US12013742B2
Methods, systems, and devices for dynamic low power mode are described. An apparatus may include a memory device and a controller. The controller may receive a command to transition from a first power state to a second power state, the first power state associated with executing received command and the second power state associated with deactivating one or more components of the memory device. The controller may execute, while in the first power state, a set of operations associated with the transition from the first power state to second power state. The controller may determine whether a duration to execute the set of operations satisfies a delay duration between receiving the command and transitioning to the second power state from the first power state. The controller may transition from the first power state to the second power state based on determining whether the duration satisfies the delay duration.
US12013723B2
An HMD includes a mounting band for surrounding a head H of a user. The mounting band includes a case, a stretching unit, an adjustment mechanism that adjusts a length of the stretching unit to be accommodated in the case by relatively moving the stretching portion with respect to the case, a winding target member, and a spring member which is fixed at a front portion thereof to the stretching unit and at a rear portion thereof wound on the winding target member and in which an unwinding amount from the winding target member changes according to the length of the stretching unit accommodated in the case. The spring member generates elastic force that acts in a direction in which the stretching portion is accommodated into the case. A first elastic force of the spring member generated by a first unwinding amount and a second elastic force of the spring member generated by a second unwinding amount are equal to each other.
US12013718B2
A touch sensor layer has a touch region and a wiring region at a periphery of the touch region, and includes a plurality of first touch electrode blocks, a plurality of second touch electrode blocks, and at least one first touch auxiliary portion. The plurality of first touch electrode blocks and the plurality of second touch electrode blocks are located in the touch region and disposed in a same layer. Second touch electrode blocks and first touch electrode blocks are staggered in a first direction, and other second touch electrode blocks and other first touch electrode blocks are staggered in a second direction. A first touch auxiliary portion is disposed on a side, facing the wiring region, of at least one first touch electrode block in a group of first touch electrode blocks located at an outermost periphery and proximate to a same side of the touch region.
US12013708B2
A gas safety device includes: a flow path; a flow rate measurement unit for measuring a flow rate of gas in the flow path; an absolute pressure sensor inside the flow path for measuring an absolute pressure of the gas; an absolute pressure sensor outside the flow path for measuring an absolute pressure of atmospheric pressure; a gas pressure determination unit for measuring a change in gas supply pressure from the absolute pressure of the gas and the absolute pressure of atmospheric pressure measured by the absolute pressure sensor and the absolute pressure sensor, respectively; a shutoff valve for shutting off the flow path; and a control circuit for: (i) controlling the flow rate measurement unit; and (ii) causing the shutoff valve to shut off the flow path when determining an abnormality from the flow rate of the gas or the change in gas supply pressure.
US12013703B2
An autonomous vehicle (AV) computing device including at least one processor may be provided. The at least processor may be programmed to (i) receive a proposed trip including a destination location and a departure time, (ii) determine environmental conditions data based on the destination location and the departure time, (iii) retrieve current software ecosystem data for the AV, (iv) retrieve aggregated data for a plurality of AVs, the aggregated data including a plurality of correlations, each correlation including a) an interaction between at least one software application and at least one environmental condition and b) an adverse performance outcome associated with the interaction, (v) compare the environmental conditions data for the proposed trip and the current software ecosystem data for the AV to the plurality of correlations to identify an adverse performance outcome, and (vi) execute a remedial action to avoid the adverse performance outcome.
US12013701B2
The present disclosure provides systems and methods to communicate intent of an autonomous vehicle. In particular, the systems and methods of the present disclosure can receive, from an autonomy computing system of an autonomous vehicle, data indicating an intent of the autonomous vehicle to perform a driving maneuver. It can be determined that the intent of the autonomous vehicle should be communicated to a passenger of the autonomous vehicle. Responsive to determining that the intent of the autonomous vehicle should be communicated to the passenger of the autonomous vehicle, a graphical interface indicating the intent of the autonomous vehicle can be generated and provided for display for viewing by the passenger.
US12013700B2
A training system includes: an encoder module configured to receive a query image and to generate a first vector representative of one or more features in the query image using an encoder; a mixing module configured to generate a second vector by mixing a third vector, representative of one or more features in a second image that is classified as a negative relative to the query image, with a fourth vector; and an adjustment module configured to train the encoder by selectively adjusting one or more parameters of the encoder based on the first vector and the second vector.
US12013696B2
Aspects and implementations of the present disclosure relate to performance and safety improvements for autonomous trucking systems, such as reactive suspensions for maximizing aerodynamic performance and minimizing mechanical impact from road imperfections, automated placement of emergency signaling devices, and techniques of enhanced illumination of stopped and stranded vehicles.
US12013692B2
A method of controlling an aircraft includes tracking, using at least one sensor, one of an input by a pilot or a biometric parameter of a first pilot during flight of the aircraft. The method also includes determining a lack of attention by the pilot or a depth of sleep of the pilot based on the biometric parameter.
US12013691B2
A method for performing a plurality of vehicle computing tasks includes determining the plurality of vehicle computing tasks that need to be performed and monitoring a wireless connectivity between a vehicle and a remote computing system. Monitoring the wireless connectivity between the vehicle and the remote computing system includes measuring, in real time, at least one quality of service (QoS) measurement of the wireless connectivity between the vehicle and the remote computing system. The method further includes determining whether to perform at least one of the plurality of vehicle computing tasks in at least one of the remote computing system or a vehicle controller of the vehicle based on at least one QoS measurement.
US12013672B2
A controlling and monitoring control application associated with one or more work operations of one or more utility devices is disclosed. The controller is programmed for controlling one or more external work operations associated with one or more utility devices. An I/O board is connected in communication with the primary controller having a module with a plurality of device-specific control applications associated with one or more device-specific work operations. The housing of the controller includes one or more cable access points for plugging a cable into the controller. The cable access points are sealed to prevent water from entering into the housing. A mounting bracket assembly provides flexibility for mounting the controller at various orientations and/or positions. The controller also includes a DC control circuit for controlling backlight luminance over the entire dimming ratio.
US12013671B1
Disclosed is an intelligent driving test method with corner cases dynamically completed based on human feedback, including the following steps: obtaining an initial state of a real environment; building an original scene driver based on reinforcement learning, and correcting behavior selection to obtain an exploratory behavior; testing in a testing environment, performing expert evaluation, and building a dynamic corner case completion library based on the human feedback; building an imitation learning driver based on the human feedback, updating a policy based on test data in the dynamic corner case completion library, training the imitation learning driver, and outputting a corner case reproduction behavior; obtaining the initial state of the real environment and an initial environmental state of the dynamic corner case completion library, and selecting a scene driver; and outputting a corresponding behavior, and testing in the testing environment based on the corresponding behavior to obtain a test result.
US12013663B2
A rigid horological component (6, 7, 8) for an oscillator mechanism or for an escapement mechanism of a horological movement, the component extending along a principal plane (P) and including at least a part made of a composite material (1), the composite material (1) including a matrix (2) and a multitude of nanotubes or nanowires (3) distributed in the matrix (2), the nanotubes or nanowires (3) being juxtaposed and disposed substantially parallel with an axis (A) substantially perpendicular to the plane (P) of the component, the matrix (2) includes a rigid material (4) to fill the interstices and join the nanotubes or nanowires (3) to one another, the material (4) having rigid mechanical properties to block the elastic deformation of the component, the rigid material (4) comprised in the component having a Young's modulus greater than 2 GPa.
US12013658B2
A photosensitive drum is rotatably supported in a main body. A developing cartridge is detachably mountable on the main body in a state where the photosensitive drum is supported in the main body. The developing cartridge includes a developing device and a frame. The developing device includes a developing roller disposed in confrontation with the photosensitive drum to supply developer to the photosensitive drum when the developing cartridge is mounted in the main body, and a developer-accommodating portion configured to accommodate developer. The frame includes a waste-developer-accommodating portion configured to accommodate waste developer and supports the developing device that is movable relative to the frame. The frame is disposed on an opposite side of the developing roller from the photosensitive drum. An urging member is disposed between the frame and the developing device to urge the developing roller toward the photosensitive drum.
US12013651B2
An image forming apparatus includes an image carrying member, an intermediate transfer belt, a primary transfer roller, a first belt support roller, a secondary transfer roller, a second belt support roller, a current output portion, a current sensing portion, and a control portion. The current output portion passes across the secondary transfer roller a secondary transfer current as part of an output current. The current output portion and the second belt support roller are electrically connected together. The current sensing portion senses a leakage current passing from the first belt support roller via the intermediate transfer belt to the second belt support roller. The control portion sets the output current such that the secondary transfer current has a value given by subtracting a leakage current from the output current and keeps the voltage on the second belt support roller between −50 V and 50 V, inclusive.
US12013647B2
A method provides the steps of receiving an image from a metrology tool, determining individual units of said image and discriminating the units which provide accurate metrology values. The images are obtained by measuring the metrology target at multiple wavelengths. The discrimination between the units, when these units are pixels in said image, is based on calculating a degree of similarity between said units.
US12013644B2
A method for manufacturing an electronic device, the method including performing a treatment using a treatment liquid for manufacturing a semiconductor, the treatment liquid for manufacturing a semiconductor includes: a quaternary ammonium compound represented by the following Formula (N); at least one additive selected from the group consisting of an anionic surfactant, a nonionic surfactant, a cationic surfactant, and a chelating agent; water; and one kind or two or more kinds of metal atoms selected from the group consisting of Na, K, Ca, Fe, Cu, Mg, Mn, Li, Al, Cr, Ni, and Zn. A ratio T1 of a total mass of the metal atoms to the sum of a total mass of the additive and the total mass of the metal atoms is in a range from 1 ppt to 1 ppm.
US12013637B2
An oxime ester compound is useful as a photopolymerization initiator used in a polymerizable composition. A photopolymerization initiator contains the oxime ester compound. The oxime ester compound contains, in the same molecule: a group represented by the following Formula (I); and a photoradical cleavable group containing no oxime ester group.
US12013623B2
A display device with adjustable viewing angle is provided, which includes a display unit with a plurality of pixels arranged in a pixel array and emitting light for displaying image information to a user, a plurality of electro-optical lenses with adjustable optical power arranged in a lens array at the display unit, wherein each electro-optical lens is adjustable between a public mode, in which the electro-optical lens is configured to project light from the display unit towards the user within a first viewing angle, and a privacy mode, in which the electro-optical lens is configured to project the light towards the user within a second viewing angle, smaller than the first viewing angle.
US12013621B1
An electrochromic device is provided. The device includes a first transparent substrate and a second transparent substrate and a first electrically conductive layer and a second electrically conductive layer. A first bus bar is in contact with the first electrically conductive layer and a second bus bar in contact with the second electrically conductive layer. The first and second electrically conductive layers are patterned with sets of scribed lines substantially parallel to the corresponding bus bar, wherein the sets of scribed lines are made up of a series of collinear segments, which are gaps in the electrically conductive layer, wherein the length of the collinear segments, the period, the valve width and the offset between segments in adjacent scribed lines determines the resistance to the flow of electrons traversing a set of scribed lines in the direction substantially perpendicular to the corresponding bus bar.
US12013617B2
To suppress a malfunction of a circuit due to deterioration in a transistor. In a transistor which continuously outputs signals having certain levels (e.g., L-level signals) in a pixel or a circuit, the direction of current flowing through the transistor is changed (inverted). That is, by changing the level of voltage applied to a first terminal and a second terminal (terminals serving as a source and a drain) every given period, the source and the drain are switched every given period. Specifically, in a portion which successively outputs signals having certain levels (e.g., L-level signals) in a circuit including a transistor, L-level signals having a plurality of different potentials (L-level signals whose potentials are changed every given period) are used as the signals having certain levels.
US12013611B2
A display device including a display panel; a frame at a rear of the display panel; a substrate disposed on the frame between the display panel and the frame; a plurality of light sources mounted on the substrate, the light sources providing light for the display panel; a plurality of lenses respectively mounted on the plurality of light sources; a connector mounted on the substrate; and a reflecting sheet disposed on the substrate and the frame and including a plurality of holes into which the plurality of lenses is respectively inserted, wherein the reflecting sheet includes a cutting portion aligned with the connector such that the connector is disposed under the cutting portion of the reflecting sheet.
US12013606B2
A display panel, a display device, and a vehicle monitoring device are provided. The display panel includes a display area and a light-transmitting area adjacent to the display area. The display panel includes a first base and a second base opposite to each other and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first base and the second base. The display panel includes a planarization layer, a passivation layer, and an electrode layer disposed on a side of the first base close to the second base. Further, an orthographic projection of the electrode layer on the first base is outside the light-transmitting area.
US12013602B2
A method of detecting a defect in an electronic display includes taking a digital image of the electronic display; and electronically determining if an area of the electronic display is defective based on data of the digital image.
US12013601B2
A velocity mismatch between optical signals and microwave electrical signals in electro-optic devices, such as modulators, may be compensated by utilizing different lengths of bends in the optical waveguides as compared to the microwave electrodes to match the velocity of the microwave signal propagating along the coplanar waveguide to the velocity of the optical signal. To ensure the electrode bends do not affect the light in the optical waveguide bends, the electrode may have to be rerouted, e.g. above or below, the optical waveguide layer. To ensure that the pair of optical waveguides have the same optical length, a waveguide crossing may be used to cross the first waveguide through the second waveguide.
US12013583B2
An optical transceiver includes a housing, an optical communication module and a heat dissipation module. The optical communication module includes a substrate, a first optical communication component and a second optical communication component located at opposite sides of the substrate, respectively. The heat dissipation module includes a first heat conductive component and a second heat conductive component disposed on the substrate. The first heat conductive component is spatially spaced apart from the second heat conductive component. The first optical communication component is supported on and in thermal contact with the first heat conductive component. The second optical communication component is mounted on the substrate, and the second optical communication component is in thermal contact with the second heat conductive component through the substrate.
US12013581B2
An optical module includes a shell, a circuit board, a light-receiving device and an optical fiber ribbon. The circuit board is located in the shell. The light-receiving device is disposed on the circuit board and is electrically connected to the circuit board. An end of the optical fiber ribbon is connected to the light-receiving device. The light-receiving device includes a light-receiving chip and a focusing lens. The light-receiving chip is disposed on a surface of the circuit board and has a photosensitive surface. The focusing lens is disposed opposite to the photosensitive surface of the light-receiving chip, and is configured to converge light transmitted by the optical fiber ribbon to the photosensitive surface of the light-receiving chip.
US12013574B2
Disclosed are stable microcapsule compositions each containing a microcapsule dispersed in an aqueous phase and a stabilizing agent. The microcapsule compositions are stable for at least 4 weeks when storing at 45° C., and the microcapsule composition is considered stable when (i) the composition has a viscosity of 3000 cP or less and (ii) 20% or less water by volume of the composition is separated from the composition. Also disclosed are consumer products having such a stable microcapsule composition.
US12013572B2
Apparatus and methods for high-speed and long depth range imaging using optical coherence tomography
Exemplary apparatus can be provided which can include a laser arrangement that is configured to provide a laser radiation, and including an optical cavity. The optical cavity can include a dispersive optical waveguide first arrangement having first and second sides, and which is configured to (i) receive at least one first electro-magnetic radiation at the first side so as to provide at least one second electro-magnetic radiation, and (ii) to receive at least one third electro-magnetic radiation at the second side so as to provide at least one fourth electro-magnetic radiation. The first and second sides are different from one another, and the second and third radiations are related to one another. The optical cavity can also include an active optical modulator second arrangement which can be configured to receive and modulate the fourth radiation so as to provide the first electro-magnetic radiation to the first arrangement. The laser radiation can be associated with at least one of the first, second, third or fourth radiations.
US12013563B2
According to one embodiment, a display device includes a first transparent substrate, a second transparent substrate, a liquid crystal layer, light-emitting elements disposed in a first direction, a third transparent substrate including a main surface and a side surface opposed to the light-emitting elements, and a transparent layer disposed on the main surface and having a lower refractive index than the third transparent substrate. The third transparent substrate is bonded to the first transparent substrate or the second transparent substrate with the transparent layer sandwiched in between. The transparent layer includes strip portions disposed in the first direction and extended along a second direction.
US12013561B2
A waveguide apparatus comprises in combination: a light pipe with an optical axis for guiding light therethrough; a light coupling element in optical contact with an elongate portion of the reflecting surface of the light guide; and an optical waveguide in optical contact with the coupling element.
US12013560B2
A polarizer, an electronic device and a preparation method for the polarizer are provided, the polarizer including: a base film, having a side surface and defining a first region and a second region surrounding the first region on the side surface; a linear polarizing film, arranged on the side surface of the base film and covering the second region; a transparent filler, arranged in a same layer with the linear polarizing film and covering the first region; and a retardation film, covering a side of the linear polarizing film and a side of the transparent filler away from the base film.
US12013555B2
The present disclosure relates to a decoration member comprising a color developing layer comprising a light reflective layer and a light absorbing layer provided on the light reflective layer; and a substrate provided on one surface of the color developing layer, wherein the light absorbing layer comprises a molybdenum-titanium oxide (MoaTibOx).
US12013544B2
A display device includes: a closed-bottomed first lens tube including a first display part on the closed bottom for displaying a first image; a closed-bottomed second lens tube including a second display part on the closed bottom for displaying a second image; an adjustment mechanism including an operable part that is provided between and adjusts a distance between the first and second lens tubes; and an eye cup provided for each of the first and second lens tubes that is tubular and detachably attached to the open end of the first or second lens tube. The eye cup includes: an insertion part that is tubular and inserted inside the first or second lens tube; and a cup part having a curved sheet shape that extends outside of the first or second lens tube.
US12013541B2
The present disclosure is related generally to techniques for improving the performance and efficiency of display systems, such as laser scan beam display systems or other types of display systems (e.g., micro-displays) of an HMD system or other device. Display systems of the present disclosure may utilize polarization multiplexing that allow for improved optimization of diffraction optics. In at least some implementations, a display system may selectively polarize light dependent on wavelength (e.g., color) or field of view. An optical combiner may include polarization sensitive diffractive optical elements that are each optimized for a subset of colors or portions of an overall field of view, thereby providing improved correction optics for a display system.
US12013540B2
The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing an optical device, and provides a method of manufacturing an optical device, which includes: preparing first and second optical elements having a pair of corresponding surfaces; forming a reflective unit on the surface of the first optical element selected from the pair of corresponding surfaces; and forming an optical device by bringing the first and second optical elements into close contact with each other and fastening them to each other.
US12013538B2
Disclosed herein is augmented reality (AR) eyewear with at least one array of individually-adjustable optical elements whose levels of light transmission and/or reflectivity are selectively and individually adjusted by application of electrical current, or by exposure to an electromagnetic field, via transparent (or translucent) electroconductive pathways. Optical elements in this array collectively comprise a section of a Fresnel Reflector which has been selected (e.g. extracted or “cut out”) from the right side or the left side of a Fresnel Reflector.
US12013533B2
There is provided a method of projection using an optical element (502,602) having spatially variant optical power. The method comprises combining Fourier domain data representative of a 2D image with Fourier domain data having a first lensing effect (604a) to produce first holographic data. Light is spatially modulated (504,603a) with the first holographic data to form a first spatially modulated light beam. The first spatially modulated light beam is redirected using the optical element (502,602) by illuminating a first region (607) of the optical element (602) with the first spatially modulated beam. The first lensing effect (604a) compensates for the optical power of the optical element in the first region (607). Advantageous embodiments relate to a head-up display for a vehicle using the vehicle windscreen (502,602) as an optical element to redirect light to the viewer (505,609).
US12013523B2
An immersion oil for microscopy contains a) a first diester A1 based on a tricyclodecane radical K having one functional group and a first hydrocarbon derivative C1 having two functional groups, and b) a second diester A2 based on the tricyclodecane radical K having one functional group and a second hydrocarbon derivative C2 having two functional groups, where C1 and C2 are different. Methods can be used for the production of the immersion oil and for the use thereof in microscopy.
US12013519B2
A camera module includes a first lens group; a first optical path folding unit; a second lens group; and a second optical path folding unit. The first lens group, the first optical path folding unit, the second lens group, and the second optical path folding unit are sequentially disposed from an object side of the first lens group toward an imaging plane of the camera module. The first optical path folding unit includes a first fixed reflective member and a first movable reflective member configured to vary a length of an optical path between the first lens group and the second lens group, and the second optical path folding unit includes a second fixed reflective member and a second movable reflective member configured to vary a length of an optical path between the second lens group and an imaging plane.
US12013518B2
Methods and apparatus for seamlessly transitioning between lens projections. In one exemplary embodiment, a piecewise lens projection is composed of three (3) functions: (i) a first polynomial-based lens projection, (ii) a second “joining” lens projection, and (iii) a trigonometric lens projection. The piecewise lens projection characterizes virtualized lens distortion as a function of FOV; image data can be dynamically projected based on the virtualized lens distortion, regardless of FOV. In this manner, a user may achieve the visually familiar effects associated with a first lens definition for a first FOV, while still smoothly animating transitions to other lens projections (e.g., a larger FOV using stereographic projections).
US12013515B2
An optical lens assembly is provided, including a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, a fifth lens element, and a sixth lens element sequentially along an optical axis from a first side to a second side. The optical lens assembly satisfies a conditional expression of EFL/BFL≥3.800.
US12013502B2
A scintillation device including a silicon plate having a rectangular shape and having a first side and a second side opposite the first side, wherein the first side includes a plurality of first channels arranged to be in parallel with each other extending in a first direction, wherein walls in the silicon plate that form the first channels are coated with an optically reflective or dielectric layer, and wherein the first channels are filled with a scintillation resin in a solid state forming a first waveguide.
US12013499B2
The present invention relates to a method for simultaneous analysis of radiocarbon and tritium, the method including (i) mixing a radioactive waste sample containing a radiocarbon nuclide and tritiated water, and an oxidizing agent; (ii) oxidizing the radiocarbon nuclide in the radioactive waste sample to a gas containing an oxide of the radiocarbon nuclide by the oxidizing agent while suppressing volatilization of compounds containing gamma radionuclides other than the radiocarbon nuclide and tritium; (iii) discharging the gas containing an oxide of the radiocarbon nuclide by injecting an inert gas to the mixture; (iv) vaporizing and discharging the tritiated water in the mixture; and (v) analyzing radioactivity of radiocarbon and tritium from the discharged gas containing an oxide of the radiocarbon nuclide and tritiated water, and an apparatus for analysis of the same.
US12013498B1
A low-frequency acoustic wave generating device for detecting pipeline blockage related to the technical field of pipeline detection is provided and includes a sealing shell configured to be communicated with a pipeline, a sealed pressure environment is formed inside the sealing shell. A low-frequency electroacoustic transducer is disposed inside the sealing shell, the low-frequency electroacoustic transducer is connected to a signal generator and is configured to transmit an acoustic wave into the pipeline. The device transmits the acoustic wave signals to a high-pressure gas pipeline, combined with a signal generator capable of generating any waveform, thereby emitting any waveform of acoustic wave signal into the pipeline. The use of acoustic waves with special markings and characteristics for pipeline blockage detection can improve the anti-noise interference ability of the acoustic wave detection, and improve the precision of the detection.
US12013489B2
In a light receiving device, a light receiving element includes a first photoelectric conversion unit (PD) that converts light into electric charges, a first electric charge storage unit (MEM) to which the electric charges are transferred from the first photoelectric conversion unit, a first distribution gate, a second electric charge storage unit (MEM) to which the electric charges are transferred from the first photoelectric conversion unit, and a second distribution gate, in which the first and second distribution gates are provided at positions axially symmetric to each other with respect to a first center axis extending so as to pass through the center of the first photoelectric conversion unit, in a direction intersecting the column direction at a predetermined angle, when viewed from above the semiconductor substrate.
US12013486B2
A light detection and ranging (LiDAR) system is provided including a beam steering device configured to modulate a phase of light from a light source and to output light in a plurality of directions at the same time, a receiver including a plurality of light detection elements configured to receive light that has been irradiated onto an object in the plurality of directions from the beam steering device and reflected from the object, and a processor configured to analyze position-specific distribution and/or time-specific distribution of light received by the receiver and to individually process the light lights irradiated onto the object in the plurality of directions.
US12013483B2
The present disclosure discloses a calibration device for a vehicle Advanced Driver Assistant System, the calibration device includes: a foldable base (1), a stand assembly (2) and a beam assembly (3); the foldable base (1) including a bearing seat (11) and a plurality of bearing arms (12) rotatably arranged on the bearing seat (11), the stand assembly (2) is disposed on the bearing seat (11); the bearing arms (12) are able to be folded relative to the bearing seat (11) in a direction approaching the stand assembly (2); the beam assembly (3) is disposed on a top of the stand assembly (2) and includes two foldable beams (32). The calibration device for the vehicle ADAS can be folded when it is not in use, so that it occupy a smaller space and is convenient to carry, thereby facilitating its storage and transportation.
US12013474B2
A radio frequency identification (RFID) system includes an array of antennas to distinguish line-of-sight (LOS) paths from non-line-of-sight (NLOS) paths. The distance between adjacent antennas in the array of antennas is less than half the wavelength of the radio frequency (RF) signal of the system. Each antenna in the antenna array is also digitally controlled to change relative phase difference among the antennas, thereby allowing digital steering of the array of antennas across angles of arrival (AOAs) between 0 and π. The digital steering generates a plot of signal amplitudes as a function of AOAs. LOS paths are distinguished from NLOS paths based on the shapes (e.g., depth, gradient, etc.) of local extremes (e.g., maxima or minima) in the plot.
US12013469B2
According to an example aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus comprising a memory configured to store a sensor management dataset, and at least one processing core, configured to process an instruction to limit an accuracy of a first sensor in accordance with a resolution requirement of a property measured by the first sensor, determine, using the sensor management dataset, at least one second sensor which is capable of estimating the property, and cause lowering of resolution of data produced by the at least one second sensor, the extent of resolution lowering being determined based on first resolution requirement and the sensor management dataset.
US12013464B2
The present disclosure provides an environment sensing system. The sensing system includes a laser detection module, the laser detection module including a first laser module, a second laser module, a third laser module, and a fourth laser module, a field of view (FOV) angle of each laser module being less than or equal to 120°. The first laser module and the second laser module are disposed on a front side of a movable platform to detect an area in front of the movable platform, the FOVs of the first laser module and the second laser module partially overlap. The third laser module and the fourth laser module are respectively disposed on both sides of the movable platform to detect a front left area and a front right area of the movable platform.
US12013463B2
A photo-detecting apparatus is provided. The photo-detecting apparatus includes: a substrate made by a first material or a first material-composite; an absorption layer made by a second material or a second material-composite, the absorption layer being supported by the substrate and the absorption layer including: a first surface; a second surface arranged between the first surface and the substrate; and a channel region having a dopant profile with a peak dopant concentration equal to or more than 1×1015 cm−3, wherein a distance between the first surface and a location of the channel region having the peak dopant concentration is less than a distance between the second surface and the location of the channel region having the peak dopant concentration, and wherein the distance between the first surface and the location of the channel region having the peak dopant concentration is not less than 30 nm.
US12013462B2
The present disclosure provides a laser emitting module and a LiDAR apparatus. The laser emitting module includes at least two groups of laser emitting circuits. Each group of the laser emitting circuits includes one charging energy storage circuit and at least one energy releasing circuit. The energy releasing circuit includes an energy releasing switch and at least one laser. The energy releasing switch is turned on to drive at least one laser to work correspondingly. The charging energy storage circuit and the energy releasing circuit are arranged one-to-one or one-to-multiple. Any two adjacent emissions correspond to different groups of the laser emitting circuits.
US12013456B2
Provided is a method for detecting the trajectories of one or more targets in the field of view of one or more sensors, the method comprising: receiving one or more sensor frames corresponding to the one or more sensors; defining a space of allowable target states for the one or more sensor frames; specifying a set of potential target trajectories, each comprising one allowable target state for each of the one or more sensor frames; specifying target signal parameters for each of the allowable target states, such that the target signal parameters predict the expected target signal contribution corresponding to the one or more sensor frames; specifying a data fidelity objective to quantify how well the target signal parameters match the one or more sensor frames; specifying a sequence of one or more sparsity objectives to penalize a number of detected targets; determine the trajectories of one or more targets as follows: obtain values for all the target signal parameters in all the sensor frames, the obtained values being initialized values or previously optimized values, for each sparsity objective of the sequence, starting with the obtained target signal parameters, determine new target signal parameters to optimize the sum of the data fidelity objective and the sparsity objective; and storing the final trajectories in memory.
US12013454B2
A broad band coaxial load includes a conductive rod that is held coaxially within a coaxial support. The coaxial support includes a body containing a round hole with three axial sections (that include an exponential funnel), a plurality of radially oriented contact springs, and a cylindrical hole geometrically/dimensionally matching to the diameter of the conductive rod.
US12013452B2
Described herein are systems, methods, and instrumentalities associated with reconstruction of multi-contrast magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) images. The reconstruction may be performed based on under-sampled MRI data collected for the multiple contrasts using corresponding sampling patterns. The sampling patterns and the reconstruction operations for the multiple contrasts may be jointly optimized using deep learning techniques implemented through one or more neural networks. An end-to-end reconstruction optimizing framework is provided with which information collected while processing one contrast may be stored and used for another contrast. A differentiable sampler is described for obtaining the under-sampled MRI data from a k-space and a novel holistic recurrent neural network is used to reconstruct MRI images based on the under-sampled MRI data.
US12013446B2
A device for measuring an amount of superparamagnetic material comprises a pair of measuring coils and a pair of compensating coils, wherein the coils of a pair are identical to each other. The device also includes at least one direct current generator, a low-frequency generator, and a high-frequency generator, the generators being coupled to the first and second pairs to inject into each of the coils a current having a DC component, a high-frequency component and a low-frequency component, such that the magnetic fields generated by the coils of the same pair are identical. The device also comprises a detector of a component of an electric voltage set at a mixing frequency, which is a linear combination of the first and the second frequency.
US12013425B2
Disclosed is a power control system for preemptive detection and prevention of electric disasters including a feed end that supplies power, a receiver end that receives the power from the feed end through a line, a power control device that calculates at least one of a loss power value, a leakage current value, a voltage drop value, and an impedance value based on a voltage value and a current value, which are measured at each of the feed end and the receiver end, detects whether the line is abnormal, by comparing the calculated at least one value with a corresponding predetermined threshold and identifying a change in electrical properties, and controls the power supplied to the receiver end when it is detected that the line is abnormal.
US12013424B2
An antenna test system for testing an antenna with a plurality of antenna elements is disclosed. The antenna test system includes an antenna element connector for every antenna element of the antenna, wherein the antenna element connectors are wiredly couplable to the respective antenna elements, a channel emulator comprising an antenna port for every antenna element connector and a number of test signal ports, and a signal evaluation device for every one of the test signal ports that is coupled to the respective test signal port and that in each case is configured to receive a downstream test signal from the channel emulator and to evaluate the received downstream test signal and/or to provide an upstream test signal to the channel emulator via the test signal port, wherein the channel emulator is configured to receive downstream signals emitted by the antenna elements at the antenna ports and to perform a channel emulation on the received downstream signals and to output on each test signal port a single respective downstream test signal, and/or wherein the channel emulator is configured to receive upstream test signals from the respective signal evaluation devices via the test signal ports and to perform a channel emulation on the received upstream test signals and to output on each antenna port a respective upstream signal.
US12013419B2
In one example, circuitry is formed in a semiconductor die. A magnetic concentrator is formed on a surface of the semiconductor die and over the circuitry. An isolation spacer is placed on a lead frame. The semiconductor die is placed on the isolation spacer, and the magnetic concentrator is aligned to overlap the lead frame. Electrical interconnects are formed between the semiconductor die and the lead frame.
