreover, the present invention is directed to a method for predicting the risk of mortality and/or of a cardiovascular event. Also encompassed is a method for diagnosing an early stage of LVH in a subject having a preserved left ventricular ejection.
US11454633B2	Anti-myostatin antibodies, polypeptides containing variant Fc regions, and methods of use The disclosure provides anti-myostatin antibodies and methods of making and using the same. Nucleic acids encoding the anti-myostatin antibodies and host cells comprising the nucleic acids are also provided. The anti-myostatin antibodies have uses that include treating a muscle wasting disease, reducing body fat accumulation, and increasing mass and strength of muscle tissue. The disclosure also provides polypeptides containing a variant Fc region and methods of making and using the same. Nucleic acids encoding the polypeptides and host cells comprising the nucleic acids are also provided. The polypeptides have uses that include suppressing the activation of immune cells; treating an immunological inflammatory disease, autoimmune disease, or viral infection; and increasing muscle mass and strength or reducing body fat accumulation.
US11454614B2	Escape system for a sunken car and ultrasonic component The present disclosure illustrates an escape system for a sunken car and an ultrasonic component. The ultrasonic component has a case and an ultrasonic module, and the escape system for a sunken car has at least the ultrasonic component and a main board. The escape system for the sunken car and the ultrasonic component in present disclosure utilize the property of the ultrasonic to recognize the type and thickness of the obstacle which is accumulated in the ultrasonic component, and to determine whether the warning message for sweeping the obstacle should be sent, so as to maintain the sensitivity of the ultrasonic component and further to prevent the ultrasonic component from mistakenly judging the car is sunk.
US11454612B1	System for inspecting equipment and materials for quality Disclosed herein is a system for inspecting equipment and materials for quality. The system for inspecting equipment and materials for quality includes: a magnetic sensor configured to generate a magnetic field in an inspection target object, and to detect magnetic flux density; and a quality inspection server configured to determine the presence of a defect, a portion where the detect is present, and the type of defect for the inspection target object based on magnetic flux density waveforms over a range from one end of the inspection target object to the other end thereof that are generated via signals detected by the magnetic sensor.
US11454600B2	Thermal conductivity sensor A thin film thermal conductivity temperature sensor may have a spiral heating element having very tightly spaced conductors that allow the spiral heating element to act as a solid disc. Further, multiple electrical connections to the spiral heating element can be provided to allow the size of the heating and temperature sensing element to be changed. The sensor can be used in determining thermal characteristics of different material samples to be determined.
US11454598B2	Thermal conductivity detector A thermal conductivity detector (TCD) includes: a detection channel through which a gas to be measured flows as a fluid; a thermal conduction part that has a filament provided at a position in the detection channel where the filament comes into direct contact with the fluid flowing through the detection channel, thereby conducting heat through the fluid flowing through the detection channel; and a detection circuit for detecting an electric signal based on a change in a voltage or a current of the filament. The thermal conduction part has a plurality of filament sections that are substantially parallel to a flow direction of the fluid flowing through the detection channel.
US11454594B2	Method for identifying frostbite condition of grain seeds using spectral feature wavebands of seed embryo hyperspectral images The invention discloses a method for identifying frostbite condition of grain seeds using the spectral feature wavebands of the grain seed embryo hyperspectral images. At first, hyperspectral image of the grain seed in the embryo side is collected, and the hyperspectral image in the embryo region of the grain seed is obtained. Then the average spectra is calculated and the wavebands containing noise are eliminated, the spectral feature wavebands are extracted by using related algorithm and the spectra value corresponding with the waveband is obtained. Next, the feature waveband spectral value and the category label of the known frostbite category grain seed are input into the classification model for obtaining the optimal training classification model. Finally, the feature waveband spectral value of each unknown frostbite category grain seed is input into the established model, the frostbite condition of seed is identified.
US11454592B2	Confirmation apparatus, confirmation method, and non-transitory storage medium An object of the present invention is to provide a means for confirming whether a plant (for example, cannabis or tobacco) or a processed product thereof is a genuine product. The present invention provides a confirmation method including: an irradiation step (S11) of irradiating a plant or a processed product of the plant with light; a confirmation 5 step (S12) of confirming whether the plant or the processed product of the plant irradiated with light emits fluorescence; and a determination step (S13) of determining the plant or the processed product of the plant emitting fluorescence to be a genuine product and the plant or the processed product of the plant not emitting fluorescence to be a counterfeit product.
US11454589B2	Method and apparatus for non-invasively measuring circulatory hemoglobin A method and apparatus of non-invasively determining a blood circulatory hemoglobin value for a subject using a near-infrared spectrophotometric (NIRS) sensing device is provided. The method includes: a) non-invasively sensing tissue of the subject using the NIRS sensing device at about a time T1, and determining at least one NIRS tissue totalHb value; b) acquiring at least one circulatory blood sample from the subject at about the time T1; c) determining at least one blood circulatory THb value; d) calibrating the NIRS sensing device using the at least one blood circulatory THb value and the at least one NIRS tissue TotalHb value; and e) determining at least one blood circulatory hemoglobin value using the calibrated NIRS sensing device and the at least one NIRS tissue totalHb value.
US11454584B2	Motion modulation fluidic analyzer system A fluid analyzer includes an optical source and detector defining a beam path of an optical beam, and a fluid flow cell on the beam path defining an interrogation region in a fluid channel in which the optical beam interacts with fluids. One or more flow-control devices conduct a particle in a fluid through the fluid channel. A motion system moves the interrogation region relative to the fluid channel in response to a motion signal, and a controller (1) generates the motion signal having a time-varying characteristic, (2) samples an output signal from the optical detector at respective intervals of the motion signal during which the interrogation region contains and does not contain the particle, and (3) determines from output signal samples a measurement value indicative of an optically measured characteristic of the particle.
US11454580B2	Method for preform or tube drawing based on its viscosity Methods for preform and tube draw based on controlling forming zone viscosity determined by calculating a holding force exerted by the glass component in the forming zone on the strand being drawn below. The holding force may be calculated by determining a gravitational force applied to the strand and a pulling force applied to the strand by a pulling device, where the holding force is equal to the opposite of the algebraic sum of the gravitational and pulling forces. The holding force may also be calculated by measuring a stress-induced birefringence in the strand at a point between the forming zone and the pulling device, determining an amount of force applied to the strand at the point corresponding to the birefringence, and calculating the holding force by correcting the amount of force for a gravitational effect of the weight of the strand between the forming zone and the point.
US11454576B2	Assay apparatus and handheld specimen collection tools therefor Assay apparatus for use with a handheld specimen collection tool having an elongated specimen collection tip for bearing bodily specimen therealong. The assay apparatus includes a drum having a transparent, generally cylindrical, hollow drum body with a horizontal longitudinal drum body centerline, an internal drum body surface and an external drum body surface and a backlight illuminator for backlighting the drum body. The assay apparatus includes an elongated specimen collection tube for snug sliding insertion of the elongated specimen collection tip thereinto for depositing bodily specimen on the drum body and an elongated scanner for scanning the backlighted drum body for acquiring a bodily specimen scan.
US11454575B2	Methods and machines for drying blood smears and an automatic smearing device A method and a machine for drying blood smears and an automatic smearing device are provided. In the method, a dry gas is used as a drying medium to dry a blood film on a blood smear in drying the blood smear, thus reducing drying time and the number of blood smears which are dried together. The dry gas is obtained by: first, removing a liquid from a pressurized gas, second, filtering a vapor, and finally, decompressing the dried pressurized gas to be a non-pressurized gas having lower humidity. In addition, the dry gas is further heated for further reducing the humidity of the dry gas. In order to prevent cell distortion from occurring, the heated dry gas is caused to gently flow over the blood smear in a direction which the blood film is spread.
US11454566B2	Parameter similarity method for test simulation conditions of aerodynamic heating environment A parameter similarity method for test simulation conditions of an aerodynamic heating environment is disclosed. With respect to the requirement that the adiabatic wall enthalpy and the cold-wall heat flux are equal in the simulation test of the aerodynamic heating environment, a method that can ensure the similarity of ground test parameters and flight parameters without the equal adiabatic wall enthalpy is proposed, and solves the problems of relying on the equal adiabatic wall enthalpy and making it difficult to accurately simulate the real aerodynamic heating environment in the current test simulation method, and provides guarantee for heat transfer and ablation test research of thermal protection/insulation material under the high temperature aerodynamic heating environment. The test conditions are not affected by the value of the adiabatic wall enthalpy. According to the method, most test devices can simulate the aerodynamic heating environment with high enthalpy.
US11454564B2	Gas sensor fault detection device, gas sensor fault detection system, and gas sensor fault detection method There is provided a gas sensor fault detection device that detects a sensor fault in a gas leak inspection device. The gas sensor fault detection device includes: a gas blowing unit that blows a gas toward a detection area of a gas sensor of the gas leak inspection device; and a position fixing unit that fixes a position of the gas blowing unit with reference to a hypothetical gas leak position of an inspection target being inspected by the gas leak inspection device.
US11454558B2	Fabry-Perot sensor and method for manufacturing same Disclosed are a Fabry-Perot sensor and a method for manufacturing the same. A Fabry-Perot sensor including: a base part; a cavity formed between the base part and a pressure-sensitive film, and enclosed by the base part and the pressure-sensitive film; the pressure-sensitive film, fixed to the base part, wherein the pressure-sensitive film has one or more localised areas, each localised area has a doping substance doped into a base material of the pressure-sensitive film to produce stress, no localised area penetrates the entire thickness of the pressure-sensitive film, and under the effect of stress, the pressure-sensitive film has a corrugated structure; an optic fibre used for conducting a light signal, one end part of the optic fibre being fixed to an optic fibre mounting part of the base part, and the optic fibre mounting part being located at an end part of the base part opposite the cavity.
US11454554B2	Temperature detection device and method using sets of DC voltages Two sets of the DC voltages are determined from among sets of DC voltages. At a first temperature, a first voltage of one of the two sets and a first voltage of the other one of the two sets surround a detection voltage that varies substantially proportionally to temperature. The detection voltage is compared with a second voltage of one of the two sets.
US11454547B2	Cavity blackbody radiation source A cavity blackbody radiation source is provide. The cavity blackbody radiation source comprises a blackbody radiation cavity and a carbon nanotube composite material. The blackbody radiation cavity comprises an inner surface. The carbon nanotube composite material is located on the inner surface. The carbon nanotube composite material comprises a black lacquer and a plurality of carbon nanotubes, and the plurality of carbon nanotubes is in an upright state in the black lacquer.
US11454540B2	Wearable spectroscopy using filtered sensor Methods and systems for spectroscopy are provided. Exemplary methods include: illuminating, with a tunable laser, an analyte with first light; detecting, with a filtered sensor, a first Raman signal; illuminating, with the tunable laser, the analyte using second light; detecting, with the filtered sensor, a second Raman signal, the second Raman signal being shifted from the first Raman signal by a second predetermined increment; illuminating, with the tunable laser, the analyte using third light; detecting, with the filtered sensor, a third Raman signal, the third Raman signal being shifted from the second Raman signal by the second predetermined increment; constructing a Raman spectrum using the first Raman signal, the second Raman signal, and the third Raman signal; and determining at least one molecule of the analyte using the Raman spectrum and a database of predetermined Raman spectra.
US11454537B2	Optical measurement stability control system An optical measurement stability control system includes a case, a circulating flow field, an optical measurement system and a heat dissipation flow field. The case has an airtight space. The circulating flow field is located in the airtight space and adapted to generate an airflow flowing in the airtight space. The optical measurement system is located in the airtight space and located on a flow path of the airflow. The heat dissipation flow field is connected to the case and located at an end of the flow path. The heat dissipation flow field discharges heat out of the airtight space by heat conduction and forced convection.
US11454534B2	Method and system for optical and microwave synergistic retrieval of aboveground biomass A method of optical and microwave synergistic retrieval of aboveground biomass, the method including: 1) obtaining an observation value of aboveground biomass (AGB) of a sample plot; 2) pre-processing laser radar (LiDAR) data, optical remote sensing data and microwave remote sensing data covering a research region, to yield crown height model (CHM) data, surface reflectance data and a backscattering coefficient, respectively; 3) extracting different LiDAR variables, extracting a plurality of optical characteristic vegetation indexes, and extracting a plurality of microwave characteristic variables; 4) establishing a multiple stepwise linear regression model of the biomass; 5) taking the biomass value of the LiDAR data coverage region as a training set and a verification sample set, and selecting samples for modeling and verification; 6) screening out the optical and microwave characteristic variables; and 7) constructing an optical model, a microwave model, and an optical and microwave synergistic model of AGB retrieval, respectively.
US11454530B1	Device for measuring and quantifying an emulsion and its contents mass A device (102, 300) for measuring and quantifying an emulsion and its contents mass when immersed in a fluid comprising two immiscible liquids is provided. The device (102, 300) includes at least one pressure sensor (302A-I) configured to measure hydrostatic pressure measurement data and a device processor (104) configured to, (i) convert the hydrostatic pressure measurement data into respective mass measurement data using a mass calculation formula, (ii) detect a condition of the fluid as emulsion, if the hydrostatic pressure measurement data is lesser than the hydrostatic pressure measurement data of a first liquid and greater than the hydrostatic pressure measurement data of a second liquid in the fluid, (iii) calculate the first and second liquid mass in the emulsion condition of the first and second liquid, and (iv) calculate a total mass of the first liquid and the second liquid in the chamber (310).
US11454529B2	Augmented flowmeter with a system for simulating fluid parameters The present invention relates to a flowmeter for monitoring physical parameters of fluid passing through the flowmeter. The flowmeter being installed in a plant and communicatively connected through a gateway device to a server having a virtual model. The flowmeter comprising: a processing unit for computing a first processed data of a physical parameter associated with the fluid measured by the flowmeter. The flowmeter receives a second processed data from the server having the virtual model, wherein the virtual model provides the second processed data by computing the second processed data based on the first processed data and data from at least one sensor provisioned in the plant. The present invention also provides for a system for monitoring physical parameters of fluid passing through a pipe in a plant with the flowmeter.
US11454523B2	Dual composite light field device An apparatus is disclosed for capturing image information. The apparatus includes a waveguide having opposed planar input and output faces. A diffractive optical element (DOE) is formed across the waveguide. The DOE is configured to couple a portion of the light passing through the waveguide into the waveguide. The light coupled into the waveguide is directed via total internal reflection to an exit location on the waveguide. The apparatus further includes a light sensor having an input positioned adjacent the exit location of the waveguide to capture light exiting therefrom and generate output signals corresponding thereto. A processor determines the angle and position of the coupled light with respect to the input face of the waveguide based on the output signals.
US11454512B2	System, transportation vehicle, network component, apparatuses, methods, and computer programs for a transportation vehicle and a network component A system, a transportation vehicle, a network component, apparatuses, methods, and computer programs for a transportation vehicle and a network component. The method for a transportation vehicle and for verifying a proposed route includes determining an exceptional traffic situation based on an environmental model for the transportation vehicle and transmitting information related to the exceptional traffic situation to a network component using a mobile communication system. The method also includes receiving information related to a proposed route from a network component, and verifying the proposed route based on the environmental model of the transportation vehicle.
US11454505B2	Navigation system and method for discreet routing A system and method for discreet routing of a vehicle are described. The system and method provide a way of getting a subject vehicle from Point A to Point B while minimizing the visibility of the subject vehicle by one or more observers. In one embodiment, the method includes (1) determining a location of one or more observers within a target area and (2) applying elevation data to a plurality of grid squares within the target area. Based on the elevation data, a field-of-view (FOV) for each of the one or more observers is determined. The FOV includes one or more of the plurality of grid squares that are visible from the location of the observer. The method includes determining a route from an initial location to a destination location within the target area that minimizes an amount of the route within the FOV of the one or more observers.
US11454504B2	Method for mapping a route section A method for mapping a route section. The method includes providing a central mapping server equipped with a server-side communication interface; providing at least one fleet vehicle of a vehicle fleet equipped with at least one sensor which is suitable for detecting mapping data, and with a vehicle-side communication interface, the server-side communication interface and the vehicle-side communication interface being configured to exchange data; making a mapping decision by decision-making logic implemented on the mapping server, and transmitting an individual mapping request which is based on the mapping decision to the at least one fleet vehicle, it being possible for the mapping request to include different pieces of information for individual fleet vehicles; and transmitting mapping data from the at least one fleet vehicle to the mapping server as a function of the individual mapping request and the use of the mapping data during the mapping of the route section.
US11454500B2	Map feature extraction system for computer map visualizations A feature extraction system extracts map features from an aerial image. The feature extraction system receives an aerial image having pixels and predicts, for each pixel, a probability that the pixel corresponds to a map feature based on a machine learning model. The machine learning model is trained to determine a probability that a pixel corresponds to the map feature based on a training dataset comprising pairs of aerial images and corresponding mask images that describe known instances of the map feature. The feature extraction system identifies a subset of pixels of the plurality of pixels. Each pixel in the subset has a predicted probability that is greater than or equal to a threshold probability that a pixel corresponds to the map feature. The feature extraction system further determines a bounded geometry enclosing the identified subset of pixels, the bounding geometry encompassing an instance of the map feature.
US11454497B2	Method of measuring a flatness of an object and apparatus for performing the same In a method of measuring a flatness of an object, a laser, which may have a wavelength reflectable from the object, may be converted into a laser array. The laser array may be irradiated to the object. The flatness of the object may be measured using a reflected laser array reflected from the object. Thus, the flatness of the object may be accurately measured to decrease process errors of a display device by correcting the flatness of the glass substrate.
US11454490B2	Strain sensor placement A method for measuring strain of a component includes determining a preferred placement for a strain sensor on the component, and a preferred feature dimension and orientation for the strain sensor at the preferred placement on the component; and printing the strain sensor at the preferred placement on the component with the preferred feature dimension and orientation.
US11454487B2	Surface measuring apparatus Surface measuring apparatus for measuring a surface of a workpiece has a probe for contacting the surface of workpiece, a feed apparatus for moving probe relative to surface of the workpiece along a feed axis for sampling surface of workpiece. The probe outputs a probe output signal during sampling of the workpiece. An evaluation apparatus is in data transmission connection with probe and is designed and programmed to reconstruct the profile of the surface of workpiece based on the probe output signal. Evaluation apparatus is designed and programmed to determine an apparatus frequency signature representing characteristic natural frequencies of the surface measuring apparatus, and an analyzer is provided which detects and analyzes the temporal course of the apparatus frequency signature, such that the functional state of the surface measuring apparatus is assessed based on the temporal course of the apparatus frequency signature.
US11454474B2	Optical sight mounting system Implementations of an optical sight mounting system are provided. An example optical sight mounting system comprises an optical sight having a base that can be secured to a pistol slide having an adapter interface. The base of the optical sight is configured so that it can be rotated into position within the adapter interface. In this way, the optical sight can be mounted on a pistol and used to aim. Another example optical sight mounting system comprises an optical sight having a base that can be secured to an adapter interface of an optical sight mount. The base of the optical sight is configured so that it can be rotated into position within the adapter interface. The optical sight mount is configured to releasable engage a mounting interface of a firearm (e.g., a MIL-STD-1913 rail). In this way, the optical sight can be positioned on a firearm (e.g., a rifle) and used to aim.
US11454468B1	Recoil buffer assembly A captured spring recoil buffer has a rod with a flanged rear end and a shaft defining a pin passage slot. An action spring is fitted around the rod and is defined by a forward end and a rear end abutting against the flanged rear end of the rod. A buffer has a cylindrical sidewall and defines an axial bore, with the cylindrical sidewall further defining a pair of aligned crosswise pin openings normal to the bore axis. The buffer is in sliding engagement with the rod, and the forward end of the action spring abuts against the buffer. A dowel pin is positioned through the crosswise pin openings on the cylindrical sidewall of the buffer and through the pin passage slot of the shaft.
US11454465B2	Direct-drive system for cooling system fans, exhaust blowers and pumps The present invention is directed to a load bearing direct-drive system and a variable process control system for efficiently managing the operation of fans in a cooling system such as a wet-cooling tower, air-cooled heat exchanger (ACHE), HVAC system, blowers and centrifugal blowers, mechanical towers or chiller systems. In one embodiment, the load bearing direct-drive system comprises a load bearing torque multiplier device having an output rotatable shaft connected to a fan, and a load bearing motor comprising a rotatable shaft that drives the load bearing torque multiplier device.
US11454464B2	Fan brake control system A fan brake system for controlling an industrial fan system, the fan brake system including a fan brake having a brake pad movable on the fan brake to selectively engage the fan system. An actuator including a motor can be operable to cause the fan brake to perform a braking procedure on the fan system to resist rotational movement of the fan system. A controller can be communicated with the actuator, the controller operable to selectively cause the actuator and the fan brake to perform the braking procedure, wherein the controller is operable to monitor and control power being supplied to the motor of the actuator during the braking procedure to maintain a torque output of the motor according to a predetermined torque profile during the braking procedure.
US11454463B2	Fluid eductors, and systems and methods of entraining fluid using fluid eductors The present disclosure provides fluid eductors, systems that utilize fluid eductors, and methods of entraining a suction fluid flow using a fluid eductor. Exemplary fluid eductors include a concentric eductor space or a plurality of annular eductor spaces. Exemplary methods include ejecting a volume of motive fluid out of a concentric eductor space of a fluid eductor, accelerating a peripheral region of the suction fluid flow with the motive fluid ejecting out of the first annular eductor space, and accelerating a core region of the suction fluid flow with the motive fluid ejecting out of the second annular eductor space.
