US12039087B2
A system and method can provide charter-based access to resources using an object model. Charters are defined by an administrator to have certain markings, each marking indicating a control (e.g., permission, credential, qualification, constraint, requirement, etc.) that regulates work under the charter. Users are also associated with markings. A user starts a session to access the system and is authenticated. The system determines charters having markings that the user has, and these charters are provided to the user to select from. Selecting a charter allows the user access to resources associated with the charter, under the controls indicated by the markings. Charters, controls, qualifications, resources, authorizations and links between them can be implemented using an object model. Markings can control session parameters (e.g., geographic location), resource access, user credentials, qualifications, and/or data processing permissions for a group of users, simplifying project definition and revisions to controlling access under the charter.
US12039074B2
Systems and methods for personal data classification, linkage and purpose of processing prediction are provided. The system for personal data classification includes an entity extraction module for extracting personal data from one or more data repositories in a computer network or cloud infrastructure, a linkage module coupled to the entity extraction module, a linkage module coupled to the entity extraction module and a processing prediction module. The entity extraction module performs entity recognition from the structured, semi-structured and unstructured records in the one or more data repositories. The linkage module uses graph-based methodology to link the personal data to one or more individuals. And the purpose prediction module includes a feature extraction module a purpose of processing prediction module, wherein the feature extraction module extracts both context features and record's features from records in the one or more data repositories, and the purpose of processing prediction module predicts a unique or multiple purpose of processing of the personal data.
US12039073B2
Methods and system implement solutions for integrating encryption and emulation into native database formats and/or architectures. “Native” database is used to describe a database that has not been designed for end to end encryption, an off the shelf database deployment, and/or a commercially available database. According to some embodiments, various encryption systems and methods employ emulation operations to enable a native database and native database functions to leverage full encryption primitives. Various aspects integrate emulation operations into standard database implementations, where the emulation enables native database functions to operate on entirely encrypted data.
US12039069B2
A computer implemented method can receive a metadata definition of a restricted measure pertaining to a database including a plurality of database tables. The restricted measure has a label, and the metadata definition includes one or more filter criteria configured to filter values contained in the plurality of database tables. In a report designer user interface for a report, the method can present the label of the restricted measure as an option based on the metadata definition. The method can receive a selection of the label of the restricted measure in the report designer user interface. Responsive to the selection, the method can link the metadata definition of the restricted measure to the report. When generated, the report requests access to the values contained in the plurality of database tables via application of the one or more filter criteria of the metadata definition.
US12039063B2
The present technology pertains to a link service that can create, maintain, and service links to objects on behalf of a content management system or other services. The link service can share administration of links with other services when desired or can even allow other services to issue the link and manage the object that is the subject of the link while providing other functions to support the link. Additionally, link service can interface with a file system that can support links as actors in the file system, whereby greater control and flexibility in supporting links is provided. Link service can also accommodate servicing and management of links issued by legacy services, where the legacy services have unique link logic that should still be utilized to maintain a consistent user experience.
US12039059B2
The present disclosure involves systems, software, and computer implemented methods for read-only security protection. One example method includes receiving, from a client device, an on-change request to change an editable leading field from a first editable leading field value to a second editable leading field value. The editable leading field is referenced in an on-change rule. The on-change request includes a first security key and the client device is not allowed to modify the read-only target field. The on-change rule is executed to change the read-only target field from a first read-only target field value to a second read-only target field value based on the second editable leading field value. A second security key is generated based on at least the second read-only target field value and provided to the client device in response to the on-change request.
US12039055B2
Various aspects related to methods, systems, and computer readable media for automatic fuzz testing. An example method of automatic software fuzz testing can include, receiving a description of a target software application, determining, based on the description, a type of fuzzing, identifying one or more fuzzers based on the type of fuzzing, executing the one or more fuzzers on the target software application, extracting prioritized results of the executing of the one or more fuzzers, and, presenting the prioritized results.
US12039034B2
Embodiments seek to prevent detection of a sandbox environment by a potential malware application. To this end, execution of the application is monitored, and provide information about the execution to a reinforcement learning machine learning model. The model generates a suggested modification to make to the executing application. The model is provided with information indicating whether the application executed successfully or not, and this information is used to train the model for additional modifications. By modifying the potential malware execution during its execution, detection of a sandbox environment is prevented, and analysis of the potential malware applications features are better understood.
US12039032B2
A method of executing machine code using a microprocessor includes, for each datum Di, computing a code Ci using a relationship Ci=Qα(Di)=P o Fα(Di), where P is a predetermined function, Fα is a function defined by the following relationship: Fα(Di)=Tαt o . . . o Tαr o . . . o Tα1 o Tα0(Di), and Tαr is αconditional transposition, configured by a secret parameter αr, that permutes two blocks B1r and B2r of bits of the datum Di on the basis of the value of the parameter αr. The method also includes computing a code Cres-t using the following relationship: Cres-t=C1 & C2 & . . . & Cn, where C1 to Cn are the codes associated with data D1 to Dn combined with one another by a Boolean operation D1 & D2 & . . . & Dn where the “&” symbol designates the Boolean operation.
US12039023B2
The present disclosure may describes systems and methods for continuous biometric authentication for an electronic device. A continuous biometric authentication may include biometric sensors, processing systems, biometric data, an accelerometer, and other input/output devices. An accelerometer or other input/output devices may be configured to capture information concerning an electronic device, such as an acceleration of the electronic device, and/or information concerning an area surrounding the electronic device, such as ambient light intensity. Based on captured information, a triggering event associated with, for example, a theft, a change in location, or a transfer of possession may be detected by a processing system. Once a triggering event occurs, systems of the present disclosure may initiate additional biometric authentication procedures.
US12039012B2
The technology disclosed relates to a system and method of exporting learned features between federated endpoints whose learning is confined to respective training datasets. The system includes logic to access a first training dataset to train a first federated endpoint and a second training dataset to train a second federated endpoint. The first and second training datasets have first and second sample sets that share one or more shared sample features. The shared sample features are common between the first and second sample sets. The system includes logic to train a first generator on the first federated endpoint. The system includes logic to use the first trained generator for a second inference on a second performance task executed on the second federated endpoint.
US12039011B2
An embodiment generates an initial set of training data from monitoring data. The initial set of training data is generated by combining outputs from a plurality of pretrained classifiers. The embodiment trains a new classification model using the initial set of training data to identify anomalies in monitoring data. The embodiment performs a multiple-level clustering of the data samples resulting in a plurality of clusters of sub-clusters of data samples, and generates a review list of data samples by selecting a representative data sample from each of the clusters. The embodiment receives an updated data sample from the expert review that includes a revised target classification for at least one of the data samples of the expert review list. The embodiment then trains another replacement classification model using a revised set of training data that includes the updated data sample and associated revised target classification.
US12038999B2
A method for performing a fast Fourier transform. The bin spreading effect of conventional FFT methodology may be removed by a mathematical technique that relies on an incomplete replacement of the input data sequence. In the present approach this replacement is accomplished by a “round robin” method. In this approach no window function is required and the FFT calculation proceeds after each new sample is added round robin fashion to the input sequence. The resulting output bins from the FFT show the signal evolution with time, overlapping as in the known art but by a single sample. The output of a FFT so constructed is not time invariant, but rather there is a rotation present in each output bin when viewed as an analytical signal. This rotation is predictable and hence removeable, but is also exploitable as a means to remove the bin spill over.
US12038997B2
Systems and methods for snippet packet generation can include obtaining input data (e.g., input data descriptive of a gesture). The input data can be processed to determine a content item selected by the input. A snippet packet can be generated based on the content item, which can include the content item, address data, and location data. The snippet packet can be configured to be interacted with in order to navigate to the source web page of the content item including navigating to the specific portion of the web page that includes the content item.
US12038996B2
Disclosed is a server computer that receives, over a network from a computing device, a request for a search suggestion related to a search query that is input into a search term entry area displayed by a web browser executing on the computing device. In response to receiving the request, the server computer transmits over the network to the computing device, instructions for the computing device to display a search suggestion related to the search query, the search suggestion corresponding to a search results web page. The instructions further cause the computing device to store, in a memory of the computing device, a web page component associated with the search results web page without causing the computing device to visibly display the web page component during display of the search suggestion.
US12038992B2
Disclosed are some examples of systems, methods, and computer program products for suggesting actions for evaluating user performance in a social networking system. In some implementations, textual input of a social media message is processed. The processing can include determining that data of the textual input indicates an evaluation of performance of a user of the social networking system. A prompt can be displayed, requesting submission of information evaluating performance of the user. A performance evaluation record can be generated or updated in a database to store the evaluating information in association with an identification of the user, and an indication of the evaluating information can be shared in a feed of the social networking system.
US12038989B2
A method for community search is performed by an electronic device. The method includes: obtaining graph data to be processed, in which the graph data includes a plurality of nodes and a plurality of connection edges between the nodes; determining a query node from the plurality of nodes based on the graph data, and determining a target community to which the query node belongs by performing a community search for the query node, in which the target community includes the query node, and at least one node other than the query node in the plurality of nodes; and determining the query node and performing the community search for the query node repeatedly until the community to which each node included in the graph data belongs is determined.
US12038986B2
Recommendation model training method, recommendation method, apparatus, and computer-readable medium
This application provides a recommendation model training method in the artificial intelligence (AI) field. The training method includes: obtaining a first training sample; processing attribute information of a first user and information about a first recommended object based on an interpolation model, to obtain an interpolation prediction label of the first training sample; and performing training by using the attribute information of the first user and the information about the first recommended object as an input to a recommendation model and using the interpolation prediction label of the first training sample as a target output value of the recommendation model, to obtain a trained recommendation model. According to the technical solutions of this application, impact of training data bias on recommendation model training can be alleviated, and recommendation model accuracy can be improved.
US12038984B2
Aspects of the disclosure relate to using a machine learning system to process a corpus of documents associated with a user to determine a user-specific consequence index. A computing platform may load a corpus of documents associated with a user. Subsequently, the computing platform may create a first plurality of smart groups based on the corpus of documents, and then may generate a first user interface comprising a representation of the first plurality of smart groups. Next, the computing platform may receive user input applying one or more labels to a plurality of documents associated with at least one smart group. Subsequently, the computing platform may create a second plurality of smart groups based on the corpus of documents and the received user input. Then, the computing platform may generate a second user interface comprising a representation of the second plurality of smart groups.
US12038977B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus for receiving a query image and a user tap location, processing the received query image based on the user tap location, identifying one or more entities associated with the processed query image and in response to receiving (i) the query image, and (ii) the user tap location, providing information about the identified one or more of the entities.
US12038970B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for training an image embedding model. In one aspect, a method comprises: obtaining training data comprising a plurality of training examples, wherein each training example comprises: an image pair comprising a first image and a second image; and selection data indicating one or more of: (i) a co-click rate of the image pair, and (ii) a similar-image click rate of the image pair; and using the training data to train an image embedding model having a plurality of image embedding model parameters.
US12038965B2
Methods, systems, and media for identifying abusive user accounts based on playlists are provided. In accordance with some embodiments of the disclosed subject matter, a method for identifying abusive content is provided, the method comprising: determining at least one feature associated with a playlist created by a user-generated channel; calculating a playlist score associated with the playlist based on a playlist classifier, wherein the playlist classifier comprises a function that maps the at least one feature to the playlist score; calculating a channel score associated with the user-generated channel based at least on the calculated playlist score; determining that one or more content items associated with the user-generated channel is to be demoted based on the calculated channel score, wherein the one or more content items comprises the playlist; and causing the one or more content items to be demoted.
US12038958B1
A system and methods are provided for achieving multi-document summarization according to the present invention, which sets forth the integrating of multi-document summary into a search result of a search engine, or any other application where the system receives a user natural language/keyword query and generates coherent summarized response(s) based on parts of one or more corresponding source documents.
US12038952B1
A system and method for creating avionic databases is disclosed. The system may receive an avionic database of an area, surveyed coordinate points of the area, and new satellite imagery of the area. The system may georeference the new satellite imagery using the surveyed coordinate points as ground control points, generating georeferenced coordinate points of the new satellite imagery in different locations of the area. The system may create a second avionic database based on the georeferenced coordinate points.
US12038943B2
A processing system may obtain at least a first data object of a data set and obtain a profile of the at least the first data object, where the profile defines at least one property of the first data object and at least one relationship between the at least the first data object and at least a second data object of the data set. The processing system may then select at least a first component of a visual object for the at least the first data object based upon the at least one property and the at least one relationship, label the at least the first component of the visual object in accordance with the at least the first data object, in response to the selecting, and present the visual object with the at least the first component labeled in accordance with the at least the first data object.
US12038933B2
Computer implemented systems and methods are disclosed for automatically clustering and canonically identifying related data in various data structures. Data structures may include a plurality of records, wherein each record is associated with a respective entity. In accordance with some embodiments, the systems and methods further comprise identifying clusters of records associated with a respective entity by grouping the records into pairs, analyzing the respective pairs to determine a probability that both members of the pair relate to a common entity, and identifying a cluster of overlapping pairs to generate a collection of records relating to a common entity. Clusters may further be analyzed to determine canonical names or other properties for the respective entities by analyzing record fields and identifying similarities.
US12038932B2
Disclosed are implementations for ranking a feed in a social network. In one aspect, a method of generating a feed includes identifying a group of users associated with a first user, identify notifications for the first user based on the group of users, determine one or more actions that may result from each of the identified notifications, rank the notifications based on the one or more determined actions; and display the notifications to the first user according to the ranking.
US12038930B2
Computer-implemented improved real estate search methods, systems, and computer-readable media are described.
US12038916B1
The disclosure is directed to systems and techniques for executing a documentation application displaying a graphical user interface having a content-creation field configured to receive textual input. A link-creation window may be generated, which facilitates browsing content without leaving a current application. Using the disclosed interface, a user can generate a selectable graphical object that links to other content, the selectable graphical object created from within the context of the content-creation field interface.
US12038915B2
A system, method, and computer-readable medium for proving feedback on database instructions, identifying, for example, existing patterns and providing suggested replacement instructions. This may have the effect of improving the efficiency of instructions used to create and/or manipulate databases. According to some aspects, these and other benefits may be achieved by parsing received instructions into an organizational structure, traversing the organizational structure for known patterns, and suggesting replacement patterns. In implementation, this may be effected by receiving one or more sets of known patterns and corresponding replacement patterns, parsing received instructions, comparing the known patterns with the parsed instructions, and providing suggested replacement patterns based on one or more known patterns matching the parsed instructions. A benefit of may include reducing Cartesian products during the merging of tables.
US12038914B2
Systems and methods for generating a data aggregator interactive graphical user interface. An interactive graphical user interface (GUI) includes a selectable symbol region, a query region and a data results region. The selectable symbol region displays predefined symbols. The query region displays user input fields for generating queries. The system receives user input associated with the user input fields of the query region to form a filter set. The data results region is automatically updated responsive to the user input, to display one or more data values from among one or more databases associated with the filter set. The system receives a subscription request to save the filter set as a user-customized query. A custom symbol is created responsive to the subscription request that is associated with the filter set. The the selectable symbol region is updated to display the custom symbol together with the predefined symbols.
US12038912B2
Disclosed is an improved approach to integrate distributed applications into an XA transaction. A transaction manager library is integrated into a distributed application, where the transaction manager library provides the benefit of implementing optimizations for the XA transaction, as well as minimizing or eliminating the need to create custom software code to make the application operable with the transaction manager for the XA transaction.
US12038906B2
A database system may include a database service and a separate distributed storage service. The database service (or a database engine head node thereof) may be responsible for query parsing, optimization, and execution, transactionality, and consistency, while the storage service may be responsible for generating data pages from redo log records and for durability of those data pages. For example, in response to a write request directed to a particular data page, the database engine head node may generate a redo log record and send it, but not the data page, to a storage service node. The storage service node may store the redo log record and return a write acknowledgement to the database service prior to applying the redo log record. The server node may apply the redo log record and other redo log records to a previously stored version of the data page to create a current version.
US12038905B2
A method, apparatus, system, and computer program code for automatic data retrieval and validation. A computer system generates an audit file including a set of data objects. The computer system validates the data objects with a compliance policy by deploying a set of software bots to interact at a user level with a set of application programs. In response to validating the data objects, the computer system reflects validation results into a user interface.
US12038902B2
Disclosed are approaches for computationally-efficient data promulgation among devices in a network. Structured databases may comprise standardized and immutable bytes, each byte linked to a unique data field, a mutable state element, and a mutable activation element. The state element may indicate that there has been a mutation as well as a recency of the mutation. The activation element may indicate whether data pushes and/or data pulls are enabled. The state elements are configured to automatically mutate if there is a mutation in a corresponding unique data field. Each device in the network may transmit API calls as state-element requests to other entity devices in a network. The API call includes at least one byte, without any values in corresponding data fields. State elements are promulgated among devices, without sharing the data fields themselves. An optional central system maintains a record of state elements without storing data field values.
US12038901B2
Methods and system for a database management system (DBMS) in which a leader thread is elected from concurrent transaction threads stored in one or more data nodes. While the leader thread copies its own thread transaction log onto a reserved portion of the shared log buffer, the leader thread permits other transaction threads to attach to a thread chain starting with the leader thread. Once the leader has completed copying its thread transaction log onto the shared log buffer, it then reserves a portion of the shared log buffer, and copies the member thread transaction logs onto the shared log buffer to reduce the contention for shared buffer may be reduced.
US12038891B2
Methods, systems, apparatuses, and computer-readable storage mediums are descried for identifying a similarity between queries. An intermediate representation generator receives a set of queries from a repository, each query in the set of queries having generated a corresponding set of data stored in a data store. An intermediate representation is generated for each query, where the intermediate representation is characterized by a feature associated with text specified in the query. A similarity determiner determines similarity scores between pairs of intermediate representations. A pair of intermediate representations with a similarity score above a threshold is identified. An indication is generated that sets of data corresponding to queries corresponding to the intermediate representations are overlapping.
US12038890B2
In a computer-implemented method for transformation of inconsistent environmental data, environmental data is received from a plurality of data sources, wherein each data source of the plurality of data sources is associated with a geographic region and maintains the environmental data using at least one data format of a plurality of disparate data formats, such that the environmental data is received in the plurality of disparate data formats. The environmental data is transformed from the plurality of disparate data formats into a consistent data format, such that the transformed environmental data is in a standardized format capable of direct comparison and analysis. The transformed environmental data is stored in a database configured to receive and perform searches on the transformed environmental data.
US12038883B2
One example described herein includes a system that can receive values for performance factors associated with a distributed storage system. The system can provide the values as input to a machine-learning model configured to select a hash function from among a set of hash functions based on the values and generate an output indicating the hash function. The system can then configure the distributed storage system to map a data item to a storage device using the hash function.
US12038881B2
Methods and systems for transitioning a replica of a file system are described. An illustrative method includes updating a replica file system on a target data repository to be a replica of a source file system as the source file system existed on the source data repository at a point in time, where the replica file system is constructed of block objects at the target data repository that store metadata for individual files and directories of the replica file system and support access to blocks of data associated with the files and directories of the target file system at the target data repository, and where the updating includes updating the block objects of the replica file system to be replicas of block objects of the source file system as the block objects of the source file system existed on the source data repository at the point in time.
US12038879B2
This application provides a data read method. The data read method includes: A resource management server receives a data read request from a client. The data read request is used to request a plurality of files. The resource management server reads a replica of target data from a first data center. The target data includes data of different files among the plurality of files, the first data center is a data center with highest data locality among a plurality of data centers that store replicas of the target data, and data locality is used to indicate a degree of proximity between a replica of the target data stored in a data center and the target data. The resource management server sends, to the client, the replica of the target data read from the first data center.
US12038867B2
A coarse-grained reconfigurable (CGR) processor includes agents coupled to a first network, an array of CGR units connected by a second network, and a tile agent coupled between the first and second networks. The tile agent includes links to receive requests for transactions on the first network, request queues respectively associated with the links, credit counters associated with respective agents, a first arbiter, and a second arbiter. The first arbiter selects a request from the received requests for transactions and enters the selected request into a request queue associated with a link that received the selected request. The second arbiter chooses a request from an oldest entry of each request queue based on the credit counters, sends a transaction based on the chosen request over the first network, and removes the chosen request from its respective request queue.