US12013418B2
In accordance with 37 C.F.R. § 1.125, a substitute specification has been included in lieu of substitute paragraphs in connection with the present Preliminary Amendment. The substitute specification is submitted in clean form, attached hereto, and is accompanied by a marked-up version showing the changes made to the original specification. The changes have been made in an effort to place the specification in better form for U.S. practice. No new matter has been added by these changes to the specification. Further, the substitute specification includes paragraph numbers to facilitate amendment practice as requested by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
US12013402B2
Methods, apparatuses and systems are described that are capable of simultaneously determining the presence, identities or levels of multiple analytes present in a single sample, by carrying out steps including denaturation, normalization, extraction, mixed-mode liquid chromatography and mass spectrometry, whereby the presence, identities or levels of analytes in the single sample are determined.
US12013395B2
A multiplexed vertical flow serodiagnostic testing device for diseases such as Lyme disease includes one or more multi-piece cassettes that include vertical stacks of functionalized porous layers therein. A bottom piece of the cassette includes a sensing membrane with a plurality of spatially multiplexed immunoreaction spots or locations. Top pieces are used to deliver sample and/or buffer solutions along with antibody-conjugated nanoparticles for binding with the immunoreaction spots or locations. A colorimetric signal is generated by the nanoparticles captured on the sensing membrane containing disease-specific antigens. The sensing membrane is imaged by a cost-effective portable reader device. The images captured by the reader device are subject to image processing and analysis to generate positive (+) or negative (−) indication for the sample. A concentration of one or more biomarkers may also be generated. The testing device is rapid, simple, inexpensive, and allows for simultaneous measurement of multiple antibodies and/or antigens making it an ideal point-of-care platform for disease diagnosis.
US12013392B2
Methods for proteomic screening on random protein-bead arrays by mass spec is described. Photocleavable mass tags are utilized to code a protein library (bait molecules) displayed on beads randomly arrayed in an array substrate. A library of probes (prey) can be mixed with the protein-bead array to query the array. Because mass spec can detect multiple mass tags, it is possible to rapidly identify all of the interactions resulting from this mixing.
US12013390B2
The present application discloses a nucleic acid composition for expressing recombinant EBIV-related genes and proteins and the use thereof. The nucleic acid composition includes a nucleic acid molecule having sequences shown in SEQ ID NO. 14, 15, 16, and 17. In the present application, a recombinant EBIV is also constructed with this nucleic acid composition. The virus not only has broad-spectrum infectivity to mammalian and mosquito cells, can be stably passaged, but also has green fluorescence, which can provide a research foundation for in vitro and in vivo virus tracing, virus detection, antiviral drugs, vaccine screening, with significant application prospects.
US12013389B2
The present invention provides a method of evaluating pathological conditions of heart failure based on a new mechanism of action of heart failure, a method of evaluating a candidate compound for a heart failure treatment drug using the mechanism of action, and a pharmaceutical composition for treating or preventing heart failure using the mechanism of action. That is, the present invention provides a method of evaluating pathological conditions of heart failure including measuring an amount of succinyl-CoA in cardiomyocytes collected from a test animal, a respiratory capacity of mitochondrial complex II in peripheral blood mononuclear cells collected from the test animal or an amount of reactive oxygen species released from peripheral blood mononuclear cells collected from the test animal; and evaluating the onset of heart failure of the test animal or the severity of heart failure based on the obtained measurement values.
US12013378B2
A gas chromatograph main body (2) comprising an upper surface on which a plurality of injection ports are provided, an injector (4A) arranged on the gas chromatograph main body (2), for corresponding to an injection port (10-1 to 10-4) optionally selected from a plurality of the injection ports (10-1 to 10-4), and being configured to inject a sample through the corresponding injection port (10-1 to 10-4), and a sampler (6) for supplying a vial containing liquid to the injector (4A). The sampler (6) is arranged at a position determined according to a position of the injector (4A) on the gas chromatograph main body (2) so as to have a specific positional relationship with the injector (4A). The sampler is engaged with the gas chromatograph main body (2) or the injector (4A).
US12013376B2
A sensor device for detecting static modulus of elasticity in situ comprising: top and bottom frame end plates, said top and bottom frame end plates connected by at least two frame side bars; a dry cavity connected to said top frame end plate comprising a piston, precompression mechanism, and piston transfer plate; a displacement measurement gauge extending from said dry cavity along a longitudinal axis of said sensor device having a first end in contact with said piston transfer plate and a second end in contact with a bottom inner face of said bottom frame end plate; and a top inner face connected to said piston transfer plate, wherein a portion of elastomeric material is positioned on said bottom and top inner faces, said elastomeric material positioned to prevent contact with either bottom or top inner faces except for a portion along the longitudinal axis of the displacement measurement gauge.
US12013374B2
A method includes forming, by a laser beam supplied by a laser cutting system, a laser-cut line in each of a plurality of glass samples. Each different laser-cut line in each different glass sample of the plurality of glass samples is formed when the laser cutting system is at a different process setting. The method also includes subjecting each of the plurality of glass samples with the laser-cut lines to a break test, and obtaining a plurality of break strength values. Each different break strength value of the plurality of break strength values is indicative of a laser-cut line quality of the respective glass sample of the plurality of glass samples.
US12013370B2
Aspects of the subject technology relate to systems, methods, and computer-readable media for accounting for artifacts in pipe measurements made by an electromagnetic pipe inspection tool. Measurements gathered in a plurality of pipes across different depth points are accessed. Initial estimates of an attribute associated with the plurality of pipes are made for each pipe and a total estimate of the attribute for the plurality of pipes as a whole are made across the different depth points. Corresponding initial estimates of the attribute for each pipe are filtered to remove an artifact present in at least one of the corresponding initial estimates while the total estimate is preserved. Corresponding final estimates of the attribute for each pipe are determined based on both the measurements and corresponding filtered initial estimates of the attribute for each pipe. Integrity of each pipe can be determined based on the corresponding final estimates of the attribute.
US12013367B2
A monolithic, three-dimensional (3D) integrated circuit (IC) device includes a sensing layer, a memory layer, and a processing layer. The sensing layer includes a plurality of carbon nanotube field-effect transistors (CNFETs) that are functionalized with at least 50 functional materials to generate data in response to exposure to a gas. The memory layer stores the data generated by the plurality of CNFETs, and the processing layer identifies one or more components of the gas based on the data generated by the plurality of CNFETs.
US12013366B2
Ion selective membranes and the preparation thereof, such as magnesium ion selective membranes and the preparation thereof. In particular, the invention describes improved PVC polymer blends for use in ion selective membranes. The invention furthermore relates to electrodes and potentiometric sensors comprising such membranes and the use thereof for determining ion concentrations in samples.
US12013365B2
Provided are a virus measuring method, a virus measuring device, a virus determining program, a stress determining method, and a stress determining device. A virus measuring method includes a contact step of bringing a liquid specimen containing a body fluid of a subject and an electrolytic solution into contact with each other via a through-hole portion formed in a separating wall, a current measuring step of applying a voltage to the liquid specimen and the electrolytic solution with respect to the through-hole portion and obtaining a waveform of an ionic current flowing through the through-hole portion, and a virus determining step of determining the kind of a virus contained in the body fluid on the basis of the waveform. In the virus determining step, the kind of the virus is determined by comparing the waveform with waveform information that corresponds to a known virus and is obtained beforehand.
US12013348B2
There is presented a system and method for detecting mobile device fault conditions, particularly detecting defects in a display or housing of a mobile device. One or more cameras included within the mobile device are used with a reflecting surface in a test fixture to obtain properly aligned and formatted images of the external housing and display of the mobile device, and interactive guidance assists with placement and execution of diagnostics. A remote server conducts further analysis of the captured images, and then defect status may be returned to and displayed upon the mobile device screen.
US12013343B2
A hand-held microfluidic testing device is provided that includes a housing having a cartridge receiving port and a cartridge for input to the cartridge receiving port. An optical detection system in the housing is capable of providing an illuminated electric field useful for Raman spectroscopy. The cartridge may have a sample well. The sample well is loaded with a mixture of water containing the analyte, Raman-scattering nanoparticles and a calibration solution. The calibration solution contains an analogue of the analyte differing in its Raman response, for example an isotope of the analyte. Optionally, a chemical compound capable of increasing interaction between the analyte and the nanoparticles may be added.
US12013339B2
A system and method for autonomously testing display performance in which a scanning mechanism with a two-directional mobile gantry plate, a probe, and a controller automatically operate a test device to illuminate discrete areas of the display screen based on the detected screen size, correlate the tracking position of a measurement location on the display screen for each reading of an illuminated area in a dictionary, and perform one or more of a flicker test, a luminosity test, and a color state test at the determined locations.
US12013335B2
The present invention discloses an optical detection cell for detecting inorganic analytes in an aquatic environment. The optical detection cell comprises a microfluidic channel defining an optical detection path. First and second transparent windows are bonded at opposite locations on the microfluidic channel. The optical detection cell is provided with a UV-LED, and light detector respectively positioned proximally to the first and second transparent windows. The UV-LED configured to be driven by a constant electrical current having a value between 2.5 mA and 50.0 mA.
US12013325B2
A viscosity measurement system and method of fabrication thereof, the system comprising a measuring element and a housing, the measuring element comprising a base and a counterweight, forced oscillation generating means, a tube, and a rod; the base, the counterweight and the forced oscillation means being sealed in the housing; the tube extending out of the housing through an opening in a bottom wall of the housing; the forced oscillation generating means being connected to an electric board secured to a top wall of the housing opposite the bottom wall for excitation of the rod; and the rod extending within the tube and immerging of the housing for immersion, at least in part, in a fluid to be measured, wherein the counterweight is distant from the top wall and from lateral walls of the housing, and the base is supported by the bottom wall of the housing in such a way to simultaneously provide a rigid attachment on an outer circumference of the bottom wall and on a circumference of the opening in the bottom wall, and a flexible dampening attachment on a remaining interface between a bottom surface of the base of the measuring element and an upper surface of the bottom wall of the housing.
US12013315B2
In a device for evaluating torsional structural performance of girder according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a guide unit of a support member formed in a shape of an arc having its center that matches a shear center of the girder rotatably supports a rotating member, so that the shear center of the girder matches a center of torsion during clockwise or counterclockwise rotation of the rotating member, thereby measuring an accurate angle of twist and preventing an incident in which the rotating member escapes due to separation of a component by a rotational force.
US12013314B2
Method for leak testing a tank head, intended to be filled with a gas under high pressure and before it enters service, which head including at least two sealing devices, referred to as an inner and an outer sealing devices, which delimit there between an intermediate space into which opens a duct which communicates with the outside, such that: said test is carried out during the manufacture of the tank assembly, after fitting the tank head and before this tank is filled with high-pressure gas, pressurized gas is injected via the duct into the intermediate space between the two sealing devices, the gas injection is stopped at a given pressure, the value of said pressure is measured via said duct.
US12013311B2
According to the invention, a diagnostic method is provided for diagnosing a misfire condition of individual engine cylinders in a turbocharged diesel engine having at least a first and a second cylinder. The diagnostic method is characterized by defining a group of diagnosing functions (f1 . . . fn), each having as inputs a number of subsequent sampling pressure values (p1 . . . pm) and having as output a threshold characteristic (t1 . . . tn) diagnosing a misfire condition; determining an error function (e1 . . . en), which is a function of measured false fails and false passes for said diagnosed misfire condition by said diagnosing function (f1 . . . fn), in each of an engine speed region, ranging from a lowest engine speed (rlow) to a highest engine speed (rhigh), for selected engine speed range intervals (s1 . . . sl), and selecting a diagnosing function fi from the group of diagnosing functions (f1 . . . fn), where in fi having an error function ei that is lowest over the entire speed range ([rlow-rhigh]). The number n of diagnosing functions (f1 . . . fn) in the group of diagnosing functions can be more than 7.
US12013310B2
Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture are disclosed to monitor engine starting systems. An example apparatus includes processor circuitry to execute instructions to measure engine starting system data from a machine; determine a total starting crank time and an ambient air temperature for the machine from the engine starting system data; compare the engine starting system data using a machine learning model; model a relationship between the ambient air temperature and the total starting crank time; generate a score of an engine starting system from the machine learning model; determine comparison result from the relationship between the ambient air temperature and the total starting crank time; and display an alert to a user based on at least one of the score of the engine starting system or the comparison result from the relationship between the ambient air temperature and the total starting crank time.
US12013307B2
A method for diagnosing a rolling device (10) including an outer member (1), an inner member (3), and rolling elements (5) includes: applying an AC voltage to an electric circuit including the outer member (1), the rolling elements (5), and the inner member (3); measuring an impedance and a phase angle of the electric circuit when the AC voltage is applied; and measuring a dielectric constant of a lubricant at least one of between the outer member (1) and the rolling elements (5) and between the inner member (3) and the rolling elements (5) based on the measured impedance and the measured phase angle.
US12013292B2
A sensor system for detecting events includes an array of memory devices and a read-out interface. Each memory device includes a floating-gate with a sensing interface, the sensing interface having an energy barrier configured to leak electrons at a predetermined electron leakage rate through Fowler-Nordheim (F-N) tunneling. An an input to the sensing interface is configured to alter a geometry of the energy barrier to change the electron leakage rate. The read-out interface is communicatively coupled to at least one memory device, and is configured to retrieve data stored on the at least one memory device for analysis.
US12013270B2
We disclose herein a sensing device comprising a semiconductor substrate having a first etched portion, a dielectric layer located on or over the semiconductor substrate, wherein the dielectric layer comprises a first dielectric membrane located adjacent to the first etched portion of the semiconductor substrate, a pressure sensing element and/or a flow sensing element within the first dielectric membrane, and a first structure configured to reinforce the dielectric membrane. A first portion of the first structure is located within the first dielectric membrane, the first structure has a higher stiffness than the first dielectric membrane, and the first portion of the first structure is located between a perimeter of the dielectric membrane and the pressure sensing element or flow sensing element.
US12013261B2
Embodiments of the disclosure provide magnetic sensing systems and methods for a galvanometer scanner configured to rotate within a predetermined angular range. An exemplary magnetic sensing system includes a disc permanent magnet configured to provide a magnetic field. The magnetic sensing system further includes a Hall sensor configured to generate a voltage proportional to the strength of the magnetic field as the Hall sensor and the disc permanent magnet move relatively to each other when the galvanometer scanner rotates. One of the disc permanent magnet and the Hall sensor locates on and rotates with the galvanometer scanner and the other locates off the galvanometer scanner. The magnetic sensing system also includes at least one controller configured to determine a rotation angle of the galvanometer scanner based on the generated voltage by the Hall Sensor.
US12013260B2
An add-on module for a field device for measuring and/or monitoring at least one measurement variable, wherein a portion of the field device adjacent the process is exposed to process conditions at the site of use and a portion of the field device opposite the process is exposed to ambient conditions at the site of use includes: at least one receiving device into which one measuring module can be inserted, wherein each measuring module acquires by measurement at least one ambient parameter and/or at least one effect of the ambient conditions on the measuring module; and an evaluation unit connected to the measuring module and configured to, based on the ambient parameter and/or effects acquired by the measuring module, determine an instantaneous stress acting on the field device and/or a total stress to which the field device has been exposed thus far during the period of use thereof.
US12013258B2
The present invention relates to a sensor assembly configured to be mounted on a vehicle. The sensor assembly comprises a sensor; and a housing housing the sensor. The housing comprises an inclined front wall configured to face a main traveling direction (A) of the vehicle and a direction (B) away from the vehicle, a vehicle facing wall configured to face towards the vehicle, the vehicle facing wall comprising an air inlet, and a rear openings forming a viewing opening for the sensor, the rear opening being in fluid connection with the air inlet such that air entering the air inlet exits the housing through the rear opening.
US12013256B1
Discrepancies between mapped lanes on a roadway and perceived lanes perceived by the perception system of an autonomous vehicle may be identified and used to augment map data used by the autonomous vehicle, thereby enabling the autonomous vehicle to operate even in the event of the identified discrepancy.
US12013255B2
A method is provided to using a machine learning model to predict lane geometry where incorrect or missing lane line geometry is detected. Methods may include: receiving a representation of lane line geometry including a masked area representing an area of broken lane line geometry; processing the representation using an inpainting model including a generator to produce a corrected representation, where the masked area is inpainted to correct the broken lane line geometry, where the generator processes the representation through one or more convolution layers and at least eight dilated convolution layers to generate inpainting of corrected lane line geometry in the corrected representation; processing the corrected representation through a discriminator of the inpainting model, where the discriminator discerns a score reflecting a quality measure of the corrected representations; and updating a map database based on the corrected representation in response to the score satisfying a predetermined threshold.
US12013247B2
There is provided a system for more efficiently transporting transport objects using a moving object. An information processing apparatus (100) that generates a movement instruction for a moving object that carries a transport object includes a first acquisition unit (141) configured to acquire information about the transport object for each space, a second acquisition unit (135) configured to acquire information representing a tendency of whether the moving object moves in accordance with the movement instruction, and a generation unit (143) configured to generate the movement instruction for the moving object on the basis of the information about the transport object and the information representing the tendency.
US12013244B2
In various examples, live perception from sensors of a vehicle may be leveraged to generate potential paths for the vehicle to navigate an intersection in real-time or near real-time. For example, a deep neural network (DNN) may be trained to compute various outputs—such as heat maps corresponding to key points associated with the intersection, vector fields corresponding to directionality, heading, and offsets with respect to lanes, intensity maps corresponding to widths of lanes, and/or classifications corresponding to line segments of the intersection. The outputs may be decoded and/or otherwise post-processed to reconstruct an intersection—or key points corresponding thereto—and to determine proposed or potential paths for navigating the vehicle through the intersection.
US12013237B2
The present invention discloses a quasi-zero-stiffness (QZS) based six-degree-of-freedom (6-DOF) absolute displacement and attitude measurement device. A lower end coil and an upper end coil are respectively charged with currents in the opposite directions; The electromagnetic field and the magnetic fields of an upper magnet and a lower magnet per se are mutually acted to produce an electromagnetic stiffness opposite to the stiffness of a spring. The stiffness of the whole leg is close to zero stiffness. When the to-be-measured platform generates space motion, the reference platform is in the stationary state. At this point, the deformation amounts of the six legs can be measured by laser displacement sensors. The six deformation amounts are respectively inputted into the displacement and attitude resolver, and by forward kinematic solution of the 6-DOF device, the displacement and the attitude of the to-be-measured platform can be obtained.
US12013233B2
An accuracy diagnostic device that diagnoses an influence on an accuracy of a machine tool due to a thermal deformation includes a temperature change rate calculation unit, an accuracy influence degree calculation unit, and an accuracy stabilization time period calculation unit. The temperature change rate calculation unit calculates a rate of a temperature change in a predetermined portion of the machine tool as a temperature change rate. The accuracy influence degree calculation unit calculates an influence degree on the machine tool accuracy due to the thermal deformation as an accuracy influence degree, based on the temperature change rate. The accuracy stabilization time period calculation unit calculates a time period until the machine tool accuracy is stabilized as an accuracy stabilization time period, based on the temperature change rate.
US12013230B2
A shape measuring apparatus includes a stage, a light projecting portion, a light receiving portion, and a rotation unit. The rotation unit is attached to an end of the stage. The rotation unit rotates the measurement subject about a rotation axis that vertically intersects while holding the measurement subject. In a state where the measurement subject is at a predetermined rotation angular position, the pattern light is emitted from the light projecting portion to the measurement subject a plurality of times while being phase-shifted. At this time, the light receiving portion captures an image of the measurement subject. Three-dimensional shape data is generated on the basis of a plurality of pieces of image data obtained by imaging.
US12013228B2
Disclosed is a phase-shifting phase measurement error correction method based on pixel tracing of object raster images. During traditional phase-shifting shape measurement, surface height information is represented by phase information. The nonlinearity of equipment inevitably causes errors of phase information calculated according to images captured by a camera. The method comprises: projecting, by projector, a special raster projection to resolve a pixel-tracing mapping relation; in a direction against a light path, determining the position of a point light source that illuminates any one image pixel in a captured image and is located in an imaging plane of the projector according to the pixel-tracing mapping relation; and finally, replacing distributed phase information in image pixels with ideal phases in point light sources to correct phase errors to improve the accuracy of phase-shifting shape measurement. Compared with existing methods, the method is easy to operate and high in efficiency and precision.
US12013225B2
The present invention is a method for measuring the deformation of a subsea pipeline (1), wherein an electromagnetic wave is emitted towards subsea pipeline (1), the electromagnetic wave being reflected by a metal layer (2) of subsea pipeline (1) and the reflected electromagnetic wave being analysed to deduce the deformation of subsea pipeline (1).
US12013224B2
Provided is a contactless displacement sensor based on a flexible photoelectric nanofilm. The displacement sensor is fixed on a mid-span surface of a bridge; a laser light source is arranged under the displacement sensor, and after the has a deflection, the displacement sensor is displaced along with the bridge, resulting in a corresponding change in an output current; the change of a laser transmission distance, namely the deflection of the bridge, can be obtained through back calculation according to an output current signal. Compared with other traditional deflection measuring devices, the contactless displacement sensor based on a flexible photoelectric nanofilm has the advantages of a simple structure, a high measuring precision, a high response speed, a wide in application range, being capable of achieving real-time automatic measurement and the like.
US12013220B2
An ammunition cartridge comprised of a projectile inserted in, and mechanically connected to, a metal cartridge case assembly having a propulsion chamber and a base, and an energetic propellant disposed in the propulsion chamber, includes a base plug in which is mounted an igniter with an energetic primer. During manufacture of the cartridge, a fusible support ring is incorporated into a metal cavity. The cartridge base includes a cavity allowing the fusible material to solidify at ambient temperatures. When exposed to heat from an external fire, the fusible support plug liquefies losing its strength and subsequently, when a propellant or primer off-gasses or auto-ignites the pressure from the reaction ejects a metal plug or lid from the cartridge case base, creating a void that allows the propellant and primer to combust in an unconfined space.
US12013219B2
An inertia bullet remover and associated methods for removing a bullet from an ammunition casing. The inertia bullet remover includes a carriage for carrying the ammunition casing. The carriage is movable with respect to a base between a first position and a second position. Movement of the carriage is guided by a guide. Movement of the carriage is stopped by a stop, which causes the bullet to exit the ammunition casing via inertia.
US12013214B2
A deployment unit for use with a handle of a conducted electrical weapon (“CEW”). The deployment unit includes wire-tethered electrodes for launching toward a human or animal target for providing a current through the target to impede locomotion of the target. The deployment unit includes a barrier that prior to use with the handle protects the deployment unit from electrostatic discharge. Prior to use of the deployment unit, the barrier may further protect the deployment unit from ingress of dirt and/or moisture into the deployment unit. While the deployment unit is inserted into a handle, the barrier shields conductors of the handle and the deployment unit to facilitate delivery of a launch signal from the handle to the deployment unit to launch the wire-tethered electrodes.
US12013205B2
In some embodiments, an archery bow comprises a riser, a first limb, a second limb and a bowstring. The riser comprises a first rail, a second rail and a plurality of connecting members extending between the first rail and the second rail. The riser comprises an accessory cavity and an accessory is positioned in the cavity. A fastener attaches the accessory to the riser.
US12013201B2
An interface for coupling a bipod to a sling stud of a firearm forend. The interface can include two pawls that pivot to release or grasp the sling stud. The pawls can be biased upward via a detent that rides within a vertical aperture in a pivot holder. The pivot holder can move up and down within a vertical aperture in a mounting plate of the interface, and via this movement the pawls may be forced open or closed. A bottom surface of one or both pawls can include an irregular surface different portions of which interface with a top of the detent depending on a vertical position of the pivot holder within the aperture in the mounting plate.
US12013199B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to recording devices coupled to guns that are configured to record events. In an embodiment, a gun-mounted recording device comprises: a sensor configured to: sense the gun is in use; and send an activation signal to a recording device in response to sensing the gun is in use. Further, the recording device is communicatively coupled to the sensor, wherein the recording device is configured to: transition from a lower-power state to a higher-power state in response to receiving the activation signal, wherein the recording device records wherein the higher-power state; and record at least one aspect of the gun's environment in response to transitioning from the lower-power state to the higher-power state.
US12013196B2
Cooling sub-systems and methods of manufacturing cooling sub-systems are provided. For example, a cooling sub-system comprises a heat exchanger and a manifold that comprises a first sensor seat and a first valve seat, which are in fluid communication with a flow of a working fluid through the heat exchanger and the manifold. The heat exchanger and manifold are integrally formed as a single unit. In some embodiments, the manifold further comprises a second sensor seat, a second valve seat, and a plurality of internal passageways, which fluidly connects the first and second sensor seats and the first and second valve seats a working fluid inlet and a working fluid outlet for an ingress of working fluid into and out of the manifold. The cooling sub-system may be manufactured by one or more additive manufacturing methods.
US12013191B2
A spring apparatus that has a section that is predominantly horizontal and a section of the spring that is predominantly vertical. The multiple spring assembly design allows for increased surface area, fluid flow, and improved heat transfer properties. The unique design allows the spring to fit in tight spaces and decreases issues when manufacturing complex spring designs and allows for efficient heat and fluid flow inside a tubular.
US12013188B2
A shell-and-plate heat exchanger includes: a shell that forms an internal space and includes a refrigerant outlet at a top of the shell; and a plate stack disposed in the internal space and that includes heat transfer plates that are stacked and joined together. The shell-and-plate heat exchanger is configured to allow a refrigerant that has flowed into the internal space to evaporate. The refrigerant outlet emits a gas refrigerant out of the internal space through the refrigerant outlet. The plate stack forms: refrigerant channels that communicate with the internal space and through which a refrigerant flows; and heating medium channels that are blocked from the internal space and through which a heating medium flows. Each of the refrigerant channels is adjacent to an associated one of the heating medium channels with one of the heat transfer plates interposed therebetween.
US12013181B2
An electrode sheet drying apparatus includes a plurality of hot air blowers each having a nozzle. The nozzle has a first hot air guide having a first guide surface, a second hot air guide having a second guide surface. The nozzle is configured to blow band hot air toward an obliquely upstream side. An angle formed between the first guide surface and an undried active material layer is set to an angle at which the band hot air travels toward an upstream side along the undried active material layer over a distance longer than or equal to 15 times as large as a gap from a first upstream-side edge to the undried active material layer even without a spread prevention part.
US12013162B2
A control circuit, a signal conversion circuit and a control method are disclosed. The control circuit includes a controller, which controls a load circuit according to a received input signal; and an enable module, which is connected to the controller and enables the controller on the basis of a frequency of the input signal, wherein the controller is caused to be in an operational state so as to control the load circuit according to the input signal when the frequency is higher than a predetermined threshold, and the controller is caused to be in a sleep state and thus not control the load circuit according to the input signal when the frequency is lower than the predetermined threshold.
US12013154B2
A method is provided for determining a state of a solar-thermal field with rows, arranged in parallel in a transverse direction of the field, of successively arranged parabolic trough collectors having a mirroring reflector surface, which each have, along their longitudinal extent, a focal point line in which at least one absorber pipe is arranged in each case. The following steps are performed: positioning a recording device to capture recordings at least in the infrared range at a predefined height above the field; creating, by means of the recording device, recordings of images of absorber pipes reflected by the parabolic trough collectors, the recording device being moved over the parabolic trough collectors in a transverse direction transverse to the longitudinal extent and the recordings being made by the recording device in the form of associated image sequences; and determining an intensity of the thermal radiation of the respective absorber pipe by means of radiometric evaluation of the recordings at least in the infrared range.
US12013144B2
A mounting bracket includes a support frame extending in an inside-outside direction and including an outdoor part configured to be arranged outdoors, and a support leg configured to be arranged outdoors. An upper end of the support leg is connected to the outdoor part of the support frame and a lower end of the support leg is configured to directly or indirectly abut against an outer wall surface of a wall body. The outdoor part of the support frame includes a first limiting structure. The support leg includes a second limiting structure provided at the upper end of the support leg. The second limiting structure is in a limiting fit with the first limiting structure to limit a maximum included angle between the support leg and the support frame facing towards an indoor side so as to prevent a rotation angle of the support leg relative to the support frame in a direction facing away from the wall body from exceeding the maximum included angle.
US12013135B2
The disclosed technology includes systems and methods for detecting an at least partially obstructed air filter in a furnace. The disclosed technology can include a system and method that can receive temperature data from a flame sensor configured to detect a temperature of a flame in a burner, determine that an air filter associated with the burner is at least partially obstructed by determining that the temperature data indicates the flame temperature is greater than or equal to a threshold temperature, and output an alarm signal indicating that the air filter is at least partially obstructed.
US12013128B2
A gas hob comprising a top sheet, a port, a gas burner arranged on the top sheet and releasably connected to the port the port being configured to supply the gas burner with fuel gas, and an extraction unit configured to extract fumes, the extraction unit being retractable into the top sheet.
US12013124B2
A combination outdoor ventless fireplace and brick oven system includes a main body with a framework assembly. A fireplace firebox is formed in the framework assembly. An oven firebox is formed in the framework assembly and suspended above the fireplace firebox. A chimney flue is disposed above the oven firebox in the framework assembly. The framework assembly is covered by a refractory heat resistant mortar. The fireplace firebox has an aperture. The system also has a gas line disposed in the framework assembly below the aperture. The gas line is configured to connect the aperture with a gaseous fuel source. A burner pan may be disposed in the aperture.
US12013123B2
A combustion cylinder mounting method, wherein a preparation step, a first contact maintenance step, a second contact maintenance step, and a combustion cylinder fixing step are executed. In the preparation step, a combustion cylinder mounting jig equipped with a spacer portion capable of maintaining a predetermined spacing between a first combustion cylinder and a second combustion cylinder adjacent to each other in the circumferential direction is prepared. In the first contact maintenance step, the spacer portion is brought into contact with the first combustion cylinder attached to the stationary portion of a casing. In the second contact maintenance step, the second combustion cylinder is brought into contact with the spacer portion. In the combustion cylinder fixing step, the second combustion cylinder is attached to the stationary portion while the first combustion cylinder and the second combustion cylinder are in contact with the spacer portion.
US12013120B1
An assembly is provided for a turbine engine. This engine assembly includes a combustor, an engine case, a support structure and a monolithic body. The combustor includes a combustor wall and a combustion chamber within the combustor. The combustor wall forms a peripheral boundary of the combustion chamber. The engine case forms a peripheral boundary of a plenum along the combustor. The support structure extends radially from the combustor wall to the engine case. The monolithic body includes the combustor wall, the engine case, the support structure and a plurality of ports arranged circumferentially about an axis. Each of the ports is fluidly coupled with the plenum and projects axially through the support structure. The ports include a first port. The first port includes a cross-sectional geometry that laterally tapers as the first port extends radially outward within the monolithic body.
US12013114B2
An optoelectronic device includes a number of pixels, with each pixel including a lighting mechanism having at least one light-emitting diode capable of emitting an initial light beam, a light-conversion module having a plurality of conversion pads including at least one primary conversion pad and at least one secondary conversion pad. Each pixel includes a light-adjustment system configured to control at least one element chosen from a relative position between the lighting mechanism and the light-conversion module and the initial light beam. The action of the light-adjustment system is adapted so that the primary conversion pad and the secondary conversion pad emit a first light beam and a second light beam respectively, from the initial light beam, simultaneously or alternately in a predetermined sequence.