US11454459B2	Heat-sink base provided with heat-sink fin portions, method for producing same and motor provided with same A heat-sink base provided with heat-sink fin portions, a manufacturing method and a motor provided with the heat-sink base. The base is produced by pouring cast metal into a mold cavity to replace a pattern having a predetermined sublimation temperature. The base includes a preformed heat-sink member comprising a plurality of heat-sink fin portions and at least one anchor portion embedded at least partially in the pattern, and a base body comprising an enclosed base portion and a holder portion for receiving and holding the at least one anchor portion. By virtue of the invented method, the heat-sink member having an extremely thin thickness can be mounted on the base body and the overall surface area of the heat-sink base is increased considerably.
US11454455B2	Vapor chamber and heat dissipation device with same A vapor chamber and a heat dissipation device with the vapor chamber are provided. The vapor chamber includes a first plate, a second plate, a first capillary strip, a first communication structure and a working medium. An accommodation space is defined by the first plate and the second plate collaboratively. The first capillary strip is installed in the accommodation space. The accommodation space is divided into a first region and a second region by the first capillary strip. The working medium is accommodated within the accommodation space. The working medium flows between the first region and the second region through the first communication structure. Since the working medium is guided to flow in the accommodation space by the first capillary strip and the first communication structure, the heat dissipating efficacy is enhanced.
US11454453B2	Round plate heat exchanger The present invention discloses a round plate heat exchanger having a heat exchange part in which a plurality of heat medium flow paths and a plurality of combustion gas flow paths are formed alternately adjacent to each other between a plurality of plates. The plurality of plates are formed by stacking a plurality of unit plates comprising a first plate and a second plate stacked each therein. The plurality of heat medium flow paths are formed to be spaced from each other between the first plate and the second plate, a plurality of heat medium connection flow paths are formed in some areas of the plurality of heat medium flow paths, and each of the plurality of combustion gas flow paths is formed between the second plate of one unit plate and the first plate of another unit plate stacked adjacent to the unit plate.
US11454452B2	Heat exchanger for a molten salt steam generator in a concentrated solar power plant (III) A heat exchanger includes: a first straight section; a second straight section; and a bent section or elbow linking the first straight section and the second straight section. Each straight section comprises a part of an internal cylindrical shell and of an external cylindrical shell, both cooperating to form an intershell space enclosing a bundle of parallel U-bent tubes having each a first and a second straight part respectively located in the first straight section and second straight section of the exchanger and a 180°-bent part located in the bent section or elbow of the exchanger, so that, in use, a first fluid to be heated and vaporized is flowing in the tubes. The external cylindrical shell is provided respectively at one end with an inlet and at another end with an outlet for a second fluid which is a hot thermal fluid.
US11454451B2	Tube bank heat exchanger A heat exchanger has: a first manifold assembly having a stack of plates; a second manifold assembly having a stack of plates; and a plurality of tubes extending from the first manifold assembly to the second manifold assembly. The plurality of tubes is a plurality groups of tubes. For each of the groups of the tubes: the tubes of the group have first ends mounted between plates of the first manifold assembly; and the tubes of the group have second ends mounted between plates of the second manifold assembly.
US11454449B2	Heat exchanger cooling system A heat exchanger cooling system includes: a passage extending from a water tank and branching off into a first passage and a second passage at a branch portion provided in the middle of extension of the passage, the passage including a water discharge portion provided on a distal end side of the first passage so as to face a radiator; a pump configured to send water into the passage from the water tank; a first opening-closing valve provided in the first passage and configured to open and close the first passage; a second opening-closing valve provided in the second passage and configured to open and close the second passage; and a controlling portion configured to control an operation of the pump and to control opening and closing of the first opening-closing valve and the second opening-closing valve.
US11454447B2	Stirring of molten metals Apparatus and methods for stirring a molten metal are provided. The apparatus comprising: an electromagnetic stirrer, the electromagnetic stirrer including a core, the core being provided with two or more teeth, the core being provided with two or more electrically conducting coils; connections for applying a current to the electrically conducting coils; wherein the two or more teeth have an end proximal the core and an end distal the core, the end distal the core defining a tooth end face, the tooth end face for at least one of the teeth not being aligned with the tooth end face for at least one of the other teeth. In this way the air gap between the teeth and the container in which molten metal is to be stirrer can be kept small, even with curved walls or bases to the container.
US11454446B2	Anomaly detection and notification of electric arc furnace, system and method A method for identifying, classifying, and sending notification of an electric arc furnace's (EAF) anomalies to improve the EAF efficiency. The method includes the steps of establishing baseline state measurements of the EAF, receiving new state measurements of the EAF and statistically testing the new state measurements against the baseline state measurements. The method further includes the steps of identifying as an anomaly a failed statistical test, classifying the identified anomaly and sending notification of the classified anomaly to a configurable list of recipients.
US11454443B2	RF-heating in industrial metallic chambers A method of uniform RF-heating within a chamber is disclosed, which includes cyclically varying electromagnetic properties of a chamber according to a plurality of configuration, transmitting an alternating RF signal about a first frequency range between a first frequency and a second frequency from a transmitter into the chamber, measuring electromagnetic power at a random receiver location in the chamber for each of the plurality of configurations and at a predetermined resolution of frequency thereby generating a statistical distribution vs. frequency, applying a statistical test to the generated statistical distribution based on a predetermined statistical function, determining a standard deviation of the average received power as a function of frequency, choosing a third frequency range associated with a standard deviation lower than a second threshold, and choosing an operational frequency in the third frequency range which provides maximum heating depending on the material being heated.
US11454438B2	Space saving ice and beverage dispenser with accessible auger drive An ice dispensing system is provided. The system includes multiple sidewalls forming an ice bin cavity configured to store ice. The system further includes an auger drive assembly. The auger drive assembly includes a drive assembly that is coupled to one of the multiple sidewalls and has a motor configured to rotate a drive gear. The auger drive assembly further includes an auger assembly positioned within the ice bin cavity. The auger assembly includes a helical auger coupled to an auger gear. The drive gear is configured to mate with the auger gear to drive rotation of the helical auger and cause ice to be dispensed through an ice chute. The drive assembly is additionally configured to move relative to the auger assembly between a closed position and an opened position. The opened position permits removal of the auger assembly from the ice bin cavity.
US11454436B2	Refrigerator having variable speed compressor and control method thereof A refrigerator and a method for controlling the same are disclosed. The refrigerator may minimize the size and material cost of the control system by controlling the internal temperature and the speed of a compressor using a thermostat used in the conventional low-capacity/low-cost refrigerator without using a system controller equipped with various sensors (internal sensors and/or external sensors) capable of controlling the internal temperature. In addition, since an inverter controller capable of controlling a BLDC compressor estimates the internal/external temperature based on operation information of the compressor, and determines the internal load, it may save energy and reduce vibrations and noise, which are the largest disadvantages of a constant-speed compressor, thereby improving satisfaction of the consumer. In addition, the BLDC compressor may be started and operated stably by applying a differentiated algorithm of the inverter controller.
US11454435B2	Accumulator and heat exchange device having accumulator An accumulator, including a housing and a cover body, one end of the housing being open; the housing is internally provided with an accommodating cavity, the accommodating cavity being internally provided with a filter; a peripheral wall of the housing comprises a first thick wall part, the first thick wall part being provided with an inlet channel, and one end of the inlet channel communicating with the accommodating cavity, while the other end of the inlet channel communicates with the outside; one end of an outlet channel communicates with the accommodating cavity by means of the filter, while the other end of the outlet channel communicates with an outer portion of the housing. The accumulator may be directly welded and fixed to a heat exchange core without requiring a pipeline connection, the risk of external leakage being small, and the anti-seismic performance being high.
US11454422B2	Water heating system for controlling an ability to set a parameter of a controller This disclosure is related to devices, systems, and techniques for controlling a temperature of water contained by a water tank. A controller includes a user interface configured to receive one or more user inputs indicative of a request to set a control parameter of the controller and communication circuitry configured to receive, from a user device, an electronic signal. Additionally, the controller includes processing circuitry configured to identify, from the electronic signal, one or more first data packets that include a request to disable an ability to change, based on the one or more user inputs received by the user interface, the control parameter of the controller and in response to receiving the one or more first data packets, disable the ability to change the control parameter of the controller.
US11454418B2	Adjustable heavy-duty bracket assembly An example an adjustable bracket and an damper system usable with the adjustable bracket assembly for transmitting an actuation force from an actuator to a plurality of damper assemblies. The adjustable bracket assembly may include a shaft extending along and configured to rotate about a first axis in response to an output from the actuator, a first output lever configured to transmit a rotational force of the shaft to a first damper assembly, and a second output lever configured to transmit the rotational force of the shaft to a second damper assembly.
US11454412B2	HVAC system and control method thereof The present application discloses a control method for an HVAC system in a relatively large spatial place and the HVAC system. The HVAC system comprises an air handling unit, and the air handling unit is provided with a valve through which a fluid medium passes and a fan; and the method comprises: monitoring a return air temperature of air circulated back to the air handling unit; providing a return air temperature setpoint of the HVAC system; and performing decoupling adjustment on one of the fan and the valve, and then adjusting the other of the fan and the valve so that the return air temperature is close to the return air temperature setpoint. According to the present application, the HVAC system can operate in a steady and energy-saving way.
US11454411B2	Zone air flow rate adjustment for an HVAC system A heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) system includes processing circuitry configured to receive a plurality of air flow rates, in which each air flow rate of the plurality of air flow rates is associated with a zone of a plurality of zones of the HVAC system, determine a sum of the plurality of air flow rates is outside of a threshold range around a total output air flow rate, and, in response to determining the sum of the plurality of air flow rates is outside of the threshold range around the total output air flow rate, adjust an air flow rate of the plurality of air flow rates based on a comparison between the sum of the plurality of air flow rates and the total output air flow rate.
US11454406B2	Dehumidifier with filtering assembly for secondary tank A dehumidifier comprises a main body and a main tank. The main body has a water collector, a secondary tank, a filtering assembly, and a water pump. The water collector has an exhaust hole. The secondary tank is located under the water collector and has a receiving hole aligned to the exhaust hole. The filtering assembly has a filter located between the exhaust hole and the receiving hole, and aligned to the exhaust hole. An area of the filter is bigger than an area of the exhaust hole. The water pump has a drawing opening communicating with the secondary tank and a draining opening communicating with the main tank. Thus, the water flowing out the exhaust hole will definitely pass through the filter before flowing into the secondary tank. Therefore, the filtering assembly prevents the water pump from drawing water with dusts and impurities and being damaged.
US11454396B1	Fuel injector and pre-mixer system for a burner array A fuel injector and mini-mixer system includes a mixing element tube configured to mix air and fuel prior to injecting the air and fuel into a combustor, an injector positioned within the mixing element tube, the injector being configured to inject a fluid into the mixing element tube, one or more air inlet slots positioned on one or more sides of the injector, one or more fuel injection holes configured to inject fuel into the mixing element tube, and one or more delta wing vortex generators positioned within an internal wall of the mixing element tube, the one or more delta wing vortex generators configured to generate a vortex pair that accelerates the mixing of air and fuel injected into the mixing element tube. Additional air slots can be provided downstream of the delta wing vortex generators to energize the vortex pair or lift fuel away to prevent flameholding.
US11454393B2	Gas burner with an offset flame port array A gas burner includes a burner body that defines a fuel chamber and a plurality of flame ports. The plurality of flame ports are configured for directing a flow of fuel and air out of the fuel chamber. The plurality of flame ports are distributed along a circumferential direction on the burner body such that the plurality of flame ports are uniformly spaced from a center of the fuel chamber along a radial direction. The plurality of flame ports may be oriented to direct flames away from a void within the plurality of flame ports.
US11454392B2	Device for indirect heating by radiation in the form of a radiant housing The present disclosure relates to a device for indirect heating by radiation in the form of a radiant housing having two front walls and two side walls and comprising at least one heat source, the radiant housing having front walls joining one another such that the housing has a lenticular shape in cross-section.
US11454386B2	Panel module and method for obtaining the same A panel module (100), comprising a first frame (110) arranged in a first plane (P), and at least one optical element (135) elongating along the first plane. The first frame is at least partially hollow and arranged to hold at least a peripheral portion of the at least one optical element. The panel module further comprises a lighting arrangement (130) comprising at least one light-emitting diode, wherein the lighting arrangement is arranged within the first frame and at an edge portion of the at least one optical element. The panel further comprises a driver unit (140) coupled to the lighting arrangement and configured to supply power thereto. The first frame comprises a first space (150) provided behind the at least one optical element in a direction (D) perpendicular to the first plane, wherein the driver unit is arranged within the first space.
US11454381B1	Luminaire connection systems A system for connecting luminaires is provided. The system includes: a first luminaire comprising a receiving portion angled proximally upward and comprising a catch; a second luminaire comprising an arm moveable between a raised position and a lowered position, the arm comprising a bearing portion angled distally upward, the bearing portion comprising a threaded opening; and a first threaded fastener comprising a head and a threaded shank for threading engagement with the threaded opening of the second luminaire, the head having a diameter greater than a width of the catch of the first luminaire, and the threaded shank having a diameter smaller than the width of the catch of the first luminaire.
US11454374B2	Illumination apparatus for mobility An illumination apparatus of mobility that implements various illumination functions includes a low beam and a high beam and provides a sense of operation when respective illumination functions are switched such that the design is upgraded.
US11454370B2	Line source lighting system A line source lighting system including the following: lamp holder; printed circuit board; a plurality of point light sources; at least one lens, located in a light-emitting direction of the point light source for adjusting the light distribution of the point light source on a plane perpendicular to the length direction of the lamp holder; strip-shaped convex lens array, arranged along the length direction of the lamp holder for converting each point light source into a plurality of continuous sub-point light sources, the sub-point light sources converted by the adjacent point source is connected or coincident. the invention adopts a strip-shaped convex lens array for diffusing light from the point source only in the length direction of the lamp holder to form a line source, which can well prevent the light from diffusing in multiple directions, so that the line source get purified.
US11454362B2	Lamp assembly and emergency lamp comprising the same A lamp assembly including a front cover, a lens assembly, a light-emitting assembly, and a rear cover. The front cover and the rear cover are connected to each other to form a cavity, and the lens assembly and the light-emitting assembly are disposed in the cavity. The front cover includes a first chamber. The first chamber runs through the front cover and the lens assembly is disposed in the first chamber. The lens assembly includes a rotation trough and at least one lens. The rotation trough includes an end face, a second chamber, and an opening, and the at least one lens is disposed in the second chamber. The opening of the rotation trough is disposed towards the light-emitting assembly. A transparent plate is connected to the end face, and one end of the at least one lens is connected to the transparent plate.
US11454360B2	Support structure for lighting device and lighting system Support structures and lighting systems including the support structure and a lighting device are described. A support structure includes an inner housing portion, an outer housing portion and connection members. The inner housing portion is transparent and has at least one portion shaped to conform to the lighting device. The outer housing portion includes at least a bottom wall, a first side wall and a second side wall, each having reflective inner surfaces, to form a container. The connection members are transparent and mechanically connected between the inner housing portion and the outer housing portion to support the inner housing portion and divide a region of the container between the inner housing portion and the outer housing portion into first cavities, each enclosed by at least one of the bottom wall, the first side wall or the second side wall and at least one of the connection members.
US11454357B2	Multifunctional light, data device, or combination and systems Embodiments of the present disclosure provide devices and systems including a halide perovskite and/or phosphor to produce and/or communicate using visible light, and the like.
US11454353B2	Method for preventing spills resulting from pipeline failures A petroleum pipeline safety system for preventing contamination of an environmentally sensitive area close to a pipeline includes an upstream portion of the pipeline supplying a flow of fluid material, a crossing portion of the pipeline receiving the flow of fluid material from the upstream portion and conveying the flow of fluid material through the environmentally sensitive area to a downstream portion of the pipeline, the downstream portion, a pipeline pressure activated valve selectively capable of blocking the flow of fluid material from entering the crossing portion based upon a change in pressure within the crossing portion, and a fluid capacitor connected to the upstream portion configured to filter out a pressure spike in the upstream portion associated with the valve blocking the flow of fluid material.
US11454336B1	Support device of vacuum pipe According to an embodiment of the present invention, since the vibration transmitted from the vacuum pipe can be reduced according to the movement of the mass, even anti-vibration effect can be expected regardless of the size of the pipe, the characteristics of the fluid or the like and the vibration prevention effect can be improved by further increasing the vibration transmission area by the elasticity of the press member.
US11454335B2	Servovalve The present disclosure provides a heat exchanger system for a servovalve, comprising a base comprising a supply port in fluid communication with a return port, a first passage for fluid connection to a source of cooling fluid, and a second passage in fluid communication with the return port. The system further comprises one or more pipes located over a surface of the base, the one or more pipes fluidly connected between the first passage and the second passage, such that in use cooling fluid may flow from the first passage to the second passage via the network of pipes.
US11454331B2	Valve cap assembly A valve cap assembly for being attached to an air valve and removably covering an end of the air valve includes a hoop, a cap, and an arched tether connecting the hoop and the cap. The hoop attaches the valve cap assembly to the air valve. The cap removably covers the end of the air valve to protect the end of the air valve. Both the hoop and the cap form a dependable interference fit between the hoop or cap and the valve stem to retain the hoop on the valve stem and to retain the cap covering the end of the air valve on the air valve. The cap includes one or more longitudinal protrusions that form the interference fit.
US11454324B2	Face seal carrier arrester A face seal assembly includes a seal carrier, a seal element supported by the seal carrier, a rotating seal plate interactive with the seal element to define a face seal, and a seal arrester configured to engage the seal carrier at a predetermined amount of wear of the seal element to stop wear of the seal element.
US11454322B2	Rotary pneumatic seal for a central tire inflation system A rotary pneumatic seal may have a ring-shaped inner radial seal with an inner lip extending in an axial direction, an outer lip extending in the same axial direction, a connecting flange connecting the inner lip and the outer lip, a pneumatic sealing lip, and an oil sealing lip. The rotary pneumatic seal may also have a ring-shaped outer radial seal located radially outward from the inner radial seal. The outer radial seal may also have a first wall extending in an outward radial direction, a second wall extending in an opposite inward radial direction, a central flange connecting the first and second walls, and a dust lip.
US11454320B2	Porous seal element with internal fluid passage An assembly is provided for rotational equipment. This assembly includes a seal land and a seal element. The seal land extends circumferentially around and is configured to rotate about an axial centerline. The seal element is abutted against and is sealingly engaged with the seal land. The seal element extends circumferentially around the axial centerline. The seal element includes porous material, an exterior surface and a seal element passage. The seal element is configured to flow lubricant from the seal element passage, through the porous material, to the exterior surface.
US11454312B2	Redundant fans for cooling system An apparatus includes a shared cooling device for cooling one or more systems or components, and a plurality of primary cooling pathways. Each of the primary cooling pathways includes a fan, and each fan is in fluid communication with the shared cooling device.
US11454309B2	Composition for worm wheel having excellent durability with wear resistance and worm wheel prepared using the same The present disclosure relates to a composition for a worm wheel having excellent durability and wear resistance and a worm wheel manufactured using the same. In one embodiment, the composition for a worm wheel includes a polyamide resin, wherein the polyamide resin includes a polyamide 66 resin having a relative viscosity (RV) of about 2.5 or higher and a polyamide 12 resin having a relative viscosity (RV) of about 1.0 or higher.
US11454307B2	Electro mechanical power actuator An actuator is for use in petroleum exploitation and is configured for displacing a rod for engaging a well barrier device. The actuator has a housing for at least a portion of the rod; at least two roller screws rotatably arranged in the housing; rotational means connected to the roller screws via one gear systems for each roller screw for simultaneous rotation of the roller screws; and a roller nut engaging each roller screw. The roller screws and roller nuts are configured such that rotation of the roller screws result in displacement of the roller nuts relative to the roller screws. Each roller nut is coupled with one actuation element via spherical bearings, and each actuation element is configured for mechanical coupling to an end portion of the rod for displacing the rod in operational use.
US11454299B2	Transmission belt element and transmission belt An element for a transmission belt that is wound around a primary pulley and a secondary pulley of a continuously variable transmission includes: a trunk portion having a saddle surface that is in contact with a ring of the transmission belt; and a pair of pillar portions extending from the trunk portion so as to be positioned on both sides of the saddle surface in a width direction. The saddle surface is a convex surface that is formed by an elliptic arc and satisfies b/a≤0.015 when a long diameter of the elliptic arc is regarded as “a” and a short diameter of the elliptic arc is regarded as “b”. In this way, it is possible to optimize the stress distribution of the ring that is in contact with the saddle surface and improve the durability of the ring and the transmission belt.
US11454298B2	Torque limiter and power transmission device A torque limiter fixed to a flywheel including an annular portion and an accommodation portion is disclosed. The torque limiter includes a first plate, a second plate axially opposed to the first plate, a friction disc disposed between the first and second plates, a pressing member, and a third plate. A torque is inputted to the first plate. The pressing member presses the second plate onto the friction disc. The third plate supports the pressing member with the second plate therebetween while the pressing member is compressed. The third plate includes a support portion supporting the pressing member and a tubular portion provided in an outer peripheral part of the support portion. The tubular portion covers an outer peripheral surface of the friction disc. The tubular portion axially extends and is opposed to an inner peripheral surface of the annular portion of the flywheel, and includes first openings circumferentially aligned.
