US12006146B2
A stacking storage arrangement and method of operating stacking storage arrangement. The stacking storage arrangement includes multiple container receiving spaces and a loading space arranged below the container receiving spaces. A loading vehicle that is movable in the loading space includes a chassis and a container seat that is height-adjustable relative to the chassis. A holding device is arranged between each container receiving space and the loading space and a hold-open device is arranged on the chassis separately from the container seat.
US12006144B2
An apparatus for storage of a carrying material, includes: a body frame; a plurality of loading members installed on the body frame and disposed such that a carrying material forms a plurality of layers in upper and lower directions; a driving unit connected to at least one of the plurality of loading members; and an auxiliary coupling unit provided in a portion of the plurality of loading members for attachment and detachment to and from a neighboring loading member, wherein the plurality of loading members are provided with a plurality of first loading members fixedly installed at a lower end portion of the body frame, and a plurality of second loading members disposed above the first loading member and movably installed on the body frame, wherein the driving unit is connected to at least one of the plurality of second loading members, wherein the auxiliary coupling unit includes an electromagnet installed at one end of the second loading members, and a magnetic body installed at the other end of the second loading members and the body frame to correspond to the electromagnet.
US12006142B2
The invention relates to a storage and order picking system with a storage unit, comprising a plurality of through-flow channels for receiving storage containers for storing articles, an order picking unit having one or more dispensing areas for removing articles and one or more target areas for the order-related or partially order-related collection of articles, a conveyor unit for conveying storage containers between the storage unit and the order picking unit, wherein the storage unit has a self-supporting frame structure on which the order picking unit and the conveyor unit are attached such that they are detachably connected to one another. The modular storage and order picking system is built, brought into service and tested preferably in an installation location, then modularly dismantled and brought to an application location, where it is then brought into service by assembling the modules. A bringing into service and test phase in the application location can be forgone due to the above-mentioned test phase, so that the system is functional and ready for operation within a few hours. In addition, the modular structure of the storage and order picking system according to the invention permits the units—storage unit, order picking unit and conveyor unit—to be transported separately and then to be assembled in the application location.
US12006135B2
A material loading assembly is connected to a top of a container body having an opening for loading the container. A door is coupled to the top to cover the opening. An operating mechanism includes an extension member connected to the door and has a free end extending past an edge of the door. The extension member has an engagement pin formed on the free end. A latch mechanism attached at an edge of the shipping container has a pin seat formed therein and a locking member positionable between a locked position and an unlocked position. The locking member retains the engagement pin in the pin seat for locking the door in a closed position. The locking member releases the engagement from the pin seat for unlocking the door in the closed position, so the door is free move from the closed position to an open position.
US12006124B2
A padded mailer includes an outer shipping pocket, having a first opening, and an inner shipping pocket, having a second opening. The inner shipping pocket is disposed within the outer shipping pocket at the first opening. The inner shipping pocket includes a plurality of standoffs disposed away from an outer surface of the inner shipping pocket and towards an inner surface of the outer shipping pocket.
US12006121B2
A container includes a rigid outer box and a rigid inner box wherein a pull tab is configured to reseal a pre-cut opening in the inner box. The pull tab includes a cover layer larger than the pre-cut opening. The cover layer can be a piece of bundle wrap with a paper layer of the bundle wrap contacting the consumer goods inside the box. The outer box has a hinged lid permanently attached to a connecting tab of the pull tab whereby opening the hinged lid simultaneously opens the pre-cut opening in the inner box by lifting the pull tab. The connecting tab includes adhesive which is partially deadened to decrease adhesion of the connecting tab to the inner box. The pull tab can also include one or more machine readable markings to enhance automated application of the pull tab to an inner box blank during manufacturing of the container.
US12006120B2
A closure assembly (1) comprising an article (10) with a tubular neck (11) and a cap (30) including an integrated tamper-evident ring member (50) and an integrated strap (70). The tamper-evident ring member is integrally formed to the lower edge (32c) of the skirt (32) of the cap and comprises an annular base portion (51) which is connected via one or more breakable bridges (53) to the skirt. The cap is a snap-on type cap and comprises a pair of wing-shaped handles (33) that each have, seen in side view thereon, an outer periphery (34) with a bottom side (34a), a top side (34b), and a tip (34c) remote from the skirt. The strap is integral at a first end (71) thereof to the annular base portion and at a second end (72) thereof to one of the wing-shaped handles and is adapted to remain connected to both the annular portion of the tamper-evident ring member and the respective wing-shaped handle upon removal of the cap from the neck of the article by the user.
US12006119B2
A consumption packet includes a bag and a dispensing arrangement. The bag includes a first bag wall and a second bag wall defining a cavity between the first and second bag walls. The bag further has an enclosable area defined at the first bag wall and a pouch opening formed within the enclosable area. The dispensing arrangement includes a sealing flap extended from the second bag wall and folded on the first bag wall to enclose the enclosable area thereof so as to seal the pouch opening by the sealing flap, wherein the sealing flap is unfolded from the enclosable area to unseal the pouch opening.
US12006116B2
A carrier for holding at least one article includes a plurality of panels and a handle. The plurality of panels extends at least partially around an interior of the carrier, and the plurality of panels includes a top panel, a bottom panel, and at least one side panel. The handle includes at least one handle feature in the top panel. The at least one handle feature includes a plurality of foldably connected handle sections that includes a first outer section and a second outer section each foldably connected to a central section and such that the at least one handle feature is positionable between a first, substantially flat configuration and a second, substantially recessed configuration wherein the handle is activated for carrying the carrier.
US12006106B2
A packaging system for a hot water heater includes an outer box, a top insert, an offset filler, a base insert, and one or more side panels. The top insert contacts a top surface of the hot water heater and a top inside surface of outer box. The offset filler is coupled to the top insert and is sandwiched between the hot water heater and the outer box. The base insert contacts the bottom surface of the hot water heater and a bottom inside surface of the outer box. The base insert includes raised perimeter structures that form a shape that matches a shape of the bottom surface of the hot water heater. The raised perimeter structures and the offset filler position the hot water heater off-center with respect to a center axis of the outer box. Each side panel includes a raised pattern.
US12006103B2
A spill-preventing lid for a container comprises a lid body having a top, a bottom, a peripheral flange and a drink opening through the body from the bottom to the top, and a spill-preventing baffle, the baffle comprising a wall extending downwardly from the bottom of the lid body, the baffle having a top and a bottom, the top of the baffle communicating with the drink opening, at least one opening in the bottom, and a passage leading from the at least one opening in the bottom to the top, allowing liquid to flow from the container into the baffle, though the passaged defined by the baffle and to the drink opening, the at least one opening in the bottom being substantially smaller in dimension than the dimension of the drink opening.
US12006101B2
Adhesive compositions that replace gaskets and liners in sealing applications for packages that are detachable with hand force are described. The adhesive compositions are particularly useful in preventing leaks and spillage during storage and transport of its packaged contents. Advantageously, the adhesive composition provides packages with (1) a removal torque of from about 4 to about 20 in-lb and (2) resealable torque on subsequent openings of from about 2 to about 15 in-lb, measured in accordance to ASTM D2063.
US12006099B2
The fitting tool (10) includes a first fitting member (12) that includes a first fitting part (18) provided on a strip-shaped first base material (16) in a longitudinal direction of the first fitting member, and a second fitting member (14) that includes a second fitting part (22) provided on a strip-shaped second base material (20) in a longitudinal direction of the second fitting member and is detachably fitted to the first fitting part, the first base material and the second base material each includes an extension part (13, 17) that extends from a first end part (16c, 20c) in a width direction of the first base material and the second base material to an outer surface side opposite to a facing surface (16a, 20a), on which the first fitting part or the second fitting part is provided, the extension part facing to the outer surface (16d, 20d), and a second end part on a side opposite to the first end part is separately arranged from the extension part.
US12006098B2
A composite container comprises a tubular body, the tubular body having an inside surface and an outside surface and a container opening at a top end of the tubular body. The composite container comprises a top rim surrounding the container opening, the top rim being attached to a top end portion of the tubular body at the top end of the tubular body, and a lid for opening and closing the composite container. The composite container comprises a separation arrangement, for separating the top end portion of the tubular body together with the attached top rim from a main part of the tubular body, the separation arrangement comprising a tear strip formed between a pair of inside score lines which are arranged from the inside surface of the tubular body.
US12006090B2
A synthetic resin container has improved formability while preventing deformation of corner walls. The synthetic resin container includes a mouth that serves as a dispensing opening for contents, a body that is continuous with the mouth via a shoulder, and a bottom that closes a lower end of the body. The body includes a pair of main walls arranged so as to face each other with a gap therebetween, a pair of side walls arranged so as to face each other with a gap therebetween, and corner walls that couple respective ends in a circumferential direction of the main walls and the side walls. Each corner wall is provided with U-shaped ribs that are formed in a substantially U-shape within a surface of the corner wall and that are concave toward an inner side in a thickness direction of the corner wall.
US12006088B2
In some embodiments, an RFID label rejecting system includes an imager for scanning an RFID label, and a label removal component for discarding an inoperable RFID label. The label removal component may include a paddle configured to receive the inoperable label as part of the removal process. The label removal component may include a retraction system configured to position the paddle in an ejection path of the label rejection system to receive a rejected label. The label removal component may include a removable liner on the paddle configured to receive the rejected label and to be discarded with the rejected label. The label removal component may include a pressurized gas system configured for ejecting a rejected label.
US12006073B1
An item to write on a surface of a celestial body that has less atmosphere than Earth is received at a communications station and from a user device. An instruction that triggers the robot to write the item on the surface of the celestial body is provided by the communications station and to a robot on the surface of the celestial body. An image of the item written on the surface of the celestial body is received by the communications station and from the robot. The image of the item written on the surface of the celestial body is provided by the communications station and to the user device.
US12006072B2
A multiple hold-down and release device for spacecraft includes a central structure including a central section with a cylindrical inner hole, an inner axial shaft insertable into the inner hole. A release bolt aligns with the inner axial shaft. A main bushing is partially arranged inside the inner hole and axially guided by guiding bushings on the main bushing and the inner hole. The main bushing includes a protrusion and internal retainer spring. Arms protruding from the central section are axially preloaded by a pusher opposite the central section. Connecting levers each connect to the end of the corresponding arm by the pusher. Hold-down assemblies on the periphery of the device each include a hold-down support and a fastener with conical contact surfaces, a torsion spring around a torsion spring shaft, and articulated with the corresponding hold-down support by the corresponding torsion spring shaft.
US12006065B2
A method for manufacturing an aircraft door with an integral structure. The method includes the following steps: producing a forged blank (7); die-cutting the forging blank (7) between a substantially smooth lower die (8) and an upper die (9) defining a plurality of cells and producing a die-cut part having a honeycomb structure having an open face and a closed face closed by a wall; an inner wall of the honeycomb structure is machined to define at least one recess defined by a web connecting the closed face and the open face and a base protruding substantially perpendicular to the web on the open face of the die cut component.”
US12006061B2
A yoke mount device holder comprises a yoke attachment surface and a device interface surface. The yoke mount device holder attaches a device to a yoke of an aircraft. The yoke attachment surface is attached to the yoke via straps. Straps are passed through channels that are formed between the yoke attachment surface and the device interface surface. Fasteners attach the device to the device interface surface. In operation, a pilot attaches a device to the yoke mount device holder to the yoke of an aircraft. Next, the pilot can then attach and detach their device to the holder quickly and easily via the fasteners. The yoke mount device holder is universally mountable to any style yoke, increases the pilot's visibility, and does not weigh down the yoke as compared to conventional mounting devices. The yoke mount device holder is inexpensive to manufacture as compared to conventional mounting devices.
US12006053B2
A hybrid air mobility vehicle can make a long-distance flight through an efficient operation of an engine and a battery, and can reduce discomfort by reducing noise according to flight surroundings. The hybrid air mobility vehicle includes: an engine and a generator; a battery and a drive motor electrically connected to the generator; a first propeller connected to the drive motor and a second propeller connected to the generator through a clutch; and a controller that controls driving of the engine, the clutch, and the drive motor, based on a flight factor including at least one of a flight mode, a required power, a battery charging amount, or a surrounding flight environment of the hybrid air mobility vehicle.
US12006048B2
The power system can include: a plurality of batteries, a plurality of electric propulsion units, flight computers, and power connections. The propulsion assemblies can include a motor, a propeller, and one or more inverters. The power system can optionally include a plurality of flight actuators. However, the power system can include any other suitable set of components. The power system functions to provide aircraft propulsion and/or aircraft control authority during flight.
US12006036B2
The present invention includes a distributed propulsion system for a craft that comprises a frame, a plurality of hydraulic or electric motors disposed within or attached to the frame in a distributed configuration; a propeller operably connected to each of the hydraulic or electric motors, a source of hydraulic or electric power disposed within or attached to the frame and coupled to each of the disposed within or attached to the frame, wherein the source of hydraulic or electric power provides sufficient energy density for the craft to attain and maintain operations of the craft, a controller coupled to each of the hydraulic or electric motors, and one or more processors communicably coupled to each controller that control an operation and speed of the plurality of hydraulic or electric motors.
US12006023B2
An inceptor apparatus for an aircraft having a primary inceptor member provided in the form of a stick member having a grip portion, at which the stick member can be gripped by a pilot's hand, and a secondary inceptor member provided at an upper portion of the primary inceptor member and having an actuating portion, at which the secondary inceptor member can be manually actuated by a pilot's thumb. Both inceptor members have associated a respective sensor assembly which is provided to generate electronic flight control signals or commands in response to at least one of i) pivoting movements of the respective inceptor member around each of two independent maneuvering axes associated to the inceptor member, ii) forces acting on or via the respective inceptor member in pivoting directions with respect to each of the maneuvering axes, and iii) lateral flexing or bending of the respective inceptor member.
US12006022B2
An aircraft empennage, comprising a rear fuselage section, a trimmable horizontal tail plane comprising a first and a second lateral torsion box), each comprising a front spar and a rear spar, a front fitting and a rear fitting, an actuator acting on the front fitting for a rotation of the trimmable horizontal tail plane around a hinge axis passing through the rear fitting, the front fitting comprising a first and a second front fitting units being joined to the front spars of the lateral torsion boxes, and the actuator comprising first and a second actuator units, each acting on the first front fitting unit and the second front fitting unit respectively.
US12006011B2
A pyram-shaped deep-sea pressure-resistance shell and a design method therefor. The shell comprises a conical shell, an annular combined shell, a cylindrical shell, a flange bolt, and a perforated thick plate; a bottom end of the conical shell is connected with a top end of the annular combined shell, the conical shell being in communication with an interior part of the annular combined shell; the perforated thick plate blocks the bottom end of the annular combined shell, the perforated thick plate and the annular combined shell being connected by means of multiple flange bolts; the cylindrical shell is disposed inside the annular combined shell, a lower end of the cylindrical shell being inserted in a gap between the annular combined shell and the perforated thick plate.
US12006010B1
An articulatable support eye capture knuckle assembly for attachment to a support eye includes an attachment knuckle with a first arm and a second arm, a retention aperture in the first arm and the second arm along a retention axis, an attachment aperture along an attachment axis and an adjustment passage along an adjustment axis transverse to the attachment axis; a support eye retainer with an arcuate channel to receive a portion of a support eye; a support eye retainer plate fastened to the support eye retainer along a pivot axis, the support eye retainer plate pivotable about the pivot axis to at least partially enclose the arcuate channel; and a fastener mounted through a support eye retainer aperture and a support eye retainer plate aperture along the retention axis to secure the support eye retainer plate to the support eye retainer between the first arm and the second arm.
US12006007B2
The present invention is a connector for an inflatable member. A portion of the connector extends within an internal volume of the inflatable member to define a recess for accepting a structural connection. The connector has an air-impermeable surface that is configured to maintain integrity of the inflatable member to allow the internal volume to be pressurized when the connector is bonded to an opening in a surface of the inflatable member. The connector can optionally pass through the opposing surface or otherwise engage the opposing surface to enhance its structural properties.
US12006006B2
The present invention provides inflatable watercraft that are light weight, easily stowed in relatively small spaces and formed from inflatable drop stitch panels. A preferred watercraft is a boat having a bow, stern, keel and an open transom for self-bailing. A deck can be provided as a separate panel that is cither permanently, or detachably, connected to freeboard sides of the watercraft. When connected, the deck provides a sitting area, and enhances the strength and rigidity of the watercraft by functioning like a deck beam. Optional features include a bucket held in place by, and fitted through, a hole in the deck panel. Preferred inflation pressures are between 2 and 25 p.s.i., and more preferably between 12 and 18 p.s.i.
US12006001B1
An apparatus includes a pipe tee with an inlet proximate a first valve, an outlet proximate a second valve, and an inlet-outlet. The inlet receives slush ice when the first valve is open and the second valve is closed. The outlet transmits fluid when the second valve is open and the first valve is closed. The inlet-outlet receives fluid when the second valve is open and the first valve is closed and transmits slush ice when the first valve is open and the second valve is closed. A second pipe tee has an inlet coupled to the outlet of the pipe tee that receives fluid when the second valve is open and the first valve is closed, a first outlet that transmits water, separated from the fluid, when the second valve is open and the first valve is closed, and a second outlet that transmits air, separated from the fluid, when the second valve is open and the first valve is closed.
US12005999B2
A ship comprises: a liquefied gas storage tank; a multi-stage compressor for compressing a boil-off gas discharged from a storage tank and comprising a plurality of compression cylinders; a second heat exchanger for heat exchanging a fluid, which has been compressed by the multi-stage compressor, and thus cooling same; a first decompressing device for expanding a flow (“flow a1”) partially branched from the flow (“flow a”) that has been cooled by the second heat exchanger; a third heat exchanger for heat exchanging, by “flow a1” which has been expanded by the first decompressing device as a refrigerant, the remaining flow (“flow a2”) of “flow a” after excluding “flow a1” that has been branched and thus cooling same; and a second decompressing device for expanding “flow a2” which has been cooled by the third heat exchanger.
US12005993B2
The present invention relates to a movable magnet type bicycle pedal, and a shoe coupling device equipped with a means for preventing attachment of metal powder. More particularly, the present invention relates to a movable magnet type bicycle pedal and a shoe coupling device equipped with a means for preventing attachment of metal powder, wherein the shoe coupling device and the pedal are respectively provided with a magnet, and are coupled to each other by magnetic force only during pedaling, and, when the pedaling is stopped or the running of a bicycle is stopped, the coupling between the magnets is released through a magnetic separation means and at the same time metal powder attached to a shoe is caused to fall so as to prevent the metal powder from being attached to the shoe.
US12005992B2
A hydraulic operating device is provided for a human-powered vehicle. The hydraulic operating device basically includes a base, an operating member and a handlebar mounting structure. The base includes a cylinder bore defining a cylinder axis. The operating member is pivotally coupled to the base about a pivot axis between a rest position and an operated position. The handlebar mounting structure is coupled to the base. The handlebar mounting structure defines a handlebar mounting axis that extends linearly along a handlebar in a mounted state. The cylinder axis is inclined towards the handlebar mounting axis as the cylinder bore extends away from the pivot axis as viewed in a pivot axis direction parallel to the pivot axis. The pivot axis is located in an area between the cylinder axis and the handlebar mounting axis as viewed in the pivot axis direction.
US12005990B2
A hydraulic shock absorber includes an enclosure member. The enclosure member has an inflow path which guides oil from the outside to the inside. The inflow path is arranged so that an axis of the inflow path deviates from a central axis of a rod.
US12005986B2
An improved motorcycle headlight that provides sufficient lighting in conditions and circumstances that standard OEM headlights do not and that will align properly and more easily with the mounting points of existing OEM motorcycle headlight housing mounting brackets.
US12005981B2
A tiltable vehicle is configured to transform between an autonomous mode and a rideable mode by pivoting the handlebars and steering column of the vehicle about a pitch axis. In the autonomous mode, the steering column is folded back toward the chassis and a tiltable chassis of the vehicle is prevented from tilting. In the rideable mode, the steering column is unfolded and the chassis is free to tilt. In some examples, a tiltable vehicle includes features beneficial for vehicle-sharing, such as parking devices or a basket. These features may be included on any suitable vehicle and are not limited to use on transforming vehicles.
US12005967B2
A flooring apparatus and method of making the same are provided. The apparatus and method, in one embodiment, may include providing an elongated member having a top surface. A first adhesive is deposited about a perimeter of the top surface of the elongated member. A second adhesive is deposited within the perimeter of the top surface of the elongated member, with the second adhesive having a lower viscosity than the first adhesive and being retained within the perimeter by the first adhesive. A friction-increasing member is then heated to a pre-heat temperature. The friction-increasing member is disposed on the first and second adhesive to form the flooring apparatus. The flooring apparatus is then cured at a curing temperature, in one embodiment, that is greater than the pre-heat temperature.
US12005961B2
A method and an apparatus, according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a single bracket that has a first portion that attaches a rear fascia to a vehicle body-side sheet metal and a second portion that attaches the rear fascia to a rear panel sheet metal that extends underneath a tail lamp to support the tail lamp.
US12005959B2
A body includes a center tunnel that extends in a front-rear direction of a vehicle, a floor panel that extends from the center tunnel to both sides of the vehicle in a right-left direction, a floor cross member that is provided on an upper face of the floor panel and that extends in the right-left direction of the vehicle, straddling the center tunnel, and a reinforcing member joined to an upper face of the center tunnel and to a front face of the floor cross member.
US12005957B2
A cradle for being used in automotive vehicles for supporting various automotive components includes a structure with variable thickness, defining a variable gauge cradle. The variable gauge cradle has a minimum thickness and maximum thickness, with various other thicknesses therebetween. The minimum thickness is less than an original thickness of a reference cradle in which the thickness is the same. The variable gauge cradle allows specific locations to be locally increased in thickness to achieve the desired stiffness at the areas requiring the increased stiffness, while leaving areas requiring a lower stiffness at a lesser thickness. The variable gauge cradle therefore may have a lower mass than the reference cradle. The thickness may be increased relative to the minimum thickness using patches that are bonded to a base layer or panel of the cradle. The patches may be distributed at different locations to create different thicknesses.
US12005951B2
This disclosure provides a basket avoidance mechanism including a first tubing, a second tubing, a fixing member arranged on first tubing and a locking member arranged on the second tubing. The fixing member extends towards the locking member towards the locking member to form an abutting part, and the locking member extends corresponding to the abutting part to form an abutted part. When the first tubing is unfolded, the second tubing is in an unfolded position under a support of the first tubing by abutment of the abutting part against the abutted part; and when the first tubing is folded, the second tubing is folded to a folded position by avoiding abutment of the abutting part against the abutted part. The basket avoidance mechanism enables the basket tube to be unfolded or folded smoothly, and its structure is simple. A baby stroller frame is also provided.
US12005949B2
A wheel shock absorption structure and a child carrier having the wheel shock absorption structure, including a wheel shaft and a wheel seat connected with a frame, and a lower end of the wheel seat is rotatably connected with a wheel through the wheel shaft. Further including a shock absorber with an elastic structure, an upper end of the shock absorber is removably connected with an upper end of the wheel seat, and the shock absorber rotates synchronously along with the wheel seat; a lower end of the shock absorber is rotatably connected with the wheel shaft which is slidably connected with the lower end of the wheel seat. The shock absorber is driven by sliding of the wheel shaft to generate recoverable elastic deformation to provide damping and buffering. The bending deformation of the shock absorber ensures that the wheel shock absorption structure has a better shock absorbing effect.
US12005941B2
A motion control system for an independent cart system provides for an improved system for controlling operation of movers in areas of high traffic. A controller monitors operation of the movers to detect heavy traffic. In heavy traffic, the controller may bring a mover to a stop to avoid collisions. Once a mover is stopped, the segment controller will look at the present location of the mover and determine whether it is at the desired position set in the motion command. If the mover is not at the desired position, the stop was a result of heavy traffic. After detecting heavy traffic, the controller commands the mover to resume travel using a modified motion command. The modified motion command will command the first mover to its desired position but will command the move at a reduced rate or using a reduced response in the controller.
US12005938B2
A catching device for a shunting coupling has a catching body with an end stop, a right-hand side lateral stop, and a left-hand side lateral stop that together form a holding body with an inner region delimited on three sides and an open side. The open side can be closed by a lock and the open side is dimensioned such that a specified shunting coupling can be moved into the inner region through the open side. The catching device has at least one elastic and/or elastically mounted stop element on one of the stops. There is also described a rail vehicle with such a catching device and also a method for locking a shunting coupling.
US12005928B2
Methods and systems are provided for detecting and responding to dangerous road users. In some aspects, a process can include steps for receiving sensor data of a detected object from an autonomous vehicle, determining whether the detected object is exhibiting a dangerous attribute, generating output data based on the determining of whether the detected object is exhibiting the dangerous attribute, and updating a machine learning model based on the output data relating to the dangerous attribute.
US12005927B2
Aspects of the disclosure relate to enabling playing of content at an autonomous vehicle. For example, a request to transport a user on a trip may be received. The autonomous vehicle may be assigned to the trip. Whether the user has enabled a content feature may be determined. In response to determining that the user has enabled the content feature a request for a device identifier is sent to the autonomous vehicle. The device identifier generated at the autonomous vehicle is received. The received device identifier may be sent to a content-enabling computing system including one or more processors in order to enable the user to play content from the client computing device at the autonomous vehicle during the trip.
US12005919B2
Extended reality content in a video can be varied based on a risk level of an external environment of a vehicle. The video can be of an external environment of a vehicle can be presented in real-time on a display located within the vehicle. The display can be a video pass through display. The display can be an in-vehicle display, or it can be a part of a video pass-through extended reality headset. The video can present a view of an external environment of the vehicle as well as extended reality content. A risk level of the external environment of the vehicle can be determined. An amount of the extended reality content presented in the video can be varied based on the risk level.
US12005918B2
A system and method for providing assistance to vehicle occupants is disclosed. The method includes the steps of receiving a set of static information and a set of dynamic information associated with each of a vehicle, a set of Human Machine Interfaces (HMIs), and an occupant within the vehicle; processing the set of static information and the set of dynamic information through at least one of a first Artificial Neural Network (ANN) Model and a rule engine; determining an accessibility score for the occupant in response to an event based on an output of the processing; generating at least one of at least one accessibility compliant HMI content for at least one of the set of HMIs and vehicle control content for the vehicle based on the accessibility score; and executing at least one of the at least one accessibility compliant HMI content and the vehicle control content.
US12005916B2
In a parked vehicle, a head unit operating in low-power mode draws attention to a living being in a cabin of a parked vehicle. It does so by using a microphone to monitor said cabin for out-of-domain sounds, detecting a signal originating within said cabin, said signal being an acoustic signal that is representative of an out-of-domain sound, classifying said acoustic signal as being indicative of the existence of the living being within said cabin of said vehicle, and sending an alert to a first person.
US12005914B2
A vehicle includes an advanced driver-assistance system (ADAS) configured to intervene in an operation of the control system by complementing or overriding the driving input in response to detecting a driving condition dependent on a calibration parameter indicative of a preference of execution of the driving maneuver. The ADAS is calibrated based on a crowd-local distribution function of the calibration parameter indicative of a distribution of the preference of execution of the driving maneuver by other drivers of other vehicles at a specific location or a specific environment in response to detecting that the vehicle approaches the specific location or the specific environment.
US12005907B2
A computer-implemented method for determining a position of a vehicle is disclosed, wherein the vehicle is equipped with a sensor for capturing scans of a vicinity of the vehicle, wherein the method comprises at least the following steps carried out by computer-hardware components: capturing at least one scan by means of the sensor with a plurality of sensor data samples given in a sensor data representation; determining, from a database, a predefined map with at least one element is given in a map data representation; determining a transformed map by transforming the at least one element of the predefined map from the map data representation into the sensor data representation; matching at least a subset of the sensor data samples of the at least one scan and the at least one element of the transformed map; and determining the position of the vehicle based on the matching.
US12005906B2
The technology relates to identifying and addressing aberrant driver behavior. Various driving operations may be evaluated over different time scales and driving distances. The system can detect driving errors and suboptimal maneuvering, which are evaluated by an onboard driver assistance system and compared against a model of expected driver behavior. The result of this comparison can be used to alert the driver or take immediate corrective driving action. It may also be used for real-time or offline training or sensor calibration purposes. The behavior model may be driver-specific, or may be a nominal driver model based on aggregated information from many drivers. These approaches can be employed with drivers of passenger vehicles, busses, cargo trucks and other vehicles.
US12005893B2
A method for at least partly automated driving of a motor vehicle includes receiving environment signals that represent an environment of the motor vehicle, processing the environment signals to detect a dynamic object in the environment, and predicting a movement of the detected dynamic object based on infrastructure data that represent an infrastructure of the environment. The method further includes generating control signals for at least partly automated control of the lateral and longitudinal guidance of the motor vehicle based on the predicted movement, and outputting the generated control signals to drive the motor vehicle at least partly automatically based on the predicted movement.
US12005891B2
A system and method are provided for early detection of objects by a perception system of a vehicle, and triggering a precautionary action by the vehicle in response without waiting for a more precise detection. The vehicle has a multi-level sensor range, wherein a first level of the sensor range is adjacent an outer bounds of the sensor range and has a first confidence value, and a second level of the sensor range is within the first range and has a second, higher confidence value. In situations when oncoming traffic is traveling at a high rate of speed, the vehicle responds to noisier detections, or objects perceived with a lower degree of confidence, rather than waiting for verification which may come too late.
US12005889B2
An automotive arithmetic device includes circuitry that calculates a first candidate route based on a vehicle external environment estimated using deep learning; sets a static safe area (SA2) based on a result of recognition of a target object outside a vehicle according to a predetermined rule; and determines a target motion of the motor vehicle. The circuitry selects the first candidate route as a travel route of the motor vehicle under a condition the first candidate route is entirely within the static safe area (SA2), and does not select the first candidate route as the travel route of the motor vehicle when the first candidate route at least partially deviates from the static safe area (SA2).
US12005865B2
A collapsible accessory mount provides a secure way to attach accessories, such as a flag, banner, light, loudspeaker, camera, basket or other such device, to an automobile using an external spare tire as a mounting point. The external spare provides solid mounting surface for attaching a collapsible accessory mount without interfering with access to the trunk or rear hatch of the vehicle, and may be installed and removed without making permanent modifications to the vehicle frame or chassis. A collapsible accessory mount includes a central bracket and a plurality of arms, each arm configured to extend beyond the radius of the automobile tire, where each of said arms may be releasably attached to the tire using tire connectors.
US12005864B2
A hitch apparatus is provided including a support assembly having an upper horizontal support member and a lower horizontal support member. The upper and lower support members may be spaced apart from and generally parallel to one another. The upper and lower horizontal support members are connected by a vertical support member that is secured to the upper support member and extends downwardly through the lower support member. The lower support member is adapted for rotatable movement relative to the upper support member between first and second positions. The upper support member is releasably engageable with a standard hitch receiver on the rear of a vehicle. The lower support may be connected to a cargo tray or other component, which may be releasably connected to the vertical support member and adapted for movement between a first position behind the vehicle and a second position beneath the rear of the vehicle.
US12005857B2
A vehicle including a number of adjustable parts each configured to be adjusted by a motor, a sensor configured to detect a first gesture performed by a first person in a first sensor area indicative of a number of operating events, and a controller configured to, responsive to receiving the first gesture from the sensor, provide the first person a first operating event option and a second operating event option to select either a first operating event or a second operating event, and responsive to receiving a second gesture indicative of a selection of the first operating event, command a first motor to adjust a first adjustable part of the number of adjustable parts.
US12005851B2
A vehicle airbag device and a method for manufacturing the same, in which stud bolts for securing the device to the vehicle body can be inserted avoiding the sewn sections, and in which unbalanced stresses are not generated in the panel parts during expansion and deployment. The device having a pair of panel parts, a pair of expansion parts integrally provided on the pair of panel parts, the expansion part of the first panel part overlapping the second panel part, and the expansion part of the second panel part overlapping the first panel part, forming an overlapping section by joining each expansion part to each panel part at a sewn section, and joining the overlapping section with a pair of panel part outer edges, the outer sewn section forming a hollow bag body, and providing inflator insertion holes and bolt insertion holes provided through the overlapping section.