US12013108B2
A lighting device (1) is provided. The lighting device (1) comprises a light-transmissive enclosure (10) and alight source (30). The light-transmissive enclosure (10) has an outer surface (11) and an inner surface (12) opposite to the outer surface (11). The inner surface (12) at least in part forming a cavity (20). The light-transmissive enclosure (10) has an opening (15) lying in a transverse plane (P1). The light source (30) is arranged on the transverse plane (P1), or on a side of the transverse plane (P1) opposite of the light-transmissive enclosure (10), and configured to emit light into the cavity (20). The light-transmissive enclosure (10) is arranged around a longitudinal axis (L), the longitudinal axis (L) lying in a longitudinal plane that is perpendicular to the transverse plane (P1). The light-transmissive enclosure (10) has a first part (101) and a second part (102) separated from each other by the longitudinal plane (P2). The first part (101) is shaped as a first parabolic segment or a first elliptical segment having a first focal point (13) that is located on the transverse plane (P1). The second part (102) is shaped as a second parabolic segment or a second elliptical segment having a second focal point (14) that is located on the transverse plane (P1). The light source (30) is arranged between the first focal point (13) and the second focal point (14).
US12013093B2
A light unit is configured in such a manner that a light guide is placed between a light source and a projection lens, and includes a first exit surface for emitting light for a low-beam light distribution pattern and a second exit surface for emitting light for an additional light distribution pattern that is added to form a high-beam light distribution pattern. The light guide is configured to be provided with a mirror surface portion on a connection surface extending toward the back of the unit from a lower edge of the first exit surface to an upper edge of the second exit surface. As a result, light from a light-emitting element that has been emitted through the second exit surface and reached the connection surface is reflected by the mirror surface portion to be used as the light for forming the additional light distribution pattern.
US12013092B2
Provided is an automotive lamp optical element and an automotive headlamp. The automotive lamp optical element includes a light-incident portion, a light-passing portion and a light-emitting portion sequentially connected and integrally formed. The light-incident portion is configured to focus and emit light from a light source into the light-passing portion. The area of a longitudinal section of the light-passing portion gradually increases in an optical axis direction. The light-emitting portion protrudes in a direction facing away from the light-incident portion and is configured to refract light emitted through the light-passing portion.
US12013088B2
A method and an apparatus and system for producing light using LED lighting with output within a predetermined desired color temperature range for commercial lighting uses. A preferred embodiment includes a first and second group of LEDs arranged in an alternating matrix configuration, each group of LEDs configured to produce light in a predetermined color temperature range. In a preferred embodiment, an LED light system includes a tubular LED lamp having substantially the same size and dimensions as a traditional fluorescent lamp tube and a control box for controlling power input and power gain to the first, second, or both groups of LEDs.
US12013082B2
A method for monitoring a fluid system for lubricating a mechanical system. The fluid system comprises a spraying circuit connected to a main fluid circuit and to a back-up fluid circuit. The back-up fluid circuit comprises a back-up check valve closed in a nominal operating mode. The method comprises a monitoring phase comprising the generation of a first alert in the presence of the detection of a malfunction making the main fluid circuit inoperative and the back-up check valve in an open state and the generation of a second alert different from the first alert in the presence a malfunction and the back-up check valve in a closed state.
US12013078B2
A support driving structure of a photo booth includes: a supporting main shaft, a driven wheel, and a rotating arm. The driven wheel is sleeved on the supporting main shaft and is rotatably connected to the supporting main shaft. The rotating arm is connected to an end surface of the driven wheel. The driven wheel is rotatably connected to the supporting main shaft through a bearing. The rotating arm is connected to the end surface of the driven wheel through screws. The rotating arm is of a frame structure. The rotating arm includes long rods, short rods, and connecting sheets. Two ends of each of the short rods and two ends of each of the connecting sheets are both connected to the two long rods. Connecting positions are defined on the connecting sheets. Connecting portions corresponding to the connecting positions are disposed on the driven wheel.
US12013077B2
A constant force lifting bracket, comprising a fixed bracket and a lifting slide seat, the lifting slide seat is connected to the fixed bracket by sliding up and down, wherein the fixed bracket is provided with a wheel and a movable block, and a side wall of one side of the wheel is provided with a cam, and the movable block is connected with the lifting slide seat by passing a pull cord around the cam and the wheel in turn, an end of the pull cord close to the movable block is sleeved with a pressure spring, an upper end of the pressure spring abuts against the fixed bracket, and a lower end of the pressure spring abuts against the movable block. The present application can realize the height adjustment of the display screen and enable the screen to hover at any height, which is more convenient to use.
US12013073B2
A closure apparatus is provided for closing a pipe. The closure apparatus includes a support element, at least one sealing contact face and a closure apparatus centre axis. At least one operating apparatus with at least one adjusting element, which can be moved from a first position to a second position relative to the support element, is also provided. The closure apparatus is in a sealing position in the second position of the adjusting element.
US12013068B2
A connection for a fluid includes a pipe; a connector in which a fluid is flows, and a housing in which the pipe is at least partially inserted. The pipe and the connector are in fluidic communication. A gasket is arranged in the housing and radially interposed between the pipe and the connector to prevent any leakage of fluid between the pipe and the connector. A closing element in which the pipe is inserted, is mounted both to the pipe (2) and to the connector by two respective welds ensuring fluid tightness.
US12013065B2
A connector includes a connector body having a hollow channel, and a retainer configured to prevent a pipe inserted into the hollow channel from being removed using a stopper piece. The retainer body lies along the outer peripheral surface of the retainer attachment portion. A bearing allows the retainer body to rotate from a temporary locking position to a main locking position. A detection piece passes through a detection hole and projects into the hollow channel when located in the temporary locked position, so as to be pushed in an axial direction by a bulge of the pipe. An inclined surface of the detection piece inclines with respect to the axial direction such that a pushing force can be converted to a radially outward force. A first energy conversion mechanism serves to convert the energy converted by the inclined surface to the rotational energy in the locking direction.
US12013051B2
A pump assembly is disclosed. The pump assembly including an outer casing having a first end, an opposing second end, and a cavity therein; a discharge tube positioned in the cavity and exiting the first end of the outer casing; a check valve positioned in the cavity and operably connected to the discharge tube by a coupling; and a multi-float control assembly positioned in the cavity, the multi float control assembly including a bottom float check valve operably connected to the discharge tube by the coupling and an upper float check valve connected to a vent exiting the first end of the outer casing.
US12013048B2
A rotary disc valve is used in a fluid delivery system to control flow of fluid between multiple ports. The valve may include a valve body having multiple ports that are connected to the system. In addition, the valve may include a diverter and seal assembly that are disposed in the valve body. The diverter is configured to rotate about a rotational axis and to control fluid flow through the valve body. The valve is free of an axial compression spring, and the valve body, the lid and the diverter are shaped and dimensioned so that an interference fit exists between the lid and the diverter that results in compression of the seal assembly between the diverter and the base.
US12013045B2
A single coupled valve body of a faucet includes a faucet body, a water outlet pipe, and a water inlet pipe connecting component. The faucet body defines a water inlet channel and a first water outlet channel. The water outlet pipe is connected to a bottom surface of the faucet body. The water outlet pipe includes a second water outlet channel communicated with the first water outlet channel. Both of the faucet body and the water outlet pipe are made of plastic and are integrally disposed. The water inlet pipe connecting component includes a connecting ring and connecting threads. The connecting ring and the connecting threads are made of metal. The connecting ring is embedded in the faucet body. The connecting threads are at least partially located in the water inlet channel.
US12013037B2
A seal for an electrical connector includes a sealing surface, a bearing surface opposite the sealing surface, a plurality of sealing lips protruding on the sealing surface next to one another, a plurality of support lips protruding on the bearing surface, and a plurality of recesses on the bearing surface between the support lips. Each of the sealing lips is opposite one of the recesses.
US12013035B2
A cylinder head gasket assembly includes a gasket and a wire. The gasket has a first side, a second side, and a cylinder bore opening extending through the first side and the second side. The gasket has a wall on the first side. The wall extends axially along the cylinder bore opening. The gasket has a ledge extending from the wall into the cylinder bore opening at the second side. The wire is ring-shaped. The wire is on the ledge and extends along the wall. Wax adheres the wire to the ledge.
US12013029B2
A method for operating a dual-clutch transmission having a first partial transmission, a second partial transmission, a first clutch assigned to the first partial transmission, and a second clutch assigned to the second partial transmission, in which the dual-clutch transmission is shifted into a parking lock state. The dual-clutch transmission is shifted into the parking lock state by the following steps: while a first gear of one of the partial transmissions is engaged: carrying out an engagement process provided for engaging a second gear of the one partial transmission; determining that the second gear is not engaged despite the engagement process being carried out; selecting a third gear of the dual-clutch transmission different from the first gear and from the second gear; and engaging the selected third gear such that in the park lock condition, the first gear and the third gear are at least temporarily engaged simultaneously.
US12013028B2
A transmission system includes a transmission, first and second composite sensors, and a controller. The transmission has a clutch switchable between an engaged state and a disengaged state, a first shaft disposed on an input side of the clutch, and a second shaft disposed on an output side of the clutch. The first and second composite sensors detect rotation speeds and rotation phases of the first and second shafts, respectively. The controller acquires a load torque applied to the transmission. When the clutch is switched from the disengaged state to the engaged state, the controller derives a phase difference between the rotation phase of the first shaft detected by the first composite sensor and the rotation phase of the second shaft detected by the second composite sensor based on the time when the clutch has stopped slipping. The controller acquires the load torque based on the derived phase difference.
US12013027B2
A planet carrier for a speed reduction gear of a turbomachine has a main axis X and includes a cage carrier with an annular row of axial fingers around the axis X, which carry first connecting elements. The carrier further includes a cage having at its periphery housings and second connecting elements that are mounted in the housings and that cooperate with the first connecting elements to form connections between the cage carrier and the cage, which allow at least one degree of freedom. The cage comprises two shells that are axially fastened to each other and separated from each other by a plane. The housings are formed respectively in the shells.
US12013025B2
In a vehicle power unit, a differential gear (13) is housed in an interior of a motor housing (14) with an electric motor (11) and a reduction gear (12), an output shaft (33) extending from the differential gear (13) toward a vehicle width direction is housed in the interior of the motor housing, and an end part thereof in the vehicle width direction is supported on the motor housing via an output shaft bearing (37). Since the motor housing has a space (38) part between the electric motor and the output shaft, and oil that has lubricated the electric motor and been scattered passes the space part and is supplied to the output shaft bearing, the output shaft bearing supporting the output shaft of the differential gear can be reliably lubricated with a simple structure without forming within a wall part of the motor housing an oil passage for lubrication, without disposing in the interior of the motor housing an oil pipe for lubrication, and without carrying out lubrication using a lubricant such as a grease.
US12013020B2
A torque vectoring device for a vehicle is disclosed. The torque vectoring device includes: a differential; a first planetary gear set connected, at a first rotating element thereof, to a differential case of the differential; a second planetary gear set connected, at a first rotating element thereof, to a selected drive shaft that is one of two drive shafts coupled to the differential; a motor connected to a second rotating element of the first planetary gear set; and a selective fixing mechanism configured to selectively fix a second rotating element or a third rotating element of the second planetary gear set.
US12013018B2
An electric drive axle of a vehicle includes an electric motor having an output shaft. A compound idler assembly is connected to the electric motor. The compound idler assembly includes at least one gear-clutch assembly in driving engagement with the output shaft of the electric motor. A differential is connected to the compound idler assembly, and in selective driving engagement with the compound idler assembly.
US12013011B2
A rebound control mechanism includes: a spring member located between a piston and a rod guide and provided on an outer periphery of a piston rod; and a spring receiver provided on the side of the rod guide and to which an upper portion of the spring member is attached. The spring receiver includes a tubular portion fixed between a cylinder and the rod guide, and a second flange portion provided at a lower end of the tubular portion and extending inward in a radial direction, and is configured to indirectly fix the upper end side of the spring member by the second flange portion.
US12013004B2
A brake warning system has a processing apparatus, a sensing apparatus, a light emitting apparatus, a signal transmitting apparatus, a signal receiving apparatus, a power source apparatus, and a mounting housing. The brake warning system provides a color indicator to indicate the condition of the brake pad whether in “good” condition or “poor” condition and generates a warning message for a user in the event of detecting conditions needing attention and maintenance.
US12013000B2
A vehicle steering system and a vehicle are provided. The vehicle steering system includes a steering shaft and a steering transmission shaft. The steering shaft or the steering transmission shaft includes a first shaft section and a second shaft section. A clutch mechanism is arranged between the first shaft section and the second shaft section. In an engaging state, a transmission connection is established between the first shaft section and the second shaft section, and in this case, a controller determines that the vehicle enters a driving mode. In a disengaging state, the transmission connection between the first shaft section and the second shaft section is disconnected, and in this case, the controller determines that the vehicle enters a game mode.
US12012989B2
Open-topped channels/troughs are often used as a footing in which glass panels may be placed and secured substantially vertically. A tapered wedge may be forced into the gap around the panel. As gradually wider portions of the wedge are forced into the gap, the panel is gripped ever tighter. However, it is often difficult to remove panels secured in this manner. The present invention provides a wedge support which can be separated into two portions by the insertion of a tool into a tool socket. In this way, if a wedge is used with the wedge support, the wedge support may be removed with the tool thereby permitting easy removal of the wedge.
US12012988B2
An abnormality detection device and a fixing structure which are suitable for detecting an abnormality of a fastener such as a bolt or a nut are disclosed. An abnormality detection device detects an abnormality of a fixing structure, which includes a conductor and which fix steel plates to each other, and a spacer which includes an insulator and which is disposed between the steel plates and the washer. The abnormality detection device includes a transmission antenna that radiates electromagnetic waves to the fixing structure, a reception antenna that receives electromagnetic waves reflected by the fixing structure, and an abnormality detector that changes a frequency of the electromagnetic waves radiated from the transmission antenna to acquire frequency characteristics of standing waves received by the reception antenna. The abnormality of the fixing structure is detected by comparing the frequency characteristics with frequency characteristics in a normal state.
US12012966B2
A vaneless contra-rotating compressor with multiple contra-rotating interfaces and application of the vaneless contra-rotating compressor is provided, which includes at least two vaneless contra-rotating interfaces. For each of the at least two contra-rotating interfaces, the contra-rotating interface corresponds to two of vaneless contra-rotating rotors. A rotating direction of an upstream rotor of the two vaneless contra-rotating rotors and a rotating direction of a downstream rotor of the two vaneless contra-rotating rotors are opposite. Rectifier stator vanes are not provided among all the rotors to supply sufficient inlet negative pre-swirl for the downstream rotors through the upstream rotors. Only the outlet guide vanes of the last stage, of the vaneless contra-rotating rotors are provided. The number of stages and the number of vaneless contra-rotating interfaces may be set flexibly according to the actual pressurization requirements.
US12012964B2
The present invention discloses a compressor comprising: an outer pipe being connected from an outside to pass through the vessel; an inner pipe being closely inserted into the outer pipe; a compression mechanism including a suction hole formed of a blind hole and a suction valve in the suction hole. The suction valve includes a seal on a side facing an opening of the suction hole to seal an entire end of the inner pipe on a side facing the suction valve when the compressor stops.
US12012962B2
A positive displacement gear pump or gear hydraulic motor having at least a first rotor with first rotor teeth and a second rotor with second rotor teeth, the first rotor teeth meshing with the second rotor teeth. First rotor chambers are defined between first rotor teeth and second rotor chambers are defined between the second rotor teeth. As the rotors mesh, the first rotor chambers, second rotor chambers or both become enclosed or substantially enclosed to form what are referred to here as secondary chambers. Pressure variations in a secondary chamber are relieved by internal flow channels in the first rotor, second rotor or both, creating a fluid connection between the first rotor chambers and the second rotor chambers. The first rotor may be an internal gear rotor or both rotors may be external gear rotors.
US12012956B2
A hydraulic pump includes a casing, and an impeller pump having a rotor that is rotationally mobile with respect to the casing about a first axis. The rotor includes several blades in helix form, a transition zone belonging to the casing and having, on the side of the impeller pump, a ramp in helix form developing in the same direction as the helix form of the blades. A trochoid pump includes a rotor with outer toothing secured to the rotor of the impeller pump. A rotor with internal toothing is rotationally mobile with respect to the casing about a second axis parallel to and offset from the first axis. The trochoid pump is fed by the impeller pump through the transition zone running along the ramp.
US12012954B2
A fluid end comprising a plurality of fluid end sections positioned in a side-by-side relationship. Each fluid end section is releasably attached to a connect plate. Each connect plate is attached to a power source using a plurality of stay rods. Each fluid end section comprises a housing in fluid communication with a pair of intake manifolds and a discharge conduit. A fluid routing plug is installed within each housing and is configured to route fluid throughout the housing. A plunger is installed within stuffing box attached to each housing. A number of features, including the location of seals within bore walls and carbide inserts within valve guides, aid in reducing or transferring wear.
US12012952B2
A hydraulic fracturing valve control system includes an electric powered, multi-plunger hydraulic fracturing pump. The system also includes a manifold coupled to the hydraulic fracturing pump. The system further includes a valve associated with the manifold, the valve being operable to move between an open position, a closed position, and a plurality of intermediate positions. The system includes a valve actuator, coupled to the valve, the valve actuator being an electric actuator that is remotely controllable in response to one or more operational aspects of the hydraulic fracturing pump. The system also includes a control interface, the control interface forming at least a portion of a control system, the control interface being accessible from a location remote from the hydraulic fracturing pump and outside of a zone of pressure formed by the hydraulic fracturing pump during operation.
US12012938B2
A wind turbine rotor blade spar cap includes a stack of layers of conductive material. An intermediate layer is bonded between adjacent layers of the conductive material. The intermediate layer includes a portion of conductive material which is electrically coupled to the adjacent layers of conductive material so as to equipotentially bond the adjacent layers of the conductive material via the intermediate layer.
US12012937B2
Techniques for determining the presence of ice at a wind farm with a number of wind turbines. The controller receives a current ambient temperature of the wind farm. The controller also receives a measured current wind speed from wind speed sensors of the wind turbines. The controller also receives an estimated current wind speed of each of the wind turbines that is based on measured performance parameters of the associated wind turbine. The controller determines a current wind speed difference between the measured current wind speed and the estimated current wind speed for each of the wind turbines, and determines a current delta distribution based on the current wind speed differences. The controller also determines whether an ice event has occurred, the determination being in dependence on the current ambient temperature and in dependence on the current delta distribution, and then outputs an outcome of the ice event determination.
US12012935B2
The present invention provides a method and controller for controlling noise emissions from individual blades (18) of a wind turbine (10), the method (60) comprising defining (720) a wind turbine model (321) describing dynamics of the wind turbine (10), the wind turbine model (321) including a description of intensity and direction of noise emissions from each individual blade (18) as a function of azimuthal angle (312); and applying (730) a model-based control algorithm (32) using the wind turbine model (321) to determine at least one control output (331), and using (740) the at least one control output (331) to control noise emissions from each individual blade (18).
US12012922B2
A wave energy absorption and conversion device and a power generation system includes a floating body, a guiding shaft, a damping plate and a counteracting mechanism placed in a movement range of the damping plate. The guiding shaft is connected to the bottom of the floating body and passes through the center of the damping plate. The damping plate may slide on the guiding shaft. A counterforce generated by the counteracting mechanism is opposite to a natural moving direction of the damping plate, so that the damping plate can be kept in a relatively static state under a synergistic effect of the counteracting mechanism, and thereby, colliding of damping plate with constraint structures above and below can be prevented when floating body is moving up and down following waves. The power generation system includes the wave energy absorption and conversion device and a power generation system.
US12012919B2
An electronic fuel injection throttle body unit has a core body with two side components. The two side components each including a fuel delivery passage. Four air intake passages extending vertically through the throttle body. Valves are rotatable within the air intake passages. The valves being connected to valve shafts that rotate about respective valve shaft axes. The valve shaft axes and the fuel delivery passages are perpendicular to each other.
US12012915B2
A vehicle fuel pump assembly includes a fuel pump received in a tank opening, an annular pump mounting ring securing the pump to the tank at the opening, and a cover assembly including an annular cover ring and a cover. The cover ring is removably attached onto the underlying pump mounting ring and the cover is removably attached onto the cover ring to overly at least part of the fuel pump. The cover system can include a flexible attachment element on the cover ring engaging a peripheral notch in the pump mounting ring and clip elements securing the cover to the cover ring. The cover can include a hinge to provide pivoting of the cover or a portion of the cover with respect to the cover ring.
US12012913B2
A fuel system cover is provided for an internal combustion engine. The fuel system cover is configured to be mounted on the cylinder head assembly to encapsulate a portion of the fuel system to provide leak prevention, mitigation, and detection capabilities.
US12012910B2
An improved air-cooled aviation engine includes a compact combustion chamber having an intake valve opening, an exhaust valve opening, and a generally elliptical shape. The elliptical shape has a major axis and a minor axis, with the major axis intersecting both the intake valve opening and the exhaust valve opening. In some examples, the major axis is the same length or shorter than a diameter of a cylinder bore of the engine, and the minor axis is smaller than the major axis. Combustion is thus constrained to a smaller area than that of the cylinder bore.
US12012907B2
An engine includes an exhaust manifold, an intake manifold, and an EGR device configured to supply EGR gas from the exhaust manifold to the intake manifold. A longitudinal direction of the EGR cooler is in an up-down direction of the engine in a used state. The exhaust manifold has an EGR pipe that is connected to an EGR cooler, and a part of the EGR pipe extends in left-and-right directions. The part of the EGR pipe is provided at a side where a flywheel housing is provided. An upper end of the EGR cooler has a supply port into which the EGR gas is supplied from the exhaust manifold. The part of the EGR pipe and the flywheel housing are located in an up-down directions.
US12012904B2
Control systems and methods suitable for combination with power production systems and methods are provided herein. The control systems and methods may be used with, for example, closed power cycles as well as semi-closed power cycles. The combined control systems and methods and power production systems and methods can provide dynamic control of the power production systems and methods that can be carried out automatically based upon inputs received by controllers and outputs from the controllers to one or more components of the power production systems.
US12012902B2
Systems and methods for variable pressure inventory control of a closed thermodynamic cycle power generation system or energy storage system, such as a reversible Brayton cycle system, with at least a high pressure tank and an intermediate pressure tank are disclosed. Operational parameters of the system such as working fluid pressure, turbine torque, turbine RPM, generator torque, generator RPM, and current, voltage, phase, frequency, and/or quantity of electrical power generated and/or distributed by the generator may be the basis for controlling a quantity of working fluid that circulates through a closed cycle fluid path of the system.
US12012893B2
An apparatus is provided for a gas turbine engine. This apparatus includes a lubricant reservoir, a heat exchanger, a lubricant circuit and a compressed air circuit. The lubricant reservoir includes an internal cavity for storing lubricant. The heat exchanger includes a heat exchange conduit and a compressed air passage. The heat exchange conduit is arranged in the internal cavity. The compressed air passage extends longitudinally through the heat exchange conduit. The lubricant circuit is fluidly coupled with the internal cavity. The compressed air circuit is fluidly coupled with the compressed air passage.
US12012886B1
Methods and systems for controlling treatment of exhaust in a emission control system of a platform having a combustion system is provided. In an exemplary embodiment, the method includes estimating, via a processor, an amount of soot in exhaust from the combustion system; and controlling, via the processor, treatment of the exhaust based on the amount of soot in the exhaust.
US12012885B2
An SCR catalyst for treating diesel exhaust gas has: a flow-through substrate with an inlet end, an outlet end, a substrate axial length extending from the inlet end to the outlet end and a plurality of passages defined by internal walls of the flow through substrate extending therethrough; a first coating disposed on the internal wall surface of the substrate, the surface defining the interface between the internal walls and passages, the first coating extending over 40 to 100% of the substrate axial length, the first coating having an 8-membered ring pore zeolitic material with copper and/or iron; a second coating extending over 20 to 100% of the substrate axial length, the second coating having a first oxidic material with titania, wherein at least 75 wt. % of the second coating is titania, calculated as TiO2, and 0 to 0.01 wt. % of the second coating is vanadium oxides, calculated as V2O5.
US12012881B2
A method determines a sensor error of a sensor in an exhaust gas system of a motor vehicle. One step of the method involves determining at least one actual sensor signal of the sensor. Another step of the method involves determining at least one target sensor signal of the sensor by means of a model. A further step of the method involves determining the sensor error of the sensor according to a deviation between the actual sensor signal of the sensor and the target sensor signal of the sensor.
US12012880B2
An aftertreatment system includes: a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) system including at least one catalyst; a particulate filter fluidly coupled to the SCR; a particulate filter out pressure sensor operatively coupled to an outlet of the particulate filter, the particulate filter out pressure sensor configured to measure a value of a pressure at the outlet of the particulate filter; a temperature sensor; an ambient pressure sensor; and a controller communicatively coupled with the particulate filter out pressure sensor, the controller configured to estimate an exhaust air mass-flow output from the aftertreatment system using a first output value from a particulate filter out pressure sensor, a first temperature output value from a temperature sensor, and a second output value from an ambient pressure sensor.
US12012879B2
An oil level sensor cover according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may be mounted below an engine oil pan to protect an oil level sensor that measures an oil level. The oil level sensor cover may be formed with plates of predetermined sizes, including an upper surface and a lower surface opposite to the upper surface, wherein a plurality of seating portions and a plurality of hook are formed on the upper surface. An engine according to another embodiment of the present disclosure comprises the above-described oil level sensor cover according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, an engine oil fan, and an oil level sensor mounted below the engine oil fan to measure the oil level. The oil level sensor cover can be separated from or coupled to the oil level sensor without the use of a separate tool.
US12012862B2
An internal combustion engine, ICE, system, includes a turbocharger having a turbine and a compressor for compressing intake air and feeding the intake air to the ICE. A turbo turbine unit is disposed in an exhaust gas path downstream the turbocharger to receive exhaust gas from the turbocharger. The turbo turbine unit having a turbine wheel, a bearing housing defining an inside volume for containing lubrication oil, and a sealing arrangement positioned in the vicinity of the turbine wheel for preventing lubrication oil from escaping from the inside volume of the bearing housing to an exhaust duct of the turbo turbine unit. A buffer air conduit extends between a selected position at the compressor and a buffer air inlet of the turbo turbine unit. The buffer air inlet is in fluid communication with a buffer air channel inside the turbo turbine unit to direct buffer air to a position in-between axially opposite arranged annular sealing members to provide a counter-pressure against at least one of the annular sealing members.
US12012857B2
Fan assemblies for gas turbine engines include a rotor disk having a plurality of lugs with a plurality of slots defined between adjacent lugs. A fan platform is configured to be mounted to a lug of the plurality of lugs, the fan platform having a forward tab and an aft tab. An aft retention ring is configured to be fixedly attached to an aft side of the rotor disk and has a platform retention hook for receiving the aft tab of the fan platform. A forward retention ring is configured to be fixedly attached to a forward side of the rotor disk, the forward retention ring having a tab hook configured to attach the forward retention ring to the lug of the plurality of lugs and retain the forward tab of the fan platform to the lug of the plurality of lugs.
US12012852B1
A robotic mud-logger having a slurry sampler to collect a slurry sample online from a drilling fluid circuit contemporaneous with drilling of a borehole, the slurry sample including drilling fluid and rock cuttings. A liquid separator removes drilling fluid from the slurry sample and discharges a sample of the rock cuttings. A spectrometer and other sensors perform elemental analysis of, and take other measurements related to, the sample of the rock cuttings substantially in real time with collection of the slurry sample. A system is provided for retaining stored samples in containers with identifying data.
US12012842B2
A computer implemented method of predicting a future maintenance event of a pumping equipment on a wellbore pumping unit comprising loading a pump usage log and a pump maintenance log into a predictive maintenance model. The predictive maintenance model is trained by a machine learning process with a historical database of completed pumping jobs. The predictive maintenance model determines a probability of a future maintenance event in response to the current pump usage. The unit controller displays an alert of the remaining pump life in comparison to a threshold value for a recommended pump maintenance period or a required pump maintenance period.
US12012839B2
A method of performing a wellbore operation may include providing a real-time treatment decision engine, equipment centric decision engine, and equipment controls. The equipment centric decision engine may be configured to interface with the real-time treatment decision engine and the equipment controls. The equipment centric decision may include an operational database comprising wellbore servicing equipment models. The method may further include providing wellbore servicing equipment. The wellbore servicing equipment may be operable to be controlled by the equipment controls. The method may further include sending a command from the real-time treatment decision engine to the equipment centric decision engine. The method may further include evaluating the command using the wellbore servicing equipment models. The method may further include selecting equipment to carry out the command based at least in part on the wellbore servicing equipment models. The method may further include sending a control signal to the equipment controls.
US12012838B2
A sand separating apparatus for use with a production tubing string includes (i) a housing assembly forming an outer tubular and (ii) an inner tubular within the housing assembly to define an annular passage between the inner tubular and the housing assembly. A helical member occupies part of the annular passage below production openings in the housing assembly whereby a flow of production fluids entering from the wellbore is directed downwardly along a helical path within the annular passage as dictated by the helical member and subsequently upwardly through the inner tubular. The helical member extends radially outwardly from the inner tubular beyond a boundary surface at an outer perimeter of the annular passage to prevent formation of a gap at the tip of the helical member as it wears. A fluid passage in alignment with the helical member extends radially from inside the inner tubular to the annular passage.
US12012827B1
Nuclear energy integrated hydrocarbon operation systems include a well site having a subsurface hydrocarbon well configured to produce a produced water output. The system further includes a deployable nuclear reactor system configured to produce a heat output. The system may further include a deployable desalination unit configured to produce a desalinated water output using the produced water output of the subsurface hydrocarbon well and the heat output of the deployable nuclear reactor. The system may further include a deployable off-gas processing system configured to produce an industrial chemical using the off-gas output of the subsurface hydrocarbon well and the heat output of the deployable nuclear reactor.
US12012826B2
A method may include determining an action associated with field development planning or asset management of an oilfield based on a policy or value function and a state, simulating a reward of the action using information identifying the action and the state as inputs, generating an experience record based on executing the simulation, wherein the experience record identifies the simulated reward associated with the action and a current state or resulting state, storing the experience record in an experience buffer, wherein the experience buffer stores a plurality of previously generated experience records, updating the policy or value function based on the information stored in the experience buffer, selecting an action related to the field development planning based on the updated policy, and displaying information representing the action.
US12012824B2
In at least one embodiment, a system for an electrical submersible pump (ESP) of a wellbore is disclosed. The system includes a spool and a tubing insert valve to be associated with the wellbore. The spool is to be located above an Xmas tree and is to retain a coil, cable, or wireline that passes through a wellbore and through the tubing insert valve. The coil, cable, or wireline is to be associated with the ESP.
US12012821B2
A tool assembly includes a body, a slip cage disposed about the body, a cone slidable in a longitudinal direction along a length of the body, and a shear bridge. The slip cage carries a plurality of slips. The cone includes a ramp that facilitates radial outward expansion of the plurality of slips. The shear bridge connects the cone and the slip cage via a plurality of shear fasteners.
US12012806B1
The elevated work platform for use with a ladder comprises a tripod base having an adjustable vertical support, a brace and a trolley. The trolley comprising wheels and a tongue on the tripod base. The tripod base further comprising three legs wherein one leg may be disposed between the front and back legs of a step ladder and another of the three legs adjacent to the front legs of the ladder with the third leg adjacent to the back leg of the ladder. The vertical support comprises a multi-piece pole having an adjustable coupling at each junction for adjusting the height of the platform. The brace is attached between the front and back legs of the ladder to hold the work platform in spaced relation to the ladder. The legs may fold up to a generally parallel orientation to the vertical support for transport by wheels like a two wheel dolly or storage.
US12012797B2
The invention relates to a safety device for a lifting gate, in particular for a fast-running lifting gate having a gate leaf movable up and down and guided along both lateral gate opening edges in frames, a free leading edge of the gate leaf being assigned, at a distance (D) below the leading edge, to a photoelectric barrier (LS) which travels with the movement of the gate leaf, wherein the distance (D) can be reduced in a lower end region of a travel path of the gate leaf, and wherein at least a transmitting and/or a receiving unit and/or an opposite reflector unit of the photoelectric barrier (LS) is guided and/or arranged within a frame body of the frames.