US11454281B2	Sliding member Disclosed herein is a sliding member for an internal-combustion engine of an automobile or the like. The sliding member has excellent sliding properties due to high oleophilicity of its sliding surface achieved by adjusting the surface texture of a resin layer forming the sliding surface, which makes it possible to effectively prevent wear or seizure of the sliding member and a counterpart sliding member thereof. The sliding member includes a resin layer provided on a surface of a base material, in which the resin layer has a surface roughness of 1.05 or more, preferably 1.07 or more. The mean spacing (s) between local peaks of the resin layer may be in the range of 2 μm or more but 12 μm or less, but may be preferably in the range of 2 μm or more but 10 μm or less. Further, the mean height (Rc) of the resin layer may be in the range of 0.5 μm or more but 5.0 μm or less, but may be preferably in the range of 0.5 μm or more but 3.0 μm or less.
US11454277B2	Linear guide device A linear guide device includes at least one linear guide unit which has a guide housing, in which two annularly closed circulating channels are formed in each of which a multitude of roller bearing elements is received. The guide housing has a single-piece housing intermediate element which contributes to the formation of the circulating channels and through which passes at least one lubrication channel which communicates with the circulating channels. The lubrication channel passes through the single-piece housing intermediate element and extends partly also in an integral pipe-stub-like lubrication appendix of the single-piece housing intermediate element, wherein the lubrication appendix includes a lubrication opening which is accessible from outside the guide housing for bringing in lubricant.
US11454274B2	Positioning tool for circular lubricant dam insert, and related method A positioning tool for axially positioning a circular lubricant dam insert on a splined drive shaft may include a circular body having an inner surface configured to slide over an outer surface of the splined drive shaft. A first plurality of splines may be positioned on an inner surface of the circular body, the first plurality of splines mating with a second plurality of splines on the outer surface of the splined drive shaft. A depth setting member may be positioned on the circular body that defines an axial extent to which the circular body slides over the outer surface of the splined drive shaft. A position setting element may extend axially from the circular body to contact an axial end of the insert to axially position the insert on the splined drive shaft.
US11454268B2	Coupler for threaded reinforcing bar A coupler for mounting to externally threaded reinforcing bar for use in concrete construction, the comprising a body having a portion with an internal thread for engagement with the thread of the reinforcing bar, wherein the thread form at the inner end portion of the internal thread includes on one of its flanks an enlargement of progressively increasing extension, the enlargement extending towards an opposing flank of the thread to provide an increasing friction fit with the thread of the bar. Various embodiments provide the enlargement being only on a part of the face of the flank whereby the remainder of the face of the flank forms, in conjunction with the adjacent flank of the bar thread during tightening, a void for receiving material displaced during tightening.
US11454259B2	Hydraulic assembly An assembly includes a spring seat, a spring seat insert, and a seal. The spring seat is slidable along the spring seat insert to define an expandable fluid chamber therebetween. The spring seat includes a groove defining a mating surface. The seal is between the spring seat and the spring seat insert. The seal includes a mating portion at the first end engageable with the mating surface of the groove to prevent fluid from exiting the fluid chamber.
US11454250B2	Blower A blower may include an air passage including an air intake hole and an air discharge hole; a fan disposed in the air passage and passing air from the air intake hole to the air discharge hole; a control unit; and a chamber that houses the control unit. The chamber may include a first communication hole communicating outside of the blower to the chamber, and a second communication hole communicating a part of the air passage disposed on an air intake hole side relative to the fan to the chamber. The chamber may include a cooling air passage which allows air having flowed in from the first communication hole to flow out from the second communication hole via the control unit. The first communication hole may be disposed on the air intake hole side relative to the fan with respect to a direction along a rotation axis of the fan.
US11454244B2	Edge-lit light kit for ceiling fans A ceiling fan is provided. The ceiling fan includes one or more fan blades. The ceiling fan further includes a motor. The motor is operatively coupled to the one or more fan blades. The motor is configured to drive rotation of the one or more fan blades. The ceiling fan further includes a light kit. The light kit includes a panel. The panel has an edge extending between a top surface of the panel and a bottom surface of the panel. The light kit further includes at least one light source positioned to illuminate the edge.
US11454239B2	Rotary compressor A rotary compressor includes: a compressor housing stores lubricating oil; a compression unit compresses the refrigerant; and a motor drives the compression unit. The compression unit includes a cylinder, an upper end plate and a lower end plate, a main bearing provided on the upper end plate, a sub bearing provided on the lower end plate, a rotary shaft supported by the main bearing and the sub bearing, and a piston fitted to the rotary shaft. An inner peripheral surface of a shaft hole of the sub bearing is provided with an oil-supply groove having a helical shape that supplies the lubricating oil from a lower end to an upper end of the shaft hole, and the oil-supply groove is inclined with respect to the rotary shaft in a rotating direction and extends from the lower end toward the upper end of the rotary shaft in the rotating direction.
US11454238B2	Compressor with a deformable groove A compressor includes a deformable groove spaced apart from a key groove and deformable to reduce an impact force or stress generated at an Oldham's ring.
US11454235B2	Thermistor flow path A fluid pump includes a pump element in communication with an inlet and an outlet. Rotation of the pump element generates a suction at the inlet and pressure at the outlet. The suction and pressure cooperate to move a fluid through a fluid path. An accessory fluid path is in communication with the inlet and outlet. The accessory fluid path includes a thermistor in communication with the accessory fluid path. The thermistor monitors a temperature of the fluid within the accessory fluid path.
US11454226B2	Electric off-axis opposing piston linear actuator pumping system A pumping system for fracking fluid is designed to provide nearly constant flow rate. The pumping system includes a set of linear actuator pumping units, each driven by an electric motor. Each pumping unit includes a first set of pumping chambers that expel fluid when the linear actuator is moving in a first direction and a second set of pumping chambers that expel fluid when the linear actuator is moving in an opposite direction. The speeds of the actuators are coordinated such that a total flow rate of the pumping system is substantially constant.
US11454225B2	Single motor-driven dual pump detachment monitoring algorithm The disclosure provides a method for monitoring a pumping system, comprising measuring the speed of a motor of the pumping system, wherein the pumping system further comprises a first pump and a second pump, wherein a control system is configured to operate the pumping system; determining a timeout period, wherein the timeout period is dependent on the speed of the motor; measuring the speed of the first pump, the second pump, or both, wherein there is a hall-effect sensor coupled to each of the first pump and the second pump; determining a designated operating condition of the pumping system; and determining if the first pump, the second pump, or both are enabled to operate in relation to the designated operating condition.
US11454224B2	Positive displacement pump controller and method of operation Non-limiting exemplary embodiments of a pumping system and methods for operating the pumping system in a region of high pressure or a region of high flow are disclosed. The pumping system includes a piston disposed within a piston cylinder, a drive shaft, an eccentric coupled to the drive shaft, a connecting arm having opposing first and second ends, and a controller for controlling the rotation of the drive shaft such that the piston oscillates within a region of high pressure or a region of high flow.
US11454223B2	Direct drive air pump A direct drive air pump has a motor and a pumping mechanism connected to an end of the motor, and further has an auxiliary pumping mechanism connected to the other end of the motor, and a tube connected with the pumping mechanism and the auxiliary pumping mechanism. In each one of the pumping mechanism and the auxiliary pumping mechanism, a cylindrical body has a top plate having an exhaust hole. A single O-ring is used to seal between the cylindrical body and a cylindrical cover for reducing the sealing portions. A valve block of a non-return valve can co-work with a spring for opening and closing the exhaust hole. The valve block is soft for closing the exhaust hole well and reducing the noise of collision between the valve block and the top plate.
US11454221B2	Shape memory alloy actuation apparatus Broadly speaking, the present techniques provide specific arrangements of shape memory alloy (SMA) actuator wires in SMA actuation apparatuses. In one arrangement, a single straight shape memory alloy actuator wire may be used, which may be inclined at an acute angle greater than 0 degrees with respect to a plane normal to the movement direction. In another arrangement, two straight lengths of shape memory alloy actuator wire may be used, where the SMA wires may be inclined at an acute angle greater than 0 degrees with respect to a plane normal to the movement direction.
US11454220B2	Bearing arrangement for a wind turbine and wind turbine A bearing arrangement for a wind turbine includes a bed frame, a shaft configured for connecting a rotor with a generator of the wind turbine, a front bearing and a rear bearing both supporting the shaft rotatably around a shaft axis, a front bearing housing supporting the front bearing, the front bearing housing including one or more feet connected to the bed frame, a rear bearing housing supporting the rear bearing, the rear bearing housing including one or more feet connected to the bed frame, and a stiffening element connecting one of the feet of the front bearing housing and one of the feet of the rear bearing housing. Having the stiffening element allows a reinforcement of the connection between the front bearing housing, the rear bearing housing and the bed frame. The stiffening element reduces the deformation of the bearing housings and the bed frame.
US11454217B2	System for craneless blade mounting and dismounting at wind turbines System (1) for craneless blade (6) mounting and dismounting at wind turbines (2), wherein the system (1) at least comprises a blade tip beam (9) to be fixed at the blade (6) and a blade supporting structure (15) to be connected with and to guide and secure the blade tip beam (9) while the supporting structure (15) is displaced in a substantially horizontal direction, whereby total control of the blade (6) when moved from vertical position towards horizontal position and until the blade (6) is safe on a cradle or support (15) or opposite during mounting is achieved.
US11454214B2	Cloud-based turbine control feedback loop A method and apparatus for applying optimized yaw settings to wind turbines including receiving operating data from at least one wind turbine on a wind farm and sending the data to a supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) system on the at least one wind turbine to generate current SCADA data. The current SCADA data is sent a central processing center away from the wind farm. The central processing center includes an optimization system that can generate a new look up table (LUT) including at least one new wind turbine yaw setting calculated using information comprising wind direction, wind velocity, wind turbine location in the wind farm, information from a historic SCADA database, and yaw optimizing algorithms. The new LUT is then sent to a yaw setting selection engine (YSSE) where instructions regarding the use of the new LUT are generated.
US11454212B2	Rotatable blade apparatus with individually adjustable blades The lengths and/or chords and/or pitches of wind turbine or propeller blades are individually established, so that a first blade can have a length/chord/pitch that is different at a given time to the length/chord/pitch of a second blade to optimize performance and/or to equalize stresses on the system.
US11454206B2	Rotor blade for a wind turbine A rotor blade of an aerodynamic rotor of a wind turbine having a rotor axis of rotation and an outer radius, comprising a blade root for fastening to a rotor hub, a blade tip which faces away from the blade root, a blade longitudinal axis which extends from the blade root to the blade tip, a blade front edge which faces toward the front in the direction of movement of the rotor blade, a blade rear edge which faces toward the rear in the direction of movement of the rotor blade, and profile sections which change along the blade longitudinal axis, wherein each profile section has a profile chord which extends from the blade front edge to the blade rear edge, and each profile chord has an installation angle as an angle in relation to a rotor plane, wherein the installation angle from the blade root to the blade tip first decreases in a blade inner region oriented toward the blade root, increases again in a blade central region and decreases again in a blade tip region oriented toward the blade tip. A rotor of a wind turbine and to a corresponding wind turbine.
US11454203B2	Apparatus for testing spray and combustion performance of internal-combustion engines based on rapid compression-expansion machine The present disclosure provides an apparatus for testing spray and combustion performance of an internal-combustion engine based on a rapid compression-expansion machine, which belongs to the testing field of internal-combustion engines. It includes a driving mechanism, a transmission mechanism, an engine cylinder, an air intake system and an exhaust system. The engine cylinder includes a piston, a cylinder block, a dual-fuel cylinder head and a multi-injector assembly. The piston is disposed in the cylinder block. The driving mechanism is connected with the piston through the transmission mechanism and drives the piston to linearly move back and forth along a vertical direction of the cylinder block. The dual-fuel cylinder head is connected to an upper part of the cylinder block. The multi-fuel injection assembly includes a plurality of injectors. The plurality of injectors are of the same type and are all disposed on the dual-fuel cylinder head.
US11454199B2	Rotatable valve assembly for cylinder head of internal combustion engine Generally, a rotatable valve assembly operative in an internal combustion engine is provided. The rotatable valve assembly may comprise a valve body rotatably supported in the cylinder head. The valve body may have various shapes which may allow to maximize an effective working area of a combustion chamber head and at the same time to decrease an overall space occupied by a cylinder head of the engine. The rotatable valve assembly may directly utilize an engine's camshaft rotational motion to drive the rotational motion of the valve body, thereby eliminating a need in dedicated mechanisms that convert the camshafts rotational motion into linear translational motion typically utilized in current cylinder heads. Finally, rotational motion of the valve body may reduce a time required to reach a maximal effective working area for air-fuel mixture supply and/or gas exhaust and/or may provide a smoother and quitter engine operation.
US11454190B1	Method and system for operating a fuel injector Methods and systems for adjusting fuel injector operation according to changes in fuel pressure during inter-injection periods are described. The inter-injection period may be before and after fuel is injected to an engine. The methods and systems described herein may be suitable for direct and port fuel injectors.
US11454189B2	Methods and systems for port fuel injection control Methods and systems are provided for reducing hot fuel vapor formation in a port injection fuel rail. In one example, a method may include operating a dual fuel injection system with at least a calibrated minimum amount of port fuel injection over a wide range of engine operating conditions, even as conditions change. A direct fuel injection amount is adjusted in accordance.
US11454176B2	System and method for monitoring a bleed valve of a gas turbine engine There are described methods, systems, and assemblies for monitoring a bleed valve of a gas turbine engine. The method comprises determining a rate of change of a gas generator speed of the gas turbine engine; determining a rate of change of a parameter indicative of engine power of the gas turbine engine; comparing at least one ratio based on the rate of change of the gas generator speed and the rate of change of the parameter indicative of engine power to at least one range of values; detecting a modulation delay of the bleed valve when the at least one ratio is within the at least one range of values; and transmitting a signal indicative of the bleed valve malfunction in response to detecting the modulation delay.
US11454172B2	Starter/generator system A starter/generator system that includes a first and second electric machine. The first electric machine has a first rotor and a first stator where the first rotor is adapted to receive kinetic energy and the first stator includes a first set of windings. The second electric machine has a second rotor rotatable and a second stator. The second stator is fixed relative to the first stator and the second stator includes a second set of windings.
US11454171B1	Turbine cooling system with energy separation A method and system for cooling an engine and/or vehicle using energy separation is disclosed herein. An energy separation device is operable for separating a compressed gaseous coolant stream into a first relatively cooler coolant flow stream and a second relatively hotter coolant flow stream. The relative cooler coolant flow stream is directed to a first region requiring increased cooling and the relative hotter coolant flow stream is directed to a second region requiring lower cooling than the first region in the engine or vehicle.
US11454167B1	Pumped heat energy storage system with hot-side thermal integration A system including: (i) a pumped-heat energy storage system (“PHES system”), wherein the PHES system is operable in a charge mode to convert electricity into stored thermal energy in a hot thermal storage (“HTS”) medium; (ii) an electric heater in thermal contact with the hot HTS medium, wherein the electric heater is operable to heat the hot HTS medium above a temperature achievable by transferring heat from a working fluid to a warm HTS medium in a thermodynamic cycle.
US11454165B2	Optimal efficiency internal combustion engine An engine and method for achieving superior operational benefits by application of the General Cycle for heat engines. A two-stroke internal combustion engine having an Atkinson ratio A and a compression ratio RC, the compression ratio having a value in the range from 19 to 30, and an Atkinson ratio selected such that the product of Atkinson ratio and compression ratio is near to and generally greater than 36. The best values of this product, ARC, vary slightly with the choice of compression ratio according to the following relationship: ARC≥36.33+8788e−0.375Rc. The engine includes a conventional exhaust valve and may include a high ratio of stroke length to bore, or may be of an opposed piston construction.
US11454164B2	Pivotal drive system for internal combustion engine An example embodiment of an all-stroke-variable internal combustion engine may include a piston slidably positioned within an engine cylinder for asymmetrical reciprocation and a primary crankshaft and a half-speed crankshaft to be operatively engaged for rotation of the half-speed crankshaft at half of a speed of the primary crankshaft, wherein the rotation of the half-speed crankshaft at half of the speed of the primary crankshaft to result in the asymmetrical reciprocation of the piston so as to produce a stroke length that is independently variable over four distinct strokes of a full cycle of the all-stroke-variable internal combustion engine.
US11454155B2	Exhaust system An exhaust system including: an exhaust pipe including a straight portion, and a bent portion that is bent and extends from a downstream end of the straight portion; a muffler provided on a downstream side of the exhaust pipe; and a reinforcing member, wherein: the straight portion of the exhaust pipe is connected with an upstream end of the muffler through the bent portion; and the reinforcing member is provided so as to extend across a downstream end portion of the straight portion, and an upstream end portion of the muffler.
US11454147B2	Internal combustion engine with purge system Apparatuses, systems and methods are disclosed including an internal combustion engine. The internal combustion engine can include an engine block defining a combustion cylinder and a crankcase, a piston moveable within the combustion cylinder; a cylinder head coupled to the engine block adjacent to and in fluid communication with the combustion cylinder, and a purge system. The purge system can be in fluid communication with the crankcase. The purge system can supply air to the crankcase and to the cylinder head. The purge system can comprise a valve cover coupled to the cylinder head, a breather coupled to the valve cover, and a fumes disposal line coupled with the breather. The fumes disposal line can transport fumes from the breather and away from the cylinder head.
US11454146B2	Drain plug structure for oil pan The present disclosure describes a drain plug structure for an oil pan for an internal combustion engine. The drain plug structure closes off a drain hole disposed in a bottom portion of the oil pan. The drain plug structure includes a columnar stopper portion inserted into the drain hole and rotated to prevent withdrawal. A sealing member is fitted to an outer periphery of the columnar stopper portion. An operating portion for a rotation operation is disposed on an outside exposed end portion of the columnar stopper portion. A plurality of cantilevered arcuate arm portions project radially outwards from the outside exposed end portion of the columnar stopper portion and are arranged in series along a circumferential direction. A loosening-prevention meshing portion is disposed on a tip end portion of each arcuate arm portion and an opening edge portion of the drain hole.
US11454142B2	Electrically-actuated variable camshaft timing phaser with removable fixture An electrically-actuated variable camshaft timing (VCT) phaser is employed for use with an internal combustion engine (ICE). The electrically-actuated VCT phaser includes a gear set assembly and a fixture. The gear set assembly has an input gear and an output gear, among other possible components. The input gear receives rotational drive input from an engine crankshaft, and the output gear transmits rotational drive output to an engine camshaft. The fixture is secured in the gear set assembly. Amid installation of the electrically-actuated VCT phaser on the ICE, the fixture constrains rotational movement of the gear set assembly. After installation, the fixture can be removed from the gear set assembly.
US11454138B1	Carbon dioxide sublimation generator A sublimation generator including a sublimation tank configured to receive ice including at least carbon dioxide. The sublimation generator also includes a first heat exchanger in thermal communication with the sublimation tank. The first heat exchanger being configured to expel heat from a coolant into the sublimation tank to sublimate the carbon dioxide into a gaseous state. The sublimation generator also includes a gas turbine generator fluidly connected to the sublimation tank and configured to receive the carbon dioxide in the gaseous state.
US11454132B2	Turbocharger, having a steel material for high-temperature applications A turbocharger contains a turbine housing having an accommodating region for a turbine rotor disk of the turbocharger, which accommodating region is arranged centrally with respect to a turbine housing axis, and a turbine spiral channel, which tapers helically toward the accommodating region. A wastegate valve, having a spindle arm and a valve plate arranged on the spindle arm, or a variable exhaust-gas guiding device, having bearing disks and guide vanes, is arranged in the turbine housing. At least one of the: turbine housing, spindle arm and valve plate, or bearing disks and guide vanes, has a steel material for high-temperature applications. The material composition of which contains, in addition to iron, Fe, at least the following alloying constituents in amounts within the specified limits in weight percent: carbon: 0.4-0.5%; silicon: 1.25-1.75%; manganese: 3.0-12.0%; chromium: 19.5-20.5%; nickel: 5.0-6.0%; niobium: 1.00-1.5%. The material composition ensures sufficient temperature resistance of the components.
US11454120B2	Turbine airfoil profile A turbine blade for a rotary machine includes an airfoil that extends from a root to a tip along a radial span. The airfoil further includes a first sidewall and a second sidewall that are coupled together at a leading edge of the airfoil and that extend aftward to a trailing edge of the airfoil. One of the first sidewall or the second sidewall includes a tip region having an increased stagger angle that produces a non-linear, over-hanging trailing edge.
US11454114B2	Method for constructing groundwater monitoring well inside prb trench Disclosed is a method for installing a groundwater monitoring well inside a permeable reactive barrier (PRB) trench including excavating a PRB trench, installing a trench side-wall support, positioning a monitoring well borehole, installing an outer installation casing for pre-burying the monitoring well, installing a monitoring well positioning bracket, installing a monitoring well casing, installing monitoring well filter packs and seal materials, filling the trench with PRB media and capping with a covering soil layer, removing the outer installation casing, removing the trench side-wall support, completing the monitoring well with a wellhead, and conducting well development. This method avoids the complex procedure of re-drilling a borehole within the PRB media following the completion of PRB construction and media filling, assures that monitoring well installation protocols are followed and high quality and stable operation is achieved, and serves for groundwater monitoring to support the implementation and efficacy evaluation of the PRB technology.