US12038864B2
According to an embodiment, a shift register parallelizes a serial data signal serving to transfer data including multiple symbols on the basis of a first clock. A first circuit generates, on the basis of the first clock, a second clock being a clock signal for transferring a parallel data signal having a width of the first number of bits. A first flip-flop group sequentially fetches data of the first number of bits from the serial data signals parallelized by the shift register on the basis of the second clock. The first flip-flop group then outputs the fetched data of the first number of bits as a parallel data signal. A second circuit adjusts a phase of the second clock such that the first flip-flop group fetches data of the first number of bits beginning with bit data located at a head of each symbol of the multiple symbols.
US12038862B2
Apparatuses and methods for selective communication through a memory connector via switching circuitry. An apparatus includes a memory connector, a memory bus corresponding to a memory protocol, one or more communication buses corresponding to one or more communication protocols, and switching circuitry operably coupled between the memory connector and the memory bus and the one or more communication buses. The one or more communication protocols are different from the memory protocol. The switching circuitry is configured to selectively operably couple any one of the memory bus and the one or more communication buses to the memory connector to enable communication through the memory connector using any one of the memory protocol or the one or more communication protocols.
US12038861B2
There is disclosed an example of an artificial intelligence (AI) system, including: a first hardware platform; a fabric interface configured to communicatively couple the first hardware platform to a second hardware platform; a processor hosted on the first hardware platform and programmed to operate on an AI problem; and a first training accelerator, including: an accelerator hardware; a platform inter-chip link (ICL) configured to communicatively couple the first training accelerator to a second training accelerator on the first hardware platform without aid of the processor; a fabric ICL to communicatively couple the first training accelerator to a third training accelerator on a second hardware platform without aid of the processor; and a system decoder configured to operate the fabric ICL and platform ICL to share data of the accelerator hardware between the first training accelerator and second and third training accelerators without aid of the processor.
US12038860B2
Systems, methods and computer software are disclosed for fronthaul. In one embodiment a method is disclosed, comprising: providing a virtual Radio Access Network (vRAN) having a centralized unit (CU) and a distributed unit (DU); and interconnecting the CU and DU over an Input/Output (I/O) bus using Peripheral Component Interconnect-Express (PCIe); wherein the CU and the DU include a PCI to optical converter and an optical to PCI converter.
US12038855B2
A memory system with adaptive refresh commands is disclosed. In one aspect, a memory system or device that has multiple banks within a channel may receive a per bank command that indicates a first bank to be refreshed and provides additional information about a second bank to be refreshed. In a further exemplary aspect, a quad bank refresh command may be sent that indicates a first bank to be refreshed and provides additional information about second through fourth banks to be refreshed. In a further exemplary aspect, an octa bank refresh command may be sent that indicates a first bank to be refreshed and provides additional information about second through eighth banks to be refreshed. The three new refresh commands allow adjacent or spaced banks to be refreshed.
US12038849B2
A method for performing access management in a memory device, the associated memory device and the controller thereof, and the associated electronic device are provided. The method may include: receiving a host command and a logical address from a host device; performing at least one checking operation to obtain at least one checking result, for determining whether to load a logical-to-physical (L2P) table from the NV memory to a random access memory (RAM) of the memory device, wherein the L2P table includes address mapping information for accessing the target data, and performing the at least one checking operation to obtain at least one checking result includes checking whether a first L2P-table index pointing toward the L2P table and a second L2P-table index sent from the host device are equivalent to each other; and reading the target data from the NV memory, and sending the target data to the host device.
US12038842B1
A system for efficiently configuring bindings based on a dependency graph is described. The system may generate or access a graph comprising a set of nodes. Each node may represent a binding and is associated with a component property of a component hierarchy corresponding to a hierarchical structure of a data model. Each node of the graph may be connected to at least one other node with an edge representing a dependency in the hierarchical structure of the data model. The system may receive a request to generate a view associated with the set of bindings. The system may determine an order to load the set of bindings based on the graph, and may load the set of bindings based on the determined order.
US12038823B2
Aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for behavior prediction. Embodiments include receiving activity data of a user, identifying user sessions comprising sets of time-stamped actions in the activity data, and segmenting the activity data into subsets corresponding to the user sessions. Embodiments include providing the subsets as inputs to a hierarchical attention time-series (HAT) model comprising: a first layer that determines attention scores for respective time-stamped actions in the subsets; and a second layer that determines attention scores for the subsets based on aggregations of the attention scores for the respective time-stamped actions. Embodiments include receiving, as outputs from the HAT model in response to the inputs: a prediction based on the subsets, the attention scores for the respective time-stamped actions, and the attention scores for the subsets; and explanatory information based on the attention scores for the respective time-stamped actions and the attention scores for the subsets.
US12038821B2
Systems and methods described herein involve a storage system and one or more devices associated with the storage system, the one or more devices external to the storage system, which can include managing a configuration rule difference mapping information that maps configuration detection filter information and required rule manipulation responsive to the configuration detection filter information, the required rule manipulation indicative of a modification to alert properties of the storage system; for detection of a configuration change to the one or more devices based on the configuration detection filter information, identifying one or more rule manipulations from the required rule manipulation information from the configuration rule difference mapping information, and generating a rule manipulation draft to modify the alert properties of the storage system based on the required rule manipulation.
US12038808B2
A data processing device including a memory having a plurality of memory locations for respectively storing a value, wherein the data processing device has, for each memory location, an associated error detection memory area, a memory controller which is configured, when a value is written to a memory location, to store an associated error detection code in the error detection memory area associated with the memory location, a memory access element, and an integrity checker configured to perform an EDC check.
US12038794B2
An electronic device is provided, which includes a first housing including at least one first electronic component, a second housing including at least one second electronic component, a hinge housing disposed between the first housing and the second housing, a hinge assembly assembled to the hinge housing to rotatably couple the first housing and the second housing, a flexible printed circuit board electrically coupling the first electronic component and the second electronic component via the hinge housing, and a flexible display, wherein the hinge assembly comprises a support portion located between the flexible printed circuit board and the flexible display, wherein, as the electronic device rotates from folded to 180-degree unfolded, the support portion moves into the flexible display, and wherein, as the electronic device rotates from 180-degree unfolded to folded, the support portion moves into the flexible printed circuit board to be spaced apart from the flexible display.
US12038779B2
User configurable hardware settings for overclocking is described. In accordance with the described techniques, user input to adjust hardware settings for operating a processing unit in an overclocking mode is received. The user input, for example, adjusts at least one of a voltage droop threshold or a frequency adjustment of the clock rate. A voltage droop is detected while operating the processing unit in the overclocking mode. Responsive to detecting the voltage droop, a clock rate of the processing unit is adjusted based at least in part on the adjusted hardware settings.
US12038775B2
A control device consists of a handle with buttons and an on/off trigger, a sphere, an optical, electromagnetic or laser sensor, a fixed base with a half-sphere, and a part situated below said base. The device is designed to simulate a response from working mechanisms and can be used for controlling different manned and unmanned devices, air, land and underwater devices, as well as for working with computer equipment and also for controlling spacecraft.
US12038766B2
The apparatus for controlling group driving according to as aspect may include an inter-vehicle communication unit for communicating with a leader vehicle to receive the driving state and traveling track of the leader vehicle, a leader vehicle learning unit for learning a driving pattern of the leader vehicle based on the driving state of the leader vehicle received through the inter-vehicle communication unit, an autonomous drive unit for autonomously driving the follower vehicle in accordance with the traveling track of the leader vehicle, and a follow-up control unit for receiving the driving state of the leader vehicle to learn the driving pattern of the leader vehicle, controlling the autonomous drive unit to follow the traveling track of the leader vehicle, and performing the autonomous driving by applying the driving pattern of the leader vehicle.
US12038763B2
A rescue system includes a plurality of autonomous working machines and a management device capable of communicating with each of the autonomous working machines, each of the autonomous working machines includes self-location identification means for identifying a self-location of the autonomous working machine, and autonomous travel possibility determination means for determining whether the autonomous working machine can travel autonomously based on a result of identification by the self-location identification means, and the management device includes rescue dispatch means for dispatching an autonomous working machine to the rescue of another autonomous working machine which is determined by the autonomous travel possibility determination means as being in a state of being unable to travel autonomously.
US12038749B2
This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatuses for controlling operations of a vehicle configured for passenger service. In some implementations, a vehicle controller includes one or more processors communicably coupled to a memory, the one or more processors configured to determine an expected entry or exit point for the passenger of the vehicle. The one or more processors may be configured to detect whether an obstacle or hazardous condition is present at or near a site. The one or more processors may be configured to determine, in response to detecting that the obstacle or hazardous condition is present at or near the site, a drop-off or pick-up location associated with the site based at least in part on a position of the expected entry or exit point for the passenger of the vehicle and the detected obstacle or hazardous condition.
US12038748B2
There is provided a control device including an image display unit configured to acquire, from a flying body, an image captured by an imaging device provided in the flying body and to display the image, and a flight instruction generation unit configured to generate a flight instruction for the flying body based on content of an operation performed with respect to the image captured by the imaging device and displayed by the image display unit.
US12038747B2
In one example embodiment, a computer-implemented method includes receiving data representing a motion plan of the autonomous vehicle via a plurality of control lanes configured to implement the motion plan to control a motion of the autonomous vehicle, the plurality of control lanes including at least a first control lane and a second control lane, and controlling the first control lane to implement the motion plan. The method includes detecting one or more faults associated with implementation of the motion plan by the first control lane or the second control lane, or in generation of the motion plan, and in response to one or more faults, controlling the first control lane or the second control lane to adjust the motion of the autonomous vehicle based at least in part on one or more fault reaction parameters associated with the one or more faults.
US12038746B2
A flying surface may comprise a plurality of interconnectable flying vehicles configured for mid-flight reconfiguration of the flying surface. Each flying vehicle may be entirely self-sufficient, including an onboard thrust unit, an onboard controller, an onboard power unit, and connectors configured to engage corresponding connectors of other flying vehicles to form a flying surface. The flying vehicles may additionally be configured for self-control, thereby enabling a distributed control model for a flying surface that does not require significant, centralized processing power and corresponding power storage. The flying surfaces may dynamically reconfigure mid-flight by attaching or detaching flying vehicles so as to enable a wide variety of in-flight maneuvers.
US12038743B2
Aspects of the disclosed technology encompass the use of a deep learning controller for monitoring and improving a manufacturing process. In some aspects, a method of the disclosed technology includes steps for: receiving a plurality of control values from two or more stations, at a deep learning controller, wherein the control values are generated at the two or more stations deployed in a manufacturing process, predicting an expected value for an intermediate or final output of an article of manufacture, based on the control values, and determining if the predicted expected value for the article of manufacture is in-specification. In some aspects, the process can further include steps for generating control inputs if the predicted expected value for the article of manufacture is not in-specification. Systems and computer-readable media are also provided.
US12038741B2
A first component of an industrial automation system includes an electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM) storing data identifying the first component. The data identifying the first component is read from the EEPROM by a second component to which the first component is communicatively coupled to authenticate the first component. The first component lacks a processor and a microcontroller, and does not run firmware.
US12038740B2
This disclosure relates to a method and system for regime-based process optimization of various assets of industrial manufacturing and process plants or units. Operating regimes of assets are identified and a regime similarity score of each asset is computed from regime sequences of integrated industrial data and compared with a given threshold to identify regimes of operation. Operating regimes are matched with regimes of regime database and industrial assets and similar operating regimes are group together. Process optimization is carried out for each group of industrial assets to identify optimum settings in order to maximize output or minimize loss/cost considering process and equipment constraints. Anomalies are analyzed in the unmatched operating regimes and a diagnosis is carried out to identify the root cause for any detected anomalies. Remaining useful life of components in the assets with unmatched operating regimes is estimated to ensure component reliability and to prevent failure.
US12038731B2
A power control system performs power control such that a target power set for a group including a plurality of consumers is not exceeded. The system includes a first prediction unit that performs prediction on power usage of each consumer in the group over each of predetermined time periods, a limit value setting unit that sets limit values of power usage of each consumer based on a prediction result obtained by the first prediction unit, a second prediction unit that predicts the power usage of the consumers in the group over a current time period, and a control unit that controls power usage of equipment devices of each consumer based on predicted values of the power usage of the consumers over the current time period, such that the limit values of power usage of the consumers for the current time period are not exceeded.
US12038727B2
A system for performing a task according to a reference trajectory is provided. The system includes at least one actuator configured to change a state of the system according to a control input, and a memory configured to store a model of dynamics of the system including a known part of the dynamics of the system as a function of the state of the system and the control input to the system and an unknown part of the dynamics of the system as a function of the state of the system, wherein the unknown part of the dynamics of the system is represented by parameters of a probabilistic distribution including a first-order moment and a second-order moment of the probabilistic distribution. The system also includes a control system configured to recursively determine and submit the control input to the actuator to change the state of the system.
US12038726B2
A vehicle-grid integration management system determines use of a power grid by an electric vehicle in a dual multi-part rate structure including a grid account portion associated with a relationship between the electric vehicle and the power grid, a group account portion associated with a relationship between the vehicle group and the electric vehicle and/or the power grid, a consumption portion associated with a volume of electricity drawn from the power grid by the electric vehicle over a time period, a supply portion associated with a volume of electricity delivered to the power grid by the electric vehicle over the time period, a demand portion associated with an upper threshold of electricity drawn from the power grid by the electric vehicle over the time period, and a capacity portion associated with an upper threshold of electricity delivered to the power grid by the electric vehicle over the time period.
US12038723B2
A shock absorber spring (1) for a timepiece (200), extending substantially in a plane (P1) and having a first axis of symmetry (A1) perpendicular to the plane (P1), the spring including at least two first spring-fixing elements (11, 11′, 11″), these first fixing elements each comprising at least a first fixing surface (11a, 11b, 11a′, 11b′, 11a″, 11b″) oriented at least substantially radially relative to the first axis (A1) and towards the first axis (A1).
US12038715B2
A cam driver includes a support, a cam, a motor, and a retracting torque applicator. The support supports an object. The cam moves the support. The motor rotates the cam and maintains a position of the cam. The retracting torque applicator applies torque to the cam in a direction to move the object away from a counter object that faces the object.
US12038714B2
A developing cartridge and an electronic imaging apparatus, where the developing cartridge is detachable installed in the electronic imaging apparatus, and includes a cartridge, a power reception member, a rotary member and an activation member; the cartridge includes a first side wall and a second side wall provided opposite to each other along a first direction, where a power reception member is located at the first side wall, a rotary member is installed between the first side wall and the second side wall, one end of the rotary member is provided with a first gear, and the other end of the rotary member is provided with a second gear, an activation member is located at the second side wall; and the activation member includes a movable member and a trigger part provided at the movable member.
US12038711B2
An image forming apparatus includes a housing, a toner image forming portion, a foil transfer unit, a sheet tray, and a discharge portion. The toner image forming portion is provided in the housing and configured to form a toner image on a sheet. The foil transfer unit is configured to superpose a foil with a surface of the sheet. The sheet tray is installable in the housing in an inserting direction and configured to accommodate a sheet to be supplied to the toner image forming portion. The first discharge portion is configured to discharge the sheet from the foil transfer unit to the outside of the housing in a discharging direction opposite to the inserting direction. The second discharge portion is configured to discharge the sheet from the toner image forming portion to the outside of the housing without passing through the foil transfer unit in the discharge direction.
US12038705B2
A nip forming device includes an endless belt that is flexible and rotates and a nip former that is disposed opposite an inner circumferential face of the endless belt. A pressure rotator presses against the nip former via the endless belt to form a nip between the endless belt and the pressure rotator, through which a conveyed object is conveyed. A separator is disposed downstream from the nip in a conveyance direction of the conveyed object. The separator separates the conveyed object from the endless belt. The separator includes a non-contact portion separated from the endless belt and a contact portion that contacts the endless belt. The contact portion retains a gap having a predetermined size between the non-contact portion and the endless belt.
US12038704B2
According to one embodiment, a fixing device includes a tubular body and a heater unit inside the tubular body. The heater unit has a longitudinal direction parallel to an axial direction of the tubular body. A first surface side of the heater unit contacts the tubular body. A heat equalizing member is on a second surface side of the heater unit. The heater unit is between the heat equalizing member and the tubular body. The heat equalizing member includes a heat transfer sheet and a protective member. A support member is configured to hold the heat equalizing member and the heater unit. The heat equalizing member is between the support member and the second surface side of the heater unit.
US12038698B2
In one example in accordance with the present disclosure, a developer unit seal is described. The developer unit seal includes an endcap. The endcap has an opening to receive a dynamic seal for a roller, an inlet to receive print fluid, and a channel embedded in a surface of the endcap. The channel connects the inlet with the opening to direct print fluid to the opening. The developer unit seal also includes a sealing member to cover the channel.
US12038684B2
The prevent disclosure provides a method for forming a reflective mask. In some embodiments, the method includes forming a carbon-containing layer over a substrate; forming a reflective multilayer over the carbon-containing layer; forming an absorption pattern over the reflective multilayer. In some embodiments, the method includes growing a light absorbing layer over a substrate; polishing the light absorbing layer; forming a reflective layer over the polished light absorbing layer; forming an absorption pattern over the reflective layer.
US12038680B2
Provided is a technology for improving the resolution and the angle of view of an image projection device. The image projection device includes an optical waveguide element including at least one incident port on which a laser beam is incident and a plurality of emission ports from which the laser beam is emitted, and a scanning mirror that performs scanning with the laser beam emitted from the optical waveguide element, in which the laser beam with which the scanning mirror performs the scanning reaches a projection target. The image projection device further includes a hologram element that condenses the laser beam with which the scanning mirror performs the scanning on a vicinity of a pupil to allow the laser beam to reach a retina.
US12038676B2
A system and apparatus for automated image capturing, comprising a microcontroller, an image capturing device operatively coupled to the pair of guiding apparatus using a first electric rotary actuator, a rotary plate operatively mounted on a second electric rotary actuator. The pair of guiding apparatus and the first electric rotary actuator is actuated to cause change in position of the image capturing device relative to an object positioned on the rotary plate and second electric rotary actuator is actuated causing change in angle of orientation of the object positioned on the rotary plate. By varying lighting conditions and for different background images, plurality of images of object are captured using the image capturing device by actuating electro-mechanical components of the apparatus.
US12038674B2
An optical device with a magnetic mounting and dismounting mechanism and its mounting and dismounting tool can serve as an optical device set. At least a partial region of a frame of the optical device is made of a magnetically permeable material or a magnetic material. The front side of the frame has at least one first engaging portion. At least a partial region of the mounting and dismounting tool is made of a magnetic material, and one of its sides has at least one second engaging portion. The mounting and dismounting tool can magnetically attract and stick on the optical device to mount the optical device to a camera lens, functional lens or adapter ring, and/or dismount the optical device from the camera lens, functional lens or adapter ring.
US12038668B2
A light source, including: a pulse generator for providing an initial sequence of light pulses, the pulse generator including an optical source for producing optical pulses; and a modulator in communication with the optical source for increasing or decreasing the selected number of pulses provided by the pulse generator in the selected time period; first and second optical arms, for propagating, respectively, first and second sequences of light pulses, wherein the first optical arm includes a first manipulator configured to generate the first sequence of light pulses from the initial sequence of light pulses, wherein the light source includes a nonlinear optical element arranged to receive the first sequence of light pulses or the second sequence of light pulses, and an optical switch arranged to switch either the first sequence of light pulses or the second sequence of light pulses for reception by the nonlinear optical element.
US12038653B2
According to one embodiment, a display device includes a first inorganic insulating film covering an oxide semiconductor layer and a protective metal layer, a second inorganic insulating film covering a gate electrode, a first connection electrode in contact with the protective metal layer at a first opening portion which penetrates through the first inorganic insulating film and the second inorganic insulating film, a first organic insulating film covering the first connection electrode, and a second connection electrode in contact with the first connection electrode at a second opening portion which penetrates through the first organic insulating film, wherein the second opening portion is located above the first opening portion.