US12012794B2
The present invention relates to a method, a swing door system and a swing door operator (10) for moving a swing door leaf (20) between a closed and an open position (C,O). The swing door operator (10) includes at least one drive unit (100), a control unit (200) and a sensor (300). The control unit (200) is operatively connected to the drive unit and to the sensor (300) and is configured to regulate the drive unit to move the swing door leaf (20) between the closed and open position (C, O). The sensor (300) is configured to identify an object (30) in a safety volume (400) in front of a first side (21) of the swing door leaf (20), where the safety volume (400) comprises a first volume (401) and a second volume (402).
US12012792B2
A hinge for a furniture door includes a first hinge part is formed with a cassette-shaped housing for integration into a furniture panel, and a second hinge part is designed in the form of a hinge pot to be attached to the furniture door. The two hinge parts are pivotably connected to one another via a lever mechanism. The housing of the first hinge part is widened in a front region, in which an opening for the lever mechanism is situated, in relation to a rear region. In a closed position of the hinge, at least part of the lever mechanism occupies a space in the front widened region.
US12012785B2
A door lock, in particular a motor vehicle door lock, is designed with a locking mechanism consisting substantially of a catch and a pawl. Furthermore, a closing device which acts on the locking mechanism is provided, wherein the closing device has at least one motor-driven actuation lever, a driving pawl which interacts with a locking mechanism component, and at least one unlocking element for mechanically interrupting the force flow between the actuation lever and the drawing pawl. According to the invention, the unlocking element largely without exerting a force, for an emergency unlocking function, said coupling element being converted in the process from its formerly “engaged” state to the “disengaged” functional position.
US12012777B2
Security systems and methods are provided. In one example, a security system includes at least one lock configured to protect one or more items from theft from the fixture, wherein the lock comprises a plunger pin configured to be moved between a latched position and an unlatched position, and wherein the fixture is configured to be accessed in the unlatched position. The lock comprises a cam configured to be moved between a locked state and an unlocked state for allowing the plunger pin to be moved between the latched position and the unlatched position when in the unlocked state, wherein the cam is configured to be moved in response to receiving a wireless authorization signal to transition the lock between the locked state and the unlocked state.
US12012776B2
Security systems and methods are provided. In one example, a security system includes at least one lock configured to protect one or more items from theft from a fixture, and a strike plate configured to be mounted to the fixture. The lock comprises a plunger pin configured to be moved between a locked state when in engagement with the strike plate and an unlocked state when disengaged from the strike plate, and the lock comprises a cam configured to move the plunger pin between the locked state and the unlocked state. The lock is configured to be moved between a latched position and an unlatched position while the lock is in the unlocked state, the fixture configured to be accessed in the unlatched position, and the strike plate is configured to move relative to the lock to align the lock with the strike plate when the lock is moved from the unlatched position to the latched position.
US12012769B2
A safety net and a safety net frame for multi-storey building construction. The safety net has a first netting support secured to a plurality of floor engaging portions, each having a support arm rotatably attached thereto; a second netting support secured to the support arms; and netting, spanning said the netting supports such that rotation of the support arms causes the netting to move between a deployed and a stowed configuration. Each support arm has a brace. When the netting is deployed the brace extends between the support arm and its respective floor engaging portion such that a vertical load applied to the netting is at least partially transmitted by the brace from the support arm to its respective floor engaging portion, and a floor structure to which it is secured, to resist the netting moving to its stowed configuration.
US12012766B2
The invention relates to a strip applicator (1) for ensuring the joint between two plaster boards. The applicator comprises a coating container (4) wherein a strip unwinds in use, the container having a rear wall, a bottom wall, a front wall, a top wall and two side walls, one of which forms a removable side cover for accessing the inside of the container. According to the invention, the lower wall comprises an opening (14) provided with a removable plug (15) for accessing the inside of the container, the opening being directed towards the upper wall of the container.
US12012759B2
An intelligent roof drain system includes a roof drain surrounded by a drain plate. A water seepage detection module is disposed proximate the drain plate. The water seepage detection module includes water seepage detection sensors and circuitry and an antenna system to inductively receive power and communicate water seepage data. A roofing membrane is disposed over the water seepage detection module. A monitoring module that includes control circuitry, power supply circuitry, water level detection circuitry, communications interface circuitry, and an antenna system to inductively supply power to and communicate with the water seepage detection module is disposed proximate the water seepage detection module such that the antenna systems align. The intelligent roof drain system can detect water seepage under the roofing membrane and standing water proximate the roof drain and communicate such events to a gateway and/or building management system.
US12012751B2
Described is an approved dynamic construction for effectively thermally insulating and sealing of a safing slot between a floor of a building and an exterior wall construction wherein the exterior wall construction comprises a curtain wall configuration defined by an interior wall glass surface including one or more aluminum framing members, wherein the vision glass extends to the finished floor level below. The dynamic, thermally insulating and sealing system comprises a first element for receiving the insulating elements and positioned in the zero spandrel area of a glass curtain wall construction including only vision glass to maintain thermally insulating and sealing of the safing slot during exposure to fire and heat as well as movement in order to maintain a complete seal extending across the safing slot.
US12012750B2
A box assembly includes a box, a door, an opener, and an insulation material. The box is configured to be installed on a curtain wall. The door encloses an interior space of the box. The opener is configured to open the door. The insulation material is in a compressed state in the interior space when the door is closed. The insulation material is configured to transition to an uncompressed state when the opener opens the door. When the door is opened, the insulation material at least partially extends from the interior space into a sating slot adjacent the curtain wall when the box is in an installed state and the door is opened.
US12012745B2
A multi-story building that includes a vertical support core and a plurality of floor plates is described, wherein fabrication of the building includes, in one embodiment, assembling each of the floor plates at or near ground level, and lifting each of the floor plates to a design level on the vertical support core. A system and device for securing one of the floor plates to the building includes employing a vertically-oriented lock-in bracket.
US12012744B2
An apparatus, such as a beam pocket, connects a beam to a wall, such as a concrete wall. The apparatus includes a frame having a plurality of panels that cooperate to define a pocket of various heights. The apparatus includes a clamp within the pocket. The clamp is configured to secure an end of the beam at a position within the pocket. The clamp is further configured to selectively define the position relative to the frame. The apparatus further includes at least one anchor extending from the clamp and away from the pocket for mounting with the wall.
US12012741B2
A French drain drainpipe with built-in means for flushing iron ocher out of the drainpipe, out of the perforations, and out of the gravel surrounding the drainpipe. Said means may include chambers for receiving pressurized washing fluids and exit orifices from the chambers. Fittings are provided for connecting the chambers to a pressurized source of washing fluids, such as hose fittings for connecting to a normal household water supply.
US12012739B2
A toilet cleaner device including: a container defining a first chamber and a second chamber, the first chamber communicative with the second chamber, the second chamber storing a cleaner concentrate; the first chamber formed as a tapered vault defined by a base, an apex and an axis passing through a center of the base and a center of the apex, the tapered vault formed by one or more tapered sidewalls sloping towards the axis of the tapered vault in a direction extending from the base to the apex; a first inlet communicative with the first chamber, the first inlet formed at or proximal to the apex; the second chamber having a first end communicative with the first chamber and a second end enclosed by a first barrier defining a gap; a pipe extending from and sealing the gap in the first barrier, the pipe forming a water channel extending between opposing first and second open ends of the pipe, the first open end located at or proximal to the first end of the second chamber and the second open end located at or proximal to the second end of the second chamber; a buoyant actuator coupled by a tether to a stopper, the tether disposed within the water channel, the buoyant actuator disposed proximal to the first open end of the pipe and the stopper disposed proximal to the second open end of the pipe. When the toilet cleaner device is placed in a toilet cistern and filled with water the buoyant actuator provides a buoyant force with a buoyant support vector that opposes a load force exerted by the stopper and the buoyant actuator maintains a buoyant position and tethers the stopper to a closed position blocking water flow through the water channel.
US12012737B2
A dispenser system includes at least one main tubular element, at least one nozzle, and openings formed on the main tubular element. The at least one nozzle receives and injects a first fluid inside the main tubular element. The openings in conjunction with the nozzle enable fluid circulation between inside and outside of the main tubular element.
US12012728B2
In a method of monitoring track tension in construction machinery, data on predetermined major factors for monitoring track tension are received. A machine learning algorithm is performed based on the data to determine a track tension state. Information on the track tension state is displayed.
US12012719B2
To provide a pipe member being able to reduce the vibration applied and improve its durability. A pipe member to be installed on the body of a construction machine has an outer main pipe and an inner auxiliary pipe inserted into the outer main pipe. An outer diameter of the inner auxiliary pipe is formed smaller than an inner diameter of the outer main pipe. The inner auxiliary pipe has a securing part secured on the outer main pipe and at least one of end parts of the inner auxiliary pipe is a free end without being secured on the outer main pipe.
US12012717B2
An earth working implement has a main frame, a main blade supported on the main frame transversely to the forward direction, and two wing blades pivotally supported at opposing ends of the main blade for movement between forward and rearward projecting orientations. A tilt actuator controls angular orientation of the main blade relative to the main frame about a lateral axis. Two rear wheels support the rear end of the frame for rolling along the ground. A hitch arm extends forwardly from a pivotal connection of the main frame for connection to a towing vehicle so as to vary in angular orientation relative to the main frame independently of the main blade. Furrow openers in a laterally spaced apart row are movable relative to the main frame between a working position protruding below the cutting edge of the main blade and a raised storage position.
US12012698B2
The present invention provides a durable tissue product produced from a tissue web that has been manufactured by applying a binder, such as by printing, to one side of the web and then contacting the binder applied side to a rotating dryer and creping the web therefrom. The side of the web opposite of the binder applied side is generally not treated with a binder, or the like, and is not subjected to creping. Further, the opposite side is generally formed from a layer of short, low coarseness cellulosic fibers, such as hardwood kraft fibers, and may be substantially free from long cellulosic fibers, such as softwood fibers. Despite forming the untreated surface from short fibers, the tissue product has good durability, such as a slough from about 6.0 to about 9.0 mg.
US12012696B2
Provided are a papermaking device having an excellent strength in which the unevenness in strength between its parts is suppressed, and a method for producing the papermaking device. Also provided is a papermaking device for use in papermaking machine, the papermaking device comprising at least one resin layer comprising a polyurethane resin, wherein the polyurethane resin comprises as a component a polyether polycarbonate diol comprising one or more unit(s) A expressed by the following formula (1).
US12012686B2
A washing machine including a cabinet, a tub disposed in the cabinet, a drum rotatably disposed in the tub, and a control device detachably mounted on the cabinet. The control device includes a control frame detachably mounted on a front surface of the cabinet, a control panel detachably mounted on the control frame and a control module interposed between the control frame and the control panel. The control panel configured to be movable between a first position where the control panel is detachable from the control frame and a second position where a forward and backward movement with reference to the control frame is limited.
US12012675B2
The present disclosure provides a knitted component having a first yarn and a second yarn, where the first yarn comprises a thermoplastic material having a melting temperature. The knitted component includes window regions substantially or exclusively formed of the first yarn, such that melting the first yarn in these window regions form at least a semi-transparent window allowing a viewer to see through the knitted component.
US12012668B2
A bismuth-substituted rare earth iron garnet single crystal suitable for Faraday rotators and optical isolators with reduced insertion loss due to suppressed valence fluctuation of Fe ions is provided. The bismuth-substituted rare earth iron garnet single crystal of the present invention is characterized by the composition formula (TbaLnbBicMg3−(a+b+c))(FedGaeTifPt5−(d+e+f))O12. In the composition formula above, 0.02≤f≤0.05, 0.02≤{3−(a+b+c)}≤0.08, and −0.01≤{3−(a+b+c)}−{f+5−(d+e+f)}≤0.01. Ln is a rare earth element and may be selected from Eu, Gd, Ho, Tm, Yb, Lu, and Y.
US12012662B2
Disclosed herein are doped perovskite oxides. The doped perovskite oxides may be used as a cathode material in an electrochemical cell to electrochemically generate ammonia from N2. The doped perovskite oxides may be combined with nitride compounds, for instance iron nitride, to further increase the efficiency of the ammonia production.
US12012661B2
In accordance with the principals of the present invention, an electrolytic generator and method of electrolytic generation are provided. An electrolytic stack includes of a first electrode, a second electrode, and a polymer-electrolyte membrane placed between the first and second electrodes. A first fluid passage provides fluid passage over the first electrode while a second fluid passage provides fluid passage over the second electrode. A third fluid passage provides fluid connection between the first fluid passage and the second fluid passage such that the fluid flows from the first fluid passage to the second fluid passage via the third fluid passage. An electronic current is provided between the first electrode and the second electrode when a voltage bias is applied to the electrodes.
US12012651B2
A method for protecting a neodymium-iron-boron watch magnet against corrosion is provided. The method includes a sandblasting treatment of the watch magnet surface following by an ion implantation in an oxygen plasma or a nitrogen plasma to obtain an impervious surface layer with all of the surface bonds saturated by the implanted ions acting as a barrier against oxidation and preventing corrosion of the watch magnet in a humid environment, under the usual conditions for wearing watches.
US12012642B2
A method of selectively recovering palladium from a palladium-containing material comprises providing a leaching solution comprising hydrochloric acid, hydrogen peroxide, and an iron salt comprising one or both of ferric chloride or ferrous chloride and contacting a palladium-containing material with the leaching solution to dissolve palladium from the palladium-containing material. Related methods of selectively recovering palladium from a palladium-containing material are also disclosed.
US12012641B2
A method of forming a component includes providing a work-piece blank from a formable material. The method also includes engaging the work-piece blank with a transfer device. The method additionally includes austenitizing the work-piece blank in the transfer device via heating the blank to achieve austenite microstructure therein. The method also includes transferring the austenitized blank to a forming press using the transfer device. The method additionally includes forming the component via the forming press from the austenitized blank and quenching the formed component. A work-piece blank transfer system includes a transfer device having clamping arm(s) for engaging, holding, transferring, and releasing the work-piece blank. The transfer device also includes a heating element configured to austenitize the work-piece blank via heating the blank to achieve austenite microstructure therein. The transfer system additionally includes an electronic controller programmed to regulate the heating element and the clamping arm(s).
US12012632B2
A method for sequencing a biological molecule, such as a nucleic acid molecule, and a method for detecting and/or correcting sequencing error(s) in the sequencing results are provided. Kits and systems based on the above methods are also provided.
US12012631B2
The present disclosure provides improved methods for isolating asymmetrically-primed and/or asymmetrically-tagged nucleic acid complexes that find use in downstream analytical analyses, including sequence analysis. Compositions comprising such complexes and kits and systems for generating such complexes are also provided.
US12012630B2
A method for quantitatively determining the amount of acetaminophen in a sample with greater precision, greater sensitivity and fewer interactions and fewer spectral and chemical interferences with other compounds contained in the sample. The method includes acetaminophen being hydrolyzed and the resulting p-aminophenol being reacted with a compound of general formula (III): in the presence of an oxidant to form a compound of general formula (IV): wherein R1 and R2, independently of one another, are selected from H, —CH3, and —OCH3, R3 is —C2H5 and R4 is a C1-4 alkyl moiety with a terminal sulfonate group, with the proviso that at least one of R1 and R2 is —OCH3 and/or R4 additionally has at least one OH substituent, and then the amount of the compound of general formula (IV) in the reaction mixture being photometrically determined.
US12012626B2
In various aspects and embodiments, the invention provides microbial cells and methods for producing advanced glycosylation products from lower glycosylated intermediates. The microbial cell expresses one or more UDP-dependent glycosyl transferase enzymes in the cytoplasm, for glycosylation of the intermediates. When incubating the microbial strain with a plant extract or fraction thereof comprising the intermediates, these glycosylated intermediates are available for further glycosylation by the cell, and the advanced glycosylation products can be recovered from the media and/or microbial cells.
US12012621B2
This disclosure provides systems, methods, and compositions for RNA-guided RNA-targeting CRISPR effectors for the treatment of diseases as well as diagnostics. In some embodiments, nucleotide deaminase functionalized CRISPR systems for RNA editing RNA knockdown, viral resistance, splicing modulation, RNA tracking, translation modulation, and epi-transcriptomic modifications are disclosed.
US12012601B2
Provided herein are methods of treating a cancer in a patient comprising administration of an effective amount of a nuclease-resistant polynucleotide that hybridizes to the translation initiation site of a Grb2 nucleic acid in the patient and either a Bcr-Abl tyrosine kinase inhibitor (e.g., dasatinib) or a cytidine analogue (e.g., decitabine or cytarabine). The cancer may be Ph+ and/or Bcr-Abl positive chronic myelogenous leukemia or acute myeloid leukemia or myelodysplastic syndrome.
US12012595B2
An improved peptide library preparation method is described for constructing complete peptide libraries such as a complete tripeptide library, tetrapeptide library, pentapeptide library, hexapeptide library, heptapeptide library, or a complete octapeptide library, etc. The method includes constructing an expression vector for the expression of tagged peptides. Each tagged peptide contains an array of peptides of different sizes, and the number of peptides in a complete peptide library can be dramatically reduced relative to conventional chemical peptide synthesis. Furthermore, the libraries can be readily reproduced. The improved peptide library preparation method can particularly be used, for example, to construct a complete pentapeptide library. Other related methods and related expression vectors are also described.
US12012580B1
An analyzing system for pesticide effectiveness includes a transparent container having an interior area, the transparent container having a port extending through a wall of the transparent container; a bracket positioned within the interior are of the transparent container; a dish having a dish interior area configured to hold a test insect, the dish to be supported by the bracket within the transparent container; an injection device to inject a test liquid into the interior area of the transparent container through the port; the dish is to hold the test insect a distance from an injected test liquid; and the transparent container provides for visual observations of an effect of the test liquid on the test insect.
US12012571B2
A cleaning composition for removing cement-based residues from tiles, such as cementitious grout used for installing flooring and for filling the joints is presented. The composition includes: sulfamic acid, a glycol solvent, and water.
US12012568B2
This invention relates to a functional fluid, comprising: (A) from 50 to 85 wt.-% of alkoxy glycol according to formula (I): CH3—O—(CH2—CH2—O)n—H, wherein n is a number from 2 to 5, with the proviso that in at least 30 wt.-% of all compounds according to formula (I), n is 3, and (B) from 1 to 20 wt.-% of alkoxy glycol according to formula (II): R1—O—(CH2—CH2—O)m—H, wherein R1 is a C2 to C8 alkyl residue, m is a number from 2 to 6, with the proviso that in at least 65 wt.-% of all compounds according to formula (II), m is 3, and (C) from 6 to 35 wt.-% of at least one compound according to formula (III): H—O—(CH2—CH2—O)k—H, wherein k is a number of 2 or higher, with the proviso that in at least 80 wt.-% of all compounds according to formula (III), k is 2 or 3, (D) at least one additive.
US12012558B1
The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods for reforming a hydrocarbon fuel to increase the cetane value of the hydrocarbon fuel. The system includes a microstatic mixer and a microchannel reactor downstream of the microstatic mixer. The microchannel reactor includes a microchannel with an NHPI catalyst coated onto the walls of the microchannel. A hydrocarbon fuel and an oxygen-containing gas are combined and mixed in the microstatic mixer to produce a combined stream and the combined stream is passed through the microchannel. The microchannel reactor includes a heat transfer system. The hydrocarbon fuel and oxygen-containing gas are contacted in the microchannel in the presence of the catalyst at a reaction temperature sufficient to produce a reformed hydrocarbon fuel having a cetane value greater than a cetane value of the starting hydrocarbon fuel.
US12012550B2
A method for acid treating a carbonate reservoir with an attenuated acid formulation is provided. The method includes mixing an acidic compound with a hygroscopic chemical to form the attenuated acid formulation, and injecting the attenuated acid formulation into a carbonate formation.
US12012548B2
The present invention provides environmentally-friendly compositions and methods for recovering oil from oil sands. The present invention can also be used for reducing the viscosity and/or increasing the API gravity of oil. In specific embodiments, the invention utilizes compositions comprising biochemical-producing microorganisms and microbial growth by-products, such as biosurfactants, as well as cavitation, to enhance oil recovery.
US12012520B2
The present invention relates to a composition for encapsulating an organic light-emitting device and an organic light-emitting display device including the composition. The composition effectively blocks moisture or oxygen flowing into the display device, thereby securing the performance and lifespan of the organic light emitting device. The composition has a low dielectric constant to improve the touch sensitivity of a touch panel.
US12012510B2
The invention relates to foamed acrylic materials using both traditional chemical blowing agents as well as foamable microspheres. The acrylic foams have improved density reduction, optical properties, and insulation properties. The acrylic foams of the invention can be formed by traditional melt processing methods (extrusion, blow molding, etc.) as well as innovative foaming methods, such as foaming during or after polymerization. One novel method of the invention involves the use of expandable microspheres blended with monomers, the monomers then polymerized through bulk polymerization in cell cast, infusion, or compression molding processes. This method can be effectively used to produce composite foam structures, such as in combination with ELIUM® liquid resins from Arkema.
US12012505B2
A polyolefin composition made from or containing: A) 5-35% by weight of a propylene ethylene copolymer; B) 20-50% by weight of an ethylene homopolymer; and C) 30-60% by weight of a terpolymer of ethylene, propylene and 1-butene derived units.
US12012503B2
A polymer composition containing cellulose acetate in combination with one or more impact modifiers is described. The polymer composition can also contain a plasticizer and a bio-based polymer in addition to the cellulose acetate. The polymer composition is formulated so as to have properties similar to petroleum-based polymers for producing, for example, single-use biodegradable articles.
US12012497B2
The present invention relates to a filler comprising a recovered carbon black having an iodine adsorption number, measured according to ASTM D-1510-17 of between 9 g/kg and 160 g/kg, preferably between 115 g/kg and 140 g/kg. The present invention also relates to a composite material comprising a rubber and a filler according to the invention. Moreover, the present invention relates to an article comprising said composite material, wherein the article is for example a tyre, such as, a passenger car tyre, a truck tyre, an agricultural tyre, an OTR (off-the-road) tyre, an aircraft tyre, a solid tyre, a bicycle tyre or a mining tyre.
US12012492B2
A method for forming an isoporous graded film comprising multiblock copolymers and isoporous graded films. The films have a surface layer and a bulk layer. The surface layer can have at least 1×1014 pores/m2 and a pore size distribution (dmax/dmin)) of less than 3. The bulk layer has an asymmetric structure. The films can be used in filtration applications.
US12012486B2
The present invention provides for a system comprising a static reactor vessel which requires no moving parts, and adapted for precise control of reaction processing parameters including temperature, pressure, and flow rate; a mechanism for settling of the product phase from the salt ammonia phase and removing a significant portion of the ammonium chloride waste material; a method for recovering essentially all of the process ammonia and a method for maintaining a reaction environment which is suitably ionic/acidic.
US12012484B1
A foam material includes the reaction product of a polyol mixture and an isocyanate mixture and a boron nitride filler in an amount of ≥0.01 wt. % to ≤0.1 wt. %. In various forms, the boron nitride filler is of nanoparticles, is of hexagonal boron nitride, and/or is treated with a silane coupling agent.
US12012479B2
Disclosed herein is a polyurethane resin containing, as copolymerization components, a polycarbonate polyol (A), an organic diisocyanate (B) and a chain extender (C), wherein the polycarbonate polyol (A) contains a specific structure in an amount of 60 mol % or more and a glass transition temperature of the polyurethane resin is 50° C. or higher. The polyurethane resin has excellent heat resistance and satisfactory adhesive property to various substrates, and is usable as an adhesive composition.
US12012476B2
A catalyst for the polymerization of olefins made from or containing (a) a solid catalyst component containing Mg, Ti and optionally an internal electron donor compound (ID), (b) an aluminum alky compound, and (c) an external electron donor (ED) selected from non-aromatic diazo compounds.
US12012475B2
A method of polymerizing an olefin monomer to make a polyolefin composition comprising a polyolefin polymer, the method comprising contacting a solution of an alkane-soluble non-metallocene precatalyst dissolved in an alkane solvent with an activator so as to make a trim catalyst comprising an alkane-soluble non-metallocene catalyst, feeding the trim catalyst, as a solution in an alkane solvent or supported on a support material as a dry powder or a slurry thereof in an alkane solvent, into a polymerization reactor, and polymerizing the olefin monomer with the trim catalyst in the polymerization reactor, thereby making the polyolefin composition.
US12012474B2
A composite material obtained by impregnating a fibrous filler to which a hydrocarbon-based resin is attached with a polymerizable composition containing a cycloolefin monomer and a metathesis polymerization catalyst is provided. According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a composite material which has no impregnation unevenness and can give a composite material molded article having excellent strength.
US12012473B2
Disclosed herein are structures and techniques utilizing directed self-assembly for microelectronic device fabrication. For example, a microelectronic structure may include a patterned region including a first conductive line and a second conductive line, wherein the second conductive line is adjacent to the first conductive line; and an unordered region having an unordered lamellar pattern, wherein the unordered region is coplanar with the patterned region.
US12012469B2
A fibrous cellulose having a high resin reinforcing effect and a method for manufacturing the same, and a fibrous cellulose composite resin having high strength and a method for manufacturing the same. A fibrous cellulose has an average fiber width of 0.1 μm or more, an average fiber length of 0.02 to 3.0 mm, and a fibrillation ratio of 1.0% or more. A kneaded product of this fibrous cellulose and a resin is formed into a fibrous cellulose composite resin. In manufacturing the fibrous cellulose, a raw material fiber is defibrated so as to have an average fiber width of 0.1 μm or more, an average fiber length of 0.02 to 3.0 mm, and a fibrillation ratio of 1.0% or more. The fibrous cellulose obtained by this method and a resin are kneaded to manufacture a fibrous cellulose composite resin.
US12012465B2
The present disclosure relates to antibodies that bind human chitinase-3-like protein 1 (CHI3L1) and uses thereof. In aspects, the antibodies are useful in compositions and methods for detecting and/or treating nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NAFLD) or nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NASH) in a subject, as well as subsequent complications of untreated progression in the liver of a subject, such as liver cirrhosis and/or a hepatocellular carcinoma.
US12012462B2
Antigen binding molecules, chimeric receptors, and engineered immune cells to DLL3 are disclosed in accordance with the invention. The invention further relates to vectors, compositions, and methods of treatment and/or detection using the DLL3 antigen binding molecules and engineered immune cells.
US12012457B1
The present disclosure relates to biologically active molecules comprising a single domain antibody (sdAb) that specifically binds to the extracellular domain of human IL23R, compositions comprising such antibodies, and methods of use thereof. Further disclosed are sequences of complementarity determining regions (CDR1, CDR2 and CDR3) and polypeptide sequences of human and mouse sdAbs.
US12012449B2
Antigen binding proteins that bind to human IL-23 protein are provided. Nucleic acids encoding the antigen binding protein, vectors, and cells encoding the same as well as use of IL-23 antigen binding proteins for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes are also provided.
US12012443B2
Described herein are immunomodulatory fusion proteins containing an extracellular binding domain and an intracellular signaling domain, wherein binding of a target can generate a modulatory signal in a host cell, such as a T cell. Some immunomodulatory fusion proteins as described comprise a SIRPα extracellular component and hydrophobic and intracellular components comprising transmembrane and/or signaling domains of a CD28, respectively. Such fusion proteins are capable of delivering a positive or costimulatory signal in response to a binding event that in a natural setting would result in an inhibitory signal. Uses of immune cells expressing such immunomodulatory fusion proteins to treat certain diseases, such as cancer or infectious disease, are also described.
US12012432B2
A nucleic acid complex includes a single-stranded nucleic acid and a cross-linked double-stranded nucleic acid including the first nucleic acid strand linked to at least one of the 5′ end and the 3′ end of the single-stranded nucleic acid and the second nucleic acid strand including a base sequence that is completely or sufficiently complementary to the first nucleic acid strand.
US12012426B2
The present invention relates to a transition metal complex having a PNNP4 ligand, which is easy to manufacture and handle and is relatively inexpensively available, and a method for manufacturing the same, as well as a method using this transition metal complex as a catalyst for hydrogenation reduction of ketones, esters and amides to manufacture corresponding alcohols, aldehydes, hemiacetals and hemiaminals, a method using this transition metal complex as a catalyst for oxidation of alcohols, hemiacetals and hemiaminals to manufacture corresponding carbonyl compounds, and a method using this transition metal complex as a catalyst for dehydrogenation condensation between alcohols and amines to manufacture alkylamines.
US12012419B2
The present invention aims to provide a compound that may be useful for the prophylaxis or treatment of constipation and the like. The present invention provides a compound represented by the formula (I): wherein each symbol is as described in the specification, or a salt thereof.
US12012416B2
A method of improving skin health and condition comprising the application of select isohexides to the skin.
US12012397B2
The present disclosure relates to compounds of Formula (I): and to their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, pharmaceutical compositions, methods of use, and methods for their preparation. The compounds disclosed herein are useful for inhibiting the maturation of cytokines of the IL-1 family by inhibiting inflammasomes and may be used in the treatment of disorders in which inflammasome activity is implicated, such as inflammatory, autoinflammatory and autoimmune diseases and cancers.
US12012391B1
A 9-(2-hydroxyquinoline-3-yl)-10-[3-(dimethylamino)propyl]-3,4,6,7,9,10-hexahydroacridine-1,8(2H,5H)-dione compound, its synthesis, and its use as an antimicrobial agent.
US12012390B2
The present invention provides flavone derivatives having the general formula (I) which are useful for the treatment of Hepatitis B Virus infection (HBV). The compounds act as cccDNA (covalently closed circular DMA) inhibitors.
US12012387B2
The present invention relates to a triazine compound and a use thereof. Specifically, the amphipathic triazine compound according to the present invention has a strong anti-bacterial effect and anti-inflammatory effect, while being excellently effective for preventing, alleviating, or treating an allergy. Also, the triazine compound according to the present invention is expected to be usefully utilized as a compound for external application on the skin, which is not toxic and can be safely used on the skin.
US12012382B2
The invention relates to novel anisotropic compounds of formula as well as to liquid crystalline mixtures, films and electro-optical devices comprising the compound.
US12012373B2
This disclosure relates to cannabinoid derivatives having the structure of formula (I), pharmaceutical compositions comprising them, and methods of using the cannabinoid derivatives in treating or preventing a diseases associated with a cannabinoid receptor in subject in need thereof, wherein the cannabinoid receptor is one or more of CB1, CB2, 5HT1A, 5HT2A, GPR18, GPR55, GPR119, TRPV1, TRPV2, PPARγ or a μ-opioid receptor.
US12012369B2
Compositions containing at least one compound of formula I where R1 is a phenolic compound (e.g., simple phenol, creosote, thymol, or carvacrol), and where R2 is a polyamine (e.g., ethylenediamine (EDA), diethylenetriamine (DETA), triethylenetetramine (TETA), tetraethylenepentamine (TEPA), hexamethylenediamine (HDA)); and optionally a carrier; the compositions may additionally contain at least one epoxy resin. Methods for killing microorganisms involving contacting the microorganisms with an effective microorganism killing amount of the above composition. Compositions containing at least one compound produced by a method involving reacting phenolic-branched chain fatty acid methyl ester with at least one polyamine.
US12012365B2
The invention provides methods and compositions that prevent, mitigate or delay the onset of corrosion of iron or steel (e.g., plain carbon steel) components used as reinforcement or otherwise at least partially embedded in carbonated concrete composite materials and objects based on carbonatable calcium silicate cement.