US11454107B2	Measurement of inclination and true vertical depth of a wellbore The accuracy of directional surveys may be improved using accelerometers, magnetometers, or both. A control system containing accelerometers is configured specifically to correct errors in bias and gain of each accelerometer by requiring the measured field strengths to be as constant as possible over several tool face angles over multiple points in a wellbore, even when all measurements are within a tangent or lateral section of a wellbore. Corrections for the bias and gain errors determined based on one or more measurements from the accelerometers are applied to measurements at other survey points to improve the accuracy of surveys and the efficiency of drilling operations.
US11454103B2	Method, system, and medium for controlling rate of a penetration of a drill bit Methods, systems, and techniques for controlling the rate of penetration of a drill bit are described. In particular, an operate control loop is evaluated by: determining a travelling block acceleration of a travelling block; determining an acceleration error measurement between the travelling block acceleration and a target travelling block acceleration; determining, based on the acceleration error measurement, a brake control signal; and using the brake control signal to control a braking mechanism configured to apply a variable braking force to the travelling block.
US11454088B1	Rupture disk, method and system A burst disk including a body, and a stress riser unexposed to fluidic environment outside of the body.
US11454079B2	Riser assist for wellsites An apparatus and associated method is disclosed for a riser hanging system. The apparatus includes a first elongated member with a provision for a first external mechanical coupling at a distal location on the first elongated member. A second elongated member is mechanically coupled to the first elongated member at proximal locations on the first elongated member and the second elongated member. A third member is mechanically coupled to a first portion of the first elongated member. The third member includes a fourth member to move through at least a second portion of a length of the second elongated member. Mechanical couplers associated with the second elongated member are provided for a second external mechanical coupling of the riser to the apparatus. The riser may be hoisted using the apparatus for better control during coupling to the wellhead.
US11454078B2	Non-orientating tubing hanger and tree Systems and methods for landing a tubing hanger in a wellhead, landing a tree on the wellhead, and making electrical and hydraulic couplings between the tree and the tubing hanger without having to orient the tree or the tubing hanger relative to each other are provided. This is accomplished using a seal sub that is coupled to the tree and lowered with the tree into contact with the tubing hanger located in the wellhead. The seal sub features an electrical conductor that facilitates electrical coupling of the tree to the tubing hanger. The tubing hanger and seal sub may include a metal-to-metal and elastomeric seal arrangement designed to seal off electrical and hydraulic connections between these components when, the tree is positioned within the wellhead.
US11454072B2	Downhole kick detection based on power monitoring of shale shaker(s) A method includes performing a downhole operation in a borehole in a formation. Downhole particles and drilling mud are captured at a surface from the borehole into a screen of a shaker during the downhole operation. Input power that comprises at least one of voltage, current, and leakage current being supplied to the shaker is monitored during operation of the shaker, it is determined whether the input power exceeds a threshold as a result of change in a load on the shaker. In response to determining that the input power exceeds the threshold as the result of change in the load on the shaker, it is determined that there is a kick condition in the borehole, where the kick condition comprises a condition in which a pressure of the formation exceeds a pressure in the borehole.
US11454070B2	Rotational power slips A rotational power slips system includes a static base comprising at least one circular opening; a rotating ring disposed within the static base and including a circular outer surface interfacing with the static base; at least one slips wedge disposed within the rotating ring and including a radially inner grip surface for gripping at least one component of a drilling string; and at least one wedge actuator disposed on the rotating ring and rotatably coupled to both the rotating ring and the slips wedge, thereby causing the slips wedge to move while the component of a drilling string is rotating.
US11454068B1	Pressure-dampening casing to reduce stress load on cement sheath A casing may have a tubular body formed by a wall extending axially from a first end to a second end, the tubular body having a bore therein throughout. The wall may radially extend from an inner surface of the tubular body to an outer surface of the tubular body. The wall may include a base layer and one or more secondary layers attached to the base layer. The one or more secondary layers may be a rubber or smart foam.
US11454063B2	Mounting structure for roller blind The present invention provides a mounting structure for a roller blind, comprising a blind body and an upper beam located at the top of the blind body; the mounting structure comprises: a fixing beam to be fixed on a predetermined wall, a plurality of hangers and a protruding engaging strip provided on the upper beam; a back side of the upper beam is engaged to the fixing beam, and a front side of the upper beam is connected to the fixing beam by means of the hangers; a top of the limit plate is reached upwardly and embedded into the fixing beam, and with cooperation of the gravity of the blind body, limits the hangers. The mounting structure for a roller blind provided by the present invention has the advantages of convenient installation and dismantlement of the roller blind and good stability of the roller blind after installation.
US11454061B2	Power window control device A power window control device is configured to control a motor to open and close a window glass of a vehicle door and perform entrapment prevention control that determines entrapment of foreign material by the window glass and reverses the window glass if determining that foreign material entrapment has occurred. If determined in the entrapment prevention control that the entrapment has occurred while the window glass is closing to fully close, the entrapment prevention control determines whether the determination is caused by an impact generated when closing the vehicle door. If determined that the entrapment has occurred due to an impact generated when closing the vehicle door, the entrapment prevention control determines that the determination of the entrapment is an erroneous determination and switches to a control for fully closing the window glass that has been reversed and opened.
US11454056B2	Locking assembly for a dispenser and dispenser There is provided a locking assembly mountable to a dispenser having a base part and a cover movable relative to each other between a closed configuration and an open configuration. The locking assembly is configured to lock the base part and the cover in the closed configuration when mounted to the dispenser and comprises an unlocking component mountable to one of the base part and the cover and having an unlocking body translatable to configure the locking assembly into an unlocked configuration; and a pushbutton at least partially contained in the unlocking body. The locking assembly is selectively configurable into a key-opening configuration wherein the pushbutton is prevented from translation and in a pushbutton-opening configuration wherein pressure on the pushbutton engages the unlocking body into translation to configure the locking assembly into the unlocked configuration.
US11454054B2	Lock device A lock device includes a base attached to a lid, a knob having a grip portion movably supported on a front side of the base and an arm portion projecting rearward with respect to the grip portion, a slider slidably supported in a rear part of the base so as to move slidingly by being pushed by the arm portion in response to a movement of the knob, a first rod and a second rod slidably supported by a part of the base located in front of the slider in a vertically arranged manner so as to be engaged by and disengaged from a pair of corresponding engaging holes, and a power transmission mechanism provided between the slider and the first rod and the second rod so that the first rod and the second rod are slidingly moved in response to a movement of the slider.
US11454049B2	Actuator comprising electro permanent magnet and method Actuator (10) comprising a base section (14,14a,14b); a permanent magnet (18,18a,18b); an electro permanent magnet (20, 20a, 20b); a coil (22, 22a, 22b) located around the electro permanent magnet (20, 20a, 20b); a power controller (24, 24a, 24b); and a movable member (28) comprising at least one magnetic target section (36), the movable member (28) being arranged to move to a first position (12) relative to the base section (14,14a,14b), when the electro permanent magnet (20, 20a, 20b) adopts a first polarity, and arranged to move to a second position (46) relative to the base section (14,14a,14b) due to a magnetic field generated by the permanent magnet (18,18a,18b) and the electro permanent magnet (20, 20a, 20b) in combination and acting on the magnetic target section (36), when the electro permanent magnet (20, 20a, 20b) adopts a second polarity. A lock device (50), a handle device (86) and a method are also provided.
US11454046B1	Security keypad mount assembly The present disclosure relates, in one embodiment to a security keypad mount assembly. The assembly may include a front and rear plate wherein the rear plate is slidably attached to the front plate to adjustability. The front plate may include slots for the rear plate to slide along. The front plater may further include through-holes for mounting the assembly to a door frame or building structure. The rear plate may include a chamber to allow a wire loom exiting a security keypad to be hidden and limit tampering when the security keypad and mount assembly are installed.
US11454043B2	Fence panel A fence panel comprising a rectangular sheet of mesh material with opposed first and second edges, and opposed third and fourth edges, the sheet being formed with a plurality of spaced apart and parallel channel-shaped reinforcing formations, and a plurality of deterrent components each of which includes an elongate strip of projecting spikes fixed to at least one side of the mesh sheet.
US11454042B2	Elevated flooring system for clearspan tent An elevated flooring system is operable to support a flooring panel. The elevated flooring system includes a beam configured to support the flooring panel. Aspects of the flooring system also include a saddle with a base surface and a prong. The beam is engaged with and vertically supported by the base surface of the saddle. The beam is configured to support the flooring panel and defines an aperture configured to receive the prong. Aspects of the beam includes a tent attachment assembly and a beam wall defining an aperture and opposite wall surfaces. The tent attachment assembly is configured for attachment to the tent and includes a base, a boss plate, and a threaded fastener. The fastener extends at least partly through the apertures of the base, boss plate and beam wall and is threaded into the boss plate.
US11454041B2	Enclosure structure, and aerodynamic configuration adjuster arranged on outer surface of same An enclosure structure, and an aerodynamic configuration adjuster arranged on an outer surface of same are provided. The aerodynamic configuration adjuster is of a grid structure capable of surrounding the enclosure structure, and the grid structure comprises a plurality of grid cells, at least some of grid cells have bevel edges, and the attack angle of a fluid is changed when the fluid passes over the bevel edges. The aerodynamic configuration adjuster changes the aerodynamic configuration of the fluid, and thus the resistance coefficient becomes smaller such that a pressure differential between the pressures at a incident flow surface and a back surface of the enclosure structure is reduced, thereby reducing a forward resistance; and in addition, due to a smaller resistance coefficient, the amplitude of a transverse vortex-induced resonance can also be reduced, thereby reducing vibration.
US11454039B2	Plunge pool A pool, preferably a plunge pool, that can be prefabricated and on site installed in a short space of time is provided. The pool is integrally formed, resulting in a unitary pool shell having a floor, one or more sidewalls connected to the floor, a surface, such as a step or bench, extending from at least one of the sidewalls; and a peripheral wall extending from the surface to the floor.
US11454028B2	Roofing composites with integrated selvage edges Some embodiments of the present disclosure relate to roofing composites. In some embodiments, the roofing composite includes a first layer having a top surface. In some embodiments, the top surface of the first layer comprises a first embossed surface portion, a second embossed surface portion, and a flat surface portion between the first and second embossed surface portions. In some embodiments, the flat surface portion is between the first and second embossed surface portions. In some embodiments, the roofing composite is configured to attach to a roof structure, such as a roof deck. Methods of forming roofing composited are also disclosed.
US11454025B2	Metal stud A steel wall stud has a rear wall, two parallel side walls, each side wall having a front end wall that projects away from interior cavity formed by the rear and side walls.
US11454016B2	Drain, method for installing a drain, and a kit of parts for installing a drain A drain has a cup with a fluid outlet to be connected to a conduit, wherein the cup accommodates a water trap. The cup has an axial channel along the circumference, the channel is open upwards and limited by a bottom, a channel wall and a cup wall. The drain further has a circumferential drain wall adapted to fit into the channel, whereby the drain wall is arranged axially movable in the channel, a casting framework arranged releasable around the outer circumference of the drain wall, the framework has a radial extension, and the drain wall has an outward radial flange at an upper end, the radial extension of the flange is equal or less than the radial extension of the framework. A method and a kit of parts for installing such a drain are also disclosed.
US11454015B2	Detection plate and kit A water leak detection plate is placed between the toilet flange plate attached to a subfloor and a toilet base with a wax seal disposed between them. The detection plate includes a circular disc body with a wastewater hole axially aligned with the wastewater hole formed on the toilet flange plate. Surrounding the wastewater hole is an outer flange area with a perimeter edge. Formed on the outer flange area are two bolt holes aligned with two bolts attached to the toilet flange plate used to attach the toilet base to the toilet flange plate. Formed or attached to the disc body's perimeter edge is a continuous, upward extending gutter configured to collect water leaking from the wax seal or the toilet base. Also formed on the bottom surface of the disc body is an upward extending recessed cavity in which the toilet flange plate rests. The detection plate may be used with an external water detection device placed in the gutter.
US11454000B2	System and method for depositing material at a target location with a work vehicle A method for depositing material at a target location with a work vehicle includes receiving an input associated with a target weight of the material to be deposited at the target location. Additionally, the method includes controlling an operation of the vehicle such that an implement of the vehicle obtains a quantity of the material. Furthermore, the method includes controlling the operation of the vehicle such that the implement is raised from a first to a second position. Moreover, the method includes determining a weight of the currently obtained quantity of the material as the implement is raised from the first to the second position. In addition, the method includes controlling the operation of the vehicle such that the currently obtained quantity of the material is deposited at the target location. Further, the method includes initiating display of a current total weight of the material deposited at the target location.
US11453990B2	Procedure to use the tailings as construction material giving it waterproofing characteristics and reduce its cracking A process to use the tailings as construction material giving it waterproofing characteristics and reduce its cracking is presented. For example, to use the mining tailing as a construction material conceding to it impermeabilizing features, reducing its cracking and increasing its resistance. The main stages of said process are to apply a calcium-containing solution to the soil to be treated; apply a solution that that contains calcite-producing bacteria, to the soil to be treated; optionally, add maltodextrin; and stabilize, compact and dry off the mix.
US11453987B2	Movable barrier for walkway Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to an attraction system that includes a walkway, a carrier disposed at a first side of the walkway, and a barrier disposed at a second side of the walkway opposite the first side. The carrier is configured to translate relative to the walkway, and the barrier is removably coupled to the carrier. Translation of the carrier relative to the walkway transitions the barrier between a stowed configuration and a deployed configuration.
US11453975B2	Silk performance apparel and products and methods of preparing the same Silk performance apparel and methods of preparing the same are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, silk performance apparel includes textiles, fabrics, consumer products, and other materials that are coated with aqueous solutions of pure silk fibroin-based protein fragments. In some embodiments, coated apparel products exhibit surprisingly improved moisture management properties and increased resistance to microbial growth.
US11453969B1	Washing machine appliance having a removable agitator A washing machine appliance or agitation element may include an impeller base and an extended post. The impeller base may include an impeller platform and a mounting face. The mounting face may define a recessed cup. The extended post may be removably attached to the impeller base to rotate therewith. The extended post may define an interior cavity. The extended post may include a mating collar and a connector bar. The mating collar may have a mating face disposed in selective engagement with the mounting face at the recessed cup. The connector bar may include an attachment piston slidably received within the interior cavity radially inward from the mating collar to move between a locked position and an unlocked position. The attachment piston may be in selective engagement with an inner surface of the mating collar at the locked position.
US11453968B1	Washing machine appliance having a removable agitator A washing machine appliance may include a tub, a basket, an impeller base, and an extended post. The basket may be rotatably positioned within the tub. The impeller base may be rotatably mounted within the basket and define a rotation axis. The impeller base may include an impeller platform extending radially outward from the rotation axis and a mounting face defined on the impeller platform coaxial to the rotation axis. The extended post may be removably attached to the impeller base to rotate therewith. The extended post may include a base body, a mating face, a bar latch, and a connector bar. The base body may define an interior cavity. The mating face may be disposed in selective engagement with the mounting face. The bar latch may be pivotably attached to the base body above the mating face. The connector bar may be movably received within the interior cavity.
US11453963B2	Methods and apparatus for sensor or controller that includes knitted fabric A sensor may include a knitted pocket and loose yarn that is inside a cavity of the pocket. In some cases, this loose yarn is neither woven, nor knit, nor otherwise part of a fabric. A resistive pressure sensor may include a knitted pocket and loose conductive yarn that is inside the pocket. Pressure applied to the pocket may compress the loose yarn, which may increase the number of electrical shorts between different parts of the loose yarn, which in turn may decrease the electrical resistance of the loose yarn. A capacitive sensor may include a knitted pocket and insulative loose yarn that is inside the pocket. A strain sensor may include knitted conductive pleats. Electrical shorts may occur in contact areas where neighboring pleats meet. As the strain sensor stretches, these contact areas may become smaller, causing the electrical resistance of the pleats as a group to increase.
US11453959B2	Crystal growth apparatus including heater with multiple regions and crystal growth method therefor A crystal growth apparatus according to the present embodiment includes a crucible, a heater which is installed on an outward side of the crucible and surrounds the crucible, and a coil which is installed on an outward side of the heater and surrounds the heater, in which an inner surface of the heater on the crucible side includes a first region, and a second region which is further away from an outer side surface of the crucible than the first region is.
US11453955B2	Multifunctional nanocellular single crystal nickel for turbine applications A nanocellular single crystal nickel based material is provided having a thermal diffusivity in the range of 0.0002 cm{circumflex over ( )}2/s to 0.02 cm{circumflex over ( )}2/s and a thermal conductivity in the range of 0.024 W/mK to 9.4 W/mK. The nanocellular single crystal nickel based material may be used to form turbine engine components. The nanocellular single crystal nickel based material may be produced by providing a first solution containing a nickel precursor and deionized water, providing a second solution containing a structure controlling polymer/surfactant and an alcohol, mixing the first and second solutions into a solution containing a reducing agent to form a third solution, and processing the third solution to create the nanocellular single crystal based material.
US11453954B2	Masking and sealing system for multi-step surface treatment Systems for masking and sealing a component for surface treatment. A system includes a pair of fixture plates disposed on opposite ends of the component from each other. One or more inner sleeves are inserted into the component to mask and seal at least a portion of the component. An outer sleeve extends between the fixture plates to seal outside of the component. A pair of fixture rods extend between the first and second fixture plates and couple the first and second fixture plates together. The system is configured to effect surface treatment of an exposed area of the component, at least a portion of the exposed area defined by and disposed adjacent to the one or more inner sleeves.
US11453953B2	High-purity electrolytic copper The present invention provides a high-purity electrolytic copper 10 having a Cu purity excluding gas components (O, F, S, C, and Cl) is 99.9999 mass % or more, a content of S is 0.1 mass ppm or less, and an area ratio of crystals having a (101)±10° orientation is less than 40%, when crystal orientation is measured by electron backscatter diffraction in a cross section along a thickness direction.
US11453950B1	Method and apparatus for dosing hydrogen in a centrifugal compression system A method for supplying hydrogen gas for consumption in at least one downstream process, the method comprising: electrolysing water to provide hydrogen gas; compressing the hydrogen gas in a multistage compression system to provide compressed hydrogen gas; and feeding at least a portion of the compressed hydrogen gas to the downstream process(es); wherein the multistage compression system comprises at least one centrifugal compression stage; wherein the hydrogen gas is dosed with nitrogen gas upstream of the centrifugal compression stage(s); and wherein the nitrogen gas is present in the compressed hydrogen gas when fed to the downstream process(es).
US11453949B2	Methods of forming desired geometry on superalloy part using powder mixture of low and high melt temperature superalloys Methods of forming a desired geometry at a location on a superalloy part are disclosed. The method may include directing particles of a powder mixture including a low melt temperature superalloy powder and a high melt temperature superalloy powder to the location on the superalloy part at a velocity sufficient to cause the superalloy powders to deform and to form a mechanical bond but not metallurgical bond to the superalloy part. The directing of particles continues until the desired geometry is formed. Heat is applied to the powder mixture on the repair location. The heat causes the low melt temperature superalloy powder to melt, creating the metallurgical bonding at the location. Another method uses the same directing to form a preform for repairing the location on the part. The low melt temperature superalloy powder melts at <1287° C., and the high melt temperature superalloy powder melts at >1287° C.
US11453947B2	Aqueous acidic composition for treating metal surfaces, treating method using this composition and use of treated metal surface An aqueous acidic composition for treating metal surfaces, the composition including the following components: a) at least one water soluble or water dispersable anionic polyelectrolyte; b) at least one organofunctional silane including one or more reactive functional groups selected from the group including amino, mercapto, methacryloxy, epoxy and vinyl; c) at least one water dispersible solid wax wherein the weight ratio between components a:b is in the range of 1:2-4:1, based on dry matter; the weight ratio between components (a+b):c is in the range of 1:3-3:1, based on dry matter, and wherein components a and b may be present—at least partially—as their graft reaction product. Another aspect is a treating method using this composition and use of the thus treated metal surface.
US11453944B2	Atomic layer deposition apparatus and atomic layer deposition method An atomic layer deposition apparatus includes a film-forming container 11 in which a film-forming process is performed, a vertically movable stage 14 configured to hold a substrate 100, a susceptor 50 held on the stage 14 and being configured to hold the substrate 100, and a stage stopper 17 configured to stop rising of the stage 14 and, when in contact with the susceptor 50, partitioning a film-forming space S in which the film-forming process is performed and a transporting space in which transport of the substrate 100 is performed. Further, the susceptor 50 includes an upper susceptor substrate holding portion 52B configured to hold the substrate 100, and an upper susceptor peripheral portion 52A arranged in a periphery of the upper susceptor substrate holding portion 52B, wherein a susceptor deposition prevention member 15 is provided on the upper susceptor peripheral portion 52A.