US12038651B2
A display panel includes an array substrate and an opposite substrate that are disposed opposite to each other, a liquid crystal layer disposed between the array substrate and the opposite substrate, and a plurality of spacers disposed on a side of the opposite substrate proximate to the array substrate. The array substrate includes a substrate and at least one metal platform disposed on a side of the substrate proximate to the opposite substrate. At least one spacer of the plurality of spacers is disposed opposite to the metal platform; and an orthographic projection of an end, proximate to the substrate, of the spacer on the substrate is located within an orthographic projection of the metal platform on the substrate.
US12038648B2
According to one embodiment, an illumination device includes red light emitting elements, green light emitting elements and blue light emitting elements opposing a first side surface of a first light guide, and the red light emitting elements, the green light emitting elements and the blue light emitting elements are disposed along the first side surface in a third direction that intersects the first direction and the second direction, and, arranged to be symmetrical with respect to a central axis of the third direction of the first side surface.
US12038646B2
The present disclosure provides a thin film transistor device, a backlight module, and a display panel. The thin film transistor device includes a source portion, an active layer located on the source portion, a drain portion spaced apart from the source portion, and a conductor portion located on the active layer and extending to the drain portion. According to the present disclosure, the active layer is disposed on the source portion, and the drain portion is electrically connected to the active layer using the conductor portion, so that a current is transmitted from the drain portion to the active layer through the conductor portion.
US12038638B2
A display device includes: a frame, including a frame body, a first protrusion disposed on the frame body, and a second protrusion disposed on the frame body, the second protrusion including at least one stepped portion; a display panel, located on a side of one stepped portion of the at least one stepped portion close to a light emitting surface of the display device and located on an inner side of the frame body; and a planar back housing, fixed on the inner side of the frame body and a side of the first protrusion away from the light emitting surface.
US12038635B2
The present disclosure provides a display screen shell and a display screen. A display panel is disposed on a first flexible pad by disposing the first flexible pad on a middle frame. A tempered glass is disposed on a second flexible pad by disposing the second flexible pad on the middle frame. Elastic force of the flexible pads makes the display panel and the tempered glass assemble together, so that there is no gap between the tempered glass and the display panel. The tempered glass and a liquid crystal display (LCD) screen are pressed together at an edge by pressing on the tempered glass of the pressing portion, making the tempered glass and the display panel attached together effectively for a long time, and no gap is created at an attaching place and extremely small parallax is achieved, making writing experience and visual experience optimal.
US12038634B2
A cholesteric liquid crystal composite display device includes a cholesteric liquid crystal reflective display device and a transmissive display device. The transmissive display device is located below the cholesteric liquid crystal reflective display device. When the cholesteric liquid crystal reflective display device is displayed in a transparent state, the light transmittance of the cholesteric liquid crystal reflective display device is higher than that of the cholesteric liquid crystal reflective display device when it is displayed in a dark state through a rated driving mode. Thereby, the display of the cholesteric liquid crystal composite display device is made clearer and the display quality is improved.
US12038633B2
A privacy display comprises a polarised output spatial light modulator, reflective polariser, plural polar control retarders and a polariser. In a privacy mode of operation, on-axis light from the spatial light modulator is directed without loss, whereas off-axis light has reduced luminance. Further, display reflectivity is reduced for on-axis reflections of ambient light, while reflectivity is increased for off-axis light. The visibility of the display to off-axis snoopers is reduced by means of luminance reduction and increased frontal reflectivity to ambient light. In a public mode of operation, the liquid crystal retardance is adjusted so that off-axis luminance and reflectivity are unmodified.
US12038631B2
A switchable waveplate includes a substrate, a first electrode layer on the substrate, an alignment layer on the first electrode layer and including alignment patterns formed thereon, a liquid crystal layer on the alignment layer, and a second electrode layer on the liquid crystal layer. The alignment patterns are determined based on angles of interest at a plurality of regions of the switchable waveplate. The liquid crystal layer includes liquid crystal molecules that are arranged according to the alignment patterns and are pre-tilted when no electric field is applied to the liquid crystal layer. The first electrode layer and the second electrode layer are configured to apply electric fields of different magnitudes to a plurality of zones of the switchable waveplate.
US12038628B2
A method for determining an optical system intended to equip a person on the basis of the adaptability of the person to a visual and/or proprioceptive modification of his environment, the method including a person visual behaviour parameter providing, during which a person visual behaviour parameter indicative of the visual behaviour of the person relative to a given state of the environment is provided; a reference value providing, during which a first value of the person visual behaviour parameter corresponding to a reference state of the environment is provided; a visual and/or proprioceptive modification providing, during which a visual and/or proprioceptive modification of the reference state of the environment is provided so as to define a modified state of the environment; and determining, during which an optical parameter of the optical system is determined based on the first value of the person visual behaviour parameter and on a second value of the person visual behaviour parameter associated with the modified state of the environment.
US12038626B2
A lens interchange mechanism for an eyewear may include a magnetic latch operatively associated with the eyewire of the eyewear, such that the a portion of the eyewire can be released, with a free end separating from another portion of the eyewire thereby forming a gap in the eyewire for the removal and installation of a lens. The magnetic latch mechanism may be further configured for easy re-latching by the application of opposing forces on the first and second eyewire portions to cause the free end to re-engage with the magnetic latch without manual actuation of the latch.
US12038623B2
The present disclosure provides an optical imaging lens. The optical imaging lens may comprise six lens elements positioned in an order from an object side to an image side. Through controlling the convex or concave shape of the surfaces of the lens elements and designing parameters satisfying at least one inequality, the optical imaging lens may shorten the system length and enlarge the view angle and aperture size.
US12038617B2
An optical transceiver module includes a housing having an electrical mating end for mating with a mating electrical connector and an opposing optical mating end for mating with a mating optical connector. A circuit board assembly, a ferrule assembly, and a first support are disposed in the housing. The circuit board assembly includes an optical coupler disposed on a circuit board. The ferrule assembly includes an optical ferrule including a first attachment feature for receiving and permanently attaching to at least one optical fiber and a second attachment feature assembled to the optical coupler. A ferrule support is removably assembled to an interior of the housing and includes at least one support feature. The optical ferrule rests on the at least one support feature. The first support makes contact with the at least one optical fiber. The contact causes a bend in the at least one optical fiber.
US12038615B2
Structures for an edge coupler and methods of fabricating such structures. The structure includes a substrate, a first waveguide core, and a second waveguide core positioned in a vertical direction between the first waveguide core and the substrate. The second waveguide core includes a taper and an inverse taper longitudinally positioned adjacent to the taper.
US12038610B2
A wafer-level optoelectronic packaging method includes fabricating a pre-singulated wafer. The pre-singulated wafer has a plurality of sub-mounts. A first sub-mount of the plurality of sub-mounts includes an optical waveguide formed on a substrate, a multi-layered sub-mount boundary wall that is formed on the optical waveguide, and a v-groove that is external to the sub-mount boundary wall. A plurality of optical dies are attached to the corresponding plurality of sub-mounts, such that each optical die is aligned to the optical waveguide of the corresponding sub-mount. A cap-wafer including a plurality of caps is attached to the pre-singulated wafer to obtain an encapsulated pre-singulated wafer. The encapsulated pre-singulated wafer is diced to obtain a plurality of optoelectronic packages. The optical waveguide of each optoelectronic package serves as an interconnection conduit between the corresponding optical die and an optical fiber placed in the corresponding v-groove.
US12038604B2
Described herein are photonic communication platforms that can overcome the memory bottleneck problem, thereby enabling scaling of memory capacity and bandwidth well beyond what is possible with conventional computing systems. Some embodiments provide photonic communication platforms that involve use of photonic modules. Each photonic module includes programmable photonic circuits for placing the module in optical communication with other modules based on the needs of a particular application. The architecture developed by the inventors relies on the use of common photomask sets (or at least one common photomask) to fabricate multiple photonic modules in a single wafer. Photonic modules in multiple wafers can be linked together into a communication platform using optical or electronic means.
US12038602B2
An optical circuit substrate according to the present disclosure includes a wiring board and an optical waveguide. The optical waveguide includes a core layer, cladding layers formed on both main surfaces of the core layer, and a reflective mirror portion that passes through the cladding layers and the core layer, and is provided on the wiring board via a conductor layer located on a surface of the wiring board. When the optical waveguide is viewed in a cross section in a thickness direction, the reflective mirror portion has a recessed portion in at least a part of the cladding layer on the conductor layer side.
US12038598B1
A touch module includes a touch sensor panel, a light guide plate, an adhesive layer and a shielding body. The touch sensor panel includes an opening. The adhesive layer includes a groove part. The light guide plate is located over the touch sensor panel. The adhesive layer is arranged between the touch sensor panel and the light guide plate. The touch sensor panel and the light guide plate are attached on each other through the adhesive layer. The groove part of the adhesive layer is in communication with the opening of the touch sensor panel to exhaust the gas. The shielding body surrounds the edge part of the light guide plate and the outer periphery part of the touch senor panel. Due to the shielding body, the light beam transferred in the light guide plate will not be leaked out.
US12038594B2
To provide a light guide plate with reduced luminance unevenness. The light guide plate includes: a base portion having a one surface and a light incident surface disposed on one end side of the one surface and intersecting the one surface, and a plurality of convex lenses provided on a side facing the one surface of the base portion, each of the plurality of convex lenses extending in a first direction and aligned along a second direction which is substantially orthogonal to the first direction, where the base portion includes at least a first region relatively close to the light incident surface and a second region relatively far from the light incident surface, and where the first region is provided with a plurality of first bottom portions that are surfaces disposed between the convex lenses adjacent to each other in the second direction and inclined with respect to the first direction.
US12038592B2
Stray light absorbing films are described. In particular, stray light films including a black substrate, and first and second sets of microstructures are described. The described films can reduce stray light reflections in sensor modules and other optical devices. The first set of microstructures can have an average largest diameter between 0.5 and 125 μm. The second set of microstructures can have an average largest diameter of less than ½ of the average largest diameter of the first set of microstructures. The stray light absorbing film can have a specular reflectance for 8° incidence for wavelengths from 350-1200 nm of less than 0.3%.
US12038591B2
A method of aligning a stencil to an eyepiece wafer includes providing the stencil, positioning the stencil with respect to a first light source, and determining locations of at least two stencil apertures. The method also includes providing the eyepiece wafer. The eyepiece wafer includes at least two eyepiece waveguides, each eyepiece waveguide including an incoupling grating and a corresponding diffraction pattern. The method further includes directing light from one or more second light sources to impinge on each of the corresponding diffraction patterns, imaging light diffracted from each incoupling grating, determining at least two incoupling grating locations, determining offsets between corresponding stencil aperture locations and incoupling grating locations, and aligning the stencil to the eyepiece wafer based on the determined offsets.
US12038590B2
Various embodiments include a display panel with an integrated micro-lens array. The display panel typically includes an array of mesas which includes an array of pixel light sources (e.g., LEDs) electrically coupled to corresponding pixel driver circuits (e.g., FETs). The array of micro-lenses is off-axially arranged on the mesas including the pixel light sources, and are positioned to reduce the divergence of light produced by the pixel light sources, and direct the light to a certain angle or focus point on a pixel by pixel basis. Different micro-lens shapes and combinations are implemented in the display panel. The display panel may also include an integrated optical spacer formed from the same micro-lens material layer to maintain the positioning between the micro-lenses and pixel driver circuits.
US12038582B2
An optical waveguide for a head up display having two optical input regions. Optical gratings direct light injected into the optical input regions towards and output region and to be trapped in the optical waveguide by total internal reflection. Beam splitters are provided to expand the pupil in two dimensions. Light from each input region is directed to different areas of the output region.
US12038579B2
A multi-region imaging device (1000′, 2000) and method (9000′). The multi-region imaging device (1000′, 2000) comprises: a picture light projection plate (1100′, 2100′), wherein the picture light projection plate (1100′, 2100′) comprises a first region (1110′, 2110′) and a second region (1120′, 2120′) that do not overlap each other, the first region (1110′, 2110′) and the second region (1120′, 2120′) emit picture light for imaging; and an optical path compensation section (1200′, 2200′), wherein the optical path compensation section (1200′, 2200′) is arranged on a propagation path of the picture light emitted by the second region (1120′, 2120′), and the picture light emitted by the second region (1120′, 2120′) is transmitted by the optical path compensation section (1200′, 2200′) and optical path compensation is carried out thereon.
US12038574B2
A MEMS mirror device includes a frame body (an outer movable frame body), an inner movable member, a first beam, a reflective mirror member, and a coupling member. The inner movable member is disposed inside the frame body. The first beam couples the inner movable member rotatably to the frame body. The reflective mirror member has a reflective surface and a rear surface. The coupling member couples the reflective mirror member and the inner movable member. The first beam is coupled to the inner movable member at the rear surface of the reflective mirror member. The MEMS mirror device may be reduced in size.
US12038573B2
An autonomous driving apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention may include a drive unit configured to provide a driving function, a body unit coupled at an upper side of the drive unit, a lidar device coupled to the drive unit, a lidar device groove having an opening portion formed in the irradiation direction of the lidar device, and a mirror module coupled inside the lidar device groove in the irradiation direction of the lidar device.
US12038571B2
Described are embodiments of a scalable system for processing whole slide images (WSIs). The system may heavily utilize parallel processing on both central processing units (CPUs) and graphics processing units (GPUs). Images may be decoded on a GPU. Reads may be unbuffered with a low memory footprint. Compute Unified Device Architecture (CUD A) operations may be employed to eliminate many inefficiencies in traditional WSI processing libraries.
US12038567B2
A pulse width expansion apparatus according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes a polarization beam splitter and a transfer optical system. The transfer optical system includes ¼-wavelength and reflection mirror pairs. The ¼-wavelength mirror pair include first and second ¼-wavelength mirrors. The first ¼-wavelength mirror provides ¼-wavelength phase shift and reflects a pulse laser beam. The second ¼-wavelength mirror provides ¼-wavelength phase shift and reflects the pulse laser beam reflected by the first ¼-wavelength mirror. The reflection mirror pair are disposed on an optical path before and after or between the ¼-wavelength mirror pair. The transfer optical system transfers an image of an input pulse laser beam on the polarization beam splitter to the optical path between the ¼-wavelength mirror pair at one-to-one magnification as a first transfer image and transfers the first transfer image to the polarization beam splitter at one-to-one magnification as a second transfer image.
US12038566B2
An optical photographing lens assembly includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element and a fifth lens element. The first lens element has refractive power. The second lens element has positive refractive power. The third lens element with positive refractive power has an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof. The fourth lens element has refractive power. The fifth lens element with refractive power has an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof, wherein an object-side surface and the image-side surface of the fifth lens element are aspheric, and at least one of the surfaces of the fifth lens element has at least one inflection point. The optical photographing lens assembly has a total of five lens elements with refractive power.
US12038560B2
An optical imaging lens includes a first lens element, a second lens, an aperture stop, a third lens element and a fourth lens element from an object side to an image side in order along an optical axis, and each lens element has an object-side surface and an image-side surface. An optical axis of the image-side surface of the first lens element is convex and an optical axis of the image-side surface of the fourth lens element is concave. HFOV stands for the half field of view of the entire optical imaging lens and TTL is a distance from the object-side surface of the first lens element to an image plane along the optical axis to satisfy HFOV/TTL≤1.500°/mm.
US12038558B2
Disclosed is an electronic device. An electronic device according to various embodiments includes: a housing; a first glass plate attached to the housing and forming a portion of an external surface of the electronic device, wherein the first glass plate includes a flat portion, a curved portion extending from an edge of the flat portion, a first surface facing outwardly from the electronic device, and a second surface facing inwardly towards the electronic device; and a coating layer formed on the first surface of the first glass plate, wherein the coating layer includes a first layer having a first refractive index and containing at least one first material, and includes a second layer disposed further from the first surface than the first layer, containing at least one second material, and having a second refractive index different from the first refractive index.
US12038550B2
Aspects of the subject technology relate to systems and methods for packing nuclear magnetic resonance (“NMR”) antennas for an NMR sensor. Specifically, a magnetic shielding layer of the NMR sensor can be formed in a first concentric layer about a mandrel of a downhole tool. A first antenna of a plurality of antennas of the NMR sensor can be formed in a second concentric layer on top of the first concentric layer through an automated machining process. Further, a second antenna of the plurality of the antennas of the NMR sensor can be formed in a third concentric layer on top of the second concentric layer through the automated machining process.
US12038546B2
Methods to estimate formation slowness from multi-borehole modes and multi-mode dispersion estimation systems are presented. The method includes obtaining waveform data of a plurality of waves traversing through a downhole formation, wherein each wave of the plurality of waves has a different threshold cutoff frequency, and performing a multimode dispersion analysis of the waveform data to generate a semblance map of the wave comprising the plurality of waves. The method also includes obtaining a slowness dispersion of a wave of the plurality of waves, and determining a formation type of the wave based on one or more properties of the plurality of waves. The method further includes determining an initial body wave slowness estimate of the wave, generating a modeling of the wave, and reducing a mismatch between the modeling of the wave and the slowness dispersion of the wave to improve the modeling of the wave.
US12038537B2
A camera module according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a light emitting unit for outputting an optical signal to an object; and a light receiving unit for receiving a reflected light obtained after the optical signal is reflected by the object, wherein the light receiving unit comprises: a sensor for receiving the reflected light; a filter for transmitting the reflected light in a specific wavelength band; a driving unit for tilting the filter; and a driving circuit for driving the driving unit, and the filter is sequentially tilted from a reference state, in which the filter is not tilted, to a first to a third tilted state in which the filter is tilted in different directions, so as to allow the sensor to receive the reflected light.
US12038536B2
A light reception device according to an embodiment includes: a light receiving element (10001 to 1000n) in which a current flows according to an incident photon in a state where a predetermined voltage is applied and that returns to the state by a recharge current; a generation unit (1100a) that generates a reference current; and a copying unit (10011 to 1001n) that copies the reference current generated by the generation unit to generate a copy reference current. A recharge current based on the copy reference current is supplied to the light receiving element.
US12038529B2
An electronic device comprises a transmitting antenna that transmits a transmitted wave, a receiving antenna that receives a reflected wave obtained by reflection of the transmitted wave, and a controller. The controller generates a first sample based on a result obtained by subjecting a beat signal generated based on a transmitted signal based on the transmitted wave and a received signal based on the reflected wave to a first fast Fourier transform process. The controller generates a second sample based on a result obtained by subjecting the first sample to a second fast Fourier transform process, and estimates an arrival direction of the reflected wave based on the second sample. The controller sets the first sample from the beat signals in which the peak in the result obtained by performing the first fast Fourier transform process is equal to or higher than a first threshold value.
US12038527B2
A vehicular system includes a body panel having an aperture and a radar unit at least partially aligned with the aperture. The radar unit includes a housing encapsulating a printed circuit board operable to generate radar waves. The housing includes a first wall through which the radar waves are directed. The first wall of the housing is visible within the aperture and the body panel does not extend across the first wall.
US12038521B2
Embodiments are disclosed for localization of vehicles using beacons. In an embodiment, a method comprises: determining, using at least one processor of a vehicle, that the vehicle has lost external signals (or is receiving degraded external signals) that are used for estimating a position of the vehicle; determining, using the at least one processor, a set of mobile beacons that are available to assist in estimating the position of the vehicle; receiving, using a communication device of the vehicle, broadcast signals from the set of mobile beacons, the broadcast signals including localization data for the set of mobile beacons; selecting, using the at least one processor, a subset of localization data from the set of mobile beacons for assisting in the position estimation of the vehicle; and estimating, using the at least one processor, the position of the vehicle using the subset of localization data.
US12038512B2
A control method, a control apparatus and a device for preventing pseudo GNSS signal interference, and a storage medium are provided. The method includes: in response to detecting that a received GNSS signal includes a pseudo GNSS signal, restraining a time service system of a communication device from tracking the received GNSS signal; and removing the restraining on the time service system in response to detecting that the pseudo GNSS signal disappears.