US12005850B2
An airbag that prevents heavy interference with the head of an occupant during expansion and deployment even when the occupant is not seated in a vehicle seat in a regular position is configured to be positioned to the sides of the center in the left-right direction of a vehicle seat and has a pair of chambers physically coupled by a coupling section that deploy forward of the occupant when expansion and deployment are complete. The pair of chambers are independent during expansion and deployment and expand and deploy frontward from both the left and right sides of the vehicle seat, having side protecting chambers that cover at least the side sections of the occupant. The side protecting chambers are coupled by coupling sections positioned to the sides of the center in the left-right direction of the vehicle seat, and the coupling section is thinner than the side protecting chambers at least during initial expansion and deployment.
US12005848B2
An occupant protection device includes a seat having a seat portion and a backrest portion, a first restraining member configured to restrain a left shoulder of an occupant, a second restraining member configured to restrain a right shoulder of the occupant, a take-up unit that holds and takes up the first restraining member and the second restraining member, and a lifting unit, wherein the first restraining member and the second restraining member are fed out from a housing portion of the seat owing to being taken up by the take-up unit, and restrain the left and right shoulders, and wherein the lifting unit causes a front edge side of a seat face of the seat portion to rise when the take-up unit takes up the first restraining member and the second restraining member.
US12005845B2
A vehicular control system includes a camera disposed at an in-cabin side of a windshield of a vehicle, the camera viewing forward of the vehicle through the windshield, and the camera capturing image data representative of at least an upcoming road surface of a road ahead of the vehicle. The vehicular control system, via processing at an image processor of image data captured by the camera, determines traction condition of at least a portion of the imaged upcoming road surface that is ahead of the vehicle. The vehicular control system, via processing at the image processor of captured image data, determines a change in traction condition ahead of the vehicle and adjusts an adaptive cruise control system of the vehicle responsive at least in part to the determined change in traction condition ahead of the vehicle.
US12005843B2
A trim strip arrangement for a motor vehicle door includes a first trim strip disposable below a mirror triangle of the motor vehicle door, a second trim strip which adjoins the first trim strip in a flush manner, a retention device, where an assembly of the first trim strip and the second trim strip is mountable on the motor vehicle door by the retention device, and a connection device which orientates the first trim strip and the second trim strip relative to each other. The connection device is in a form of a connection component which is formed integrally on the retention device.
US12005832B2
A vehicle display system provided to a vehicle, includes a first display device, a second display device, and a display control unit. The first display device is configured to emit a light pattern toward a road surface outside the vehicle. The second display device is located inside the vehicle and configured to display predetermined information toward a passenger in the vehicle so that the predetermined information is superimposed on a real space outside the vehicle. The display control unit is configured to control the first display device. The display control unit is configured to control emission of the light pattern according to a passenger's input operation on a display area where the predetermined information can be displayed.
US12005826B2
Systems and methods are directed to automated delivery systems. In one example, a vehicle is provided including a drive system, a passenger cabin; and a delivery service pod provided relative to the passenger cabin. The delivery service pod includes an access unit configured to allow for loading and unloading of a plurality of delivery crates into the delivery service pod. The delivery service pod further includes a conveyor unit comprising multiple delivery crate holding positions, the delivery crate holding positions being defined by neighboring sidewalls spaced apart within the delivery service pod such that a respective delivery crate of the plurality of delivery crates can be positioned between neighboring sidewalls, wherein the conveyor unit is configured to be rotated to align each of the delivery crate holding positions with the access unit.
US12005825B2
A loading/unloading device for delivering an item(s) to be delivered. The loading/unloading device includes an outer nested track; an inner nested track nested within the outer nested track; a curved generally U-shaped guide track nested within the inner nested track; and a movable trolley accommodated and movable along the curved generally U-shaped guide track. A drive motor being is supported by a first end of the curved generally U-shaped guide track for conveying the movable trolley back and forth along the curved generally U-shaped guide track for loading and unloading the item(s) to be delivered. A delivery vehicle, including at least one loading/unloading device for delivering the item(s) to be delivered, is also disclosed.
US12005822B2
A hybrid seating structure, comprising: a main structure formed from a thermoplastic material and injection molded as a single piece, comprising: a frame formed by a left channel, right channel, bottom channel, and top channel; wherein each channel is defined by an outside wall, an inside wall, and a connecting wall that extends between the outside wall and the inside wall, wherein the inside walls of each channel form an inner side of the frame, and the outside walls and connecting walls form an exterior side of the frame; and each channel comprises a first reinforcing rib structure disposed in the channel; wherein the outside wall of the left channel comprises a first reinforcement; and wherein the outside wall of the right channel comprises a second reinforcement.
US12005816B2
The present disclosure provides a dual release actuator for a vehicle seat according to the present disclosure, since the first latch release cable and the second latch release cable are disposed on one side of the worm wheel gear and the third latch release cable is disposed on another side of the worm wheel gear, the walk-in latch and the folder-lock latch may be simultaneously released using the first latch release cable and the second latch release cable without connecting a separate distributor.
US12005815B2
Provide is a vehicle seat capable of inhibiting rattling of a seat cushion provided with a lifting device. One embodiment of the present disclosure is a vehicle seat including a lifting device for a seat cushion. The lifting device includes a pinion gear, a sector gear engaged therewith, a link rotating, together with the sector gear, with respect to the cushion frame, and a rubber member attached to the cushion frame. The link is displaced between a first position where a position of the seat cushion is lowest and a second position where the position of the seat cushion is highest. When the link is at the first position, or at the second position, or in a region between the first position and the second position, the rubber member is brought in pressure contact with the sector gear along a direction intersecting a rotational axis of the sector gear.
US12005809B2
A method is disclosed for the thermal conditioning of an electrochemical accumulator of a vehicle, wherein data are received and/or ascertained, and the data comprise a planned or expected parking duration, ambient data of the vehicle, thermal properties of the electrochemical accumulator, the received and/or ascertained data are evaluated, and based on the evaluated data steps are taken for the thermal conditioning of the electrochemical accumulator by the control unit prior to a parking of the vehicle, during a parking of the vehicle, or after a parking of the vehicle, wherein the steps for the thermal conditioning of the electrochemical accumulator remove or add thermal energy directly or indirectly to or from the electrochemical accumulator by a battery cooling circuit and/or a main cooling circuit of the vehicle.
US12005806B2
Systems and methods for dynamic control of a configuration of electrical circuits are provided. An example system includes a plurality of electric power sources and a plurality of switches configured to connect and disconnect some of the electric power sources. The system may include a controller coupled to the switches. The controller may be configured to enable and disable the switches to cause a change in a configuration of the connections between the electric power sources. The electric power sources can include at least one generator and at least two batteries. The controller can be further configured to cause a change in the configuration to connect the two batteries in series to a load for discharging and connect the two batteries in parallel to the generator for recharging.
US12005803B2
A shared wireless charging docking station for an unmanned aerial vehicle, including an adjacent docking station communication module, a communication function module, a control center communication module, an unmanned aerial vehicle communication module, a central processing unit, a connection actuator, a wireless power transmitter, and a power management and load unit. According to the shared wireless charging docking station and a priority-based wireless charging method applied to the wireless shared docking station, a wireless charging shared service for an unmanned aerial vehicle is provided to satisfy the requirements for charging and endurance of unmanned aerial vehicles used in different industries, such as power line patrol unmanned aerial vehicles, oil pipeline patrol unmanned aerial vehicles, border line patrol unmanned aerial vehicles and mobile phone base station patrol unmanned aerial vehicles.
US12005796B2
An electric vehicle charging station that uses a liquid cooled charging cable is described. The charging station includes a charging port that is configured to connect to a liquid cooled charging cable. The liquid cooled charging cable includes a cooling loop where a return side of the cooling loop is a warm side. The charging station includes a heat exchanger that transfers heat from the warm side of the cooling loop. The charging station includes a pump to pump a cool side of the liquid through the cooling loop. The charging station includes a module that causes the following to be performed in response to a startup sequence of the electric vehicle charging station: iteratively perform operations of operating the pump at increasing speeds and measuring corresponding pressure output until the speed of the pump is at its normal capacity.
US12005792B2
A system includes an automatic charging device. The automatic charging device includes a movable arm configured to connect a charging plug head in electric communication with a vehicle inlet of an electric vehicle. The system includes a current detector configured to be in electrical communication with the automatic charging device.
US12005788B2
An authentication between a wireless charger and a device configured to receive wireless energy from the wireless charger includes establishing a wireless data channel between the wireless charger and the device. An authentication challenge signal is driven onto a transmit charging coil of the wireless charger and a receive charging coil of the device is configured to receive the authentication challenge signal. The device sends an authentication response signal to the wireless charger based at least in part on the authentication challenge signal.
US12005786B2
An electric rolling stock control apparatus includes: a plurality of propulsion control devices that each control an electric motor for driving a car of a train, the electric motor being installed on the car, the train including a plurality of the cars; and a train information management device that calculates power necessary for the entire train, wherein the propulsion control devices each determine power according to a predetermined condition.
US12005776B2
A vibration-reducing portal box assembly for mounting a wheel of an off-road vehicle includes a housing with a receptacle adapted to receive a stock axle shaft of an off-road vehicle, an output shaft operably connectable to a stock axle received in the housing and effective to rotate upon rotation of said stock axle, and a wheel hub having a central opening adapted to receive said output shaft, and adapted to turn a wheel mounted to said wheel hub upon rotation of said output shaft. The output shaft has a tapered portion connecting its proximal end to its distal end. The wheel hub has a tapered portion adapted to matingly receive the tapered portion of the output shaft. The output shaft may be connected to the stock axle shaft by a geared linking mechanism.
US12005775B2
A valve device for a fuel tank of a motor vehicle includes, for example, a housing having a tank connection for connecting the valve device to a vent line going to or coming from the fuel tank, and a filter connection for connecting the valve device to a vent line going to or coming from an activated charcoal filter. The tank connection and the filter connection are fluidically connected to one another inside the housing through a vent duct. A valve is arranged inside the housing for opening and at least partially closing the vent duct, wherein the valve has a valve element that is movably mounted between an opening position and a closed position inside the housing along a longitudinal axis of the housing. An actuating element is accessible from outside the valve device, which is movably mounted along the longitudinal axis inside the housing and motion-coupled in such a way with the valve element that a movement of the actuating element in a closing direction moves the valve element in closing direction. A valve element return element is configured to move the valve element in an opening direction, and arranged outside the vent duct, between the valve element and the housing.
US12005771B2
Lightweight high-efficiency, high temperature electric drive system is disclosed herein. An example electric drive system including an electric motor including an output shaft. The example electric drive system including power electronics electrically coupled to the electric motor, wherein the power electronic include an inverter. The example electric drive system including a gearbox coupled to the output shaft. The example electric drive system including a first heat exchanger coupled to a surface of the electric motor, the first heat exchanger including coolant. The example electric drive system including a second heat exchanger coupled to a surface of the power electronics, the second heat exchanger including the coolant.
US12005769B2
A hydraulic arrangement for an electrically operable, multigear axle drive train of a motor vehicle comprises a hydraulic circuit in which a hydraulic fluid is guided, a hydraulic pump arranged to apply pressure to the hydraulic fluid within the hydraulic circuit, a first hydraulic path arranged to connect a first clutch device to the hydraulic circuit, and a second hydraulic path arranged to connect a second clutch device to the hydraulic circuit. The first and second clutch devices are each arranged to actuate a gear selection device of the electrically operable axle drive train.
US12005764B2
A rear door assembly having a bracket, a rear door, a first movement mechanism and a second movement mechanism. The rear door has a lateral side with a slot formed therein. The first movement mechanism is attached to a rearward area of a vehicle body structure and is configured to move the bracket and the rear door from a closed orientation covering a rear opening in the vehicle body structure to at least an intermediate orientation partially uncovering the rear opening. The bracket has a pair of support pins extending in that extend into the slot with the support pins being supported on rollers within the slot. The second movement mechanism is disposed within the rear door to move the rear door relative to the support pins of the bracket along the slot.
US12005763B2
A vehicle may include a vehicle body, a door, a window frame, a window panel, a lower support and an anti-vibration member. The window panel may be provided in the window frame, configured to be manually raised and lowered, and supported to movable between an upper limit position where the window panel closes an opening of the window frame and a lower limit position where the window panel opens the opening of the window frame. The lower support may include a groove. The groove may be configured to receive a lower edge of the window panel when the window panel is located at the lower limit position. The anti-vibration member may have viscoelasticity, disposed in the groove of the lower support, and configured to hold the window panel from both sides of the window panel.
US12005760B2
Various disclosed embodiments include illustrative devices, systems, and vehicles for heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) functions for an area remote from an HVAC system. In an illustrative embodiment, a device includes a seat having a first section of duct having a first end, a second section of duct couplable to the first section of duct, and a third section of duct couplable to the first section of duct. The second section of duct connects at a first end to an air supply source and at a second end to the first end of the first section of duct. The third section of duct includes an exhaust vent configured to direct air received from the air supply source in a direction aft of the seat.
US12005758B1
A thermally managed storage system for a vehicle that includes a partition structure that couples with and is expandable in a compartment of the vehicle. The partition structure includes a first wall fixed with the compartment and a plurality of second walls that are each moveable between a retracted position and an extended position. The plurality of second walls forms a space between the first wall and the plurality of second walls in the extended position. A casing is disposed in a space and selectively couples with a climate control system of the vehicle via a fluid connection with the compartment.
US12005753B2
A mobile robot adapted to traverse vertical obstacles. The robot comprises a frame and at least one wheel positioned in a front section of the robot, at least one middle wheel positioned in a middle section of the robot, at least one back wheel positioned in a back section of the robot, and at least one further wheel in the front, middle or back of the robot. The robot also comprises at least one motor-driven device for exerting a downward and/or upward force on the middle wheel and at least two motors for driving the wheels and the motor-driven device. Also disclosed is a method of climbing using a mobile robot as disclosed.
US12005746B2
A tire includes a tread, a pair of sidewalls, a pair of beads, and a carcass. Each bead includes a core and an apex. In the tire in the normal state, a ratio (HA/HS) of a distance HA in a radial direction from a bead base line to an outer end PA of the apex to a tire cross-sectional height HS may not be less than 20% and/or may not be greater than 30%, and an angle of a line segment connecting between the outer end PA of the apex and a center PM of a width, in an axial direction, of a contact surface of the apex at which the apex is in contact with the core, relative to the bead base line, may not be less than 45° and/or may not be greater than 55°.
US12005744B2
In a tire, a main groove has a bend where the groove wall angle relative to the tread surface normal line changes in a meridian cross-section. In first and second blocks adjacent in a width direction with the main groove therebetween, an angle between a line extended from a ridge line formed by a bend of a first block side groove wall and a line extended from a lug groove wall defining the first block is larger than an angle between a line extended from the ridge line formed by a bend of the second block side groove wall and a line extended from a lug groove wall defining the second block, and an angle of the first block side groove wall to the tread surface normal line is smaller than an angle of the second block side groove wall to the tread surface normal line.
US12005741B2
A tire for a vehicle comprises a tread (2), of which the central part of the tread (2) comprises at least two rubber compounds (221, 222), making up at least 90% of its volume. The first compound (221) is radially on the outside of the second compound (222) and makes up at least 40% and at most 60% of the volume of the central part. The second rubber compound (222) has a Shore hardness DS2 at least equal to 5 plus the Shore hardness DS1 of the first compound (221) and dynamic losses at a temperature of 0° C. and 23° C. that are at least equal to those of the first rubber compound (221). The axially outer parts of the tread are made up of a third compound (223) capable of touching the ground, having a stiffness and a hysteresis that are lower than those of the first compound.
US12005733B2
A sound absorber unit and a vehicle wheel having a sound absorber device are provided. The sound absorber devices includes at least one sound absorber unit or at least one sound absorber assembly which is composed of a plurality of sound absorber units. The sound absorber unit is constructed into a box body in a hexahedron shape and forms a three-layer Helmholtz resonance sound absorption structure with double holes and single holes combined, and meanwhile, the sound absorber unit or the sound absorber assembly forms a structural resonance sound absorber. The double-absorption wheel air chamber sound resonance function organically combining Helmholtz resonance sound absorption and structural resonance sound absorption can be realized.
US12005726B2
The ink jet recording method includes ejecting an aqueous ink from a recording head to apply the aqueous ink to a recording medium, to thereby record an image. The ink jet recording method includes: ejecting the aqueous ink heated to a temperature TH (° C.) from the recording head to apply the aqueous ink to the recording medium; and heating the recording medium having the aqueous ink applied thereto to a temperature TF (° C.), the aqueous ink containing a pigment and a polyester resin particle, a glass transition temperature TG (° C.) of the polyester resin particle, the temperature TH (° C.) and the temperature TF (° C.) satisfying relationships of the following expressions (1) to (3). TG(° C.)>TH(° C.) (1) TF(° C.)≥TH(° C.)+10° C. (2) TF(° C.)≥TG(° C.)−10° C. (3)
US12005719B2
In certain examples, a printing system comprises: a carriage guide extending in a longitudinal direction; a printer carriage movable, in use, along the guide; and at least one bearing to direct motion of the carriage along the carriage guide. The at least one bearing is movable, relative to the carriage guide and laterally to the longitudinal direction, from a first carriage guide contact position to a second carriage guide contact position.
US12005715B2
A printing apparatus includes a tank configured to store a liquid to be supplied to a print head, a supply channel configured to supply the liquid from the tank to the print head, a replenishment channel configured to replenish the tank with the liquid, and a stirring unit in the tank, the stirring unit being configured to stir the liquid in the tank by rotating in a first rotation direction. A first distance from a supply port at which the supply channel opens in the tank to a replenishment port at which the replenishment channel opens in the tank in the first rotation direction is less than a second distance from the replenishment port to the supply port in the first rotation direction.
US12005707B2
A liquid discharge head includes a flow passage member, a sealing member, and an actuator member. The flow passage member is formed with individual flow passages each including a nozzle and a pressure chamber and the flow passage member has a surface on which the pressure chamber is open. The sealing member is arranged on the surface and seals the pressure chamber. The actuator member has a piezoelectric layer, a driving electrode, and a high electric potential portion. The piezoelectric layer is adhered to a first surface of the sealing member on a side opposite to the flow passage member, via a first adhesive having an insulating property. The driving electrode is arranged on a side opposite to the sealing member with respect to the piezoelectric layer at a position overlapped with the pressure chamber in a first direction orthogonal to the surface.
US12005697B2
A cleaning device cleans a screen mask. The cleaning device includes a cleaning sheet configured to clean the screen mask; a roll-shaped supply section configured to supply the cleaning sheet; a cleaning head configured to press the cleaning sheet supplied from the supply section against a rear surface of the screen mask; a roll-shaped winding section configured to wind a used cleaning sheet; a driving section configured to drive the winding section; a moving mechanism configured to move the supply section, the cleaning head, and the winding section in the same direction as and in an opposite direction to a supply direction of the cleaning sheet; a lifting and lowering mechanism configured to lift and lower the cleaning head; and a brake mechanism configured to allow rotation of the supply section when the cleaning head is lowered by the lifting and lowering mechanism, and to restrict rotation of the supply section when the cleaning head is lifted by the lifting and lowering mechanism.
US12005692B2
The invention provides a nonwoven laminate, comprising in order (A) to (E): a spunbond nonwoven layer (A) comprising fibres, which comprise polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and copolyester; an optional spunbond nonwoven layer (B) comprising fibres, which comprise polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and copolyester, the nonwoven layer (B) having a higher copolyester content than nonwoven layer (A); a needled staple fibre nonwoven layer (C), comprising: monocomponent polyethylene terephthalate (PET) staple fibres (c1), and multicomponent staple fibres (c2), which comprise at least a polyethylene terephthalate (PET) component and a copolyester component; an optional spunbond nonwoven layer (D) comprising fibres, which comprise polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and copolyester, the nonwoven layer (D) having a higher copolyester content than nonwoven layer (E); a spunbond nonwoven layer (E) comprising fibres, which comprise polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and copolyester; wherein all layers are melt-bonded to each other.
US12005690B2
A vehicle interior component including a patterned padding surface positioned proximate to an occupant of the vehicle. The component includes a substrate layer with a plurality of padding projections and an exterior layer connected to the substrate layer and including a plurality of gaps matching the location of the substrate layer's plurality of padding projections. Each of the plurality of padding projections aligns with one of the plurality of gaps and is exposed above the exterior layer to thereby form a pattern of padding on the surface of the vehicle interior component.
US12005686B2
A unitary core panel for a composite sandwich structure includes a plurality of cell walls defining a plurality of core cells, the plurality of cell walls extending across a thickness of the core, the plurality of core cells including one or more defined structural nonuniformities resulting in nonuniform properties of the core panel. A method of forming a core panel for a composite sandwich structure includes determining structural requirements of the core panel, designing the core panel to satisfy the structural requirements with one or more local nonuniformities in the core panel, and manufacturing the core panel as a unitary core panel with the one or more local nonuniformities.
US12005684B2
A display panel and a display device are disclosed and include a first non-bending region and a second non-bending region disposed opposite to each other, a support structure disposed between the first non-bending region and the second non-bending region, and a bending region connected to the first non-bending region and the second non-bending region. A step structure is formed on a side of the support structure near the bending region such that when the bending region is squeezed by an external force, the step structure on the support structure can disperse stress, and the bending region would not deform extremely easily, which prevents broken wires and improve a production rate.
US12005680B2
The present invention relates to a molded part, in particular, to an interior panel component for a motor vehicle, having a core layer comprising a mixture of natural or synthetic fibers and thermoplastic binding fibers, which are processed to form a nonwoven, and a thermoplastic cover layer, the core layer and the cover layer being fused together and the cover layer being such that the molded part has a visible surface, which is terminated by the cover layer, the visual appearance of the visible surface being at least shaped by the fibers of the core layer. The present invention furthermore relates to the manufacturing of a molded part in which the nonwoven of the core layer is warmed and pre-compressed in a contact heater, and the compressed nonwoven, together with the cover layer is introduced into a mold and recast.
US12005678B2
Provided are novel energy-efficient signal-transparent window assemblies and methods of fabricating thereof. These window assemblies are specifically configured to allow selective penetration of electromagnetic wavelengths greater than 0.5 millimeters, representing current and future wireless signal spectrum. This signal penetration is provided while IR-blocking properties are retained. Furthermore, the window assemblies remain substantially transparent within the visible spectrum with no specific features detectable to the naked eye. This unique performance is achieved by patterning conductive layers such that the conductive layer edges remain protected during most fabrication steps and the fabrication. As such, the conductive layers are encapsulated and separated from the environment while retaining separation between individual disjoined structures of these layers. For example, a barrier layer and/or a dielectric layer may extend over the conductive layer edge. The patterning is achieved by forming photoresist structures on the substrate and depositing a low-E stack over these photoresist structures.
US12005670B2
An RFID tag manufacturing system is provided that includes a conveyance device that conveys a base sheet provided with a plurality of antenna patterns to each of which an RFIC module is fixed. The system includes a laminating device that attaches a cover seal on the base sheet to cover the antenna patterns and a punching device that produces RFID tags by punching the cover seal and the base sheet with a punching blade that includes a frame-shaped cutting edge surrounding the antenna patterns to form a frame-shaped cut. The base sheet includes alignment mark in a non-attachment part of the cover seal. The punching device specifies the position of each of the antenna patterns covered with the cover seal based on the alignment mark, and punches the cover seal and the base sheet based on the specified position of the antenna pattern.
US12005660B2
A green tyre (2) for bicycles is built, comprising at least one carcass ply (4) having axially opposite end flaps (4a) engaged with respective bead cores (5) and a tread band (6) applied in a radially outer position around said at least one carcass ply (4). The built tyre (2) removed from the building drum, is profiled so as to translate the tread band (6) in a radially outer direction with respect to the bead cores (5), so as to impart a cross-sectional convex profile to the tyre (2) in a radially outer direction. The profiled tire is engaged by means of a transfer member (31) comprising a gripping device (30) which holds it hanging and loads it into a vulcanisation mould (101) by axially positioning an axial centreline plane (M) of the green tyre at an axial reference (51) arranged at a predetermined height along a reference axis (K) of a central body (103) of the vulcanisation mould (101).
US12005657B1
A thermal management system that provides finished plastic part surface temperature control using surface reheating to reduce plastic surface roughness and enhance curing conditions making it possible to produce resin rich molded plastic surfaces without typical micro cracks or fissures to which contaminant particles can adhere or to which dirt can attach.
US12005656B2
The present disclosure relates to the technical field of protective case, in particular to a protective case for electronic device and a method for manufacturing the same. The protective case for electronic device includes an inner shell, an outer shell, and a magnetic interlayer that fits and in contact with the inner shell and the outer shell, wherein: the magnetic interlayer includes an interlayer base material and a magnetic part, the magnetic interlayer is provided with a through installation hole, and the magnetic part is fixedly embedded in the installation hole, the thickness of the magnetic part matches with the depth of the installation hole, the interlayer base material includes a hot-melt base material and reinforcing fiber yarn contained in the hot-melt base material, and the hot-melt base material is filled between the magnetic part and the inner side wall of the installation hole.
US12005654B2
A method is provided of designing and producing a carbon fiber composite wrist pin using a combination of a carbon fiber composite pultruded rod that is overwrapped with a carbon fiber prepreg fabric. The use of the carbon fiber pultruded rod and the carbon fiber prepreg fabric results in a rod with optimal flexural strength properties to endure the flexural stress placed on a wrist pin during the cycling of an internal combustion engine. In addition, the overwrapping of the pultruded rod with a carbon fiber prepreg fabric allows for one pultruded rod blank to produce multiple wrist pin sizes by allowing one to change the outer diameter of the wrist pin by changing the thickness of the carbon fiber prepreg fabric overwrapping. After overwrapping, the rod blank is cut to a chosen specific length, optionally inserted into a metal sleeve, and coated with a thermal barrier coating. The wrist pin is then ground to a chosen specific tolerance and coated with an anti-friction coating.
US12005639B2
A 3D printer for additively manufacturing a multilayer component. The 3D printer includes at least two separate dispensers coating a conveyor belt with respectively different raw material, a manufacturing unit in which at least part of the raw material is added to the component as a new layer, at least two separate recovery devices for selectively recovering the respectively different raw material, which is not consumed when a layer is added to the component, and for returning the raw material to the respective associated dispenser, and conveyor belt that transports the raw material from the dispenser to the manufacturing unit and further to the recovery device in the lateral direction.
US12005636B2
An additive manufacturing device performs manufacturing of an additively manufactured article by supplying a powder material to an irradiation region of an electron beam, laying and leveling the powder material, irradiating the powder material with the electron beam, and melting the powder material. The additive manufacturing device determines whether or not the powder material has scattered during manufacturing of the article. When it is determined that the powder material has scattered, an irradiation region R is heated by a heater before a new powder material is supplied to the irradiation region R. Manufacturing of the article is restarted after the new powder material has been supplied to the heated irradiation region.
US12005634B2
In a vat polymerization printer, a beam scanner scans a light beam across a mask and into a tank containing a photo-curable resin. The mask has pixels configurable to be individually transparent or opaque to portions of the light beam, which has a diameter greater than a cross-sectional dimension of the pixels of the mask. During an exposure time duration, a first subset of the pixels are controlled to be transparent at locations corresponding to the cross section of a three-dimensional object to be printed, while a second subset of the pixels are controlled to be opaque at locations not corresponding to the cross section of the three-dimensional object. The beam scanner is controlled to scan the light beam across the mask such that the light beam is always incident on at least one of the pixels of the mask that are controlled to be transparent.
US12005632B2
Systems and methods for lens creations are disclosed. The method includes initiating light transmission from a light source through a diffuser into a container holding resin and a substrate. The light transmission is performed according to an irradiation pattern wherein each point in the resin is illuminated by at least 10% of the diffuser. This causes a lens to be formed. To achieve this illumination, at least 15% of the diffuser receives light from the light source. Further, a diameter of the diffuser is greater than or equal to a diameter of the substrate. The system performing the methods includes a polymerization apparatus and may include a resin conditioning and reservoir apparatus, a metrology unit, a resin drainage apparatus and an optional postcuring apparatus.
US12005629B2
A hand-held squeegee for applying or installing wraps and/or films to surfaces. The hand-held squeegee includes a blade portion, a handle portion, and a ring loop portion. The hand-held squeegee is placed over or around a user's finger so that the squeegee can rotate about the user's finger between use and non-use, and is conveniently secured to the user's hand even when it is not actively in use by the user or when the user is using another tool.
US12005624B2
Coextrusion machine for elastomeric compounds, and method for manufacturing a profiled element strip
The machine includes an extrusion head having flow ducts, the inlet orifices of which are connected to the outlets of at least two extruders for supplying extruded strips made of elastomeric compounds. The outlet orifices lead into a die which is adjacent to a roller and is designed to cooperate with the latter to shape the profiled element strip. The roller has a central axis surrounded by an external surface intended to receive the profiled element strip and a means for driving the roller in rotation about its central axis. The flow ducts are mutually parallel and are perpendicular to the circumferential direction of the roller, and the profiled element strip is joined to the receiving surface of the roller along an equivalent length of at least 700 mm.
US12005623B2
Provided are a rubber material supplying method and a rubber material supplying device, whereby a rubber material can be smoothly supplied to a rubber inlet even when the width of the rubber material is greater than the width of the rubber inlet. The rubber material supplying method includes a separation step S1, a processing step S2, and an input step S3. In the separation step S1, a plurality of different cutouts 30 are formed in a leading end section GF of a rubber material G, and the leading end section GF is separated into three or more strip shape sections 31. In the processing step S2, second strip shape sections B, and not first strip shape sections 31A, among the plurality of strip sections 31 are each cut out or folded. In the input step S3, the leading end section GF is input to the rubber inlet 3A from the first strip shape sections 31A.
US12005603B2
A method of can be used to make a wood composite material. The method includes forming a panel having wood fibers and additives, sanding a main surface of the panel, applying a polymer to the sanded main surface of the panel, and curing the polymer by irradiating the main surface of the panel. After the curing, the main surface has a solid discontinuous composite including a mixture of the wood fibers and cured polymer micro-islands.
US12005601B2
A method for realizing articles having a predetermined area and aesthetic appearance uses frames to each of which a portion of material having a prevalent flat extension can be removably hooked. The method includes stitching or punching operations and cutting operations implemented on each portion of material in a first station, a second station and a third station sequentially. Cutting operations are executed on a first portion of material hooked to a first frame in a third station, while stitching or punching operations are carried out on a second portion of material hooked to a second frame and punching or stitching operations are performed on a third portion hooked to a third frame situated in the first station in phased relation.
US12005599B2
Systems and methods for an automated device that reduces a footprint of a bottle by moving linearly moving and rotating the bottle, while a blade cuts a body of the bottle into a continuous strip.
US12005590B2
The foodstuff assembly system can include: a robot arm, a frame, a set of foodstuff bins, a sensor suite, a set of food utensils, and a computing system. The system can optionally include: a container management system, a human machine interface (HMI). However, the foodstuff assembly system 100 can additionally or alternatively include any other suitable set of components. The system functions to enable picking of foodstuff from a set of foodstuff bins and placement into a container (such as a bowl, tray, or other foodstuff receptacle). Additionally or alternatively, the system can function to facilitate transferal of bulk material (e.g., bulk foodstuff) into containers, such as containers moving along a conveyor line.
US12005575B2
A power transmission system for driving a robot joint includes a driving part including a first driving unit and a second driving unit, a first force transmission part including a first sheath formed to have a predetermined length, flexibility, and a hollow shape and a first wire which is inserted into the first sheath and of which one end is fixed to a joint of a robot and the other end is connected to the first driving unit, and a second force transmission part including a second sheath formed to have a predetermined length, flexibility, and a hollow shape and a second wire which is inserted into the second sheath and of which one end is fixed to the joint of the robot and the other end is connected to the second driving unit.
US12005570B2
A synchronization controller performs control so that operator motion data is transmitted to a robot when a synchronization switch is set to ON which allows synchronization of a rotational motion of an operator with a rotational motion of the robot. An image correction unit, when there is a difference between a first rotation angle of the operator and a second rotation angle of the robot, corrects a cutout range of an image so as to be equal to a range corresponding to the first rotation angle. The synchronization controller performs control so that the operator motion data is not transmitted to the robot when the synchronization switch is set to OFF which does not allow synchronization of a rotational motion of the operator with a rotational motion. The image correction unit corrects the cutout range so as to be equal to a range corresponding to the first rotation angle.
US12005563B2
A hand tool including a control element for receiving one or more finger digits of a user. The control element is positioned on the body component and may be in the form of an aperture defined by a perimeter surface. A user places one or more fingers within the control element and applies pressure to rotate the body component.