US11453942B2	Substrate processing apparatus and method of manufacturing semiconductor device Described herein is a technique capable of improving a film thickness uniformity on a surface of a wafer whereon a film is formed. According to one aspect of the technique of the present disclosure, there is provided a substrate processing apparatus including: a process chamber in which a substrate is processed; a process gas nozzle configured to supply a process gas into the process chamber; an inert gas nozzle configured to supply an inert gas into the process chamber while a concentration of the process gas at the center of the substrate is higher than a concentration required for processing the substrate; and an exhaust pipe configured to exhaust an inner atmosphere of the process chamber; wherein the process gas nozzle and the inert gas nozzle are disposed beside the edge of substrate with a predetermined distance therebetween corresponding to an angle of circumference of 90 to 180 degrees.
US11453939B2	Heat treatments for improved ductility of Ni—Cr—Co—Mo—Ti—Al alloys In a method for heat treating alloy compositions within UNS N07028 the alloy composition is heated at a temperature between 1550° F. and 1750° F. for at least two hours, and then heated at a lower temperature between 1300° F. and 1550° F. for at least two hours. The alloy composition may be heated at a temperature between 1850° F. and 1950° F. for at least one hour before heating the alloy composition at a temperature between 1550° F. and 1750° F.
US11453935B2	Steel sheet for hot stamping use A steel sheet for hot stamping use used as a material for a hot stamped article excellent in strength or bending deformability, having a predetermined chemical composition, having a microstructure containing at least one of lower bainite, martensite, and tempered martensite in an area ratio of 90% or more, having an X-ray random intensity ratio of {112}<111> of the crystal grains forming the above lower bainite, martensite, or tempered martensite of 2.8 or more, having a number density of grain size 50 nm or less cementite or epsilon carbides in the microstructure of 1×1016/cm3 or more, and having a grain boundary solid solution ratio Z defined by Z=(mass % of one or both of Nb and Mo at grain boundaries)/(mass % of one or both of Nb and Mo at time of melting) of 0.4 or more.
US11453907B2	Crispr effector system based coronavirus diagnostics Systems and methods for rapid diagnostics related to the use of CRISPR effector systems and optimized guide sequences for detection of coronavirus, including multiplex lateral flow diagnostic devices and methods of use, are provided.
US11453905B2	Method of detecting bacterial infection in a biological sample A method of indicating the presence of a bacterial infection in a biological sample is provided. The method detects a marker for infection by providing a device, the device including a biosensor, an interaction arising between the biosensor and the marker when the marker is present in the biological sample. Contacting at least a part of the biological sample with the biosensor of the device, therefore, provides analysis of the biological sample with respect to the marker by detecting for the interaction between the biosensor and the marker. A preferred marker is the enzyme amylase.
US11453900B2	Alpha (1,3) fucosyltransferases for use in the production of fucosylated oligosaccharides The invention relates to methods and compositions for the production of fucosylated oligosaccharides.
US11453890B2	Pesticidal genes and methods of use Compositions having pesticidal activity and methods for their use are provided. Compositions include isolated and recombinant polypeptides having pesticidal activity, recombinant and synthetic nucleic acid molecules encoding the polypeptides, DNA constructs and vectors comprising the nucleic acid molecules, host cells comprising the vectors, and antibodies to the polypeptides. Nucleotide sequences encoding the polypeptides can be used in DNA constructs or expression cassettes for transformation and expression in organisms of interest. The compositions and methods provided are useful for producing organisms with enhanced pest resistance or tolerance. Transgenic plants and seeds comprising a nucleotide sequence that encodes a pesticidal protein of the invention are also provided. Such plants are resistant to insects and other pests. Methods are provided for producing the various polypeptides disclosed herein, and for using those polypeptides for controlling or killing a pest. Methods and kits for detecting polypeptides of the invention in a sample are also included.
US11453887B2	Isolated polypeptides and polynucleotides useful for increasing nitrogen use efficiency, abiotic stress tolerance, yield and biomass in plants Provided are methods of increasing nitrogen use efficiency, fertilizer use efficiency, yield, growth rate, vigor, biomass, oil content and/or abiotic stress tolerance of a plant by expressing within the plant an exogenous polynucleotide comprising a nucleic acid sequence encoding a polypeptide at least 80% identical to SEQ ID NO: 2560, 2557, 184, 238, 188, 154-156, 158-161, 163-183, 185-187, 189-197, 200-237, 239-264, 266-269, 1351, 1365-1425, 1429-1457, 1459, 1461-1730, 1735, 1739-2397, 2533-2541, 2544-2556, 2558, 2559, 2561-2562 or 2563. Also provided are isolated polynucleotides and polypeptides which can be used to increase nitrogen use efficiency, fertilizer use efficiency, yield, growth rate, vigor, biomass, oil content and/or abiotic stress tolerance of a plant of a plant.
US11453886B2	Virus-like particles and uses thereof The present invention relates to GFLV virus-like particles and the uses thereof in various fields, such as the pharmaceutical, agro, or veterinary areas.
US11453881B2	Modified oligonucleotides for use in treatment of tauopathies Oligonucleotides comprising modifications at the 2′ and/or 3′ positions(s) along with methods of making and use against Alzheimer disease and other tauopathies are disclosed.
US11453880B2	Chimeric decoy Disclosed is a double-stranded oligonucleotide decoy including two transcription factor-binding sites, while keeping its size small. The double-stranded oligonucleotide decoy showing binding affinities for two transcription factors includes a first binding site for a first transcription factor and a second binding site for a second transcription factor. A first strand including the sense strand of the first binding site and a second strand including the sense strand of the second binding site are hybridized to form a double strand in which the sense strand of the first binding site and the sense strand of the second binding site are at least partly hybridized.
US11453874B2	Enhancement of CRISPR gene editing or target destruction by co-expression of heterologous DNA repair protein Provided are compositions, methods, and kits for improving CRISPR-based editing of DNA targets by a CRISPR-associated (Cas) enzyme. The improvement is made by combining the Cas enzyme and a CRISPR targeting RNA a heterologous DNA repair enzyme that is at least one of RecBCD, AddAB, or AdnAB. The heterologous DNA repair enzyme may have inactivated nuclease activity. The method can include using a DNA repair template to introduce one or more changes into the edited DNA. Cells that contain components of the improved CRISPR systems are included, as are kits for making such cells.
US11453870B2	Ligase fusion proteins and application thereof The present disclosure relates to the field of biotechnology. In particular, provided are a ligase fusion protein and an immobilized ligase comprising the same. Also provided is use of the ligase fusion protein or the immobilized ligase in the preparation of conjugates. Further provided is a process for the preparation of conjugates using a ligase or a ligase unit.
US11453867B2	CRISPR DNA targeting enzymes and systems The disclosure describes novel systems, methods, and compositions for the manipulation of nucleic acids in a targeted fashion. The disclosure describes non-naturally occurring, engineered CRISPR systems, components, and methods for targeted modification of nucleic acids. Each system includes one or more protein components and one or more nucleic acid components that together target nucleic acids.
US11453865B2	Applications of engineered Streptococcus canis Cas9 variants on single-base PAM targets Engineered Streptococcus canis Cas9 (ScCas9) variants include an ScCas9 protein with its PID being the PID amino acid composition of Streptococcus pyogenes Cas9 (SpCas9)-NG, an ScCas9 protein having a threonine-to-lysine substitution mutation at position 1227 in its amino acid sequence (Sc+), and an ScCas9 protein having a threonine-to-lysine substitution mutation at position 1227 and a substitution of residues ADKKLRKRSGKLATE [SEQ ID No. 4] in position 365-379 in the ScCas9 open reading frame (Sc++). Also included are CRISPR-associated DNA endonucleases with a PAM specificity of 5′-NG-3′ or 5′-NNG-3′ and a method of altering expression of a gene product by utilizing the engineered ScCas9 variants.
US11453862B2	Mononuclear cell derived NK cells Cord blood or peripheral blood NK cells are prepared from whole blood mononuclear cells without the need to isolate CD34+ hematopoietic stem cells or NK cells, and without the need for a feeder layer. Advantageously, the methods presented herein use an enrichment process that uses antiCD16 agonist antibodies, antiCD3 antibodies, and N-803. Moreover, contemplated processes are suitable for adaptation into a fully automated production process (GMP in a box).
US11453857B2	Lactobacillus fermentum LM1016 strain (KCCM12468P) The present disclosure relates to a novel strain of Lactobacillus fermentum LM1016 (KCCM12468P). The disclosed strain can be useful for treating or preventing cardiovascular diseases, obesity, fatty liver and/or diabetes. The present disclosure also relates to compositions comprising the strain. The compositions can be useful for medicines, health-functional foods, dairy products, fermented products, food additives, animal feeds, etc.
US11453853B2	Method for cleaning a solid support of a fermentation reactor comprising a contaminated polyurethane foam The present invention relates to a process for cleaning a solid support of a fermentation reactor for the production of alcohols by fermentation using a sugary fluid, the solid support comprising a polyurethane foam inoculated with a biomass produced by a solvent-producing strain belonging to the genus Clostridium, the process comprising placing the solid support in contact with a fluid originating from the fermentation must enriched in alcohol and/or acetone and/or an aqueous solution at basic pH.
US11453848B2	Fibrosis model on a chip The presently disclosed subject matter provides a biomimetic organ model, and methods of its production and use. In one exemplary embodiment, the biomimetic organ model can be a multi-layer model including a at least two microchannels and at least one chamber slab with at least one membrane coated with cells disposed between at least one microchannel and the at least one chamber slab. In another exemplary embodiment, the biomimetic organ disease model can be a five-layer model including a first and second microchannel with a membrane-gel layer-membrane coated or encompassing cells disposed between the microchannels. In certain embodiments, at least one device can be coupled to the biomimetic organ model that delivers an agent to at least one microchannel.
US11453844B2	Compositions and method for floor cleaning or restoration The present disclosure relates to compositions and methods of using the compositions for treating a floor surface. The disclosed compositions clean the floor surface, repair damage, or maintain the original look of the floor. The disclosed compositions also do not provide a permanent finish on the floor, are temporary coatings, or do not significantly change the gloss of the floor after application.
US11453835B2	Polymers and the use thereof as lubricating agents in the production of alkali metal films Polymers used as rolling lubricating agents, to compositions including said polymers, and to alkali metal films including the polymers or compositions on the surface(s) thereof. The use of said polymers and compositions is also described for strip-rolling alkali metals or alloys thereof in order to obtain thin films. Methods for producing said thin films, which are suitable for use in electrochemical cells, are also described. An improved lubricant according to formula I, which, for example, achieves enhanced conductivity, and/or enables the production of electrochemical cells having an improved life span in cycles.
US11453833B2	Lubricating base oil synthesized from biosourced polyol and fatty acids esters The present invention relates to esters of at least one polyol and of a mixture of fatty acids comprising at least one C5-C12 saturated fatty acid and at least one C10-C12 unsaturated fatty acid.
US11453828B2	Combined process to produce both a pipelineable crude and carbon fiber from heavy hydrocarbon An integrated process that is operated to create both a higher value pipelineable crude and a higher value carbon fiber product from a lower value common heavy hydrocarbon feedstock where the feedstock is processed in a thermal reactor followed by a solvent deasphalting unit with the liquids being gathered and processed to reduce olefins for pipeline transport and the solids are processed to generate a marketable carbon fiber product with any gases generated throughout the entire process reused in the process or sold.
US11453827B1	Syngas generation for gas-to-liquid fuel conversion A syngas generator is disclosed as an exothermic gas generator that can accommodate high combustion temperatures of a natural gas/oxygen flame. The generator includes four sections: a heavily insulated combustion chamber, a catalyst chamber, a spray chamber, and a heat exchanger. These four sections may be arranged in series and tightly bolted together to form a gas-tight system. Natural gas, oxygen and steam are supplied to a burner at the inlet end of the combustion chamber. This mixture is ignited and the resulting hot process gas is then fed into a catalyst bed where it reacts with the steam and is converted to carbon monoxide and hydrogen (syngas). The syngas is fed to a Fischer-Tropsch unit to create liquid fuel.
US11453810B2	Method for increasing the reactivity of lignin The present invention relates to a method for increasing the reactivity of lignin, wherein the method comprises the following steps: a) forming, under heating at a temperature of 30-70° C., an aqueous dispersion comprising alkali and lignin, wherein the alkali comprises a hydroxide of an alkali metal; and b) heating the dispersion formed in step a) at a temperature of 50-95° C. for producing alkalated lignin.
US11453808B2	Adhesive composition for electrical storage device, functional layer for electrical storage device, electrical storage device, and method of producing electrical storage device An adhesive composition for an electrical storage device contains a polymer A and a solvent. The polymer A includes an alicyclic (meth)acrylic acid ester monomer unit in a proportion of not less than 50.0 mass % and not more than 90.0 mass %, and also includes a nitrile group-containing monomer unit.
US11453803B2	Semi-hardened pressure-sensitive adhesive film Disclosed is a semi-hardened pressure sensitive adhesive film to be used in the semi-hardened state and having excellent printing step absorption properties. The adhesive film according to the present invention contains a radial polymer composition and a cationic polymer composition, and the radial polymer composition is primarily cross-linked to maintain the semi-hardened state. When applied onto a substrate through a printing step, the present invention has excellent step absorption properties and adhesion properties and excellent durability even under high-temperature and high-humidity conditions.
US11453802B2	Method of applying a coating composition to a substrate A system for applying a coating composition is provided herein. The system includes a first high transfer efficiency applicator defining a first nozzle orifice and a second high transfer efficiency applicator defining a second nozzle orifice. The system further includes a reservoir. The system further includes a substrate defining a first target area and a second target area. The first high transfer efficiency applicator and the second high transfer efficiency applicator are configured to receive the coating composition from the reservoir and configured to expel the coating composition through the first nozzle orifice to the first target area of the substrate and to expel the coating composition through the second nozzle orifice to the second target area of the substrate.
US11453798B2	Formaldehyde free binder and multi-component nanoparticle This patent describes formaldehyde free or formaldehyde reduced binders useful, for example, in a fiber based composite material such as glass or other mineral fiber insulation, non-woven fabric or wood-based board. In one example, melamine is used as an acidic solution or a salt. The salt or solution is used to create an aqueous binder with other components such as a polyol and a crosslinker. A preferred polyol is a nanoparticle comprising high molecular weight starch. In other examples, binders include mixtures of a polyol with urea and a crosslinker. In other examples, a multi-component nanoparticle is made by reacting a polyol such as starch in an extruder with an insolubilizer such as melamine or urea. The resulting particles are mixed with water, optionally with other components such as an additional crosslinker, to create an aqueous binder.
US11453784B2	Carbon particles having specific contents of polycylic aromatic hydrocarbon and benzo[a]pyrene The present disclosure provides, for example, systems and methods for generating carbon particles. Carbon particles may have a total content of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons of less than or equal to about 0.5 parts per million, a content of benzo[a]pyrene of less than or equal to about 5 parts per billion, and a water spreading pressure that is less than about 5 mJ/m2. A carbon particle among the carbon particles may comprise less than about 0.3% sulfur by weight or less than or equal to about 0.03% ash by weight.
US11453782B2	Pigment particle template and method of fabricating same, and method of fabricating pigment dispersion liquid A pigment particle template and a method of fabricating the same, and a method of fabricating a pigment dispersion liquid are described. The method of fabricating the pigment particle template has steps of: providing a substrate; forming a covalent organic framework layer on the substrate, wherein the covalent organic framework layer has porous network structure; forming a first porous organic layer on the covalent organic framework layer; and replacing the substrate with a second porous organic layer. The present application is beneficial to production of nanoparticles with controllable particle size and uniform size by utilizing a controllable size of the covalent organic framework structure and a stability of a sandwich structure.
US11453778B2	Polyamide moulding compound and its use and mouldings manufactured from the moulding compound The present invention relates to polyamide moulding compounds that contain a semi-crystalline copolyamide, at least one filler, and optionally additives. The invention likewise relates to mouldings manufacture from these moulding compounds and to the use of the moulding compounds to manufacture mouldings.
US11453773B2	Thermoplastic elastomer composition, plug body and container A thermoplastic elastomer composition including: 100 parts by mass of a hydrogenated block copolymer (a); from 10 to 50 parts by mass of a polypropylene resin (b); from 5 to 100 parts by mass of a polyphenylene ether resin (c); and from 75 to 200 parts by mass of a non-aromatic softener (d), wherein the hydrogenated block copolymer (a) contains a hydrogenated block copolymer (a-1) obtained by hydrogenation, the hydrogenated block copolymer (a-1) comprising at least one polymer block A1 including mainly a vinyl aromatic hydrocarbon compound monomer unit, and at least one polymer block B1 including mainly a conjugated diene compound monomer unit, a weight-average molecular weight of the hydrogenated block copolymer (a-1) is from 100,000 to 550,000, and a content of all vinyl aromatic hydrocarbon compound monomer units in the hydrogenated block copolymer (a-1) is more than 20% by mass and 50% by mass or less.
US11453765B2	High-shrink, high-strength multilayer film containing three-component blend A heat-shrinkable film comprises a blend of 35-75 wt % of an ethylene-based polymer, 10-45 wt % of an ethylene/unsaturated ester copolymer, and 5-30 wt % of a plastomer, with the blend making up at least 20 wt % of the film. The ethylene-based polymer has a peak melt point ≥95° C. The plastomer has a peak melt point ≤90° C. and a melt index of ≤1.1 g/10 min. The film comprises a cross-linked polymer network which has been strained by solid state orientation. The film has a total free shrink at 85° C. of at least 90% and an energy-to-break of at least 0.70 J/mil.
US11453764B2	Strand-shaped elements and polymer composition for preparing same The invention relates to strand-shaped elements and polymer compositions used for preparing the strand-shaped elements. The strand-shaped elements comprise an inner structure and a halogen-free polymer composition surrounding the inner structure. The polymer composition includes a linear very low density polyethylene (VLDPE) composition and one or more polyolefin-elastomers. In addition, the polymer composition includes a flame retardant filler.
US11453763B2	Rubber terpene footwear Disclosed is a rubber composition for footwear. The rubber composition may comprise from 3 phr to 90 phr of a first rubber component, from 5 phr to 100 phr of a second rubber component, from 1 phr to 10 phr of a tackifying resin, from 10 phr to 60 phr of a reinforcing filler component, from 1 phr to about 10 phr of a plasticizer component, from 0.1 phr to 5 phr of a curing component. The rubber composition may exhibit a wet coefficient of friction of from 0.4 to 0.65 when tested in accordance with SATRA TM144, a dry coefficient of friction of from 0.76 to 0.90 when tested in accordance with SATRA TM144, and a DIN abrasion of 140 to 300 when tested in accordance with DIN 53616.
US11453759B2	Fluorescent magenta latex with enhanced brightness and toners made therefrom Fluorescent magenta latexes are provided which may comprise water and fluorescent agent-incorporated resin particles, the particles comprising a resin, Solvent Red 49 as a red fluorescent agent, and Solvent Yellow 98 as a yellow fluorescent agent, wherein the fluorescent magenta latex has a weight ratio of the Solvent Red 49 to the Solvent Yellow 98 in a range of from 3:1 to 10:1. Fluorescent magenta toners and methods of making and using the fluorescent magenta toners are also provided.
US11453758B2	Method of continuous preparation of reclaimed rubber using multi-stage screw extruders The invention relates to a method of preparing reclaimed rubber, especially using multi-stage screw extruders, which belongs to the field of recycling and reusing of waste rubber. The rubber powder and softener which were preliminarily mixed are compacted and added into first counter rotating twin screw extruder through thermal insulation and metering apparatus, the softener permeates the waste rubber powder uniformly under the action of temperature in the extruder to finish primary desulfurization of rubber waste powder; add preliminary devulcanized material continuously into second multi screw extruder after cooling by transformation device, rapid desulfurization and regeneration can be achieved by means of activator and shear action; The desulfurized rubber powder is cooled and transported into the third multi-screw extruder in series, the performance of deprocessing can be improved by shear action under low temperature; After extrusion, the recycled rubber is obtained by molding device and cooling device. The whole process is completed under closed oxygen isolation condition, realizing safe, simple and continuous desulfurization regeneration. It is energy saving and environmental protection with excellent properties.
US11453756B1	Oxo-biodegradable expanded polystyrene A method for producing an oxo-biodegradable expanded polystyrene (EPS) product is disclosed. In embodiments, the method includes: providing a volume of polystyrene; providing a volume of one or more chemical additives; combining the volumes of polystyrene and one or more chemical additives to form a mixture; and expanding the mixture into an oxo-biodegradable expanded polystyrene (EPS) product.
US11453751B2	Polyimide (PI) substrate and method for fabricating same A polyimide (PI) substrate, including a glass substrate is provided, wherein a first PI layer is disposed over the glass substrate, and a second PI layer is disposed over the first PI layer. The first PI layer is formed with a first PI material, and the second PI layer is formed with a second PI material. Disposal of the second PI layer over the first PI layer allows for manual and complete peeling of the second PI layer from the first PI layer.
US11453740B2	Shape memory polymers New shape memory polymer compositions, methods for synthesizing new shape memory polymers, and apparatus comprising an actuator and a shape memory polymer wherein the shape memory polymer comprises at least a portion of the actuator. A shape memory polymer comprising a polymer composition which physically forms a network structure wherein the polymer composition has shape-memory behavior and can be formed into a permanent primary shape, re-formed into a stable secondary shape, and controllably actuated to recover the permanent primary shape. Polymers have optimal aliphatic network structures due to minimization of dangling chains by using monomers that are symmetrical and that have matching amine and hydroxl groups providing polymers and polymer foams with clarity, tight (narrow temperature range) single transitions, and high shape recovery and recovery force that are especially useful for implanting in the human body.