US12038507B1
Various technologies pertaining to optical measurement of cross-wind are described herein. A beam of light is emitted along a trajectory through a shooting space from a location of a shooter to a target using a laser. The beam is reflected by the target, and the beam is received at two optical detectors. Due to changes in the index of refraction of air along the path of the beam, an envelope signal atmospherically encoded on the beam is received at each of the two apertures at different times. A signal analyzer receives a signal from each of the detectors and outputs data indicative of an average speed of the cross-wind along the trajectory in the shooting space based upon a time delay between the signals.
US12038497B1
Embodiments provide a landing and approach navigation system. The navigation system can use a radar system onboard an aircraft to transmit radio energy. A rotating reflector at a landing area can reflect the radio energy back to the radar system with an amplitude-modulation that is due to the rotation. With synchronized timing between the reflector and the radar system, and known rotation characteristics of the reflector, the radar system can use the reflected radio energy to calculate the bearing of the aircraft relative to the reflector and landing area.
US12038496B2
An apparatus, fitted to a vehicle, for sensing a vehicular environment, includes acquiring with a first sensing circuit at least one first vehicular environment scene data. The first sensing circuit comprises at least one sensor, and is powered by a first power supply. A second sensing circuit is used to acquire at least one second vehicular environment scene data, and it comprises at least one sensor. The second sensing circuit is powered by a second power supply. The at least one first and second vehicular scene data is provided to a processing unit. The processing unit correspondingly determines first and second vehicular control data based on the first and second vehicular scene data. The first and second vehicular control data are each independently useable by a vehicle to automatically perform at least one safety maneuver comprising one or more of: braking; deceleration; movement to a slow lane or hard shoulder.
US12038493B2
Systems and methods for Wi-Fi sensing are provided. A networking device is configured to transmit a sensing trigger message including information about a plurality of fast sounding sensing signals to be transmitted. The networking device receives the plurality of fast sounding sensing signals transmitted by a sensing transmitter in response to the sensing trigger message within a transmission opportunity. The networking device performs a plurality of sensing measurements on the plurality of fast sounding sensing signals wherein the plurality of sensing measurements include measurements of Doppler frequency information associated with motion in a sensing space.
US12038490B2
An embodiment of a method for recording diagnostic measurement data of a knee of an examination object in knee imaging by a magnetic resonance device, includes performing an overview scan of the knee of the examination object, wherein overview measurement data is acquired in the overview scan, and performing diagnostic scans of the knee of the examination object based on the acquired overview measurement data, wherein two-dimensional diagnostic measurement data is acquired in the diagnostic scans.
US12038485B2
The device to estimate the lifetime consumption of one or more electrolytic capacitors comprises a temperature sensor which is thermally insulated from the ambient by being arranged either between two equal electrolytic capacitors connected in parallel with each other or on the case of an electrolytic capacitors and where it is covered with a layer of thermally insulating material. The device comprises further a controller which is suitable to estimate the lifetime consumption based on the measurement data of the temperature sensor.
US12038484B2
A method of estimating a maximum specific capacity of a composite electrode includes generating open circuit potential (OCP) crossover characteristics of the composite electrode comprising silicon and natural graphite, determining a composite electrode lithiation limit of the composite electrode based on a silicon lithiation limit of the silicon, predicting a composite electrode composition of the composite electrode based on the composite electrode lithiation limit, and estimating the maximum specific capacity of the composite electrode based on the composite electrode composition.
US12038482B1
Methods for determining the capacity of a battery cell, including a lithium-ion battery cell, and a plurality of battery cells include measuring surface temperature and voltage of the battery cell(s). Then, a constant-current discharge cycle is conducted. Subsequently, final surface temperature and voltage are measured. These measurements enable calculating the battery temperature rise value and the maximum differential temperature value. An empirical method determines the differential temperature gain value. From these values, a capacity parameter is calculated. Then, a differential voltage value is derived from the initial and final battery cell voltages. Further, first, second, and third capacity coefficients are empirically determined, allowing the calculation of the capacity of the battery cell(s).
US12038476B2
Systems, devices, and methods for performing a non-contact electrical measurement (NCEM) on a NCEM-enabled cell included in a NCEM-enabled cell vehicle may be configured to perform NCEMs while the NCEM-enabled cell vehicle is moving. The movement may be due to vibrations in the system and/or movement of a movable stage on which the NCEM-enabled cell vehicle is positioned. Position information for an electron beam column producing the electron beam performing the NCEMs and/or for the moving stage may be used to align the electron beam with targets on the NCEM-enabled cell vehicle while it is moving.
US12038475B2
A touch testing apparatus includes: a pogo pad area including input and output test pogo pads respectively connected to input and output test pads disposed in a pad area of a touch detection module; a test touch driver circuit configured to detect compression deviations between the input test pad and the input test pogo pad and between the output test pad and the output test pogo pad, and to correct touch data of the touch detection module based on the detected compression deviations; and a test board on which the test touch driver circuit is mounted, wherein the test board is configured to electrically connect the test touch driver circuit with the input and output test pogo pads.
US12038473B2
A test socket includes: a first body including a fixing portion configured to receive a sample having a plurality of test terminals; a second body facing the first body and coupled with the first body such that the second body rotates relative to the first body about a hinge pin; a test board provided on the second body and configured to test the sample, wherein the test board has a plurality of first openings provided therein; and a plurality of interface pins penetrating through the first openings, wherein each of the plurality of interface pins includes a contact pin and a spring, wherein the contact pin is provided in a first end portion of each of the plurality of interface pin and is configured to come into contact with a test terminal of the plurality of test terminals, and the spring elastically supports the contact pin.
US12038470B2
A test system for a memory card includes a first circuit board. One side of the first circuit board is provided with a plurality of contact groups spaced apart from each other along a row direction. Another side of the first circuit board is provided with slots disposed along the row direction. The test system further includes a second circuit board. The second circuit board is provided with a test circuit, and is inserted into the slot along a direction perpendicular to the first circuit board. The second circuit board provides a test signal to the contact groups.
US12038467B2
Partial discharge detection techniques are provided. In one aspect, a method of detecting partial discharge in an electrical power system having a power electronics converter is provided. A first current signal is captured in response to a first applied voltage. A second current signal is captured in response to a second applied voltage, the second applied voltage being different than the first applied voltage. The first current signal is set as a reference signal. A difference signal is determined based on the second current signal and the reference signal. A determination is made as to whether partial discharge is present based on the difference signal. The method may iterate, and for each iteration, the reference signal is refreshed on a rolling basis as a previously captured current signal measured in response to a previously applied voltage. The applied voltage is also stepped up or down for each iteration.
US12038464B2
Systems, methods, and apparatuses for measuring capacitance of a load. An apparatus includes a ground connector, an output connector configured to couple to the load, and a time-varying signal source configured to inject a time-varying voltage signal onto a conduction path between the ground connector and the output connector. A DC power source is configured to apply a DC offset to the time-varying voltage signal, and a current monitor is configured to measure time-varying current in the conduction path. A capacitance module is configured to determine the capacitance based upon at least one of the time-varying current and a frequency of the time-varying voltage signal.
US12038463B2
Systems, devices, and methods are described herein for measuring an impedance of a DUT using an integrated impedance measurement device. A system includes a plurality of measurement circuits, a FFT processor, and a controller. The measurement circuits are coupled to the DUTs. Each measurement circuit is configured to generate a clock signal for a respective DUT, detect a voltage of the respective DUT, and generate first voltage related data using the clock signal and the voltage. The FFT processor is coupled to the measurement circuits. The FFT processor is configured to convert the first voltage related data into second voltage related data using a fast Fourier transform for each measurement circuit. The controller is coupled to the measurement circuits and the FFT processor. The controller is configured to calculate an impedance using the second voltage related data for each measurement circuit and output the impedance to each DUT.
US12038462B2
An electronic device and phase detector are provided. The phase detector includes a first input terminal, a second input terminal, a first input buffer, and a second input buffer. The first input buffer is electrically connected to the first input terminal. The second input buffer is electrically connected to the second input terminal.
US12038457B2
A sensor device for testing electrical connections using contactless fault detection is disclosed. The sensor device includes: a surface coil comprising a plurality of concentric loops disposed at a first region located away from the electrical connections. The concentric loops generate a first magnetic field passing through the electrical connections, and the first magnetic field is equivalent to that generated by a coaxial intermediate current loop adjacent to the electrical connections based on an excitation current in the surface coil. The sensor device further includes a sensor adapted to detect a second magnetic field at a second region located away from the electrical connections, wherein variations in the detected second magnetic field provide categories of performance of the electrical connections.
US12038456B2
A test and measurement instrument includes one or more processors to execute code to cause the processors to: access a user instance of the test and measurement instrument; receive one or more requests from the user instance of the test and measurement instrument; determine any collisions between the one or more requests and any other requests for elements of the test and measurement instrument; resolve any collisions as necessary; perform one or more operations to fulfill the request; and display information resulting from the one or more operations on an instance user interface.
US12038454B2
A MEMS inertial sensor includes a supporting structure and an inertial structure. The inertial structure includes at least one inertial mass, an elastic structure, and a stopper structure. The elastic structure is mechanically coupled to the inertial mass and to the supporting structure so as to enable a movement of the inertial mass in a direction parallel to a first direction, when the supporting structure is subjected to an acceleration parallel to the first direction. The stopper structure is fixed with respect to the supporting structure and includes at least one primary stopper element and one secondary stopper element. If the acceleration exceeds a first threshold value, the inertial mass abuts against the primary stopper element and subsequently rotates about an axis of rotation defined by the primary stopper element. If the acceleration exceeds a second threshold value, rotation of the inertial mass terminates when the inertial mass abuts against the secondary stopper element.
US12038453B2
A meter electronics (20) for using a density measurement of a fluid to verify a vapor pressure is provided. The meter electronics (20) includes a processing system (200) communicatively coupled to a meter assembly (10) having the fluid, the processing system (200) is configured to determine a vapor pressure of the fluid by detecting a phase change of the fluid in the meter assembly (10), measure a density of the fluid based on a resonant frequency of the meter assembly (10), derive a vapor pressure from the measured density, and compare the determined vapor pressure with the derived vapor pressure.
US12038451B2
A plate transport device includes a main body, first and second moving members and first and second elastic members. The main body has an intermediate supporter. The first and second moving members have first and second supporters, respectively. The first and second moving members are supported to be movable in a first direction with respect to the main body. The first elastic member is provided between the intermediate supporter and the first supporter, and supplies a first biasing force directed toward the intermediate supporter in the first direction to the first moving member. The second elastic member is provided between the intermediate supporter and the second supporter, and supplies a second biasing force, which is directed toward the intermediate supporter in the first direction and opposite to the direction in which the first biasing force is directed, to the second moving member.
US12038448B2
A system and method for calibration of analytical instruments includes a software application allowing users to compute, construct, display, review, select and evaluate initial calibration models. The software application summarizes the initial calibration using the method evaluation parameters and the user selected evaluation criteria in the initial calibration evaluation table. The software application is a mathematically based program that will independently compute, construct, and display the initial calibration for each target analyte. This program then uses logic functions to review and select calibration variables against evaluation parameters. The software application is a user friendly tool performing all of the calculations independent of the on-boarded software and displays that information on a novel data visualization platform. The software application is the answer to questions centering around software limitations users encounter with on-board instrument software.
US12038447B2
The present invention discloses a new approach to produce membrane or lipid bilayer mimicking surfaces, their use in the aforementioned areas of application, a kit of parts and a sensor.
US12038431B2
The present disclosure provides a high-throughput screening system and method for identification of novel drugs and drug targets. The method enables large-scale analysis of interactions between allogeneic pairs of target cells and immune cells by using an immune-bridge protein, library of guide RNA, and/or 3D tumor model.
US12038414B2
Disclosed is a method of predicting a lifespan of a material by using a material parameter and by using Equation described below. y = γ × exp [ - ( x θ ) β ] in which y is the physical property retention rate, x is the aging time, θ is a scale parameter, β is a shape parameter, and γ is the material parameter.
US12038410B2
This two-dimensional Fourier transform ultrasound imaging method includes by controlling transmitting and receiving transducers: obtaining M matrices MRm, 1≤m≤M, of sampled ultrasonic time signals; two-dimensional Fourier transforming each matrix MRm to obtain M spectral matrices FTMRm; converting each spectral matrix FTMRm to obtain M spectral images FTIm; combining the M spectral images FTIm and two-dimensional inverse Fourier transforming the resulting spectral image FTI to obtain an ultrasound image I. The conversion includes taking into account a change of propagation mode during a backscatter, by adding a parameter characterizing this change of mode in equations (SYS) of change of reference frame, and/or taking into account a reflection against a wall, by adding a phase shift term in a relation (REL) of matrix transformation.
US12038399B2
An apparatus for analyzing a biological material component may include an impedance sensor comprising a first electrode having a first contact surface that contacts an analysis target, and a second electrode having a second contact surface that contacts the analysis target and that faces the first contact surface. The apparatus may include an impedance measurement assembly configured to measure impedance of the analysis target using the first electrode and the second electrode. The apparatus may include a processor configured to model the measured impedance as an equivalent circuit, and analyze a biological material component based on a modeling result.
US12038391B2
An observation device includes a mixer, a detector, a variable attenuator, a calibration information setting module, and an observation data generating module. The mixer mixes an RF signal of an observation object with a local signal to generate an IF signal. The detector detects the IF signal to generate a detection signal. The variable attenuator is connected between the mixer and the detector to attenuate the IF signal. The calibration information setting module sets calibration information from a change of intensity of the detection signal according to a value of the variable attenuator. The observation data generator generates observation data of the RF signal by using the intensity of the detection signal obtained in a state where the value of the variable attenuator is fixed and the calibration information.
US12038389B2
Wafer inspection apparatuses and methods are described. The wafer inspection apparatus includes an optical module, at least one wafer holder for carrying a plurality of wafers, and a plurality of optical sensors. The optical module is configured to emit a plurality of light beams for simultaneously scanning the plurality of wafers carried by the at least one wafer holder. The plurality of optical sensors is configured to receive the light beams reflected by the plurality of wafers.
US12038388B2
Disclosed is a qualitative evaluation method of a volumetric defect density due to other grains having different crystal orientations from a single crystal matrix in a (001) monoclinic gallium oxide sample or a (010) monoclinic gallium oxide sample. The method includes the steps of: forming an etch pit by etching an observation plane of a single crystal; and selecting a quadrilateral etch pit formed by volumetric defects except for void defects.
US12038382B2
Herein are described data acquisition systems and methods applying such systems to determine three-dimensional (3D) diffusion tensors, and simultaneously, to perform 3D structure imaging. Example data acquisition systems can include computing systems in communication with modified light sheet microscopes that are configured for high-speed volumetric imaging to record 3D diffusion processes and high-resolution 3D structural imaging.
US12038380B2
A fluorescence microscope, includes an optical system configured to collect fluorescent light emitted from different fluorophore species within a field of view and to focus the fluorescent light for detection, a spectral splitting arrangement configured to split the fluorescent light into at least two spectrally different fluorescent light components, a multi-channel detector system including at least two image sensors configured to detect at least two spatial light intensity distributions based on the at least two spectrally different fluorescent light components, each spatial light intensity distribution representing an image of the object over the field of view, and a processor configured to determine spatial distributions of the different fluorophore species based on a spectral unmixing analysis of each spatial light intensity distribution, wherein the processor is further configured to obtain compensation information and to determine a spatial distribution of each fluorophore species by taking into account the compensation information.
US12038375B2
An embodiment of a microscope system is described that comprises a sample stage configured to position a sample; and a spectrometer comprising an interferometer configure to provide a light beam to the sample stage and one or more detectors configured to detect light spectra in response to the light beam, wherein the spectrometer sends a notification to the sample stage after a scan comprising an acceptable measure of quality has been acquired from the detected light spectra at a first location, and the sample stage is further configured to count the notifications and initiate movement of the sample stage to a second location when a count value reaches a pre-determined number.
US12038369B2
A method includes calibrating a cytometric device for analysis of a target cell, by inserting, into the cytometric device, a hydrogel particle. The hydrogel particle has at least one of a background fluorescent property or a spectral property that is substantially similar to the at least one of a background fluorescent property or a spectral property of the target cell. The method also includes measuring at least one property of the hydrogel particle using the cytometric device.
US12038367B2
The present invention relates to a method for measuring condensable particulate matters formed from exhaust gas of an internal combustion engine, including the steps of sucking exhaust gas from the internal combustion engine; diluting the sucked exhaust gas to simulate it to atmospheric condition; a first measurement step of branching some of the exhaust gas of the atmospheric condition and measuring particulate matters including condensable particulate matters and filterable particulate matters; a second measurement step of branching the rest of the exhaust gas of the atmospheric condition to remove the condensable particulate matters and measuring the particulate matters including only the filterable particulate matters; and comparing the first measurement step and the second measurement step to calculate an amount of the condensable particulate matters in the exhaust gas of the atmospheric condition.
US12038355B2
An automated computer-controlled sampling system and related methods for collecting, processing, and analyzing agricultural samples for various chemical properties such as plant available nutrients. The sampling system allows multiple samples to be processed and analyzed for different analytes or chemical properties in a simultaneous concurrent or semi-concurrent manner. Advantageously, the system can process soil samples in the “as collected” condition without drying or grinding. The system generally includes a sample preparation sub-system which receives soil samples collected by a probe collection sub-system and produces a slurry (i.e. mixture of soil, vegetation, and/or manure and water), and a chemical analysis sub-system which processes the prepared slurry samples for quantifying multiple analytes and/or chemical properties of the sample. The sample preparation and chemical analysis sub-systems can be used to analyze soil, vegetation, and/or manure samples.
US12038352B2
Provided is a method of detecting a leak in a hydraulic cylinder of a rotor blade pitch system of a wind turbine including a plurality of rotor blades, which method includes the steps of selecting one of the pitch systems to undergo a functionality test; actuating a fluid pump to move the pistons of the hydraulic cylinders of the pitch systems to their outermost positions; monitoring the hydraulic cylinder pressure levels of the non-selected pitch systems while performing the functionality test on the selected pitch system; and analyzing the monitored hydraulic cylinder pressure levels of the pitch systems to detect a drop in pressure in a pitch cylinder of a non-selected pitch system. A leak detection arrangement of a pitch-controlled wind turbine; and a pitch-controlled wind turbine are also provided.
US12038345B2
Techniques for extending distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) range in undersea optical cables are provided. For example, DAS range can be extended by transmitting and amplifying a DAS signal along multiple spans of a first optical fiber, routing or bypassing the DAS signal from the first optical fiber to a second optical fiber different from the first fiber via a high-loss loopback architecture, and returning and amplifying the DAS signal along the same multiple spans back to a DAS device. The DAS device may then receive and process the DAS signal to detect any changes in the DAS environment. The loopback configuration may be based on different types of loopback architecture.
US12038342B2
A transducer for measuring the characteristics of a clamping instrument includes a stator which has an annular support adapted to form a substantially cylindrical longitudinal cavity adapted to receive a rotor which is also substantially shaped cylindrical adapted to rotate inside this cavity of the stator around its longitudinal axis, this rotor being provided at one end with a seat for insertion into it of the head of an instrument of tightening which determines such rotation around the axis, and a sensor arranged on its body capable of detecting specific parameters of the tightening of the instrument, and generating corresponding electrical signals. The transducer includes a magnetic coupling device adapted to transfer electrical energy from the stator to the rotor and an optical coupling device adapted to transfer the electrical signals generated by said sensor means from the rotor to the stator.
US12038337B2
The present disclosure relates to a sensor module for measuring a displacement occurring in a sensor by a confocal principle, a strain sensor device comprising the same, and a method for measuring a strain in a target using the same. Specifically, the sensor module according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a first single-mode optical fiber, a first GRIN optical fiber, a multi-mode optical fiber, a second GRIN optical fiber and a second single-mode optical fiber connected in an axial direction, wherein light inputted through the first single-mode optical fiber is transmitted to the second single-mode optical fiber through the series of optical fibers, and light forming a focal point in the core of the second single-mode optical fiber is detected using a confocal principle.