US12012363B2
The present invention relates to an enhanced ceramic coating composition comprising a base non-stick ceramic coating composition and 0.2 wt %-2 wt % diamond additive (DA) with wt % compared with the total weight compared of the ceramic coating composition, wherein the diamond additive comprises diamond and mica particles, and wherein said mica particles comprise coloured mica particles, such as red and/or green and/or blue coloured mica particles. It also relates to a method of coating an artefact with the improved ceramic coating, and an artefact provided with a dry film coating containing an improved ceramic coating prepared using an improved ceramic coating composition of the invention. An artefact coated with the improved ceramic coating has the combined advantages of durable non-stick, scratch resistance and abrasion resistance.
US12012351B2
The present invention relates to a roto-linear mechanism for a glassware forming machine adapted to be connected to a funnel-holding arm, a shutter arm, an arm for a blowing head or a similar mechanism, to simultaneously perform an axial and radial movement to each of such arms from a first position to form glass articles to a second position outside the forming process thereof.
US12012346B2
The invention proposes a process of in-line mineralisation of water according to which demineralised water is circulated in a pipe inside which enzymes are immobilised to catalyse the reaction of carbon dioxide and water to form bicarbonate, carbon dioxide is introduced into the pipe, and a pre-determined quantity of solid minerals, preferably magnesium and/or calcium carbonate, is introduced into the circulating water. The process enables to accelerate the dissolution of carbon dioxide in the water, which optimises the dissolution of minerals for in-line mineralisation of water, i.e., without stopping the circulation of water. The invention also proposes a system for implementing the process.
US12012343B2
We have discovered that heating PFAS in the presence of silica resulted in destruction of over 90% of PFAS under surprisingly mild conditions. Experimental results are presented showing that the reaction occurs along with etching of the silica glass, presumably caused by HF created during the reaction or in previous reactions. The methods of destroying PFAS are especially effective for treating relatively concentrated solutions such as those commonly encountered in AFFF waste stock and cleanup near fire-fighting training sites, as well as concentrated waste solutions from industrial sites involving the manufacture or application of PFAS.
US12012341B2
A device (1) for purification of water driven by gravity through a purification unit between an upper dirt water container (2) and a lower clean water tank (3). A backwash system may be integrated, the system comprising a receptacle (8) for accumulation of the backwash water to prevent consumption thereof by mistake.
US12012336B2
Methods that expand the properties of laser-induced graphene (LIG) and the resulting LIG having the expanded properties. Methods of fabricating laser-induced graphene from materials, which range from natural, renewable precursors (such as cloth or paper) to high performance polymers (like Kevlar). With multiple lasing, however, highly conductive PEI-based LIG could be obtained using both multiple pass and defocus methods. The resulting laser-induced graphene can be used, inter alia, in electronic devices, as antifouling surfaces, in water treatment technology, in membranes, and in electronics on paper and food Such methods include fabrication of LIG in controlled atmospheres, such that, for example, superhydrophobic and superhydrophilic LIG surfaces can be obtained. Such methods further include fabricating laser-induced graphene by multiple lasing of carbon precursors. Such methods further include direct 3D printing of graphene materials from carbon precurors. Application of such LIG include oil/water separation, liquid or gas separations using polymer membranes, anti-icing, microsupercapacitors, supercapacitors, water splitting catalysts, sensors, and flexible electronics.
US12012332B1
A system and method for producing hydrogen (H2) gas and a single or hybrid hydrogen active material based aqueous suspension from pre-prepared effervescent tablets are provided. The produced H2 gas can be stored in a tank or directly utilized in a fuel cell, whereas the produced suspension can be employed as an advanced heat transfer fluid in a variety of thermal applications. The effervescent tablets can be fabricated with a homogeneously mixed and well-compressed mixture of hydrogen active metallic particles and effervescent powder in a sealed container to prevent air and humidity from reacting with the raw materials. As a result of the chemical reaction between the tablet and water, H2 gas (in the form of bubbles) and the hydrogen active material-based suspension are produced simultaneously. This system results in two products that can be used individually or all at once by integrating the different system components together.
US12012331B2
Disclosed is a preparation method of porous sodium iron phosphate used as a sodium ion battery cathode material, which includes: mixing ferrous nitrate, silver nitrate and a reducing agent to prepare a mixed solution, adding the mixed solution dropwise to a carbonate solution for reaction to obtain a precipitate, mixing the precipitate with sodium dihydrogen phosphate and sodium iodide and then grinding, sintering the ground material under the condition of air isolation, and soaking the sintered material in an organic solvent to obtain porous sodium iron phosphate used as a sodium ion battery cathode material.
US12012328B2
A device package includes a die that includes a substrate having first and second surfaces. A sensor is formed at a sensor region of the first surface. A trench extends entirely through the substrate between the first and second surfaces, in which the trench at least partially surrounds the sensor region. An isolation material, formed at the first surface, may extend across the trench A ring structure is coupled to the first surface of the substrate to create a first cavity in which the sensor is contained, the ring structure being laterally displaced away from and surrounding the sensor region and the trench. A molded compound body may abut an outer wall of the ring structure. The molded compound body has a second cavity that is concentric with the first cavity to enable fluid communication between the sensor and an environment external to the device package.
US12012325B2
A preform is sterilized by a preform sterilizer. The preform is blow-molded by a blow-molding device to manufacture a container. Next, the container is filled with a culture medium by a filling device without sterilizing the container by a container sterilizer, and the container is plugged by a plugging device. Thereafter, it is verified how much microorganism survive or propagate in the culture medium in the container. A degree of sterilization in the container sterilizer is adjusted on the basis of a verification result.
US12012324B2
A device (1) for filling a container (2) with a carbonated liquid, containing at least: an upper part (3) and a lower part (4) having a container port (5) for securing the container (2) to the device (1), wherein the lower part (4) can be displaced within limits relative to the upper part (3) between a closed position (23) and a venting position (6), and wherein the container (2) can displace the lower part (4) to the closed position (23) when the container (2) is secured to the container port (5), and the container (2) can displace the lower part (4) to the venting position (6) when the container (2) is released from the container port (5), such that a high pressure in the container (2) can be reduced in the venting position (6) of the lower part (4) prior to releasing the container (2) from the container port (5).
US12012312B2
The invention relates to a crane, in particular a rotary tower crane, comprising a crane boom, from which a load hook can be raised and lowered via a hoist cable, and an electric power supply on the load hook and/or an optionally provided trolley which can be moved on the crane boom. According to the invention, the electric power is directly generated at the location where it is required, and in the process kinetic energy present at said location is converted into power. According to the invention, the electric power supply comprises a generator which is arranged on the load hook and/or on the trolley and which can be driven by a deflecting and/or running pulley and/or a cable running around the deflecting pulley.
US12012306B2
According to an aspect, there is provided a method for condition monitoring of inductive braking device of an elevator car in an elevator shaft, the method including determining that the elevator car is empty; determining that doors of the elevator car are closed; causing electromechanical brakes to hold the elevator car stationary in the elevator shaft; causing actuation of a braking condition for the elevator car with the inductive braking device; causing the electromechanical brakes to lift while the inductive braking device is in the braking condition; determining a value associated with the inductive braking device in response to causing the electromechanical brakes to lift while the inductive braking device is actuated; and determining an operating condition of the inductive braking device based on the value.
US12012295B2
An apparatus for vertical transfer of whole nuts from a first elevation to a second, lower elevation includes a run extending between an entrance and an exit, and having a plurality of alternatingly arranged conveying panels between the entrance and the exit. Each conveying panel is inclined at approximately 30 degrees to horizontal and has a variable effective conveying width. The apparatus further includes arcuate turn-arounds disposed between respective conveying panels to facilitate transferring the nuts from one conveying panel to the next lower conveying panel. The variable effective conveying width is selected based on a predetermined mass flow rate of nuts such that whole nuts move along the run in a continuous stream without tumbling, and wherein each nut is in contact with adjacent nuts in its respective layer.
US12012291B2
Parcel processing systems and methods. A method for singulating parcels includes receiving an input stream of a plurality of parcels (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9) including at least a leading parcel (1) and a lagging parcel (2) in a singulator system (10). The method includes updating position information of the leading parcel (1) and the lagging parcel (2) on a list (1650). The method includes determining a leading speed of the leading parcel (1). The method includes determining an actual gap between the leading parcel (1) and the lagging parcel (2). The method includes determining a speed factor between the leading parcel (1) and the lagging parcel (2). The method includes setting a lagging speed of the lagging parcel (2) according to the leading speed and the speed factor. The method includes controlling conveyors (20) to transport the leading parcel (1) at the leading speed and to transport the lagging parcel (2) at the lagging speed.
US12012277B2
A packaging apparatus (10a; 10b), in particular a wiper blade packaging apparatus, for packaging at least one item (12a, 26a, 30a, 34a), in particular at least one wiper blade adapter (14a, 28a, 32a, 36a), with a packaging element (16a; 16b) for accommodating the at least one item (12a, 26a, 30a, 34a). It is proposed that the packaging element (16a; 16b) be configured as a user guide (18a).
US12012275B2
An insulating device including an outer shell, an inner liner forming a storage compartment, an insulating layer positioned in between the outer shell and the inner liner, wherein the insulating layer provides insulation for the storage compartment, and an opening configured to allow access to the storage compartment.
US12012272B2
A tray assembly includes a base tray, and an anti-slip pad disposed on the base tray, wherein the anti-slip pad has a friction coefficient in a range of about 0.5 to about 20 based on ASTM D1894, and a surface resistance in a range of about 10{circumflex over ( )}6 Ω/cm2 to about 10{circumflex over ( )}9 Ω/cm2 based on ASTM D257, and the anti-slip pad includes at least one of a thermoplastic olefinic elastomer (TPO), natural rubber, styrene-butadiene rubber (SBR), and polypropylene (PP).
US12012270B2
A dispenser device for opening multiple packs of medical electrodes in a single action. The dispenser device includes a plurality of connected pouches including a first terminal pouch and a second terminal pouch. An electrode is disposed within each pouch and a seal extends along each pouch. The dispenser device also includes a tear strip that is substantially aligned with at least a portion of the seal. The tear strip can extend across all pouches. In one single tearing or pulling motion along the tear strip, each pouch of the plurality of connected pouches can be opened.
US12012269B2
A storage device for a storage container includes a body having one or more retention means. Each retention means may accept and support one of a plurality of differently sized containers. Each retention means includes a first recess configured to engage a substantially cylindrical container and engage a substantially cuboid container.
US12012268B2
Packaging may include a base box having a cavity to receive a product, and a first paper spring extending from an interior of a first sidewall of the base box and a second paper spring extending from an opposing interior of a second sidewall of the base box. Each of the first and second paper springs may be formed from the same blank as the first sidewall. The first and second springs are flexible such that the cavity may accommodate products of different lengths, and may resiliently absorb vibrations or impact forces during shipping.
US12012264B2
A water bottle is disclosed. The water bottle has a reservoir that defines a space for holding a liquid, wherein the reservoir comprises an open top and a closed bottom. The water bottle also has a lid that is configured to engage with the reservoir over the open top. The water bottle also has a straw, and a pivotable mouthpiece that is attached to the lid and that comprises a fluid conduit that is fluidly connected to the straw.
US12012260B2
Various embodiments of containers are described having child-resistant closures. The containers can include a body having at least one wall that at least partially defines a hollow interior portion into which goods or other products can be stored. A wall of at least one of the body and cap can include a set of apertures that collectively define a compression region, which acts a living spring to allow compression of the wall to permit seating of lugs or other projection within notches.
US12012258B2
A container lid having a panel with an opening for emptying a container, where formed on two opposite walls of the said opening are guides declining towards the bottom surface of the panel, and further having a slide piece with catches formed on the top surface of the slide piece declining towards the top surface of the slide piece, said slide piece further featuring a pull tab, where the said catches are fitted slidingly in the said guides, where the pull tab is formed on the top surface of the slide piece, and where a recess to accommodate the slide piece is formed on the bottom surface of the panel around the opening for emptying the container.
US12012254B2
A material loading device with inbuilt stability for the materials and largely immune to operator error includes a loading frame and at least one first locking mechanism. The loading frame defines a receiving cavity with at least one opening. Opposing inner walls of the loading frame define a plurality of slots. The first locking mechanism, comprising guide rod and first locking portions, is disposed at the opening. The first guide rod is disposed outside the receiving cavity, the first locking portions are movably built into at least one sidewall of the loading frame. The first guide rod will drop by gravity to just outside the loading frame, causing the first locking portions to move and lock the plurality of slots. The first guide rod can also be lifted by a parallel surface, moving the first locking portions away to unlock the slots.
US12012245B2
A bag processing machine includes: a rotation body which is intermittently rotated; a plurality of holding units which are attached to the rotation body and are moved along a circular movement path in accordance with rotation of the rotation body, the movement path being divided into a plurality of processing sections; a fixation support member which is positioned above the rotation body and does not rotate by rotation of the rotation body; and two or more processing devices which are supported by the fixation support member and perform processes on bags held by the plurality of holding units in two or more processing sections respectively of the plurality of processing sections.
US12012234B2
An electrodeless plasma thruster with closed-ring-shaped gas discharge chamber (1, 10) can include a gas discharge chamber (1, 10) closed-ring-shaped in fluid communication with a propellant storage system (10, 70). An antenna (3, 30) can be positioned on the exterior of the gas discharge tube (1, 10). A guide tube (2, 20) can be coupled with the gas discharge chamber (1, 10) at a first end and have a second open end. A magnetic system (7, 50) can be positioned on the second end of the guide tube (2, 20). The magnetic system (7, 50) can be electrically coupled with a power supply. The power supply can be electrically coupled with a power converter (11, 80) and a control module.
US12012229B2
In one aspect, a system for charging an aircraft can include a robotic charging device, and a computing system configured to obtain data associated with a transportation itinerary and energy parameter(s) of the aircraft. The data associated with the transportation itinerary can be indicative of an aircraft landing facility at which the aircraft is to be located. The computing system can determine (e.g., select) a robotic charging device from among a plurality of robotic charging devices for charging the aircraft based on the transportation itinerary data and energy parameter(s) of the aircraft; determine charging parameter(s) for the robotic charging device based on the transportation itinerary data; and communicate command instruction(s) for the robotic charging device to charge the aircraft according to the charging parameter(s). The robotic charging device can be configured to automatically connect with a charging area of the aircraft for charging a battery onboard the aircraft.
US12012222B2
Innovative peripheral bar assembly for a transportation vehicle is provided. One method includes retrieving, by a processor of a seat device of an aircraft coupled to a removable, peripheral bar assembly having a plurality of programmable, light emitting diodes (LEDs), configuration information to operate the LEDs; transmitting, by the processor, one or more commands to the peripheral bar assembly to operate one or more of the LEDs; and operating, by the peripheral bar assembly, the one or more LEDs, in response to the one or more commands to indicate non-verbal communication based on one or more pre-defined communication protocols indicating a seat-by-seat status.
US12012214B2
A hybrid propulsion system for a vertical take-off and landing aircraft comprising at least one combustion engine driving an electricity generator, at least one electrical energy storage assembly associated with each electricity generator and defining, with each electricity generator, an energy branch, a plurality of electric motors actuating a same plurality of rotors providing together the propulsion and/or the lift of the aircraft, and an electrical power and distribution unit supplying power to the plurality of electric motors from the electricity generator and/or from the electrical energy storage assembly according to a pre-established flight phase, the system including at least two energy branches having an asymmetric configuration and each supplying power selectively, by means of the electrical power and distribution unit, all or part of the plurality of electric motors, and in that the electricity generators of the combustion engines have between them a power ratio comprised between.
US12012205B2
A flight control computer (FCC) may implement automatic rotor tilt control by gathering or receiving, as inputs, airspeed or a commanded airspeed for the aircraft, acceleration or a commanded acceleration for the aircraft, pitch attitude of the aircraft and pilot pitch bias commands for the aircraft, a rotor tilt angle, and/or the like. The FCC calculates, from the airspeed, the commanded airspeed, the acceleration, the commanded acceleration, the pitch attitude, the pilot pitch bias commands, and/or the like, a commanded rotor tilt angle for the aircraft. From the aircraft rotor tilt angle and the commanded rotor tilt angle, the FCC calculates a rotor tilt angle error for the aircraft, and from the rotor tilt angle error, calculates a rotor tilt rate command for the aircraft. The FCC outputs the resulting rotor tilt rate command to (an) aircraft flight control element actuator(s) to tilt the aircraft rotor.
US12012196B2
In a swaying mode of a watercraft, a controller sets either of a first shift mechanism and a second shift mechanism to a forward moving state and sets the other of the first and second shift mechanisms to a rearward moving state, while controlling a rudder angle of a first marine propulsion device and a rudder angle of a second marine propulsion device such that a net thrust of a thrust generated by the first marine propulsion device and a thrust generated by the second marine propulsion device is oriented in a sideways direction. When setting the first shift mechanism to the forward moving state and setting the second shift mechanism to the rearward moving state in the swaying mode, the controller switches the second shift mechanism to the rearward moving state and then switches the first shift mechanism to the forward moving state after a delay at the start of the swaying mode.
US12012194B2
An outboard motor includes an attachment attached to a hull, and a support vertically rotatably connected to the attachment and horizontally rotatably supporting an outboard motor main unit. The support includes an upper support and a lower support. The outboard motor includes a left reinforcement that includes a left upper connector connected to the upper support and a left lower connector connected to the lower support, and a right reinforcement that includes a right upper connector connected to the upper support and a right lower connector connected to the lower support. The left upper connector is located leftward of a left side of the upper support. The right upper connector is located rightward of a right side of the upper support.
US12012191B2
A docking device includes a docking station capable of being connected to a carrying vessel by means of a cable, the docking station comprising a guide device which comprises a set of arms which are connected to the body and each comprise a distal end and a proximal end, the set of arms being capable of being in a deployed configuration wherein it defines a space flaring towards the rear so as to enable the underwater vehicle to be guided to the stop, the distal end of each arm being located behind the proximal end of the arm in the deployed configuration, the set of arms being capable of being in a collapsed configuration wherein a distal end of each arm of the set of arms is closer to the longitudinal axis than in the deployed configuration and wherein the distal end is located in front of the position occupied by the distal end in the deployed configuration, such that a length, along the axis x, of a space defined by the set of arms behind the stop is smaller in the collapsed configuration than in the deployed configuration.
US12012184B1
A spar buoy for very low frequency (VLF) or low frequency (LF) transmission including a first portion of the spar buoy extending above a mean water line including a conductive structure including a coaxial feed, and an antenna coupled to the coaxial feed and extending above the conductive structure, and a second portion of the spar buoy below the mean water line including a transmitter coupled to the coaxial feed, an energy storage subsystem coupled to the transmitter and an electric power generation subsystem coupled to the energy storage subsystem.
US12012177B2
The invention relates to an elongate fixation device (1) for use in subsea anchoring, and a method for installation. The device (1) has a triple nested stem arrangement, the innermost stem (2) of which has a cutter (9) disposed at a distal end and a tapered section (8) located adjacent to and proximally behind the cutter (9). An intermediate stem (3) surrounds at least a central portion of the inner stem (2) and has one or more flareable cutting fingers (7) at its distal end. An outer stem (4) surrounds a proximal portion of the intermediate stem (3). The inner (2) and intermediate (3) stems are coupled by a first releasable coupling (17) which when released allows relative axial motion along a first distance. The outer and intermediate stems are coupled by a second releasable coupling (18) which when released allows relative axial motion along a second distance. The intermediate stem 3 is nested within the outer stem (4), in some cases for at least a majority of the outer stem (4). In some examples, the outer stem (4) has a rotationally driveable portion 10 and the inner stem 2 has a tensioning nut (12) for adjusting the relative axial positions of the inner (2) and outer 4 stems. The tensioning nut (12) and the driveable portion (10) are coupleable to a single rotational drive (23). The invention also relates a method for installation and to installation apparatus (21).
US12012176B2
A bicycle control device includes an electronic controller and a gas pressure detection device. The electronic controller receives data indicative of a detected gas pressure of a tire provided to a bicycle. The tire is configured to maintain a gas in a compressed state. The gas pressure detection device is directly attached to a valve of the tire. The gas pressure detection device includes a sensor and a wireless communication device. The sensor detects the gas pressure of the tire. The wireless communication device is configured to perform wireless communication with the electronic controller.
US12012174B2
A tilt-decoupled steering device of a motorbike includes a handlebar bridge which receives a handlebar, a fork bridge which receives a fork leg, and a decoupling element connecting the handlebar bridge to the fork bridge. The handlebar bridge (11) is rotatable about a steering axis and is secured about a tilt axis orthogonal to the steering axis. The fork bridge is rotatable about the steering axis and about the tilt axis. The decoupling element is elastic and is designed to transfer a steering movement in a steering direction about the steering axis from the handlebar bridge to the fork bridge, and to compensate for a tilting movement in a tilting direction about the tilt axis of the fork bridge relative to the handlebar bridge via elastic deformation.
US12012171B1
A remote controller apparatus for attaching to a motorcycle and remotely operating a garage door includes a controller and a mount for attaching the controller to a handlebar of a vehicle such as a motorcycle. The mount comprises a clamp with a U-bolt that acts with a fastening bar to clamp to the handlebar. The U-bolt also acts as a shackle by inserting into the controller. A locking bar engages the U-bolt to secure the controller to the mount which is releasable by a release. Also included in the controller is a transmitter for remotely operating a door operator such as a garage door and an input for manually activating the transmitter.
US12012169B2
A foldable rotary arm structure and device for a bicycle. The foldable rotary arm structure includes a rotary wheel and a rotary arm. The rotary wheel is coaxial with a transverse tube or surrounds the transverse tube. The rotary arm is in steering connection with the rotary wheel or a supporting base, such that the rotary arm is attached to the transverse tube when folded, thereby reducing the space of the transverse tube occupied in a radial direction. A flywheel for use in a balancing device of a bicycle or a motor-assisted bicycle or an amusement device is provided. In the rotary arm, individual batteries or multistage batteries are arranged in a single layer in the radial direction and are stacked in multiple stages in the axial direction. When the rotary arm is unfolded and rotated, the angular momentum is increased or the torque is balanced.
US12012164B2
A method for setting an anticipator module with which a control device controls the trajectory of a motor vehicle is equipped includes detecting whether the anticipator module is unsuitable during a turn by taking account of a lateral deviation with respect to an ideal trajectory and/or a contribution of a feedback module of the control device, determining primary parameters, calculating a secondary parameter by an optimization-based calculation method taking account of the determined primary parameters, and updating a bicycle model of the vehicle by taking account of the calculated secondary parameter.
US12012148B2
A vehicle skeleton member 10 includes: a hat-shaped member 1; a closing plate 2; a reinforcement member 6; and a plurality of welds 31. The hat-shaped member 1 includes a first top plate 1a, two first walls 1b, and two flanges 1c. The reinforcement member 6 includes a second top plate 6a and two second walls 6b. The welds 31 join the first and second walls 1b and 6b. The welds 31 joining the first and second walls 1b and 6b are located at positions on the first walls 1b closer to the closing plate 2 than the middle surface C1 between the first top plate 1a and closing plate 2 is. Edge segments 4 of the reinforcement member 6 are located between the welds 31.
US12012128B2
Techniques for aggregating costs associated with one or more heat maps to control a vehicle in an environment are discussed herein. A vehicle computing device can implement a model to determine heat maps and respective cost information for different features of the environment based on sensor data. The vehicle computing device can output a planned trajectory for the vehicle based on combining the heat maps. The techniques can also include determining a rationalization or root cause detailing reasons why the planned trajectory was determined.
US12012124B2
A vehicle assistance system comprising a computer and a client device. The computer is configured to receive an identification reference and a current position of the first vehicle, provide a route of the first vehicle based on the identification reference and the current position of the first vehicle, receiving an identification reference and current position of a second vehicle, providing a route of the second vehicle based on the identification reference and the current position of the second vehicle, detect an expected location where the route of the first and second vehicle intersect or overlap, detect an expected time when the first and second vehicle intersect at the expected location, generate adaptation data based on the expected location and the expected time, the adaptation data representing an adaptation of a route parameter of the route of the first or second vehicle, sending the adaptation data to the client device.
US12012123B2
A system for impact-based operation of an autonomous agent (equivalently referred to herein as an ego agent and autonomous vehicle) includes and/or interfaces with a computing subsystem (equivalently referred to herein as a computer and/or set of computers). A method for impact-based operation of an autonomous agent includes: receiving a set of inputs; predicting a set of future scenarios; and determining a set of metrics based on the set of future scenarios. Additionally or alternatively, the method can include operating the autonomous agent based on the set of metrics and/or any other processes.
US12012114B2
A signal processing module is provided. The signal processing module includes a function weight table that stores weights for each first sensor for an autonomous driving mode and an ADAS driving mode and selects and outputs only the weight for each first sensor, a first weight applying device that generates a function weight application signal by applying the weight for each first sensor to sensing information of sensors for sensing an object, a road environment determining device that determines a road environment based on the sensing information of the sensors for sensing the object, a road environment weight table that stores weights for each second sensor for a road environment and selects and outputs an weight for each second sensor, and a second weight applying device that outputs a dataset by applying the weight for each second sensor to the function weight application signal.
US12012113B2
A vehicle-user interaction system for a vehicle includes: an editor configured to receive one or more inputs from a user of the vehicle and edit the one or more inputs into a rule script, the rule script including a user-defined rule based on the one or more inputs, the user-defined rule defining a trigger condition and a vehicle operation performed when the trigger condition is satisfied; a parser configured to create a list of monitoring elements and a list of functional elements based on the rule script, the list of monitoring elements including sensor elements that directly or indirectly describe the trigger condition, and the list of functional elements including functional elements that are associated with the vehicle operation; and an actuator configured to monitor sensor detection information associated with the sensor elements, determine whether the trigger condition is satisfied, and execute the functional elements to implement the user-defined rule in the vehicle.
US12012111B2
A vehicle control system, including: a vehicle control section and a control server, wherein: the vehicle control section generates a common key for special mode control by random number generation, outputs the generated common key to the control server, and stores the generated common key in secure storage including a function that protects integrity and confidentiality of data; the control server stores the common key, applies the common key to a control signal to generate a message authentication code, and outputs the message authentication code and the control signal; the vehicle control section applies the common key to the control signal to generate a message authentication code and, when the message authentication code matches the message authentication code, implements control according to the control signal in the special mode; and when control in the special mode ends, the control server erases the stored common key.
US12012098B2
A lane keeping control apparatus, a vehicle system including the same includes a processor that is configured to calculate a target lateral movement distance based on lane information during lane keeping control. The processor corrects the target lateral movement distance by correcting a heading angle of a vehicle and an offset from a target path before the vehicle reaches the target path and a storage stores data and algorithms driven by the processor.
US12012096B2
An information processing apparatus mounted on a first vehicle determines that an alert to decelerate is being issued to a driver of a preceding vehicle that precedes the first vehicle; and performs a predetermined process related to risk avoidance when the alert is being issued is the preceding vehicle.
US12012095B2
A vehicle control method includes determining whether a driving intention of a user is a U-turn intention or a left turn intention based on image information obtained by an imager. In response to determining that the driving intention of the user is the U-turn intention or the left turn intention an obstacle is detected that may cause a collision during a U-turn driving or a left turn driving based on the image information and obstacle information detected by an obstacle detector. In response, collision avoidance control is performed with the detected obstacle based on steering angle information of the vehicle.
US12012094B2
A computer includes a processor and a memory storing instructions executable by the processor to determine that a vehicle is present at a site based on a comparison of sequentially received values for a plurality of parameters related to the vehicle with an ordered sequence of ranges for the parameters, and perform an operation upon determining that the vehicle is present at the site.
US12012093B2
The present application relates to the technical field of vehicles and provides a vehicle drive control method and system including: obtaining a state of a generator and/or a drive motor of a hybrid vehicle (S101); determining whether the hybrid vehicle meets conditions for entering a parallel operation mode when the temperature in the state is greater than a safety temperature threshold and/or a fault condition in the state shows that a fault occurs in the generator and/or the drive motor (S102); and controlling the hybrid vehicle to adjust the load distribution of the engine, the generator, and the drive motor in the parallel operation mode when the hybrid vehicle meets the conditions for entering the parallel operation mode, so that the temperature of the generator and/or the drive motor decreases until below the safety temperature threshold and/or there is no fault (S103).
US12012090B2
A method for operating a dual clutch transmission of a motor vehicle having a first partial transmission, a second partial transmission, and a transmission output shaft common to the partial transmissions and drivable both by the first partial transmission and by the second partial transmission, in which the dual clutch transmission is in a parking lock state in which two gears of one of the partial transmissions are engaged simultaneously. The following steps are carried out to exit the parking lock state: Introducing a torque caused by a drive element of the motor vehicle via the transmission output shaft common to the one partial transmissions into the one and/or other partial transmission while the gears of the partial transmission are engaged; and disengaging at least one of the gears of the one partial transmission engaged simultaneously in step a).
US12012088B2
At least one embodiment of the present disclosure provides an electric booster brake apparatus including an electric booster unit, an electronic stability control (ESC) operating unit, and an electric-booster control unit. The electric booster unit has a motor, and a motor piston and a master cylinder and pressurizes the master cylinder by adjusting a displacement of the motor piston. The ESC operating unit includes a pressure sensor measuring pressure in the master cylinder and calculates a required braking pressure. The electric-booster control unit controls the position of the motor piston. The electric-booster control unit includes a feedforward control unit for converting the value of the required braking pressure into a motor piston displacement, and a feedback control unit for calculating a compensation displacement of the motor piston based on a difference between the value of the required braking pressure and the value of the pressure in the master cylinder.
US12012084B2
A multi-platform system and a brake checking method for a braking capacity of a vehicle with at least two wheel axles is disclosed. The system comprises pairs of detection platforms aligned according to a direction of movement on two parallel paths, spaced apart by a distance related to the wheelbase of a vehicle, each detection having at least a resting surface configured with detection and measuring means apt to detect at least a horizontal and vertical component of a stress applied by the vehicle wheels to such surfaces, as well as at least a checking unit which detects the trend over time of said at least a horizontal and vertical component of the stress said at least a checking unit having data processing means apt to integrate in time said at least a horizontal component and vertical component for each wheel of said wheel axles.
US12012083B2
In a method for monitoring the operational reliability of a braking system in a vehicle. A brake pedal actuation is monitored via a brake light switch. An error signal is generated if the brake light switch generates a switch signal, without a braking intent of the driver being registered via a sensor signal of a sensor.
US12012081B2
A guide ring of a pump portion is fixed in a cylinder containing hole in such a manner that a distal end of a first end portion thereof is positioned in a cam containing hole on an upper side with respect to an opening edge of the cylinder containing hole.
US12012077B2
The present invention relates to an adapter (1) for a wiper system (6), comprising at least a side wall (10) and an upper wall (12) having at least one common edge between them, the side wall (10) and the upper wall (12) helping to define an inner volume of the adapter (1), the adapter (1) comprising a first inner wall (20) and a second inner wall (66) helping to delimit, at least partially, a receiving area (26) intended to receive the connector (8), the adapter (1) comprising at least one receiving housing (32) which is intended to receive the arm and which has a rectangular cross section defined by two major sides (33) and two minor sides (31), characterized in that a straight line (D) passing through one of the major sides (33) cuts the receiving area (26) intended to receive the connector (8).
US12012075B1
A vehicle includes a dash and an occupant-seating area. A console is moveable relative to the dash between a stowed position and a deployed position. The console is disposed in the dash in the stowed position. The console is movable away from the dash along the seat from the stowed position to the deployed position. A table is supported by the console. The table extends over the occupant-seating area when the console is in the deployed position.
US12012072B2
A lock control apparatus for a vehicle includes anchors to receive a signal transmitted from a terminal; a communication module to communicate using controller area network (CAN) communication; a detector installed on a door to input a detection signal; and a processor to receive the signal transmitted from the terminal from at least one of the anchors through the communication module, calculate a position of the terminal based on the signal transmitted from the terminal, determine whether to unlock the door in response to the position of the terminal and the detection signal, and control an engine to start. The processor controls the anchors to enter a sleep mode in response to waiting times of the anchors and resets the anchors to release the sleep mode and controls the anchors to enter a waiting mode in response to the number of anchors transmitting the signal from the terminal.