US11453739B2	Use of thermally decomposable acid as inhibitor for preparing polyisocyanurate composites Provided is a process for producing a polyisocyanurate comprising: trimerizing an aliphatic polyisocyanate with a trimerization catalyst in the presence of a thermally decomposable acid at a molar ratio of acid to catalyst of from 0.1 to 10, wherein the polyisocyanurate has a greater pot life than the pot life of the polyisocyanurate not containing the thermally decomposable acid. Polyisocyanurates made according to the inventive process lengthen the pot life of pultrusion composite formulations made therefrom without affecting the reactivity of the formulations. The pultrusion composite formulations of the invention may be cured and pultruded to yield a variety of products such as wind turbine blades, yacht shells, window frames, door frames, ladder frames, telegraph pole cross arms, tent poles, solar cell frames, solar cell backsheets, radomes, highway guard rails, floor boards, pipes, telegraph poles, auto trunks, luggage holders, engine covers, golf clubs, tennis poles, badminton poles, bicycle frames, surfboards, and snowboards.
US11453737B2	Polyester-polycarbonate copolymer and method for producing same Polycarbonate block copolymers are provided, which have: (A) a polyester block of chemical formula 1; and (B) a polycarbonate block derived from a dihydric phenol of chemical formula 3 compound and phosgene. The copolymers may be prepared by (1) polymerizing ester oligomers to form a compound of chemical formula 1; and (2) copolymerizing the ester oligomer obtained in (1) with a polycarbonate oligomer prepared from a dihydric phenol compound of chemical formula 3 and phosgene, in the presence of a polymerization catalyst. The block copolymer may have a viscosity average molecular weight (Mv) of 10,000 to 200,000. The thermoplastic copolymer resins have excellent heat resistance, transparency, impact strength, and fluidity, and thus can be usefully applied in various products, including office devices, electric/electronic products, and automotive interior/exterior parts;
US11453736B2	Hydrophilized polydiorganosiloxane vinylic crosslinkers and uses thereof The invention provides a hydrophilized polydiorganosiloxane vinylic crosslinker which comprises (1) a polydiorganosiloxane polymer chain comprising dimethylsiloxane units and hydrophilized siloxane units each having one methyl substituent and one monovalent C4-C40 organic radical substituent having two to six hydroxyl groups, wherein the molar ratio of the hydrophilized siloxane units to the dimethylsiloxane units is from about 0.035 to about 0.15, and (2) two terminal (meth)acryloyl groups. The hydrophilized polydiorganosiloxane vinylic crosslinker has a number average molecular weight of from about 3000 Daltons to about 80,000 Daltons. The present invention is also related to a silicone hydrogel contact lens, which comprises repeating units derived from a hydrophilized polydiorganosiloxane vinylic crosslinker of the invention.
US11453735B2	Water-soluble copolymer composition with neutral pH The present invention relates to the field of copolymers which are water-soluble or water-dispersible at neutral pH or near-neutral pH, that is to say between 5.5 and 9.5, comprising at least one random copolymer comprising methacrylic acid, butyl acrylate, styrene and a monomer chosen from styrenesulfonic acid or salts thereof, vinylbenzoic acid or salts thereof, 2-acrylamido-2-methanesulfonic acid or salts thereof, N-vinylpyrrolidone, alone or in combination.
US11453723B1	BCMA T cell-antigen couplers and uses thereof BCMA T cell antigen coupler (TAC) polypeptides having (i) an antigen-binding domain that binds BCMA, (ii) an antigen-binding domain that binds a protein associated with a TCR complex, and (iii) a T cell receptor signaling domain polypeptide are provided.
US11453720B2	Anti-TIGIT antigen-binding proteins and methods of use thereof Provided herein are antigen-binding proteins (ABPs) that selectively bind to TIGIT and its isoforms and homologs, and compositions comprising the ABPs. Also provided are methods of using the ABPs, such as therapeutic and diagnostic methods.
US11453718B2	NOTCH3 agonist compositions and methods for treating small vessel diseases The present subject matter provides, inter alia compositions, formulations, and methods for inhibiting, treating, and preventing small vessel diseases.
US11453704B2	Recombinant human replication-deficient adenovirus comprising a modified nucleic acid encoding the Marburg virus envelope glycoprotein The present invention relates to a nucleotide sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 1 for encoding a Marburg virus envelope glycoprotein, and to a human replication-deficient recombinant adenovirus capable of expressing the nucleotide sequence and a preparation method therefor, as well as an application thereof in the preparation of a vaccine against Marburg virus disease. The vaccine uses an E1 and E3 deleted replication-deficient human type-5 adenovirus as a vector, and HEK293 cells integrating an adenovirus E1 gene as a packaging cell line, and a protective antigen gene carried is a codon-optimized Marburg virus Angola strain envelope glycoprotein gene. After codon optimization of the envelope glycoprotein gene, significant expression of envelope glycoprotein can be detected in transfected cells.
US11453703B2	Heterotandem bicyclic peptide complexes The present invention relates to heterotandem bicyclic peptide complexes which comprise a first peptide ligand, which binds to a component present on an immune cell, conjugated via a linker to a second peptide ligand, which binds to a component present on a cancer cell. The invention also relates to the use of said heterotandem bicyclic peptide complexes in preventing, suppressing or treating cancer.
US11453698B2	Preparation method of vascular leakage blockers with a high yield The present invention relates to a preparation method of a novel vascular leakage blocker with a high yield. The preparation method is easy to react and more productive and economical than the conventional method by using an intermediate that can easily remove impurities generated during the reaction. In addition, the preparation method can produce a novel vascular leakage blocker with a high yield by using a new reagent that has not been previously used in the step of generating an isomer, and is very advantageous in producing a high-quality active pharmaceutical ingredient.
US11453697B1	Cyclic di-nucleotide compounds as sting agonists A class of polycyclic compounds of general formula (I), of general formula (I′), or of general formula (I″), wherein Base1, Base2, Y, Ya, Xa, Xa1, Xb, Xb1, Xc, Xc1, Xd, Xd1, R1, R1a, R2, R2a, R3, R4, R4a, R5, R6, R6a, R7, R7a, R8, and R8a are defined herein, that may be useful as inductors of type I interferon production, specifically as STING active agents, are provided. Also provided are processes for the synthesis and use of compounds.
US11453696B2	Adenosine analogs as methyltransferase inhibitors for treating cancer Compounds having methyltransferase inhibitory activity are disclosed. The compounds have the structures The compounds disclosed are useful in the treatment of cancer and similar diseases associated with inappropriate methyltransferase activity.
US11453693B2	Stevia-derived molecules, methods of obtaining such molecules, and uses of the same A purified composition of steviol glycoside molecules is described. The composition imparts desirable taste, flavor and flavor modifying properties to food, beverages, and other consumable products.
US11453685B2	Dibenzoheterocyclic compound and preparation method and application thereof A dibenzoheterocyclic compound wherein band gaps of HOMO and LUMO energy levels of the dibenzoheterocyclic compound are wide, light can be emitted in a deep blue light-emitting region; and the LUMO energy level of the dibenzoheterocyclic compound is low, so the LUMO energy level matches with an electron transport layer for electrons injection and transport. The dibenzoheterocyclic compound has hole transport performance, so as a light-emitting layer material, the dibenzoheterocyclic compound balances the ratio of electrons to holes in a light-emitting layer increasing the combination probability and improving the device light-emitting efficiency. The spatial configuration of the dibenzoheterocyclic compound avoids material stacking molecules, reduces annihilation of excitons, and inhibits efficiency roll-off. The dibenzoheterocyclic compound has thermal stability, so deep blue light can be emitted efficiently and stably. With an organic light-emitting diode and a deep blue light-emitting device with high light-emitting efficiency, low working voltage can be obtained.
US11453684B2	Method of treating a proliferative disorder by administering a thiourea gold(I) complex The invention is directed to a method of treatment of proliferative diseases or disorders such as cancer with gold(I) N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) thiourea or substituted thiourea complexes, to the complexes per se and to therapeutic compositions containing these gold(I) based complexes.
US11453679B2	Methyl 2-methyl-5-oxo-1,4,5,7-tetradhydrofuro[3,4-b]pyridine-3-carboxylate compounds as Cav1.2 activators The present disclosure provides for a compound according to formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof as Cav1.2 activators for the treatment of schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, major depressive disorder, substance use disorder, ADHD, Phelan-McDermid Syndrome, autism spectrum disorder, multiple sclerosis, frontotemporal dementia, Alzheimer's disease, Brugada Syndrome, Short QT syndrome, and early repolarization syndrome.
US11453672B2	Substituted pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidines as tropomyosin receptor kinase inhibitors Provided are pharmaceutical compositions comprising substituted pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidine compounds and the use thereof. The compositions may comprise the substituted pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidine compound or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, prodrug, hydrate or solvate, polymorph, stereoisomer or isotopic variant thereof, and can be used for treating diseases treatable with Trk kinase inhibitors.
US11453667B2	Pyridone-pyrimidine derivative acting as KRASG12C mutein inhibitor Provided are a class of KRAS G12C mutein inhibitors, which relate in particular to a compound represented by formula (I), an isomer thereof, and a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
US11453664B2	Thymoquinone/harmaline and related reaction products New compositions of matter useful for the treatment of human diabetes and cancers comprise the reaction products of thymoquinone and harmaline or harmaline-like compounds, such as β-carboline compounds, and the derivatives, solvates, prodrugs, isomers, and tautomers of such compounds.
US11453657B2	Compounds for the treatment of parasitic infections The present invention relates to novel compounds or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, corresponding compositions, and methods and/or uses in therapy, for example in the treatment of parasitic infections such as malaria, in particular infection by Plasmodium falciparum.
US11453652B2	Di-macrocycles The invention relates to chemical compounds and complexes that can be used in therapeutic and diagnostic applications.
US11453651B2	Heteroaryl butanoic acid derivatives The present invention describes novel heteroaryl butanoic acid derivatives that are good drug candidates especially with regard to leukotriene A4 hydrolase (LTA4H). The present invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising said novel heteroaryl butanoic acid derivatives, methods of using said compounds in the treatment of various diseases and disorders, and processes for preparing the said novel compounds.
US11453650B2	Heterocyclic compound and organic light emitting device comprising the same Provided is a heterocyclic compound of Chemical Formula 1: where L1 is a single bond or a substituted or unsubstituted C6-60 arylene; L2 is a single bond, a substituted or unsubstituted C6-60 arylene, or a substituted or unsubstituted C5-60 heteroarylene, and Ar1 is one of the following Chemical Formulas 2, 3, 4, or 5: and an organic light emitting device including the same.
US11453647B2	Benzimidazole derivatives as adenosine receptor antagonists The invention relates to benzimidazole derivatives of the general formula I, and the use of the compounds of the present invention for the treatment and/or prevention of hyperproliferative or infectious diseases and disorders in mammals, especially humans, and pharmaceutical compositions containing such compound.
US11453641B2	Methods of treating neurofibromatosis with N-((R)-2,3-dihydroxypropoxy)-3,4-difluoro-2-(2-fluoro-4-iodophenylamino)-benzamide The present disclosure relates to: a) a crystalline composition of essentially pure Form IV of N-((R)-2,3-dihydroxypropoxy)-3,4-difluoro-2-(2-fluoro-4-iodo-phenylamino)-benzamide; b) pharmaceutical compositions comprising the crystalline composition of essentially pure Form IV of N-((R)-2,3-dihydroxypropoxy)-3,4-difluoro-2-(2-fluoro-4-iodo-phenylamino)-benzamide, and, optionally, a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier; and c) methods of treating a tumor, a cancer, or a Rasopathy disorder by administering the crystalline composition of essentially pure Form IV of N-((R)-2,3-dihydroxypropoxy)-3,4-difluoro-2-(2-fluoro-4-iodo-phenylamino)-benzamide to a subject in need thereof.
US11453640B2	Small molecules for disrupting the super elongation complex and inhibiting transcription elongation for cancer therapy Disclosed are compounds which may be utilized to inhibit transcription by RNA Polymerase II (Pol II), and in particular to disrupt the Super Elongation Complex (SEC). The compounds may be utilized in pharmaceutical compositions and methods for treating diseases and disorders associated with the biological activity of SEC, and in particular, diseases and disorders that are associated with high levels of expression of genes whose expression is SEC-dependent and that promote, support, or otherwise are required for the disease or disorder such as cancers.
US11453637B2	Site-specific isotopic labeling of 1,4-diene systems Methods for preparing isotopically modified 1,4-diene systems from non-isotopically modified 1,4-dienes involve selective oxidation of one or more bis-allylic position(s), or the preparation of isotopically modified 1,4-diene systems via trapping pi-allylic complexes with a source of deuterium or tritium. Such methods are useful for preparing isotopically modified polyunsaturated lipid including polyunsaturated fatty acids and polyunsaturated fatty acid derivatives.
US11453636B2	Process for separation and purification of a dicarboxylic acid containing mixture A method is provided for separating a dicarboxylic acid product from a mixture containing such dicarboxylic acids. The method involves: providing a dicarboxylic acid-containing mixture of which at least 35% of the carboxylic acid content of the mixture is a dicarboxylic acid product of interest; running an extraction of said dicarboxylic acid-containing mixture through a chromatographic column configured with an amphoteric resin, such that the dicarboxylic acid product elutes preferentially from the dicarboxylic acid-containing mixture. In certain embodiments, the dicarboxylic acid product of interest can be a glucaric or gluconic acid product from a mixture of either or both of these with still other carboxylic acids.
US11453622B2	Catalytic conversion of alcohols and/or ethers to olefins Processes for the catalytic conversion of alcohols and/or ethers to olefins over zeolite catalysts are described. Self-bound ZSM-5 and metal containing variants, such as Zn ZSM-5, produce high yields of olefins, particularly C3+ olefins, between 250 and 450° C.
US11453615B2	Dielectric thin film, dielectric element and electronic circuit board A dielectric thin film contains Ca, Sr, Ti, Hf, O and N, wherein among crystal grains existing in a plane field of view of 1 μm square perpendicular to a film thickness direction of the dielectric thin film, a number ratio of crystal grains having a grain size of 19 nm or more and less than 140 nm is 95% or more, among the crystal grains existing in the plane field of view, a number ratio of first crystal grains having a grain size of 65 nm or more and less than 77 nm is 20% or more, and among the crystal grains existing in the plane field of view, a number ratio of second crystal grains having a grain size of 19 nm or more and less than 54 nm is 40% or less.
US11453612B2	Glass-based articles including a metal oxide concentration gradient Provided are methods of forming a chemically strengthened glass-based article. Certain methods comprise: providing a glass-based substrate comprising a first surface and a second surface opposing the first surface defining a thickness (t), a length dimension, a width, and a weight; and ion exchanging a plurality of alkali ions into the glass-based substrate to form a non-zero alkali metal oxide concentration that varies along at least a substantial portion of the thickness (t). The ion exchanging comprises immersing a glass-based substrate in a molten salt bath comprising at least about 90% by weight KNO3, and less than about 10% by weight NaNO3 for a time in the range of 70% to 130% of the ion exchange time that produces a peak central tension (CT) with the same molten salt bath composition and temperature. Also provided are ion exchanged glass-based articles prepared by said methods.
US11453594B2	Environmentally benign production of graphene oxide A method of producing isolated graphene oxide sheets directly from a graphitic material, comprising: a) mixing multiple particles of a graphitic material, an optional oxidizing liquid, and multiple particles of a solid carrier material to form a mixture in an impacting chamber of an energy impacting apparatus; b) operating the energy impacting apparatus with a frequency and an intensity for a length of time sufficient for peeling off graphene sheets from the graphitic material and transferring the graphene sheets to surfaces of the solid carrier material particles to produce graphene-coated solid carrier particles inside the impacting chamber; and c) sequentially or concurrently oxidizing and separating the graphene sheets from the solid carrier material particle surfaces to produce isolated graphene oxide sheets. The process is fast (1-4 hours as opposed to 5-120 hours of conventional processes), has low or no water usage, environmentally benign, cost effective, and highly scalable.
US11453593B2	Oriented graphene sheet-enhanced vapor-based heat transfer device and process for producing same Provided is a vapor-based heat transfer apparatus (e.g. a vapor chamber or a heat pipe), comprising: a hollow structure having a hollow chamber enclosed inside a sealed envelope or container made of a thermally conductive material, a wick structure in contact with one or a plurality of walls of the hollow structure, and a working liquid within the hollow structure and in contact with the wick structure, wherein the wick structure comprises a graphene material and the hollow structure walls comprise an evaporator wall having a first surface plane and a condenser wall having a second surface plane, wherein multiple sheets of the graphene material in the wick structure are aligned to be substantially parallel to one another and perpendicular to at least one of the first surface plane and the second surface plane. Also provided is a process for producing this apparatus.
US11453592B2	Method for preparing carbon nanotube dispersion The present invention relates to a method for preparing a carbon nanotube dispersion, the method including mixing a dispersion solution including a dispersion solvent and a dispersant with carbon nanotubes to prepare carbon nanotube paste, extruding the paste to obtain solid carbon nanotubes, and introducing a second solvent to the solid carbon nanotubes, and homogenizing the carbon nanotubes, wherein the weight ratio of the dispersion solution and the carbon nanotubes is 1:1 to 9:1. According to the present invention, the mixing of a dispersant and carbon nanotubes is increased and the particle size is controlled by a wet method, so that a carbon nanotube dispersion having a viscosity controlled to a low level, excellent resistance properties, and a high concentration, may be provided.
US11453590B2	Methods to pattern carbon nanotube sheets Effective techniques for patterning carbon nanotube (CNT) sheets are disclosed herein. A carbon nanotube forest is grown on a catalyst-incorporated substrate, CNT sheets are drawn from the carbon nanotube forest, the CNT sheets are stacked on a substrate, followed by etching the CNT sheets by using a shadow mask through a controlled etch process. In some implementations, etching of the CNT sheets is carried out in a capacitively coupled plasma (CCP) etching system, where the CNT sheets are selectively exposed, in a controlled environment, to oxygen plasma via the shadow mask.
US11453589B2	Method of producing boron nitride polycrystal, boron nitride polycrystal, cutting tool, wear-resisting tool, and grinding tool A method of producing a boron nitride polycrystal includes: a first step of obtaining a thermally treated powder by thermally treating a powder of a high pressure phase boron nitride at more than or equal to 1300° C.; and a second step of obtaining a boron nitride polycrystal by sintering the thermally treated powder under a condition of 8 to 20 GPa and 1200 to 2300° C.
US11453588B2	Thermal stage and reduction absorption sulfur recovery process An elemental sulfur recovery unit comprising a thermal unit configured to combust an acid gas feed comprising hydrogen sulfide, an oxygen source, and a fuel gas to create a reaction furnace outlet stream, comprising elemental sulfur, a waste heat boiler configured to capture heat from the reaction furnace outlet stream to create a waste heat boiler effluent, a condenser configured to condense the waste heat boiler effluent to produce a non-condensed gases stream and a condensed stream comprising elemental sulfur, a process gas reheater configured to generate a hot gases stream, a hydrogenation reactor configured to convert the hot gases stream to create a hydrogenation effluent comprising hydrogen sulfide, a process desuperheater configured to cool the hydrogenation effluent to generate a cooled effluent, and an absorber unit configured to absorb the hydrogen sulfide from the cooled effluent to produce a hydrogen sulfide recycle stream and a waste gas stream.
US11453574B2	Elevator cars with camera mount An elevator car (42; 103) for carrying a load in a vertical direction. The elevator car includes at least one elevator car door (38) carrying a door coupling (20) and a camera mount (40) comprising a mounting location (46) for a camera (44). The camera mount (40) is located at the top of the elevator car (42) with the mounting location (46) positioned for a camera (44) to monitor the door coupling (20). The camera mount is deformable at least in the vertical direction, when acted on by a downwards force, such as to protect the door coupling (20) from being impacted by the camera mount (40).
US11453567B2	Sanitary sleeve applicator for hoses The conceived invention provides both a film applicator and a method for placing a continuous film sleeve around a hose, or a grouping of a plurality of hoses. The sleeve thickness is approximately ½ mil to 20 mils thick, which is suitable for cleanliness protection and reducing the possibility of ripping when the hoses are dragged across a floor. The embodied invention includes a plastic sleeve payout tube, that surrounds and encompasses the hose/hoses. The hoses are routed through the sleeve payout tube when they are hauled into a building to be cleaned. The payout tube stores a compacted length of an enclosing plastic sleeve, and the sleeve pays off as the hoses are dragged into the facility to be cleaned. The initial attachment of the plastic sleeve and hoses is by use of an adhesive tape or an outer clamping strap.
US11453564B2	Apparatus for supplying a coil-like padding product for packaging purposes An apparatus for supplying a coil-like padding product for packaging purposes comprises a supply device for supplying a web-type padding material and also a rolling-up apparatus, which rolls up the web-type padding material to form the coil-like padding product. It is proposed that the rolling-up apparatus should comprise a flexible delimiting means, which can form an at least partially curved delimiting wall of an at least temporarily present rolling-up space, of which the extent is preferably alterable and which has an inlet for the web-type padding material, it being possible for the web-type padding material to enter into the rolling-up space through said inlet, wherein the web-type padding material is guided by the at least partially curved delimiting wall, this resulting in the formation of the coil-like padding product.