US12038336B2
Provided is a force sensor capable of expanding the application range of an electrically conductive member having an isotropic gauge factor. The electrically conductive member is placed in a designated latitude region on a main face of the strain body to annularly extend around a pole and to be divided at a position. The designated latitude region is a latitude region in which the magnitude of the sum of a first strain amount in the longitude line direction of the strain body relative to the pole and a second strain amount in the latitude line direction is not less than a reference value when a force having a component in the perpendicular direction to the main face is applied to the strain body.
US12038333B2
An improved ultrasonic waveguide for an ultrasonic thermometry system is provided. The waveguide includes a series of sensing zones, each of which is tuned to a specific narrow frequency band. The waveguide is acoustically coupled to a transducer, which launches a longitudinal elastic wave of desired waveform and frequency. The wave propagates down the waveguide, and is reflected from the sensing zone that is tuned to that frequency. Each sensing zone is designed to be highly reflective to a narrow frequency band while being transparent to other frequencies.
US12038327B2
A method of making a colorimeter colour standard, including determining print parameters required to achieve a desired colour for the colour standard, printing the desired colour on a colour-receiving face of a first transparent piece using the determined print parameters and permanently affixing the printed first piece to a second transparent piece such that the colour-receiving face of the first transparent piece and a joining face of the second transparent piece are positioned at the interface between the first transparent piece and the second transparent piece.
US12038316B2
A monitoring unit for a fluid storage receptacle includes a sensor to attach to the fluid storage receptacle and detect an amount of empty space between fluid contents of the fluid storage receptacle and the sensor, and a transmitter to receive and transmit data from the sensor. The monitoring unit also includes a proximity sensor to detect a presence of a beacon within a proximity range of the proximity sensor, a controller to selectively open a fluid control valve of the waste oil receptacle, or both the proximity sensor and the controller.
US12038315B2
Systems, methods, and computer program products for monitoring a level of product in a reservoir of a chemical dispensing system. A lid configured to engage an opening of a container includes a level sensor having a transceiver that transmits an output signal and receives a portion of the output signal reflected back to the transceiver. The level sensor determines an amount of the product in the container by comparing a characteristic of the reflected signal, such as time the reflected signal was received, to the characteristic of the output signal, such as the time the output signal was transmitted. The level sensor may also determine the size of the container based on the reflected signal, and take this size into account when determining the amount of product in the container. The level sensor transmits product level data to a mobile device in response to receiving an interrogation signal therefrom.
US12038312B2
The present invention provides methods for determining a parameter associated with a flow of a fluid located within a fluid conduit, based on measuring the difference between electrical signals of at least two second sensing elements contacting different positions on am exterior of the fluid conduit. The sensing elements comprise an assembly of nanoparticles being in electric contact with conductive electrodes; wherein the electrical signals of the sensing elements are responsive to at least one of pressure and temperature. Further provided is a clamping device configured to reduce a cross-sectional diameter of a portion of the fluid conduit, in order to determine said parameter.
US12038303B1
A vision-and-laser-fused 2.5D map building method includes: calculating inter-image frame transformation according to an RGB-D image sequence to establish a visual front-end odometer; taking a visual front-end initial estimation as an initial value of scanning matching, and performing laser front-end coarse-grained and fine-grained searches; performing loop closure detection, and performing back-end global optimization on a 2.5D map according to a detected closed loop; and performing incremental update on visual feature dimensions of the 2.5D map, and performing occupation probability update on grid dimensions. The 2.5D map is built using a method of fusing a laser grid and visual features, and compared with a pure laser map and a pure visual map, richness of dimensions is improved, and completeness of information expression is improved; the 2.5D map building method is not influenced by single sensor failure, and can still stably work in a scenario of sensor degradation.
US12038298B2
Concepts for generating navigation instructions for a driver of a vehicle are presented. One example, includes obtaining a current location of the vehicle, a route for the vehicle from the current location to a target destination, and a captured image of the surrounding environment of the vehicle, the image having a field of view comprising at least part of a field of view of the driver. An object is identified in the captured image. Navigation instructions for the driver are generated based on the current location of the vehicle, the route for the vehicle and the object identified in the captured image.
US12038295B2
A method for providing a navigational instruction for a route from a current location of a mobile unit to a target position is disclosed. Location environmental data are detected in a first detection region by means of the mobile unit. Reference environmental data are detected in a second detection region. Based on the location environmental data and the reference environmental data, at least one common environmental feature is determined, wherein the common environmental feature is arranged both in the first detection region and in the second detection region. A relative arrangement of the mobile unit relative to the target position is determined and the navigational instruction is generated and output based on the relative arrangement. A system for providing a navigational instruction for a route from a current location of a mobile unit to a target position comprises a mobile detection unit, a reference detection unit, and a processing unit.
US12038291B2
Described techniques receive location data with associated timestamps from one or more location sensors spatially associated with the vehicle. Each pair of consecutive location data defines a segment of the vehicle's trajectory. The system aggregates potential stay periods of consecutive segments into an aggregated stay interval as long as a predefined segment clustering rule is fulfilled by the consecutive segments. A potential stay of the vehicle with a potential stay period for a respective segment is detected if the time interval associated with the respective segment is longer than an expected driving time needed for driving a distance associated with the respective segment at a predefined expected speed. The potential stay period is computed for the respective segment as the difference between the associated time interval and the expected driving time. The system detects a stay of the vehicle if the aggregated stay interval reaches a predefined minimum stay period.
US12038273B2
A wheel holder (1) for clamping attachment to a wheel (9), in particular to a wheel (9) of a motor vehicle, and for attaching a target (5) for vehicle wheel alignment measurement, comprises a base body (10) having a central portion and at least two, in particular three, arms (22, 23, 24) extending radially outwards from the central portion of the base body (10). Each of the arms (22, 23, 24) has a movable element (32a, 33a, 34a) which is movable relative to the base body (10) in the radial direction in order to vary the length of the arm (22, 23, 24) in the radial direction; a pressure element (52, 53, 54), in particular a compression spring, which is arranged and adapted to push the movable element (32a, 33a, 34a) outward in radial direction; and a traction element (62, 63, 63) mechanically coupled to the moveble element (32a, 33a, 34a) and arranged and adapted to pull the movable element (32a, 33a, 34a) inward in radial direction. The wheel holder (1) further comprises a coupling element (60) that mechanically couples the traction elements (62, 63, 63) of the at least two arms (22, 23, 24) to each other.
US12038269B2
Discussed are an apparatus for measuring a thickness of a unit cell of a battery, and a method of measuring the thickness of the unit cell of the battery. The apparatus includes a plurality of transfer rollers configured to sequentially transfer unit cells, and disposed to be the plurality of transfer rollers being spaced a predetermined distance from each other; and a thickness sensor disposed at a fixed position to irradiate light to a moving path of the unit cells and calculate a time when receiving taken to receive the light that is reflected light from the unit cells, thereby measuring a thickness of each of the unit cells.
US12038266B2
A Munitions and Ordnance Remediation Blanket (MORB) includes: an impermeable outer layer made of plastic or similar fiber; a Commercial blasting mat layer; a MUNIREM reagent in powder or solution layering acting as an instant explosives neutralization reagent; and a commercial water-soluble seal on the opposing outer layer. Using a Munitions and Ordnance Remediation Blanket (MORB) includes the steps of: locating an underwater UXO; exposing the MORB to the unexploded ordnance fillers using one or more breaching mechanisms; enclosing the breached/decaying/leaching point source emitter with the MORB; anchoring the MORB to the seafloor or a sturdy fixture which allows water to permeate the water soluble cover material to dissolve membrane and create contact between energetics, reagent, and water; leaving the MORB in place for the reaction to proceed to completion; and recovering the metal casing for recycling.
US12038263B2
A device for depositing paste patterns on the surface of the channel of a tube, the device comprising a frame supporting a first mechanical assembly for holding, positioning and moving the tube, and a second mechanical assembly for extruding paste for depositing said paste patterns, the assemblies cooperating with one another.
US12038261B2
Ammunition (100, 100′) for light firearms, the ammunition (100, 100′) defining a longitudinal axis (X) and comprising: —a tubular casing (1, 1′) containing gunpowder (2), provided with a base (3, 3′) which delimits a hole (31, 31′); —a primer cartridge (4) which closes said hole (31, 31′); —at least one bullet (5) at least partially arranged in the casing (1, 1′); —a body (6), or base wad, made of polymeric material, defining a cavity (60′), arranged in the casing (1, 1′); wherein said body (6) comprises: a first part (61) having an outer surface in contact with the inner surface of the casing (1, 1′); and a second part (62), spaced apart from the inner surface of the casing (1, 1′), formed by a side wall (621) which extends from said first part (61), and by an upper wall (622), spaced apart from said first part (61), transverse to said side wall (621); characterized in that said side wall (621) is completely closed and comprises one or more portions (71, 72) adapted to break at the detonation of the primer cartridge (4, 4′) so as to create a passageway (71a, 71b) at each of said one or more portions (71, 72); each portion (71, 72) of said one or more portions (71, 72) having a thickness, orthogonally to the longitudinal axis (X), which is less than the remaining part (7) of said side wall (621).
US12038242B2
Heat exchanger assemblies are provided that can include: a heat exchanger housing; at least one primary conduit operably coupled to the heat exchanger housing and configured to convey a primary heat exchange fluid; at least one secondary conduit operably coupled to the heat exchanger housing and configured to convey a secondary heat exchange fluid; at least one thermal interface between the primary and secondary fluids; and at least one sensor operably engaged with the thermal interface. Heat exchanger assemblies including molten salt, liquid metal, or water/steam as part of the heat exchange fluids of the heat exchanger assembly are provided. The heat exchanger assemblies can include: at least one thermal interface between primary and secondary heat exchange fluids of the heat exchanger assembly; and a sensor operably engaged with the at least one interface.
US12038236B2
A fractal heat exchanger comprises: a heat exchanger core comprising a plurality of channels in a close-packed configuration, the plurality of channels comprising a plurality of first channels and a plurality of second channels; a first fractal channel for conveying a first fluid to the plurality of first channels of the heat exchanger core; and a second fractal channel for conveying the first fluid from the plurality of first channels of the heat exchanger core; wherein the first fractal channel and the second fractal channel each comprise at least one divergence point along its length where a parent channel splits into a plurality of sub-channels which diverge away from each other.
US12038230B2
A chiller can be configured as a chiller for a gasification system or other type of system or plant. In some embodiments, the chiller can be configured to utilize a single heat source, such as low grade waste heat in the form of hot water, and/or low pressure steam to drive one or more absorption-based chillers to cool inlet air to one or more adsorbers of a pre-purification unit (PPU). In the event of the detection of an undesired impurity spike (e.g. carbon dioxide spike, etc.) an additional amount of heat source can be withdrawn from the gasification system to increase the level of cooling the absorption chiller can provide to improve the removal of impurities. An automated control loop can be utilized in some embodiments. The control loop can be configured to check for an impurity concentration and adjust operations accordingly.
US12038215B2
Disclosed is a low-temperature refrigeration device comprising a working circuit that forms a loop and contains a working fluid the working circuit forming a cycle which includes, connected in series: a compression mechanism, a cooling mechanism, an expansion mechanism and a heating mechanism, the device further comprising a refrigeration heat exchanger for extracting heat from at least one member by exchanging heat with the working fluid flowing in the working circuit, the compression mechanism comprising two separate compressors, the mechanism for cooling the working fluid comprising two cooling heat exchangers which are arranged respectively at the outlet of the two compressors and ensure heat exchange between the working fluid and a cooling fluid, each cooling heat exchanger comprising a cooling fluid inlet and a cooling fluid outlet, characterized in that the cooling fluid outlet of one of the two cooling heat exchangers is connected to the cooling fluid inlet of the other cooling heat exchanger.
US12038213B2
A refrigeration cycle apparatus includes: a refrigerant circuit in which a compressor, a heat-source-side heat exchanger, a first expansion device, a second expansion device, and a load-side heat exchanger are sequentially connected by refrigerant pipes and in which refrigerant is circulated; a controller that controls the refrigerant circuit; a bypass pipe extending from a liquid pipe between the first expansion device and the second expansion device toward a suction side of the compressor; a third expansion device provided at the bypass pipe to decompress the refrigerant that flows through the bypass pipe; and a refrigerant cooler provided at the bypass pipe and downstream of the third expansion device to cause heat exchange to be performed between the refrigerant decompressed by the third expansion device and heat generated from the controller.
US12038208B2
A Peltier module or device with at least one Peltier element with a first surface and an oppositely located second surface, wherein on the first surface a first heat transfer element of an air duct is disposed, wherein the air duct, for the conduction of air along the first heat transfer element, comprises an input opening, in which a ventilator is disposed, and an output opening and wherein on the second surface a second heat transfer element of a cooling body is disposed, wherein the ventilator is developed and disposed such that an air flow generated by the ventilator forms with the first surface an angle (α) between 10° and 80°, as well as a laboratory chamber, a refrigerator chamber, a cold chamber, a climate chamber or an environmental simulation chamber with at least one such Peltier module.
US12038207B2
The refrigeration cycle device includes a compressor, an outside heat exchanger, a cooling pressure reducing unit, an evaporator, a branch portion, a cool down pressure reducing unit, a temperature adjusting unit, a merging portion, a bypass passage, and a first on-off valve. The temperature adjusting unit includes a temperature adjusting heat exchange unit and adjusts a temperature of a temperature adjustment target object. During a cooling and cool down mode, the outside heat exchanger functions as a radiator, and the evaporator and the temperature adjusting heat exchange unit function as heat absorbers. During a target object warm up mode, the refrigerant discharged from the compressor is guided to the temperature adjusting heat exchange unit via the bypass passage, and the heat of the discharged refrigerant is used as a heat source for heating the temperature adjustment target object.
US12038205B2
A combined water heater and thermostatic control device that combines the functionality of a water heater, thermostat and shut off valve, and may be installed in various aircraft lavatory applications to facilitate installation, consolidate functions, and reduce the probability of leaks. The combined device may include a water tank assembly, a torque motor valve and servo valve assembly, and a shut-off valve assembly. The combined device may also include a temperature control unit that senses water temperature in a water tank assembly and may activate a water heater.
US12038203B2
A train station has at least one transportation route for traffic of vehicles, wherein the at least one transportation route is provided with a vehicle tunnel. At least one public waiting area is arranged adjacent to the at least one transportation route. An enclosure is provided in which the at least one public waiting area is arranged, wherein the enclosure has at least one side wall. At least one ambient air purification arrangement for purifying ambient air is provided that has one or more filter units for separating solid, liquid or gaseous ambient air pollutants from the ambient air. The one or more filter units are arranged at and/or in the at least one side wall of the enclosure.
US12038201B2
The present invention relates to a steam generator comprising: a steam housing which forms the exterior and has a space in which water is stored; a steam heater disposed inside the steam housing and generating heat by means of an applied power; a water pipe disposed on one side of the peripheral surface of the steam housing and having a communication hole through which water is introduced from the outside into the steam housing or water inside the steam housing is discharged to the outside; an air inlet part disposed on the upper surface of the steam housing and having an air inlet through which air is introduced into the steam housing; a steam outlet part disposed on the upper surface of the steam housing apart from the air inlet part by a predetermined distance and having a steam outlet through which steam generated inside the steam housing and the air introduced through the air inlet part are discharged to the outside.
US12038193B2
The present disclosure relates generally to systems, methods and tools for coordinating the activities of a contractor and a user during a setup process of a building control system. In some instances, a contractor may install a building device and then partially configure the building device. The contractor may then leave a message at the building device for a customer. The message may including an instruction on how the customer can take action to further configure the building device. In some cases, the message may include an electronic message displayed on a display of the building device. In some cases, the message may be on a cling that is releasably secured to a face of the building device and/or may be on a hang tag that is releasably secured to the building device.
US12038188B2
A multifunction adaptive whole house fan system can include a whole house fan to pull large volume of air through a building structure. The whole house fan can pull air from a motorized window or damper into the building structure and expel air through an attic. The system can monitor the environment to operate the whole house fan when desired conditions are present in coordination with other systems of the building structure to reduce overall energy consumption.
US12038186B2
An air-conditioning system includes: a plurality of indoor units including respective wireless communication units each of which emits radio waves; and a mobile terminal unit configured to wirelessly communicate with each of the wireless communication units. The mobile terminal unit detects the radio waves emitted by the wireless communication units, and makes a notification indicating a presence of one or ones of the indoor units that are determined operable based on radio wave intensities of the detected radio waves.
US12038182B2
A home appliance includes a housing including an inlet, a first outlet formed in the housing to discharge air introduced through the inlet, a second outlet disposed adjacent to the first outlet, a fan assembly including a first fan configured to discharge air toward the first outlet, and a second fan configured to discharge air toward the second outlet, and a stator provided to guide air, which is discharged from the first fan, to the first outlet.
US12038177B1
An assembly is provided for a turbine engine. This assembly includes a fuel injector assembly, and the fuel injector assembly includes a fuel passage, an air passage and a steam passage. The fuel injector assembly is configured to direct fuel out of the fuel passage along an axis into a volume as a fuel flow. The fuel injector assembly is configured to direct air out of the air passage along the axis into the volume as an air flow, where the air flow circumscribes the fuel flow. The fuel injector assembly is configured to direct steam out of the steam passage along the axis into the volume as a steam flow, where the steam flow circumscribes the fuel flow and provides a radial buffer between the fuel flow and the air flow.
US12038174B2
A candle blowing apparatus may have a main housing, a mouthpiece, at least one filter cartridge, and an ornamental endpiece. The main housing may have a first end and a second end. The mouthpiece may be removably attached to the first end of the main housing. The at least one filter cartridge may include at least one filter. The filter cartridge may be removably disposed within the main housing between the first end and the second end. The filter cartridge may be in fluid communication with the mouthpiece. The ornamental endpiece may be removably attached to the second end of the main housing and be in fluid communication with the filter cartridge. The ornamental endpiece together with the mouthpiece and the filter cartridge may define an air flow path for hygienic delivery of an extinguishing gust of air to a candle.
US12038173B2
A coal-fired power generation system may include a boiler outputting flue gas, a coal pulverizer associated with the boiler, and a heat exchanger. The heat exchanger may be configured to exchange heat from the flue gas to a primary air path and a secondary air path. The primary air path is coupled to the coal pulverizer, and the secondary air path is coupled to the boiler. The coal-fired power generation system may include a controllable air recirculation path coupled from an output of the primary air path to an input of the secondary air path.
US12038167B2
A lamp structure of an umbrella contains a body, an illumination device, and a control pusher. The body includes a shaft, a notch, a runner slidably, and multiple stretchers. The illumination device includes at least one lighting element, a circuit board, and a battery. The circuit board has a control switch, when the runner is moved upward to push the illumination device, the umbrella is opened. The control pusher is connected to the runner and includes a controlling element. The control pusher is slid vertically with respect to the shaft and is switched in three-section positions, such that the control pusher is slid to a first position, a second position, and a third position relative to the shaft to drive the control switch to be conducted or not so that the circuit board controls the at least one lighting element to power on or off.
US12038165B2
A leakproof structure of the lamp holder, combined with an installation hole, which can ensure that the coolant in the accommodation space does not leak out; moreover, the lower part of the halogen bulb is covered by the waterproof plug in a tight state, so as to achieve a complete leakproof structure. Therefore, according to the temperature of the coolant, the automatic control system calculate the optimal flow rate of the coolant in a proportional mode that the higher the temperature, the faster the flow rate, so as to achieve the most effective mode of heat dissipation, then perform contact heat dissipation to the halogen bulb to solve the problem of the non-contact heat dissipation of halogen bulb of the prior art that cannot achieve the predetermined heat dissipation effect and resulting in the easy damage of halogen bulb; and further improves the product reliability and the service life.