US12005561B2
A method may include receiving data from one or more sensing elements associated with a power tool. The method may also include measuring the detected data. The method may further include computing one or more data parameters based on the measuring. The method may include determining whether to permit operation of the power tool based on the data parameters. The method may further include permitting operation of the power tool when the data parameters satisfy an operation condition. The method may also include altering operation of the power tool when the data parameters does not satisfy the operation condition by performing at least one of: generating an alarm, or preventing operation of the power tool.
US12005560B2
An oscillating power tool including a housing, a motor including a drive shaft rotatable about a motor axis, an output spindle configured to be driven by the motor and journaled for oscillating rotation about an oscillation axis, and a drive mechanism. The drive mechanism is configured to convert rotation of the drive shaft into oscillating rotation of the output spindle about the oscillation axis and includes an eccentric member and a forked member. Oscillating rotation of the forked member has an angular amplitude about the oscillation axis. The eccentric member is movable with respect to the forked member to change the angular amplitude of oscillating rotation of the forked member. An amplitude adjustment actuator is configured to move the eccentric member to change the angular amplitude of oscillating rotation of the forked member. The amplitude adjustment actuator defines a receptacle. At least a portion of the forked member is disposed in the receptacle.
US12005557B2
The present disclosure is directed to a power tool adapted to impart axial impacts to a tool bit. The power tool includes a housing, an electric motor, and a barrel. The power tool also includes a reciprocation drive assembly coupled to the electric motor and configured to convert torque from the electric motor to reciprocating motion of a piston that is received within the barrel for reciprocation therein. The power tool further includes a striker received within the barrel for reciprocation in response to reciprocation of the piston, and an anvil received within the barrel between the striker and the tool bit. The anvil is configured to communicate axial impacts to the tool bit in response to reciprocation of the striker. The anvil defines an opening and an inner bore that communicates with the opening, and the inner bore at least partially receives a shank of the tool bit.
US12005555B2
A rotary hammer includes a motor, a spindle coupled to the motor for receiving torque from the motor, a piston at least partially received within the spindle for reciprocation therein, a striker received within the spindle for reciprocation in response to reciprocation of the piston, and an anvil received within the spindle and positioned between the striker and the tool bit. The anvil is configured to impart axial impacts to the tool bit in response to reciprocation of the striker. The rotary hammer also includes a retainer received within the spindle for selectively securing the striker in an idle position in which it is inhibited from reciprocating within the spindle. The retainer includes a detent member configured to engage the striker to secure the striker in the idle position, and a tensing element configured to bias the detent member radially inward toward engagement with the striker.
US12005551B2
A sealed manhole clamp securing a manhole cover to a weld ring, including a lever assembly, the lever assembly having a lever arm and a cam, a pivot bolt, the pivot bolt having a cylindrical upper portion, and a lower portion, the lower bolt portion threadedly engages upwardly within the cylindrical upper portion of the pivot bolt, the cylindrical upper portion being pivotally pinned to the lever arm, the lower bolt portion being pivotally mounted to a seal ring, wherein since the lower bolt portion threadedly engages within the cylindrical upper portion, the entrance of any debris, dust, or moisture is prevented from entering the region of this threaded engagement of the pivot bolt components.
US12005547B2
A handheld pole sander is provided including an elongate body having two ends, the elongate body including a first pole and a second pole made partially of electrically conductive material and capable of sliding in and out of each other in a telescopic manner the first pole and second pole are made from electrically conductive material. An electric motor electrically controlled by control electronics is provided, and a sanding head is attached via a pivot mechanism to a first end of the elongate body. At least one seal is located between overlapping parts of the first pole and second pole. The seal includes an electrically conductive material and provides an electrical connection between the first pole and second pole. Alternatively, at least one electrical contact is provided between the first pole and second pole to provide an electrical connection between the first pole and second pole.
US12005546B2
A sliding ring for a grinding device consisting of a grinding element and a hood covering the grinding element and a sliding ring attachable to the side of the hood facing a surface to be machined, the sliding ring having a sliding surface provided for sliding on the surface to be machined, the sliding ring consisting of at least one elastic component and a sliding component, the sliding surface being formed on the sliding component and the elastic component being arranged on the side of the sliding component opposite the sliding surface.
US12005542B2
A hand-held power tool for sanding or polishing a working surface of a workpiece features a backing pad supported in respect to a housing in a manner freely rotatable about a longitudinal axis extending perpendicular to an extension plane of the backing pad. The housing or backing pad includes first magnetic elements spaced apart from each other in a direction extending parallel to the extension plane, and includes a second magnetic element located in a space between the first magnetic elements in such a manner that the second magnetic element is held at a distance to the first magnetic elements by a magnetic force when a motor of the power tool is running and the power tool is in an idle state, thereby limiting the movement of the backing pad to an orbital movement.
US12005533B2
An output control for a welding-type power supply includes a first contactor associated with a first weld output range. A second contactor associated with a second weld output range. An input device configured to select a weld output value from the first weld output range and the second weld output range. A control circuit configured to control the first contactor and the second contactor based on a selected weld output value, and adjust a weld output based on the selected weld output value of the input device.
US12005528B2
A weaving control method in fillet welding. On a surface perpendicular to a welding direction, a position of the welding torch is set such that a weaving reference line passes through a base point on a weld line, and at least five fixed end points are set, and positions of the fixed end points are set such that one or more of the fixed end points are provided on each of both sides across the weaving reference line and a reference end point a being on the weaving reference line and having the shortest distance between a tip and a base metal is provided. The weaving operation is performed such that the welding torch moves between the fixed end points along with a trajectory forming a polygon when viewed from the welding direction.
US12005517B2
A combined processing head includes: a jetting mechanism including a connection portion having a passage in communication with a nozzle and lens cylinder inner space, one connection portion end is connected to the lens cylinder and the other end to the nozzle extending therein and having a flange in close contact with a nozzle side wall forming an annular cavity with the side wall, the flange having through holes in communication with the annular cavity and a nozzle inner space, the nozzle side wall position at which the annular cavity is located has a liquid injection port to inject a saturated salt solution at a set pressure into the annular cavity; and a cooling mechanism including a cooling cylinder having openings at two ends, the cooling cylinder inside having a cooling tube to cool the ejected and flowing saturated salt solution to enable fine crystalline grains to be precipitated.
US12005515B2
A different material joining method sandwiches, with electrodes, a first joining member and a second joining member lower in melting point than the first member, applies pressure and electricity to them, and joins them in preset joint parts. The method includes forming a discontinuous abutting part beforehand in the joint part of at least one of the two members. The two members abut onto the abutting part in a discontinuous state. The method includes melting the second member by sandwiching the joint parts with the electrodes and applying pressure and electricity on the joint parts in a state where the two members abut onto each other in the joint parts while the abutting part is included. The method includes welding both the members by bringing a melting material of the second member into interface joining with a surface of the first member toward the second member.
US12005513B2
An apparatus (1300), including: a shaper cutter head (1308) having: a body (1312); a bore (1314) through the body; and a cutter 1310) secured to the body. Along a longitudinal axis (1306), the cutter has: a miter profile, a groove profile and a tongue profile for cutting a miter. The body has a portion (1352) comprising a recess (1320) disposed between the miter profile of the cutter and an end of the body. The recess defines a flat indexing surface (1326) protruding radially outwards from a portion of the body. When the shaper cutter head is rotated about the longitudinal axis, the body defines a body sweep (1360). The flat indexing surface is recessed from the body sweep.
US12005509B2
A cutting tool is a cutting tool comprising a substrate and a coating film disposed on the substrate, in which the coating film includes a first layer, the first layer is composed of an alternate layer where a first unit layer and a second unit layer are alternately stacked, the first unit layer is composed of AlaCrl-a-bCebN, a is 0.400 or more and 0.800 of less, b is 0.100 or less, the second unit layer is composed of TicSil-cN, and c is 0.200 or more and 0.990 or less.
US12005503B2
A build plate is configured for use in a 3D printer. The build plate comprises a base comprising a base material and one or more vacuum channels. A removable plate is disposed proximate the base so as to be in fluid communication with the vacuum channels.
US12005498B2
An additive manufacturing system includes a control system communicatively coupled to a consolidation device and configured to control operation of the consolidation device. The control system is configured to generate a model of a component including a plurality of elements and at least one region of interest. The control system is also configured to apply at least one strain load to at least one element of the plurality of elements and generate a build characteristic contribution profile based on the at least one strain load. The control system is further configured to determine a build parameter based at least partly on the build characteristic contribution profile.
US12005488B2
A can seamer comprising a frame, a lower chuck, an upper chuck, a first and second seam forming assembly, a seam drive assembly and a motor. The upper chuck having an axle. The seam forming assemblies including a first roller. The seam drive assembly includes a cam, a first roller follower and a second roller follower. A cam transmission assembly includes a drive gear rotatably coupled to the axle, an idler assembly and a cam gear coupled to the cam. The idler assembly includes an idler axle that is spaced apart from the axle. A first idler gear engages the drive gear, and a second idler gear with the first and second idler gears being rotatably coupled to the idler axle. The cam gear engages the second idler gear. The motor has an output shaft rotatably coupled to the axle.
US12005481B2
An embodiment system, configured to clean a semiconductor package assembly, may include a sprayer device including a plurality of nozzles configured to direct a pressurized cleaning fluid toward the semiconductor package assembly; a conveyor configured to move the semiconductor package assembly relative to the sprayer device along a first direction; and a dryer spatially displaced from the sprayer device and configured to direct a pressurized gas flow toward the semiconductor package assembly to remove cleaning fluid introduced by the sprayer device. Each of the plurality of nozzles may be displaced from one another along a second direction to thereby generate respective separate spray distribution patterns. Adjacent nozzles may be further displaced from one another along a third direction to thereby a reduce an overlap of adjacent spray distribution patterns relative to a configuration in which the adjacent nozzles are not displaced from one another along the third direction.
US12005478B2
A multi-tiered automated parcel sortation system is utilized to sort parcels according to a common destination. A first tier includes an automated sorter configured to transport parcels from a source location to a release destination. A second tier includes accumulation containers each associated with a shipping destination, and the release destination within the first tier is a positioned directly above the accumulation container associated with the shipping destination of the parcel. Once transported to the release destination, a parcel is released into the accumulation container, and once the accumulation container is filled, the accumulation of parcels within the container is released into a third tier, which may include conveyors or autonomous guided vehicles with transport containers. In the third tier, the parcels are transported away for further processing.
US12005477B2
Provided is a control device capable of reducing cost and thickness by using an electromagnetic actuator, and capable of efficiently generating a thrust suitable for a haptic feeling feedback to an operator who touches and operates thereto. The control device controls the electromagnetic actuator that drives an operation device supported to be elastically vibrated in one direction of a vibrating direction thereof; includes a current pulse supply unit configured to supply a plurality of drive current pulses to a coil of the electromagnetic actuator as a drive current for driving the operation device in response to a touch operation of the operation device; and an interval between peaks for each of the drive current pulses is in a range of ½ times to 1 times a vibration period of an elastic vibration.
US12005476B2
Various methods and systems are provided for a multi-frequency transducer array. In one example, the transducer array includes an element formed of one or more sub-elements, at least one sub-element having a different resonance frequency. A frequency range of the transducer array may thereby be broadened.
US12005473B2
A resiliently deformable member for use in an apparatus for dispensing a viscous material from a container, such as an apparatus consisting of a container for holding the viscous material and a dispensing gun. The resiliently deformable member has a relaxed state and a compressed state. In use, the resiliently deformable member applies a force between the container and the dispensing gun to modulate the flow of the material from the container.
US12005467B2
An end effector, for adhesively attaching a first part to a second part, comprises a support, a first nozzle, movable relative to the support, and a second nozzle, movable relative to the support. The first nozzle comprises a first-nozzle-body outlet port and a first-nozzle separator plate. The second nozzle comprises a second-nozzle-body outlet port and a second-nozzle separator plate. The end effector additionally comprises a first ultrasonic-sensor roller that is rotatable relative to the support and located between the first nozzle and the second nozzle. The end effector also comprises a second ultrasonic-sensor roller that is rotatable relative to the support and located between the first ultrasonic-sensor roller and the second nozzle.
US12005466B2
An air-assisted airless spray gun includes a valve cartridge configured to control a flow of air or spray fluid through the spray gun. The valve cartridge includes a housing configured to interface with the spray gun body and fully supporting the flow control components of the valve cartridge. The housing is secured within a bore of the spray gun body. The valve member is supported by the housing and actuatable relative to a seat. The valve is formed between the seal end of the valve member and the seat.
US12005465B2
A rotary water outlet mechanism and a flushing device, including a housing having a gradually changing curved surface and a water outlet part connected to one end of the housing. A water separator provided with at least one oblique through hole, an impeller and a water guide are provided in sequence in a water flow direction between the housing and the water outlet part. The impeller is in transmission connection with the water guide rotatably connected with the water outlet part, one end of the water guide is provided with a water outlet. The water flow enters the housing, and under a guidance of the gradually changing curved surface of the housing, the water flow passes through the oblique through hole, and flows through the impeller and drives the impeller to rotate, such that the water guide rotates to generate a rotating water flow.
US12005462B2
A variety of dispensing manifolds which are removable connectable to a single deformable container having a single exit portion are disclosed. The dispensing manifolds of the present disclosure provide a single deformable container having a single exit with one or more outlets from which a fluid can be controllably dispensed. The present disclosure also provides a single force generation mechanism, a deformable container holding a fluid or substance, and dispensing mechanisms all on one machine, i.e., a carrier; a system that may also include a pressurized air source that assists a flow of a fluid; and a system that allows for a continuous flow a substance. The systems of the present disclosure provide a deformable container and a method of dispensing wherein, during dispensing, an actuation member is continuously free of contact with the fluid or substance within the container and the actuation member only contacts the exterior surface of the deformable container.
US12005460B2
Apparatus uses engineered collection media to recover mineral particles in a mineral extraction process, e.g., for processing a tailings stream at the end of a flotation separation process. The engineered collection media are added to slurry/tailings containing the mineral particles. The engineered collection media have collection surfaces coated with a chemical selected for attracting the mineral particles to the collection surfaces so the engineered collection media becomes mineral laden media in the slurry/tailings in a loading stage. The apparatus include three stages: removing unwanted material from mineral laden media; using a stripping agent to strip the mineral particles from the mineral laden media; and separating the engineered collection media from the mineral particles and the stripping agent. The stripping agent is reused for stripping, and the engineered collection media are returned to the loading stage. The engineered collection media can have a smooth or foam-like surface.
US12005459B2
A method for processing material that contains cement rock may involve comminuting the material in a first comminuting device, feeding the material to a reactor in which the material is mixed with an aqueous liquid and CO2 and in which a mixing movement of the material is generated, and removing the material from the reactor and subdividing the material into at least two fractions by way of a classifying device. The temperature and the pressure in the reactor are maintained such that the pressure exceeds atmospheric pressure and such that the temperature is greater than 100° C. The method may further involve removing a withdrawal stream of the aqueous liquid from the reactor and separating and discharging suspended particles of the material from the withdrawal stream.
US12005455B2
A temperature-control device for receiving of laboratory vessels has a hollow housing with a temperature-control medium. The temperature-control device is thermally conditioned before use, and during use, the conditioned thermal energy is, in a finite time period, either absorbed from the laboratory vessels or transferred to same. The lower part of the housing has a base and the upper part of the housing has, opposite to said base, a receiving region which, in an upward direction, delimits the hollow internal region of the housing. In the receiving region, depressions directed inward serve as receivers for the laboratory vessels to be temperature-controlled. The hollow housing has an air space separated from the internal region. In the internal region, the temperature-control medium flows at least partially around and/or through a horizontally extending absorber element, and said absorber element is connected to the receiving region in thermally conductive manner.
US12005444B2
A system for analysis of a fluid sample has a carrier with a channel. A plug with a sensor can be inserted into a socket arranged on the carrier in such a way that the sensor is in contact with an interior volume of the channel. The sensor can be an optical sensor, in particular based on fluorescence. Optical fibres may be connected to the plug. A camera (8) may be provided to record an image of the plug. The carrier may in particular be a microfluidic chip and the channel a microfluidic channel.
US12005436B2
Surfaces contactable by a bulk liquid for use in particle isolation are described. The surfaces comprise a plurality of ribs spaced apart to capillarily retain a portion of the bulk liquid and particles of interest therebetween. Collectively, the portion of the bulk liquid retained by the plurality of ribs on the surface forms a liquid film. The one or more particles received within the space and enveloped by the liquid film may be protected from one or more forces exerted by a draining meniscus passing over the surface.
US12005434B2
Pipette tip couplers, pipette tips, coupler and tip combinations, and methods for coupling and decoupling a pipette tip to or from, respectively, a pipette tip coupler mounted on a pipette device, are disclosed. The pipette tip couplers include an elastomeric element and an annular ring shaped raceway. When the pipette tip is mounted on the pipette tip coupler, the annular ring shaped raceway abuts a first portion of the interior surface of the circumscribing sidewall of the pipette tip, and the elastomeric element abuts a second portion of the interior surface of the circumscribing sidewall of the pipette tip.
US12005433B2
A pipettor includes a wash chamber between an upper plate, a lower plate, an upper seal, and a lower seal. The upper and lower seal retain each other and are located between the upper and lower plates. The pipettor includes a gasket located below the lower plate, a pipette tip retained by the gasket, and a piston with a tapered tip that passes through the plates, seals, and gasket into the pipette tip. The upper and lower seal isolate the piston from the wash chamber. The pipettor includes a channel defined by the piston, extending into the pipette tip, and an actuator that advances and retracts the piston. When the actuator retracts the piston such that the piston loses sealing contact with the lower seal and the wash chamber is supplied with wash fluid and pressurized, wash fluid passes through the groove in the upper seal and into the channel.
US12005426B2
The disclosure relates to a three-way conversion catalyst for the treatment of an exhaust gas comprising nitrogen monoxide, carbon monoxide, and hydrocarbon, wherein the catalyst comprises: (i) a substrate; (ii) a first coating comprising rhodium supported on a first oxidic component; (iii) a second coating comprising palladium supported on a non-zeolitic oxidic material, wherein the non-zeolitic oxidic material comprises manganese and a second oxidic component, wherein the second coating consists of 0 weight-% to 0.001 weight-% of platinum; wherein the first coating is disposed on the substrate over x % of the axial length, with x ranging from 80 to 100; wherein the second coating extends over y % of the axial length from the inlet end to the outlet end and is disposed on the first coating, with y ranging from 20 to x.
US12005417B2
Ultrasonic horns having improved longevity and simplified manufacturing approaches that can be more easily adapted to ultrasonic reactor chambers or batch processing containers. The ultrasonic horn designs increase the uniformity and intensity of acoustic energy radiated into a liquid medium and thus better correspond to the requirements of a particular sonochemical or sonomechanical process. The ultrasonic horns do not require a specific number of cylindrical sections and allow for various lengths and profiles of variable-diameter sections. The ultrasonic horns also reduce stress in the material of the ultrasonic horns and therefore extend longevity.
US12005412B2
A method for mixing a fluid includes: dispensing a first volume of a fluid into a flexible container, the flexible container being at least partially disposed within the chamber of a support housing; repeatedly moving the support housing and the flexible container contained therein so as to mix the first volume of fluid within the flexible container; adding further fluid into the flexible container after moving the support housing to form a second volume of fluid; and manipulating a mixing element within the flexible container so as to mix the second volume of fluid.
US12005406B2
The present inventive concept relates to a venturi nozzle apparatus. Specifically, an embodiment of the present inventive concept provides a venturi nozzle apparatus which mixes water and a gas to dissolve the gas in the water, the venturi nozzle apparatus including a housing in which a flow pipe through which at least one of the water and the water in which the gas is dissolved selectively flows and a bypass pipe which communicates with the flow pipe to selectively bypass at least one of the water and the water in which the gas is dissolved flowing through the flow pipe are disposed, an injector unit which is detachably inserted into the flow pipe of the housing and configured to selectively receive the gas and the water to dissolve the gas in the water, and a valve member which is inserted into the bypass pipe of the housing and configured to cause at least one of the water and the water in which the gas is dissolved to flow to at least one of the flow pipe of the housing and the bypass pipe of the housing.
US12005405B2
The invention relates to an apparatus for the continuous production of a particulate adsorption product, the apparatus comprising: a mixing drum having an elongated cavity for receiving a particulate adsorbent material, an adsorbent inlet and a product outlet, wherein the mixing drum is arranged such that the cavity is inclined in flow direction of the particulate material, and wherein the cavity comprises an initial transport zone adjacent to the inlet and a mixing zone following the initial transport zone; a rotating member extending through the cavity in a longitudinal direction, wherein the rotating member comprises a helical conveying blade at longitudinal positions corresponding to the initial transport zone and mixing instruments at longitudinal positions corresponding to the mixing zone; and one or more injection nozzles for injecting a liquid adsorbate to the mixing zone. The invention further relates to a process for the continuous production of a particulate adsorption product using such apparatus.
US12005404B2
Various illustrative systems, devices, and methods of beverage carbonation system flow control are provided. A carbonation system is one example of a treatment system to which the systems, devices, and methods described herein apply. In general, a carbonation system is configured to form a carbonated fluid and dispense the carbonated fluid in a controlled manner. In an illustrative embodiment, the carbonation system is configured to begin dispensing the carbonated fluid with a pressure in a chamber of the carbonation system, in which the carbonated fluid is formed, being above atmospheric pressure. A gas is introduced into the chamber after dispensing has already started via the pressure in the chamber to drive the flow of the carbonated fluid. The gas can be introduced into the chamber according to a predetermined pressure profile.
US12005383B2
A method for fluorinating a filter for a pipette tip, the filter being made of a solid porous structure made of polyolefin. The method comprises the following steps: (a) placing the filter in an enclosure, (b) creating a vacuum in the enclosure, and (c) bringing the filter into contact with a fluorination agent injected into the enclosure in a gaseous state, the fluorination agent being made up of difluorine F2, the difluorine F2 being injected into the enclosure at a partial pressure between 100 Pa and 10000 Pa and step (c) being done at a temperature between 0° C. and 100° C. A pipette tip comprising a filter modified by the fluorination method, a method for producing such a tip, as well as a withdrawing pipette equipped with such a tip.
US12005378B2
A system and method for separating parts of a liquid based or depending on gas content is disclosed herein. The system, in an embodiment, comprises a pressure chamber, an inlet through which liquid is pumped into said chamber, a first liquid outlet connected to an upper part of said pressure chamber, and a second liquid outlet connected to a lower part of said pressure chamber. The first and second liquid outlets comprise a first valve element and a second valve element, respectively, that are configured to control the pressure inside said pressure chamber. While under pressure, a first subpart of the liquid inside said pressure flows out of the first liquid outlet, and a second subpart of the liquid inside said pressure flows out of the second liquid outlet. The first subpart has a greater percentage of gas content than the percentage of gas content, if any, in the second subpart.
US12005377B2
A fuel oxygen reduction unit for an engine is provided. The fuel oxygen reduction unit includes a contactor including a fuel inlet that receives an inlet fuel flow and a stripping gas inlet that receives an inlet stripping gas flow, the contactor configured to form a fuel/gas mixture; a separator that receives the fuel/gas mixture, the fuel oxygen reduction unit defining a circulation gas flowpath from the separator to the contactor; and a level control device that controls a level of the fuel/gas mixture inside the separator by regulating the inlet fuel flow to the contactor.
US12005368B2
A system may include an inflatable assembly having a plurality of members. The system may also include a plurality of sensors disposed at a plurality of positions inside or around the inflatable assembly, such that the plurality of sensors may acquire data related to a shape of the inflatable assembly. The system also includes one or more valves, each configured to direct a fluid into a corresponding member of the plurality of members of the inflatable assembly. The system also includes a processor that adjusts positions of the one or more valves to cause the fluid to be directed into the corresponding member of the plurality of members of the inflatable assembly based on the data and a desired shape of the inflatable assembly.
US12005365B2
A gaming machine for picking up one object, and moving the object through a playing zone to a dispensing zone, the gaming machine includes a housing having at least one sidewall enclosing the playing zone and the dispensing zone, and a roof, said sidewall and roof being configured such that a standing zone is created below said roof outside the playing zone, a rail structure in the housing and extending in a first direction X, the rail structure being configured to move over said standing zone in a second direction Y, and a grabber attached to a carriage which is moveably attached to the rail structure, the carriage being configured to move along the rail structure, the grabber being configured to pick up the object.
US12005362B2
A multi-functional computer implemented system for creation of videos with various effects is provided. The computer implemented system of present invention is comprising of: a guessing subsystem that allows user to create and share a video with guessing option for other users to play a guessing game while watching the video; a challenge subsystem to allow users to challenge other users for video battles; a tracking subsystem that allows user to select any specific segment of the video, determines music/audio effect present within that segment and visualizes that music effect in video too; and a gesture detection subsystem that is provided to detect the gesture of the user and perform action associated with detected gesture.
US12005358B2
A game processing program causes a game control device to control display of an image of a virtual space. The game control device is caused to function as an object identification unit that identifies an object, which a player is observing, from an image that is displayed on a display device. The game control device is further caused to function as a progress management unit that displays support information that is information that is related to the object identified by the object identification unit.
US12005357B2
In a multiplayer video game, virtual cameras are controlled by continually assessing and ranking storylines relating to the interactions of various players during a game session. A ranking for each storyline may be based on various factors such as, but not limited to, what the players can see, the distance between certain players, nearby game items or in-game. Subsequently, at least one virtual camera is navigated to provide a view of the highest-ranking storyline, subject to certain limitations on how the camera can move, transition, or otherwise display the interactions between players.
US12005354B2
A system and method for launching gameplay from streaming content is provided. Information regarding media content may be stormed in memory. Such media content may have at least one or more trigger points and each trigger point may be associated with a set of game data specific to a gameplay scene within an interactive title. The media content may be streamed to a user device over a communication network. A selection of one of the at least one or more trigger points may be received over the communication network from the user device. Identifying the set of game data associated with the selected trigger point may be identified and the interactive title for gameplay may be launched by the user device based on the identified set of game data associated with the selected trigger point.
US12005352B2
A method for facilitating user interactions. The method includes detecting a selection by a pointer device of a first character; detecting a movement of the pointer device towards a target object; presenting an indicator; detecting that the pointer device is within a predetermined distance of the target object; determining whether a job to be executed with respect to the target object is capable of being executed by the first character; highlighting the target object when the pointer device is within the predetermined distance and the first character is capable of executing the job; assigning the first character to the 10 target object; causing the first character to execute the job with respect to the target object; and updating a presentation of the target object to present a result of the executed job.
US12005351B2
Various embodiments are directed towards employing one or more physical sensors arranged on or in proximity to a video game player to obtain biofeedback measures that are then useable to dynamically modify a state of play of a video game. The sensors may be connected or even unconnected to the game player, replace, or otherwise augment traditional physical game controllers. The sensors gather various biofeedback measures and provide such measures to a biofeedback application programming interface (API). Before and/or during video game play, the video game queries the biofeedback API to request inferences about the game player's state of arousal. The response to the query is then used to modify the state of the video game play. Where the video game is a multi-player video game, biofeedback measures from other game players may also be obtained and used to further modify the state of the video game play.
US12005349B2
To encourage viewer participation, games, contests and social interactions are able to be synchronized with programming such as television shows or commercials utilizing a second screen such as a cell phone, iPad® or laptop computer. The programming is able to be television programming, Internet programming (e.g. a video displayed on a webpage or mobile device) or any other programming. The gaming is able to be any game such as a game of skill or chance, for example, a scavenger hunt or a treasure hunt.
US12005343B2
Computer-implemented methods and systems for locating virtual elements that can be used or collected by players of a parallel reality game having a virtual world that parallels at least a portion of the real world are provided. In particular, the location of virtual elements in the virtual world is determined based on data associated with one or more real world conditions. Virtual elements can be located in the virtual world at locations corresponding to locations in the real world that encourage safe and effective game play. Locating virtual elements in the virtual world based on data associated with real world conditions improves the link between the parallel virtual world and the real world, enhancing the illusion that the virtual world is another dimension of the real world that the player can interact with through the parallel reality game.
US12005342B2
A method for playing a hold 'em card game with two hands provides a variant to a standard hold 'em card game by dealing four hole cards to a player, with each set of hole cards being independently played, bet, raised, or folded in relation to the same community cards. An initial round of wagering occurs, followed by dealing four hole cards to each player. The hole cards are played independently of each other. There is another round of betting, before a turn and a river are also dealt. If the dealer's best of five hands exceeds a poker hand ranking of the player's, the player forfeits the wager. If the player's best of five hands exceeds the dealer's, the player receives an equal amount of units to the wager.
US12005323B2
A golf club having unique mass properties and all the benefits afforded therefrom.
US12005315B2
A cycling shoe for measuring power includes a sole having a pocket in the bottom of the sole. A sensor platform having a plurality of sensors, at least one sensor on a top of the sensor platform and at least one sensor on the bottom of the sensor platform, is inserted into the pocket. A platform cover and a cleat are attached to the sole over the sensors. Force applied to a pedal clipped to the cleat is measured and processed.
US12005313B2
Exerciser (3) for hanging that can be positioned around a door (16), usable by tall and short persons, having an adjustable bar for hanging (1) which can be easily removed to free the passage through the door. It is meant either for hanging exercises, than for vertebral column stretching. It comprises a bar for hanging (1) supported by two uprights (2,2′) resting on the floor (8) and fixed to a wall (14) with spacers (12). The existence of said two uprights (2,2′) permits: 1) to place the bar (1) also above a door lintel (6), for tall users 2) to removably place the bar (1) internally to the door (16) passage, for short users, thanks to rotating adjusting junctions (18,18′). Therefore this structure does not prevent the use of a door, and permits the user to make brief exercises at any time he passes through the door.
US12005300B2
A novel rowing machine attachment includes a bracket for attaching to a roller assembly of a rowing machine and a receiver for attaching to a handle of a rowing machine. In a particular embodiment, the bracket fixably attaches to the roller assembly and the receiver releasably attaches to the bracket for selective use. In a more particular embodiment, the bracket and the receiver are both integral parts of a single rigid body structure.
US12005280B2
In one or more arrangements, a system is presented for preventing the spread of fire through a conveyor opening in a fire wall. In one or more arrangements, a fire door system is connected to the fire wall and/or conveyor proximate to the conveyor opening. The fire door system includes a door assembly, a door frame assembly, and an actuator. The door frame assembly is connected to the fire wall, covers portions of the opening below the conveyor and between belts of the conveyor, and forms a door opening above the conveyor. The door assembly is configured to move between a closed position, where door assembly covers the door opening, and an open position, where the door assembly at least partially uncovers the door opening. The actuator is configured to cause the door to be moved to the closed position in response to fire.
US12005278B1
The present invention provides methods and apparatus for use with common portable hose-equipped fire extinguishers that make the fire extinguishers usable and operable by persons having limited physical abilities. Embodiments of the apparatus include two aspects: a rigid lever lever, which may be provided in the shape of an “L”, and an adjustable harness with ring. The ring and lever with adjusting harness (RALAH) is intended to be installed on portable hose-equipped fire extinguishers. Embodiments of the invention include at least one harness strap attached to the fire extinguisher that may be released using a ring, and then wrapped over the head or shoulder of a user to support the fire extinguisher; a rigid (sometimes L-shaped) lever attached to both the handle and hose of the fire extinguisher; and at least one ring attached to the fire extinguisher hose that enables a person having limited physical abilities to manipulate the hose and discharge the contents of the extinguisher.
US12005274B2
A radiotherapy system includes an X-ray target configured to convert an incident electron beam into a therapeutic X-ray beam, a purging magnet configured to redirect unwanted particles emitted from the X-ray target away from the therapeutic X-ray beam, and a particle collector configured to absorb the unwanted particles subsequent to redirection by the purging magnet. The particle collector may be configured to dissipate at least 50% of the energy of the incident electron beam.
US12005272B1
Certain configurations are described of devices that can receive and retain a radiation measuring device during administration of a nuclear medication. In some instances, the radiation measuring device can measure radiation levels being delivered through an intravenous line positioned within the device and connected to a patient. Methods and systems using the devices are also described.
US12005250B2
Incorrect connection or mapping of leads' proximal terminals to the ports of an Implantable Stimulator Device (ISD), such as an implantable pulse generator or an external trial stimulator, is a concern, and this disclosure is directed to use of measurement and identification algorithms to either determine that leads are properly connected to their assigned ISD ports, or to determine which leads are connected to the ports even if the leads are not preassigned to the ports. Particular focus is given in the disclosed technique to assessing leads that comprise larger number of electrodes than are supported at each port, and thus have more than one proximal terminal that connect to more than one port of the ISD.