US12012069B2
The present disclosure relates to a user authentication method for construction equipment, capable of preventing theft of construction equipment. The user authentication method for construction equipment according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a user authentication method for construction equipment includes: a user information registration step for registering a user identification information provided from a user device; a digital key issuance step for, upon request for use of the construction equipment from the user device, generating a digital key corresponding to the construction equipment and transmitting the generated digital key to the user device; and an equipment authentication step for allowing the use of the construction equipment when the user device having receive the digital key completes authentication of the identification information through the digital key.
US12012052B2
A wire harness includes a first harness and a second harness having a plurality of branch lines. The first harness and the second harness are combined and bound, and each of terminals of the first harness and the second harness is extended radially. Exteriors of the first harness and the second harness are removed within a combination range of the first harness and the second harness. The first harness extends across near a base end of one branch line of the second harness, and is bound with a tape near a branch portion together with a vicinity of a base end of another branch line in a juxtaposed state.
US12012043B2
A vehicular interior rearview mirror system includes an interior rearview mirror assembly having a mirror head adjustably mounted at a mounting structure. The mirror head includes a mirror casing and an electro-optic variable reflectance mirror reflective element. A glare light sensor senses glare light emanating from headlights of another vehicle rearward of the equipped vehicle. An ambient light sensor senses ambient light at the vehicle. The ambient light sensor comprises part of a rain sensing device disposed at an in-cabin side of a windshield of the vehicle. Mirror control circuitry is operable to adjust dimming of the mirror reflective element responsive to an output from the glare light sensor and an output from the ambient light sensor. Responsive to the output from the glare light sensor and the output from the ambient light sensor, the mirror control circuitry controls dimming of the mirror reflective element.
US12012038B2
A driver assistance system includes: a first speaker disposed on a vehicle and configured to output an omnidirectional sound; a second speaker disposed on the vehicle and configured to output a directional sound; and a controller configured to be electrically connected to the first speaker and the second speaker. The controller is configured to control the first speaker to output the omnidirectional sound while the vehicle is reversing and control, based on an obstacle being identified at a rear of the vehicle while the vehicle is reversing, the second speaker to output the directional sound directed toward the obstacle.
US12012034B2
A vehicular exterior door handle assembly includes a handle portion and an illumination module having an illumination source that emits light when electrically powered. With the exterior door handle assembly mounted at a door handle region of a vehicle door and when the illumination source is electrically powered to emit light, light emitted by the illumination source illuminates the door handle region of the vehicle door. The illumination module is located and oriented at the vehicular exterior door handle assembly such that, when the illumination source is electrically powered to emit light, a hand grasping the handle portion to open the vehicle door does not block light emitted by the illumination source so that illumination is maintained at the door handle region of the vehicle door.
US12012031B2
A structural panel for a recreational vehicle includes a plurality of layers laminated together to form an outer surface of the structural panel, which is configured to form a sidewall, a ceiling, or a floor of the recreational vehicle when mounted in the recreational vehicle relative to the vehicle chassis. The structural panel also includes an image formed on or in one of the plurality of layers in or internal to the structural panel and visible at the outer first surface, with the image including readable information about the recreational vehicle or a component to be mounted in the recreational vehicle.
US12012027B2
A utility vehicle includes a plurality of ground engaging members and a frame supported by the plurality of ground engaging members. The frame assembly extends generally along a longitudinal axis of the utility vehicle. The utility vehicle further includes a front seating section coupled to the frame. The front seating section is configured to support an operator and a first passenger. Additionally, the utility vehicle includes a rear seating section coupled to the frame. The rear seating section is configured to support a second passenger and a third passenger. The rear seating section has an angled panel configured as a dead pedal for the second and third passengers, and a portion of the rear seating section extends forwardly into the front seating section.
US12012024B2
A seat with a headrest for a locomotive means includes a carrier or support system for a backrest of the seat, a support element having an installation section, and a guide device. The headrest has a headrest box, wherein the installation section of the support element is arranged on the support system in a stationary manner in the region of the headrest. The headrest box is movably arranged on the guide device, and the headrest box can be locked relative to the guide device in a movement direction.
US12012021B2
A baby carrier system is disclosed herein. The baby carrier system includes a baby carrier and a waist strap. The baby carrier includes a main body, a baby securing system, and shoulder straps. The waist strap may preferably be detachable and adjustable. In some embodiments, the baby carrier system may be a multi-functional baby carrier system that includes a multi-functional baby carrier configured for use as a car seat insert, where the multi-functional baby carrier includes fastener slits that allow for a car seat harness to secure a baby when the fastener slits are unfastened.
US12012020B2
A vehicle seat includes a seatback and a child seat tether anchor supported by the seatback. The child seat tether anchor has a first member fixed to the seatback and a second member rotatably supported by the seatback. One of the first member and the second member defines a cavity with internal threads and the other of the first and second member is received in the cavity and has external threads engaged with the internal threads. A strap is on the second member. An energy absorber is in the cavity. The energy absorber is compressible relative to the first member and the second member.
US12012015B2
A vehicle includes a chassis, a cab coupled to the chassis, a cargo body coupled to the chassis and positioned rearward of the cab, a door coupled to the cab and selectively repositionable relative to the chassis between an open position and a closed position, and a door lock assembly configured to selectively prevent movement of the door from the closed position to the open position. The door lock assembly defines a key aperture configured to receive a key. The door lock assembly is coupled to the cab, and wherein the key aperture is positioned forward of the door.
US12012011B2
An ECU of a vehicle has a first mode and a second mode as an operation mode of a locking device. The first mode is a mode of bringing the locking device into a locked state when a charging connector is connected to an inlet. The second mode is a mode of maintaining the locking device in an unlocked state when the charging connector is connected to the inlet. The ECU of the vehicle determines whether or not the charging connector is connected to the inlet. The ECU does not permit a setting change of the operation mode of the locking device when the charging connector is connected to the inlet.
US12012004B2
A drive train for a vehicle includes at least one transmission having a primary input shaft designed to be connected to a primary drive, a secondary input shaft designed to be connected to a secondary drive, an output shaft designed to output power that has been introduced into the at least one transmission by the primary input shaft, and a planetary gearbox designed to continuously variably set a transmission ratio between the primary input shaft and the output shaft on the basis of the rotational speed of the secondary input shaft. The invention further relates to a vehicle having a drive train of this type, to a method for controlling a drive train of this type, and to a computer program product.
US12012003B2
An apparatus including a transmission mechanism in a power transfer path between a drive source and wheels; an oil pressure control device supplying lubricating oil to the transmission mechanism; and a control part outputting an electrical instruction to increase a flow rate of the supplied lubricating. When the control part outputs an electrical instruction to the oil pressure control device to increase a flow rate of lubricating oil supplied to the transmission mechanism, and determines that the flow rate of lubricating oil supplied to the transmission mechanism from the oil pressure control device does not increase as indicated by the electrical instruction (time t1), the control part considers that the oil pressure control device is in an abnormal state, and can impose a limitation that an absolute value of torque of the transmission mechanism transferred between the wheels and the drive source be reduced (time t1-t5).
US12011999B2
A method for holographic display calibration using phase modulation includes projecting an initial graphic on a windshield of a vehicle, capturing an image of the initial graphic with a camera inside a vehicle, determining a loss function value between the image of the initial graphic captured by the camera and a target graphic, modulating a phase of a light beam generating the initial graphic using the loss function value to generate an updated graphic, and displaying the updated graphic on the windshield of the vehicle.
US12011998B2
A vehicle display device that includes: a display part having a front-side display part and a rear-side display part provided inside a vehicle cabin, each of the front-side display part and the rear-side display part having a display face; a detection part that detects an orientation and a posture of an occupant; and a control part that selects a display face in accordance with the orientation and the posture of the occupant detected by the detection part, raises the selected display face, and controls display by the display part such that information is displayed at the selected display face.
US12011996B2
A system for adjusting a control pedal distance and orientation relative to a user of a driving-related assembly, the system comprising a moveable pedal plate having a pedal assembly attachment region and at least one distal attachment point located near a distal end region thereof, and at least one proximal pivotable attachment point, each of the distal attachment point and proximal pivotable attachment point having respective distal coupling means and proximal pivotable coupling means. The system further comprises a connecting member having a pivotable coupling means located near respective first and second ends, wherein the pivotable coupling means located near the first end is matable with the proximal pivotable coupling means, and the second end is matable with a connecting member anchor. The system further comprises at least one substantially upright fixation member having a plurality of predetermined coupling points.
US12011984B2
Electric vehicle conversion kits for IC vehicles and converted electric vehicles. An electric vehicle conversion kit may include an electric motor directly coupled to an axle. Another electric vehicle conversion kit may include an electric motor mechanically coupled to an axle via a driveshaft. Another electric vehicle conversion kit may include an electric motor coupled to a transfer case.
US12011983B2
A vehicle having: two front wheels; two rear wheels; two electric motors, which are connected to the two wheels of a same axle; and an electronic power converter to control both electric motors. The electronic power converter has: two groups of power modules; at least one capacitor, which is connected in parallel to a DC input; a container, which houses the two groups of power modules and the capacitor and is provided with a cup-shaped body provided with a lower wall; and a cooling system provided with a chamber, which is configured to be flown through by a cooling liquid. The chamber of the cooling system is delimited, on one side, by the lower wall of the cup-shaped body of the container and, on the other side, by a containing wall, which is arranged at a given distance from the lower wall.
US12011982B1
A foldable cover plate is configured to be mounted on a tail box of a mobile device, to cover an opening of the tail box. The foldable cover plate includes a cover plate assembly, a profile assembly, a connecting assembly, a waterproof assembly, and a locking assembly. The cover plate assembly includes three cover plates rotationally connected in sequence. The cover plate is rotationally folded over the remaining cover plates to expose the opening. The profile assembly is fixed to a periphery of the cover plate. The connecting assembly is connected to the profile assembly. The waterproof assembly is mounted to the profile assembly. The locking assembly is mounted to a face of the cover plate facing an interior of the tail box. The locking assembly is configured to fix the cover plate to the tail box. The foldable cover plate is easy to fold and has a stable structure.
US12011978B2
Disclosed is improved sunshade over the prior art, by adding additional strength with a Zig-Zag clamping mechanism for connecting and securing the two endpoints of each flexible oval shaped loops to allow flexibility and strength. And still utilizing materials that add superior reflective and insulating properties, plus an optional stronger vinyl backing for cosmetic appeal. Allowing the sunshade the durability and strength to stay in position during its use.
US12011972B2
A thermal management system includes a compressor, a first throttling device, a flow rate adjustment portion, a first heat exchanger, a second heat exchanger, a third heat exchanger and an intermediate heat exchanger. The flow rate adjustment portion includes a throttling unit and a valve unit, the intermediate heat exchanger includes a first heat exchange portion and a second heat exchange portion, and the second heat exchange portion includes a first port, a second port and a third port. The first port of the second heat exchange portion is in communication with a refrigerant outlet of the first heat exchanger or a refrigerant inlet of the second heat exchanger by the first throttling device.
US12011969B2
A vehicle air-conditioning system includes at least one chiller and one cold storage unit which is designed as a PCM storage system with phase change material. The refrigeration power required for air-conditioning and for charging the PCM storage system are provided by the chiller where the cold stored in the PCM storage system is supplied to the assemblies for air-conditioning the passenger compartment in selected operating states of the vehicle. A sufficiently large amount of cold can be conducted from a phase change material of the PCM storage system into the passenger compartment such that the chiller of the air conditioning system designed for cold generation is largely put out of operation and the discharge of larger amounts of heat from the rail vehicle into the tunnel is thereby avoided.
US12011955B2
A modular TPMS sensor with an externally replaceable battery is disclosed. The valve stem facilitates battery replacement with a valve stem core designed to removably secure a battery within the valve stem and a sensor configured with an electrical connection designed to connect the sensor to power from the battery. The valve stem has an interior cavity configured to retain the valve stem core. The battery may be at least partially retained within the valve stem. The removable sensor may be configured to connect to an end of the valve stem distal from the valve stem core. The electrical connection may comprise a spring-loaded terminal configured to connect or disconnect the sensor and battery as the battery is inserted or removed from the valve stem through a valve stem end proximal to the valve stem core, permitting battery replacement without removing or deflating a tire configured with the sensor.
US12011951B1
The present disclosure is directed at decorative and protective covers for wheels, or wheel simulators for wheels. More particularly, the present disclosure is directed at an improved attachment between the wheel simulator and the wheel and a device and method for a decorative cover or trim over a motor vehicle wheel without scratching the main painted or polished wheel surface.
US12011950B2
A wheel bearing arrangement for a motor vehicle, having a wheel hub and a wheel bearing for rotatably mounting the wheel hub on a wheel carrier. The wheel bearing has an outer ring and an inner ring. A wheel flange extends from the wheel hub in a radial direction and has a brake disc receptacle which is open in the direction facing away from the outer ring and is formed by a recess in the wheel flange and has a brake disc bearing face for a brake disc. A seal-receptacle space is formed in the wheel flange on its side facing the outer ring in an axial direction, in which seal-receptacle space there is a wheel bearing seal. A rim-centering seat element extends from the wheel hub and runs in the direction opposite the brake disc bearing face with respect to the brake disc receptacle.
US12011943B2
An image forming apparatus includes: a first supplying device configured to supply a first ink onto a recording medium to form a non-color print layer on the recording medium, the first ink comprising non-color particles; and a second supplying device configured to supply a second ink onto the recording medium having the non-color print layer formed thereon, to form a color print layer on the recording medium, the second ink including color pigment particles that are decolored when heated.
US12011938B2
A self-propelled printer is provided having communication circuitry to receive print data for an image to be formed. A drive mechanism of the printer to provides locomotion of the entire self-propelled printer and a print head is arranged to transfer a print material onto a print medium. Processing circuitry to generates an image formation path to be traversed by the print head via locomotion of the self-propelled printer. The image formation path is based at least in part on the received print data. The processing circuitry controls the drive mechanism to autonomously drive the self-propelled printer along the image formation path. A corresponding method and computer program for generating a 2D image using a self-propelled printer are provided.
US12011915B2
The present disclosure is directed to a rotary screen printing apparatus, comprising: a rotary cylindrical screen; a conduit which provides fluid communication to an internal volume of the rotary cylindrical screen; and, a heater whose output is directed towards the conduit.
US12011913B2
A system that receives nanomaterials, forms nanofibrous materials therefrom, and collects these nanofibrous materials for subsequent applications. The system include a housing coupled to a synthesis chamber within which nanotubes are produced. A spindle may extend from within the housing, across the inlet, and into the chamber for collecting nanotubes and twisting them into a yarn. A body portion may be positioned at an intake end of the spindle. The body portion may include a pathway for imparting a twisting force onto the flow of nanotubes and guide them into the spindle for collection and twisting into the nanofibrous yarn. Methods and apparatuses for forming nanofibrous are also disclosed.
US12011910B2
A mat and a method for manufacturing the same are provided. The mat includes a first foam layer, a second foam layer and a third foam layer. The first foam layer has a first hardness and a first porosity. The second foam layer is connected with the first foam layer and has a second hardness and a second porosity larger than the first porosity. The third foam layer is connected with the second foam layer and has a third hardness and a third porosity smaller than the first porosity. The second foam layer includes a first connecting surface facing the first foam layer and a second connecting surface facing the third foam layer. The contact area between the first connecting surface and the first foam layer is different from the contact area between the second connecting surface and the third foam layer.
US12011904B2
A production method for a laminate of a fluorosilicone rubber and a silicone rubber is provided. The production method comprises the following steps: (1) curing a fluorosilicone rubber composition comprising: (A) an organopolysiloxane having alkenyl groups and fluoroalkyl groups, (B) an organopolysiloxane having silicon atom-bonded hydrogen atoms and fluoroalkyl groups, and (C) a hydrosilylation reaction catalyst; (2) laminating a silicone rubber composition comprising: (D) an organopolysiloxane having alkenyl groups and not having fluoroalkyl groups, and (E) an organic peroxide on a surface of a fluorosilicone rubber produced in step (1) above; and (3) curing a silicone rubber composition layer in a laminate produced in step (2) above. A laminate in which a fluorosilicone rubber layer and a silicone rubber layer are adhered well using a hydrosilylation reaction curable fluorosilicone rubber composition is produced.
US12011903B2
A laminated glazing panel comprising first and second sheets of glazing material joined by an interlayer structure comprising a first sheet of adhesive interlayer material is described. Inboard of a peripheral edge of the first sheet of glazing material, the first sheet of glazing material has a hole therein. The laminated glazing panel further comprises a glazing fitting secured thereto, the glazing fitting comprising a head portion and an attachment feature. The head portion is positioned in the hole such that a first surface thereof faces the first sheet of adhesive interlayer material. Some of the first sheet of adhesive interlayer material is in the hole and is operatively associated with the first attachment feature thereby attaching the glazing fitting to the first sheet of adhesive interlayer material. Suitable glazing fittings and methods of making such laminated glazing panels are also described.
US12011902B2
The present invention relates to a method for the manufacture of a hot-dip coated steel sheet coated with a zinc or an aluminum based coating including the provision of a specific steel sheet, a recrystallization annealing with specific heating, soaking and cooling sub-steps using an inert gas and a hot-dip coating; the hot dip coated steel sheet and the use of the hot-dip coated steel sheet.
US12011900B2
The single facer includes a load-bearing frame for housing a first corrugating roller and a second corrugating roller, meshing with each other and mounted in the load-bearing frame. The single facer further includes a pivoting structure, pivoted to the load-bearing frame about a pivoting axis and including two pivoting arms supporting two guide rollers of a continuous flexible member. Two actuators raise and lower the pivoting arms and the guide rollers. A hinge system allows to keep the pivoting structure cantilevered to replace the continuous flexible member.
US12011896B2
A method of manufacturing a dispenser for a product in stick form (50). The dispenser includes an inner tube (12) and a product concealing tube (16) disposed outwardly of the inner tube (12). The product concealing tube (16) is retractable and extendable relative to the inner tube (12) for exposing and covering a product stick (50) extending from a distal end of the inner tube (12) in use. The method includes: providing a first blank of sheet material for providing the inner tube (12) of the dispenser; wrapping the first blank around a mandrel to provide the inner tube (12) of the dispenser; and providing a second blank of sheet material for providing the product concealing tube (16) of the dispenser. The second blank comprises a slot, and a guide element (38) disposed within the slot. The method also includes: applying a bonding agent to the second blank in a region corresponding to a surface of the guide element (38); and wrapping the second blank around the inner tube (12) while the inner tube (12) is held on a mandrel to provide the product concealing tube (16), with the surface of the guide element (38) to which bonding agent has been applied facing the inner tube (12), such that the guide element (38) becomes bonded to an exterior surface of the inner tube (12). The slot provides a recess (24) in the interior surface of the formed product concealing tube (16). In use, the product concealing tube (16) is movable relative to the inner tube (12) with the guide element (38) cooperating with the recess (24) for guiding the movement of the product concealing tube (16) relative to the inner tube (12). There is also provided a dispenser for a product in stick form (50).
US12011895B2
A method of making a device by a three-dimensional (3D) printing process, the method comprising a step of excluding, during the 3D printing process, the printing in one or more defined areas of one or more layers of the device in order to form at least one internal sipe in said device, the sipe being defined by two opposing surfaces that are configured to contact one another and slide against each other when said device is in a loaded condition, as viewed in a single plane cross-section; or wherein during the 3D printing process the internal sipe is formed by the exclusion of one or more print particles (3D dots) in many layers of the device, as viewed in a single plane cross-section.
US12011892B2
A method eliminates voids in the bond line and manipulates a thickness of the bond line. This method includes: applying an adhesive at a center of an area of a structure; placing a doubler on the adhesive over the area of the structure, wherein the doubler has a peripheral edge; and maintaining a negative pressure at the peripheral edge of the doubler while simultaneously maintaining a positive pressure at the doubler to purge entrapped gases and control a thickness of the bond line at the peripheral edge of the doubler.
US12011886B2
Proposed are a carbon frame and a method of manufacturing the same capable of improving torsional stiffness. The method includes the steps of: (a) preparing at least two forms; (b) wrapping up the forms with vinyl sheets; (c) laminating carbon prepregs on the vinyl sheets; (d) combining the forms to put the combined forms in a mold; and (e) injecting heat and wind into the vinyl sheets.
US12011883B2
An electric heating pad for warming a patient. The electric heating pad may be a heated underbody support, heated mattress or heated mattress overlay. An embodiment of the heating pad includes a flexible sheet-like heating element including an upper edge, a lower edge, and at least two side edges. The heating pad may also include a shell covering the heating element and comprising at least two sheets of flexible material (e.g., two sheets may be one sheet folded over to form at least two sheets). The two sheets of flexible material may be coupled together about the edges of the heating element by a weld. The material of the two sheets may include urethane. In some embodiments, a catalyst to accelerate hydrogen peroxide decomposition is coated on or impregnated into an element within the shell, or on the interior surface of the shell.
US12011881B2
Techniques are described for calibrating an optical system in an additive fabrication device using an image of the build surface within the device. These techniques allow calibration to be performed by imaging one or more calibration features generated on (or at) the build surface, which may include illuminated regions of the build surface, regions of the build surface on which solid material has been formed, and/or regions of the build surface to which energy has otherwise been directed thereby making those regions distinguishable from their surroundings. The calibration features may be produced (at least in part) by the optical system to be calibrated. The location of the calibration features within the image may be compared with the intended location of these calibration features, and corrections to the optical system determined based on any differences between the actual and intended locations.
US12011879B2
Disclosed is a system for depowdering a workpiece formed from a reactive powder by an additive manufacturing process. The system includes a powder removal enclosure, an inert gas source, a sealed ultrasonic transducer, an oxygen sensor, and a controller coupled to the sealed ultrasonic transducer and the oxygen sensor. The controller is configured to perform a plurality of operations including monitoring the oxygen sensor to observe an oxygen level within the powder removal enclosure as an inert gas from the inert gas source displaces a gas environment within the powder removal enclosure, and applying electrical power to the sealed ultrasonic transducer within the powder removal enclosure to ultrasonically remove a residual amount of the reactive powder from the workpiece based on determining that the oxygen level within the powder removal enclosure is below a minimum oxygen level threshold.
US12011876B2
A support system includes a base support to be secured in a process chamber of a production system, and includes at least one positioning element. A workpiece holder has upper and lower faces. The workpiece support has at least one first positioning device. The positioning element and the first positioning device form a pin/hole pair. A section of the pin has a first thermal expansion coefficient. A section of the hole controlling positional accuracy has a second thermal expansion coefficient. In a first alternative, the second thermal expansion coefficient is lower than the first, producing a clamping effect between the pin and hole upon temperature increase of the support system. Alternatively, the first thermal expansion coefficient is lower than the second, producing a clamping effect upon temperature increase of the support system. The invention additionally relates to a method for producing a workpiece.
US12011869B2
There is provided herein a method of manufacturing a device comprising at least a first fibre using a draw apparatus, the method comprising: providing a first preform comprising a shape memory polymer to the draw apparatus; heating a first portion of the first preform; and drawing, using the draw apparatus, the heated first portion in order to form the first fibre.
US12011866B2
A system for producing a multiple layer material (49), comprising first and second corrugation rolls (14, 15) for providing a corrugated profile (16) having a plurality of crests (47), wherein the system further comprises first and second press rolls (21, 22) for applying a material sheet (19, 20) to crests (47) of the corrugated profile (16), and a plurality of heating members (28) arranged between the press rolls (21, 22) for welding the material sheet (19, 20) to the crests (47) of the corrugated profile (16) to form the multiple layer material (49). A guiding plate (48) is arranged between the corrugation 10 rolls (14, 15) and the heating members (28). The guiding plate (16) is arranged with a profile engaging side (50) having a plurality of crests (52) corresponding to the crests (47) of the corrugated profile (16). A cooling arrangement is provided for cooling the guiding plate (48). A method for producing the multiple layer material (49) is also disclosed.
US12011865B2
A system and method for removing a wrinkle adjacent to a joint between a first surface material and a second surface material, different from the first surface material. The system and method may include directing a flow of air creating an air wall across the first surface material adjacent to the joint where the wrinkle is being removed from the second surface material; directing heat onto the wrinkle in the second surface material; and working out the wrinkle from the second surface material while the second surface material is at an elevated temperature.
US12011862B2
A die for molding a reinforcing bar, which enables the production of a reinforcing bar having sufficient strength in a convenient and inexpensive manner, includes: a main flow channel (F1), formed in a central portion of a main body, that receives a molten thermoplastic polymer material (Rt) output from an extruder (2); at least one first sub flow channel (F2), formed in an outer peripheral portion of the main body, that receives the molten thermoplastic polymer material (Rt) and fluidly connects with an outer peripheral portion in the main flow channel (F1); and at least one second sub flow channel (F3) configured to receive reinforcing fibers (4) and fluidly connected with the main flow channel F1 upstream of a junction position of the main flow channel F1 and the at least one first sub flow channel (F2).
US12011858B2
A moving system for structures includes a linking unit located between first and second structures that can move in a first direction. A drive unit is connected to the first structure, and the first and second structures are connected. The second structure moves along the first direction when the drive unit moves the first structure along the first direction. The linking unit has a first part located on the side of the first structure and a second part located on the side of the second structure. The first and second parts line up along the first direction. The first part can shift toward the second part in a second direction different from the first direction without moving along the first direction, and the second part can shift toward the first part in the second direction without moving along the first direction.
US12011857B2
A method for the design, manufacture, and assembly of modular lattice structures composed of cuboctahedron unit cells.
US12011839B1
A three-dimensional scanning system, a scanning path planning method, and a three-dimensional scanning method are provided. The three-dimensional scanning system includes a control apparatus configured to determine a planned scanning path for a to-be-measured object based on a historical scanning path of an object type to which the current to-be-measured object belongs and according to a historical pose and a current pose of a rotary table carrying the to-be-measured object. The three-dimensional scanning system further includes a mechanical arm that includes a gripping end for gripping a scanner to drive the scanner to scan the to-be-measured object according to the planned scanning path under control of the control apparatus.
US12011838B2
A robot system according to the present disclosure includes a robot installed in a work area, a manipulator configured to be gripped by an operator and manipulate the robot, a sensor disposed at a manipulation area and configured to wirelessly detect positional information and posture information on the manipulator, and a control device which calculates a locus of the manipulator based on the positional information and the posture information on the manipulator detected by the sensor, and operates the robot on real time.
US12011837B2
A method performed by an autonomous device includes identifying a current movement of an operator based on monitoring the operator of the autonomous device. The method also includes inferring an intended direction of travel for the autonomous device based identifying the current movement. The method further includes identifying one or more objects in a current environment and limitations of the current environment. The method still further includes determining the action to be performed based on inferring the intended direction of travel and also identifying the one or more objects and the limitations of the current environment. The method also includes performing, by the autonomous device, the action.
US12011833B2
A system and a method for robot control based on a memristive crossbar array comprises a sensor group, an input sensing signal modulator, a neuromorphic circuit, an output control signal modulator, an output device, an external supervisor module and a training controller; the neuromorphic circuit performs robot control, and the main part thereof is a memristor crossbar array with a fully-connected neural network structure, wherein a differential amplifying circuit and a multiplexing switch in the neuromorphic circuit are connected to the memristor crossbar array, an input signal vector is multiplied by a weight matrix stored in the memristor crossbar array, and one or more channels of analog output signals are obtained through the differential amplifying circuit.
US12011825B2
A device, a method and a program, by which a weight and/or a position of a gravity center of a load attached to a movable part of a robot can be estimated by a simple configuration. The device has a torque sensor configured to detect a torque applied to an axis for driving the movable part of the robot, and a calculation section configured to calculate the weight of the article, by using: a first torque applied to the axis, when the article attached to the movable part is positioned at a first position and represents a first posture; a second torque applied to the axis, when the article attached to the movable part is positioned at a second position different from the first position and represents the first posture; the first position; and the second position.
US12011811B2
A powered fastener driver includes a housing, a nosepiece coupled to the housing and extending therefrom, a driver blade, a canister magazine coupled to the nosepiece, a pusher mechanism coupled to the nosepiece, and a cam. The pusher mechanism includes a body coupled to the nosepiece, a feeder arm pivotably coupled to the body, and a lever pivotably coupled to the nosepiece. The lever has a first end that is engageable with the body for imparting reciprocating translation to the body relative to the nosepiece in response to pivoting movement of the lever in opposite directions about the pivot axis. A cam is engaged with a second end of the lever for imparting pivoting movement to the lever. The feeder arm is engageable with individual fasteners in the nosepiece for sequentially pushing the fasteners into the driver channel in response to reciprocation of the body relative to the nosepiece.
US12011806B2
An impeller for a centrifugal blast wheel machine includes a hub provided at one end of the impeller, with the hub being configured to be coupled to the motor. The impeller further includes a tapered section provided at an opposite end of the hub, with the tapered section defining a media inlet to receive blast media. The impeller further includes a plurality of drop-shaped vanes positioned between the hub and the tapered section. The plurality of drop-shaped vanes is spaced from one another on peripheries of the hub and the tapered section. The plurality of drop-shaped vanes defines a plurality of impeller media outlets constructed and arranged to allow egress of blast media upon rotation of the impeller. Each vane is drop-shaped having a leading side directed toward a direction of rotation of the impeller and a trailing side opposite the leading side.
US12011805B2
Methods and systems for cleaning inner surfaces of tubes in a heat exchanger. Some systems include a cleaning device having a nozzle configured to inject cleaning fluid into first and second tubes to perform different first and second cleaning cycles on the tubes, respectively, a controller configured to determine delivery parameters for the cleaning cycles based on a characteristic of each tube, and to control the cleaning device to perform the cleaning cycles based on the delivery parameters. Some methods include determining, with a controller, a tube in the heat exchanger engaged with a nozzle of a cleaning device for injecting a cleaning fluid into the tube during a cleaning cycle, a characteristic of the tube, and a delivery parameter of the cleaning cycle for the tube based on the characteristic of the tube; and performing the cleaning cycle for the tube based on the delivery parameter.
US12011793B2
A main spindle monitoring device determines an abnormality of a main spindle in a machine tool. The main spindle monitoring device includes a main spindle operation monitoring unit and a feed axis operation monitoring unit. The main spindle operation monitoring unit monitors a change of an operation condition of the main spindle based on a main spindle load. The feed axis operation monitoring unit monitors a change of an operation condition of a feed axis based on a feed axis load. The abnormality of the main spindle is determined when the main spindle operation monitoring unit detects the change of the operation condition of the main spindle and the feed axis operation monitoring unit does not detect the change of the operation condition of the feed axis in a state where a constant rotation speed is commanded to the main spindle while the feed axis is driving.
US12011792B2
A loading workstation comprises a docking station including a first transmission device adapted to transmit a carrier for loading components, and a mobile vehicle. The mobile vehicle includes a second transmission device, a feeding device and a loading device. The second transmission device is adapted to dock with the first transmission device to allow the carrier to be continuously transmitted on the first transmission device and the second transmission device. The feeding device is adapted to supply components to be loaded. The loading device is adapted to load the supplied components onto the carrier that has been transferred to the second transmission device.
US12011791B2
An orientation device for objects (O) provided with a stem (S) and with a head (H) that has a minimum width (R), characterised in that it comprises: a slot (3) which has two edges separated by a predetermined distance (D), less than the minimum width (R) and greater than the maximum width of the stem (G); an uncoupling device (4), movable between an active configuration, in which it is able to retain an object (O) with respect to lifting, and an inactive configuration, in which it is not able to interact with an object (O); a magnetic gripping element (2), movable along at least a vertical direction between an upper position and a lower position, in which an object (O) associated with the gripping element (2) is in a position such as to be retained by the uncoupling device (4) so as to be detached from the gripping element (2).
