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  • Publication number: 20240089655
    Abstract: [Problem] To provide technology for setting an audio playback environment compatible with adding speakers. [Solution] An audio device 1 corrects, for each connected speaker 2, an audio playback signal output from speakers 2-1 to 2-3, in accordance with filter information registered in association with that speaker 2. When a new speaker 2 is connected, identification information is acquired from that speaker 2, the identification information is used to query a management server 4, and acoustic properties of that speaker 2 are acquired from the management server 4. The acquired acoustic properties are then compared to target prescribed acoustic properties, filter information is generated for causing the audio playback signal output from the speaker 2 to approach the prescribed acoustic properties, and the generated filter information is registered in association with the speaker 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: D&M Holding Inc.
    Inventor: KENJI SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20240084636
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to motorized hinge-lift system designed for integration and use with physical vapor deposition (PVD) chambers, enabling efficient and precise control of the chamber's lid assembly. PVD technology plays a critical role in thin film deposition processes for various industries, including semiconductor manufacturing, optical coatings, and advanced materials research. The proposed motorized hinge-lift systems contemplated and discussed herein significantly enhances the functionality and performance of PVD chambers by addressing key challenges associated with their operation. Among other related benefits, embodiments of such motorized hinge-lift system may provide for simple retrofitting of existent PVD chambers, and may allow seamless and reliable lid lifting and lid lowering operations, thereby minimizing the risk of operator injury or damage to sensitive substrates within the chamber or to the PVD chamber itself.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: Advanced Refurbishment Technologies LOLC d/b/a ARTSemi LLC
    Inventors: Christopher William Lewis, Timothy H. Ickes
  • Publication number: 20240087852
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to systems and apparatuses for the cleaning of HDP chambers, and more specifically, for remote plasma source (“RPS”) systems used for the generation and delivery of cleaning radicals to the interior of such chambers for the purposes of reacting with and removing materials deposited therein during the chambers' normal operation, wherein the plasma source and the power supply of the RPS system are decoupled from one another, the form factor of the plasma source is such that it may be mounted in immediate proximity to the target chamber, and wherein the plasma source uses variable capacitors in order to tune the RF signals it generates to the impedance of the conductive coil, such as may be due to changes in gas pressures inside of the system, so that the RF load in the coil may be balanced in near-real time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: Advanced Refurbishment Technologies LLC d/b/a ARTSemi LLC
    Inventor: Christopher William Lewis
  • Publication number: 20240084224
    Abstract: An ancillary laundry composition comprising an ester oil, which is a polyol comprising at least two ester linkages, free perfume and 0 to 0.85 wt. % anionic and/or cationic surfactant. A method of laundering clothes, wherein said composition is added in the wash or rinse stage. A method of preventing colour fade over (10) laundry cycles, wherein fabrics are treated with said composition during each consecutive laundry cycle. The use of said composition to provide an improved colour maintenance or reduced colour fade over consecutive laundry cycles, preferably (10), more preferably (5) laundry cycles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2022
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: Conopco, Inc., d/b/a UNILEVER
    Inventors: Christopher BOARDMAN, Louise Stephanie CONNELL-FIELDING, Martin Charles CROSSMAN, Paul FERGUSON, Matthew Charles HERBISON, Maria Fernanda JIMENEZ SOLOMON
  • Publication number: 20240087280
    Abstract: In some aspects, the disclosure is directed to methods and systems for detection and classification of stamps in documents. The system can receive image data and textual data of a document. The system can pre-process and filter that data, and covert the textual data to a term frequency inverse document frequency (TF-IDF) vector. The system can detect the presence of a stamp on the document. The system can extract a subset of the image data including the stamp. The system can extract text from the subset of the image data. The system can classify the stamp using the extracted text, the image data, and the TF-IDF vector. The system can store the classification in a database.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: Nation Mortgage LLC, d/b/a Mr. Cooper
    Inventors: Won Lee, Goutam Venkatesh, Ankit Sinha, Sudhir Sundararam
  • Publication number: 20240087142
    Abstract: A method of tracking a user's toothcare activity comprises receiving video images of a user's face during, e.g. a toothbrushing session, and identifying, in each of a plurality of frames of the video images, predetermined features of the user's face. The features include at least two invariant landmarks associated with the user's face and one or more landmarks selected from at least mouth feature positions and eye feature positions. Predetermined marker features of a toothcare appliance, e.g. a brush in use are identified in each of the plurality of frames of the video images. From the at least two invariant landmarks associated with the user's nose, a measure of inter-landmark distance is determined. An appliance length normalised by the inter-landmark distance is determined. From the one or more landmarks selected from at least mouth feature positions and eye feature positions, one or more appliance-to-facial feature distances each normalised by the inter-landmark distance is determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: Conopco, Inc., d/b/a UNILEVER
