Reducing stresses in metal layers
Granted: September 26, 2023
Patent Number:
11766826
A system may include a printhead for ejecting a first fluid including a polymer, the ejected first fluid forming a substrate with a thermal conductivity of less than 0.5 W/(m-K); a spreader to spread a layer of metal particulate on the substrate, wherein the printhead further ejects a second fluid, the ejected second fluid masking a portion of the layer of metal particulate on the substrate; and a pulse irradiation light source to fuse an unmasked portion of the layer of metal…
Pre-treatments for packaging print media
Granted: September 26, 2023
Patent Number:
11767445
A pre-treatment coating composition includes evaporable liquid vehicle and a pre-treatment coating matrix, including from 30 wt % to 70 wt % multivalent organic salt, from 5 wt % to 30 wt % dispersed polyurethane binder having a weight average molecular weight from 30,000 Mw to 100,000 Mw, from 0.5 wt % to 8 wt % of a high molecular weight polyvinyl alcohol binder, and from 10 wt % to 30 wt % of a low molecular weight polyvinyl alcohol binder. The low molecular weight polyvinyl alcohol…
Outsourcing print jobs with print job recipes
Granted: September 26, 2023
Patent Number:
11768641
In one example in accordance with the present disclosure, a system is described. The system includes an outsourcing engine to select a contracting print device to which a print job is to be outsourced. A recipe generating engine of the system generates a recipe for a print job. The recipe includes 1) settings for the print job and 2) settings for the contracting print device that is to generate the print job. The system also includes an encoder to encrypt the recipe and an exception…
Computing devices with display mode control units
Granted: September 26, 2023
Patent Number:
11768652
A portable computing device may comprise an internal central processing unit (CPU), an internal graphics processing unit (GPU), a communications port to communicate with an external computing device, a first electronic display connected to the internal GPU, a second electronic display connected to the internal GPU, a touch input device to receive touch inputs from a user, and a display mode control unit. The control unit may cause the portable computing device to selectively operate in a…
Request of an MCS lock by guests
Granted: September 26, 2023
Patent Number:
11768716
In example implementations, a method include receiving a request for a lock in a Mellor-Crummey Scott (MCS) lock protocol from a guest user that is context free (e.g., a process that does not bring a queue node). The lock determines that it contains a null value. The lock is granted to the guest user. A pi value is received from the guest user to store in the lock. The pi value notifies subsequent users that the guest user has the lock.
Detecting spikes in memory usage in a computer system
Granted: September 26, 2023
Patent Number:
11768747
The system determines data which indicate memory usage by a process and information related to a number of instances of the process. The system determines for the process: a first average amount of memory; a first standard deviation; a first value indicating a difference between a current amount of memory used by the process and the first average amount; a second average number of process instances; a second standard deviation; and a second value indicating a difference between a current…
Accumulators corresponding to bins in memory
Granted: September 26, 2023
Patent Number:
11768772
In some examples, a system includes a processing entity and a memory to store data arranged in a plurality of bins associated with respective key values of a key. The system includes a cache to store cached data elements for respective accumulators that are updatable to represent occurrences of the respective key values of the key, where each accumulator corresponds to a different bin of the plurality of bins, and each cached data element has a range that is less than a range of a…
Bus endpoint isolation
Granted: September 26, 2023
Patent Number:
11768788
An example of a controller for bus endpoint isolation can include an interface to couple to a bus that has respective communication channels and respective switches corresponding to endpoints of the bus, a processing resource, and a memory resource storing non-transitory instructions executable by the processing resource to select a first endpoint of the endpoints to receive a message from the interface via a first switch on a first communication channel associated with the first…
Monitoring license constraints in a container orchestration system
Granted: September 26, 2023
Patent Number:
11768921
Embodiments described herein are generally directed to a cloud-native approach to software license enforcement in a container orchestration system. According to an example, information indicative of a number of sets of containers that are making use of one or more components of an application is received. The application is licensed by the tenant and the sets of containers are running within a namespace of the tenant within a cluster of a container orchestration system. Overuse of the…
Display with graphical user interface for surfacing action items
Granted: September 26, 2023
Patent Number:
D999778
Managing data management policies of resources
Granted: September 19, 2023
Patent Number:
11765204
Examples described herein relate to a method for managing data management policies of resources. An example includes detecting a movement of a resource from a first resource group protected by a first data management policy to a second resource group protected by a second data management policy. Further, in response to detection of the movement of the resource, a data management policy of the second resource group may be upgraded if first data management policy provides an enhanced level…
High color and narrow color gamut display panel
Granted: September 19, 2023
Patent Number:
11763759
In an example implementation according to aspects of the present disclosure, a display panel is described including a set of high color gamut light emitting diodes (LEDs), a set of narrow color gamut LEDs, a light guide plate wherein the set of high color gamut LEDs alternate positions with the set of narrow color gamut LEDs, and a switch to toggle between the sets of LEDs.