US12005243B2
A hard-packaged safety needle device comprises a needle hub having a needle cannula extending therefrom and a hard needle enclosure including a needle cover and a cap. The needle cover has an elongated body and a ribbed surface configured to create an interference fit with a proximal portion of the hub. The cap includes a body having an open distal end, a closed proximal end, and a cavity defined by the open distal end and the closed proximal end, the open distal end of the cap abutting an open proximal end of the needle cover.
US12005242B2
A needle shield assembly for use with a needle assembly is disclosed. The needle shield assembly includes an elongate needle shield comprising a shield portion, a hub connection portion and a bridge portion including a living hinge having a thickness. The bridge portion joins the hub connection portion and the shield portion. The hub connection portion includes a partially circular receiving ring having a diameter sized to frictionally receive a flange of a hub of the needle assembly. The shield portion includes two longitudinal walls defining a cavity and a needle assembling receiving cavity between the two longitudinal walls defining a recess. The shield portion is configured to pivot from an open position in which a needle cannula is exposed, to a closed needle protecting position in which a distal end of the needle cannula is within the longitudinal opening of the shield.
US12005241B2
Disclosed is an auto-injector for administering a medicament, comprising: a housing; a cartridge receiver configured to receive a cartridge comprising a first stopper; a drive module coupled to move a plunger rod configured to move the first stopper; a resistance sensor configured to provide a resistance signal indicative of resistance against movement of the plunger rod; and a processing unit coupled to the drive module and to the resistance sensor. The processing unit being configured to: control the drive module to move the plunger rod towards the extended plunger rod position; determine present plunger rod position; receive the resistance signal; determine a cartridge parameter based on the resistance signal and the present plunger rod position; and control the drive module to adjust the movement of the plunger rod based on the cartridge parameter.
US12005240B2
An auto-injector for administering a dose of a liquid medicament (M) is present having a tubular chassis telescopable in a tubular case, a carrier subassembly comprising a tubular carrier slidably arranged relative to the chassis inside the case, where the carrier is adapted to contain a syringe with a hollow injection needle. The injector also has a drive spring and a plunger for forwarding load of the drive spring to a stopper of the syringe, wherein the syringe is lockable for joint axial translation with the carrier. A control spring is arranged around the carrier for translating the carrier in a proximal direction (P) for insertion of the needle through the chassis into an injection site.
US12005237B2
A pharmaceutical delivery device includes a cartridge containing a fluid. The cartridge includes a light pipe section having an input location and a light diffusing section optically coupled to the light pipe. A light source is optically coupled to the cartridge at the input location to the light pipe, such that at least some light from the light source entering at the input location is diffused at the light diffusing section.
US12005233B2
An automated system for controlling a patient's blood glucose, including a blood glucose sensor, a device for measuring a physical activity of the patient, and a processing and control unit, wherein: the processing and control unit is configured to generate, by convolution of a signal PA supplied by the device for measuring a physical activity of the patient with a decreasing mathematical function H, a signal IPA representative of the influence of the patient's physical activity on his/her insulin sensitivity; and the processing and control unit is configured to calculate, from a first patient-specific mathematical model fCR and taking into account signal IPA and from a single blood glucose value Gr measured by the sensor, a factor CR representative of the patient's insulin sensitivity.
US12005229B2
A medicament delivery system, including a medicament container and a delay mechanism that is activated prior to completion of medicament delivery from the medicament container. The delay mechanism automatically activates a subsystem or initiates an operation subsequent to the completion of the medicament delivery.
US12005228B2
A patency device for catheter assemblies and other elongate tubular devices used for establishing access to an interior body portion of a patient is disclosed. The patency device establishes and preserves patency of one or more lumens defined by the catheter assembly by providing impulses of positive pressure to fluid disposed in the lumen of the catheter assembly. In one embodiment, the patency device comprises a fluid reservoir configured to provide a fluid path to at least one lumen of the catheter assembly, and a pressure input portion. The pressure input portion is configured to provide pressure for one or more impulses of positive pressure to a fluid disposed within the lumen. The impulses are configured to dislodge occlusions that may have formed in the lumen. A negative pressure can then be provided to the lumen to aspirate the occlusion.
US12005224B2
A method of controlling flow through a flexible tube includes providing a pinch clamp mechanism including a pinching element and a pinching surface configured to apply a force on the flexible tube when the flexible tube is positioned between the pinching element and the pinching surface. The method also includes displacing the pinching element relative to the pinching surface with a mechanical drive unit and biasing the pinching element toward the pinching surface with a spring.
US12005220B2
The application provides a dissolvable microneedle device to deliver immune stimulants to the skin. The application also provides a method of treating a skin condition comprising applying a dissolvable microneedle device to the skin.
US12005209B2
A balloon catheter having an elongated catheter shaft defining a fluid drainage lumen and a balloon inflation lumen. The balloon catheter includes a fluid drainage port disposed about the distal end of the catheter shaft in fluid communication with the fluid drainage lumen, and a balloon inflation port disposed about the distal end of the catheter shaft in fluid communication with the balloon inflation lumen. A balloon portion is disposed about the distal end of the catheter shaft in fluid communication with the balloon inflation port. A release device is disposed in fluid communication with the balloon portion and the fluid drainage lumen, and includes an activating member. A tether is attached to the activating member of the release device. Tension applied to the tether activates the release device, enabling fluid flow from the balloon portion into the fluid drainage lumen and out of the body.
US12005208B2
An intravascular blood pump (1) comprises a ring seal (10) that is configured to assume a collapsed configuration and an expanded configuration and configured to contact and seal against an inner wall of the patient's blood vessel when inserted therein in the expanded configuration. A support member (12; 13) is disposed inside the ring seal (10) in order to support the ring seal (10) from the inside, wherein the support member (12; 13) is configured to collapse at least partially when a predetermined pressure difference between a proximal area and a distal area of the blood vessel acting on the ring seal (10) is exceeded.
US12005202B2
An elongated catheter includes a tissue-engaging device configured to be urged to move and contact a first surface of the first biological wall. The tissue-engaging device extends from the distal catheter section. The tissue-engaging device is configured to be urged to puncture through the first biological wall. The tissue-engaging device is also configured to be urged to contact the first biological wall without impinging the second biological wall, after the tissue-engaging device has punctured through the first biological wall.
US12005201B2
A puncture visualization device can include a guidewire having a proximal section, a distal section, and a distal tip. The device can include a needle having a needle lumen configured to receive the guidewire. The device can include a lock, and the lock can engage with the guidewire. For instance, engagement of the lock with the guidewire can inhibit relative motion between the guidewire and the needle. The device can include an optical sensor, for example located at the distal tip of the guidewire. The optical sensor can be locked into a position, for instance by the lock. In an example, the device provides a distal field of view from a location within the needle and near a distal end of the needle for visualization to facilitate puncturing a target with the distal end of the needle.
US12005197B1
A urological device, that provides for the guided placement of the distal end of an indwelling catheter into a patient's bladder, includes: (a) a cylinder whose proximal end has a larger diameter than its distal end, (b) a confirmation lumen in the cylinder that is configured to allow for drainage of urine from a patient's bladder to confirm the necessary placement of the device's distal end in a patient's bladder, (c) a guide wire lumen in the cylinder that extends between its ends, (d) a guide wire, and (e) wherein the guide wire lumen is configured to first allow for the passage of the guide wire's distal end through the guide wire lumen and into the patient's bladder and then the withdrawal of the cylinder from the patient's urethra while leaving behind the guide wire's distal end in the patient's urethra for use in the insertion of an indwelling catheter.
US12005194B2
A configurable oxygen concentrator for providing various flow rates and volumes of concentrated oxygen to a patient includes an electro-mechanical assembly having a housing with a first face, a second face and an outer surface. The oxygen concentrator also includes a first battery, a second battery, a first adsorbent container and a second adsorbent container. The first and second batteries are removably mountable to the first face and the first and second adsorbent containers are removably mountable to the second face to permit modification of the concentrated oxygen capacity and operating life of the concentrator as the patient progresses through different stages of a breathing disease. The first battery has a first battery capacity that is less than a second battery capacity of the second battery. The first adsorbent container has a first adsorbent capacity that is less than a second adsorbent capacity of the second adsorbent container.
US12005193B2
A conduit connector assembly is provided for a respiratory therapy apparatus and configured to connect a patient interface to a gas delivery conduit. The assembly comprises: a conduit comprising a first flow port configured to be connected to the patient interface, and a second flow port configured to be connected to the gas delivery conduit, and a supplementary flow port; and a first valve port configured to be closed or opened by a valve flap. The conduit and the valve flap selectively provide an inspiratory flow path from the second flow port of the conduit to the first flow port of the conduit; and an expiratory flow path from the first flow port of the conduit to the supplementary flow port via the first valve port. A supplementary gas flow path is provided between the first and/or second flow ports and the supplementary flow port via a supplementary valve port.
US12005191B2
The invention relates to a respiratory mask with an interface for the connection of at least two components, wherein the interface is round or oval and has a maximum diameter, and the components each make available at least one subregion of the interface. The component has a grip part which extends radially outward from the subregion and which is configured as a pressing surface or gripping means for fingers or the hand of an operator, wherein the component has two grip parts, wherein the subregions are in form-fit engagement with each other in an assembled state and are movable about a rotation axis (DA), for which purpose the grip part is rotatable to different rotation positions relative to the two grip parts.
US12005190B2
A nasal cannula comprises a body portion, having a first end and a second end spaced from the first end by the body portion; a body fluid inlet port formed at the first end, and a body fluid outlet port formed at the second end; and a first nasal inlet port and a first nasal outlet port each extending from the body portion of the cannula. The first nasal inlet port is in fluid communication with the body fluid outlet port, and the first nasal outlet port is in fluid communication with the body fluid inlet port. The nasal cannula includes first and second end caps at the first and second ends respectively. The first and second end caps are attachable to the body portion. The body fluid inlet port is formed in the first end cap, and the body fluid outlet port is formed in the second end cap.
US12005188B2
In accordance with the present invention, there is provided an adaptor or attachment which is suitable for integration into the patient circuit of a ventilation system, such as a non-invasive open ventilation system, is configured for attachment to any standard ventilation mask, and is outfitted with a jet pump which creates pressure and flow by facilitating the entrainment of ambient air. The adaptor comprises a base element and a nozzle element which are operatively coupled to each other. The base element further defines a throat and at least one entrainment port facilitating a path of fluid communication between the throat and ambient air. The nozzle element includes a jet nozzle, and a connector which is adapted to facilitate the fluid coupling of the nozzle element to a bi-lumen tube of the patient circuit. The connector includes both a delivery port and a sensing port. The jet nozzle and the delivery port collectively define a delivery line or lumen which fluidly communicates with the throat of the base element, and is placeable into fluid communication with the delivery lumen of the bi-lumen tube.
US12005181B2
According to certain aspects, a negative pressure wound therapy system can include a negative pressure therapy apparatus configured to apply negative pressure to a wound of a patient. The negative pressure therapy device can include a wound dressing configured to be placed over the wound, a negative pressure source supported by the wound dressing, and a controller. The controller can include a processor configured to determine operating data of the negative pressure therapy apparatus and transmit the operating data. The negative pressure wound therapy system can further include a wireless communication device having a controller with one or more processors. The controller of the wireless communication device can be configured to be communicatively coupled to the negative pressure therapy apparatus and further configured to receive the operating data transmitted by the controller of the negative pressure therapy apparatus. The controller can be further configured to output the operating data.
US12005176B2
The processes and equipment for collecting and recovering residual blood from cardiopulmonary bypass provide increased efficiency in hemoconcentrators and hemodialysers. Residual blood collection and recovery equipment for extracorporeal circulation circuits include a flow-limiting valve disposed at an exit of a hemofilter, which automatically regulates a resistance in a line as a function of an inlet pressure. The valves of the residual blood collection and recovery equipment also include an opening that is proportional to a flow and a hematocrit. The systems and methods for blood recovery can be used after surgery or for hemodialysis, in addition to other applications.
US12005159B2
Systems, methods, and devices having improved conformal properties for biomedical signal measurement are disclosed. A device can have a first polymer substrate coupled to a conductive layer forming a conductive trace electrically coupled to a conductive pad exposed via an opening. The device can have a second polymer substrate forming a first cavity between the first polymer substrate and the second polymer substrate. The device can have a first inlet portion that receives a fluid that expands the first cavity causing the device to conform to an anatomical structure. The structure can be an atrium, such as the left atrium, of the heart of a patient. The device can conform to the walls of the tissue structure, and the conductive pad exposed via the opening can detect a signal from the wall of the tissue structure. The signal can be provided to an external measurement device for processing.
US12005145B2
A method of preparing a pharmaceutical composition having a drug-containing core enclosed by one or more metal oxide materials is provided. The method includes the sequential steps of (a) loading the particles comprising the drug into a reactor, (b) applying a vaporous or gaseous metal precursor to the particles in the reactor, (c) performing one or more pump-purge cycles of the reactor using inert gas, (d) applying a vaporous or gaseous oxidant to the particles in the reactor, and (e) performing one or more pump-purge cycles of the reactor using inert gas. The temperature of the particles does not exceed 35° C. This produces a pharmaceutical composition comprising a drug containing core enclosed by one or more metal oxide materials.
US12005142B2
The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising at least one liposome and a therapeutic agent for treating depression or anxiety, with a therapeutic agent to lipid ratio equal to or higher than about 0.15. The pharmaceutical composition improves the pharmacokinetic profile and sustains the release of the therapeutic agent. Also provided is the method for treating depression or anxiety using the pharmaceutical composition disclosed herein.
US12005141B2
Disclosed herein is a liquid pharmaceutical formulation substantially free of water, comprising: (i) amlodipine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, (ii) at least one pharmaceutically acceptable excipient, and (iii) a sufficient amount of a vehicle comprising glycerin. Also disclosed herein is a liquid pharmaceutical formulation substantially free of water and ethanol, comprising: (i) amlodipine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, (ii) at least one pharmaceutically acceptable excipient, and (iii) a sufficient amount of a vehicle comprising glycerin.
US12005140B2
The present invention relates to a film comprising an alginate salt of a monovalent cation or a mixture of alginate salts containing at least one alginate salt of a monovalent cation, and a compound of Formula (I), such as adrenaline, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The present invention further relates to methods for manufacturing such a film, and the use of such a film in the treatment of a human patient, in particular the use of such a film in the treatment of a condition selected from anaphylaxis, superficial bleeding and cardiac arrest.
US12005129B2
In one aspect, compositions are described herein. In some embodiments, a composition described herein comprises, consists of, or consists essentially of an MRI-active or MRI-sensitive polymer or oligomer formed from (i) a non-alkoxylated and non-alkenoxylated citric acid, citrate, or ester/amide of citric acid, and optionally an alkoxylated or alkenoxylated citric acid, citrate, or ester/amide of citric acid, (ii) a polyol/polyamine such as a diol/diamine, (iii) a monomer comprising an MRI contrast agent, and (iv) an amino acid monomer. The polymer or oligomer may be photoluminescent and MRI-sensitive. In another aspect, imaging methods utilizing the compositions described herein are described. In another aspect, scaffolds, grafts, and films comprising, consisting of, or consisting essentially of the compositions described herein are described.
US12005128B1
A probe comprising a biomarker-triggered moiety, a near infrared (NIR) fluorophore reporter, a self-immolative linker and a self-immobilizing moiety for visualization of senescent cells and methods of use thereof.
US12005126B2
The present invention relates to pharmaceutical composition for the oral delivery of Pentosan Polysulfate sodium (PPS). In particular, the invention discloses compositions of PPS in form of nanoparticles with a suitable polymer aimed to improve the PPS absorption in the small intestine and reduce or eliminate the side effects in the colon.
US12005122B2
Compositions and methods of using these compositions that can include a targeting moiety and a therapeutic agent are described herein. These compositions can be used for diagnosing and/or treating flaviviridae—family viruses including Zika virus, dengue virus, and yellow fever.
US12005119B2
Polyacrylamide-based copolymers act as stabilizing excipients in formulations of antibody biopharmaceutical agents without interacting directly with the antibody or altering its pharmacokinetic properties. The polyacrylamide-based copolymers confer a substantial stability benefit to high concentration compositions of a variety of antibodies by precluding adsorption of the antibody to the interfaces of the composition, preventing undesirable aggregation events and maintaining the binding activity of the antibody. Such antibody compositions are useful in methods of administering the composition to a subject.
US12005110B2
Embodiments herein include an attenuated live vaccine composition for protection against Neisseria spp. infection, the vaccine composition comprising an effective amount of Snodgras sella alvi (S. alvi), or an antigen component thereof, and methods for treating or preventing disease related to or aggravated by Neisseria gonorrhoea is provided.
US12005106B2
The present invention relates to a vaccine suitable for immunisation against influenza, plague or Y. pestis infection said vaccine comprising outer membrane vesicles (OMVs) and the plague vaccine including the V and/or F1 antigens of Y. pestis.
US12005104B2
The invention relates to the field of cancer, in particular colorectal cancer. In particular, it relates to the field of immune system directed approaches for tumor reduction and control. Some aspects of the invention relate to vaccines, vaccinations and other means of stimulating an antigen specific immune response against a tumor in individuals. Such vaccines comprise neoantigens resulting from frameshift mutations that bring out-of-frame sequences of the APC, ARID1A, KMT2D, RNF43, SOX9, TCF7L2, TP53, and ZFP36L2 genes in-frame. Such vaccines are also useful for ‘off the shelf’ use.
US12005095B2
A eutectic extraction solvent for extracting plant (e.g. vegetable) and/or animal and/or prokaryotic biological material, wherein the solvent is a clear, stable and fluid mixture comprising: (a) betaine or a hydrated form of betaine; (b) at least one hydrogen bond donor compound selected from the group consisting of polyols and organic acids; and (c) water with the proviso that the eutectic extraction solvent does not contain any exogenous sugar and/or amine salt and/or anion.
US12005090B2
Disclosed herein is a probiotic composition including Lactobacillus salivarius subsp. salicinius AP-32 that is deposited at the China Center for Type Culture Collection (CCTCC) under an accession number CCTCC M 2011127, and Bifidobacterium longum subsp. longum OLP-01 that is deposited at the China General Microbiological Culture Collection Center (CGMCC) under an accession number CGMCC 17345. Also disclosed herein are use of at least one of the abovementioned lactic acid bacterial strains for treating obesity and/or an obesity-related disorder, and for inhibiting fat absorption.
US12005085B2
A method to reduce the likelihood of a dysbiosis of the vaginal microbiome in an individual employing a probiotic method and composition for maintaining a healthy vaginal microbiome, with particular embodiments including a bacterial formulation of at least two live bacteria selected from the group consisting of L. reuteri, L johnsonii and L. crispatus, and at least one prebiotic having glycogen as a component thereof. The bacterial formulation is administered to an individual's vagina in an amount sufficient for the bacterial formulation to generate an amount of tryptophan metabolites sufficient to act as aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR) agonists, thereby reducing inflammation in the individual's vagina. Certain embodiments include increasing the production of SCFAs in the individual's gut microbiome, while reducing the production of SCFAs in the individual's vagina and introducing ammonia oxidizing microorganisms to the individual's vagina.
US12005079B2
Engineered orthogonal cytokine receptor/ligand pairs, and methods of use thereof, are provided.
US12005077B1
The present invention introduces an ophthalmic solution containing halo-fullerenes. When the spherical fullerene carbon cages are functionalized with halogens, the resulting halo-fullerenes demonstrate sustained antimicrobial activity. Fullerenes are also characterized by unique electron properties that impart antioxidant capabilities as free radical scavengers. Nonetheless, far smaller than ocular tissue cells, halo-fullerenes are biocompatible—and capable of penetrating intricate barriers, like the cornea and conjunctiva, with potential to achieve greater efficacy and symptom relief in chronic dry eye than conventional treatments. With remarkable surface area, halo-fullerenes also allow customization and possess a unique molecular architecture for broader applications. This multifunctional solution thus imparts antimicrobial activity, antioxidative protection, molecular lubrication, and shielding from external irritants while penetrating dense ocular structures. Without the need for antibiotic additives or preservatives, the invention can offer an effective, safe option for dry eye treatment, prophylaxis in contact lens solutions, and post-surgical care.
US12005076B2
A soluble zinc polyphosphate complex made by combining ingredients which include an inorganic zinc salt and a plurality of long chain polyphosphates having 6 or more phosphate polymer units, the relative amount of inorganic zinc salt and long chain polyphosphates providing a phosphorus to zinc mole ratio of at least 6:1. Further provided is a method of making this soluble zinc polyphosphate.
US12005072B2
The instant invention relates to a method for reducing the risk for development of anti-viral treatment resistance due to an HIV mutation in a human subject infected with HIV, comprising administering EFdA in combination with one or more anti-viral agents.
US12005062B2
The present disclosure is directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising sildenafil or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and one or more pharmaceutical excipients or additives wherein the pharmaceutical compositions are in the form of liquid pharmaceutical compositions. The pharmaceutical compositions of the present disclosure are useful for the treatment of diseases or conditions which are treatable by administration of sildenafil or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof such as pulmonary arterial hypertension, erectile dysfunction, etc.
US12005056B2
The new compound 3-(1-(2,3-dichloro-4-methoxyphenyl) ethyl)-1-methyl-1-(1,3, 3-trimethylpiperidin-4-yl)urea monohydrochloride salt has a high capability to permeate through the blood-brain barrier and to display, at central nervous system level, a consistent ghrelin agonist activity; the compound is effective in the treatment and/or prevention of a medical condition mediated by the ghrelin receptor in the central nervous system. In particular, in experimental tests, the compound has shown high efficacy in the treatment of neurotoxic damage, with a useful combined pattern of neuroprotective effects both at central and peripheral level. The compound is further useful in the treatment of conditions which require a reduction of the heart rate. The compound is pharmacologically active at low to moderate doses, thus showing a favourable therapeutic index.
US12005051B2
The present invention is directed to methods for improving the therapeutic outcome of treatment with roflumilast. The therapeutic outcome is improved by consistent delivery and/or a longer plasma half-life of a topically administered roflumilast composition. The roflumilast composition preferably includes dicetyl phosphate, ceteth-10 phosphate, diethylene glycol monoethyl ether, and/or hexylene glycol.
US12005046B2
Pharmaceutical compositions of the invention include substituted riluzole prodrugs useful for the treatment of cancers including melanoma, breast cancer, brain cancer, and prostate cancer through the release of riluzole. Prodrugs of riluzole have enhanced stability to hepatic metabolism and are delivered into systemic circulation by oral administration, and then cleaved to release riluzole in the plasma via either an enzymatic or general biophysical release process.
US12005045B2
The present invention relates to method of modulating TIGIT signaling pathway and PD-1 signaling pathway. The invention also encompasses the use of the compound of formula (I) or a stereoisomer thereof or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof for the treatment of diseases or disorders mediated by both TIGIT signaling pathway and PD-1 signaling pathway.
US12005038B2
Provided are methods and compositions suitable for treating acne, disrupting a biofilm, and/or killing bacteria contained in a biofilm. Certain methods comprise applying to a surface having a biofilm a composition comprising a first alpha hydroxy acid, a second alpha hydroxy acid, and a polyhydroxy acid.
US12005037B2
The present invention relates to bioavailable fill compositions containing one or more of a decongestant, an expectorant, an antitussive, an analgesic, and/or an antihistamine; capsules filled with the bioavailable fill compositions; and methods of making same.
US12005014B2
The present invention relates to an assembly, configured to detect a body on a support, comprising: —the support having a body receiving surface configured to receive the body; —an array of sensors that is arranged at a distance relative to the body receiving surface of the support and comprising: —a plurality of presence detectors; —at least one liveliness detector; and —a controller configured to detect the presence of a living person based on measurement signals of both the presence detectors and the at least one liveliness detector.
US12005005B2
A foot holding assembly that includes a boot configured to hold the foot of the patient, a rigid sole coupled to the boot, a pivot arm having a first end rotatably coupled to the sole, a slider block pivotally coupled to a second end of the pivot arm and configured to be slidably mounted to a rail. The slider block includes a segmented body including a pair of longitudinal segments and a lateral segment, and a retainer disposed at an lateral interface of the pair of longitudinal segments and the lateral segment, wherein the retainer is configured to receive a second end of the pivot arm, wherein the pair of longitudinal segments and the lateral segment of the segmented body are each configured to move relative to one another in response to insertion of the second end of the pivot arm into the retainer.
US12004996B2
A microfluidic flow restrictor that uses micron-sized beads to impede flow is described. The flow rate can be adjusted by adding or removing the beads using injection needles through self-sealing ports, one injection needle injecting or aspirating beads and another injection needle pushing or pulling fluid from outside of a bead trap within the flow restrictor. In alternative embodiments, the beads or other filler material can be trapped in a manifold bead trap such that they block a subset of fluid channels of the flow restrictor, allowing fluid to flow freely through the rest of the fluid channels. The flow restrictor can be integrated with a contact lens or implantable medical device for use in dispensing liquid therapeutic agents at flow rates of microliters per minute or moving body fluids at a controlled rate from one part of the body to another.
US12004989B2
A splint includes a band having a first end portion, a second end portion, and a middle portion extending between the end portions. The splint also includes at least one elongated member formed from a bendable material having at least a middle portion extending axially along the middle portion of the band, a first hook portion bent relative to a longitudinal axis of the band, and a second hook portion bent relative to the longitudinal axis of the band. The splint also includes at least one first perforation positioned in the band to receive the first hook portion and a second perforation in the band positioned to receive the second hook portion for securing the end portions of the band together forming at least one loop sized to support an injured limb and/or appendage of a patient.
US12004988B2
Devices for and methods of measuring, enhancing, and facilitating optimal spinal alignment utilizing an Atlas bar with an Atlas pad inserted into an Atlas sheath, configured when worn by a user to rest on three distinct areas of the user's spine: (a) the Atlas pad at the center of the Atlas vertebra; (b) the Atlas sheath at the center of the thoracic region; and (c) a sacrum pad on the Atlas sheath at the center of the sacrum. Atlas pads may be removed and replaced as the user's spinal alignment improves. Devices may be held in place on the user's body with a torso harness, affixed in jackets or other wearable garments, or backpacks. In use, the Atlas bar and sheath are in simultaneous physical contact with three areas of the user's spine, providing tactile feedback to the user and creating proprioceptive awareness resulting in improving spinal alignment over time.
US12004970B2
A method for connecting at least two structural parts of an orthopedic component, wherein the structural parts are retained in an orienting device while oriented in relation to each other, and an intermediate space thus being formed between the structural parts. The orienting device and the structural parts together form a cavity, which has a flow connection to at least one feed connection, via which an adhesive for adhesively bonding the structural parts is introduced into the cavity.
US12004969B2
The invention relates to a method for producing a breast prosthesis (1) having an adjustable volume, wherein the breast prosthesis comprises a first shell body (10), a second shell body (20) which is circumferentially connected thereto, and a fluid chamber (30) arranged between the shell bodies, wherein the method comprises the following steps: (a) peripherally connecting four plastic films to provide a template comprising three chambers; (b) filling the upper and lower chambers with a crosslinkable silicone filler; and (c) crosslinking the silicone filler.
US12004957B2
The present invention provides systems, devices, and methods for using two or more flexible bands to constrain shoulder and/or hip replacement components to reduce dislocation and/or instability (e.g., constrain the glenosphere against a glenosphere recess, or constrain a femoral head against an acetabular component). In certain embodiments, one end of the flexible bands are attached to, or are held by, a first ring (e.g., expandable ring, such as a snap ring) that is configured to be operably connected (e.g., via a humeral baseplate) to a humeral stem, while another end of the flexible bands are attached to, or are held by, a second ring (e.g., flat ring, washer, annular, hoop, or orbital) that is configured to be operably connected (e.g., via a scapular baseplate) to a scapular bone.
US12004930B2
The diaper of the present invention is a fixed flat cloth diaper. The diaper is ‘fixed’, because an outer layer of the diaper resembles the final format of a flat, rectangular cloth diaper having been folded origami style into a shape suitable for donning on a wearer by a user. The outer layer functions primarily to retain the diaper upon the wearer and has a stomach panel for obtaining a good closure of the diaper on the wearer. The diaper is ‘flat’, because an inner layer of the diaper is attached to the outer layer, and the inner layer is a flat, rectangular shape which is customizable for absorbency and can be folded into a flat insert configuration of the user's choice prior to donning the diaper on the wearer. The inner layer functions primarily to absorb waste (urine and feces) excreted by the wearer.
US12004927B2
Ultrasonic welding is performed by passing a first sheet layer, a second sheet layer, and an elastic film interposed therebetween in a stretched state in a machine direction between an anvil roll having a large number of protrusions and an ultrasonic horn. The anvil roll includes a region having the protrusions and in the region. A site, in which welding is performed by one ultrasonic horn, has a portion in which an area rate of the protrusions changes in a roll circumferential direction and a roll length direction. A difference between a maximum value and a minimum value in a change of the area rate of the protrusions in the roll circumferential direction is 4.5% or less, and a difference between a maximum value and a minimum value in a change of the area rate of the protrusions in the roll length direction is 1.5% or less.
US12004921B2
Disclosed are a scan guide providing method and an image processing device therefor. A scan guide providing method according to an embodiment comprises the steps of: displaying, on a scan screen, a guide scan path for providing a scanning strategy of an intraoral scanner; tracking a user scan path actually scanned, along the guide scan path, by the intraoral scanner; and displaying the tracked user scan path together with the guide scan path.
US12004920B2
A zygomatic dental implant includes a generally cylindrical body, an interior threaded bore, and an asymmetrical external feature. The generally cylindrical body has a coronal portion and an apical portion. The generally cylindrical body has a main-central axis. The interior threaded bore is formed in the coronal portion of the generally cylindrical body for receiving a screw configured to removably hold an abutment in engagement with the zygomatic dental implant. The interior threaded bore has a bore-central axis. The asymmetrical external feature is on at least a portion of a first side of the generally cylindrical body such that the asymmetrical external feature is configured to directly engage alveolar bone of the patient. The asymmetrical external feature includes a plurality of circumferentially extending grooves.
US12004915B2
Removable denture data of a removable denture is produced, and disk frame data of a disk frame in which the removable denture is accommodated is produced, thereby building the disk frame based on the disk frame data. Next, a resin disk in which artificial teeth are embedded is produced by arranging the artificial teeth in the disk frame and curing a base resin, and a denture base is milled by milling the resin disk based on the removable denture data, thereby manufacturing the removable denture in which a base side of the artificial teeth is embedded in the denture base. As a result, artificial teeth having an excellent aesthetics may be used, it is possible to firmly join the artificial teeth and the denture base to each other, and it is possible to manufacture a removable denture with a favorable restoration accuracy of the artificial teeth.
US12004908B2
An ultrasound imaging system transmits two beams in succession in the same beam direction, the waveform of the second beam being a phase inverted form of the first waveform, and each waveform containing first and second major frequency components. Echoes are received from along the beam direction in response to each beam transmission, and are processed by additively and subtractively combining the two echo sequences on a common depth basis. The echo components resulting from this processing extend from high frequencies for good near field resolution to low frequencies for good depth penetration, and include fundamental, harmonic, and sum or difference frequency components. The linear and nonlinear echo signal components may be frequency compounded for speckle reduction.
US12004907B1
A system for detecting/quantifying the conductance of a right-to-left cardiac shunt includes a mouthpiece assembly, a solenoid-driven vacuum/pressurization assembly; a controller for operating the solenoid-driven vacuum/pressurization assembly; and a monitor for displaying the instructions from the controller. A microbubble counting cell and digital image sensor are combined with software-based image analysis to determine a number of microbubbles contained in a microbubble counting zone. A monitor enables operator specification of total volume of contrast agent to be injected into the patient. One or more first Doppler ultrasound transducer arrays are positioned adjacent to targeted intracranial arteries at one side of the skull or a pair of first Doppler ultrasound transducer arrays positioned adjacent to targeted intracranial arteries at both sides of the skull. A second Doppler ultrasound transducer is positioned on the precordium of the patient to detect the arrival of microbubble-containing contrast agent in the right atrium of the patient.