US12011787B2
A flux used for soldering with a tin-silver-copper alloy comprises an imidazole compound and/or an imidazoline compound; a dicarboxylic acid having 3 or more and 36 or less carbons; and a quaternary ammonium iodine salt. Relative to the total amount of the flux, the dicarboxylic acid content is 6 mass % or more and 25 mass % or less, and the iodine content is 200 ppm or more and 3600 ppm or less.
US12011782B2
A method and apparatus for using a laser to form and release an element of an actuator. The method comprising forming an actuator from sheet stock using a laser, where the actuator is three dimensional; releasing an element of the actuator from the sheet stock using the laser; and moving the released part relative to the sheet stock using laser ablation propulsion.
US12011780B2
Provided is a welding apparatus having a fume elimination function. The welding apparatus efficiently eliminates fume generated while a welding object is being welded using a laser.
US12011776B2
A friction stir welding (FSW) tool includes a head, a tool holder and a body between the head and the tool holder and attached to the head and the tool holder. The body may include a plurality of cooling fins. An interior of the body may include a pressure sensor, a temperature sensor, a torque sensor, and a communication node in electronic communication with the pressure sensor, the temperature sensor, and the torque sensor. The communication node may be in Bluetooth communication with a computing device.
US12011772B2
A cutting insert for a milling tool is provided. A longitudinal plane extends halfway between a first pair of opposing side surfaces of the cutting insert. A first axial relief face adjacent to the a auxiliary cutting edge and a first axial abutment face form part of a first surface grouping on a first side of the longitudinal plane, and a second axial relief face adjacent to a second auxiliary cutting edge and a second axial abutment face form part of a second surface grouping on a second side of the longitudinal plane. The first surface grouping and the second surface grouping meet in a partitioning line, wherein the partitioning line extends in the longitudinal plane, and wherein the partitioning line extends from the first side to the second side.
US12011771B2
A method and apparatus for the refurbishment and repowering of wind turbines through the extension of existing installed blades so that they can catch more wind energy and therefore enable an increase in the overall average power output of the wind turbine.
US12011761B2
The three-dimensional shaping device (100) is provided with a powder supply device (10) to supply powder (90) by dropping the powder toward a surface (81) of a workpiece (80) as a shaping object, the surface, for example, being a curved surface. Further, the three-dimensional shaping device (100) is provided with a laser light irradiation device (20) to irradiate a layer of the powder (90) supplied and deposited by the powder supply device (10) with a laser light (25) as an energy beam. In this way, a three-dimensional shaping device and a three-dimensional shaping method, which are capable of shaping a beam structure on a curved surface of a shaping object, are provided.
US12011760B2
A 3D printer includes an ejector device for mixing and ejecting print material. The ejector device includes a substrate and a plurality of ejector conduits on the substrate. The ejector conduits are arranged in an array. Each ejector conduit includes a first passageway fluidly connecting a first end of the ejector conduit to a conduit junction. The first end is configured to accept a first print material. Each ejector conduit also includes a second passageway fluidly connecting a second end of the ejector conduit to the conduit junction. The second end is configured to accept a second print material. Each ejector conduit also includes a third passageway fluidly connecting a third end of the ejector conduit to the conduit junction. The third end includes an ejector nozzle. The ejector nozzle includes a first electrode and a second electrode.
US12011745B2
A downstream ball valve purging inlet directs purging fluid intentionally onto a downstream portion of the valve ball. The Coanda effect attaches some of the fluid to the ball's surface, so that it flows around the ball to an opposite side thereof, thereby purging the downstream valve cavity more efficiently than designs that avoid impacting the ball and depend on mixing to distribute the purging fluid onto the ball. The purging inlet can be downstream of the ball and directed at an acute angle, proximate the ball and directed perpendicular to the outlet axis, or some combination thereof. A central cavity purging drain can be connected with the purging inlet, so that the same fluid purges both the valve interior and the downstream cavity. Embodiments include a plurality of downstream purging inlets, which can have equal purging angles and can be equally spaced about the outlet axes.
US12011744B1
Methods, systems, and apparatus for a biofouling removal tool. The tool can include a body having a top surface, a bottom surface, and multiple sections. The tool can also include a plurality of recesses formed in the body. In some implementations, the plurality of recesses include a first set of one or more recesses formed in a first section of the body of the tool and a second set of one or more recesses formed in a second section of the body tool. At least one of the plurality of recesses spans a height of the body. Each of the plurality of recesses is configured to accept an outer surface of a cylindrical object. Each of the plurality of recesses includes one or more edges configured to scrape an outer surface of a cylindrical object.
US12011742B2
In an optical sorter that includes an optical detection unit to detect a to-be-sorted material at a detection position, a determining unit to determine a to-be-sorted material to be removed, based on a detection result by the optical detection unit, and an air-jetting unit to blow off and remove the to-be-sorted material to be removed using jet air of a compressed gas, based on a determination result by the determining unit, the air-jetting unit includes a piezoelectric valve to perform valve opening and closing by driving a valve disc utilizing displacement of a piezoelectric element, and a valve driving unit to apply a drive voltage to the piezoelectric element, and the valve driving unit controls the drive voltage applied to the piezoelectric element in accordance with the to-be-sorted material to be removed to thus control a jet-air pressure of the compressed gas for removing the to-be-sorted material.
US12011739B2
A dielectric elastomer vibration system includes a dielectric elastomer vibrator with a dielectric elastomer layer and a pair of electrode layers, and a power supply device producing a potential difference across the electrode layers. The vibrator exhibits various modes or regions of relationship between potential difference and deformation induced by the potential difference: a high-response region in which a relatively large deformation is induced; a low-response region of lower-potential difference in which a relatively small deformation is induced; and a low-response region of higher-potential difference in which a relatively small deformation is induced or in which a break point of the dielectric elastomer layer is included. The power supply device produces the potential difference by applying across the electrode layers a vibration signal voltage, which is generated by combining an AC voltage with a bias DC voltage corresponding to a potential difference falling in the high-response region.
US12011734B2
A guide plate for a swirler assembly is disclosed. In various embodiments, the guide plate includes a guide plate flange configured for engagement with a swirler body having a plurality of primary swirler inlets; and a first plurality of purge holes extending through the guide plate flange and configured to introduce a first vectored purge flow into the swirler body.
US12011725B1
A process for separating Anthracite and low quality carbon from refuse. Crushed refuse is admixed with water from a water storage source. The admixture is transferred to a first cyclone separator to divide the admixture into a refuse rich slurry stream and a carbonaceous rich slurry stream. The refuse rich slurry stream is dewatered through a vibrating screen and the water collected sent to the raw feed sump source. The carbonaceous rich slurry is directed to a second cyclone separator to separate low quality carbon from high quality carbon, the high quality carbon is transferred to a third cyclone separator used to separate the media water therefrom. The separated media water is returned via a siphon leg to the raw feed sump, and the dewatered high quality Anthracite is available for markets requiring higher quality carbon.
US12011721B2
Provided in part herein are static-defeating apparatus for use in multipipettor systems. Multiple pipette tips can be retained by a static-defeating sheet of material. A multipipettor, having multiple pipettes or nozzles, can engage the pipette tips retained by the sheet. After use, the multipipettor can eject the pipette tips, which sometimes are ejected as a single unit due to the pipette tips being retained by the sheet. In certain embodiments, an apparatus includes a snap plate having one or more holes, and a base rack for ease of mounting.
US12011716B2
Embodiments described herein generally relate to apparatuses, cartridges, and pumps for peristaltic pumping of fluids and associated methods, systems, and devices. The pumping of fluids is, in certain cases, an important aspect of a variety of applications, such as bioanalytical applications (e.g., biological sample analysis, sequencing, identification). The inventive features described herein may, in some embodiments, provide an ability to pump fluids in ways that combine certain advantages of robotic fluid handling systems (e.g., automation, programmability, configurability, flexibility) with certain advantages of microfluidics (e.g., small fluid volumes with high fluid resolution, precision, monolithic consumables, limiting of the wetting of components to consumables).
US12011712B2
This invention provides a high-efficient single-cell collection method using a specially designed collection well and collection pipet tip for particle/cell collection from the collection well. The structures of the collection well and pipet tip eliminate fluidic dead volume in the collection, resulting in all (or most) of the particles/cells can be brought into the collection pipette tip with the flow. The advantages of this invention in cell manipulation include high cell collection efficiency, low cell damage and easy operation procedure.
US12011710B1
Bulk catalysts comprised of nickel, molybdenum, tungsten and titanium and methods for synthesizing bulk catalysts are provided. The catalysts are useful for hydroprocessing, particularly hydrodesulfurization and hydrodenitrogenation, of hydrocarbon feedstocks.
US12011699B2
A mixing apparatus for mixing fluids, in particular inks of different colours for fountain pens, the mixing apparatus comprising containers (12a-12d), each adapted for storing a fluid, a tube element (13a-13e), for each container (12a-12d), connected to the container (12a-12d) and having a dispensing end portion at its end being opposite the container (12a-12d), a fluid feed device adapted for dispensing fluid from the containers (12a-12d) via the dispensing end portions, and a mixing space part encasing element (45) having a mixing space part in its inner space, the dispensing end portions of the tube elements (13a-13e) are arranged to extend into the mixing space part, and a filling unit (10) having a base portion (44) and a neck portion (40) adapted for holding the mixing space part encasing element (45), and the base portion (44) and the neck portion (40) are configured to be movable relative to each other, and are adapted for encompassing a container (25) being connectible to the fluid discharge portion. The invention is furthermore a mixing system for mixing fluids comprising a data entry unit (200), a control unit, and the mixing apparatus. The invention is furthermore a fountain pen (100) comprising a container (25) adapted for storing ink which is filled up applying the mixing apparatus.
US12011692B2
Methods and devices are disclosed for a separation device. A separation device includes a separation module having a separation membrane separating an interior of the separation module into a retentate compartment and a permeate compartment. The retentate compartment includes at least one retentate channel, a feed port fluidly coupled to the at least one retentate channel and a retentate port. The permeate compartment includes at least one permeate channel disposed within the permeate compartment and a permeate port fluidly coupled to the at least one permeate channel. a retentate collector fluidly connected to the retentate port. The device further includes a feed reservoir, a permeate reservoir, a fluidic gate located between the feed reservoir and the separation module, a vent located between the retentate channel and the permeate channel end adjacent the retentate port and a pressure differential source applied across the separation module.
US12011686B2
Filter media comprising a pre-filter layer and related components, systems, and methods associated therewith are provided. In some embodiments, the pre-filter layer may be designed to impart desirable properties to the filter media, such as a high gamma and/or long service life, while having relatively minimal or no adverse effects on another property of the filter media that is important for a given application. For instance, a pre-filter layer may be used to improve the upstream removal of fine particulate matter, which may clog a downstream efficiency layer comprising submicron fibers and reduce filtration performance. The pre-filter layer may be configured to increase service life and/or increase the gamma of the filter media. Filter media, as described herein, may be particularly well-suited for applications that involve filtering air, though the media may also be used in other applications.
US12011682B2
A magnetic filter cartridge for a filter assembly has an outer surface that extends between a first end and a second end, and an inner surface that defines an inner cavity. A plurality of channels extend between the outer surface and the inner surface. Each channel has a first aperture in the outer surface, a second aperture in the inner surface, and a passage wall that extends between the first aperture and the second aperture. A magnetic element is positioned within the channel between the first aperture and the second aperture and spaced from the passage wall, the magnetic element cooperating with the passage wall to define a circuitous flow path between the first aperture and the second aperture.
US12011677B2
This disclosure describes energy efficient process to distill a process stream in a production facility. A process uses multiple effect evaporators, ranging from one evaporator to eight evaporators in each effect. The process arrangement shows an example of four effect evaporators, with a zero-effect evaporator having a single evaporator, a first-effect evaporator having a set of three evaporators, a second-effect evaporator having a set of three evaporators, and a third-effect evaporator having a set of evaporators to create condensed distillers solubles.
US12011673B1
A toy vehicle includes a toy vehicle body and a pair of wheel supports located on opposite sides of the toy vehicle body. In one embodiment, each of the wheel supports includes a pair of wheels rotatably mounted to the wheel support. The toy vehicle has a drive system that includes a pair of motors, each of which is operable to move one of the wheel supports and the wheels coupled to the wheel support. Each wheel support is movable between a retracted position in which the wheel support extends along a side of the toy vehicle body, and an extended position in which the wheel support extends downwardly from the toy vehicle body with a front end of the wheel support being spaced apart from the toy vehicle body.
US12011672B2
The present disclosure provides inflatable attractions, including inflatable attachments for attractions and attraction parks having such inflatable attractions. The inflatable attractions represent a significant advancement in safety, and include a central column, a first arm extending away from the central column, a second arm extending away from the central column, and at least one inflatable air chamber extending through at least one of the first arm or the second arm.
US12011669B2
A session management section 126 holds respective pieces of identification information of a plurality of members who join a session of an application. An allocation section 134 allocates a member to a chat group. A chat management section 114 acquires the identification information of each member who belongs to the chat group created in the session, and determines a member who becomes a partner for communicating chat data, for each member.
US12011668B2
A method and system for implementing a fantasy sports team league. The fantasy sports team league provides team managers a way of competing in fantasy sports competitions that addresses the weaknesses of existing opportunities. This presented fantasy sports team league provides an unconventional season-long game-play format incorporating a salary cap and dynamic pricing model, and it provides practical applications including several new and unconventional features for fantasy team managers to experience.
US12011664B2
Computer implemented systems and methods for cross-platform spoiler blocking are provided herein. An example method includes ascertaining by a data platform data potentially available to a user of a service having a media object; identifying by the data platform at least one object revealed by the media object, the at least one object being associated with an application; receiving by the data platform metadata associated with the at least one object, the metadata indicative of whether the at least one object should be hidden from the user; determining by the data platform, based on the metadata, the at least one object is a potential spoiler; and blocking by the data platform, the user from interacting with the media object through the service.
US12011659B2
An account connecting method includes: acquiring, by a first connecting device, a first data request transmitted by a first account, transmitting the first data request to a first server of first type, acquiring, on the target connecting device, an address of a second server transmitted by the first server after an interaction scene for realizing a scene interaction is created on the second server, transmitting the address of the second server to the first account, forwarding, to the second server, interaction data in the scene interaction transmitted by the first account, and forwarding, between a target application and an associated server by using a connecting device having a lowest network delay with an account with which the connecting device is required to interact, the interaction data required to be exchanged.
US12011656B2
Images of distortions in a pattern on the interior of a hollow hand-grippable object are input to a machine learning (ML) model, which is trained to return a command responsive to the inputting. The command is used for controlling play of at least one computer simulation.
US12011655B2
Embodiments provide for card games such as blackjack that allow at least one card to be dealt from a special deck (e.g., a restricted deck) into a hand, while the remainder of the cards for that hand (and, in some embodiments, other hands involved in the game event) are dealt from a main/conventional deck. In accordance with some embodiments, the at least one card dealt from the special deck is dealt into a hand of the player while in other embodiments it is dealt into the hand of a dealer and/or an opponent player. A special deck may be a deck that includes cards configured to provide an advantage to the player (e.g., in a blackjack game, restricted deck may only include high value cards if being used for a player hand or only low value cards if being used for a dealer hand).
US12011653B2
A system for providing golf swing guidance to a user can include a sensor assembly positionable on a ground surface. The sensor assembly can communicate with a network device to determine a location of the sensor assembly positioned on the ground surface. The sensor assembly can receive, based on the location of the sensor assembly, data representing aim instructions and a required swing characteristic for a desired trajectory of a golf ball. The sensor assembly can monitor a practice swing of the user and can produce practice swing data based on the monitored practice swing. The sensor assembly can determine a practice swing characteristic from the practice swing data and can determine a probable stroke result based on the practice swing characteristic and the required swing characteristic. The sensor assembly can transmit the probable stroke result to the user device.
US12011652B2
The present application discloses a golf ball floor type detection method, a system, and a storage medium. The method includes the following steps: correcting distortion of the camera; calibrating a camera; triggering of hitting a ball: monitoring a pixel variation value of a serving position of a golf ball in a picture captured by the camera in real time, and determining triggering of hitting a ball when the pixel variation value of the position exceeds a threshold value; positioning a golf ball: processing the picture captured by the camera after triggering of hitting a ball with a dynamic segmentation based on a fuzzy entropy, and positioning the processed picture to acquire coordinate data of the golf ball; calculating parameters; and detecting a rotating speed of the golf ball.
US12011647B2
A virtual reality (VR) system comprising a head-mounted display (HMD) and handheld controller set is enhanced to provide a more realistic end user VR experience, e.g., for generalized surface interactions in the VR environment. The techniques herein leverage controller-less calibration with any type of surface, followed by surface interactions in the VR environment. An example use case is an interactive fitness training session.
US12011644B2
Embodiments of golf club heads and methods to manufacture golf club heads are generally described herein. In one example, a golf club head may include a body portion having a face portion for striking a golf ball and an enclosed interior cavity. A filler material may be inside the interior cavity and may reinforce the face portion. The filler material may include a low density polymer material to enable discretionary mass placement to other areas of the golf club head to improve certain mass properties of the golf club head. Other examples and embodiments may be described and claimed.
US12011641B2
A high forgiveness wood-type golf club head comprises a body and a face. The body comprises a sole that forms a bottom portion of the golf club head, a crown that forms a top portion of the golf club head and a skirt that forms a periphery of the golf club head between the sole and the crown. The face place is positioned at a front portion of the golf club head opposite a rear portion of the golf club head. The body defines an outer periphery having a generally triangular shape in plan.
US12011634B2
An adjustable barbell system may include a base, two or more weights, a handle assembly, an additional weight, and selection assembly. The two or more weights may be supported by the base and grouped into a first set of weights associated with one end of the barbell system and a second set of weights associated with an opposing end of the barbell system. The handle assembly may be selectively fixedly joined to the first and second set of weights. The additional weight may be disposed distally of the handle assembly. The selection assembly may be secured to the additional weight. The selection assembly may include a selection member that may be linearly moveable between a selected position where the additional weight is operatively secured to the handle assembly and an unselected position where the additional weight is disengaged from the handle assembly.
US12011631B2
The fitness device comprising dual retaining members in engagement with a tension member.
US12011629B2
In order to attain an efficient decomposition process by water plasma, a decomposition processor includes a water plasma generator which is configured to inject water plasma, from the injection port, by arc discharge generated between negative and positive electrodes; and a supply device configured to supply a decomposition target object to a water plasma jet stream injected from the water plasma generator, wherein the decomposition target object is decomposed by the water plasma. The supply device has a nozzle for providing the decomposition target object from a tip, and the negative electrode, the injection port, the positive electrode and the nozzle are arranged in that order along the center axis line of the injection port. The tip of the nozzle is placed inside of the water plasma jet stream.
US12011621B2
The present disclosure presents a patient respiratory mask that is configured to pick up patient speech from within the patient respiratory mask utilizing a microphone and to transmit that speech to a speaker or other communications device and a method of patient communication utilizing the same.
US12011612B2
The present disclosure is related to systems and methods for generating a radiation treatment plan for a treatment volume of a subject. The method includes retrieving a planning image of the treatment volume. The planning image may include a plurality of first voxels. The method also includes retrieving a treatment image that represents at least part of the treatment volume. The treatment image may include a plurality of second voxels. For at least one of the plurality of second voxels, the method further includes determining at least one reference voxel among the plurality of first voxels in the planning image and determining a dose value corresponding to the at least one second voxel. The method still further includes generating a radiation treatment plan based at least part on the dose value corresponding to the at least one second voxel.
US12011602B2
A pessary for the prevention of preterm birth, and in particular two pathological conditions of pregnancy known as isthmico-cervical incontinence and cervical shortening, both of which are associated with increased risks for pregnancy loss and/or premature deliveries of babies. The pessary includes a sleeve supported within a ring by an annular member. The sleeve is intended to contact the cervix and maximize the length of the cervix while the annular member and ring contact the vagina. The pessary may be fabricated from a pliable medical-grade silicon, and the pessary may include one or more sensors to measure various patient parameters indicative of a premature cervical contraction. The sleeve may be wirelessly powered from a charging device, such as a pillow, a table-top device, or a pelvic belt.
US12011584B2
Disclosed are methods, devices, and systems for treatment of an abnormal wound healing response. The methods, devices, and systems can be used to treat solid ulcerated tissue, such as diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs), arthritic tissue, muscle soreness, joint pain, varicose veins, obesity, and peripheral artery disease. Additionally, the methods, devices, and systems can promote the healing of xenograft, allograft, autograft, or engineered tissue following reconstruction surgery. The methods, devices, and systems include the ability to determine an optimal set of pulse parameters that are specific to wound healing. In embodiments, the methods, devices, and systems include components for guiding the user on electrode placement based on anatomical or electrical measurements, delivering a custom series of electric pulses, applying heat, and using feedback from physiologic measurements to control the device.
US12011583B2
There is provided an intravascular blood pump for insertion into a patient's heart. The blood pump comprises a slotless permanent magnet motor contained within a housing, the motor having p magnet pole pairs and n phases, where p is an integer greater than zero, and n is an integer ≥3. The motor comprises a stator extending along a longitudinal axis of the housing and having 2np coils wound to form two coils per phase per magnet pole pair. The stator comprises inner and outer windings each comprising np coils electrically connected such that the current flowing through the coils is in the same direction, the coils of the outer winding arranged on an outer surface of the coils of the inner winding.
US12011581B2
The present disclosure relates to a micro magnetic-hydraulic suspension centrifugal blood pump, which is a pump and motor integrated device. The blood pump includes a pump housing, a rotor, an impeller, a servo motor, an inner magnetic core group, an outer magnetic ring group, a limiting device, and a suture snap ring device; the rotor and the impeller are seamlessly connected into a whole; the rotor is arranged in an inner pipe of the blood pump; the servo motor drives the rotor to drive the impeller to do work; the inner magnetic core group is arranged at a lower end inside the rotor; the outer magnetic ring group and a wrapping sleeve are upright in a pump cavity lower shell; an inner and outer magnetic combination can achieve a radial magnetic suspension effect of the impeller; a ceramic sheet and a ceramic cone form a temporary limiting bearing; a top end of a vane of the impeller is provided with an inclined surface; and the pump can generate hydraulic suspension during working. According to the technical solution of the present disclosure, the rotor impeller can work in a steady suspended state, which overcomes the friction effect of a mechanical bearing; the structures in the pump are simple and fluent, which can greatly reduce hemolysis and thromboembolic complications; the blood pump has a small volume and light weight, so that the invasiveness of operation is low, and the safety and the practicability can be improved.
US12011578B2
Embodiments of the invention provide devices, systems, and methods that precisely identify a minimum of one predetermined spot which is hidden under a skin. The system comprises a locator device and corresponding implanted target device. The port locator device preferably comprises one magnet with north and south magnetic pole, a body and a suspending component. The body may utilize specific geometry which improves accuracy. The implanted target device may include at least one magnet and at least one target or a plurality of targets and at least one magnet. Various configurations can be provided that precisely identify a single spot or a plurality of spots which are hidden under a skin.
US12011577B2
An injection configuration (10) for connection to a male Luer connector (100) includes a hub (12) having an internal conical taper (14) in fluid interconnection with a hollow needle (16). The internal conical taper has a convergence angle of 6% and a length L of 7.5-10.5 millimeters, and presents an entrance aperture diameter D of between 4.365 and 4.595 millimeters.
US12011576B2
An autoinjector includes a case, a needle shroud telescopically coupled to the case, a carrier slidably arranged in the case, a collar rotatably and slidably disposed in the case and coupled to the needle shroud and the carrier, and a trigger button operably coupled to the carrier. The case includes a rib. The needle shroud is movable between a first extended position, a retracted position, and a locked second extended position. The carrier is adapted to hold a medicament container and movable from a first axial position to a second axial position relative to the case. The carrier abuts the rib in the first axial position and the needle shroud is in the first extended position and disengages the rib when the needle shroud is in the retracted position and the trigger button is pressed to advance the carrier to the second axial position.
US12011573B2
The present disclosure relates to a touch sensitive label for an injection device, the label comprising: a flexible substrate configured for attachment to a housing of the injection device, an electronic display located on the substrate and configured to visually display at least one indication, a touch sensitive area located on the substrate and electrically connectable to the electronic display, and a processor connected to the electronic display and configured to modify the visual appearance of the at least one indication in response to a user touching or depressing the touch sensitive area.
US12011563B2
An electronically power-adjusted tattoo machine, power supply, and methods for controlling needle reciprocation are disclosed. The dynamic power adjustment controls needle impact force of a tattoo machine through electronic circuitry which establishes a baseline current of a tattoo machine motor, monitors current drawn by the motor, and increases or decreases the voltage provided to the motor as the current changes. The rate and degree of voltage adjustment may be varied by user-defined settings.
US12011562B2
Proposed is a cartridge (1000) for accommodating a microneedle patch (100) comprising: a body portion (1002) which is accommodated in an accommodating part formed in a housing (201) of an applicator (200), and a flat plate portion (1004), mounted on the body portion (1002), comprising a flat plate opening (1006) through which a pressurizing part (404) of a drive mechanism (400) passes and a fixing portion (1005) operatively coupled to the drive mechanism (400), wherein the flat plate portion (1004) is rotated according to a driving of the drive mechanism (400) and is located below the microneedle patch (100) to supports the microneedle patch (100).
US12011561B2
A device and method for selectively applying a composition to a treatment surface (e.g., skin) to alter an aesthetic appearance of the skin in the undereye region of the face. The device includes an applicator applying the composition to the skin, and a detector obtaining image data corresponding to an image of an area of skin. The device generates a target reflectance value based on the image data and past image data. The target reflectance value is higher than reflectance of at least half of areas corresponding to the image data and past image data. The device determines a desired level of reflectance modification for a location within the area of skin imaged by comparing image data corresponding to reflectance of the location to the target reflectance value, and directs the applicator to selectively apply the composition to the location based on the desired level of reflectance modification.
US12011559B2
A single lumen, multiple entry dilator sheath assembly is provided for delivering medical devices in different parts of cardiovascular system. The multiple holes allow multiple guidewires to enter the dilator-delivery sheath system distally and exit from a single lumen proximally thereby providing extra support to the delivery system while tracking over complex paths. Such a multi guide wire system has a definite advantage even over a two-wire system because, although two wire system may offer better support as compared to single wire, it will not be as good as a four wire system. Also, in two wire system the wires are fixed in their position and therefore overcoming the memory of sheath and dilator system will not be as good as with multi-wire system because of the ability to use the multiple entry holes in various permutations and combinations.
US12011552B2
In the present disclosure, embodiments of dual-stage syringes are disclosed along with delivery systems incorporating the dual-stage syringes. Embodiments of the dual-stage syringes described herein include sleeved dual-stage syringes, turn-key dual-stage syringes and dual-stage syringes including one or more one-way valves.
US12011547B2
The invention relates to a wetting mechanism 20 for wetting a tube 12 of a catheter 10. The wetting mechanism 20 includes a housing 16 positioned initially at or proximal to the tip end 13 of the catheter tube 12. The housing 16 comprises a wetting chamber 23 into which at least a portion of the catheter tube 12 is able to be introduced and be moved therethrough to wet the catheter tube 12 in use. The wetting mechanism 20 includes a stopper 26 which is moveable between a first and second positions to prevent or allow the tip end 13 of the catheter tube 12 to be moved through the wetting chamber 23.
US12011543B2
Condensation or “rain-out” is a problem in medical circuits and previous attempts to manage and/or prevent rain-out have resulted in relatively expensive and/or difficult to manufacture medical circuit components. The subject patent provides an improved medical circuit component for managing rain-out. In particular the component may be an improved breathing tube, or insufflation system limb comprising a helically corrugated tube preferably incorporating a heater wire.
US12011536B2
Dispensing assembly, comprising a fluid product dispenser, such as a nasal dispenser, wherein the fluid product dispenser comprises a reservoir (10) provided with a bottom (11), a dispensing member (20), such as a pump or a valve, mounted on the reservoir (10), and a dispensing head (30) incorporating a dispensing orifice (31), the dispensing assembly comprising a lateral actuation device comprising a body (1) and a lateral actuation element (40) mounted so as to pivot on the body (1) about a pivot axis (45) between a rest position and an actuation position, the actuation element (40) comprising a bearing part (41), which is pressed by the user during actuation and a pushing part (42) designed to cooperate with the fluid product dispenser to effect the actuation thereof, the pivot axis (45) being arranged between the bearing part (41) and the pushing part (42), the lateral actuation member (40) having an S or inverted S shape, the bearing part (41) being arranged near the dispensing head (30) and the pushing part (42) being arranged under the bottom (11) of the reservoir (10).
US12011531B2
The present invention relates to a motor-driven suction pump and a method for connecting such a pump. The suction pump has a pump unit for generating a negative pressure which is accommodated in a housing. Further, a terminal box is provided which can be connected to a power source via a connecting cable and has contact elements for supplying the pump unit with a power current. The contact elements are electrically conductively connected to the contact counter elements provided on the housing side and leading to the pump unit when the terminal box is coupled to the housing. In order to increase electrical safety, a sensor, an evaluation unit, and a switch are provided. The sensor is configured to check the coupling of the terminal box. The switch switches a power supply to at least one of the contact elements. The evaluation unit is data-based connected to the sensor and the switch such that the switch connects the contact element to the power current supply when a signal of the sensor confirming the coupling is present and disconnects the power current supply when a signal of the sensor confirming the coupling is absent. In the method according to the invention, at least one contact element which is switched off is first electrically connected to the counter contact element on the housing side, which is provided for supplying current to the pump unit. The power current is then applied to the contact element on the basis of a signal confirming the corresponding contacting.
US12011522B2
Provided are a sterilization module and an air purifier, which are applied in the field of air sterilization. The sterilization module is applied in the air purifier. The sterilization module includes a frame, a plurality of wave-shaped plates, and at least one sterilizing lamp. The frame is provided with a channel running through the frame from one end to another end. The plurality of wave-shaped plates are arranged at intervals in the channel, where each of the plurality of wave-shaped plates is bent alternately from the one end to the another end of the frame, so as to form an air duct that is wave-shaped between two adjacent wave-shaped plates. The at least one sterilizing lamp is disposed on the wave-shaped plate and used to emit ultraviolet (UV) light towards the air duct.
US12011510B2
Disclosed herein is systems, methods, and apparatuses for treating biological fluids. In some embodiments, the biological fluid treatment system includes a treatment, a platform, an array of light sources, and a display. In some embodiments, the biological fluid treatment system includes a scanner.
US12011505B2
Disclosed are cell membrane-derived nanovesicles, a method of preparing the nanovesicles, and a pharmaceutical composition and a diagnostic kit using the nanovesicles. The cell membrane-derived nanovesicles may prevent potential adverse effects because intracellular materials (e.g., genetic materials and cytosolic proteins) unnecessary for delivering therapeutic or diagnostic substances are removed from the nanovesicles. In addition, as the nanovesicles may be targeted to specific cells or tissues, therapeutic or diagnostic substances may be predominantly delivered to the targeted cells or tissues, while delivery of the substances may be inhibited. Therefore, the nanovesicles may alleviate suffering and inconvenience of patients by reducing adverse effects of therapeutic substances and by improving efficacy of the substances. In addition, the cell membrane-derived nanovesicles loaded with therapeutic or diagnostic substances and a method of preparing the nanovesicles may be used in vitro or in vivo for therapeutic or diagnostic purposes, or for experimental use.