    Inventors: Timur ALMAEV, Anthony BROWN, William Westwood PRESTON, Robert Lindsay TRELOAR, Michel François VALSTAR, Ruediger Zillmer
  • Publication number: 20240085130
    Abstract: The techniques described herein relate to methods and apparatus for a magazine release for a firearm. The magazine release includes an arm configured to engage with a magazine on a first side of the magazine, and an actuator operatively coupled to the arm and configured to transition the arm from a first position to a second position when actuated, wherein in the first position the arm is engaged with the magazine to hold the magazine and in the second position the arm is disengaged from the magazine, wherein the actuator is configured to be accessible from both the first side of the magazine and a second side of the magazine opposite the first side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: Henry RAC Holding Corp d/b/a Henry Repeating Arms
    Inventor: Geoffrey Louis Ader
  • Publication number: 20240084353
    Abstract: The invention concerns a process to convert di-rhamnolipid to mono-rhamnolipid comprising the following process steps: —(a) contact of a starting di-rhamnolipid material with an ?-L-rhamnosidase enzyme which is immobilised on a support; (b) separation of the produced mono-rhamnolipid from the reaction medium and/or side products; wherein the ?-L-rhamnosidase enzyme does not have ?-D-glucosidase activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2022
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: Conopco, Inc., d/b/a UNILEVER
    Inventors: Natalia Eliza Iyke DOMERADZKA, Dietmar Andreas LANG, Neil James PARRY, Mark Lawrence THOMPSON
  • Publication number: 20240084887
    Abstract: The invention relates to a wiper motor (10; 10a), having a gearbox housing (12) which preferably has a pot-shaped main body (16) for configuring a receptacle space (18) for a gearbox (20), wherein an opening (21) of the main body (16) is able to be closed by a gearbox cover (22; 22a), wherein a plurality of latching connections (26) that act in the direction of a joining direction (24) between the main body (16) and the gearbox cover (22; 22a) are configured between the main body (16) and the gearbox cover (22; 22a), said latching connections (26) having in each case an elastically deformable first latching element (28; 28a) on the gearbox cover (22; 22a) and a rigidly configured second latching element (30) that on the main body (16) interacts in a form-fitting manner with the first latching element (28; 28a).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2022
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: Valeo Systèmes d'Essuyage
    Inventors: Michael Schaeuble, Harald Kapitza
  • Publication number: 20240082077
    Abstract: A transfer mattress includes a top panel; a bottom panel; an outer stringer having a superior edge coupled to the top panel and an inferior edge coupled to the bottom panel such that a portion of the outer stringer extending between the top panel and the bottom panel is at an angle other than 90 degrees with respect to the top panel and the bottom panel when the mattress body is inflated; and an inner stringer positioned between the central longitudinal axis and the outer stringer and having a superior edge coupled to the top panel and an inferior edge coupled to the bottom panel such that a portion of the inner stringer extending between the top panel and the bottom panel is at an angle other than 90 degrees with respect to the top panel and the bottom panel when the mattress body is inflated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: D.T. Davis Enterprises, Ltd. (d/b/a Hovertech International)
    Inventor: David T. Davis
  • Publication number: 20240084227
    Abstract: A fabric conditioner composition comprising: a) Fabric softening active according to formula (I), wherein each R, is independently selected from C5-C27 aliphatic groups, Y is a divalent C1-C6 aliphatic group, 12?, R? and R??, are independently selected from hydrogen or a C1 to C4 alkyl group, and X is an anionic group; b) 0.1 to 30 wt. % perfume; and c) Water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2022
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: Conopco, Inc., d/b/a UNILEVER
    Inventors: Olivier BACK, Christopher BOARDMAN, John Francis HUBBARD, Bala Naga Satyanarayana THOTA
  • Publication number: 20240084219
    Abstract: An aqueous fabric spray composition comprising: an ester oil; and free perfume.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2021
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: Conopco, Inc., d/b/a UNILEVER
    Inventors: Christopher BOARDMAN, Louise Stephanie CONNELL-FIELDING, Martin Charles CROSSMAN
  • Publication number: 20240083390
    Abstract: A system for cleaning a glazed surface of a motor vehicle including a liquid-spray cleaning device provided with a storage reservoir for storing cleaning liquid, an alternative cleaning device and a control module configured to selectively control the liquid-spray cleaning device and/or the alternative cleaning device. The cleaning system also includes a data acquisition unit configured to detect a qualitative or quantitative characteristic of the cleaning system, the control module being configured to control the liquid-spray cleaning device and/or the alternative cleaning device according to the qualitative or quantitative characteristic detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2022
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: VALEO SYSTEMES D'ESSUYAGE