US12038160B2
The present invention relates to an ambiance lighting system that uses more than one translucent panel. The translucent panels are aligned, absent occlusions along the surface, and interconnected or inserted into a luminary wrap. A light control panel comprises one or more light-emitting diodes (LED), a power source, and selectively a GPS, audio-video interface, and a communication interface. The light control panel is orientated to illuminate and project light through the translucent panel creating an ambiance lighting effect. A box spinner, box panels, post adapter, colored lens, accessory sleeves, ornamental accessories, and/or a retractable tether can be used with the ambiance lighting system. The GPS, audio-video interface, and communication interface can be used in geofencing and digital media streaming applications.
US12038153B1
The present utility model discloses a safety focusing ignition flashlight device, including a cylinder, a housing, and several replaceable-members. The housing sleeves an end of the cylinder, and which extends and retracts axially along the cylinder; a first lens is arranged at a light-outlet of the cylinder, and the light-outlet is spliced with any replaceable-member to form a flashlight device; one replaceable-member includes a first end ring, and the ring and the housing hold the first lens; and another replaceable-member includes a second end ring and a second lens fixed on the second end ring wall, the ring and the housing hold the first lens, light emitted from the light outlet gathers to form an ignition point after passing through the first and second lens by adjusting an extension or retraction distance. By changing the replaceable-members, the flashlight device can provide a normal lighting function and satisfy an ignition requirement.
US12038147B2
A lighting system includes a projection surface and a lighting device that projects a projection pattern on the projection surface and includes a light source emitting coherent light and a diffractive optical element diffracting the coherent light to form the projection pattern and including fundamental pieces of diffractive optical element two-dimensionally arranged in a direction parallel to the projection surface. A fundamental period of spatial resolution r (on the projection surface and determined from a specified spatial resolution of the projection pattern at an intersection position of a perpendicular line drawn from a center of certain one of the fundamental pieces of diffractive optical element with respect to the projection surface), an angle θ (a half of an angle projecting the fundamental piece of diffractive optical element at the position), and a wavelength λ of light in the projection pattern projected at the position) satisfy sin θ>λ/(6r).
US12038142B2
A light source includes a plurality of light emitting elements, a light blocking member, and a plurality of light-transmissive members. The light emitting elements are arranged in a matrix to form a rectangular shape as a whole in a plan view. The light blocking member covers lateral surfaces of the light emitting elements with an upper surface of each of the light emitting elements being exposed from the light blocking member. The light-transmissive members arranged in a matrix to form a rectangular shape as a whole in the plan view. The light-transmissive members include a plurality of first light-transmissive members respectively disposed on the light emitting elements, and a plurality of second light-transmissive members disposed on the light blocking member in an outer periphery region located outwardly of the light emitting elements in the plan view.
US12038126B2
To create a stable and safe frame, more particularly in the form of a tripod, having a plurality of rod-like legs (2), which are fastened centrally to a connection part (3), wherein the frame (1) can be folded up into a space-saving transportation position, in which the legs are oriented substantially in parallel, and the frame can be folded out into a usage position, in which the legs are crossed, the invention proposes that at least one concavely rounded support surface (5) for providing support over an area of the leg surface is arranged between the legs (2), more particularly that two support surfaces (5, 5′) of this type are provided, which in the usage position are in contact with an area of the respective leg surface opposite one another.
US12038121B2
The present invention relates to a heat conservation-insulating material which is coated with a UV film and has maximized heat efficiency, wherein: the material uses a thermosetting water-soluble acrylic adhesive to ensure the minimum uniform coating film thickness required for corrosion prevention of a pipe and strength reinforcement during curing and allow easy installation with flexibility and sufficient working time before the installation; and a surface of the insulating material is UV-coated and thermosetting-coated by dual-cure curing method so that even a part where light or ultraviolet rays cannot penetrate can be cured, a heat conservation-insulating material having vivid colors can be obtained even when dye and pigment are added to realize various colors, and the cutting processability is excellent to enable a uniform coating on various surfaces, such as metal, plastic, glass, ceramics, stone, wood, and various building materials, or even on sharply bent shapes.
US12038117B2
An improved closure assembly for a pressure vessel or pipeline is described, where the closure assembly includes a davit assembly pivotally connecting a closure door to a closure hub where the closure door threadably attaches to the closure hub. The closure door is also threadably attached to the davit assembly where the threaded attachment between with the davit assembly is synchronized or timed with the threaded attachment between the closure door and the closure hub.
US12038116B2
A heated subsea pipeline includes a direct electrical heating (DEH) system that heats a central major portion of the pipeline. Supplementary heating systems extend along respective end portions of the pipeline, longitudinally outboard of the central portion heated by the DEH system. A flow of heating fluid is circulated along the end portions and may be circulated through an underwater vehicle that pumps and heats the flow.
US12038114B2
A fluid connection assembly, including a connector body, including a first end, a second end, a first through-bore, a canted coil arranged in the first through-bore, and a first radially outward facing surface including a first groove, and a spacer operatively arranged to be removably connected to the connector body, the spacer including a first section, including a third end engaged with the first groove, a fourth end, a first axial surface arranged between the third end and the fourth end, a first male connector, and a first female connector, and a second section, including a fifth end engaged with the first groove, a sixth end, a second axial surface arranged between the fifth end and the sixth end, a second male connector arranged to engage with the first female connector, and a second female connector arranged to engage with the first male connector.
US12038110B2
An apparatus for facilitating delivery of conditioned air across a barrier in a cage for holding an animal patient to a blanket arrangement providing the conditioned air to the patient. The apparatus comprising a first duct part, a second duct part and a mounting mechanism arranged to mount the first duct part on one side of the barrier and the second duct part on the other side of the barrier opposite thereto, to provide a duct for ducting conditioned air across the barrier. The barrier comprising bars or mesh, and the apparatus further comprising a seal arrangement to provide at least a partial seal across the bars or mesh. The mounting mechanism comprises a fastening mechanism for fastening the first and second duct parts to each other across the barrier, wherein the fastening mechanism is a keyhole-style fastening arrangement utilising a plurality of headed projections on a flange of the first duct part engagable with respective keyhole-style apertures on a flange of the second duct part.
US12038106B2
A connection socket for a tubular connection includes a socket cup having a metal alloy composition and a sealing portion. A primary seal is positioned within the sealing portion. The primary seal includes an elastomeric material having a service temperature. One or more spacer rings are positioned within the sealing portion. A secondary seal is positioned within the sealing portion. The secondary seal includes a metal composition, wherein the secondary seal has a melting temperature at or above the service temperature of the primary seal. One or more locking rings are positioned within the sealing portion, wherein each of the one or more locking rings comprises a biting feature defined along an internal circumference of the locking ring.
US12038102B2
A fluid-dynamic device with integrated sensor element includes a first chamber suitable for the containment and/or the passage of a fluid, provided with an inlet opening operatively connectable to a fluid-dynamic circuit and configured to allow a fluid to enter the first chamber, and with a separate outlet opening, operatively connectable to a fluid-dynamic circuit and configured to expel said fluid from the first chamber. The first chamber includes at least one portion elastically deformable due to the action of the fluid contained therein and/or passing through the first chamber, to which a sensor element is associated which is sensitive to the deformation of the elastically deformable portion of the first chamber.
US12038097B2
A valve comprising a slidable internal shuttle that is shiftable between a valve closed and a valve open configuration is provided. The valve can be configured so that minimal force is required to effect shifting of the shuttle, even though the valve can be of a large diameter. In the valve closed configuration, the shuttle blocks communication between the valve inlet and outlet. Sliding of the shuttle to the valve open configuration permits fluid to flow through the valve. The shuttle can be configured with internal surfaces that provide some or no biasing forces acting upon the shuttle in the valve closed direction.
US12038092B2
A faucet that includes a housing, a first valve, a handle body, a handle, and a second valve. The first valve is disposed at least in part within the housing and controls one of a flow rate and a temperature. The handle body has an elongated base, which extends from the housing along a longitudinal axis and is operatively coupled to the first valve, such that rotation of handle body about the longitudinal axis relative to the housing controls the first valve. The handle extends from the base along a radial axis relative to the longitudinal axis. The second valve is disposed at least in part within the handle and controls the other of the flow rate and the temperature, the second valve operatively couples the handle to the base, such that rotation of the handle about the radial axis relative to the handle body controls the second valve.
US12038090B2
A top-loaded rotary valve with elliptical sealing is provided. The valve includes a valve cartridge with a lower cylinder portion having a first flow opening, an upper cylinder portion having a second flow opening, a rotor, and a gasket positioned between respective ends of the lower cylinder portion and the upper cylinder portion. The rotor includes a stem and a disc configured to rotate within the cartridge. The lower cylinder portion and the upper cylinder portion are mated to the gasket along a plane that defines an ellipse along the respective cylinder ends. The disc has perimeter that is similar to the ellipse, and the rotor rotates between a closed position in which the elliptical perimeter of the disc is coincident with the gasket to prevent flow between the flow openings and an open position that permits flow between the flow openings.
US12038089B2
A piston ring includes a plurality of first ring pieces placed inside the ring groove in a stacking manner such that the first ring pieces adhere to each other in the axis direction. The first ring pieces include respective piston ring gap portions each having end surfaces separated from each other in the circumferential direction of the first ring pieces such that the end surfaces face each other via a ring gap having a predetermined dimension. The respective piston ring gap portions of the first ring pieces are displaced from each other in the circumferential direction. A closing member is provided to close the piston ring gap portions of the first ring pieces in the radial direction of the first ring pieces.
US12038082B1
A control method and apparatus may be applied to an electric drive system. The electric drive system includes an oil pump, a motor, a reducer, and a housing, the motor and the reducer are disposed in the housing, lubricating oil is stored in the housing, and the oil pump is configured to pump the lubricating oil. The method includes: obtaining a first rotational speed of the motor, a second rotational speed of the oil pump, and a temperature of the lubricating oil in the housing; and controlling a rotational speed of the oil pump to be a third rotational speed based on the first rotational speed, the second rotational speed, and the temperature. In this way, the rotational speed of the oil pump can be adjusted to change liquid levels of the lubricating oil in a cavity and oil pump power at different rotational speeds of the oil pump.
US12038080B2
A supporting device includes first and second supporting flanges coupled with first and second transmissions, respectively, and a support via which a supporting force is transmittable from the first supporting flange to the second supporting flange. The support includes a lever element which is coupled in an articulated manner with an attachment element on the first supporting flange and thus articulated with the first supporting flange, and a supporting element which is coupled in an articulated manner with the lever element and connected to the second supporting flange and which includes two spaced-apart supporting parts. The lever element is arranged partly between two spaced-apart attachment parts of the attachment element and partly between the supporting parts of the supporting element and is coupled in an articulated manner with the attachment element via the attachment parts and in an articulated manner with the supporting element via the supporting parts.
US12038078B2
A pulley device for a tensioner roller or winding roller of a transmission element, having a pulley, a bearing, and an annular protective flange. The flange provides a first radial portion of small diameter, the first radial portion bearing against a fixed inner ring of the bearing, a second radial portion of large diameter, and a substantially axial intermediate portion connecting the first and second radial portions. The intermediate portion forms a circumferential trough, the bottom of which is offset radially towards the inside of the pulley device compared with the outer edge of the fixed inner ring.
US12038076B1
A multi-function differential (MFD) assembly includes a differential case, a differential gear assembly disposed in the differential case, a mechanical limited slip differential (mLSD) clutch assembly disposed in the differential case, and an electronic limited slip differential (eLSD) clutch assembly disposed in the differential case. The mLSD clutch assembly is configured to provide the MFD assembly with mLSD functionality, and the eLSD clutch assembly is configured to provide the MFD assembly with eLSD functionality.
US12038073B2
A transmission for a vehicle includes a first input shaft, a second input shaft, an output shaft, a planetary gear set arranged on the output shaft, including a sun gear, planet carrier and ring gear, an output shaft first gearwheel, an output shaft second gearwheel, wherein the first input shaft gearwheel is drivingly connected with the output shaft first gearwheel and the second input shaft gearwheel is drivingly connected with the output shaft second gearwheel, wherein the output shaft second gearwheel is permanently connected to the sun gear and rotatable with respect to the output shaft, the output shaft first gearwheel is rotatable with respect to the output shaft, and the output shaft first gearwheel is further engageable with the output shaft in a first gear mode and engageable with the output shaft second gearwheel in a second gear mode.
US12038069B2
The present invention relates to a linear actuator comprised of a tube and method of deploying 3 spools of strips into a tube by consolidating the strips in an overlapping condition with each other each in a helical form of a constant diameter.
US12038068B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a silent chain drive device that can minimize loss of strength and wear of link plates, as well as prevent the chain from lifting up to achieve better power transmission efficiency. The silent chain drive device includes a silent chain designed for inside flank meshing/inside flank seating, and a sprocket with sprocket teeth. The plurality of link plates in the silent chain, which each have a pair of teeth, are configured to make contact with the sprocket teeth only at the inside flanks of each pair of teeth when the silent chain wraps around the sprocket and meshes with all of the sprocket teeth.
US12038065B2
Systems and a method for resisting a fluctuation in a value of a parameter relating to well equipment using a magnetorheological dampener system are described herein. The method includes continuously determining the value of the parameter relating to the well equipment, determining a fluctuation in the value of the parameter, and comparing the fluctuation in the value of the parameter to a preset limit. The method also includes energizing an electromagnet to increase a viscosity of a magnetorheological fluid (MRF) if the fluctuation exceeds the preset limit.
US12038055B2
A disk brake apparatus may include a caliper body installed on the outer circumference of a disk; a piston member installed in the caliper body, and moved by hydraulic pressure; a brake pad pressed toward the disk by the piston member; and a shim plate installed between the piston member and the brake pad, formed in a plate shape, and abutting on a piston contact part installed on a surface of the piston member, facing the brake pad, the shim plate may include a cover shim brought into contact with the piston contact part; and a pad shim stacked on a surface of the cover shim, facing the brake pad, and including an opening formed through a region which overlaps at least a part of the piston contact part.
US12038049B2
There are disclosed methods for withdrawal of a bearing from a gate mechanism including a mechanism housing, a carrier assembly, and discrete fasteners. The carrier assembly includes a carrier housing and a carrier bearing. The carrier bearing is supported for rotation within the carrier housing. The carrier housing has a carrier support mating with a receiving bore of the mechanism housing. The carrier housing has multiple flange fasteners aligning with housing fasteners and housing surfaces of the mechanism housing when the carrier housing mates with the receiving bore. Multiple discrete fasteners are removed from a first group of the flange fasteners aligned with the housing fasteners. The carrier assembly is displaced from the mechanism housing in response to inserting the plurality of discrete fasteners to a second group of the plurality of flange fasteners aligned with the plurality of housing surfaces.
US12038038B2
The present invention relates to a device to slidingly connect an end of a first element to a side of a second element, the second element side having a channel extending therealong, the device comprising a device body having a fixable end and a slidable end, the fixable end being adapted to be affixed to the end of the first element, and a protrusion extending from the slidable end of the device body, configured to engage with the channel of the second element and slide therealong, wherein the device body is formed in at least a first and second device body portion, the first and second device body portions being separable.
US12038029B2
A set including a first panel with a first main plane, a second panel with a second main plane and a mechanical locking device configured for locking the first panel to the second panel is described. The first main plane is arranged essentially perpendicular to the second main plane in a locked position of the first panel and the second panel. The mechanical locking device includes a first tongue and a groove surface at a first panel surface, and a locking groove and an edge surface at a second edge. The first tongue includes a first locking surface, the locking groove includes a second locking surface, the first locking surface is configured to interact with the second locking surface in the locked position, wherein the first tongue and/or the locking groove is/are flexible for facilitating locking of the first panel to the second panel.
US12038027B2
The invention relates to an actuator device comprising at least one output element, which can be applied with a fluid and can thereby be moved into at least one retaining position. An actuator is provided which can be operated in a pumping operation by controlling the actuator, in which at least one part of the actuator can be alternatingly moved in a first direction and in a second direction opposite the first direction via the controlling of the actuator, whereby the fluid can be conveyed to the output element in order to apply the output element with the fluid. A discharge channel is also provided, via which the fluid can be discharged from the output element.
US12038025B2
An integral flapper and nozzle structure for a servo valve assembly whereby the flapper, orifices and nozzles are formed by sheets of metal formed into a single component.
US12038018B2
To provide a simple blower which can suppress the infiltration of a target gas into a shaft hole and having a small size and cost reduction, a blower comprising a first casing (11) formed with a gas passage (11c) for introducing a high temperature gas and a shaft hole (11e) for communicating therewith, a rotating shaft (14) inserted to be freely rotatable within the shaft hole (11e), an impeller (13) housed within the first casing (11) which integrally rotates with the rotating shaft (14), a motor (15) for driving the rotating shaft (14) from the rear end side, a second casing (12) having an interior space (21) which communicates with the shaft hole (11e) and supporting the rotating shaft (14) via bearing (22A, 22B), and a purge gas introduction means (16) which introduces to the interior space (21), a purge gas having a higher pressure than a pressure of the shaft hole (11e), wherein the inflow of an exhaust gas into the shaft hole (11e) from the gas passage (11c) side of the first casing (11) is suppressed by introducing the purge gas into the interior space (21).
US12038011B2
An aero damping measurement system is provided. The system includes a shroud defining a tunnel, a hub disposed within the tunnel, and a plurality of blades coupled to the hub. The blades may rotate about the hub. A gas pressure probe may have a tip extending to the tunnel to deliver a pressurized burst into the tunnel. An aeromechanical identification system may include a pressurized gas source, a valve in fluid communication with the pressurized gas source, and the gas pressure probe may be in fluid communication with the valve. The valve may control a flow of a pressurized gas from the pressurized gas source into the gas pressure probe. A pressure sensor may be coupled to the gas pressure probe and configured to measure a pressure within the gas pressure probe.
US12038002B2
A rotary compressor is provided that may include a casing, a cylinder having an inner circumferential surface in an annular shape, a roller rotatably disposed in a compression space of the cylinder, a rotational shaft coupled to an inner circumference of the roller, main and sub bearings defining surfaces of the compression space, and a sub bearing cover coupled to the sub bearing to cover one end of the sub bearing and defining a discharge chamber with the sub bearing to communicate with the compression space so as to accommodate compressed refrigerant to be discharged. The sub bearing or the sub bearing cover may include a first barrier rib that protrudes from a surface thereof located inside of the discharge chamber. The first barrier rib may be spaced apart from a surface opposite to the surface within the discharge chamber by a predetermined distance.
US12037998B2
A pump system (120) has a central pump unit (110), with which at least one hook-up unit (130). The at least one hook-up unit (130) is from a group of a plurality of hook-up units (130) that can be combined in modular form for setting an operating point of a pump (10) that forms the pump unit (110). A method uses such a hook-up unit (130) in a pump system (120) for setting an operating point of the pump unit (110) thereof. A medical device is provided with such a pump unit (110) or with such a pump unit (110) and at least one hook-up unit (130) combined with the pump unit (110).
US12037997B2
An oil well pumping unit. The pumping unit has a vertical support column residing adjacent a horizontal support base at a generally transverse orientation. The pumping unit has a standing sheave fixed proximate an upper end of the vertical support column, a carrier bar configured to be attached to a polished rod along the front face of the vertical support column, and a traveling sheave configured to move up and down along the vertical support column. A near-vertical actuator resides along the horizontal support base, and is connected to the traveling sheave. Cyclical movement of the linear actuator causes the traveling sheave to reciprocate up and down along the vertical support column such that upward movement of the traveling sheave produces a downstroke of the polished rod, while downward movement of the traveling sheave produces an upstroke of the polished rod. The linear actuator remains in tension at all times during movement of the polished rod.
US12037993B2
The present invention discloses a two-dimensional engine, including a driving device, a two-dimensional gas compressor, a gas outlet pipe, a refueling device, a safety device, an electric ignition device, an axial-flow gas compressor, and a crank connecting rod mechanism, wherein the electric ignition device is arranged on a left side of the gas outlet pipe; the crank connecting rod mechanism is arranged below the gas outlet pipe; the driving device includes a first motor, a first gear, a first dowel bar and a first rack that is arranged on the first dowel bar; the first rack is meshed with the first gear; and the two-dimensional gas compressor includes an upper pressure plate, a first cylindrical plate, a second cylindrical plate, a fixing rod, a first pressure-bearing plate, a second pressure-bearing plate and a shell. The present invention has the beneficial effects of simple structure and relatively high energy utilization rate.