US12011504B2
Disclosed is a dry powder oral formulation that includes an active pharmaceutical ingredient (API), a lecithin powder, a galactomannan, one or more sweetening agents, one or more flavoring agents and an organic acid in a pharmaceutically acceptable preparation. Also disclosed are an excipient composition in absence of an API and methods of making and using the formulations and compositions. Also disclosed is a chewable, swallowable, and/or orally disintegrating tablet comprising an API, a lecithin powder, a galactomannan, one or more sweetening agents, one or more flavoring agents and an organic acid in a pharmaceutically acceptable preparation.
US12011503B1
Disclosed are effective fixed dose oral testosterone undecanoate compositions for use in regimens without dose titration and methods for treatment of patients in need of testosterone replacement therapy. Also disclosed are criteria for continuation and discontinuation of such regimens, based on single serum T concentration levels measured at a steady state at predetermined times after initiation of said regimen and at a predetermined number of hours after administration of a morning dose of the regimen.
US12011501B2
The present invention concerns a composition for topical application to keratinous material, in particular the skin and/or lips, comprising, in a physiologically acceptable medium, at least one Lactobacillus rhamnosus extract (CNCM I-5313), one of its fractions and/or one of its metabolites and at least one excipient chosen from solvents other than water, UV filters, surfactants, gelling agents, thickeners, fillers, dyes, film-forming polymers, perfumes and the mixtures of same; and the uses thereof, in particular for promoting and/or improving the skin barrier function.
US12011497B2
Provided are preparation and use of novel compounds available as main ingredients of a composition for promoting hair growth, wherein the novel compounds are 9-deoxo-31-O-demethyl-prolyl-FK506, 9-deoxo-36,37-dihydro-FK506, 31-O-demethyl-36,37-dihydro-FK506, 9-deoxo-31-O-demethyl-36,37-dihydro-FK506, 9-deoxo-FK520, 31-O-demethyl-FK520, 9-deoxo-31-O-demethyl-FK520, 9-deoxo-FK523, and 9-deoxo-31-O-demethyl-FK523.
US12011494B2
The instant disclosure relates to cosmetic compositions that when applied to skin instantaneously and dramatically improve the appearance of the skin. The compositions include volatile hydrocarbon oil; mineral thickening agents; silicone elastomers; and hydrophobic film forming polymers; wherein the weight ratio of the total amount of hydrophobic film forming polymers to the total amount of mineral thickeners (film forming polymers:mineral thickening agent) is 1:1 to 8:1, and the weight ratio of the total amount of silicone elastomer to the total amount of mineral thickener (silicone elastomer:mineral thickening agent) is 1:1 to 5:1. Methods for improving the appearance of skin comprising application of the cosmetic compositions to the skin are also disclosed.
US12011488B2
Provided herein are methods for treating a disease or disorder associated with mitochondrial dysfunction through ex vivo introduction of a nucleic acid molecule into hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells (HSPCs) followed by transplantation of the HSPCs into a subject in need of treatment. The nucleic acid molecule may include a functional human frataxin (hFXN) or may include a gene editing system that when transfected into the cells removes a trinucleotide extension mutation of endogenous hFXN.
US12011485B2
The present invention relates to a linker of the following formula (I) or a salt thereof: (I). The present invention relates to a linker-drug conjugate of the following formula (II) or a salt thereof: (II). The present invention relates also to a binding unit-drug corrugate, such as an antibody-drug conjugate, of the following formula (III) or (IV) or a salt thereof: (III), (IV), as well as a pharmaceutical composition comprising such a binding unit-drug corrugate and its use in the treatment of cancer.
US12011478B2
The present disclosed and described technology are directed to multimodal mRNA-based immunotherapies that deliver both antigens and immunomodulators. Related formulations, method of administration, and kits are disclosed and described.
US12011462B2
Disclosed are novel means of enhancing mesenchymal stem cell regenerative activities including, intra alia, production from pulmonary leakage and suppression of scar tissue formation by co-administration with T regulatory cells. In some embodiments the invention provides an interaction between T regulatory cells and mesenchymal stem cells in which T regulatory cells stimulate upregulation of mesenchymal stem cell activity in a GITR dependent manner.
US12011449B2
The present invention relates to a combination treatment which comprises (a) at least one ERK inhibitor preferably Compound B as described herein, and (b) a c-RAF inhibitor or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, preferably Compound A, which may be combined into a single pharmaceutical composition or prepared for separate or sequential administration. It includes a c-RAF inhibitor and an ERK inhibitor prepared for simultaneous, separate or sequential administration for the treatment of a proliferative disease, particularly an advanced solid tumor that harbors a Mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) alteration, and includes methods of using these compounds in combination as well as a commercial package comprising such combination.
US12011442B2
The invention relates to a crystalline methanol solvate or hydrate form of ABC, and an anhydrous form of ABC, that reversibly forms a hydrate of ABC. The invention is also directed to the preparation of the aforesaid solvate, hydrate, and anhydrous solid-state forms of ABC. Furthermore, the invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising at least one of the aforesaid crystalline forms of ABC according to the invention, and the pharmaceutical use of at least one of the aforesaid crystalline forms of ABC according to the invention for treatment of a patient in need thereof.
US12011439B2
The present disclosure is drawn to the combination therapy of a C-C Chemokine Receptor 4 (CCR4) antagonist and one or more immune checkpoint inhibitors in the treatment of cancer.
US12011438B2
The inventors have found that the compounds of formula (I) protect cardiomyocytes. Accordingly, the disclosure provides a pharmaceutical composition for protecting a cardiomyocyte comprising a compound of formula (I) or an ester, oxide, pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof. The pharmaceutical composition may be used for treating or preventing a disease associated with cardiomyocyte death, such as myocardial infarction, chronic heart failure, hypertensive heart failure, or dilated cardiomyopathy, especially for treating myocardial infarction.
US12011435B2
The present disclosure relates to improved methods of treatment with nirogacestat.
US12011434B2
The present disclosure relates to improved methods of treatment with nirogacestat.
US12011427B2
The invention features methods of treating cancer with β-GPA. The disclosure also provides methods of treating cancer including combinations of β-GPA and additional anti-cancer therapies.
US12011425B2
The present invention discloses compounds of Formula (I), or pharmaceutically acceptable salts, esters, or prodrugs thereof: X-A-Y-L-R (I) which inhibit the protein(s) encoded by hepatitis B virus (HBV) or interfere with the function of the HBV life cycle of the hepatitis B virus and are also useful as antiviral agents. The present invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the aforementioned compounds for administration to a subject suffering from HBV infection. The invention also relates to methods of treating an HBV infection in a subject by administering a pharmaceutical composition comprising the compounds of the present invention.
US12011423B2
The present invention relates to methods for treating uterine hypercontractility disorders. in particular, the present invention relates to methods for treating abnormal uterine bleeding and dysmenorrhea comprising administering to women suffering from such disorders a pharmaceutical composition comprising an S-alkylisothiouronium derivative.
US12011414B2
A one handed walk assist device featuring a handle and plurality of legs affixed to a variably shaped support frame, featuring various independent embodiments including an embodiment trapezoidal orientation between the front and back legs, and an embodiment apparatus orientation that is angled backwardly. A variety of storage/carriage compartments are disclosed.
US12011412B2
A cover for a walking frame including: a central crossmember portion, a left arm portion, and a right arm portion; said left and right arm portions including a receptacle defined by an inner flap and an outer flap on each of said left and right arm portions; and wherein said central crossmember portion includes at least one fastener pair for securing said central crossmember portion.
US12011410B2
A treatment system includes a treatment device adapted to contact a vulvar or vaginal tissue of a body and includes a treatment mechanism configured to apply a treatment to the tissue and at least one sensor configured to provide objective sensor data related to the tissue. An external device is configured to receive subjective information provided by a user or a third party and to receive the objective sensor data from the treatment device. The external device includes a processor configured to use the subjective information and the objective sensor data in a decision matrix to issue commands to at least the treatment mechanism that correspond to treatment instructions based on the subjective information and the objective data. The treatment instructions include instructions related to controlling the treatment mechanism and its application of treatment to the tissue and a treatment duration.
US12011406B2
A wearable multifunctional powered exoskeleton for cervical vertebra rehabilitation, and relates to the field of man-machine interaction rehabilitation aids, comprises an active drive motor module, a fixed supporting module and a movable joint component; wherein the active drive motor module is connected to the fixed supporting module, and comprises a left shoulder push rod motor, a right shoulder push rod motor, a cervico-thoracic vertebra left front side push rod motor, a cervico-thoracic vertebra left rear side push rod motor, a cervico-thoracic vertebra right front side push rod motor, and a cervico-thoracic vertebra right rear side push rod motor; wherein the active drive motor module and the movable joint component are combined to Jointly form a six-connecting rod power-driven structure.
US12011404B2
Various implementations include a device for moving a person on a support apparatus. The device includes a base, an expandable volume, and a sheet. The base has a first side, a second side, and a support apparatus coupler for coupling the device to a support apparatus. The expandable volume is disposed on a surface of the base between the first side and the second side and is actuatable from a first position to a second position. The sheet has a first portion that is stationary with respect to the base and a second portion. The sheet extends from the first portion, over the second side, over the expandable volume, and over the first side. Actuation of the expandable volume from the first position to the second position increases a length of the sheet extending from the second side of the base to the first side of the base.
US12011400B2
An apparatus for powering a manual wheelchair with rear wheels that includes a motor and pair of powered drive wheels, with each powered drive wheel in contact with a respective rear wheel of the manual wheelchair. Some embodiments of the powered apparatus include a piston assembly coupled to each of the powered drive wheels, whereby movement of the piston assembly to a disengaged position ceases motorized control of the wheelchair. The piston assembly may also be utilized as a “build-in” emergency stopping feature for motorized wheelchairs. A controller for operating the powered apparatus also is contemplated.
US12011391B2
A device implantable into the eye that includes an elongate duct portion defining two lumens that extend parallel to one another from a distal end to a neck spaced longitudinally from the distal end, a second portion including two tubular segments that extend or flare outwardly from the neck opposite one another with at least one additional tubular segment that extends between the two tubular segments such that the tubular segments of the second portion form a tubular loop that surrounds an interior area. The tubular segments of the second portion that form the tubular loop define a common lumen with a plurality of outlets that are in fluid communication with the two lumens of the duct portion to permit fluid to flow through the device.
US12011387B2
Dental appliances for preventing lisping. An aligner body is configured to apply orthodontic force to a patient's teeth within a dentition-receiving cavity to gradually align the patient's teeth. The dentition-receiving cavity includes a posterior teeth region having lateral walls configured to receive the patient's posterior teeth. The posterior teeth region includes occlusal cut-outs that are configured to expose occlusal surfaces of at least a portion of the patient's posterior teeth. The occlusal cut-outs allow opposing occlusal surfaces of the patient's posterior teeth to come close enough to touch each other while the device is worn over the dental arch of the patient to form an anterior seal between the patient's tongue and inner surfaces of the patient's anterior teeth in a manner as to minimize any temporary anterior bite opening, preventing lisping while the device is worn over the dental arch.
US12011381B2
An anatomical brace for dynamically stabilizing the patella during knee articulation so as to address patella tracking error, the anatomical brace being configured such that, when the anatomical brace is mounted to the knee of a patient, and when the knee thereafter moves to full extension, the anatomical brace applies a proximal/medial force to the patella of the patient, and when the knee thereafter moves to full flexion, the proximal/medial force is released.
US12011380B2
Methods, apparatuses and systems are described for deploying a stent into a body lumen. A stent delivery system may include a sheath with a partially-tubular first portion made from a first material and a second portion made from a second material that is adhered to the first portion to form a tubular body. In some cases, the first material may be chemically incompatible with the second material such that the adhesion between the first portion and second portion is free from cross-linked bonds. The stent delivery system may further include a guidewire lumen with a distal tip that may be slidably disposed within the sheath and a tubular stent disposed between the guidewire lumen and an inside surface of the sheath. The sheath may be formed by coextruding the first material and the second material to form a striped tubular body of the sheath.
US12011379B2
A guide sheath device with an integrated stabilization wire is provided. The guide sheath device includes an elongate member having a proximal and distal end and a lumen there between and a stabilization wire integrated to the elongate member.
US12011378B2
A stent (scaffold) or other luminal prosthesis comprising circumferential structural elements which provide high strength after deployment and allows for scaffold to uncage, and/or allow for scaffold or luminal expansion thereafter. The circumferential scaffold is typically formed from non-degradable material and will be modified to expand and/or uncage after deployment.
US12011370B2
Expandable intervertebral spacer system having a top plate and a bottom plate which are separated and held apart a changeable distance forming a cage. The plates are held apart by four locking mechanisms in the cage at or near the corners or the periphery of the plates, leaving the cavity of the cage substantially unobstructed. Each locking mechanism is made of two saw-toothed posts that cooperate to lock the top plate a desired distance from the bottom plate. The saw-tooth posts are biased against each other with a spring. Once the spacer is implanted in a patient with a removable insertion tool, the top and bottom plates are forced apart incrementally, one saw tooth at a time, in a ratchet-like motion, using a removable expansion mechanism. Optionally, each stanchion is surrounded by a sheath to prevent bone particles and other debris from interfering with the mating of the saw teeth.
US12011365B2
Disclosed herein are systems and methods for intervertebral body fusion that provide more robust support within the disc space. Intervertebral body fusion devices can have a unitary monolithic body including a plurality of body segments interconnected with each other by flexure members. Devices be configured to be inserted through an opening in a compressed configuration and then expanded within the disc space to an expanded configuration. In the expanded configuration, devices can have a greater mediolateral or transverse to the disc space footprint. This wider footprint provides greater support for the vertebrae relative to the size of the opening through which the device is inserted.
US12011356B2
Disclosed herein is a humeral head and cup trials, a system for humeral trialing, and a method for removing a humeral head and cup trial from a humeral stem. The humeral trial may include a first portion, a second portion, and a post extending from the second portion. The first portion may define an articular surface. The post may define a first length in a first configuration and a second length in a second configuration. The first length may be greater than the second length. The post may change from the first configuration to the second configuration by moving the first portion with respect to the second portion.
US12011353B2
In one representative embodiment, an implantable prosthetic device comprises a spacer body portion configured to be disposed between native leaflets of a heart, and an anchor portion configured to secure the native leaflets against the spacer body portion. The prosthetic device can be movable between multiple configurations. The spacer body can be configured to extend radially outwardly as the spacer body extends away from the distal end toward the proximal end. A delivery apparatus can have a first shaft and a second shaft, wherein movement of the first shaft relative to the second shaft moves the anchor portion relative to the spacer body.
US12011352B2
An apparatus for partially supporting a leaflet of a regurgitant heart valve includes at least one subvalvular device including a subvalvular supporting portion and an anchor portion. The subvalvular supporting portion and anchor portion are each at least partially formed from at least one of braided mesh strands of a first configuration, braided mesh strands of a second configuration, a balloon, a plurality of longitudinally extending struts, and a plurality of laterally extending struts. A connector neck is interposed longitudinally between, and is attached to both of, the subvalvular supporting portion and the anchor portion. The connector neck penetrates longitudinally through at least one of a base of the leaflet and an annulus of the heart valve at a manufactured puncture site.
US12011350B2
A heart valve prosthesis that can be quickly and easily implanted during a surgical procedure is provided. The prosthetic valve has a base stent that is deployed at a treatment site, and a valve component configured to quickly connect to the base stent. The base stent may take the form of a self- or balloon-expandable stent that expands outward against the native valve with or without leaflet excision. The valve component has a non-expandable prosthetic valve and a self- or balloon-expandable coupling stent for attachment to the base stent, thereby fixing the position of the valve component relative to the base stent. The prosthetic valve may be a commercially available to valve with a sewing ring and the coupling stent attaches to the sewing ring. The system is particularly suited for rapid deployment of heart valves in a conventional open-heart surgical environment. A catheter-based system and method for deployment is provided.
US12011343B2
A skin fissure mitigation device includes a base and a sidewall coupled to the base in a concave arrangement to define a cavity structured to receive a heel of a foot of a user. The device includes an adhesive on a surface of the base or sidewall or both facing the heel of the foot of the user to adhere the device to the foot of the user. At least one of the base and the sidewall include an elastic material structured to apply tension to a bottom surface of the foot of the user to close skin fissures on the bottom surface of the foot of the user. The base and sidewall may also include tabs for increasing the tension in the device.
US12011340B2
A hearing protection assembly for wearing a face mask with ear muffs includes a pair of ear muffs that can be worn over a user's ears thereby facilitating the ear muffs to protect the user from being exposed to excessive sound levels. Each of the ear muffs has a groove integrated therein to accommodate a respective one of a pair of ear loops of a face mask when the ear muffs and the face mask are both worn. A plurality of straps is each coupled to a respective one of the ear muffs. Each of the straps is extendable across the groove in the respective ear muff to retain the respective ear loop of the face mask in the groove in the respective ear muff.
US12011339B2
An ear disimpactor for disimpacting material impacted in an ear canal and against a tympanic membrane, is disclosed. The impacted material comprises cerumen, insects, and other debris. The ear disimpactor comprises a housing, a warm water irrigation unit, and a suction unit. The housing comprises an ear speculum attached to an outer surface of the housing, a motorized auger comprising a drill bit extending from the motorized auger to a tip of the ear speculum, a warm water line extending from the tip of the ear speculum and across a length of the housing, and a suspension suction tube extending from the tip of the speculum and across the length of the housing. The warm water irrigation unit provides warm water to the ear canal through the warm water line and the suction unit sucks out suspension from the ear canal.
US12011333B2
A metal orthodontic mouth gag is provided, which includes an upper supporting frame, a lower supporting frame, a supporting wing of a left molar area and a supporting wing of a right molar area. The upper supporting frame is a serpentine upper bent rod which is made by a thin steel wire being sequentially wound up and down, and the lower supporting frame is a serpentine lower bent rod which is made by a thin steel wire being sequentially wound up and down. The supporting wing of the left molar area includes a left C-shaped supporting rod and a left blocking supporting frame, and the supporting wing of the right molar area includes a right C-shaped supporting rod and a right blocking supporting frame. The blocking supporting frames are connected into the corresponding C-shaped supporting rods.
US12011325B2
A system and method for dental or surgical treatment of oral tissue, the system including a laser source; a hand piece; and a device for directing radiation emitted by the laser source to a treatment area (e.g., an oral treatment area), the device further including a disposable tube attachable to the hand piece and an optical element (e.g., a substantially cylindrical lens) mounted within the disposable tube and adapted to modify a profile and/or a direction of the radiation emitted from the tube.
US12011322B2
The present invention is for use in the field of instruments and devices adapted for surgery and diagnostics with instruments. Specifically, it relates to a device for enabling the punction of particular anatomical structures in the craniofacial area. The device comprises a support frame in the form of an adjustable headband which may be adapted to the user's anatomy, a sphere with two arms that hold a placement fastener onto the face or cranium of the user, applying pressure to a specific position through the use of screws or rings that allow free movement on the hinges of the arms.
US12011320B2
Systems and methods are provided for a surgical needle counting device for an operating room. An example system includes a collecting enclosure and a counting apparatus having a sensor configured for determining when a needle is dropped into the collecting enclosure. The counting apparatus is configured to maintain a count of needles introduced into a surgical field associated with the operating room and a count of needles accounted for in the counting apparatus.
US12011319B2
An ultrasound imaging system comprising a multi-use electronic display device and an ultrasound imaging device. The multi-use electronic display device is capable of communicating with one or more ultrasound imaging devices and selecting which to connect with based on at least one of previously store information, user input, and information gathered from the ultrasound imaging devices. The multi-use electronic display device may communicate with the ultrasound imaging devices while they are in a low power standby state. This approach reduces the complexity of the pairing process and provides a means for quickly and easily selecting between multiple ultrasound imaging devices.
US12011315B2
A method (20) and device for deriving an estimate of intracranial blood pressure based on motion data for a wall of an intracranial blood vessel, intracranial blood flow velocity, and a blood pressure signal measured at a location outside the brain. The method is based on identifying (28) a time offset between the two intracranial signals (vessel wall movement and vessel blood flow), and then applying (30) this offset to the blood pressure signal acquired from outside the brain to obtain a fourth signal, indicative of estimated intracranial blood pressure.
US12011309B2
A CPU of a console acquires a plurality of projection images, performs an optimization process on a forward projection model, which has, as parameters, an absorption coefficient assigned to each voxel of a three-dimensional model that is virtually set in a three-dimensional space in which the object is disposed and has a plurality of voxels as constituent units, an intersection length of each voxel where a path of radiation emitted at an irradiation position intersects the three-dimensional model, and an amount of movement of the object, on the basis of the projection images at each of a plurality of irradiation positions, and generates a tomographic image of the object using the optimized parameters.
US12011307B2
When a first-stage push-button switch of an operation unit (2) is pressed, an X-ray imaging control unit (72) transmits a signal A for starting voice guidance to a signal output unit (73) for a voice guidance unit as well as a signal B for starting preparation of X-ray imaging to an X-ray tube control unit (71). At this time, when the pushing operation of the push-button switch is performed, the X-ray imaging control unit (72) immediately transmits the signal A for starting the voice guidance to the signal output unit (73) for the voice guidance unit but transmits the signal B for starting the X-ray imaging after a time t1 has elapsed. The time t1 is a time calculated by subtracting a time t3 required for preparing an X-ray tube (42) for performing X-ray imaging from a time t2 required for the voice guidance.
US12011301B2
An optical circuit detects optical signals reflected from skin tissue at one or more different wavelengths. A processing circuit integrated with the optical circuit or in communication with the optical circuit identifies an insulin release event using at least one optical signal at a first wavelength. A frequency of insulin release events is determined and in response to the frequency of the insulin release events, vascular imaging or a vascular test is delayed or performed.
US12011298B2
A foot imaging apparatus includes a support structure and a flexible membrane suspended from the support structure and configured to receive a foot thereon. The apparatus also includes a three-dimensional imager located under the flexible membrane and configured to acquire a topographical plantar image of the foot on the flexible membrane. The apparatus further includes a monitoring unit for monitoring a monitored region in order to evaluate a positioning of the foot on the flexible membrane. The monitoring unit includes a camera having a field of view, and at least one light deflector arranged to deflect light from the monitored region into the field of view of the camera. The camera acquires a monitoring image of the monitored region after deflection by the at least one light deflector. The monitoring image contains information about the positioning of the foot on the flexible membrane. A foot imaging method is also provided.
US12011297B2
Various systems, techniques, and embodiments are disclosed for implementing a blood-pressure measurement method that does not require specialized equipment (such as inflatable blood pressure cuffs). The measurement can be taken from arterial locations within a user's finger, via the standard equipment and features of many widely-available consumer mobile devices. Such devices can be programmed to accurately and easily guide a user to press her finger on the screen of a device at a precise location, so that an accurate measurement can be taken. For example, guidance visualizations on a screen (such as finger silhouettes and animations) can be employed on the same screen on which a user presses her finger. Pressure sensitivity and optical camera readings are then used to calculate blood pressure for the user.
US12011291B2
A wearable device measures, tracks, and monitors a wearer's physical physiological conditions during a rehabilitation period. Metrics such as temperature, patellar shifting, limb circumference, and acceleration may be collected. Changes in monitored conditions may be assessed for detecting medical abnormalities which require specialized attention, including for example embolisms or infections. A networked communication system and various user interfaces may be used for medical support personnel and patients alike to stay updated with the patient's rehabilitation progress and to make adjustments in a patient's individual rehabilitation program.
US12011289B2
A system comprising: a wrist-worn device configured to be worn on the wrist of a rescuer performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), the wrist-worn device including: one or more sensors coupled with the wrist-worn device, the one or more sensors being configured to sense one or more parameters indicative of a fatigue level of the rescuer; and a sensor interface configured to provide the sensed parameters to one or more external computing devices via an interface; and a wearable computing device configured to be worn by a rescuer, the wearable computing device including: a device interface for receiving information related to CPR; and a display for displaying an indication of the received information.
US12011286B2
An apparatus and method for detecting undiagnosed sleep disordered breathing uses daytime sleepiness and nighttime Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) severity. This involves detecting people with excessive daytime sleepiness (and high likelihood of falling asleep during the day) caused by OSA through objective and subjective daytime and nighttime monitoring. Screening is provided for those who are most likely to be suffering a daytime impact of their sleep apnea and thus most likely to respond positively to a potential diagnosis, and notifying these people is also provided.
US12011284B2
Systems and methods for determining a patient treatment plan to prevent or treat wrinkles using a neural network. The method includes receiving, by a computing device, patient data including at least a dynamic index and a static index for at least one muscle group of a patient. The method also includes determining, by the computing device, based on the patient data, a patient treatment plan including at least one dose of a treating compound to be administered to the patient at one or more application locations on the patient. The method further includes providing, by the computing device, the patient treatment plan for use in preventing or treating wrinkles on the patient.
US12011283B2
A method and system of providing therapy to a patient's uterus is provided, which can include any number of features. The method can include the steps of inserting a uterine device into the uterus and performing a uterine integrity test to determine that the uterus is intact and not perforated. Systems for performing these methods with monitored flow rate and independent of patient height relative to the pressure source are also disclosed.
US12011282B2
An instrumented trail-making task (iTMT) platform includes a wearable sensor and interactive interface technology configured to identify cognitive-cognitive impairment in individuals such as older adults. The iTMT platform may be programmed with neuropsychological tests for assessing individuals. The iTMT may provide information on visual search, scanning, speed of processing, mental flexibility, and/or executive functions as well as physical biomarkers of motor performance including slowness, weakness, exclusion, and/or motor planning error. Results of tests administered by the iTMT system may be reported to a patient or caregiver and used in identifying cogni-tive-motor impairment among individuals suffering from cognitive impairment, dementia, and/or those with frailty status, and/or cognitive frailty, and/or high risk of falling, and/or high likelihood of decline in cognitive-motor over time.
US12011279B2
An electro-anatomic mapping system is configured, in accordance with a preferred embodiment (and not limited thereto) to: (A) receive a first reference response signal from a first medical device, in which the first reference response signal is configured to be utilized by the electro-anatomic mapping system for formation of a first medical image; and (B) receive a second reference response signal from the first medical device, in which the second reference response signal is configured to be utilized by the electro-anatomic mapping system for forming a second medical image, and in which the second medical image, in use, depicts image noise interference resulting from activation of a second medical device.
US12011276B2
The present disclosure facilitates the evaluation of wide-band phase gradient information of the heart tissue to assess, e.g., the presence of heart ischemic heart disease. Notably, the present disclosure provides an improved and efficient method to identify and risk stratify coronary stenosis of the heart using a high resolution and wide-band cardiac gradient obtained from the patient. The patient data are derived from the cardiac gradient waveforms across one or more leads, in some embodiments, resulting in high-dimensional data and long cardiac gradient records that exhibit complex nonlinear variability. Space-time analysis, via numeric wavelet operators, is used to study the morphology of the cardiac gradient data as a phase space dataset by extracting dynamical and geometrical properties from the phase space dataset.
US12011273B2
A method enables analysis of (e.g. bioelectric) signals acquired by measurement. The method provides N signals U for an observation space and each has a time- and space-dependent signal characteristic U. Digitized signals for a time period T have M time points and define an M×N matrix with M tuples of N signal values each. Signal values acquired at time t form an N-tuple Ūt=(U1, . . . , UN)t in a signal space. The method acquires all combinations of k tuples from the M tuples, and calculates distances between all tuples. Distance values are calculated and define edge lengths of a (k−1) simplex (SIM) with one simplex assigned to each combination of k time points. Quantity characteristics of the simplex (SIM) are encoded into color values (COL), and displays the colors in a combinatorial time lattice (CTL). Each lattice point (GP) is displayed with the color encoded for the assigned simplex.
US12011268B2
A medical device for detecting at least one analyte in a body fluid, a method for assembling the medical device and a method of using the medical device are disclosed. The medical device comprises: an analyte sensor having an insertable portion; an insertion cannula receiving the insertable portion of the analyte sensor; an electronics unit connected with the analyte sensor; and a housing comprising an electronics compartment receiving the electronics unit and-a sensor compartment receiving the analyte sensor, the sensor compartment forming a sealed compartment receiving the insertable portion of the analyte sensor, the sealed compartment comprising detachable upper and lower caps, the lower cap configured for detachment before insertion, the insertion cannula being attached to the upper cap, wherein detaching the upper cap after insertion removes the insertion cannula, wherein the electronics compartment at least partially surrounds the sensor compartment.
US12011265B2
Sensor devices including dissolvable tissue-piercing tips are provided. The sensor devices can be used in conjunction with dissolvable needles configured for inserting the sensor devices into a host. Hardening agents for strengthening membranes on sensor devices are also provided. Methods of using and fabricating sensor devices are also provided.
US12011262B2
Methods and devices include automated coaching for management of glucose states by receiving a user's glucose levels using a continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) device, determining a time in range (TIR) value, determining a TIR state, receiving a glucose variability (GV) value, determining a GV state, determining a starting state based on the TIR state and the GV state, determining that the starting state corresponds to a non-ideal state, generating an optimized pathway to reach an ideal state based on one or more account vectors such as addressing self-management behavior including food, activity, and medication use. The optimized pathway may further be based on computer detection and classification of significant events of interest over time.
US12011256B2
Described is a device for determining gestational age and methods for determining gestational age at birth by measuring parameters associated with photobiological properties of the skin such as reflectance or reflectivity by measuring diffused or scattered portions of the light beam incident on the skin, as well as the erythema index, along with clinical parameters of the newborn such as gender, the use of phototherapy, birth weight and time spent in incubator. The ability to obtain a realistic estimate of the age of the conceptus quickly, non-invasively and at low cost makes it possible to provide care suited to the needs of the newborn, to assess the chances of survival and to affect the short- and long-term prognosis of the newborn. The correct determination of gestational age at birth also influences clinical follow-up protocols in infancy and vital statistics.
US12011254B2
The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods for generating images using short tau inversion recovery, ultrashort echo time (STIR-UTE) MRI sequences. The STIR-UTE MRI sequences can be used to generate images that can differentiate between regions that are at temperatures that are either lethal or non-lethal to cell life. Thus, these sequences can be beneficial for implementations such as in monitoring cryoablation procedures.
US12011251B2
An apparatus for estimating bio-information is provided. The apparatus for estimating bio-information may include a pulse wave sensor configured to measure a pulse wave signal from an object; a force sensor configured to measure a first force exerted between the object and the pulse wave sensor; and a processor configured to: convert the first force into a second force, based on structure information of the object; and estimate the bio-information, based on the pulse wave signal and the second force.
US12011245B2
A surgical robot mechanism with single-port and multi-port minimally invasive surgery functions includes: a bracket; and a manipulator connected to the bracket, and supported by the bracket, the manipulator includes: a support arm movable along the bracket; a function conversion frame fixed on the support arm and configured for the surgical robot mechanism to switch between a single-port minimally invasive surgery mode and a multi-port minimally invasive surgery mode; a plurality of posture adjustment arm assemblies connected to the function conversion frame, each posture adjustment arm assembly configured to adjust a position and posture of a surgical tool connected thereto for performing a surgical operation.
US12011244B2
A teleoperated system includes a robotic arm configured to support an instrument, a grip configured to be manipulated by an operator to command motion of the instrument, and a control system communicatively coupled to the robotic arm and the grip. To align the grip with the instrument by the grip, the control system is configured to determine grip rotation values describing an orientation of the grip, determine instrument rotation values describing an orientation of the instrument, determine an orientation error between the orientation of the grip and the orientation of the instrument based on the grip rotation values and the instrument rotation values, produce a motion command by selectively imposing, based on the orientation error, an artificial joint limit on a commanded movement of the instrument, and command the robotic arm to move in accordance with the motion command.
US12011242B2
Systems and methods for minimally invasive computer-assisted telesurgery are described. For example, this disclosure provides surgical instruments and instrument drive systems for computer-assisted tele-operated surgery that are structured and operated to negate the effects of cable stretch within the surgical instruments.