US12004903B2
A spiral ultrasonic tomography imaging method and system are provided. The method is to use synchronous rotation of an ultrasonic probe or cyclic switching of emission array elements in the ultrasonic probe under the premise of a uniform displacement of the ultrasonic probe along the Z axis, so that the change trajectory of the positions of emission array elements over time in a three-dimensional space at each ultrasonic emission time is distributed along a spiral line or a curve. During the process of the uniform displacement of the ultrasonic probe along the Z axis, the ultrasonic probe emits ultrasonic waves and receives and collects echo data. The collected echo data is stored and post-processed to realize ultrasonic tomography imaging of an object. The spiral ultrasonic tomography three-dimensional scanning method and the corresponding system realize rapid continuous uninterrupted data acquisition to ensure that higher spatial resolution in the Z-axis direction.
US12004898B2
An non-Doppler flow imaging system is disclosed that overlays a B-flow imaging sequence over B-mode ultrasound image data.
US12004897B2
A quantitative analysis method for cardiac motion, and an ultrasonic system, said method comprising: emitting an ultrasonic wave to a target heart; receiving an ultrasonic echo returned from the target heart; determining an ultrasonic image of the target heart according to the ultrasonic echo; acquiring an area of interest in the ultrasonic image; and tracking the motion of the area of interest, so as to acquire torsion parameters of the target heart and the confidence of the torsion parameters. The present invention performs quantitative analysis on the torsion motion of the heart, and also provides the confidence of the analysis result, that is, quantitative evaluation is also performed on the analysis result, assisting the physician in making a more accurate cardiac function evaluation.
US12004892B2
Devices, methods, and systems are provided for analyzing lung imaging data. A server computing device receives imaging data of a lung over a network from a client computing device and analyzes the imaging data to identify lung, airways, and blood vessels, segment the lung into lobes, subtract airways, calculate volumes, calculate emphysema scores, identify fissure locations, calculate fissure completeness scores. A reconstruction of the fissures indicating locations where the fissures are incomplete and a report comprising fissure scores, volumes, and emphysema scores are created.
US12004891B1
Systems for preparing a medical report, and related methods, generate and output feedback indicative or potential errors in the medical report. A system for preparing a medical report is configured to receive image data for a medical image of a patient, display the medical image, monitor content of the medical report during preparation of the medical report, process the image data to detect one or more organs of the patient imaged in the medical image, compare the content of the medical report with the one or more organs imaged in the medical image to detect one or more potential errors in the medical report, and output feedback indicative of the one or more potential errors in the medical report.
US12004889B2
Methods and systems are provided for a medical imaging system having a detector array. In one example, the detector array may include a plurality of adjustable imaging detectors, each of the plurality of adjustable imaging detectors including a detector unit, each detector unit having a plurality of rows of detector modules, wherein the plurality of adjustable imaging detectors may be arranged on an annular gantry, the annular gantry configured for rotation about an axis of a cylindrical aperture of the annular gantry, the axis extending a length of the cylindrical aperture, and wherein each of the plurality of adjustable imaging detectors may be disposed within the cylindrical aperture and may extend orthogonally toward the axis.
US12004886B2
A second near-infrared window/first near-infrared window dual-mode fluorescence tomography system having a lighting module, an excitation module, a second near-infrared window collection module, a first near-infrared window collection module, a CT imaging module and a central control module. The central control module is configured to reconstruct second near-infrared window three-dimensional and tomographic images and first near-infrared window three-dimensional and tomographic images based on the white light images, the second near-infrared window fluorescent images, the first near-infrared window fluorescent images, and the CT images. The reconstructed three-dimensional space tumor signal has depth characteristics, which is closer to the real distribution of tumors, such that the reconstruction position is more accurate. The three-dimensional shape of the tumor is displayed intuitively and clearly at any angle with the usage of image display unit.
US12004878B2
An electrophysiology catheter includes an elongated support member with shape-memory as a first composite component and an elongated outer tubing as a second composite component, the support member defining a longitudinal axis of the catheter, the support member including a distal portion with a plurality of single-axis sensors, and the elongated outer tubing generally coextensive with the elongated support member, the tubing including a side wall surrounding a lumen through which the support member extends and joins with the outer tubing to form a catheter, the tubing including conductive wires embedded in the side wall and ring electrodes on an outer surface of the side wall, each ring electrode in conductive contact with a respective conductive wire.
US12004876B2
An auto-powered biosensor capable detecting a target molecule, and a method of powering the same, wherein the biosensor is fabricated with a microfluidics layer, a multimodal sensing layer comprising a biofuel cell and an electrode, and a logic circuit that may include a processor and non-transitory memory with computer executable instructions embedded thereon.
US12004875B2
A patient monitor can noninvasively measure a physiological parameter using sensor data from a nose sensor configured to be secured to a nose of the patient. The nose sensor can include an emitter and a detector. The detector is configured to generate a signal when detecting light attenuated by the nose tissue of the patient. An output measurement of the physiological parameter can be determined based on the signals generated by the detector. The nose sensor can include an inner prong and an outer prong to assist the nose sensor in securing to a patient's nose. The detector can be coupled to an inner post of the inner prong and can be configured to secure to an interior or exterior portion of the patient's nose.
US12004870B2
The disclosed physiological feedback systems and methods assist with assessing, monitoring and/or treating a patient experiencing a cardiac arrest event. The systems and methods receive multiple inputs and are continuous and/or iterative during a treatment session to provide physiological state trends of the patient. An index of the physiological state of the patient can be derived and confounders, and/or their effects, can be identified, and/or removed, from the index. Additionally, the systems and methods can assist with determining ischemic injury in a patient based on cerebral tissue oxygenation and/or other physiological data.
US12004866B2
Provided is a non-invasive system and method for determining a fuel value for a target muscle and potentially at least one indicator muscle. The method includes receiving an ultrasound scan of a target muscle; evaluating at least a portion of the ultrasound scan to determine fuel value within the target muscle; recording the determined fuel value for the muscle as an element of a data set for the muscle; evaluating the fuel data set to determine a value range; and in response to the range being at least above a pre-determined threshold, establishing a target score for the muscle as based on an upper portion of the value range. The method may be repeated to identify ranges for a plurality of muscles, the muscle with the greatest range being identified as an indicator muscle. Based thereon, the muscles estimated fuel level, fuel rating and energy status may be determined.
US12004862B2
In one embodiment, a method includes receiving first intracardiac signals including first far-field components captured by at least one first sensing electrode of a first catheter, the at least one sensing electrode being in contact with tissue of a cardiac chamber of a first living subject, and at least one far-field signal captured from at least one far-field electrode inserted into the cardiac chamber and not in contact with the tissue of the cardiac chamber, training a neural network to remove far-field components from intracardiac signals responsively to the first intracardiac signals and the at least one far-field signal, receiving second intracardiac signals captured by at least one second sensing electrode of a second catheter inserted into a cardiac chamber of a second living subject, and applying the trained neural network to the second intracardiac signals to remove respective second far-field components from the second intracardiac signals.
US12004861B2
A device includes an EMG processing application operable with a processing module to receive an output signal from EMG testing, wherein the output signal represents electrical activity of at least one muscle. The EMG processing application is operable to process the output signal to detect at least one type of waveform of a plurality of types of waveforms from the output signal and display the detected at least one type of waveform.
US12004856B2
Physiologic sensors and methods of application are described. These sensors function by detecting recently discovered variations in the spectral optical density at two or more wavelengths of light diffused through the skin. These variations in spectral optical density have been found to consistently and uniquely relate to changes in the availability of oxygen in the skin tissue, relative to the skin tissue's current need for oxygen, which we have termed Physiology Index (PI). Current use of blood gas analysis and pulse oximetry provides physiologic insight only to blood oxygen content and cannot detect the status of energy conversion metabolism at the tissue level. By contrast, the PI signal uniquely portrays when the skin tissue is receiving ‘less than enough oxygen,’ ‘just the right amount of oxygen,’ or ‘more than enough oxygen’ to enable aerobic energy conversion metabolism. The PI sensor detects one pattern of photonic response to insufficient skin tissue oxygen, or tissue hypoxia, (producing negative PI values) and a directly opposite photonic response to excess tissue oxygen, or tissue hyperoxia, (producing positive PI values), with a neutral zone in between (centered at PI zero). Additionally, unique patterns of PI signal response have been observed relative to the level of physical exertion, typically with a secondary positive-going response trend in the PI values that appears to correspond with increasing fatigue. The PI sensor illuminates the skin with alternating pulses of selected wavelengths of red and infrared LED light, then detects the respective amount of light that has diffused through the skin to an aperture located a lateral distance from the light source aperture. Additional structural features include means of internally excluding light from directly traveling from the light emitters to the photodetector within the sensor. This physiology sensor and methods of use offer continuous, previously unavailable information relating to tissue-level energy conversion metabolism. Several alternative embodiments are described, including those that would be useful in medical care, athletics, and personal health maintenance applications.
US12004853B2
Embodiments include medical device systems, medical devices, including accelerometers and chemical sensors, and methods of using the same to determine the posture of a patient. In an embodiment, a medical device system herein includes an accelerometer configured to generate a signal reflecting a position of a patient, a chemical sensor configured to generate a signal reflecting physiological analyte data of the patient and a controller in electrical communication with the accelerometer and the chemical sensor. The controller can be configured to determine a posture of the patient using the position signal generated by the accelerometer and the signal generated by the chemical sensor. Other embodiments are also included herein.
US12004850B2
A method comprises identifying a target location within a patient anatomy, receiving a position for a tip portion of an interventional instrument at a first location within the patient anatomy, and determining a three-dimensional distance between the first location and the target location. The method further comprises displaying on a display system an image that includes a symbol representing the target location and a symbol representing the tip portion of the instrument and displaying on the display system a rotational assist symbol indicating a rotational orientation of the tip portion. As the tip portion is actuated, the image is displayed so that the symbol representing the tip portion is a frame of reference for the image and the symbol representing the target location moves with respect to the symbol representing the tip portion to represent a new location of the tip portion relative to the target location.
US12004849B2
Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for registering electromagnetic navigation data of a luminal network to a 3D model of the luminal network includes accessing a 3D model of a luminal network based on computed tomographic (CT) images of the luminal network, the 3D model corresponding to a CT coordinate space, selecting a plurality of reference points within the 3D model of the luminal network, accessing a plurality of survey points within the luminal network, the plurality of survey points being based on electromagnetic navigation data and corresponding to a body coordinate space, correlating the plurality of reference points and the plurality of survey points to determine pairs of correlated reference points and survey points; and deriving a transformation that maps the body coordinate space to the CT coordinate space based on the pairs of correlated reference points and survey points.
US12004848B2
A blood flow meter includes a rotor configured to be placed within a flow of blood and to be driven to rotate by the flow of blood; a magnetic encoder configured to sense the rotation of the rotor and to generate a rotation signal based on the sensed rotation of the rotor; a first pressure sensor configured to measure an upstream pressure; a second pressure sensor configured to measure a downstream pressure; and a control unit. The control unit is configured to determine a differential pressure, the differential pressure including a difference between the downstream pressure and the upstream pressure; and cause an alteration to the rotation of the rotor based on the differential pressure.
US12004847B2
A radial artery signal measuring device includes a flexible signal sensor, a signal processor, and a flexible cable. The flexible signal sensor is fixed on a skin surface over a radial artery by a patch during use. The flexible signal sensor includes a flexible substrate, at least one infrared light source, and a light detector. The at least one infrared light source is used to emit an infrared light to the radial artery, wherein the wavelength of the light source is infrared light greater than 1000 nm. The light detector is used to receive the infrared light reflected by the radial artery and generate a radial artery signal. The signal processor includes a housing for fitting the wrist of a user, a circuit board, a microprocessor, and a battery. The flexible cable is used to transmit the radial artery signal to the microprocessor.
US12004842B2
The present disclosure provides an OCT imaging system having a variety of advantages. In particular, the OCT system of the present disclosure may provide a more intuitive interface, more efficient usage of controls, and a greater ability to view OCT imaging data.
US12004838B2
Methods, apparatus and systems for wireless vital sign monitoring are described. In one example, a described system comprises: a transmitter configured to transmit a wireless signal through a wireless channel of a venue; a receiver configured to receive the wireless signal through the wireless channel that is being impacted by an object motion of an object in the venue; and a processor. At least one of the transmitter or the receiver comprises an array of antennas used to transmit or receive the wireless signal. The object motion comprises at least one non-periodic body motion of the object and at least one periodic vital-sign motion of the object. The processor is configured for: segmenting space around the venue into a plurality of sectors based on a beamforming and the received wireless signal, wherein each sector of the plurality of sectors is associated with a spatial direction relative to the array of antennas, obtaining a plurality of time series of channel information (CI) of the wireless channel based on the beamforming, wherein each time series of CI (TSCI) of the plurality of TSCI is associated with a respective sector of the plurality of sectors, isolating the object motion of the object in the plurality of TSCI to generate a plurality of isolated TSCI, compensating for the at least one non-periodic body motion of the object in the plurality of isolated TSCI to generate a plurality of compensated TSCI, and monitoring the at least one periodic vital-sign motion of the object based on the plurality of compensated TSCI.
US12004834B2
A medical device includes a first link, a second link, and a band. A proximal end portion of the first link is coupled to a shaft. A proximal end portion of the second link is rotatably coupled to a distal end portion of first link about a first axis. The distal end portion of the second link includes a connector coupled to a tool member that is rotatable relative to the second link about a second axis that is non-parallel to the first axis. The first link defines a first guide channel and the second link defines a second guide channel. A distal end of the band is disposed within the first guide channel and the second guide channel, and is coupled to the tool member. The second link is rotatable relative to the first link about the first axis when the distal end of the band is moved.
US12004833B2
Techniques for maintaining instrument position and orientation include a computer-assisted device having a control unit and an articulated structure. The articulated structure includes a plurality of joints and is configured to support an instrument. The control unit is configured to determine an error that is introduced, by movement of a first joint of the plurality of joints, to a position of the instrument, an orientation of the instrument, or both the position of the instrument and the orientation of the instrument; and in response at least to determining that a second joint of the plurality of joints is at a range of motion limit or is about to reach the range of motion limit drive one or more joints of the plurality of joints to partially reduce the error, the one or more joints not comprising the second joint, and provide feedback that not all of the error is reduced.
US12004828B2
A multi-joint type surgical device, and more particularly, to a multi-joint type surgical device capable of being mounted on a robot arm or operated manually for use in laparoscopic surgery or various surgeries.
US12004823B2
Ophthalmic surgical systems and methods for displaying graphical user interfaces in ophthalmic surgical systems are disclosed. An example ophthalmic surgical system has alternative setup conditions, and a host computer is configured to detect the setup condition and to display on a display screen a graphical user interface corresponding to the detected setup condition. The alternative setup conditions may be based upon a configuration of an ophthalmic surgical console and/or based upon which type of fluidics cassette is installed on the ophthalmic surgical console. In some embodiments, the host computer is configured to display on the display screen a graphical user interface that graphically indicates the instrument ports that are available and/or that are not available for instrument connections in the detected setup condition.
US12004819B2
Disclosed are systems, devices, and methods for performing treatment along a lumen network, an exemplary method comprising receiving image data of a patient's lungs, mapping one or more luminal networks inside the patient's lungs based on the received image data, identifying a treatment target in the image data, determining a luminal pathway to the treatment target via at least one of the luminal networks, configuring treatment parameters for treatment of the treatment target and at least one of the luminal networks, navigating a tool inside at least one of the luminal networks to the treatment target, treating the treatment target with a primary treatment modality, and treating the luminal pathway of at least one of the luminal networks leading to or from the treatment target with a secondary treatment modality.
US12004796B2
A cryoablation method, system, and device that allows for real-time and accurate assessment and monitoring of PV occlusion and lesion formation without the need for expensive imaging systems and without patient exposure to radiation. The system includes a cryoballoon catheter with a cryoballoon, a distal electrode, a proximal electrode, and a temperature sensor. Impedance measurements recorded by the electrodes may be used to predict ice formation, quality of pulmonary vein occlusion, and lesion formation.
US12004793B2
Disclosed herein are bi-spring surgical hammer impact tools and methods of use thereof. The bi-spring surgical hammer impact tools can include an elongated drive rod disposed in the housing and including an impact flange in a mid-region thereof. A tool implement can be mounted to a first end of the elongated drive rod. An impact shuttle can be mounted on the elongated drive rod and can include first and second impact surfaces opposing opposite faces of the impact flange. A plurality of annular teeth can be defined by an exterior surface of the impact shuttle. First and second springs can be disposed against opposite ends of the impact shuttle. A partial tooth pinion attached to a drive shaft and movable for engagement with the plurality of annular teeth of the impact shuttle can be included.
US12004791B2
A device for hydrating particulate bone material is provided. The device comprises a tubular member having an interior surface and an exterior surface. The interior surface is configured to receive the particulate bone material and a hydration fluid. The exterior surface has a plurality of pores configured to allow the hydration fluid to flow into the interior surface of the tubular member and hydrate the particulate bone material. The plurality of pores are smaller in size than the particulate bone material. Methods of dispensing particulate the bone material are also provided.
US12004787B2
Arthrodesis devices and arthrodesis procedures are disclosed herein. In an embodiment, an arthrodesis device includes a shape memory material connecting member attached to two points of fixation.
US12004773B2
A robotic surgical system includes an access port having a plurality of sensors incorporated therein and a surgical instrument having an end effector for use with, and connection to a robot arm. The sensors measure a loading parameter between tissue and the access port when the shaft is inserted through the access port. The sensors wirelessly transmit signals indicative of the loading parameter to a processing unit. The estimated loads at the tip of the end effector of the surgical instrument are provided in real-time to a haptic feedback interface for communicating haptic feedback to a user. The haptic feedback increases or decreases in intensity in response to a specific event, occurrence, or operational characteristic related to the estimated loads.
US12004757B2
A clot removal system comprises a catheter, a vacuum source, and a controller. The catheter comprises a proximal end, a distal end, and controller operating parameters and defines a lumen configured to be filled with a liquid column having a proximal portion. The vacuum source is configured to supply vacuum. The controller is configured to carry out a control pattern of turning on and off the vacuum based upon the controller operating parameters and is configured to receive the controller operating parameters in an automatic response to the catheter being operatively connected to at least one of the vacuum source and the controller and, responsive to the connection, to carry out the control pattern to change a level of vacuum at the distal end of the catheter.
US12004737B2
A surgical fastener instrument (30) includes an outer delivery tube (36); an inner delivery shaft (42), disposed at least partially in the outer delivery tube (36); and a handle (44) coupled to a proximal portion (46) of the outer delivery tube (36), and including a user control element (48) arranged to rotate the inner delivery shaft (42) with respect to the outer delivery tube (36). A suture fastener (32) is removably disposed in the outer delivery tube (36) in an unlocked conical helical configuration. Distal advancement of the inner delivery shaft (42), when one or more portions of one or more sutures (22) pass through respective portions of the suture fastener (32), transitions the suture fastener (32) from the unlocked configuration to a locked planar spiral configuration, in which the one or more sutures (22) are fixedly coupled to the suture fastener (32). Other embodiments are also described.
US12004736B2
Instruments for placing complex sutures into animal tissues, including instruments useful in arthroscopic surgical techniques which minimize incision size. Manipulate the flat tissue by, for example, rolling, wrinkling, folding, bending or tucking the tissue so that a needle can be placed through the tissue more than once. Sutures are placed, for example from top-to-bottom and bottom-to-top with a single pass of a straight needle. Roll, wrinkle, fold, bend or tuck the flat tissue so that a needle can be placed through the tissue more than once. Suturing a loop through the tissue that another suture will pass through result in sewing both sides of the tissue. This will allow surgeons to place complex locking and grasping suture configurations that will significantly improve the repair.
US12004724B2
A method for cleaning an endoscope during a surgical procedure performed with a surgical instrument. The method includes: measuring with a processor module an aggregate activation time of the surgical instrument during the surgical procedure; and activating an endoscope cleaning system with the processor module to clean a lens of the surgical instrument after the processor module determines that the measured aggregate activation time of the surgical instrument has reached a target duration.
US12004717B2
A modular endoscope system comprises a first modular section comprising imaging and illumination units, and a patient-insertable second modular section that can be detached to the first modular section via an attachment mechanism, wherein the first modular section is positionable at a distal end section of the second modular section and is configured to illuminate and image a portion of a patient anatomy. A method of using a modular endoscopy system comprises attaching a first modular section of the modular endoscopy system to a second modular section of the modular endoscopy system, positioning at least a portion of the modular endoscopy system within a patient, illuminating and imaging a portion of a patient anatomy via the first modular section, removing the modular endoscopy system from the patient, and detaching the second modular section from the first modular section after removal of the modular endoscopy system from the patient.
US12004698B2
A compact counter manual use tableware hydro-cleaning apparatus (10, 10′) comprising two operating units defined by a first unit (12, 12′) and by a second unit (14) not rigidly connected to each other, separable, movable and positionable/repositionable independently with respect to each other, the first unit (12, 12′) defining a control unit which houses the components/devices required for the operation of the hydro-cleaning apparatus and the second unit (14) defining a tableware washing chamber.
US12004692B2
A sheet product dispenser is provided that includes a housing and a packaging unit arranged in the housing. The packaging unit includes a roll of sheet products and a liquid-tight bag in which the roll is arranged. The liquid-tight bag includes a removal opening for removal of the sheet products, the removal opening being delimited by a dimensionally stable coupling ring made of a tough material. The dimensionally stable coupling ring is connected to an annular feeder encompassing a feeder opening, and the housing and the annular feeder are non-destructively and releasably connected to one another.
US12004691B1
A tool generally includes a food holding region and a handle region. The food holding section generally includes two opposing and pivotally engaged pairs of holding arms. Each pair of holding arms forms a side of the food cage, so that when the tool is in the closed position and food of appropriate dimension is inserted therein, the cage holds the food about its outer surfaces. The holding section includes a center-facing end toward the pivot structure and/or portion, and a distal end that is blunted or rounded, formed by the bent shape of the holding arms. The handle section includes handle section legs extending from the pivot structure and/or portion each to a distal end configured and dimensioned for holding and manipulating the tool.
US12004689B2
A conveyor toaster includes a toaster cabinet, an opening extending through the toaster cabinet and configured to receive a food product, and a conveyor assembly positioned in the toaster housing and associated with the feed opening. The conveyor assembly includes a conveyor belt configured to be operated by a drive motor to transport the food product past a heating element. The conveyor toaster further includes a an input sensor arranged proximate the opening and configured to detect the food product and a processor operably coupled to the input sensor and the conveyor assembly. The processor is configured to change between an operating condition with a first belt speed and an idle condition with a second belt speed based upon a signal from the input sensor.
US12004681B2
The disclosure introduces a beverage cooling device, including a body, a first cooling tank, a second cooling tank, a cooling pipeline, a cleaning module and a control unit. The first cooling tank is configured in the body and filled with a first coolant; the second cooling tank is configured in the body and filled with a second coolant; the cooling pipeline includes a first pipeline and a second pipeline, wherein the first pipeline is connected to an inlet end, the second pipeline is configured in the second cooling tank and connected to the first pipeline and an outlet end; the cleaning module is configured in the body and includes a cleaning pipeline and a valve body, wherein the cleaning pipeline is connected to a cleaning liquid source and the inlet end, the valve body is connected to the cleaning pipeline, the control unit is connected to the valve body.
US12004679B2
A coffee maker (10) provides a controlled release of heated water into brewing material (28). In one embodiment the coffee maker (10) includes a spiraling nozzle (74) releasing heated water over the brewing material held (74) in the coffee maker (10). The nozzle (74) provides a single release point at each instant providing improved exposure of the brewing material (28) to the heated water. In another embodiment the coffee maker (10) includes a rotating sprinkler arm (202a) releasing heated water into the brewing material (74). In either embodiment motion may be provided by the flow of heated water, or by an electric motor (100).
US12004670B2
Disclosed is an automated key and mail storage apparatus that includes a container with one open side; a flexible cover; a mail holder; and a plurality of key holders. The magnetic strip secures a plurality of keys within the key and mail storage apparatus. The keys include metal rings that adhere to the magnetic strip. The motor end brackets is attached at each end at the top of the container to support a shaft. Attached to the shaft is motor which rotates the shaft. The flexible cover is attached to shaft and rolls up and down based on the motor rotation. The mail holder is attached to the back of container to provide storage of the mails. The key holders are attached to the back of container to provide storage of the keys.
US12004668B2
A device for hanging and displaying garments in an aesthetically pleasing manner, and methods of using the device.
US12004667B1
A stemware retention device for preventing tipping of stemware includes a first plate, which is substantially planar. Each slot of a set of slots extends into the first plate from its perimeter. A spacing element, which is attached to and which extends from a lower face of the first plate, supports the first plate above a substantially horizontal surface, such as a tabletop. A plurality of panels is attached to from the first plate's lower face so that each slot is bracketed by a pair of panels. Each panel extends from the first plate to proximate to the substantially horizontal surface. The panels are resiliently flexible so that each pair of panels can engage a base of an article of stemware as its stem is inserted into a respective slot. Thus, tipping of the article of stemware relative to the substantially horizontal surface is inhibited.
US12004663B2
Elements of the present disclosure provide chair apparatus comprising: a seat comprising: a top portion configured to contact at least a portion of a user of the chair apparatus, and a bottom portion; a back support secured to the bottom portion, the back support configured to contact at least a portion of the user of the chair apparatus; a chair base comprising: a cylinder, a first end of the cylinder securing to the bottom portion of the seat, a cylinder base secured to a second end of the cylinder, one or more legs secured to the cylinder base; a table system comprising: a table arm revolvably secured to the cylinder such that the table arm is configured to axially rotate independently and undisturbed around the seat and the back support, and a table portion hingedly connected to the table arm and positioned above the top portion of the seat.
US12004662B2
A furniture system includes an office productivity structure (OPS). The furniture system also includes a sensor coupled to the OPS, the sensor operable to detect occupancy of the OPS and generate an output signal indicative of the occupancy; and a processor coupled to the sensor. The processor is operable to receive the output signal generated by the sensor, determine, based on the output signal, that the OPS is occupied, and, in response to determining that the OPS is occupied, generate a command to initiate at least one action associated with the OPS or an operator of the OPS.
US12004659B2
The present invention relates to seat systems, and more specifically to seat systems suitable for supporting users sitting in a cross-legged or kneeling position during activities such as meditation. Sitting closer to the ground, cross-legged, and/or kneeling enables the brain to easily enter a parasympathetic mode, providing users of the seat system a greater sense of calmness. The Multi-Angle Knee blocks (MAKs) offer a greater level of hip support for users.
US12004658B2
A shooting rest chair, components thereof, and associated methods. The shooting rest chair includes a base configured to rest on a support surface. A seat supported by the base is sized and shaped to support a shooter when the shooter is sitting in the seat. A pivot hub is supported by the base and connects the base to the seat. A weapon support arm assembly connects to the pivot hub by a first pivot connection. The weapon support arm assembly is configured to support the weapon and is pivotable with respect to the base and the seat about the first pivot connection.
US12004653B1
Various sheet configurations that improve mattress fit are described. For example, sheets having elastic corners, gripping mechanisms, and faceted side panels are provided that enhance sheet-to-mattress fit. The features employed by some or all of the versions of the sheet described herein enhance interconnection of the sheet onto the mattress, wherein sheets securely interconnect to mattresses having rounded corners or maintain fit with mattresses that have portions that selectively move.
US12004638B2
A holder for a wirelessly locatable tag may include a snap assembly coupling a first element of the holder to a second element of the holder thereby securing the wirelessly locatable tag within a recess of the holder, the snap assembly including a male assembly having a protrusion component, a female assembly defining an opening that is configured to receive the protrusion component, a groove defined in one of either the male assembly or the female assembly, a compression ring positioned in the groove and configured to retain the male assembly to the female assembly, and a compliant member positioned in the groove and providing a biasing force on the compression ring.
US12004626B2
Provided is a foot exfoliator with a high-gloss nail polisher in which one surface of a hard plate such as a glass plate is divided into a foot exfoliating region and a nail polishing region, the foot exfoliator including a foot exfoliating part, in which one protrusion selected from protrusions having a circular shape, an elliptical shape, and a rhombic shape and a protrusion column are periodically and repeatedly arranged in a predetermined region of the plate, and a nail polishing part, in which a plurality of vertical stripe protrusions or inclined stripe protrusions are arranged to perform nail polishing in regions of an area of the plate excluding the foot exfoliating part.
US12004617B2
The present invention is directed to a trolley case with a charging device, which comprises a case body, a pull rod frame mounted on the case body and a traveling wheel mechanism installed at the bottom of the case body; the pull rod frame is provided with a telescopic pull rod used for dragging the case body, the pull rod frame is provided with a charger accommodating cavity positioned in the middle of the pull rod and used for placing a charging device, the upper part of the charger accommodating cavity is provided with an opening, sliding chutes are arranged on both sides of the opening, and a sliding cover used to cover or open the opening is slidably arranged in the sliding chutes. The independent storage position of the external charging device of the present invention is convenient for taking the charging device at any time, and the setting of the sliding cover prevents the charging device from falling out easily; the spring can eject the charging device and can make the charger accommodating cavity adapted to charging devices of various specifications, the specifications of the charging device are proportional to the compression deformation of the spring, the larger the charging device is, the more greatly the spring is compressed, and the smaller the charging device is, the more slightly the spring is compressed.
US12004614B1
A grip configured for interconnection to a therapy or walking pole is provided. The grip includes tactile, visual, and/or auditory feedback systems that help ensure a user is using the walking poles correctly. The feedback information may also be directed to a therapist for review.
US12004609B2
A link component for a jewellery item includes a hollow body with substantially opposed, spaced side surfaces, one or more junction elements connecting the side surfaces, at least one connecting arm projecting outwardly from one side surface, and a through opening on the opposed side surface. The connecting arm of one link component is designed to be inserted into a corresponding through opening of an adjacent link component. At least one pin with a substantially polyhedral shape and dimensioned smaller than the overall dimensions of such connecting arm is provided on one of the side surfaces, and a corresponding connecting through hole having shape and dimensions substantially equal to those of the pin is on the opposed side surface. The pin of a link component is inserted into a corresponding connecting through hole of an adjacent link component, to prevent relative rotation around the axis of the pin.
US12004600B2
A footwear assembly can comprise, an upper, a lace cable, a plurality of lace guides and a tensioner. The tensioner can comprise an elastic member extending between two lace guides of the plurality of lace guides, an elastic member extending between first and second portions of the upper, an elastic member extending between a portion of the upper and a lace guide of the plurality of lace guides, a heel channel connected to a heel portion of the upper and configured to facilitate access to an interior space, an elastic member coupled to the footwear assembly that functions to smooth out a torque versus lace displacement curve during tightening of the lace cable.
US12004589B2
A sole structure for an article of footwear is provided. The sole structure includes an outsole having a ground-engaging surface and an upper surface formed on an opposite side of the outsole than the ground-engaging surface. A first cushion is disposed proximate to a medial side of the sole structure and includes a first fluid-filled chamber attached to the upper surface of the outsole and a second fluid-filled chamber attached to the first fluid-filled chamber and disposed between the first fluid-filled chamber and the upper. A second cushion is disposed proximate to a lateral side of the sole structure and includes a third fluid-filled chamber attached to the upper surface of the outsole and a fourth fluid-filled chamber attached to the third fluid-filled chamber and disposed between the third fluid-filled chamber and the upper. The second cushion is fluidly isolated from the first cushion.
US12004587B2
A footwear sole structure may include a plurality of discrete hexagonally-shaped sole elements defined by a plurality of sipes. The sipes may include a plurality of sipes that extend in a transverse direction across the sole structure and a plurality of sipes that extend in an oblique direction relative to the transverse sipes. A plurality of sipes may also subdivide the hexagonally-shaped sole elements into one or more diamond-shaped sole element portions. The sole structure may include additional features such as non-hexagonal sole elements and lugs distributed across a bottom surface of the sole structure.
US12004583B2
A hat brim technology for framing one or more brim opening in a hat brim. A brim clip which engages at least a portion of a brim opening and which can optionally secure a number of brim material layers when in an installed state. A method for creating a framed brim opening in a hat brim. A cap including at least one panel and a brim having an opening in a shape of at least one of an advertisement, a logo, a design, a statement, a phrase, an emblem of a sports team, company, or organization.
US12004579B2
A camouflage system and methods of making camouflage systems. The camouflage comprises a series of image layers that are sequenced and superimposed to create a repeatable composite image that reduces visibility to first set of sensors (e.g., an animal's eyes) while enhancing visibility to a second set of sensors (e.g., a human's eyes). The camouflage includes a base set of layers that may be used to mimic a macro-environment, a pattern layer, and a detail set of layers that may be used to mimic a microenvironment. The camouflage may be presented in various color schemes, with one suitable scheme being a range of colors centered around safety orange (Pantone 152) and a range of colors from grey to black.