Pixel-addressable display having curvable area
Granted: September 19, 2023
Patent Number:
11763748
A control circuit of a pixel-addressable display corrects a brightness of a pixel element of a pixel circuit of the display based on a curvature of a curvable area of the display. The control circuit selectively applies data line voltages to the pixel circuit. The pixel circuit applies a driving voltage to the pixel element based on the data line voltages.
Receptacle isolation
Granted: September 19, 2023
Patent Number:
11763614
Examples associated with receptacle isolation are described. One example service kiosk includes a set of receptacles for electronic devices. Each receptacle includes a power connector to provide power to an electronic device stored in the receptacle, a data connector to provide a data connection to the electronic device stored in the receptacle, and a locking mechanism to secure contents of the receptacle. Members of the set of receptacles are digitally isolated from other members of the…
Binding downstream USB ports to upstream USB ports
Granted: September 19, 2023
Patent Number:
11762796
According to examples, an apparatus may include a processor that may access an assignment of a component connected to a downstream USB port, from among a plurality of downstream USB ports that are downstream of a display device, to a first physical host device from among a plurality of physical host devices connected to the display device via respective upstream USB ports. The apparatus may bind, based on the assignment, the downstream USB port to a first upstream USB port that connects…
Automatically optimized credit pool mechanism based on number of virtual channels and round trip path delay
Granted: September 19, 2023
Patent Number:
11762718
Systems and methods are provided for managing data transmissions in integrated circuits using a handshake, credit path, and data path. For example, the handshake between transmission and receiving sides can enable information to be passed over a separate path from the data path. Based on a calculated round trip delay, the system can identify the number of top level flops or registers needed in the credit path, which can be the same as the number of top level flops or registers in the…
Updates to flash memory based on determinations of bits to erase
Granted: September 19, 2023
Patent Number:
11762575
An example non-transitory machine-readable storage medium storing machine-readable instructions which when executed cause a processor to obtain stored bits stored on a flash memory, each of the stored bits in a set state or an unset state. The processor further obtains target bits, each of the target bits in the set state or the unset state, wherein each target bit corresponds to a stored bit to update the stored bit. The processor further determines whether, for one stored bit in the…
Expansion fan device with adjustable fan
Granted: September 19, 2023
Patent Number:
11762437
A fan device may include a an expansion card, a fan, and a mounting mechanism. The expansion card may mechanically and communicatively connect to a computing system. The mounting mechanism mounts the fan within an opening in the expansion card. The mounting mechanism further permits the fan to move relative to the expansion card.
Covers for electronic devices
Granted: September 19, 2023
Patent Number:
11762427
The present disclosure is drawn to covers for electronic devices. In one example, a cover for an electronic device can include an aluminum or aluminum alloy cover frame having an opening. A magnesium or magnesium alloy cover panel supported by the aluminum or aluminum alloy cover frame within or over the opening. A protective coating can be over a surface of the aluminum or aluminum alloy cover frame and a surface of the magnesium or magnesium alloy cover panel. A chamfered edge can…
Fusing agent including a metal bis(dithiolene) salt
Granted: September 19, 2023
Patent Number:
11760894
An example of a fusing agent includes a metal bis(dithiolene) salt, a polar aprotic solvent, and a balance of water. An example of a method for making an example of the fusing agent includes adding a metal bis(dithiolene) salt into a liquid vehicle including at least a polar aprotic solvent and water.