US12037986B2
A seal arrangement is disclosed for sealing an interior space between a bearing housing and a rotatable shaft with respect to a surrounding area. The seal arrangement includes a seal body which can be fastened to the bearing housing with a first end and a second end. The seal body is extended in an elongate manner along a main extent direction and is configured to be arranged in an annular manner around the rotatable shaft in a mounted state. The first end and the second end have a common butt joint. A projecting region is arranged at the first end of the seal body and projects tangentially with respect to the rotatable shaft in the direction of a predefined main rotational direction of the rotatable shaft. The projecting region projects beyond the seal body and overlaps the butt joint.
US12037983B2
A locking system for a rotatable mounted unit of a wind turbine is provided, including at least one lock adapted to lock and unlock the rotatable mounted unit, wherein the locking system includes first and second devices to prevent rotation, wherein the lock is prevented from changing from the locked state if at least one of the devices to prevent rotation is in a secure state, wherein a control unit is adapted to generate a control command changing the first device to prevent rotation into the secure state if the lock currently locks the rotatable mounted unit, wherein the locking system automatically changes the second device to prevent rotation into the secure state if an access condition is fulfilled, wherein the access condition is fulfilled if a recorded access information indicates that a room with the rotatable mounted unit is currently accessed or going to be accessed.
US12037976B2
A wind farm/park having a plurality of spatially distributed wind turbines, including at least one upstream wind turbine and at least one downstream wind turbine. Each wind turbine includes a rotor with at least two blades. At least one downstream wind turbine is affected under certain wind conditions by a wake region generated by the upstream wind turbine and containing helical vortex structures formed at the tip of the blades of the upstream wind turbine. A geometry or configuration of one or more of the rotor blades of the upstream wind turbine is different from a geometry or configuration of the other blade(s) of the upstream wind turbine thereby creating a fixed asymmetry in the blade configuration so as to accelerate destruction of vortices in the wake of the rotor of the upstream wind turbine by exciting a natural instability of the blade tip vortices.
US12037971B1
A wave powered hydraulic piston generator assembly for powering a generator by a hydraulic turbine and piston assembly includes a container being positioned adjacent to the shoreline of a body of water. The container has an opening having an interior surface where a piston is positioned against. A rod protrudes out from a back surface of the piston wherein an end of the rod has a first seal being moving within a cylinder. The cylinder has an inlet positioned proximate to the first end of the cylinder, whereas an outlet is positioned on a second end of the cylinder. A first conduit of a tank is connected with the outlet of the cylinder. A turbine is connected with a second conduit of the tank. The turbine has a drive shaft in mechanical communication with a generator. Furthermore, the turbine is in fluid communication with the inlet of the cylinder.
US12037970B2
A water powered electricity generating assembly for continuous generation of electricity includes an endless track, which is rotationally engaged to a stand. The trays hingedly engaged to the endless track are uprightly and invertedly positioned on a first side and second sides of the endless track, respectively. A generator is operationally engaged to the endless track. A supply pipe is engaged to and extends from the stand so that a first end of the supply pipe opens above the first side of the endless track. The supply pipe extends to a water source at an elevation higher than the upper end of the stand and diverts water from the water source to the stand. The water fills the trays on the first side of the endless track, causing the endless track and the generator to rotate, thereby generating an electrical current.
US12037967B2
An injector includes a nozzle body extending along a longitudinal axis and at least one spray hole extending through a portion of the nozzle body to output a fluid from the injector. The spray hole includes at least one groove. The groove is configured to facilitate efficient mixing of the fluid with air or other surrounding materials for enhanced performance of the injector and/or other components associated with the injector.
US12037965B2
A fuel supply device includes a fuel injection valve, a delivery pipe, a relief passage, a first valve, and a second valve. The fuel injection valve injects gas fuel. The delivery pipe supplies the gas fuel to the fuel injection valve. The relief passage connects an intake passage of an internal combustion engine and the delivery pipe. The first valve is configured to supply the gas fuel in the delivery pipe to the relief passage. The second valve is arranged in the relief passage. The second valve opens when a downstream pressure becomes lower than an upstream pressure by an amount that is greater than or equal to a specified pressure determined in advance.
US12037964B2
A hydrogen engine in which hydrogen gas is supplied into a combustion chamber as fuel, comprises: an injector for injecting hydrogen gas; a pressure accumulation chamber communicating with an injection hole of the injector; a communication hole communicating with the pressure accumulation chamber and the combustion chamber; and a pressure accumulation chamber defining portion provided between the injector and the combustion chamber and defining the pressure accumulation chamber and the communication hole. The pressure accumulation chamber defining portion is formed separately from the injector and has a thermal conductivity equal to or higher than a thermal conductivity of a combustion chamber wall defining the combustion chamber.
US12037956B1
A method for starting a vehicle's engine includes: causing a crankshaft of the engine to begin to rotate and to rotate through a first plurality of rotations; and causing, for each combustion chamber of at least one combustion chamber of the engine, an exhaust valve of the combustion chamber to remain in an opened position while the crankshaft rotates through the first plurality of rotations and prior to fuel being injected into the combustion chamber.
US12037954B2
To accurately estimate a combustion state even in a case where the combustion state in a combustion chamber greatly changes. According to an aspect of the present invention, an internal combustion engine control device 12 includes a rotational speed calculation unit 122a that calculates a crank rotational speed of an internal combustion engine, an extreme value timing calculation unit 122b that calculates an extreme value timing at which the crank rotational speed calculated by the rotational speed calculation unit 122a becomes an extreme value, a combustion-state-calculation-means selection unit 122c that selects combustion state calculation means for calculating a combustion state in a combustion chamber based on an operation state of the internal combustion engine, and a combustion state estimation unit 122d that estimates the combustion state in the combustion chamber from the extreme value timing of the crank rotational speed by using the combustion state calculation means selected by the combustion-state-calculation-means selection unit 122c.
US12037951B1
A method includes routing a combustion gas through a turbine stage along a combustion gas path disposed between a turbine shaft and a turbine casing of a gas turbine, wherein the turbine shaft is disposed along a rotational axis, the turbine casing is disposed circumferentially about the turbine shaft, and the turbine stage includes a plurality of turbine vanes disposed upstream from a plurality of turbine blades. The method includes controlling an axial range of different axial positions of combustion within a turbine stage expansion of the turbine stage to reduce temperature variations over the turbine stage expansion via an isothermal expansion system coupled to the turbine stage in response to a change in a load on the gas turbine.
US12037943B2
A gas turbine engine includes a compressor section, a combustion section, a turbine section, and an exhaust section in serial flow order and together defining a core air flowpath. The gas turbine engine also includes a turbine rear frame extending through the core air flowpath at a location downstream of the turbine section and defining a leading edge within the core air flowpath. The gas turbine engine also includes a waste heat recovery system operable to separate, at or upstream of the leading edge of the turbine rear frame, a core airflow exiting the turbine section into a primary exhaust airflow and a waste heat recovery airflow. The waste heat recovery system comprises a heat source exchanger positioned to receive the waste heat recovery airflow.
US12037942B2
A highly efficient gas turbine engine is a system wherein the fan of the gas turbine engine is driven from a turbine via a gearbox, such that the fan has a lower rotational speed than the driving turbine, thereby providing efficiency gains. The efficient fan system is mated to a core that has low cooling flow requirements and/or high temperature capability, and which may have particularly low mass for a given power.
US12037941B2
Disclosed is a supersonic speed attenuator for an air inlet of an aircraft power plant, having a conical external wall with a tapered end upstream and an internal dividing wall that delimits, with the conical external wall, a cavity; the supersonic speed attenuator further having a de-icing device having: an internal wall mounted in the cavity opposite the conical external wall so that, together, the two walls delimit a calibrated de-icing volume; at least one member for supplying a de-icing air flow, opening into the de-icing volume; and at least one member for discharging the de-icing air flow from the de-icing space.
US12037939B2
A system and method for dynamic optimization of system efficiency for an integrated hydrogen-electric engine is disclosed. The system includes an elongated shaft of an integrated hydrogen-electric engine and a plurality of motors to drive the elongated shaft of the integrated hydrogen-electric engine. The system also includes at least one sensor to monitor a first torque of each motor of the plurality of motors and a computer with a memory and one or more processors. The one or more processors receive from the sensor, a first set of torque data for the first torque of each motor of the plurality of motors, utilize the first set of torque data to determine an overall efficiency of the plurality of motors, and selectively idle at least one motor of the plurality of motors based on a result of the determination.
US12037932B2
An exhaust gas aftertreatment system includes a first decomposition chamber, a first dosing module, a first conversion catalyst member, a second decomposition chamber, a second dosing module, a second conversion catalyst member, and a third conversion catalyst member. The first decomposition chamber is configured to receive an exhaust gas. The first dosing module is coupled to the first decomposition chamber and configured to provide a first treatment fluid into the first decomposition chamber. The first conversion catalyst member is configured to receive a mixture of the first treatment fluid and the exhaust gas, from the first decomposition chamber. The second decomposition chamber is configured to receive the exhaust gas from the first conversion catalyst member. The second dosing module is coupled to the second decomposition chamber and configured to provide a second treatment fluid into the second decomposition chamber.
US12037929B2
A switching roller finger follower (SRFF) for valve actuation includes an outer arm (16), a first inner arm (12), a bearing axle (50) and a latch pin (26). The outer arm (16) is formed of a metal stamping, and is pivotally coupled to a main axle (40). The first inner arm (12) is coupled to the main axle (40) and is pivotably secure to the outer arm. The bearing axle (50) extends through the outer arm and the first inner arm. The bearing axle supports a roller (20) thereon. The latch pin (26) is slidably disposed in the outer arm (16) and is movable between at least a first position where the outer arm (16) and the first inner arm (12) are coupled for concurrent rotation and a second position wherein one of the outer arm and the first inner arm are configured to rotate relative to the other arm.
US12037928B2
In a radial turbine nozzle and its assembling method, a first flange member of a first divided annular portion is inserted into a first outer side groove of a first ring. A second flange member of a second divided annular portion is inserted into a second outer side groove of a second ring. A plurality of segments are connected together in a circumferential direction, by overlapping first divided surfaces of two of the segments that are adjacent in a circumferential direction of a radial turbine, and overlapping second divided surfaces of the two of the segments.
US12037926B2
A rotor of a gas turbine having two adjacent rotor discs, on each of which moving blades are fastened, an annular rotor component being arranged between the rotor discs and having at its opposite ends circumferential annular grooves, in each of which a circumferential fastening projection on the respective rotor disc engages. When the rotor is stationary a first outer flank of the first annular groove rests under pressure against a first outer flank of the first fastening projection and there is play between a first inner flank of the first annular groove and a first inner flank of the first fastening projection.
US12037924B2
A method for manufacturing a blade from composite material having an added metal leading edge for a gas turbine aeroengine includes producing a blade body from composite material including a blade root part, a shank part and an airfoil body part; manufacturing, via additive manufacturing, a leading edge extending in a longitudinal direction between a lower end present at the shank part of the composite material and an upper end present at the tip; bonding the manufactured leading edge onto the foremost edge portion of the airfoil body of the blade body.
US12037914B1
An assembly is provided for a turbine engine. This turbine engine assembly includes a rotating assembly and a sensor. The rotating assembly is configured to rotate about an axis. The rotating assembly includes an engine shaft, a phonic wheel and a lubricant scoop. The phonic wheel is mounted onto the engine shaft. The phonic wheel includes an outer surface and a plurality of apertures arranged circumferentially about the axis. Each of the apertures projects at least partially radially into the phonic wheel from the outer surface. The lubricant scoop is radially outboard of and axially overlaps the outer surface. The sensor is configured to measure fluctuations in a magnetic field induced by the phonic wheel during rotation of the rotating assembly about the axis.
US12037905B2
The present disclosure relates to a technical field of coal mining, particularly to a method of no-pillar mining with gob-entry retaining adapted for fully-mechanized top coal caving in a thick coal seam, which comprises the following steps: reinforcing support on a roof and two sides of a roadway; performing roof slitting blasting to form a pre-splitting slit; erecting a temporary support device and a gangue retaining device in the roadway along the retained entry; performing no caving within a range of a preset distance at an end of the working face near the retained entry side; and removing the temporary support device in the roadway after entry forming stabilizes, and closing the goaf to complete entry retaining. The roof slitting blasting is more beneficial to collapse of strata in the goaf, so that the strata in the slit can better fill stoping space after collapse, and the roof of the retained entry forms a short arm beam structure laterally, which avoids forming a long suspended roof in the goaf, and improves the stress of surrounding rock of gob-side entry retaining; coal caving is not performed in a certain range at the end of the working face of the retained entry side, which further ensures the filling effect of the goaf on the retained entry side, effectively limits the rotary sinking of blocks of the main roof, and greatly reduces effect on the stability of the retained entry.
US12037901B2
Systems and methods for intelligent estimation of productivity index and reservoir pressure values using pressure sensors, a neural network model comprising historical flow rate data of at least a well bore, and a data processor. The pressure sensors generate pressure data associated with a well bore's surface point and a downhole point. The data processor, communicatively coupled to the two pressure sensors and the neural network model, is operable to receive the pressure data from the sensors respectively indicative of pressure at each of the two points, estimate a real-time productivity index value in real-time based on the pressure data from the pressure sensors and the historical flowrate data of the neural network model, and estimate a reservoir pressure value of the well bore at a flowing condition, a reservoir pressure value of the well bore at a shut-in condition, or both, based on the real-time productivity index.
US12037890B2
A method for determining a total vertical depth (TVD) for a well plan involves measuring differences between a projected BHA position at a depth of a survey station and a calculated BHA position based upon a minimum curvature method at the depth of the survey station. The differences are accumulated at each survey station with respect to the BHA position. Real time TVD corrected gamma logs are generated responsive to the accumulated differences of the BHA position.
US12037882B2
An example of an apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a magnetic core to be inserted into a borehole to a formation. The apparatus further includes a first coil wound about the magnetic core. In addition, the apparatus includes a first current supply to generate a first current to run through the first coil. Furthermore, the apparatus includes a first controller to control the first current supply. The first controller is to oscillate the first current to generate a magnetic field in the formation. Heat is to be generated in the formation via induction.
US12037879B2
A technique facilitates production of desired well fluids. A well string may comprise a plurality of well screen joints which are assembled for receipt of a well fluid from a desired well zone along a wellbore. The well screen joints are constructed and assembled in a manner which also creates a flow path to a common inflow area. At this common inflow area, the well fluid may be directed through a port or ports into an interior production passage of the well string for production to a desired collection area. The port or ports at the common inflow area may be selectively closed to block inflow of fluid from the plurality of well screen joints.
US12037873B2
A downhole apparatus comprises a tubular body having first and second ports in a wall thereof and a first valve arrangement associated with the first port. The downhole apparatus includes a second valve arrangement associated with the second port and a sand control element operable to move between a first deactivated state to a second activated state, wherein the sand control element is in fluid communication with the first port of the tubular body.
US12037872B2
A well tool device includes a housing; a through bore provided axially through the well tool device; and a frangible disc supported in the through bore by a first supporting device and a second supporting device. The through bore is defined with a bore wall. The second supporting device is axially displaceable in relation to the first supporting device. The well tool includes a shear element for preventing axial displacement of the second supporting device; a sealing element arranged radially outside of the frangible disc and radially inside of the bore wall when the well tool device is in a first state, in which the sealing element together with the frangible disc is configured to prevent axial fluid flow between a first side of the frangible disc and a second side of the frangible disc; and a disintegration device. The well tool device is configured to be in a second state, in which the shear element has been sheared off and the frangible disc and the second supporting device have been moved axially until the frangible disc has been brought into contact with the disintegration device. The well tool device is configured to be in a third state, in which the frangible disc has been disintegrated by means of the disintegration device. The well tool device includes a flushing channel provided in the bore wall radially outside of the frangible disc when the well tool device is in the second state.
US12037871B2
A method may include obtaining, by a computer processor, a request to initiate a cementing procedure. The method may further include determining, by the computer processor, an automated sequence for the cementing procedure. The method may further include transmitting, by the computer processor and based on the automated sequence, a cementing management command that triggers the cementing procedure for cementing equipment in a cementing system. The method may further include obtaining, by the computer processor, sensor data regarding the cementing equipment. The method may further include determining, by the computer processor and in response to the sensor data, whether to perform a next procedure in the automated sequence.
US12037868B2
An expandable, hardening seal for downhole use in a wellbore includes a heat-hardening material and a heat-stable material. The heat-hardening material has a stiffness that increases after exposure to a downhole temperature and the heat-stable material has a stiffness that does not increase or increases to a lesser degree than that the heat-hardening material at the downhole temperature.
US12037860B2
A construction machine for special civil engineering, includes a leader on which an advancing carriage is guided, which carriage has a holder for a work device, in particular a drilling implement or pile-driving implement, and which carriage is connected with a first drive, by way of which it can be moved along the leader. An additional auxiliary carriage is arranged on the leader, which carriage can be moved along the leader by way of a second drive, wherein at least one actuator and/or at least one sensor is/are arranged on the auxiliary carriage.
US12037859B2
The present disclosure provides a bore selector device (10) comprising a housing (11) defining a bore (20) extending therethrough, the bore having a main longitudinal axis. The bore selector device also comprises at least a first and a second actuator (13) opposite each other. Each of the first and second actuators being moveable between respective retracted and extended positions in a direction perpendicular to the main longitudinal axis. Each actuator is connected to a respective ram (12) such that the rams are each moveable between respective retracted positions and extended positions in a direction perpendicular to the main longitudinal axis. Each actuator and attached ram is moveable in the same linear direction.
US12037852B2
Downhole monitoring systems are described. The systems include a downhole string disposed in a borehole, the string having a downhole tool and the borehole has fluid therein. A sacrificial electrical sensor element is arranged in or on the string. The sacrificial electrical sensor element includes magnetic material at least partially exposed to the fluid and at least one coil arranged in magnetic communication with the magnetic material. A controller is configured to provide an electrical current into the coil, measure an electrical property of the coil that is based on the magnetic material in magnetic communication with the coil, and determine a wear state of the downhole tool based on the measured electrical property.
US12037850B2
A cutting bit includes a bit body and high-pressure body with a high-pressure fluid conduit therethrough. The high-pressure body and bit body are joined together. The high-pressure fluid conduit is configured to convey a fluid at greater than 14.5 ksi, and in some embodiments greater than 40 ksi. The high-pressure fluid conduit may direct the fluid through a nozzle in a fluid jet to weaken material, such as an earth formation. The cutting bit includes at least one roller cone and/or blades with cutting elements thereon to remove the weakened material. A cutting bit includes both high and low-pressure fluid conduits, and high and low-pressure fluid nozzles. The high-pressure nozzles receive fluid flow from a downhole pressure intensifier, and a connection between the bit and the downhole pressure intensifier includes rigid connectors, flexible connectors, or a combination thereof.
US12037847B2
A shade channel system and method provide interchangeability of use with a zippered shade and a regular or blackout shade, together with improved efficiency of installation. A guide channel accepts a shade and is configured with a tensioning mechanism to allow the guide channel to be retained at varying depths within a base channel. The system is suitable for providing polished, uniform looks throughout a room and allowing for use of standard-sized shades by allowing the guide channel to be placed at an adjustable depth within a base channel. Existing channels may be utilized, or new base channels may be coupled to existing mullions.
US12037840B2
A door assembly and a frame member for a door assembly. The door assembly may include at least one door panel and a door frame having a plurality of frame members including a header and a pair of side jambs. The invention may also be considered a frame member including a storage compartment. The frame member may include a core; and a top piece adjoining the core to form a structural member. The core and the top piece may be a composite of cellulosic material and at least one other material. The top piece may be a two-piece top piece and may include hollow cavities. Also disclosed are door jamb frame members and mullion frame members.