US12004576B2
An absorbent garment has a pair of breast cups, each having a layer of moisture-wicking one-way transport material, an inner layer of absorbent terry cloth, an inner layer of foam, and an outer layer of water-resistant material. An inner face of the absorbent terry cloth is fully laminated to an outer face of the one-way transport material. An outer face of the absorbent terry cloth is fully laminated to an inner face of the foam. An outer edge of the one-way transport material is coupled to an outer edge of the foam. An outer face of the foam is fully laminated to an inner face of the water-resistant material. The absorbent terry cloth has an outer edge that does not extend to the outer edges of the one-way transport material or the foam such that the absorbent terry cloth is fully enclosed between the one-way transport material and the foam.
US12004575B2
A brassiere to be worn by a wearer is disclosed. The brassiere includes a pair of bra cups. The brassiere also includes at least one side wing attached to lateral peripheries of the pair of bra cups to support the brassiere around a torso of the wearer, when worn. The brassiere further includes a pair of straps attached to top peripheries of the pair of bra cups to support the brassiere on shoulders of the wearer, when worn. Herein, at least one of the at least one side wing and the pair of straps comprise one or more flat-knit fabric layers.
US12004573B2
An electronic cigarette device has an elongate main body including a power supply unit, electrical circuitry and a seating for a liquid reservoir. Front and back panels are slidably attached to the elongate main body and configured to move in the longitudinal direction between an extended position and a retracted position. The panels include connectors configured to slide on rail members in a longitudinal direction. The connectors include a movable portion that is movable relative to a fixed portion, and which allows movement of the panel in a direction that is transverse to the longitudinal axis of the rail members.
US12004566B2
Apparatus for an aerosol generating device comprises a circuit comprising an inductive element for heating a susceptor arrangement to heat an aerosol generating material. The apparatus also comprises a controller configured to determine a change in an electrical parameter of the circuit when the circuit is changed between an unloaded state wherein the susceptor arrangement is not inductively coupled to the inductive element, and a loaded state wherein the susceptor arrangement is inductively coupled to the inductive element. The controller is configured to determine a property of the susceptor arrangement from the change in the electrical parameter of the circuit.
US12004556B2
A conveyor for aligning rod-shaped articles and including a succession of flutes which are movable along a feed path and which are configured to hold respective rod-shaped articles or groups of rod-shaped articles. For each flute, the conveyor has an abutment portion, disposed at least at one end of the flute to define an abutment surface for one end of the rod-shaped article or group of rod-shaped articles housed in the suction flute. The abutment portion is provided with at least one suction zone to hold the end of the rod-shaped article or group of rod-shaped articles by suction against the abutment portion. The suction zone is defined by a plurality of suction perforations, connected or connectable to a negative pressure source and whose transverse size is, for example, smaller than 1 mm, preferably smaller than 0.8 mm and, still more preferably, smaller than 0.6 mm.
US12004554B2
This unique and novel exemplary embodiment of an invention relates to a multi-use tool used for handling and preparing a variety of herbal products for smoking or consumption. The multi-use tool comprises a substantially compact, flat profile that allows the multi-use tool to be conveniently stored and readily accessible when needed. The multi-use tool provides a combination of tools specially designed for preparing and handling herbal products.
US12004553B2
The present disclosure provides a method for extracting tar aroma components from a cigarette butt and use of the tar aroma components in a cigarette. The method includes the following steps: (1) adding the cigarette butt to an extraction solvent, and carrying out ultrasound-assisted extraction to obtain an extraction solution; (2) centrifuging the extraction solution, and carrying out vacuum distillation on the supernatant to obtain a concentrated extractum; and (3) carrying out molecular distillation on the concentrated extractum, and collecting a light fraction of the molecular distillation to obtain the tar aroma components. In the present disclosure, the cigarette butt is used as a raw material, through the ultrasound-assisted extraction and separation by the molecular distillation to extract the tar, harmful substances in the tar are removed, and the aroma components are retained. The tar aroma components are applied to a heat-not-burn cigarette, so that the aroma, smoke and taste characteristics of the heat-not-burn cigarette are improved, and the problems of insipidness and uneven aroma release of the heat-not-burn cigarette are solved effectively.
US12004552B2
A method of moulding products from a mass of food stuff. The method includes providing a pump, which pumps the mass towards a mould member, providing detection means, which detects unwanted objects in the mass, removing a portion of the mass via a valve in case an unwanted object is detected, moving a mould cavity, which is part of the mould member past a feed channel, wherein the feed channel is connected to a feed pump, filling the mass into the mould cavity to form a product until a predetermined filling pressure is reached, ejecting a gas through a porous sidewall and/or a porous bottom of the mould cavity to eject the product, wherein no ejection gas is provided when the predetermined filling pressure has not been reached.
US12004550B2
A destemming device includes a housing, a motor, and a belt system configured to fit within the housing. The housing includes at least one cutting aperture. The belt system includes a first belt assembly and a second belt assembly. The first belt assembly includes a first plurality of rollers and a first gripper belt extending around the first plurality of rollers. The second belt assembly includes a second plurality of rollers and a second gripper belt extending around the second plurality of rollers. The first gripper belt and the second gripper belt define a nip. The at least one cutting aperture is aligned with the nip. The motor is operatively connected to the belt system.
US12004547B2
The present invention is related to the field of reddening of food products. In particular the present invention relates to the preservation or optimization of nitrate reductase activity of frozen and/or dried lactic acid bacteria cultures or Micrococcaceae cultures (particularly cultures comprising one or more species of Staphylococcus having nitrate reductase activity).
US12004546B2
The method may include retrieving a first cooking profile associated with the first food item, wherein the first cooking profile comprises at least one first temperature set point and at least one first time period. The method may also include controlling a temperature of the grill to the first cooking profile. The method may further include retrieving a second cooking profile associated with a second food item, wherein the second cooking profile comprises at least one second temperature set point and at least one second time period. The method may also include combining the first cooking profile and the second cooking profile to form a hybrid cooking profile comprising at least one third temperature set point and at least one third time period. The method may further include controlling the grill to the hybrid cooking profile after beginning the second cooking session.
US12004542B2
A method of improving taste and/or off-taste of a food, beverage, confection, or concentrate composition includes a step of providing a food, beverage, confection, or concentrate composition that includes two or more of: a sour additive; a bitter additive; and a sweetener. The method also includes a step of adding 1,3-propanediol to the food, beverage, confection, or concentrate composition to form a tasteful composition, whereby said tasteful composition has improved taste and/or off-taste as compared to a food, beverage, confection, or concentrate composition that does not include 1,3-propanediol.
US12004540B2
The present invention includes meat chips and methods of making meat chips comprising: blending a meat product and a high oleic oil, and optionally a seasoning, into a meat batter; extruding the meat batter into a casing; cooking to the meat batter; slicing the meat batter into meat slices; and microwaving at a temperature not exceeding 200° F. the meat slices into a meat chip.
US12004521B2
A hydrolysis method for obtaining a hydrolysed dry food product in powder form by adding an acid solution to a material having a vegetable or animal origin for obtaining an acidified paste having a pH of less than 2.0; leaving the acidified paste to rest for the hydrolysis to take place; adding to the acidified paste obtained in the previous step a ground flour having a vegetable or animal origin having a granulometry such that, at least, 50% thereof has a size of less than 1 mm; adding an adsorbent excipient to the mix of acidified paste and ground vegetable/animal flour obtained in the previous step; and leaving the mix of acidified paste, ground vegetal/animal flour and adsorbent excipient to rest until the hydrolyzed dry food product in powder form is obtained.
US12004520B2
Provided is a filling for a food product including a viscous, essentially anhydrous fat cream and at least one hydrophilic additive embedded in the fat cream, wherein the fat cream includes at least one outer region adjacent to an outer surface of the fat cream, at least one inner region, and at least one transition region disposed between the outer region and the inner region, wherein a mass fraction C of the hydrophilic additive increases continuously along a gradient G from the inner region through the transition region to the outer region.
US12004515B2
The present invention is from the field of disinfection and antisepsis and relates more particularly to the use of a grape extract as a virucide against viruses of the coronavirus family, adenovirus family, murine norovirus family, vaccinia virus family and poliovirus family.
US12004511B2
The present invention relates to a method for controlling dallisgrass or tropical signalgrass in warm-season turfgrass, comprising applying to the warm-season turfgrass or to the locus of the warm-season turfgrass an effective rate of pinoxaden.
US12004505B2
An agricultural distribution device includes a plurality of spreading elements arranged on a distribution linkage and adapted to spread granular material on an agricultural land, a detection device adapted to detect plant rows on the agricultural land, an adjustment device configured to change an impact area of the granular material dispensed by one or more of the spreading elements on the agricultural land during a spreading process, and a control device which is adapted to control the adjustment device as a function of the plant rows on the agricultural land detected by the detection device during the spreading process.
US12004503B2
A compensation system for an agricultural machine comprises a distributor boom mounted on a chassis in a height-adjustable manner. The distributor boom has side parts which are pivotably arranged to the left and right on a central part, and a plurality of distribution elements arranged thereon which are connected to a storage container for material to be distributed. A vertical position of the distributor may be changed by an actuating device. A data processer is configured to generate actuating signals for the actuating device for changing the vertical position. To prevent collisions of the distributor boom with the ground while at the same time minimizing drift, a sensor device is configured to detect rotation of the chassis or the distributor boom in the direction of travel and the data processer is configured to generate actuating signals for the actuating device based upon the rotation.
US12004501B2
A multilayer protective device such as, but not limited to, a garment such as a vest or arm or leg wrap, a bag, a backpack, wraps for tents, camping items, etc. designed to be worn by domesticated or farm animals of various sizes and/or humans or placed on objects for which predator attack is to be deterred. The multilayer protective device is made from a multi-layered composite textile containing a non-toxic, non-lethal repellent substance such that upon a bite from an attacking animal, the non-toxic, non-lethal repellent substance is released deterring the attacking animal for such a time as to allow the wearer or user of the protective device to escape or be rescued.
US12004492B2
A system is described including a scale device for measuring weight of a food container, wherein one or more applications run on at least one processor of the scale device and are configured to detect weight of the food container and its contents using the scale device. The one of more applications are configured to detect a first weight measurement of the food container, wherein the first weight measurement includes weight of the food container and a first amount of food, to detect a second weight measurement of the food container, wherein the second weight measurement includes the weight of the food container, the first amount of food, and a second amount of food, wherein the second weight measurement is an updated weight measurement of the food container, to subsequently log weight measurements of the food container at time intervals, and to intermittently adjust and monitor the updated weight measurement.
US12004489B2
Fodder mixing wagon with a mixing container and at least one mixing member arranged rotatable therein for fodder components and a sensor system arranged to co-rotate on the mixing member for examining at least one of the fodder components and/or a fodder mixture formed therefrom. A data transmission system with a transmitter a receiver which are associated with one another in a co-rotating and not co-rotating arrangement for wireless data transmission to and/or from the sensor system; and/or an electrical generator for supplying power to the sensor system. The transmitter and receiver are arranged such that the wireless data transmission is within the mixing container; and the generator is arranged on the stator side to co-rotate with the mixing member and on the rotor side is coupled not to co-rotate. Data transmission is provided with a low transmission power. Inductive data and power transmission may be used.
US12004486B2
An information handling and alarm system is provided to help pet owners care for and find lost pets.
US12004483B2
A pet hair removal apparatus has a plurality of engagement members. The apparatus has a handle and connected base member. At the end of the handle is a pointed end defined by a pointed tip. The pointed end and pointed tip operates in an operational engagement position to remove pet hair from the surface of an inanimate object, such as a couch or other fabric. The pointed end removes hair or other debris that are in or near a crease or crevice of the fabric. This operational engagement position is one of a number of other operational engagement positions for the pet hair removal apparatus.
US12004473B1
A novel soybean variety, designated 5PKJG00 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety 5PKJG00, cells from soybean variety 5PKJG00, plants of soybean 5PKJG00, and plant parts of soybean variety 5PKJG00. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety 5PKJG00 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety 5PKJG00, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety 5PKJG00, and methods of characterizing soybean variety 5PKJG00. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety 5PKJG00 are further provided.
US12004462B2
A wheat variety designated 6PFEZ17B, the plants and seeds of wheat variety 6PFEZ17B, methods for producing a wheat plant produced by crossing the variety 6PFEZ17B with another wheat plant, and hybrid wheat seeds and plants produced by crossing the variety 6PFEZ17B with another wheat line or plant, and the creation of variants by backcrossing, mutagenesis or transformation of variety 6PFEZ17B are disclosed. Methods for producing other wheat varieties or breeding lines derived from wheat variety 6PFEZ17B and to wheat varieties or breeding lines produced by those methods are also provided.
US12004461B2
One embodiment relates to seed and plants of inbred watermelon line WTL0088. Another embodiment relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of inbred watermelon line WTL0088, and to methods for producing a watermelon plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves, with another watermelon plant, such as a plant of another genotype, or with vegetatively propagating said plant. Another embodiment further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. Further embodiments relate to parts of such plants, including the fruit and gametes of such plants.
US12004460B2
Up until now, all varieties of Impatiens walleriana are susceptible to impatiens downy mildew cause by the water mold, Plasmopara obducens. The present invention relates to novel Impatiens walleriana seed containing a genetic resistance to Plasmopara obducens. The present invention also relates to methods for creating novel Impatiens walleriana seed containing a genetic resistance to Plasmopara obducens and Impatiens walleriana seed produced by the method.
US12004459B2
A plant cultivation system that includes a plurality of mobile racks and a plurality of lighting assemblies that are movable relative to each other. The mobile racks are designed to be independently movable along a floor surface and each support a plurality of planting units designed to receive the plants. The lighting assemblies are positioned adjacent to the mobile racks and are supported along an overhead lighting track independent from the mobile racks. Each of the lighting assemblies is movable along a rail of the overhead lighting track to adjust the position of the lighting assemblies relative to the mobile racks. The lighting assemblies are designed such that the mobile racks contact the lighting assemblies to move the lighting assemblies along the lighting track. Each lighting assembly includes one or more lighting fixtures that are operable to provide the required light for growing plants supported on the mobile rack.
US12004458B2
A plant plug holding unit is provided, the plant plug holding unit including at least one plant plug holder. The plant plug holding unit, which is configured to be inserted into a cut-out in a hydroponic tower face plate, includes an edge member that encircles the unit and is sealed to the rear surface of the front tower face. Each individual plant plug holder of the plant plug holding unit includes (i) a base member configured to support a plant plug and which extends rearward from the edge member and into the hydroponic tower cavity; (ii) a top shroud member that inhibits leakage as well as plug erosion; (iii) a pair of side members that maintain the position of the plant plug within the plug holder; and (iv) a plurality of open regions configured to promote water drainage from the plant plug.
US12004455B2
A tree rooting enclosure apparatus including a body housing with a cylindrical body base having a pair of opposing tapered ends culminating into a pair of opposing end openings. The body and end openings are structured to accommodate a portion of a plant therethrough. The body includes a plurality of exterior longitudinal channels extending the length of the cylindrical body base. The apparatus as a whole is made of two removably engaged elongate halves structured to surround a selected portion of a plant and attach to itself with a water-resistant fit around the selected portion of the plant.
US12004454B2
A tarping system includes a tarp comprising a flexible, weather-resistant material. Multiple straps are connected to the tarp. A tarp storage reel assembly is placed on one side of an object be covered and is removably secured auger anchors. A strap take-up reel assembly is placed on the other side of the object to be covered and is removably secured by auger anchors. A method of tarping an object includes the steps of removably anchoring a tarp storage reel assembly and a strap take-up reel assembly on opposite sides of the object. A tarp is placed over the object and secured with the straps.
US12004449B2
A fill control system on a harvester detects that a receiving vehicle is to be repositioned relative to the harvester. The fill control system generates a signal indicative of how the receiving vehicle is to be repositioned relative to the harvester. The harvester sends the signal to a mobile device that is remote from the harvester. A mobile device receives an indication from a fill control system on a harvester that indicates how a receiving vehicle is to be repositioned relative to the harvester. The mobile device controls a user interface mechanism to generate an output indicating how the receiving vehicle is to be repositioned relative to the harvester.
US12004447B2
A spreader assembly for an agricultural harvester includes a frame member and a rotor assembly attached to the frame member. The rotor assembly includes one or more rotary spreaders and a housing partially surrounding the one or more rotary spreaders. A transition hood is mounted to and/or positioned against the housing of the rotor assembly. A windrow chute is mounted to the frame member, wherein the windrow chute is pivotable about a window chute rotational axis between a deployed position and a retracted position. In the deployed position, the windrow chute blocks the transition hood to either limit or prevent removal of the transition hood in a longitudinal direction, and in the retracted position, the windrow chute permits access to and removal of the transition hood in the longitudinal direction.
US12010932B2
Resistive random access memory (RRAM) cells, for example conductive bridging random access memory (CBRAM) cells and oxygen vacancy-based RRAM (OxRRAM) cells are provided. An RRAM cell may include a metal-insulator-metal (MIM) structure formed between adjacent metal interconnect layers or between a silicided active layer (e.g., including MOSFET devices) and a first metal interconnect layer. The MIM structure of the RRAM cell may be formed by a damascene process including forming a tub opening in a dielectric region, forming a cup-shaped bottom electrode in the tub opening, forming a cup-shaped insulator in an interior opening defined by the cup-shaped bottom electrode, and forming a top electrode in an interior opening defined by the cup-shaped insulator. The cup-shaped bottom electrode, or a component thereof (in the case of a multi-layer bottom electrode) may be formed concurrent with interconnect vias, e.g., by deposition of tungsten or other conformal metal.
US12010928B2
A memory cell includes a bottom electrode, a storage element layer, a first buffer layer, and a top electrode. The storage element layer is disposed over the bottom electrode. The first buffer layer is interposed between the storage element layer and the bottom electrode, where a thermal conductivity of the first buffer layer is less than a thermal conductivity of the storage element layer. The top electrode is disposed over the storage element layer, where the storage element layer is disposed between the top electrode and the first buffer layer.
US12010924B2
Semiconductor structures and methods for manufacturing the same are provided. The method includes forming a bottom electrode layer over a substrate and forming a pinned layer over the bottom electrode layer. The method also includes forming a tunnel barrier layer over the pinned layer and forming a free layer over the tunnel barrier layer. The method also includes patterning the free layer, the tunnel barrier layer, and the pinned layer to form a magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) stack structure and patterning the bottom electrode layer to form a bottom electrode structure under the MTJ stack structure. In addition, patterning the free layer includes using a first etching gas, and patterning the bottom electrode layer includes using a second etching gas, which is different from the first etching gas.
US12010923B2
A semiconductor device includes a substrate having a logic region and a memory region, a first interlayer dielectric layer on the substrate, and a second interlayer dielectric layer disposed on and directly contacting a top surface of the first interlayer dielectric layer. A portion of the top surface of the first interlayer dielectric layer on the memory region is lower than another portion of the top surface of the first interlayer dielectric layer on the logic region. A memory stack structure is disposed in the first interlayer dielectric layer on the memory region. A passivation layer covers a top surface and sidewalls of the memory stack structure and is in direct contact with the second interlayer dielectric layer. An upper contact structure penetrates through the second interlayer dielectric layer and the passivation layer on the top surface of the memory stack structure and directly contacts the memory stack structure.
US12010914B2
Thermally activated delayed fluorescent compounds and uses thereof are described. The thermally activated delayed fluorescent compounds are an analogues of 9,10-dihydro-9,9-dimethylacridine compounds.
US12010912B2
A novel heterocyclic compound of Chemical Formula 1 and organic light emitting device including the same.
US12010909B2
Provided are an organometallic compound represented by Formula 1, an organic light-emitting device including the same and an electronic apparatus including the organic light-emitting device: M(L1)n1(L2)n2
US12010907B2
Provided is a display apparatus. The display apparatus comprises: a substrate comprising a bending area located between a first area and a second area and bent in the bending area; a display unit arranged over an upper surface of the substrate and located in the first area; a protection film located over a lower surface of the substrate and comprising a protection film base and a viscous layer, the protection film base not directly contacting the substrate; and a bending protection layer comprising a first bending protection layer and a second bending protection layer and corresponding to the bending area, wherein the protection film has an opening corresponding to the bending area or at least a part of the first area and the second area, wherein the first bending protection layer is arranged over at least a part of a boundary of the opening or over an outside of the boundary of the opening, and at least a part of the second bending protection layer is arranged over an inside of the boundary of the opening, and wherein a height of one point of the first bending protective layer is higher than a height of one point of the second bending protective layer.
US12010906B2
Provided is a display device capable of displaying a high-quality image even under high temperature conditions, the display device including a flexible substrate, a pixel circuit layer arranged on the flexible substrate, and including a thin-film transistor and a through hole extending to the flexible substrate, a first organic layer arranged on the pixel circuit layer and in contact with the flexible substrate through the through hole, an inorganic layer arranged on the first organic layer to cover an upper surface of the first organic layer, a pixel electrode arranged on the inorganic layer, and an encapsulation layer arranged on the pixel electrode, and including a first inorganic encapsulation layer, a second inorganic encapsulation layer, and an organic encapsulation layer between the first inorganic encapsulation layer and the second inorganic encapsulation layer.
US12010905B2
A display apparatus includes a substrate including at least one hole disposed in a hole area of the substrate, a thin film transistor disposed on the substrate, a light-emitting component disposed on the substrate and electrically connected to the thin film transistor, an insulating layer disposed on the substrate, a thin film encapsulation layer disposed on the substrate, and a laser blocking layer. The substrate includes a display area and a non-display area that is disposed between the display area and the hole area. The laser blocking layer is disposed on the insulating layer in the non-display area.
US12010894B2
The present application provides a display panel and a display device. The display panel includes pixel units spaced apart from each other and at least one photosensor. From a top view, each photosensor is arranged at one side of the corresponding pixel unit, and the photosensors are configured to convert received light energy into electrical energy, so that the display panel has long-lasting power.
US12010893B2
A color conversion panel includes a base substrate, a low refractive index layer under the base substrate, a plurality of light blocking members spaced apart from each other in the low refractive index layer and extending in a first direction normal to a surface of the base substrate, a high refractive index layer under the low refractive index layer and including at least one convex portion that protrudes toward the base substrate, a color filter layer under the high refractive index layer, and a color conversion layer under the color filter layer and to convert an incident light into a transmitted light that has a second color different from a first color of the incident light.
US12010890B2
A display device includes: an array substrate including a pixel array in a display area; an encapsulation substrate facing the array substrate; and a sealing member in a sealing area and between the array substrate and the encapsulation substrate. The array substrate includes: an organic insulation layer in a peripheral area between the display area and the sealing area; a power bus line in the peripheral area and including a first wiring layer and a second wiring layer that overlap the organic insulation layer; and a compensation pattern disposed under the sealing member, extending along an outer edge of the sealing member, and including a first compensation layer and a second compensation layer. The first compensation layer is connected to the first wiring layer, and the second compensation layer is on the first compensation layer and connected to the second wiring layer.
US12010886B2
The present disclosure relates to the field of display, and discloses a display panel and a display device. The display panel includes: a base substrate including a first bonding region and a second bonding region; connection terminals located in the bonding regions and including first electric connecting structures and second electric connecting structures which are sequentially stacked, and particularly including first connection terminals and second connection terminals which are respectively located in the first bonding region and the second bonding region; a first insulating layer located between the first electric connecting structures and the second electric connecting structures, not overlapping the first connection terminals, and provided with first openings corresponding to the second connection terminals; and a second insulating layer located on one sides, facing away from the base substrate, of the second electric connecting structures, and provided with second openings corresponding to the connection terminals.
US12010885B2
Provided is a display substrate including a base substrate, a plurality of pixel units, at least one first power line, a blocking structure, an auxiliary connection structure, a cathode layer and a first organic pattern. A first projection region formed from an orthographic projection of the auxiliary connection structure on the base substrate and an orthographic projection of the blocking structure on the base substrate do not overlap.
US12010884B2
Provided is an organic light-emitting display substrate and a manufacturing method thereof, and an organic light-emitting display device. The organic light-emitting display substrate includes a display area and an opening area located at the display area. The display area includes: a base substrate; a partition pattern layer located on one side of the base substrate and including a partition wall around the opening area, the partition wall including a wall portion and a blocking portion located on one side of the wall portion away from the base substrate, an orthographic projection of the blocking portion on the base substrate covering and having an area greater than that of the wall portion on the base substrate; and an organic evaporation layer located on one side of the partition pattern layer away from the base substrate, the organic evaporation layer is discontinuous by being blocked by the partition wall.
US12010876B2
Provided are a display substrate and a manufacturing method thereof, and a display device. The display substrate includes: a base substrate; a drive circuit layer formed on the base substrate and including an interlayer dielectric layer at the display region and the transition region; display parts at the display region, including a first electrode and a pixel definition portion sequentially formed on the interlayer dielectric layer; a first packaging dam and a second packaging dam at the transition region and around the opened region, each including a protective portion and a blocking portion sequentially laminated on the interlayer dielectric layer. The second packaging dam is at a side of the first packaging dam away from the display region, and a thickness of the second packaging dam is greater than that of the first packaging dam.
US12010865B2
An organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display panel, a manufacturing method thereof, and an OLED display device are provided. The OLED display panel disposes an organic functional layer under an encapsulation layer and makes the organic functional layer undergo visible changes when in contact with water and oxygen. Therefore, encapsulation effect can be tested by merely knowing the changes of the organic functional layer, and a test time is shorter. Meanwhile, a minimum distance between boundaries of the organic functional layer and the encapsulation layer is greater than a coating precision accuracy of the encapsulation layer, thereby ensuring the encapsulation effect.
US12010858B2
An organic light-emitting device which including a first electrode, a second electrode facing the first electrode, and an emission layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein an emission layer includes a first material, a second material, and a third material satisfying certain conditions.
US12010853B2
Disclosed are novel structures and methods for 3D NVM built with vertical transistors above a logic layer. A first embodiment has a conductive film under the transistors and serving as a common node in a memory block. The conductive film may be from a semiconductor layer used to build the transistors. Metal lines are disposed above the transistors for connection through 3D vias to underlying circuitry. Contact plugs may be formed between transistors and metal lines. The conductive film may be coupled to underlying circuitry through contacts on the conductive film or through interconnect vias underneath the film. A second embodiment has conductive lines disposed under the transistors. Either of conductive lines and metal lines may serve as source lines and the other as bit lines for the memory. For low parasitic resistances, the conductive lines may be shorted to bypass metal lines residing in underlying logic layer.
US12010852B2
A three-dimensional semiconductor memory device includes a peripheral circuit structure having peripheral circuits on a semiconductor substrate, and landing pads connected to the peripheral circuits, an electrode structure on the peripheral circuit structure, the electrode structure including vertically stacked electrodes, a planarized dielectric layer that covers the electrode structure, peripheral through plugs spaced apart from the electrode structure, the peripheral through plugs penetrating the planarized dielectric layer to connect to the landing pads, conductive lines connected through contact plugs, respectively, to the peripheral through plugs, and at least one dummy through plug adjacent to a first peripheral through plug of the peripheral through plugs, the at least one dummy through plug penetrating the planarized dielectric layer and being insulated from the conductive lines.
US12010849B2
A semiconductor device includes a peripheral circuit structure; a lower stack disposed on the peripheral circuit structure and an upper stack disposed in the lower stack including a plurality of lower insulating layers and a plurality of lower word lines alternately stacked with the lower insulating layers; a plurality of channel structures extending through the lower stack and the upper stack in the cell array area; a pair of separation insulating layers extending vertically through the lower stack and the upper stack and extending in a horizontal direction, the pair of separation insulating layers being spaced apart from each other in a vertical direction; and a word line separation layer disposed at an upper portion of the lower stack and crossing the pair of separation insulating layers when viewed in a plan view, the word line separation layer extending vertically through at least one of the lower word lines.
US12010848B2
Microelectronic devices include a stack structure with a vertically alternating sequence of insulative structures and conductive structures arranged in tiers. Conductive contact structures extend through the stack structure. An insulative material is between the conductive contact structures and the tiers of the stack structure. In a lower tier portion of the stack structure, a conductive structure, of the conductive structures, has a portion extending a first width between a pair of the conductive contact structures. In a portion of the stack structure above the lower tier portion, an additional conductive structure, of the conductive structures, has an additional portion extending a second width between the pair of the conductive contact structures. The second width is greater than the first width. Related methods and electronic systems are also disclosed.
US12010846B2
A transistor of a semiconductor device includes an isolation region, an active region disposed in the isolation region, a gate extending in a second direction on the active region, and source and drain regions respectively extending in a first direction perpendicular to the second direction in the active region on first and second sides of the gate. The source and drain regions include low-concentration source and drain doping regions including first and second low-concentration source and drain doping regions The source and drain regions further include high-concentration source and drain doping regions respectively disposed in the low-concentration source and drain doping regions and having higher doping concentrations than the low-concentration source and drain doping regions. A first length in the second direction of the first low-concentration source and drain doping regions is greater than a second length in the second direction of the second low-concentration source and drain doping regions.
US12010837B2
A semiconductor memory device includes a first region where a plurality of conductive layers, a plurality of insulating layers, a semiconductor layer, and a gate insulating layer are formed and a second region different from the first region above a substrate. The plurality of conductive layers include a plurality of first conductive layers and a plurality of second conductive layers. The semiconductor memory device includes a plurality of first films different from the first conductive layers disposed in same layers as the plurality of first conductive layers in the second region and a plurality of second films different from the second conductive layers and the first films disposed in same layers as the plurality of second conductive layers in the second region.
US12010836B2
A method used in forming a memory array comprising strings of memory cells and operative through-array-vias (TAVs) comprises forming a stack comprising vertically-alternating insulative tiers and conductive tiers. The stack comprises a TAV region and an operative memory-cell-string region. Operative channel-material strings are formed in the stack in the operative memory-cell-string region and dummy channel-material strings are formed in the stack in the TAV region. At least a majority of channel material of the dummy channel-material strings is replaced in the TAV region with insulator material and operative TAVs are formed in the TAV region. Other methods and structures independent of method are disclosed.
US12010833B2
A memory device includes a first memory cell having a first polysilicon line associated with a first read word line and intersecting a first active region and a second active region, and a second polysilicon line and a first CPODE associated with a first program word line, the second polysilicon line intersecting the first active region and the first CPODE intersecting the second active region. The memory device also includes a second memory cell adjacent to the first memory cell, the second memory cell having a third polysilicon line associated with a second read word line and intersecting the first active region and the second active region, and a fourth polysilicon line and a second CPODE associated with a second program word line, the fourth polysilicon line intersecting the second active region and the second CPODE intersecting the first active region to form a cross-arrangement of CPODE.
US12010827B2
An apparatus includes fin structures comprising individual levels of a conductive material having elongated portions extending in a first horizontal direction, first conductive lines extending in a second horizontal direction transverse to the first horizontal direction, and second conductive lines extending in a vertical direction transverse to each of the first horizontal direction and the second horizontal direction. At least portions of the first conductive lines are aligned vertically. The apparatus also includes horizontal capacitor structures comprising the conductive material of the fin structures and access devices proximate intersections of the first conductive lines and the second conductive lines. The access devices comprise the conductive material of the fin structures. Memory devices, electronic systems, and methods of forming the apparatus are also disclosed.
US12010824B2
A display assembly with loopback cooling includes a housing for an electronic display where a first airflow pathway extends within the housing. An equipment storage device for electronic equipment located at a storage area within the housing. A second airflow pathway fluidly connects the storage area with the first airflow pathway. One or more fans, when activated, cause a flow of air to travel through a portion of the first airflow pathway extending rearward of the electronic display in a first direction and a portion of the flow to leave the portion of the first airflow pathway and travel through the second airflow pathway, at least initially, in a second direction.
US12010822B2
A cooling device including a housing frame, a heat exchanger, an electrically drivable fan unit, a control unit, and a sensor unit. The housing frame can be disposed on a first surface of the heat exchanger. The fan unit is configured so that, during operation of the fan unit, a first air flow is produced toward the first surface of the heat exchanger. The fan unit is accommodated in a recess of the housing frame. The housing frame has at least one air channel having an air inlet opening and an air outlet opening, the air channel being formed parallel to the first surface of the heat exchanger, allowing a second air flow to pass through the air channel along the first surface. A measured quantity is recorded by the sensor unit, and the fan unit is driven by the control unit as a function of the recorded measured quantity.