    Inventors: Adrien PERET, Maxime BAUDOUIN, Yoann DOLLE, Denis THEBAULT, Giuseppe GRASSO
  • Publication number: 20240085580
    Abstract: A Proton Computer Tomography (pCT) system comprising: a position tracker, able to reconstruct the proton trajectory within the body; an energy detector, able to reconstruct the proton energy; wherein, the position tracker is made up of four Depleted Monolithic Active Pixel Sensors (DMAPS) placed in pairs at either side of a phantom, and the energy detector is a Super Thin Range Telescope located downstream comprising a plastic-scintillator made of layers of thin polystyrene bars oriented in alternate axis, perpendicular to the proton beam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicants: INSTITUT DE FISICA D'ALTES ENERGIES ( IFAE)-THE BARCELONA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND, University of Geneva, Birmingham University
    Inventors: Thorsten Lux, Federico Joaquin Sanchez Nieto, Tony Price, César Jesús Valls, Marc Granado González
  • Publication number: 20240084222
    Abstract: A benefit agent delivery particle comprising a core-shell structure in which a shell entraps a core containing benefit agent, wherein said shell comprises polyester.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2022
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: CONOPCO, INC., D/B/A UNILEVER
    Inventors: Martin Charles CROSSMAN, Paul FERGUSON, David Richard Arthur MEALING
  • Publication number: 20240085128
    Abstract: The techniques described herein relate to methods and apparatus for a multi-linkage mechanical system comprising: a four-bar linkage mechanism comprising: a first ground connected to other linkages via a first revolute grounded joint and a second revolute grounded joint; a first crank; a first coupler; and a first output; and a slider-crank mechanism comprising: a second ground connected to other linkages via the second revolute grounded joint and a prismatic joint; a second crank; a second coupler; and a second output, wherein the first output of the four-bar linkage mechanism is connected to and configured to drive the second crank of the slider-crank mechanism. The techniques described herein relate to methods and apparatus for a firearm comprising: a lever; a four-bar linkage mechanism; and a slider-crank mechanism, wherein the lever includes at least one linkage of the four-bar linkage mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: Henry RAC Holding Corp d/b/a Henry Repeating Arms
    Inventor: Geoffrey Louis Ader
  • Publication number: 20240083599
    Abstract: A spacecraft for the distribution of electrical energy to client craft at points situated in free space, in orbit and/or on a celestial body includes a main structure equipped with an electric thruster, with a chemical thruster and with a solar generator, a first fuel container for fuel intended for the electric thruster, and a second fuel container for fuel intended for the chemical thruster. The spacecraft is able to be modulated such that the main structure can be coupled/decoupled alternatively to/from the first container or the second container, the first container and the second container are able to be coupled/decoupled to/from one another, and the solar generator can be deployed or retracted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicants: Centre National d'Études Spatiales, Safran Spacecraft Propulsion, THALES
    Inventors: Pascal BULTEL, Gautier DURAND, Nicolas THIRY, Marie ANSART, Gilles BOUHOURS, Olivier DUCHEMIN, Frédéric MARCHANDISE
  • Publication number: 20240083775
    Abstract: Water purification may occur by introducing sufficient heat into a standing fluid wave produced by supplying impure water into a supersonic gas stream. At least partially purified water may be recovered in the form of steam and undergo condensation into liquid water thereafter. Such water purification methods may comprise: generating a supersonic gas stream by feeding a gas through a shockwave nozzle under conditions sufficient to achieve a supersonic velocity, supplying impure water into the supersonic gas stream to produce a standing fluid wave comprising atomized water droplets downstream from an exit end of the shockwave nozzle, introducing sufficient heat into the standing fluid wave to cause at least a portion of the atomized water droplets to phase change into steam, and obtaining the steam as an overhead stream separated from an effluent stream containing one or more contaminants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2022
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: NATURAL ENVIRONMENT R&D, LLC
    Inventor: Brian TANG
  • Patent number: 11926192
    Abstract: A refrigerant heat exchange apparatus includes an apparatus body, a first communication cavity, a second communication cavity, and first valve cores. A cold water unit and a hot water unit are disposed in the apparatus body. A first water inlet is disposed on the first cavity of the cold water unit. A first water inlet is disposed on the third cavity of the hot water unit. A first water outlet is disposed on the second cavity of the cold water unit. A first water outlet is disposed on the fourth cavity of the hot water unit. The first communication cavity communicates with the first cavity and the third cavity. The second water outlet communicates with the first communication cavity. The second communication cavity communicates with the second cavity and the fourth cavity. An indirect heat pump system includes the refrigerant heat exchange apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: AIR INTERNATIONAL THERMAL SYSTEMS R&D (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD
    Inventors: Duo Wu, Zhaokai Yu, Qi Liu, Jingyang Mu
  • Patent number: D1017689
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: D'Addario & Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Justin Tranchina