US11453561B2	Receiving element, arrangement and method A receiving element for receiving and transporting a component includes: a main body. A recess in the form of an indentation into which the component is insertable is formed in the main body. In an embodiment, the recess has a shape which is adapted to a contour of the component.
US11453560B2	Device for holding a container and treatment device A device for holding a container in a container treatment device, for example for holding a bottle at the bottle neck thereof, includes a first clasp arm, which is arranged on a clasp carrier so as to be pivotable about a first pivot axis, and a second clasp arm, which is arranged on the clasp carrier so as to be pivotable about a second pivot axis. The first clasp arm is of longer design than the second clasp arm. The first clasp arm and the second clasp arm are pivotally coupled to one another via a coupling arrangement, wherein the clasp arms are magnetically preloaded into a closed position, and the clasp arms can be opened to receive a container passively by inserting the container. A treatment device for treating a container is also described.
US11453549B1	Bin bag dispenser A bin bag dispenser has a dispenser housing having a housing base and a housing wall that extends upwardly from the housing base to form a chamber for holding the trash bag roll; and a housing cover that fits over the dispenser housing to cover the chamber, the housing cover having a top panel and a front surface. A dispensing mechanism is mounting in the top panel of the housing cover, the dispensing mechanism having an annular retainer fixedly mounted to the top panel, a resilient sheet having a slit, and a means for mounting the resilient sheet within the annular retainer so that trash bags from the trash bag roll may be dispenser though the slit of the dispensing mechanism.
US11453546B2	Condiment packet holder A method for holding a single-serving condiment packet with a holder that allows an opened packet to maintain an upright position without spilling its inner contents and also without having the opening of the open packet touch any part of the holder. The single-serving condiment packet holder has a thin three-dimensional cavity which is defined by one or more internal sidewalls. The holder may also have sidewalls, a base side, and a top side that any geometric shape. A clip or hook may be used to suspend the holder.
US11453544B2	Shipping container systems for live samples and related die cut tray inserts A die cut tray insert is provided including a first face and a second face, opposite and parallel to the first face; first and second assemblies secured at one end to one of the first and second faces and configured to swing between an open position and a closed position such that a pot associated with a live sample is secured on two sides; and a third face and a fourth face, perpendicular to the first and second faces and opposite and parallel to one another, the third face configured to cover a top portion of the pot associated with the live sample and the fourth face configured to contain the pot within the first, second and third faces. The third face covering the top portion of the pot is configured to reduce spillage from the pot when the first and second assemblies are in a closed position.
US11453543B2	Nested insulated packaging A nested insulated packaging assembly includes an outer box including an outer top side wall, an outer bottom side wall, and a plurality of outer lateral side walls, the outer box defining a cavity; an inner cardboard portion including a plurality of inner lateral side walls, the inner cardboard portion positioned within the cavity; a first thermal liner positioned at least partially between the inner cardboard portion and the outer bottom side wall; and a second thermal liner defining a first end and a second end disposed opposite from the first end, the second thermal liner defining an inner surface and an outer surface disposed opposite from the inner surface, the second thermal liner positioned between the plurality of outer lateral side walls and the plurality of inner lateral side walls, the inner surface facing the inner cardboard portion, the outer surface facing the outer box.
US11453535B2	Selectively openable closure for a container A closure for a container, and more specifically a closure that is selectively openable and/or lockable providing, for example, one or more child resistant opening features is disclosed.
US11453530B2	Composite closure with support brace and method for making the same A composite closure assembly includes a closure shell having a closure socket surrounded by a shell wall and a shell end. An inner closure is within the closure socket. The inner closure is fixed to the closure shell. The inner closure includes a closure wall and a closure end. A closure gap is between the shell end and the closure end. A support brace including one or more support braces extends from the closure end to the shell end and bridges the closure gap.
US11453521B2	Automatic dunnage conforming apparatus and method An apparatus for conforming a dunnage element about contents in a container includes an array of pushers having biased end portions that are movable relative to one another and having end faces for engaging the dunnage element. The end faces of the pushers are biased to an extended state and are movable against the bias in response to engagement of the end faces with the contents and with the dunnage element between the end faces and the contents. At least one of the pushers is movable against the bias separately from a remainder of the pushers to enable conformance of the array to the shape of the contents. The pushers are mounted to a carrier at respective mounts. A motive device is coupled to the carrier and is configured to collectively move the mounts vertically.
US11453520B2	Device for manufacturing a pouch accommodated in a wrapping The present invention relates to a device for manufacturing a pouch containing a brewable material accommodated in a wrapping, comprising a pouch manufacturing device adapted to manufacture a water-permeable pouch containing brewable material, and comprising a sealing station with two sealing jaws movable relative to one another for sealing the pouch in the wrapping placed in a U-shape around the pouch, wherein the sealing jaws are configured to form longitudinal seals (L) lying opposite one another and a transverse seal (Q) extending transversely thereto on the wrapping, wherein at least one sealing jaw comprises first and second sealing jaw elements each configured to form one of the longitudinal seals (L) and a segment of the transverse seal (Q).
US11453511B1	Systems and methods for data verification at start up Embodiments of the systems and methods disclosed herein describe a data verification of electrical electric components and software systems electronically or mechanically coupled to the electric aircraft by a novel process which starts an electric aircraft and receives physical and software information for each aircraft component or system and determines the status of the health of each of those components or systems. An embodiment may further include a monitoring system configured to measure a plurality of data from each aircraft component and a flight controller communicatively coupled to the monitoring system, wherein the data verification can be performed by the flight controller. Further embodiments may include the flight controller generating an output datum from the assessment produced by the data verification and displaying it to a pilot via an output device.
US11453510B1	Apparatuses, systems, and methods for improved landing of aerial vehicles A device attachable to an aerial vehicle that incorporates electronics to control sensor position data and verify safety of aerial vehicle landing area. The device may be easily attached to an existing aerial vehicle. The device monitors sensor data from one or more distance measuring sensors and pressure sensors to set an angle of incidence for the distance measuring sensors. This pressure sensor derived angle setting allows for a continual data mapping of the aerial vehicles landing area to enhance and improve the landing zone.
US11453508B2	Circulating coolant fluid in hybrid electrical propulsion systems A hybrid propulsion system includes a heat engine configured to drive a heat engine shaft. An electric motor configured to drive a motor shaft. A transmission system is connected to receive rotational input power from each of the heat engine shaft and the motor shaft and to convert the rotation input power to output power. A first lubrication/coolant system is connected for circulating a first lubricant/coolant fluid through the heat engine. A second lubricant/coolant system in fluid isolation from the first lubrication/coolant system is connected for circulating a second lubricant/coolant fluid through the electric motor.
US11453504B2	Passive heater for aircraft de-icing and method A deicing apparatus for aircraft comprises a passive vortex tube adapted to be mounted at a location at or adjacent a component of an aircraft and adapted to heat the component. A deicing method is also disclosed.
US11453500B2	Life vest device A life vest device, for a fixation on one or more aircraft seats, with a life vest unit, which is embodied as a lift vest with a packaging unit for a sealed accommodation of the life vest unit and with an opening unit for an opening of the packaging unit, which features one or more pull straps. The opening unit is functionally connected with the life vest unit and the packaging unit comprises one or more fixation units for a fixation on an aircraft seat. For a retrieval of the life vest unit from the packaging unit, the opening unit is connected in a tear-proof manner with the life vest unit. The pull strap and the life vest are embodied integrally with each other.
US11453496B1	Package delivery systems and methods for aerial vehicles A package delivery apparatus of a vehicle may include a servo, a servo arm rotated by the servo, a latch that rotates responsive to rotation of the servo arm, and a rod and slider that moves responsive to rotation of the servo arm. The components of the package delivery apparatus may move between a plurality of positions, including a loading position, a locking position, a sensing position, and a release position. The rotation of the latch may control loading, locking, sensing, and release of a package within a package path of the vehicle, and the movement of the rod and slider may control movement of a door assembly of the vehicle between open and closed positions.
US11453476B2	Structural composite airfoils with an improved leading edge, and related methods Structural composite airfoils include a front C-channel spar having an upper flange coupled to an upper skin panel, and a lower flange coupled to a lower skin panel. The lower skin panel includes a joggle adjacent a lower leading edge end, with the joggle being positioned forward of the front C-channel spar. An upper skin surface of the lower leading edge end faces an internal volume defined between the upper skin panel and the lower skin panel. A lower skin surface of the lower leading edge end faces an internal surface of the upper leading edge end of the upper skin panel, and the lower leading edge end of the lower skin panel is coupled to the upper leading edge end of the upper skin panel forward of the front C-channel spar. The leading edge has a bullnose shape defined by the upper skin panel.
US11453472B2	Cabin module with integrated drainage and aircraft with a cabin module A cabin module for an aircraft comprises a section which has an upward-facing surface in an installed state of the cabin module, wherein the upward-facing surface of the section comprises an integrated drainage channel. An aircraft furthermore comprises at least one such cabin module.
US11453458B2	Cycle frames A cycle frame may include a first set of plates and a plurality of frame beams attached between the first set of plates using removable fasteners.
US11453456B2	Personal mobility apparatus A personal mobility apparatus includes: a support platform having a pair of footplates and a cavity; two drive wheels disposed on both sides of the support platform, respectively; and a steering wheel connected to the support platform to be received in the cavity. The steering wheel is connected through a telescopic tube to be received in the cavity of the support platform and the telescopic tube includes a first tube and a second tube moving telescopically with respect to the first tube.
US11453455B2	Oil filler cap and saddle riding type vehicle In an oil filler cap, a valve part of a valve device is arranged in a range between a lower end of a screw part that is screwed to an oil filler opening part in a cap body and a seal surface that is arranged at a higher position than the screw part, a ventilation passage part is arranged above the valve part, and a ratchet mechanism is arranged on an outer circumferential side of the ventilation passage part.
US11453450B2	Bicycle seat assembly with improved comfort and support A bicycle seat assembly that is configured to be attached to a frame of a bicycle includes a seat pan, a foam layer, and an air cell pad. The seat pan is configured to be attached to the frame of the bicycle. The seat pan includes a pair of cutouts that are spaced apart from one another. The air cell pad includes a base and a plurality of upstanding air cells that are coupled to the base, each of the plurality of air cells being configured to retain air. The foam layer can be positioned between the air cell pad and the seat pan; or the air cell pad can be positioned between the foam layer and the seat pan.
US11453440B2	Subframe assembly for a vehicle A subframe assembly adapted to receive and secure an engine or motor in a vehicle, the subframe assembly including: a crossmember; an arm member coupled to each end of the crossmember; and a corner member coupled to each arm member adjacent to a corresponding intersection with the crossmember, wherein each corner member includes an upwardly protruding shelf structure defining a plurality of threaded holes adapted to receive a plurality of attachment bolts for securing a corresponding engine mount or motor mount to the subframe assembly. Each corner member includes a horizontal arm disposed along an upper surface of the corresponding arm member and a vertical arm disposed along an outboard surface of the corresponding arm member, wherein the horizontal arm includes the upwardly protruding shelf structure.
US11453435B2	Vehicle control apparatus A vehicle control apparatus capable of protecting a pre-charge circuit is provided. When a voltage has entered an operating voltage range, a microcomputer determines whether a preset period has elapsed from then. Upon determining that the preset period has elapsed, the microcomputer starts initial check. To carry out the initial check, the microcomputer starts charging a capacitor for power supply stabilization of a drive circuit by turning on the pre-charge circuit and, when the charging of the capacitor is completed, turns on a power supply relay provided on a power supply line that connects between a battery and the drive circuit.
US11453427B2	Handling device for transporting components of a checkout station A reusable handling device is specially designed for transporting components of a checkout station to a location within the store where the checkout station is installed. The handling device includes casters and is designed to removably mount to a checkout station component (e.g., bagger) having adjustable feet when there is a need to move or transport the checkout station component (e.g., during installation). Generally, the handling device is configured to extend between and engage two of the adjustable feet of the checkout station component. Two or more handling devices can be mounted to the checkout station component to move the checkout station component during installation and can be removed when finished. After the installation is complete, the handling devices can be returned to the manufacturer or supplier of the checkout station component for use in another installation.
US11453423B1	System and method for railroad directive management A system for railroad directive management is presented. The system can receive a myriad of data related to a directive, track segments, and/or vehicle events on the track and/or track segments. Vehicle- and/or event-specific data can be compared with one or more thresholds, including force thresholds, temporal thresholds, environmental thresholds, and/or event thresholds to determine whether and what kind of directive modification should be instantiated. Specialized algorithms can be implemented to trace vehicle paths along the track to determine whether directive-related segments are traversed, and specialized clustering algorithms can be utilized to cluster data unique to a particular segment on a per-segment basis. The system can be integrated with existing track infrastructure and can further generate alerts to notify coupled systems and/or personnel of directives and/or modification thereof.
US11453417B2	Automated driving control systems and methods based on intersection complexity An intersection navigation system includes: a complexity module configured to determine a complexity value for an intersection of two or more roads, where the complexity value for the intersection corresponds to a level of complexity for a vehicle to navigate the intersection during autonomous driving; and a driving control module configured to: during autonomous driving of a vehicle, control at least one of: steering of the vehicle; braking of the vehicle; and acceleration of the vehicle; and based on the complexity value of the intersection, selectively adjust at least one aspect of the autonomous driving.
US11453410B2	Reducing processing requirements for vehicle control In some examples, one or more processors of a vehicle may receive location field-of-view (FOV) data for an upcoming location on a route traversed by the vehicle. For instance, the one or more processors may select, based on the location FOV data, one or more sensors to activate on the vehicle for performing sensing in a direction of a field of view indicated by the location FOV data. In addition, the one or more processors may cause the vehicle to traverse the upcoming location with the one or more sensors activated on the vehicle for performing sensing in the direction of the FOV indicated by the location FOV data.
US11453409B2	Extended model reference adaptive control algorithm for the vehicle actuation time-latency Systems and methods are disclosed for reducing second order dynamics delays in a control subsystem (e.g. throttle, braking, or steering) in an autonomous driving vehicle (ADV) and increasing control system bandwidth by accounting for time-latency in a control subsystem actuation system. A control input is received from an ADV's autonomous driving system. The control input is translated into a control command of the control subsystem of the ADV. A reference actuation output and a predicted actuation output are generated corresponding to a by-wire (“real”) actuation action for the control subsystem. A control error is determined between the reference actuation action and the by-wire actuation action. A predicted control error is determined between the predicted actuation action and the between the by-wire actuation action. Adaptive gains are determined and applied to the by-wire actuation action to generate a second by-wire actuation action.
US11453400B2	Method for estimating an index representative of the frictional behavior of a vehicle on a road A method for estimating a value representing the frictional behavior of a vehicle being driven on a road segment, including receiving operating parameters of a vehicle including at least, a driving wheel angular velocity, an angular velocity of a free wheel of the vehicle, and vehicle a dynamic characteristic; computing a first ratio between the driving wheel angular velocity and the angular velocity of a free wheel of the vehicle, which are acquired when the vehicle is moving substantially in a straight line at a velocity greater than or equal to a first preset threshold; determining, from the received operating parameters, a second ratio between the driving wheel radius and the free wheel radius; determining a slip rate from a product of the first and second determined ratios; and obtaining a value representing the vehicle's frictional behavior by normalizing the determined slip rate using at least the vehicle's dynamic characteristic.
US11453393B2	Autonomous vehicle with path planning system A control system for a vehicle includes a control that determines a planned path of travel for the vehicle along a road being traveled by the vehicle and along a traffic lane in which the vehicle is traveling on the road. The control determines a speed profile for the vehicle along the planned path responsive at least in part to (i) detection of an object along the determined planned path of travel and (ii) determination of a speed limit change along the determined planned path of travel. The control controls the vehicle to maneuver the vehicle along the determined planned path of travel in accordance with the determined speed profile.
US11453391B2	Method and apparatus for off road adaptive cruise control The present application relates to a method for performing off road adaptive cruise control in a host vehicle including controlling a vehicle speed at a first speed according to an adaptive cruise control algorithm, detecting an obstacle, using a sensor, within a host vehicle path, reducing the vehicle speed to a reduced speed in response to the detection of the obstacle, detecting a vehicle contact with the obstacle in response to a first inertial measurement unit measurement, applying a brake friction force and increasing an engine torque in response to detecting the vehicle contact with the obstacle, determining a traverse of the obstacle in response to a second inertial measurement unit measurement, and resuming the control of the vehicle speed at the first speed in response to the traverse of the obstacle.
US11453378B2	Method for controlling a drive train of a hybrid vehicle A method for controlling a drive train of a hybrid vehicle which includes an internal combustion engine, an electric machine that is operated as a motor or generator, and a transmission. Energy is recovered in the overrun operation of the vehicle by operating the electric machine in generator mode. The transmission has at least one free-wheel-connected low forward gear that only transmits traction torque, and at least one free-wheel-free high forward gear. When the free-wheel-connected low forward gear is engaged and the vehicle transitions into the overrun operation, or the driver requests a transition into the overrun operation by selecting the free-wheel-connected low forward gear, an overrun torque is set via the free-wheel-free high forward gear by a generator operation of the electric machine for energy recovery. The overrun torque thereby substantially corresponds to an overrun torque of a free-wheel-free configuration of the free-wheel-connected low forward gear.
US11453361B2	Passenger safety system Disclosed is a system and method for passenger safety. A sensing unit, remote device, and/or fob may interoperate to provide various alerts and other indications representative of aspects of a context environment proximate to a sensing unit. In this manner, passenger safety may be enhanced.
US11453359B2	Airbag with conical portion An inflatable vehicle occupant protection device (14b) includes a front panel (102b) and a rear panel (122b) that are interconnected to at least partially define an inflatable volume (54b) of the protection device. The rear panel (122b) has a conical configuration resulting from portions of the rear panel being interconnected with each other. The rear panel (122b) comprises portions interconnected along a seam (214), the seam being configured to deviate laterally from a deployment direction so that portions of the air bag that engage and move along the seam shift laterally during deployment to reduce damage due to friction with the seam.
US11453358B2	Driver air bag apparatus for vehicle with illumination emblem A driver airbag apparatus for vehicle with an illumination emblem, capable of preventing the deployment pressure of an airbag cushion 10 from being directly transmitted to a cover hinge part 43 of an airbag cover 40, thereby preventing the cover hinge part 43 from being broken due to the deployment pressure of the airbag cushion 10 and the departure of the illumination emblem 50 from a driver airbag module, by using a guide support 60 installed to cover the cover hinge part 43 of the airbag cover 40 at an inner position of the illumination emblem 50.
US11453350B2	Support structure for automatic vehicle driving device An automatic vehicle driving device (1) including a transmission actuator unit (131) and pedal actuators (41) is supported as a whole by a frame (11) and legs (12). The frame (11) extends obliquely downward from a seat back abutting part (22) located at an upper end of the frame (11) toward a vehicle front side. The frame (11) is provided with the pair of legs (12) at a top end of the frame (11). The legs (12) extend downward along a front end of a seat cushion (3) and abut against the vehicle body floor (6). By tightening a belt (25) between the frame (11) and a seat support (27), the frame (11) is pulled obliquely downward and is firmly fixed. Since a flexible seat cushion (3) does not bear a load of the device (1), vibrations of the device (1) during a running test do not easily occur.
US11453345B2	Vehicle multi-purpose brackets This disclosure details multi-purpose brackets for mounting accessory devices within vehicle cargo spaces. Exemplary multi-purpose brackets include a doubling flange, a first opening formed through the doubling flange, and a second opening formed through another location of the bracket. A first accessory device may be mounted within the first opening, and a second accessory device may be mounted within the second opening. The multi-purpose bracket may be formed in a stamping process that involves folding and clinching the doubling flange to a platform of the bracket.
US11453340B2	Display device A display device includes: a display panel, a reflective polarization plate, a polarization control panel, a polarization plate, and an optical layer arranged in a stated order. The reflective polarization plate transmits a component polarized in the first direction and reflects a component polarized in the second direction, in light incident on the reflective polarization plate. The polarization control panel is switchable between a first state in which light incident on the polarization control panel has its polarization direction changed and is transmitted accordingly and a second state in which the incident light has its polarization direction maintained and is transmitted accordingly. The polarization plate transmits a component polarized in the first direction or a component polarized in the second direction, in light incident on the polarization plate. The optical layer disturbs a polarization direction of light incident on the optical layer and transmits the light accordingly.
US11453336B2	Rear side alarm device of vehicle and method thereof Rear side alarm device of vehicle and method thereof is provided. A vehicle rear side alarm device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a sensor to detect a rear side of a host vehicle; a display to display a detected object; and a controller communicatively connected to the sensor and the display. Here, the controller is configured to: determine whether the object detected by the sensor is a two-wheeled vehicle; if the detected object is a two-wheeled vehicle, control to alarm the approach of the two-wheeled vehicle through a display; and expand a preset rear side alarm area to the side of the host vehicle so that the expanded alarm area partially overlaps a tail of the host vehicle.