US12010812B2
A dust-proof telecommunication system is disclosed. The dust-proof telecommunication system includes a chassis, critical components located within the chassis, and a filter module located within the chassis near at least some of the critical components that need to be cooled. For example, the critical components include a central processing unit (CPU), a system on chip (SoC), a memory module, a PCIe card, and/or a chipset. The filter module has a filter cover that surrounds at least in part the critical components, a first air filter located at an inlet of an airflow, and a second air filter located at an outlet. The critical components located at a protective space within the chassis receive and are cooled by the airflow passing through the air filter.
US12010809B2
In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a module receivable in a modular electronic system, arms extending from a front panel of the module, and a cable support bracket connected to the arms. The cable support bracket is slidably connected to the arms to change a distance between the cable support bracket and the front panel of the module.
US12010804B2
A power receptacle for supplying power to a plug inserted therein includes a shell, which includes a cover assembly having at least one socket on its exterior adapted to receive the plug, and a base cooperating with and coupled to the cover assembly; an electrical connection assembly, disposed within the shell, and configured to electrically connect to the plug which is inserted into the socket; a PCB (printed circuit board) assembly, disposed within the shell, including a power processing circuit, and electrically coupled to the electrical connection assembly; and a grounding frame, formed of metal, and partially disposed between the electrical connection assembly and the PCB assembly. The structure improves heat dissipation from interior components of the receptacle and its electromagnetic compatibility.
US12010800B2
In a first approach, a vacuum cell comprises a porous plate and a vacuum force generated by gas being drawn thorough the porous plate is used to pick electronic components from a donor substrate. After transport of the vacuum cell to a placing area, dots of liquid material may be deposited on a top surface of the porous plate adjacent to one or more picked components in order to disrupt the vacuum force and release the picked components onto a receiving substrate. In a refinement of the first approach, the porous plate contains a plurality of picking holes for selectively picking components. Certain picking holes can be fluidly coupled to the vacuum, allowing components to be attached within those picking holes, while other picking holes can be closed or rendered inactive with dots of liquid material deposited on a top surface of the porous plate.
US12010796B2
A wiring substrate includes an insulating layer including resin and filler particles, conductor layers including an upper-layer conductor layer and a lower-layer conductor layer such that the insulating layer is sandwiched between the upper-layer and lower-layer conductor layers, and a penetrating conductor formed in the insulating layer such that the penetrating conductor is penetrating through the insulating layer and connecting the upper-layer and lower-layer conductor layers. The penetrating conductor is formed such that the penetrating conductor has a first length which is the maximum width of the penetrating conductor in the direction orthogonal to the thickness direction of the wiring substrate and the first length is 25 μm or less, and the insulating layer is formed such that the maximum particle size of the filler particles in a region within the distance of 40% of the first length from the penetrating conductor is 20% or less of the first length.
US12010795B2
A printed circuit board according to an embodiment includes an insulating layer; a first pad disposed on an upper surface of the insulating layer; a second pad disposed on a lower surface of the insulating layer; a first device mounted on the first pad; a second device mounted on the second pad; a first molding layer disposed on the insulating layer and molding the first device; and a second molding layer disposed on the lower surface of the insulating layer and molding the second device, wherein a lower surface of the second molding layer is positioned on the same plane as a lower surface of the second device.
US12010793B2
A ceramic circuit board includes: a ceramic board; and an internal conductor disposed in the ceramic board, in which the ceramic board contains glass, a willemite filler, and an alumina filler, and an average particle diameter of the willemite filler is larger than an average particle diameter of the alumina filler.
US12010786B2
A linac-based X-ray system for cargo scanning and imaging applications uses linac design, RF power control, beam current control, and beam current pulse duration control to provide stable sequences of pulses having different energy levels or different doses.
US12010784B2
Example embodiments relate to wireless synchronization for multi-channel RE heating and drying devices. One embodiment includes a multi-channel RF device. The RE device includes a cavity. The RF device also includes a first channel configured to generate a first RF signal and to transmit the first RE signal into the cavity. In addition, the RE device includes a second channel spaced apart and electrically isolated from the first channel. The second channel is configured to wirelessly receive the first RE signal transmitted by the first channel. The second channel is also configured to extract a frequency of the first RE signal from the received first RE signal. In addition, the second channel is configured to generate, based on the extracted frequency, a second RE signal. Further, the second channel is configured to transmit the second RE signal into the cavity.
US12010782B2
Disclosed is a heating element for use in heating aerosolizable material to volatilize at least one component of the aerosolizable material. The heating element includes a heat resistant support and a coating on the support. The coating includes cobalt.
US12010780B2
A load control system may include control devices capable of being associated with each other at one or more locations for performing load control. Control devices may include control-source devices and/or control-target devices. A location beacon may be discovered and a unique identifier in the location beacon may be associated with a unique identifier of one or more control devices. Upon subsequent discovery of the location beacon, the associated load control devices may be controlled. The beacons may be communicated via radio frequency signals, visible light communication, and/or audio signals. The visible light communication may be used to communicate other types of information to devices in the load control system. The visible light communication may be used to identify link addresses for communicating with load control devices, load control instructions, load control configuration instructions, network communication information, and/or the like. The information in the beacons may be used to commission and/or control the load control system.
US12010770B2
An electronic device includes a light source, a light sensor, and a controller that senses an amount of a coarse ambient light by turning off the light source and performing sensing in a coarse mode by using the light sensor and senses an amount of a fine ambient light by performing sensing in a fine mode by using the light sensor. The controller senses an amount of a target light by turning on the light source and performing sensing by using the light sensor while the light source emits a light, and outputs information based on the amount of the coarse ambient light, the amount of the fine ambient light, and the amount of the target light.
US12010765B2
The disclosure provides an apparatus, system and method for a flexible heater suitable for embedding in a wearable. The flexible heater comprises a conformable substrate; a matched function ink set, printed onto at least one substantially planar face of the substrate to form at least a conductive layer capable of receiving current flow from at least one power source; a resistive layer electrically associated with the at least one conductive layer and comprising a plurality of heating elements capable of generating heat upon receipt of the current flow; and a dielectric layer capable of at least partially insulating the at least one resistive layer, wherein the matched ink set is matched to preclude detrimental interactions between the printed inks of each of the at least one conductive, resistive and dielectric layers, and to preclude detrimental interactions with the conformable substrate.
US12010760B2
Embodiments of this application disclose a service-based communication method, unit, and system, and a storage medium, to support a service framework of hybrid communication, thereby improving the service efficiency and flexibility of framework deployment. One method includes: obtaining a target communication address, the target communication address being a communication address corresponding to a service provided by a first destination service unit that needs to be accessed; transmitting a first service access request to the target communication address, the first service access request including a service type of the first destination service unit; and receiving a service access response from the target communication address.
US12010728B2
Provided are a random access network device and a device, which can improve the random access performance of a terminal device in an unlicensed spectrum. The network device includes: receiving, by a terminal device, a PDCCH, where the PDCCH includes PRACH resource indication information, the PRACH resource indication information is used for indicating a common PRACH resource scheduled by a network device, the PRACH resource indication information includes at least one of the following information: information of the PRACH resource, information of a synchronization signal block SSB associated with the PRACH resource, and information of a PRACH preamble transmitted on the PRACH resource; and sending, by the terminal device according to the PRACH resource indication information, a PRACH using the PRACH resource.
US12010723B2
A network configuration of a wireless communication device monitoring an open spectrum is provided. The wireless communication device monitors the open spectrum for a channel occupancy time acquisition signal, in accordance with the configuration and a discontinuous reception cycle.
US12010721B2
An initial signal detection method includes performing, by a user equipment, detection on one or more sub-channels on an unlicensed spectrum, and determining, based on a combination of a group common-demodulation reference signal and a group common-physical downlink control channel that is detected by the user equipment a first time, that downlink transmission has started or that a channel occupancy time has started.
US12010718B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. A wireless communications system may establish radio bearers for certain data transmissions between a user equipment (UE) and a base station. A radio bearer may be associated with one or more quality of services (QoS) parameters, such as a bit rate. The base station may indicate to the UE a time window over which to average the bit rate. In some examples, a radio bearer may include multiple data flows. The base station may provide information regarding QoS parameters for each data flow in control signaling, such as a grant.
US12010717B2
A method is disclosed for use in a frequency division duplex (FDD) wireless network including a base station (BS) and a user equipment controller (UE) communicating through a medium having an uplink communication channel supporting communications from the UE to the BS, and a downlink communication channel supporting communications from the BS to the UE. The method includes identifying an uplink frequency spectrum in the uplink communication channel affected by an interfering signal, and determining the uplink power level of the interfering signal and whether the interfering signal is caused by passive intermodulation distortion (PIM). In response to determining that that the interfering signal is caused by PIM, the method includes adjusting, based on the uplink frequency spectrum and the uplink power level of the interfering signal, one or more of a downlink power level of a downlink transmission signal and a downlink frequency range in the downlink communication channel.
US12010716B2
A user equipment for a mobile telecommunications network has a circuitry which is configured to: receive a signal from an entity of a mobile telecommunications network, thereby determining identity information about the determined entity; and transmit the identity information to the mobile telecommunications network for interferences analysis.
US12010715B2
A method of coordinating interference includes: it is determined whether in-device interference exists between uplink and downlink transmissions, by UE, in two frequency bands; and when the in-device interference exists between the uplink and downlink transmissions, by the UE, in the two frequency bands, configuration information is sent to the UE, where the configuration information instructs the UE to, in a time interval during which a base station sends control data of the downlink transmission in one of the two frequency bands, stop the uplink transmission in at least one of the two frequency bands or perform power back-off for the uplink transmission in the at least one of the two frequency bands.
US12010703B2
A system for 5G radio access networks, that enables smart RF signal repeater devices to perform many of the functions of a 5G base station to extend millimeter wave coverage for 5G communication networks while reducing costs, increasing versatility and optimizing coverage for user devices (UEs). The devices may include outdoor network repeaters and indoor subscriber repeaters, and other mmWave network transmitter devices in a mmWave network. Different types of 5G wireless communication networks may be employed including Open Radio Access Network (O-RAN), and Next Gen Radio Access Network (NG-RAN).
US12010701B2
A method may include receiving, by a wireless device, downlink control information (DCI) scheduling transmission of a channel state information (CSI) report on a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmission with a transport block, one or more first repetitions of the PUSCH transmission with a first spatial domain transmission filter, and one or more second repetitions of the PUSCH transmission with a second spatial domain transmission filter. The method may include transmitting the CSI report on an earliest repetition of the one or more first repetitions of the PUSCH transmission with the transport block, and an earliest repetition of the one or more second repetitions of the PUSCH transmission with the transport block.
US12010700B2
A terminal is disclosed that includes: a control section that determines, in a case where conditions (1) and (2) below are both satisfied, a quasi-co-location (QCL) assumption of an aperiodic channel state information-reference signal (AP CSI-RS), based on a control resource set (CORESET) having a specific CORESET-ID in a latest slot in which one or more CORESETs are monitored, (1) a scheduling offset between reception of a downlink control channel for communicating downlink control information scheduling the AP-CSI-RS and reception of the AP CSI-RS being less than a value of a period for a reported beam switch, and (2) in a symbol identical to a symbol of the AP-CSI-RS, there being no other downlink signals with indicated transmission configuration indication state (TCI state) or there being other downlink signals without the indicated TCI state; and a receiving section that receives the AP-CSI-RS by using the QCL assumption.
US12010689B2
Disclosed is a method for transmitting and receiving data between a user equipment (UE) and a base station in a narrowband wireless communication system. Specifically, the method includes transmitting, to the UE, a preconfigured uplink (UL) resource (PUR) configuration via RRC signalling, receiving, from the UE, uplink data on the PUR when the UE is in an idle mode, and transmitting, to the UE, a feedback for the uplink data, wherein the feedback is configured to be transmitted on an NPDCCH after a specific time has passed from the PUR reception.
US12010681B2
A method and apparatus for completion mechanism for transmission using preconfigured uplink resource (PUR) in a wireless communication system is provided. While in a radio resource control (RRC) idle state and/or an RRC inactive state, a wireless device configured to operate in a wireless communication system i) performs uplink (UL) data transmission using a preconfigured uplink resource (PUR) to a network, ii) attempts to acquire downlink (DL) information on a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) from the network, and iii) based on the DL information including only timing advance command (TAC) media access control (MAC) control element (CE), considers that the UL data transmission using the PUR is successful.
US12010672B2
Wireless communications systems and methods related to reducing the signaling overhead for configuring a common reference signal used in performing coarse power control of multiple spatial domain multiplexing (SDM) uplink streams are provided. A base station may be in communication with a UE via multiple SDM streams directed from the same panel of the respective device. The base station may configure a common pathloss reference signal for the SDM streams of the same panel for the UE. This may include sending a list of possible pathloss reference signal configurations to the UE, and then identifying which configuration to use for the pathloss reference signal for the group of SDM streams. Once known, the UE may measure the reference signal for open loop power control. The BS may occasionally reconfigure the common reference signal for the grouped SDM streams.
US12010665B2
An example communication method in a terminal of a mobile communication system includes receiving, from a base station, first information associated with a resource allocation scheme for a first service and a second service; receiving, from the base station, control information associated with the first service; and receiving, from the base station, data for the first service on the basis of the control information and the first information.
US12010664B2
The present invention relates to a transmission and reception method of a radio signal by a terminal in a wireless communication system. According to the present specification, disclosed is a method comprising the steps of: determining whether or not transmission of an uplink radio signal or reception of a downlink radio signal allocated to a terminal is possible on a slot configured to comprise at least one of one or more downlink symbols for downlink transmission, one or more flexible symbols and one or more uplink symbols for uplink transmission; and controlling the transmission of the uplink radio signal or the reception of the downlink radio signal on the basis of the determination. According to the present invention, the terminal can transmit the uplink radio signal even if the configuration of the slot is changed, and thus uplink radio signal transmission omission or unnecessary retransmission of the uplink radio signal can be prevented. And by means of defining valid timing of the uplink signal such as a physical random access channel, the frequency efficiency of the network can be increased and the energy consumption of the terminal can be reduced.
US12010662B2
Some techniques and apparatuses described herein provide generation of a set of orthogonal sequences for transmission of a signal including a payload using an orthogonal base sequence in a time domain. In one example, the orthogonal base sequence in the time domain may be a pi over 2 (pi/2) binary phase shift keying (BPSK) sequence in the time domain, such as prior to transform precoding for transmission. Some techniques and apparatuses described herein provide for the set of orthogonal sequences to be generated such that the set of orthogonal sequences are orthogonal within a symbol (e.g., an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing symbol) by applying an intra-symbol orthogonal cover code (OCC). Applying the intra-symbol OCC provides intra-symbol orthogonality. Thus, a peak to average power ratio of a user equipment is reduced for uplink transmissions and intra-symbol orthogonality is preserved.
US12010653B2
This application provides a communication method and a communications apparatus. The communication method includes: a first terminal device determines a first parameter, where the first parameter is used to indicate a parameter of a sensing window, a parameter of a resource selection window, and/or a parameter of a first time window, and the first time window includes the sensing window and the resource selection window. The first terminal device determines a first resource pool from at least one resource pool based on the first parameter. The first terminal device selects a first resource from the first resource pool. The first terminal device transmits sidelink information on the first resource. According to the method provided in embodiments of this application, a data transmission delay can be reduced and system communication efficiency can be improved.
US12010650B2
A fake base station (FBS) redirection attack method using unicast message injection in a long term evolution (LTE) wireless section and a system thereof are provided. The FBS redirection attack method includes synchronizing with a signal of a commercial base station connected with a target device being an attack target, transmitting an international mobile subscriber identity (IMSI) paging message to the target device using an IMSI of the target deice, and injecting a unicast message including a frequency of an FBS into the target device, before a base station re-access process is completed in the target device which decodes the IMSI paging message.
US12010648B2
The present disclosure provides a method and a device for paging. A network device sends paging indication information including identification information to a plurality of terminal devices corresponding to a same beam. A first terminal device of the plurality of terminal devices determines whether it is paged by the network device according to the identification information. In response to the first terminal device being paged by the network device, the first terminal device sends a paging response message to the network device.
US12010645B2
Embodiments provide for guided alignment of the orientation of two wireless devices. A first wireless device is at a known position and a known orientation. A signal from a second wireless device is received via a plurality of receive elements of the first wireless device. The first wireless device measures phase differences of the signal at the plurality of receive elements, and determines locations of each of the second wireless device's transmit elements based on the differences. Based on the transmit element locations, and a known antenna layout of the second wireless device, an orientation of the second wireless device is determined. Based on differences between the determined orientation and the known orientation of the first wireless device, instructions for aligning the devices are generated. Once the devices are aligned, location estimates of a third wireless device are made by both the first wireless device and the second wireless device.
US12010633B2
Methods and systems are provided for using antenna sector power ratio (SPR) to determine dynamic spectrum sharing. Frequency bands associated with a cell site can support at least one wireless communication protocol. In some embodiments, a plurality of frequency bands for a plurality of cell sites are identified. SPR values for each frequency band may be determined, and a frequency band having the lowest SPR value may be identified. For example, a frequency band having a lower SPR value that is also below a particular threshold may be assigned a wireless communication protocol that was previously assigned to another frequency band having a higher SPR value. Based on assigning the frequency band another wireless communication protocol, a user device may be provided resources via that wireless communication protocol.
US12010631B2
User equipment includes a first antenna, a second antenna, a first transceiver coupled to the first antenna, a second transceiver coupled to the second antenna, and processing circuitry communicatively coupled to the first transceiver and the second transceiver. The first transceiver receives or transmits a first signal via the first antenna, and the second transceiver receives or transmits a second signal via the second antenna. The processing circuitry receives an indication that a signal characteristic of the first signal is less than a first threshold, and decreases power to the first antenna, the first receiver, or both, based on the signal characteristic of the first signal being less than the first threshold.
US12010629B2
The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. The present disclosure provides a method for uplink power control, which is applied to a User Equipment (UE), and the method includes: determining a timing between a power control command and a Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH), which adopts the power control command to control power. The present disclosure also provides a corresponding device.
US12010628B2
Power-efficient measurement reporting for multi/dual connectivity in cellular communication networks
According to an example aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for multi-connectivity, the method comprising selecting by a user equipment, based on an uplink transmission power to a first node and an uplink transmission power to at least one second node, a Radio Resource Control, RRC, connection for transmitting measurement reports and transmitting by the user equipment, using the selected RRC connection, a measurement report associated with a transmission of the first node and/or a measurement report associated with a transmission of the at least one second node.
US12010627B2
Mechanisms are provided for uplink power control of a terminal device. A method is performed in a network serving the terminal device. The method comprises estimating average total uplink transmit power for the terminal device. The method comprises determining a dynamic power threshold from the average total uplink transmit power according to a back-off power control loop. In the back-off power control loop, a setpoint value of total average transmission power is compared with a value of the estimated average total uplink transmit power. The method comprises setting a value of a power regulating parameter as function of the dynamic power threshold. The method comprises providing the value of the power regulating parameter to the terminal device for uplink power control of the terminal device.
US12010626B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods and apparatuses for facilitating restricted target wake time (TWT) operation in a wireless local area network. The apparatuses include a non-access point (AP) multi-link device (MLD) comprising a plurality of stations (STAs) and a processor. Each STA comprises a transceiver configured for broadcast TWT operation on multi-link operation (MLO) links with corresponding APs of an AP MLD. The processor is operably coupled to the transceivers, and configured to negotiate a broadcast TWT schedule over a first link between a first STA and a first AP of the AP MLD, apply the broadcast TWT schedule to the group of links, negotiate a restricted TWT schedule with the AP MLD over at least one link of the group of links, and establish the restricted TWT schedule on one or more links of the at least one link.
US12010613B2
An electronic device includes a processor, a wireless communication device, and a hardware storage device. The hardware storage device has instructions stored thereon that, when executed by the processor, cause the electronic device to obtain a plurality of data channel personalities. Each of the data channel personalities includes a unique radio communication and network protocol for the wireless communication device. The instructions further cause the electronic device to select a data channel personality from the plurality of data channel personalities and transmit data to a host device using the wireless communication device and the radio communication and network protocol according to the selected data channel personality.
US12010611B2
User equipment devices (UEs) and methods are described for performing single network slice selection assistance information (S-NSSAI)-aware public land mobile network (PLMN) selection in a roaming scenario. A mapping list is received that includes a mapping of a plurality of public land mobile networks (PLMNs) to corresponding S-NSSAI values. The mapping list is received from a home PLMN (HPLMN) of the UE over non-3rd generation partnership (non-3GPP) access, from a server, or from a Universal Mobile Telecommunications Service (UMTS) subscriber identity module (USIM) of the UE. An available PLMN is determined that is mapped to a preferred S-NSSAI value of the UE based on the mapping list. A connection is established with the available PLMN.
US12010602B2
Disclosed is an improved implementation of a flood fill mesh network that utilizes low power and does not require any network addressing or routing protocol for network message delivery. Network messages are only communicated to a network node's correspondents using broadcast network messages over a wireless network. Network messages propagate throughout the network based on each correspondent node rebroadcasting received messages to its correspondent nodes, and so on. Coordinated synchronization across network nodes can be achieved by each network node broadcasting synchronization frames to its correspondents within a synchronization window time period and thereafter adjusting its own start time for the next synchronization period to converge synchronization. A guard band may also be utilized to account for any clock drift and signal path delays between any two communicating network nodes.
US12010600B2
A method for emergency communication includes receiving, by a wireless device, a user instruction or an automatically triggered event for reporting an emergency to an emergency monitoring server; and in response to the user instruction or the automatically triggered event, transmitting, by the wireless device, a data-only report to the emergency monitoring server.
US12010593B2
Embodiments herein disclose a method for MBS switching and continuity in a 5G wireless network. The method includes establishing, by a gNodeB, a MBS session with a UE. Further, the method includes providing, by the gNodeB, MBS to the UE during the MBS session. Further, the method includes detecting, by the gNodeB, that the at least one MBS is going to get suspended or deactivated. Further, the method includes sending, by the gNodeB, an indication to the UE indicating the at least one MBS going to get suspended or deactivated prior to suspension or deactivation of the at least one MBS at the UE.
US12010592B2
A communications method that meets QoS requirements of services of different communication types, including: an application layer entity of a first terminal device delivers communication type information and a target side identifier to a control layer entity of the first terminal device; the control layer entity of the first terminal device establishes, based on the communication type information, a radio bearer group that is of a sidelink and that corresponds to a communication type, where the radio bearer group of the sidelink corresponds to the target side identifier.
US12010585B2
An approach is provided for identifying and characterizing mobile work zones (e.g., roadway striping, pothole filling, tree trimming, etc.). The approach, for example, involves processing probe data at a lane level to determine at least one forward forming shockwave associated with a congestion front of a mobile roadwork zone on at least one lane. The approach also involves providing data indicating the mobile roadwork zone as an output. The approach further involves determining a propagation rate of the mobile roadwork zone. The approach further involves determining a congestion recovery speed, where the congestion is caused by the mobile roadwork zone.
US12010574B2
Wireless communication method, wireless communications device, and processor-readable storage medium
When a quantity of radio resources available for a terminal device is less than a quantity of required radio resources, the terminal device sends a request to another terminal device, to request the another terminal device to release at least one radio resource currently used by the another terminal device or reselect a radio resource. The another terminal device that receives the request may autonomously release or request a network to release the at least one radio resource currently used by the another terminal device, or autonomously reselect or request a network to reselect the radio resource, and send a response to the terminal that sends the request. Nonconsecutive fragmented radio resources may be integrated into consecutive and relatively large radio resources, so that radio resource fragments are reduced, and the terminal device can send control information and data in a timely manner, thereby improving radio resource utilization.
US12010572B2
A method for operating a user equipment (UE) comprises receiving, from a serving cell, configuration information for measuring K resource reference signals (RSs) and reporting a beam report, measuring the K resource RSs, determining the beam report based on a metric, where the beam report includes an indicator indicating at least one of the K resource RSs, and transmitting the determined beam report, wherein 1≤K, wherein the K resource RSs comprises a first subset and a second subset, at least one resource RS in the first subset is transmitted from a serving cell in a set of serving cells and at least one resource RS in the second subset is transmitted from a non-serving cell in a set of non-serving cells.
US12010565B2
In one embodiment, a method includes receiving, by a mobile edge computing (MEC) controller and from an application analytic engine, a registration request for an application. The registration request includes a request for MEC key performance indicators (KPIs). The method also includes communicating, by the MEC controller, MEC data associated with a first MEC host and a second MEC host to the application analytic engine. The method further includes receiving, by the MEC controller, MEC policies from the application analytic engine, determining to host the application in the first MEC host based on the MEC policies, and communicating the MEC policies to the first MEC host.
US12010557B2
A method and device are disclosed from the perspective of a Remote User Equipment (UE) for modifying QoS information. In one embodiment, the method includes a Remote User Equipment (UE) transmitting a first message to a Relay UE for QoS information modification, wherein the first message includes at least one QoS rule and/or at least one QoS flow description associated with a Protocol Data Unit (PDU) session.
US12010543B2
Adjusting a network path between a user equipment and a network edge cloud instance is disclosed. The adjustment of the network path can be based on performance of the network path. The performance of the network path can be ranked, based on performance, against other network paths. In an embodiment, the other network paths can be between the user equipment and the network edge cloud instance. Additionally, the other network paths can be between the user equipment and another network edge cloud instance that can be located remotely from the network edge cloud instance. In an embodiment, a recommendation can be provided to a cloud service provider to enable the cloud service provider to adjust a characteristic of an application or service performed by a network edge cloud instance. The disclosed subject matter can provide advantages over conventional cloud instances that are typically supported on a device located distant from a network device operated by a network provider.
US12010540B2
Various embodiments herein provide techniques for improving coverage for a physical random access channel (PRACH). Additionally, embodiments provide techniques for repetition of a channel state information (CSI) report on a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) for coverage enhancement. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.
US12010538B2
Systems and methods of providing performance data streaming procedures are described. A MnS producer for measurement control receives a request to start or stop measurement collection indicating the measurements are reported by streaming, configures a NF to respectively start or stop collection of measurements and provides an indication of a result of starting or stopping the measurement collection. A MnS producer for performance data streaming, in response to reception of a request to set up streaming information sends a request to establish, add, or update a streaming connection for performance data streaming and receives an indication of a result of the request. In response to reception of a request to terminate the streaming, the MnS producer for performance data sends a request to terminate the streaming connection, or delete or update the stream information dependent on the functionality of the connection and the streams of the connection.
US12010535B2
A method, performed by a user equipment (UE), is provided. The method includes: obtaining a channel hardening (CH) parameter; changing a measurement parameter based on the obtained CH parameter; and adapting a measurement procedure in accordance with the changed parameter. A method performed by a network node, the method includes obtaining a channel hardening (CH) parameter corresponding to a user equipment (UE); and sending to the UE an indication that the UE is allowed to perform optimizations based on the obtained CH parameter.
US12010533B2
Systems and methods of identifying anomalies within radio devices. The method includes obtaining raw radio data from a radio device of a plurality of radio devices, identifying a radio performance indicator related to an operational performance, determining a long-term and a short-term average of the indicator based on previously received indicators from the device, and determining a weighted ratio of the long-term and short-term average based on an age of the indicator and an amount of the previously received indicators. The method includes generating a curated indicator from the weighted ratio and the indicator, deriving, from a plurality of curated indicators from the plurality of devices and the curated indicator, a curated group average, determining an anomaly in the operational performance of the radio device based on a comparison of the curated indicator and the curated group average, determining a recommended action, and transmitting an electronic notification indicating the action.
US12010526B2
An embodiment of a mobile communication system includes a plurality of mobile units operating within a defined operating area, each of the mobile units having a processor, a memory for storing a mobile unit file structure, an application running on the processor for operating on the mobile unit file structure, and a receiver for receiving on a common receive communication channel data. The mobile communication system further includes a plurality of geolocation markers disposed within the defined operating area, each having a memory for storing geolocation information to define a relative position within the defined operating area, and a geolocation transmitter for transmitting the defined geolocation information on the common receive communication channel, the geolocation transmitter having a geolocation transmit range less than the defined operating area.
US12010525B2
The disclosed system and method obtain a report of an issue reported by a user of the wireless telecommunication network, and historical information associated with the user and the wireless telecommunication network. The historical information includes multiple issues reported by users similar to the user, and multiple user statuses associated with the users similar to the user. The user status among the multiple user statuses includes active and inactive, indicating whether the user is an active member of the telecommunication network or has left the network. The system provides the historical information to an AI model, and obtains from the AI model a priority associated with the issue experienced by the user. The system causes a resolution of the issue based on the priority.
US12010524B2
In a band sharing communication system in which there are a primary system and a secondary system in descending order of priority of communication, the systems share frequency bands, and a base station or a line control device performs allocation of a requested band of a terminal station of each system, the base station or the line control device includes: occupied band setting means for setting a primary occupied band and a secondary occupied band adjacent to the primary occupied band; band allocation means for allocating a vacant band of the primary occupied band with respect to a requested band of a primary terminal station and allocating a vacant band of the secondary occupied band with respect to a requested band of a secondary terminal station; and band transferring means for, when there is no vacant band in the primary occupied band with respect to the requested band of the primary terminal station, if a vacant band equivalent to the requested band is present in the secondary occupied band such that the vacant band is adjacent to the primary occupied band, transferring the vacant band from the secondary occupied band to the primary occupied band and allocating the vacant band to the primary terminal station, and if communication is being performed in a band in the secondary occupied band which is adjacent to the primary occupied band and equivalent to the requested band, transferring a vacant band created by making a suspension request to the secondary terminal station performing the communication from the secondary occupied band to the primary occupied band and allocating the vacant band to the primary terminal station.
US12010523B2
The present invention provides an electronic device and method for wireless communication, and a computer readable storage medium. The electronic device comprises: a processing circuit configured to: on the basis of interference relationship information among subsystems in a specific area, determine a second subsystem in a second coexistence group having an interference relationship with a first subsystem in a first coexistence group, wherein the first coexistence group comprises subsystems managed by a first spectrum management apparatus, and the second coexistence group comprises subsystems managed by a second spectrum management apparatus; and generate a spectrum coordination request to provide same to the second spectrum management apparatus, the spectrum coordination request indicating that the first spectrum management apparatus expects to use spectrum resources in coordination with the second spectrum management apparatus.
US12010517B1
System and methods are disclosed herein for dynamic detection of malicious activities on a mobile device. The mobile device maintains a file that is executable on the mobile device. The file includes a plurality of primitives, with each primitive comprising a piece of detection logic that, when executed, performs a security function on the mobile device. The mobile device receives instructions from a security service to chain a subset of primitives. The subset of primitives, when chained together, forms a detection process for a malicious activity newly identified by the security service. The system and methods then chain the subset of primitives based on instructions received from the security service and identify the malicious activity by executing the chained subset of primitives.
US12010509B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus are described for transferring application data. In one aspect, a method includes causing, by a first component on a first device to establish a wireless connection with a second device; receiving, from a second component on the second device, data specifying one or more applications that are installed on the second device and supported by the second component, each of the applications being separate from the second component; determining, by the first component, that a first application installed on the first device corresponds to one of the applications installed on the second device, the first application being separate from the first component; receiving, by the first component, first application data from the first application; and causing, by the first component, the first device to send the first application data to the second component running on the second device using the wireless connection.
US12010499B2
An ultra slim micro-speaker is provided with a middle gasket between the voice coil and the diaphragm is provided. A distance between a top of a top plate and a top of the voice coil can be equal to a distance between a bottom of the top plate and a bottom of the voice coil, and a winding height has a symmetrical relationship in the magnetic circuit with a BL(x) curve of the magnetic circuit having improved symmetry.
US12010498B2
An outer structure of a magnetic circuit is held inside a holder recess of a magnetic circuit holder of a frame. A pressing portion is screw-fixed to a mounting surface of the magnetic circuit holder. Elastically deformable pressing arms are formed at the pressing portion, and the pressing arms press a restriction surface of the outer structure of the magnetic circuit.
US12010490B1
An audio renderer can have a machine learning model that jointly processes audio and visual information of an audiovisual recording. The audio renderer can generate output audio channels. Sounds captured in the audiovisual recording and present in the output audio channels are spatially mapped based on the joint processing of the audio and visual information by the machine learning model. Other aspects are described.
US12010482B2
The present invention relates generally to microphone mounts and more particularly to an isolation mount for a microphone having an address axis. The isolation mount may include a base configured to attach to an object, a mounting assembly adapted to securely receive the microphone, and a suspension element extending between the base and the mounting assembly. The suspension element may include a first end affixed to the base, a second end affixed to the mounting assembly and a rolling spring extending therebetween, wherein the rolling spring is arranged to form an arc having an opening substantially aligned to the address axis of the microphone. Advantageously, the isolation mount may be configured to have a lowered resonant frequency, to provide a high level of compliance in at least one direction, and to provide a greater degree of energy absorption.
US12010481B2
An acoustic filter suitable for an electro-acoustic transducer includes a relatively high frequency driver and a relatively low frequency driver situated on a common axis. The acoustic filter includes a baffle body having an outer side and an inner side, such that the outer side serves as a baffle for the high frequency driver. The inner side forms a first wall of a Helmholtz resonator including a chamber and a vent duct communicating with the chamber.
US12010470B2
A data processing system includes a sensor apparatus configured to continuously detect data, determine a state of the data that is detected, transmit the data in accordance with a determination result, and continue to detect the data regardless of the determination result, and a receiving apparatus configured to receive the data transmitted from the sensor apparatus.
US12010469B2
Disclosed is a method for remote diagnosis and monitoring of field equipment over an industrial wireless network. A diagnostic unit associated with the field equipment optimizes communication of measured data by a field radio device to a base station. The diagnostic unit is communicatively linked to the field radio device. The measured data is obtained from the field equipment, and a plurality of communication parameters of a communication channel are obtained based on communication from the field radio device. Based on a packet size, a data rate and required application responsiveness, one or more packets comprising the measured data are generated. The generated packets are communicated to the field radio device at selected time intervals based on the packet size, and the application responsiveness, for communication to the base station.
US12010467B2
A method (and system) is provided obtaining an adapted calibration transformation for whole slide imaging, wherein the adapted calibration transformation is for outputting the color of an empty area of the slide in a whole slide image, WSI, as a desired color. The method comprises first receiving a color target WSI in a device-dependent color space, wherein the color target WSI is a WSI of a color target from a scanner represented in the device-dependent color space. The color target contains at least a white patch and three (near) primary color patches. A calibration transformation is obtained for transforming the device-dependent color space to a device-independent color space. A chromatic adaptation transformation is derived using the color of the white patch in the device-dependent color space, the color of the empty (glass) area in the device-independent color space and the desired empty (glass) color in the target color space. An adapted calibration transformation is obtained by applying the chromatic adaptation transformation to the calibration transformation.
US12010465B2
A projection video display apparatus includes a video input unit, a light source, a display element, a projection optical system, and a variable light adjusting function which changes the amount of light incident on the display element. Display modes using the variable light adjusting function are prepared, and one display mode of the display modes can be selected from a menu screen. Further, the display modes of the display video using the variable light adjusting function includes: a first display mode where the input video is displayed while changing a light adjusting amount in accordance with light adjusting control information, which is input from external equipment and is capable of controlling the variable light adjusting function in unit of frame of a projected video; and a second display mode where the input video is displayed while changing a light adjusting amount in accordance with the input video.
US12010464B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for automated camera activation are disclosed. In one aspect, a method includes the actions of receiving, from a sensor, sensor data. The actions further include, based on the sensor data, determining that a firearm has been removed from a holster. The actions further include, based on determining that the firearm has been removed from the holster, generating a software-recognized event that indicates the firearm has been removed from the holster. The actions further include, in response to the software-recognized event that indicates the firearm has been removed from the holster, generating an instruction for a camera to record. The actions further include providing, for output, the instruction for the camera to record.
US12010462B2
A server comprises a communications module, a processor coupled to the communications module, and a memory coupled to the processor. The memory stores processor-executable instructions which, when executed by the processor, configure the processor to receive, via the communications module and from a remote computing device, video data of a vehicle in an original state, store, in the memory, at least some of the video data of the vehicle and associate the stored video data with an account, receive, via the communications module and from the remote computing device, an indication of a claim, the indication associated with an account identifier, retrieve, using the account identifier and from the memory, the video data of the vehicle in the original state from the memory, and send, via the communications module and to the remote computing device, instructions for obtaining video data of the vehicle based on the video data of the vehicle in the original state.
US12010445B2
An imaging element includes a first photoelectric conversion unit and a second photoelectric conversion unit that generates electric charges by photoelectric conversion, a first comparison unit that outputs a first signal based on a result of comparing a signal based on electric charges generated by the first photoelectric conversion unit and a reference signal, a first storage unit that stores a signal based on the first signal that is output by the first comparison unit, a second comparison unit that outputs a second signal based on a result of comparing a signal based on electric charges generated by the second photoelectric conversion unit and a reference signal, a second storage unit that stores a signal based on the second signal that is output from the second comparison unit, and a connection unit that connects or disconnect the first comparison unit and the second storage unit.
US12010435B2
To provide an image pick-up apparatus, an image pick-up method, and a program each of which adapted to perform photometric calibration at a low cost in the application thereof for picking-up images for performing localization. An image pick-up apparatus (500) includes at least one memory (503) configured to store an instruction, and at least one processor (502) configured to execute the instruction, the processor being further configured to: pick-up an image; determine whether the picked-up image data is an image suitable for a computer vision application; and adjust camera parameters based on the determination.
US12010420B2
The invention relates to a long-range optical device comprising at least one sight channel and an image capturing channel, and a processing unit. The image capturing channel may include a camera module with an autofocus function. The sight channel may include a focusing lens and sensor connect to the processing unit for detecting the movement of the focusing lens. The processing unit may be programmed to trigger the autofocus function when termination of movement of the focusing lens is detected.
US12010418B2
The present technology relates to a solid-state imaging element, a signal processing method thereof, and an electronic device capable of suppressing a bus band and power consumption required for reading a pixel signal from the solid-state imaging element. The solid-state imaging element performs calculation of at least one stage of a convolutional layer and a pooling layer in a convolutional neural network on a signal corresponding to a light reception amount of light incident on each pixel of a pixel array unit. The present technology can be applied to, for example, a solid-state imaging element and the like generating a captured image or a depth image.
US12010417B2
A camera module and a terminal device are disclosed. The camera module includes a support mechanism, a filter and a sensor disposed corresponding to the filter, where the support mechanism includes substrates, support frames and buffers, the support frames each are disposed on the substrate, an edge of the filter is fixed on the support frame, and the buffers each are disposed between the substrate and the support frame. In this way, even if a suspended area of the filter increases relative to the sensor and shaking moment of the filter acting on the support frame increases, the support frame does not shake significantly relative to the substrate, and can keep its own stability under effective support by the buffer, which significantly reduces a probability of collision between the support frame and the filter, thereby ensuring assembly stability and integrity of the filter when the suspended area increases.
US12010415B2
A topographical measurement system uses an imaging cartridge formed of a rigid optical element and a clear, elastomeric sensing surface configured to capture high-resolution topographical data from a measurement surface. The imaging cartridge may be configured as a removable cartridge for the system so that the imaging cartridge, including the rigid optical element and elastomeric sensing surface can be removed and replaced as a single, integral component that is robust/stable over multiple uses, and easily user-replaceable as frequently as necessary or desired. The cartridge may also usefully incorporate a number of light shaping and other features to support optimal illumination and image capture.
US12010413B2
There is provided an optical engine for a navigation device including a first light source, a second light source, a lens, a carrier member and an image sensor. The carrier member has a light holder, a lens holder, an accommodation space and a tilted wall. The first light source is arranged on the light holder of the carrier member, and reflected light associated with the first light source penetrates through the lens to propagate to the image sensor inside the accommodation space. Reflected light associated with the second light source penetrates through the tilted wall of the carrier member to propagate to the image sensor.
US12010412B2
A camera module and a photosensitive assembly thereof, an electronic device, and a manufacturing method are provided. The photosensitive assembly includes a photosensitive chip having a photosensitive area and an electric connection area located around the photosensitive area, at least one resistance-capacitance device, a conducting element, an expanded wiring layer, and a molded base. The expanded wiring layer has a top surface and a bottom surface. The at least one resistance-capacitance device is electrically connected to the bottom surface of the expanded wiring layer. The conducting element extends between the bottom surface of the expanded wiring layer and the electric connection area of the photosensitive chip, so as to electrically connect the photosensitive chip to the expanded wiring layer by means of the conducting element. A light hole is formed in the expanded wiring layer, and the light hole corresponds to at least the photosensitive area of the photosensitive chip. The molded base is integrally combined with the photosensitive chip, the at least one resistance-capacitance device, and the expanded wiring layer.
US12010411B2
A telematics camera system includes a housing, including a plurality of sensors, a rotatable camera to capture an image of a first scene, a camera module receptacle configured to receive a second camera, an input port configured to be connected in communication with an electronic engine control module of a vehicle, and a side cover detachably secured to the housing and configured to partially cover an opening of the camera module receptacle. The telematics system with multiple cameras can also include a modular camera configured to be installed in the camera module receptacle and a bracket, the modular camera and bracket installed onto the housing by removing the side cover, installing the modular camera and bracket onto the housing, and securing the side cover onto the housing. Securing the side cover onto the housing locks the viewing angle of the rotatable camera and the modular camera.
US12010406B2
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving information about a content item of interest to a content consumer, determining a context of the content consumer, curating a summary segment for the content consumer based on the context of the content consumer, and presenting the summary segment to the content consumer at a context-appropriate time and in a context-appropriate manner to orient the content consumer to the content item of interest at a current viewing time of the content consumer. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US12010396B2
This application provides a mode configuration method and a mode configuration system, The system includes: a first terminal device, a second terminal device and a server. The first terminal device is a large screen display. A user can perform personalized settings of first terminal device the by using the second terminal device. The second terminal device is different from the first terminal device, and is generally a device that is convenient for the user to carry and operate and can provide the user with a diversity of options for personalized setting.
US12010382B2
Technologies are disclosed for controlling at least one media content presentation in a media stream by a media control device. The media stream may include one or more media content presentations. The media control device may communicate with a camera device and/or a display device. The media control device may receive one or more user-gaze detections captured via the camera device. One or more viewpoints on the display device may be ascertained that correspond to the one or more user-gaze detections. At least a first viewpoint of the one or more viewpoints may be ascertained, where the first viewpoint may correspond to a first largest number of similar viewpoints of the one or more viewpoints, and/or a most-recent viewpoint of the one or more viewpoints. The media control device may adjust at least one parameter of at least one media content presentation based on the first viewpoint.
US12010374B2
A method of controlling delivery of video programs from video distribution equipment to video receiver devices includes receiving messages at the video distribution equipment from a mobile terminal operated by a user. The messages contain user defined identifiers that are associated with equipment identifiers of different ones of the video receiver devices. The user defined identifiers are stored associated with the equipment identifiers in a subscriber account. Delivery of video programs from the video distribution equipment to the video receiver devices is controlled in response to commands received from the mobile terminal which request delivery of identified video programs to identified ones of the user defined identifiers. Related video distribution equipment and mobile terminals are disclosed.
US12010373B2
A display apparatus, including a microphone configured to receive a voice signal and a controller configured to generate a resulting screen corresponding to the voice signal different from a first displayed screen and according to a status of the content of the first displayed screen; to display the resulting screen on the display. Accordingly, the display apparatus provides a different resulting screen according to a status of the display apparatus.
US12010368B2
A system comprises television equipment and a number of portable electronic devices. The television equipment includes a large display and control circuitry. The control circuitry receives media content and media guidance data for display on the display. The control circuitry also includes communication components for communicating with the portable electronic devices. The portable electronic devices are operable for displaying video and communicating with the television equipment. A method comprises the steps of receiving media guidance information with a first portable electronic device; transmitting at least some of the media guidance information from the first portable electronic device to the control circuitry of the television equipment; and displaying the media guidance information from the first portable electronic device on the display of the television equipment while simultaneously displaying media content or media guidance information received from a source other than the first portable electronic device.
US12010366B2
A method includes identifying, by a server, a content location assigned to a first content slot of a schedule template defining a display rotation loop based on multiple content slots. Each of the content slots in the schedule is associated with slot criteria, and the schedule template is associated with a digital display. The server generates schedule data that indicates the display rotation loop, the content location, and the slot criteria. Dynamic content retrievable from the content location is displayable at the digital display at a first time. The first time is based on the first slot criteria of the first content slot. The server transmits the schedule data via a network to the digital display.
US12010363B2
An electronic apparatus is provided. The electronic apparatus includes a memory, a communication interface, and a processor configured to: control the communication interface to transmit a content and a first track log request to an external device, obtain a first ratio value between a first track log response time corresponding to receipt of a first track log response and a predetermined first track log request time corresponding to the first track log request, control the communication interface to transmit a second track log request to the external device at a random time, identify whether a second track log response corresponding to the second track log request is received from the external device, and identify whether the content is reproduced normally based on any one or any combination of the first ratio value and whether the second track log response was received.
US12010362B2
Systems and methods for partial frame encryption in accordance with embodiments of the invention are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method receives a video bitstream that includes several frames, each frame including several independently encoded compression units within the frame, encrypts a portion of each of several compression units in several frames, and generates an output bitstream that includes the several independently encoded compression units including the encrypted portions of the compression units.
US12010353B2
A better compromise between encoding complexity and achievable rate distortion ratio, and/or to achieve a better rate distortion ratio is achieved by using multitree sub-divisioning not only in order to subdivide a continuous area, namely the sample array, into leaf regions, but using the intermediate regions also to share coding parameters among the corresponding collocated leaf blocks. By this measure, coding procedures performed in tiles—leaf regions—locally, may be associated with coding parameters individually without having to, however, explicitly transmit the whole coding parameters for each leaf region separately. Rather, similarities may effectively exploited by using the multitree subdivision.
US12010352B2
The present disclosure provides example coding method, apparatus, and computer-readable storage medium. One example method includes sorting a plurality of pieces of run-length encoding (RLE) data based on their distribution probabilities. The plurality of pieces of sorted RLE data are mapped onto a plurality of pieces of reassembled data. The plurality of pieces of reassembled data are expanded into a plurality of pieces of binary data. A first matrix is generated based on the plurality of pieces of binary data. A code sequence is determined by processing a source signal, where the code sequence comprises a first set and a second set. A first vector is decoded to output a third set, where the third set includes one or more bits reserved after processing the source signal and one or more locations at which a decoding error occurs in one or more bits discarded after processing the source signal.
US12010348B2
An image decoding method according to the present disclosure presents indication information related to whether deblocking parameters for a deblocking filtering procedure exist in a picture header or a slice header.
US12010341B2
A method for processing point cloud data according to embodiments may encode and transmit point cloud data. The method for processing point cloud data according to embodiments may receive and decode point cloud data.
US12010337B2
An encoder for hybrid video coding, the encoder for providing an encoded representation of a video sequence on the basis of an input video content, and the encoder configured to: determine one or more syntax elements related to a portion of the video sequence; select a processing scheme to be applied to the portion of the video sequence based a property described by on the one or more syntax elements, the processing scheme for acquiring a sample for a motion-compensated prediction at an integer and/or fractional location within the portion of the video sequence; encode an index indicating the selected processing scheme such that a given encoded index value represents different processing schemes depending on the property described by the one or more syntax elements; and provide, as the encoded representation of the video sequence, a bit stream including the one or more syntax elements and the encoded index.
US12010334B2
Information available from coding/decoding the base layer, i.e. base-layer hints, is exploited to render the motion-compensated prediction of the enhancement layer more efficient by more efficiently coding the enhancement layer motion parameters.
US12010331B2
Provided is an image decoding method including determining a plurality of coding units in a chroma image by hierarchically splitting the chroma image, based on a split shape mode of blocks in the chroma image of a current image, and decoding the current image, based on the plurality of coding units in the chroma image. In this regard, the determining of the plurality of coding units in the chroma image may include, when a size or an area of a chroma block from among a plurality of chroma blocks to be generated by splitting a current chroma block in the chroma image is equal to or smaller than a preset size or a preset area, not allowing splitting of the current chroma block based on a split shape mode of the current chroma block, and determining at least one coding unit included in the current chroma block.
US12010328B2
A method and an apparatus of encoding/decoding intra prediction mode using a plurality of candidate intra prediction modes are disclosed. The method includes deriving three candidate intra prediction modes about a current block and deriving an intra prediction mode of the current block.
US12010316B2
One or more intra mode predictors of a current block are determined, where the one or more intra mode predictors are derived based on the neighboring samples of the current block via either a decoder side intra mode derivation (DIMD) or a template-based intra mode derivation (TIMD). Whether a position dependent intra prediction combination (PDPC) is to be applied is determined based on the one or more intra mode predictors. In response to the determining that the PDPC is to be applied, a fusion process is performed on the one or more intra mode predictors to combine the one or more intra mode predictors into a single intra mode predictor. The PDPC is applied based on the single intra mode predictor to generate a modified predictor of the current block. The current block is reconstructed based on the modified predictor generated by the PDPC.
US12010309B2
A lossless coding mode is proposed in a video coding system comprising a plurality of coding tools, some being lossy by design, some of which can be adapted to become lossless or near lossless. To enable a lossless mode in such system, it is proposed to disable the tools that are lossy by design and use only lossless tools, to adapt some tools to enable lossless coding, and adapt some tools to enable near-lossless coding so that a secondary lossless coding may be applied after residual coding. In a specific embodiment, it is proposed to determine the type of residual coding by, when an information indicates that a transform skip residual coding is used, obtaining a flag representative of a special mode, and when this flag is true, determine that regular residual coding must be used instead of the transform skip residual coding that should be used.
US12010301B2
This disclosure relates to video coding and more particularly to techniques for performing a position-dependent intra prediction sample filtering process. In one example, a method of coding video data comprises: deriving an intra prediction angle parameter, deriving an inverse angle parameter based on the intra prediction angle parameter: for a prediction mode included in a defined set of prediction modes, setting a value of a scale variable based on the derived inverse angle: and performing a position-dependent intra prediction sample filtering process using the value of a scale variable.
US12010298B2
An example device for decoding video data includes memory configured to store the video data and one or more processors implemented in circuitry and communicatively coupled to the memory. The one or more processors are configured to reshape a pixel domain reference template block using a forward mapping function into a mapped domain reference template block and derive local illumination compensation (LIC) model parameters from the mapped domain reference template block and a mapped domain neighboring reconstruction template block. The one or more processors are configured to apply the LIC model parameters to motion-compensated prediction signals and decode the video data based on the application of the LIC model parameters.
US12010296B2
Embodiments are disclosed for lossless image compression using block-based prediction and context adaptive entropy coding. A method of lossless image compression using block-based prediction and context adaptive entropy coding comprises dividing an input image into a plurality of blocks, determining a pixel predictor for each block based on a block strategy, determining a plurality of residual values using the pixel predictor for each block, selecting a subset of features associated with the plurality of residual values, performing context modeling on the plurality of residual values based on the subset of features to identify a plurality of residual clusters, and entropy coding the plurality of residual clusters.
US12010292B2
A method for decoding a video performed by a decoding device according to the present disclosure, comprises: a step for deriving a prediction mode of a neighboring block of a current block; a step for deriving an intra prediction mode candidate for configuring an MPM list on the basis of the derived prediction mode of the neighboring block; a step for configuring the MPM list on the basis of the derived intra prediction mode candidate; a step for determining an intra prediction mode for the current block on the basis of the configured MPM list; a step for deriving prediction samples for the current block on the basis of the determined intra prediction mode for the current block; and a step for generating a reconstructed picture on the basis of the prediction samples.
US12010287B2
The present invention includes a system, apparatus and method for generating a three-dimensional image and/or printing a three-dimensional structures, the system comprising: a medium comprising an acid-sensitive photoinitiator, a photoacid, monomers, donors, and acceptors, wherein the acceptor has a non-fluorescent state and a fluorescent state, wherein at one wavelength of optical excitation an optical molecular switch molecule has a first state, and at a second state the optical molecular switch molecule fluoresces at a second wavelength of excitation; and at least a first light source and a second light source into the medium, wherein light emitted by the at least first and second light sources are directed to contact the acid-sensitive photoinitiator, wherein a first wavelength activates the photo acid, and the second wavelength triggers polymerization of the monomers.
US12010285B2
Embodiments disclose a real-time surgery method and apparatus for displaying a stereoscopic augmented view of a patient from a static or dynamic viewpoint of the surgeon, which employs real-time three-dimensional surface reconstruction for preoperative and intraoperative image registration. Stereoscopic cameras provide real-time images of the scene including the patient. A stereoscopic video display is used by the surgeon, who sees a graphical representation of the preoperative or intraoperative images blended with the video images in a stereoscopic manner through a see-through display.
US12010268B2
To allow the human customer service agents to specialize in the instances where human service is preferred, but to scale to the volume of large call centers, systems and methods are provided in which human agents and intelligent virtual assistants (IVAs) co-handle a conversation with a customer. IVAs handle simple or moderate tasks, and human agents are used for those tasks that require or would benefit from human compassion or special handling. Instead of starting the conversation with an IVA and then escalating or passing control of the conversation to a human to complete, the IVAs and human agents work together on a conversation.
US12010262B2
An electronic device with one or more processors and memory includes a procedure for using a digital assistant to automatically respond to incoming communications. In some embodiments, the device obtains a speech input from a user, and, in response to obtaining the speech input, the device determines whether the speech input includes instructions for performing a specified action in response to receipt of a subsequent incoming communication from one or more specified senders. After storing the instructions, the device obtains an incoming communication from a respective sender. The device determines whether the respective sender is one of the one or more specified senders, and, upon determining that the respective sender is one of the one or more specified senders, the device performs the specified action in accordance with the instructions and thereafter automatically deleting the instructions.
US12010255B2
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing including a first plate, a second plate, and a side member, a metal structure of which a part is connected to the side member, and a printed circuit board. The side member includes a first conductive portion, a second conductive portion, a third conductive portion, a first segment formed between the first conductive portion and the second conductive portion, and a second segment formed between the first conductive portion and the third conductive portion. The first conductive portion is connected to a first ground part disposed on the printed circuit board through a first path, and is connected to a second ground part disposed on the metal structure through a second path spaced from the first path by a specific distance.
US12010254B2
A motion mechanism applied to an inner folding flexible screen terminal and an inner folding flexible screen terminal are disclosed. The motion mechanism includes left and right cranks and left and right connecting plates. The left and right cranks are both rotatably connected to a middle support structure, and the left and right connecting plates are respectively rotatably connected to the left and right cranks and slidably connected to left and right support frames. The left and right connecting plates are respectively connected to left and right housings of the flexible screen terminal. The motion mechanism has a simple structure and reliable movements. When the flexible screen is bent, the housings and the flexible screen move toward the far side together. In addition, the housings do not need to be provided with overly wide frames at two ends for coverage, which may facilitate a narrow frame design.
US12010253B2
According to various embodiments of the disclosure, an electronic device may comprise: a first housing, a flexible display including a first area disposed on the first housing and a second area extending from the first area and deformable into a curved shape, and a multi-bar structure comprising a plurality of bars and having an end coupled to the first housing and deformably supporting the second area. The multi-bar structure may include a support having a surface disposed to support the second area, and at least one rail disposed on another surface of the support when viewed from outside of the flexible display, wherein the rail is at least partially disposed in an area overlapping the second area.
US12010251B2
Electric border gateway device and method for chaining and storage of sensing data based on the same
The present disclosure discloses an electric border gateway device which adopts the blockchain technology to implement communication authentication and data transmission encryption at the gateway. As a device for sinking and processing local information, the border gateway device may build not only a local blockchain network with a variety of local electric sensing terminal devices, but also a regional blockchain network with other border gateways and electric management platforms. As a critical node of these two types of blockchain, the border gateway may enable the authentication of identity legality between electric sensing terminal devices, the critical data storage in the blockchain ledger, the deployment and implementation of blockchain transaction by control and coordinated functions, and the safe and reliable data interaction. The present disclosure also discloses a method for chaining and storage of sensing data based on the electric border gateway device.
US12010245B2
A secure executable container executed by a first endpoint device in a secure peer-to-peer data network detects that a second endpoint device is unavailable for execution of a secure asynchronous transaction with the first endpoint device, and generates a secure request for an assisting device (the second endpoint device or a third network device) requesting an indication once the second endpoint device is available for execution of the secure asynchronous transaction. The secure request does not contain any user-generated data. Upon the secure executable container receiving the indication generated by the assisting device that the second endpoint device is available for the execution of the secure asynchronous transaction, the secure executable container causes autonomic execution for completing the secure asynchronous transaction with the second endpoint device.
US12010244B2
An example operation may include one or more of extracting a data object from a machine-readable code. The data object can include fields of data signed with a digital signature of a private key, detecting an identifier of an issuer of the data object from the extracted data object, retrieving a public key from a blockchain based on the identifier of the issuer detected from the field of the extracted data object, and verifying the digital signature of the private key based on the fetched public key.
US12010237B2
A system and a method for digital proof generation are provided. The system includes a data management module to manage dataset having plurality of data rows and a query execution and verification module including a commitment storage sub-module, a query execution sub-module and a result verification sub-module. The data management module receives query from the query execution sub-module, related to operation on data rows of plurality of data rows, which is processed to generate execution result associated with data rows. The execution result is transferred along with data rows to the query execution sub-module. A set of commitments associated with execution result is transferred to the commitment storage sub-module. The query execution sub-module transfers set of commitments, from the commitment storage sub-module, and data rows to the result verification sub-module for verification, and receives a verification result from the result verification sub-module.
US12010236B2
A system comprising a distributed ledger (BC) configured to store a smart contract (SB) related to a problem statement (Z), the smart contract (SB) enabling a zero-knowledge proof (ZK) concerning the problem statement (Z).
US12010232B2
A cryptography administration system facilitates secure, user-friendly and auditable cryptography. An administrator may create channels with associated cryptographic keys and algorithms for performing cryptographic operations such as encryption and decryption. The channel may be associated with licenses which may include permissions to perform cryptographic operations. The licenses may be shared with one or more users. A user may perform cryptographic operations using the channel according to the permissions and operations included in the licenses, to which the user has access, associated with the channel. The user does not need a technical understanding of the cryptographic system (e.g., keys and algorithms) to perform the cryptographic operations and does not need access to the keys to perform the operations. The cryptographic operations may be stored in an audit log that can be reviewed by user.
US12010220B2
Division is realized with a small number of processing stages. A secure computation apparatus (1) obtains a secret value representing a result of divided N by D using a secret value [N] of a real number N and a secret value [D] of a natural number D. An initialization unit (12) sets a secret value [PL1] of a partial remainder PL1 to 0. A parallel comparison unit (13) computes secret values [E1], . . . , [ER−1] of comparison results E1, . . . , ER−1 of comparing a secret value [n] of a partial divisor n=Pj+1R+Nj with [D]×g for each integer g not less than 1 and less than R in parallel. An update unit (14) computes a secret value [Qj] of a quotient Qj and a secret value [Pj] of a partial remainder Pj that satisfy n=DQj+Pj using the secret values [E1], . . . , [ER−1] of the comparison results E1, . . . , ER−1. An iterative control unit (15) executes the parallel comparison unit (13) and the update unit (14) for each integer j from L1−1 to −L0.
US12010218B2
A method includes obtaining a key status for a first cryptographic key. The first cryptographic key is used to encrypt replicated data of a first replication instance. The method also includes determining, based on the key status, that the first cryptographic key is inaccessible which causes the first replication instance to be unavailable. In response to determining that the first cryptographic key is inaccessible, the method includes scheduling a second replication instance to be unavailable after a threshold amount of time has passed. The second replication instance includes replicated data encrypted by a second cryptographic key that is accessible. After the threshold amount of time has passed and when the first cryptographic key is still inaccessible, the method includes setting the second replication instance as unavailable.
US12010211B2
Systems and methods are provided for encrypting data in a memristor array. The data may be scrambled by multiplying an input data unit by another data unit, by multiplying each element of a first data unit by a different instance of a second data unit. The process continues until all elements of the first data unit are multiplied by a different instance of the second data unit. The elements of the data units may be represented by resistive values of a memristor array. The result of all of the above multiplication of different instances of the second data unit are a new set of data units. All of the resulting data units are added together by adding the currents associated with values of the memristors representing the resulting data units. The operation may be performed as a finite field computation, with the memristor array.
US12010200B1
A network interface device decodes a first set of encoded bits in a fixed-length frame according to a first error correction encoding scheme to generate a first set of bits among decoded bits. The network interface device decodes a second set of encoded bits in the fixed-length frame according to a second error correction encoding scheme to generate a second set of bits among the decoded bits. The network interface device generates a first set of bit blocks and a second set of bit blocks from the decoded bits at least by de-aggregating the decoded bits. A decoder of the network interface device decodes the first set of bit blocks and the second set of bit blocks to generate a plurality of uncoded bits.
US12010199B2
Embodiments of the present invention relate to the communications field, and provide an information transmission method, apparatus, and system, which determine a subframe used in enhanced transmission of first information, improving transmission reliability of the first information. The information transmission method includes: determining a subframe for enhanced transmission of first information, where the first information is a master information block, or the first information is a system information block (SIB) including a time division duplex (TDD) configuration, or the first information is an SIB including a multicast-broadcast single-frequency network (MBSFN) subframe configuration; and performing the enhanced transmission of the first information in the determined subframe for the enhanced transmission of the first information.
US12010180B2
The present application provides a method for resource guiding, a device for resource guiding, an apparatus and a computer storage medium, the method includes: acquiring, by a first receiver, a target request sent by a first requester, the target request carries resource information and a target address, the target address includes a virtual resource address, and the resource information includes recommendation information; and acquiring, by the first receiver, the recommendation information according to the virtual resource address, and determining an action executor according to the virtual resource address, the recommendation information is used for recommending a next action to be executed for the action executor.
US12010179B2
Disclosed are methods, electronic devices and systems for transmitting cross-resource event notifications. A method for transmitting cross-resource event notifications includes: receiving a cross-resource subscription request from a resource subscription entity, wherein the cross-resource subscription request is used to subscribe to a plurality of resources, and the cross-resource subscription request includes a plurality of single-resource event notification criteria and a cross-resource event notification criterion; determining that n resources of m resources satisfy the single-resource event notification criteria and satisfy the cross-resource event notification criterion, and transmitting a cross-resource event notification to the resource subscription entity, wherein m and n are positive integers greater than or equal to 2.
US12010175B2
A first message is broadcasted to a plurality of remote computers identifying an attribute of a host vehicle. A second message including a request to receive data about the identified attribute in response to broadcasting the first message is received from one of the remote computers. Upon receiving the second message, a host vehicle component is actuated to output at least one of light or sound associated with the identified attribute.
US12010174B2
A system and method in a building or vehicle for an actuator operation in response to a sensor according to a control logic, the system comprising a router or a gateway communicating with a device associated with the sensor and a device associated with the actuator over in-building or in-vehicle networks, and an external Internet-connected control server associated with the control logic implementing a PID closed linear control loop and communicating with the router over external network for controlling the in-building or in-vehicle phenomenon. The sensor may be a microphone or a camera, and the system may include voice or image processing as part of the control logic. A redundancy is used by using multiple sensors or actuators, or by using multiple data paths over the building or vehicle internal or external communication. The networks may be wired or wireless, and may be BAN, PAN, LAN, WAN, or home networks.
US12010167B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for managing workload among server clusters is disclosed. According to certain embodiments, the system may include a memory storing instructions and a processor. The processor may be configured to execute the instructions to determine historical behaviors of the server clusters in processing a workload. The processor may also be configured to execute the instructions to construct cost models for the server clusters based at least in part on the historical behaviors. The cost model is configured to predict a processor utilization demand of a workload. The processor may further be configured to execute the instructions to receive a workload and determine efficiencies of processing the workload by the server clusters based at least in part on at least one of the cost models or an execution plan of the workload.
US12010163B2
Systems and methods are disclosed herein for opening files via local application. A first application hosted by a local device presents a user interface associated with the first application, the user interface permitting a user to interact with documents on a cloud computing service, receives, via the user interface associated with the first application, a request to open one or more of the documents, and communicates the request to open the document to a second application hosted by the local device, wherein the second application is a local application different from the first application, wherein the second application has access to local information about a plurality of document processing applications installed on the local device, and wherein the request, received via the user interface associated with the first application, to open the document results in the identified document processing application downloading and opening locally a file that corresponds to the requested document on a cloud computing service.
US12010162B2
A data transaction processing system including multiple transaction processors also includes an active transaction receiver that sequences all incoming messages from various sources to facilitate transactional determinism, as well as a results arbiter to efficiently decide which transaction processor result to choose as the correct output. The data transaction processing system minimizes overall latency by optimizing which transaction processors and results arbiters are responsive to specific client computer input requests or messages.