US11453332B2	Vehicle interior component A vehicle interior component configured to provide a user interface for interaction with a vehicle system is disclosed. The component may comprise a composite structure comprising a substrate, cover and functional layer. The user interface may comprise a light source/display and an input device comprising a switch and/or control element. The switch may project through a hole in the cover. The functional layer may comprise a soft layer, foam, fleece, fabric, textile, spacer, etc.; the functional layer may comprise a light-transmissive material. The light source/display may provide illumination through a light-transmissive section of the substrate, the functional layer and/or the cover. Illumination may indicate location of the input device. The light-transmissive section of the substrate may comprise illuminated display elements for the light display. Operation of the user interface may comprise an animation effect from illumination of display elements in a sequence.
US11453330B2	Vehicle peripheral lighting system Peripheral lighting system for an emergency vehicle. In an example, the lighting system has a plurality of light heads configured to be located at various positions on the emergency vehicle. A system controller is programmed to individually control each of the light heads via each a plurality of serial communications lines from the controller to the light heads.
US11453328B2	Load securing system for flat-bed vehicles such as a truck The present invention discloses a load securing system for flat-deck vehicles. The system includes a first member configured to provide a stable resting surface to load mounted over a flat-deck of the vehicle. The system further includes a second member having an elongated flat body, and two lugs fixedly configured underside in proximity to its two ends and extending downward. The second member is configured to act as a divider to separate rows of loads mounted over the flat-deck of the vehicle. The system further includes a third member having an elongated body embodying a track system, and a pair of slidable members each slidably configured over the track system of the elongated body and slide in opposing direction. The third member acts as a divider to separate rows of loads mounted over the flat-deck of the vehicle and retain the load mounted between the pair of slidable members.
US11453324B2	Automatic four bar linkage tailgate anchor point A mechanically fastened outrigger arrangement provides an anchor point for an automatic four bar linkage tailgate. The mechanically fastened outrigger arrangement includes an outrigger arrangement support frame and an outrigger extending outward from the outrigger arrangement support frame to a distal end configured to support a tailgate actuation link. Outrigger braces also extend from the outrigger arrangement support frame to the distal end of the outrigger. A lower clamp is configured to secure the outrigger arrangement support frame to a lateral support of a truck, and a truck frame clamp is configured to secure the outrigger arrangement support frame to a truck frame.
US11453322B2	Adjustable headrest with neck support The present invention relates generally to headrests for seats. More particularly, the invention concerns a fully adjustable headrest with novel neck support members for use in connection with furniture and with passenger vehicles such as aircraft, trains and buses.
US11453321B2	Actuator for a motor-vehicle accessory and accessory with an actuator The invention relates inter alia to an actuator (15) for operating an accessory in the vehicle passenger compartment, having an actuating element movable relative to a housing between an unactuated position and an actuated position in opposite adjustment directions (y, y,) and is urged by a resetting device into the unactuated position, wherein it is possible for the actuating element to displace an element of the accessory that cooperates with the actuating element. The special feature is that the resetting device comprises at least one spring (18) configured as a spiral spring and having an outer end (25) and an inner end (26).
US11453317B2	Vehicle seating system A seating system for a vehicle is disclosed herein. The seating system includes a first seating assembly having a first seat base pivotable between use and pivoted positions. A second seating assembly is adjacent to the first seating assembly and includes a second seat base that is pivotable between use and pivoted positions. The first and second seat bases are operable between interdependent conditions, wherein movement of the first seat base between the use and pivoted positions causes the second seat base to move between the use and pivoted positions, and independent conditions, wherein the first seat base is operable to move between the use and pivoted positions independently of the second seat base.
US11453309B2	Electric power distribution system and method for electric mining machine An electric power distribution system and method for an electric mining machine is described. In one embodiment, a method for electric power distribution includes receiving information associated with a state of charge of a first battery pack that supplies electric power to a front electric motor configured to drive a front axle of an electric mining machine. The method also includes receiving information associated with a state of charge of a second battery pack that supplies electric power to a rear electric motor configured to drive a rear axle of the electric mining machine. The method includes comparing the state of charge of the first battery pack and the second battery pack and, upon determining that the state of charge of the second battery pack is greater than the state of charge of the first battery pack, increasing electric power to the rear electric motor of the electric mining machine.
US11453307B2	Control method for vehicle, information processing device, and vehicle control system A control method for a vehicle which is executable by at least one information processing device including a communication unit, includes: collecting vehicle information from the vehicle in a range of a communication data amount or a communication frequency that is allowed in communication with the vehicle, based on information about the communication data amount or the communication frequency; and calculating an accuracy of control of the vehicle based on an information amount of the collected vehicle information; and producing a control command based on the calculated accuracy.
US11453304B2	Management apparatus, management method, and program A management apparatus manages electric power transfer between a power system and a secondary battery mounted in a vehicle and storing electric power for traveling. The management apparatus includes a storage configured to store an upper limit number of rotations of a rotating machine included in the vehicle, and a controller configured to acquire an integrated number of rotations of the rotating machine that is measured from a start time of a warranty period of the vehicle and to limit electric power transfer between the power system and the secondary battery when the integrated number of rotations is equal to or greater than the upper limit number of rotations.
US11453292B2	Semi-trailer, semi-trailer truck and method for braking a semi-trailer A semitrailer includes a wheel and an electric machine for driving the wheel, wherein the electric machine is configured so as to be operable as an electromotive brake in a braking state.
US11453290B2	Faulty power source ejection in a safe zone Methods, systems, and devices of an electrical vehicle are provided that recognize a catastrophic power system fault with one or more drive power sources of the vehicle and in response driving to an identified safe ejection location, ejecting the faulty drive power sources, and driving to a safe parked location or outside a predetermined safe range. Upon reaching the safe ejection location, the driver or vehicle can evaluate the location using imaging sensors to determine whether the location is free of objects, animals, or people. If not, the vehicle may autonomously drive or be driven to another safe ejection location. After detecting and prior to ejecting the faulty drive power sources, the vehicle may send warning messages, including information about the power system fault, to at least one device or third party. After ejection, the vehicle may be driven to a safe parked location or outside a predetermined safe range.
US11453286B2	Hybrid vehicle counter-rotating motor adapted driveline and retro-fit system New and retro-fit systems utilized on a chemical fuel-powered vehicle that converts the vehicle into a hybrid chemical fuel-electric vehicle.
US11453281B2	Slat connecting system for a roll-up truck bed cover A slat connecting system is provided for a roll-up truck bed cover comprising an array of a plurality of contiguously arranged elongated slats. The elongated slats are pivotably hinged together, wherein an elongated slat comprises a main slat body having a first elongated edge and an opposite second elongated edge, a first elongated hinge member is provided in the vicinity of the first elongated edge along its length, and a second elongated hinge member is provided in the vicinity of the second elongated edge along its length, wherein the first elongated hinge member of a slat of the array of the plurality of contiguously arranged elongated slats is configured for being pivotably interconnected to the second elongated hinge member of the adjacent slat of said array.
US11453269B2	Power managing method and system for transportation refrigeration unit A power management method used for power distribution in a transportation refrigeration unit. The power management method includes calculating engine power according to engine operating parameters; calculating power generator real-time input power according to power generator excitation current; calculating available power based on the power generator real-time input power and the engine power; and managing power distributed to a compressor based on the available power. The present invention further relates to a power management system. The power management method and system have the advantages of simplicity, reliability, stable operation and the like, the power generator real-time input power can be calculated according to the power generator excitation current, thus more power can be provided to the compressor on the premise that the power supply to power generator loads is guaranteed, and the operating efficiency of the transportation refrigeration unit is improved.
US11453264B2	Vehicle heat management system A vehicle heat management system includes a refrigerant circuit, a heating circuit, and a battery temperature regulation circuit. The refrigerant circuit circulates a refrigerant to regulate a temperature inside a passenger compartment through the refrigerant circuit. The heating circuit circulates a liquid that exchanges heat with the refrigerant through the heating circuit. The heating circuit regulates the temperature inside the passenger compartment. The battery temperature regulation circuit regulates a temperature of a battery by introducing a liquid that exchanges heat with the refrigerant to the battery.
US11453260B2	Hitch assembly with a recessed draw bar A hitch assembly adapted for securement in a tube receiver connected to a towing vehicle below its bumper includes a hitch base with a recessed profile. The hitch base includes a shaft sized for reception in the tube receiver and a draw bar connected to the shaft. The shaft is connected at a first end to an upper portion of the draw bar. The draw bar includes a plurality of pin receiving apertures extending laterally through a lower portion of the draw bar in vertical spaced alignment. The upper portion of the draw bar includes a recessed geometry or reduced profile relative to the lower portion of the draw bar.
US11453259B2	Object surface managing method and object surface managing system An object surface managing method comprising: (a) emitting detecting light to the groove via alight source; (b) receiving first reflected detecting light from the surface and second reflected detecting light from a bottom of the groove via a light sensor; and (c) calculating a groove depth of the groove according to the first reflected detecting light and the second reflected detecting light.
US11453251B2	Pneumatic tire A pneumatic tire having a tread, a sidewall, a bead portion having a bead core, a bead reinforcing layer reinforcing the bead portion, and a carcass ply moored on a bead core of the bead portion, wherein the bead reinforcing layer and adjacent members adjacent to the bead reinforcing layer are each composed of a rubber composition containing an amine type antioxidant, 0.3 to 8 parts by mass of the amine type antioxidant is contained in the bead reinforcing layer based on 100 parts by mass of the rubber component, and the adjacent member adjacent to the bead reinforcing layer and the bead reinforcing layer satisfy the following formula: 2≤B/A≤8 A: Content (wt %) of amine type antioxidant in bead reinforcing layer. B: Content (wt %) of amine type antioxidant in the adjacent member.
US11453246B2	Tire In a tire, plural outer side cutouts, which respectively correspond to block land portions and extend toward tire width direction outer sides and end midway along outer side land portions, are formed so as to be spaced apart in a tire circumferential direction in tire width direction inner-side side walls, which are exposed to central circumferential grooves, of the outer side land portions that are provided further toward tire width direction outer sides than the two central circumferential grooves respectively. Further, at least portions of tire width direction inner side openings of the outer side cutouts are positioned between maximum position A, at which a tire width direction distance of a corresponding block land portion is a maximum, and an intermediate point B of two vertices that are adjacent at a tire width direction outer-side side wall of the block land portion.
US11453241B2	Pneumatic tire A pneumatic tire comprises a carcass ply extending between bead portions through a tread portion and sidewall portions, and turned up around a bead core from the inside to the outside of the tire in each of the bead portions, so as to form a pair of turnup portions and a main portion therebetween. In each the bead portion, a first apex rubber and a second apex rubber are disposed. The first apex rubber is disposed between the turnup portion and the main portion. The second apex rubber is disposed axially outside the turnup portion. A complex elastic modulus b of the second apex rubber is larger than that of the first apex rubber. The cross-sectional width Wt in mm of the tire and the outer diameter Dt in mm of the tire satisfy the following conditions Dt=<59.078×Wt0.498 and Dt>=59.078×Wt0.460.
US11453240B2	Steering control method and system for vehicle A steering control method and system for a vehicle may determine whether the snow chain has been mounted by comparing the number of times of vibrations of a certain peak or more detected by respective wheel speed sensors with respect to a current vehicle speed with a predetermined value, and selectively controls the operations of an AFS and a RWS according to the position of the wheel on which the snow chain has been mounted, when it is determined that the snow chain has been mounted.
US11453235B2	Chalk line marking device A chalk line marking device, including a main body, including a first section disposed on at least a portion of a first end of the main body, and a second section disposed on at least a portion of a second end of the main body, a handle disposed between the first section and the second section to facilitate gripping thereof, and a chalk string disposed within at least a portion of the main body and the handle, and around a first tip of the main body and a second tip of the main body to move the first section and the second section from bent in a first position to at least partially extended in a second position, such that the chalk string creates a chalk line in response to movement of the first section and the second section.
US11453227B2	Drying apparatus, printing system and drying method that inject hot wind from nozzles to surface of recording medium In the air-blow dryers 7a, 7b, the back surface M2 of the printing medium M is supported by the rollers 74 while the hot wind is injected from the nozzles 76u to the front surface M1 of the printing medium M. By extending the printing medium M along the rollers 74, the evaporation of the moisture can be promoted by the hot wind while the formation of creases of the printing medium M is suppressed against the influence of the temperature distribution caused by the latent heat of the moisture on the printing medium M. After a certain amount of the moisture is evaporated, the temperature of the printing medium M becomes relatively uniform. In the air-blow dryers 7c, 7d, the printing medium M is dried by injecting the hot wind to the printing medium M from the nozzles 76l and 76u from both sides.
US11453226B2	Liquid ejecting head and recording device An ejection surface extends in a first direction as a scanning direction and a second direction orthogonal to the first direction and is externally exposed. A plurality of nozzles opens at the ejection surface. A plurality of partial channels is located inside the ejection surface, and at bottom surfaces on a side of the ejection surface, the nozzles open. The plurality of nozzles is arranged in a direction intersecting with the first direction in plural rows to constitute a plurality of nozzle rows. The number of the nozzles arranged in each row is greater than the number of the plural rows. Between the nozzles in each nozzle row, the nozzles in other nozzle rows appear as seen in the first direction. A position of openings in the bottom surfaces of the partial channels differs across at least some of the nozzles in each nozzle row.
US11453217B2	Printing fluid delivery system for printers In one example, a printing fluid delivery system for a printer is described. The printing fluid delivery system includes a plurality of interconnected printing fluid supply modules forming a page-wide printing fluid manifold to supply printing fluid from one or more cartridges to one or more printheads along a print bar in a printer.
US11453207B2	Heat-shrinkable multilayer film Provided is a heat-shrinkable multilayer film including: an outer surface layer including a thermoplastic resin; an intermediate layer including a polyamide resin; and an inner surface layer including a sealable resin; the total thickness of the heat-shrinkable multilayer film being from 95 to 160 μm; the thickness of the intermediate layer including the polyamide resin being from 17 to 47 μm; the thickness of the inner surface layer being 55 μm or greater; and the ratio of the thickness of the intermediate layer including the polyamide resin to the total thickness of the heat-shrinkable multilayer film being from 18 to 29%. The heat-shrinkable multilayer film of the present invention has high strength and excellent flexibility. Therefore, the heat-shrinkable multilayer film of the present invention is easily stretched and formed, and can be suitably used as a variety of packaging materials including a food packaging material.
US11453204B2	Poly-supported copper foil A method of manufacturing a supported copper product is disclosed. The method includes: providing a thin copper foil and a poly-based film containing polyimide and polytetrafluoroethylene, the poly-based film having an adhesive applied to a surface of the poly-based film; thermally treating the thin copper foil and the poly-based film along their respective lengths, the thermal treatment being adjustable to vary an amount of heat applied to the thin copper foil and the poly-based film; and attaching the thermally treated thin copper foil and the thermally treated poly-based film using the adhesive applied at the surface of the poly-based film.
US11453203B2	Roll-bonded laminate and method for producing the same This invention provides a metal laminate that maintains functionality such as radiation performance and is excellent in dimensional accuracy after press work. Such metal laminate is a roll-bonded laminate composed of 2 or more metal layers, which exhibits a ratio σ/T of the standard deviation σ of thickness T1 of the outermost layer to thickness T of the roll-bonded laminate of 0% of 4.0%, the thickness T of 2 mm or less, and the deviation of the thickness T of 4.0% or less.
US11453194B2	Interlayer film for laminated glass, and laminated glass The present invention aims to provide an interlayer film for a laminated glass capable of exhibiting high deaeration properties in a vacuum deaeration method and enabling production of a highly transparent laminated glass, and a laminated glass including the interlayer film for a laminated glass. The present invention relates to an interlayer film for a laminated glass, having a large number of recesses on at least one surface, the recesses each having a groove shape with a continuous bottom and being regularly adjacent and parallel to each other, the recesses each having a radius of rotation R of a bottom of the groove shape with a continuous bottom of 45 μm or less.
US11453175B2	Anvil roll with protrusions with outwardly oriented pinched wired arcs The present invention is a roll as may function as an anvil roll that comprises protrusions on its outer surface, that are outwardly or z-directionally oriented arcs of an arc wire such as wavy wire or an axially canted helical coil extending along a length or x-direction, which are pinched perpendicularly to the z- and x-direction. Such anvil rolls may be used to treat materials such as web materials, such as by embossing or bonding these web materials. In a particular application, such rolls may interact with an ultrasonic sonotrode.
US11453166B2	UV curing apparatus for 3D printing product The present invention discloses a UV curing apparatus for a 3D printing product, including a base. A tray is disposed above the base. The tray is horizontally and rotatably connected around a vertical rotating shaft on the base. A hood concentric with the tray is disposed on the base. The tray is located in the hood, and UV light tubes are arranged on an inner wall of the hood. The tray provides a driving force by means of a driving motor. The driving motor is fixed in the base. As can be seen from the foregoing structure, according to the UV curing apparatus for a 3D printing product in the present invention, a UV curing apparatus applicable to a 3D product is provided, and the surface of the 3D product can be automatically and uniformly subjected to UV curing.
US11453162B2	System for finishing the surface of three-dimensional (3D) objects formed by additive manufacturing systems A system treats uneven surfaces of additive manufactured objects to improve the transparency and glossiness of the surfaces. The system operates an actuator to dip the additive manufactured object into a bath of fluid material that is the same as the material used to form the uneven surface to smooth the surface of the object and operates a sprayer to apply another fluid material to a surface of the object that is identified as being rougher based on the object's geometric data. A heater is provided to dry non-UV curable material applied to the object and a source of UV radiation is provided to cure UV curable material applied to the object.
US11453157B2	Process for producing pipe by biaxial elongation The invention relates to a process for producing a biaxially oriented pipe by a) forming a polyethylene composition into a tube, wherein the polyethylene composition comprises high density polyethylene (HDPE) and a second polyethylene selected from linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE), low density polyethylene (LDPE) and a combination of LLDPE and LDPE and b) stretching the tube of step a) in the axial direction and peripheral direction to obtain the biaxially oriented pipe.
US11453155B2	Method for producing a plastic container The invention relates to a process for production of a container by blowing or blowing-stretching within a production unit comprising a mold and a nozzle which is designed to close the mold hermetically. The process comprises a sequence of forming with a blowing phase and a phase of degassing. The degassing phase comprises spacing the nozzle from the mold in order to interrupt the hermetic closure. The spacing of the is nozzle carried out (i) after the beginning of the degassing phase, when the pressure in the interior of the container has dropped and has reached an intermediate pressure which is lower than the pressure at the end of the forming sequence, and is between 14 and 3 bars or (ii) after completion of the blowing phase, and within an interval of time of between 0 and 200 ms after the stoppage of the injection of gas into the container.
US11453147B2	Method for producing a composite component formed with a fibre-reinforced plastic component on which at least one surface with a coating is formed At least one surface of a FRP component is coated by impregnating a structure formed with textile fibres with a flowable polymeric matrix material so the fibres are completely covered to form the coating, a thickness of the flowable polymeric matrix material above the fibres of at least 100 μm and at least one ply of pull-off fabric, mesh or gauze is laid on and wetted or impregnated completely with the flowable polymeric matrix material. The polymeric matrix material is cured then the at least one ply of pull-off fabric, mesh or gauze is removed by peeling and in this region a surface of increased roughness is obtained so between the surface of increased roughness and fibres there is a layer formed with the cured polymeric matrix material, having a thickness of at least 100 μm. Coating the increased roughness surface with a thermal spraying process.
US11453142B2	Methods for enhancing the preservation of cellulosic materials and cellulosic materials prepared thereby Methods for treating cellulosic materials comprising introducing a liquid treating composition into the cellulosic material, the treating composition comprising a solution prepared from at least: (i) one or more of a copper amine complex or copper ammine complex, such as copper tetraamine carbonate, (ii) one or more of ammonia or a water-soluble amine and (iii) water; and exposing the cellulosic material provided thereby to carbon dioxide and/or carbonic acid to provide treated cellulosic material, and treated cellulosic materials prepared thereby.
US11453140B2	Apparatus for processing flat objects The apparatus for processing flat objects includes a transport system with several rotatably mounted conveyor rollers, the flat objects transportable in the direction of transport, and at least one releasably mounted tool module releasably coupled to only one drive shaft or to a lower and an upper rotatably mounted drive shaft; is supported displaceable along the only one drive shaft or the lower and the upper drive shaft; and is equipped with tool parts for processing the flat objects, of which at least one is drivable by the lower or the upper drive shaft. The tool module is supported by a tool carrier which is displaceable by means of a rotatably mounted setting shaft in parallel to the only one drive shaft and to the lower and the upper drive shafts, and which tool carrier has at least one holding element which serves for releasably holding the tool module.
US11453138B2	Razor handle with a pivoting portion A handle. The handle can include a main body weighing greater than about 60 grams, the main body comprising a main frame and a secondary frame overlying the main frame. A discrete first arm having a first proximal portion and a first distal end can be coupled at the first proximal portion to a first location on the main frame. A discrete second arm having a second proximal portion and a second distal end can be coupled at the second proximal portion being to a second location on the main frame. The first and second distal ends being in spaced relationship and having pivotally coupled therebetween a pivoting head.
US11453134B2	Multi-bladed axe A multi-purpose weapon comprising a handle, an axe blade, and a straight knife blade. The axe blade includes a chopping surface, and two curved surfaces, which, when sharpened, allow the weapon to be used in a similar manner to a kerambit. Thus, in a single weapon, the user can use the straight knife blade, the axe blade, and the one or two curved blades.

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