US12037839B2
A sliding door assembly includes a door frame with a top trim member, a bottom sill, and side jambs connected between the top trim member and the bottom sill, and a primary sliding panel secured in the door frame. The top trim member includes a track configured to support a weight of the primary sliding panel and prevent the primary sliding panel from coming off the track. Other features include an interlock mechanism to limit relative movement using multiple sliding doors and a brake mechanism to secure the doors in position when the door handle is released. A drop window includes features to accommodate for manufacturing tolerances and box frame assemblies that are out of square.
US12037837B2
The present disclosure relates to a vacuum insulated glass (VIG) unit frame assembly (10), wherein said vacuum insulated glass unit frame assembly (10) comprises: —a vacuum insulated glass unit (1), and—a frame (20) comprising elongated frame profile arrangements (20a-20d) which frames said vacuum insulated glass unit (1) in a frame opening (21). One or more of said frame profile arrangements (20a-20d) comprises a holding part (28), wherein said holding part (28) holds the vacuum insulated glass unit (2) between first and second holding members (22, 23 28a, 28b,) arranged at opposite outwardly facing surfaces (4a, 4b, 15, 35a) of the vacuum insulated glass unit (1), and one or more resilient suspension elements (45a, 45b) is compressed between a first of said holding members (22, 23 28a, 28b) and one of said opposite outwardly facing surfaces (4a, 4b), and wherein one or more resilient suspension elements (45a, 45b) is compressed between a second of said holding members (22, 23 28a, 28b) and the other of said opposite outwardly facing surfaces (4a, 4b). Said compressed, resilient suspension elements (45a, 45b) provides a holding force (F1, F2) towards said opposite outwardly facing surfaces (4a, 4b, 15, 35a) of the vacuum insulated glass unit (1) so as to suspend the vacuum insulated glass unit (1) between said first and second holding members (28a, 28b), and each of said compressed, resilient suspension elements (45a, 45b) are configured to be further compressed or expand in response to a thermal deflection of the edge (8a-8d) of the VIG unit (1) due to a temperature difference (AT=71−72) between the two glass sheets (2a, 2b). The disclosure additionally relates to a vacuum insulated glass unit and a retrofitting frame system.
US12037835B2
A window regulator has a guide rail extending in a drive direction of a window glass, and a slider supporting the window glass and supported on the guide rail so as to slide in the drive direction. In the window regulator, the guide rail has a grease application region extending in the drive direction, and the slider has multiple grease application portions provided along the drive direction to apply grease in a stepwise manner to the grease application region.
US12037834B2
A lock release control device for an opening and closing body configured to control an opening and closing body that opens and closes an opening portion of a vehicle. The opening and closing body comes into contact with a sealing member provided on a vehicle body side of the vehicle in a fully closed state. The vehicle includes a locking device and an opening and closing actuator. The locking device restrains the opening and closing body in a fully closed position. The opening and closing actuator displaces the opening and closing body by rotation of a motor to change the opening and closing body from one of two states including an open state and a closed state to another of the states. The lock release control device is configured to execute an open command acquisition process, a pull-in process, and a lock release process.
US12037831B2
A refrigerator appliance includes a cabinet defining a food storage chamber. A door is positioned on the cabinet and is movable between a closed position and an open position. A door opener includes a casing, a push screw extending through the casing towards the door and a motor in operative communication with the push screw. The motor is configured to move the push screw when the motor is activated. The motor rotates a drive gear when the motor is activated and the push screw reciprocates generally along a linear direction when the motor is activated.
US12037825B2
A furniture fitting for movably supporting a furniture part on a furniture carcass, includes a first component and a second component. The two components are connected to each other via at least one pivot bearing having a bearing axis, and the first component includes a first wall. The at least one pivot bearing includes at least one capillary disc having a second wall, and the second wall is spaced from the first wall of the first component by a, preferably annular, gap having a gap width. The gap width at least partially decreases radially in a direction of the bearing axis, so that a lubricant filled into the gap can be transferred radially in a direction towards the bearing axis and/or along the bearing axis by a capillary force.
US12037816B2
A padlock comprising a lock body, a combination mechanism to control the movement of the cam-spindle vertically, a key mechanism to control the movement of the cam-spindle rotationally, more than one clutch that is mounted in the cam-spindle which controls the vertically movement of the cam-spindle, wherein the cam-spindle is configured to control the locking and unlocking of the combination mechanism, and wherein more than one dial is mounted in the lock body, a locking bolt contacts the shackle, and the shackle has a long leg and a short leg with a bolt-receiving-cutout.
US12037814B2
The present invention relates to an electromechanical lock assembly (1) comprising a lock body (15), a lock core (17), a lock bolt operating member (19), and an electronic access control device. The electromechanical lock assembly further comprises an annular element (27) which is rotatably and axially displaceably mounted on said lock core (17), a coupling device (25) arranged to communicate with said electronic access control device and, upon the insertion of an appropriate key (65) in a key receptacle (37) of the lock core (17), rotationally lock the annular element (27) to the lock core (17), thereby enabling rotation of the lock core (17) in a first direction and thereby enabling unlocking of a lock (3) with said appropriate key (65), and a blocking arrangement (63) arranged to prevent unauthorized unlocking of said lock (3).
US12037813B1
An opening device for a door lock is provided. The opening device includes a driver rigidly connected to an inside handle, an inside shaft designed to rotate an internal latching mechanism of the door lock, the inside shaft having a follower and a through cavity, an outside shaft designed to be rotated by an outside handle including a first part disposed inside the through cavity of the inside shaft, a second part designed to be engaged with the outside handle, and a gear seat located at an end of the first part. The opening device includes a first gear being permanently rotationally engaged with the inside handle and the driver and configured to slide toward the gear seat, a second gear designed to move along the gear seat, and an electric actuator designed, upon being electrically activated, to cause the first gear to move to and engage the second gear.
US12037808B2
A folding canopy with an eave structure includes a plurality of support legs and a canopy top folding assembly. The canopy top folding assembly includes a hingedly connected folding top strut and a hingedly connected folding slant strut. Each of the support legs is disposed with a top seat and a sliding seat disposed one above the other. An eave mechanism is disposed between the folding slant strut and the top seat, and the eave mechanism includes a diagonal strut and an eave strut. One end of the diagonal strut is hingedly connected to the folding slant strut, and the other end of the diagonal strut is hingedly connected the eave strut, and an inner end of the eave strut is hingedly connected to the top seat.
US12037806B2
The present invention provides a three-folding inflatable car roof tent and a storage device thereof. The three-folding inflatable car roof tent includes a tent main body, composite slide rails, a three-folding bed frame and the a storage device; the three-folding bed frame is fixedly installed above a base frame; the tent main body is detachably fixed on the three-folding bed frame; the storage device is of a shell structure that is telescopically adjusted in size; the lower side border of the storage device is in sliding connection with the border of the base frame; and the three-folding bed frame may be stored by the sliding storage device after being folded. The three-folding inflatable car roof tent is relatively light in overall weight, firm in structure and convenient to support and store.
US12037804B2
An in-airport guitar kiosk and related methods for allowing air travelers an opportunity to relax and play guitar before or after flights (to improve the passenger journey) as well as the opportunity to try a novel travel guitar uniquely suited for air travel.
US12037802B2
An erected platform which contains parallel lines of trusses connected end-to-end and method of erecting thereof, as illustrated in FIGS. 20 to 23. Each truss has two sides for chords respectively, with apertures or eyelets at the ends. First and second other trusses for a pair of parallel lines respectively are connected by positioning a first other truss adjacent the decking laid on an existing platform portion. Apertures on first respective sides of the first other truss and one of the existing trusses are connected by a first pin and the first other truss swung into an end-to-end position with the one existing truss and a second pin inserted in apertures on second respective sides of the first other truss and the one existing truss. The first pin is removed and the first other truss swung out of the way so that the second other truss may be attached. The second other truss is positioned adjacent the existing decking and similarly connected end-to-end with the other existing truss. The first other truss is then swung back into position for end-to-end attachment to the one existing truss and the second pin re-inserted.
US12037800B2
A grab plate assembly for retaining an inner cylindrical tube in a fixed telescopic position relative to an outer cylindrical tube in a telescoping post. The assembly comprises a grab plate having a polygonal tube receiving opening therein, a lever arm integral with and angled relative to the grab plate, and an actuating rod. Turning the actuating rod in a first direction lifts the lever arm causing multiple side edges of the tube receiving opening to compressively engage multiple points on the inner cylindrical tube thereby resisting telescopic movement of the inner cylindrical tube relative to the outer cylindrical tube. Turning the actuating rod in a second opposite direction lowers the lever arm causing the side edges of the tube receiving opening to disengage from the inner cylindrical tube and to permit telescopic movement of the inner cylindrical tube relative to the outer cylindrical tube.
US12037795B2
A railing joint is provided. The railing joint is used for connecting a baluster to a rail, and the railing joint is capable of being inserted into an inner cavity of the baluster. The railing joint includes a main body and a washer. The main body includes a groove and a first joint, the first joint is provided with a first reinforcing rib, the first reinforcing rib is capable of abutting against an inner wall of the baluster, and one end of the main body is connected to the rail. The washer is sleeved in the groove and capable of abutting against the inner wall of the baluster in a sealed manner.
US12037794B1
A louvered enclosure system is provided that is capable of selectively fully or partially covering a designated area to block direct sunlight, rain, snow, etc. while allowing a selected amount of airflow to the designated area. The louvered enclosure system includes a pair of longitudinally extending rails having a plurality of movable louver assemblies extending between the rails. The movable louver assemblies are rotatable relative to the rails and longitudinally movable along the rails. A drive assembly rotates and moves the louver assemblies relative to the rails. The drive assembly includes separate rotation and drive mechanisms for selectively rotating the louver assemblies and moving the at least one movable louver assembly along the rails. Insulation may be provided on the louver assemblies to aid in insulating the designated space. The louver assemblies may be maintained rotated to a closed position by magnets securing each louver assembly to adjacent louver assemblies.
US12037791B2
A gutter debris chute assembly includes a chute that has a pair of entries that is each attachable to a respective pair of gutters on a building to receive rain and debris from the gutters. The chute has an exit that is positioned between the entries. The exit is attachable to a downspout on the building to direct the rain and debris into the downspout. The chute curves downwardly between each of the entries and the exit thereby facilitating the chute to increase the velocity of the rain and debris when the rain and debris moves toward the exit. In this way the chute inhibits the debris from clogging in the chute. The chute has a plurality of vanes each is disposed in the chute and each of the vanes is oriented to surround the exit. Each of the vanes is curved thereby urging the rain and debris to flow in a circular direction to inhibit the debris from clogging in the downspout.
US12037784B2
A building connection includes a first building element and a second building element arranged at a distance from each other. The first building element is connected to the second building element by at least one connecting device. The connecting device includes a load transfer element arranged in the first building element, and a support box molded into the second building element. The support box includes an inner bottom wall surface and a support box opening facing the first building element. The connecting device further includes a first sound-absorbing element arranged on the inner bottom wall surface of the support box, and a support plate which is arranged on top of the first sound-absorbing element. The load transfer element protrudes from the first building element and into the support box through the support box opening. A filling area is molded with a filling material. The filling area includes the support box and an area between the first building element and the second building element.
US12037783B2
An adjustable support system has a base bracket member, a clip member, and an outer bracket. The base bracket member has a first end wall that overlays a substrate, a body wall extending outwardly therefrom and a second end wall opposite the first end wall. The clip member has a base bracket member coupling, and a projecting arm. The base bracket member coupling is attached to the first end wall and overlies a portion of the body wall. The projecting arm is spaceable apart from the body wall. The outer bracket has a spanning wall with inner and outer sides. An outer end wall extends from the outer side. The spanning wall is slidably positionable between the body wall of the base bracket member and the at least one clip member, to sandwich the same. Wall assemblies and methods are likewise disclosed.
US12037772B2
Provided is a remote control system for work machine capable of enhancing the stability and efficiently improving the operability. A remote control system for a work machine having a plurality of actuators 31 corrects all command signals for the actuators 31 being operated when a communication delay time occurs during operation with the actuators 31. This limits the operation of the actuators 31 while keeping the ratio of the command signals (operation signals) of the actuators 31.
US12037771B2
A captured image acquisition unit configured to acquire a captured image captured by an imaging device mounted on a work vehicle. A posture image acquisition unit configured to acquire a posture image representing at least one of a roll angle and a pitch angle of the work vehicle. A display image generation unit configured to generate a display image in which the posture image is disposed on the captured image so as to display the posture image at a position facing the operator's seat in a width direction of the display device. A display control unit configured to output a display signal for displaying a display image to the display device.
US12037758B2
A snow thrower includes a first drive shaft enabled to rotate about a first axis; an auger having auger blades mounted to the first drive shaft, a second drive shaft enabled to rotate about a second axis, an impeller having an impeller base mounted to the second drive shaft and impeller blades where the second axis and the first axis are perpendicular to each other, a walking wheel assembly, a first motor configured to drive the walking wheel assembly to rotate, a second motor configured to drive the auger to rotate about the first axis and drive the impeller to rotate about the second axis, a first reduction assembly including first-type gears for realizing power transmission between the second motor and the second drive shaft, and a second reduction assembly including second-type gears for realizing power transmission between the second drive shaft and the first drive shaft.
US12037753B2
An autonomous stability control system may include a sensing system configured to collect position and orientation data about a work machine on a construction site and a controller. The controller may be configured to receive or generate a work path plan, operate the work machine according to the work path plan, continually or periodically monitor the orientation data from the sensing system, compare the orientation data to a vibration slope threshold, and, when the orientation data exceeds the vibration slope threshold, deactivate a vibration system of the work machine.
US12037751B1
A filling material that is laid between artificial turf when constructing artificial turf on a floor of sports stadium or the like, specifically, an antibacterial artificial turf filling material comprising 20 to 35% by weight of a styrene-based polymer, 8 to 20% by weight of an olefin-based resin, 15 to 30% by weight of a process oil, 10 to 30% by weight of an inorganic filling material, and 2.1 to 8% by weight of an antibacterial powder, wherein the antibacterial powder is a mixed powder of a copper sulfide powder and a red clay powder, the antibacterial artificial turf filling material has by a specific heat of 1.80 J/g·k or more.
US12037750B2
A gauge plate insulator includes an L-shaped insulating member having a base configured to be positioned between first and second gauge plate members and a leg extending from the base, a metallic backing plate having a first part configured to engage a first gauge plate member, a second part configured to engage the leg of the L-shaped insulating member, and a third part extending between the first part and the second part of the metallic backing plate, a first fastener configured to be received by a first opening and a second fastener configured to be received by a second opening defined by the second part of the metallic backing plate and an opening defined by the leg of the L-shaped insulating member, and an insulation plate configured to be positioned between a portion of the second fastener and the second part of the metallic backing plate.
US12037742B2
The present invention relates to a process for coating fibers containing polar moieties with an adduct between a sp2 hybridized carbon allotrope and a pyrrole derivative, and the coated fibers thus obtained. The present invention further relates to composite materials comprising said coated fibers and the process for the production thereof.
US12037739B2
A handheld steam iron for straightening creases in wrinkled fabric is disclosed. The handheld steam iron can combine the benefits of both an iron and a steamer by providing heat and steam to a garment. The handheld steam iron can include an upper arm and a lower body. The upper arm and/or lower body can include a plate, steam chambers, or both. The steam iron can include a pump to provide fluid to the upper arm and/or lower body. The steam iron can also include a fluid reservoir that enables a user to quickly provide the liquid used for steam.
US12037732B2
The present disclosure provides a laundry treating apparatus, comprising: a body having a laundry introduction opening; and a door configured to open and close the laundry introduction opening, wherein the door includes: a door frame rotatably coupled to the body, and having an opening which faces the laundry introduction opening in a closed state of the door; and a front glass attached to the door frame to thus form a front appearance of the door, and wherein the front glass includes: a transparent region corresponding to the opening; an opaque region formed to enclose the transparent region; and an align mark configured to guide an attachment position of the front glass to the door frame.
US12037729B2
A laundry treating appliance includes a clothes mover coupled to a motor, and a controller arranged to control the motor. The controller determines a respective value of a first parameter and a second parameter, and compares the determined values with predetermined respective threshold values. Based on the comparing, the controller selects a motor actuation sequence comprising a first power cycle having a first ON period and first OFF period, and a second power cycle having a second ON period and second OFF period. Each first and second ON period includes providing power to the motor for a respective first and third duration, and each first and second OFF period includes cutting off power to the motor for a respective second and fourth duration. The controller controls a speed of rotation of the clothes mover by triggering the first power cycle and a second power cycle to the motor.
US12037728B2
A laundry treatment apparatus includes a cabinet and a drawer retractably provided in the cabinet. An accommodation unit is disposed in the drawer and defines a space configured to receive washing water. A water supply channel is connected to a water supply source and is configured to supply washing water to the accommodation unit. The laundry treatment apparatus includes a body along which a water supply channel is provided, the body being rotatably provided at the cabinet. A body guider is provided at the cabinet and is configured to guide a rotational movement of the body.
US12037725B2
A yarn tensioning device capable of delivering yarn under tension from a spool to a braiding, weaving or knitting machine consisting of a base and a center rod mounted perpendicular to the said base serving to locates the spool while allowing it to pivotally rotate. The device further includes a pawl jointed to the base either via a pin joint or via a flexural hinge and operates in conjunction with a ratchet solidly attached to the spool. The device further includes a compliant yarn guiding means which ensure that yarn reels off at an essentially constant tension. The yarn reel-off tension can be adjusted by modifying the operating length of a stiffening spring using a screw and jam-nut pair, and by limiting the maximum deflection of the compliant yarn guiding means.
US12037724B2
A method of fabricating a rope that can serve as both a resistance band, jump or rolling rope includes the steps of: (a) braiding a plurality of elastic tubes into a braided rope which has two ends, (b) forming a loop at each of these ends, (c) securing each of these loops to this braided rope with a knot or a zip tie, (d) attaching a handle to this braided rope proximate each of these ends, (e) wherein these elastic tubes are: (i) fabricated from materials in the group including a latex rubber and a non-latex, synthetic rubber, (ii) selected from the group including those having differing diameters, wall thicknesses, and weights per linear foot, and (iii) selected to makeup a specific, braided rope having a specified elasticity and weight per linear foot.
US12037709B2
The invention provides a drying apparatus and a method for a raw silk degumming process. The drying apparatus includes a drying oven in which a silk strand cover and an air supply unit are disposed. An upper opening and a lower opening are respectively provided at the top and the bottom of the silk strand cover. A silk strand to be dried passes through the silk strand cover. A convex portion is disposed on a sidewall of the silk strand cover, which is protruded toward an outer side of the silk strand cover. The air supply unit is used for providing an air supply flow into the silk strand cover to dry the silk strand. A falling point of the air supply flow is located at the convex portion of the silk strand cover. By means of the apparatus, silkworm silk can be endowed with special elasticity and fluffiness performances.
US12037702B2
Single crystal CVD diamond material comprising a total nitrogen concentration of at least 5 ppm and a neutral single substitutional nitrogen, Ns0, to total single substitutional nitrogen, Ns, ratio of at least 0.7. Such a diamond is observed to have a relatively low amount of brown colouration despite the relatively high concentration of nitrogen. A method of making the single crystal diamond is also disclosed, the method including growing the CVD diamond in process gases comprising 60 to 200 ppm nitrogen, in addition to a carbon-containing gas, and hydrogen, wherein the ratio of carbon atoms in the carbon-containing gas to hydrogen atoms in the hydrogen gas is 0.5 to 1.5%.
US12037701B2
A method and apparatus for a process chamber for thermal processing is described herein. The process chamber is a dual process chamber and shares a chamber body. The chamber body includes a first and a second set of gas inject passages. The chamber body may also include a first and a second set of exhaust ports. The process chamber may have a shared gas panel and/or a shared exhaust conduit.
US12037694B2
A method for carrying out electrolysis comprises dynamically changing a current density associated with an operation of an electrolyzer within a range of values of about 0.15 A/cm2 and 3.0 A/cm2, wherein the changing of the current density associated with the operation of the electrolyzer is in response to a change in demand for electricity within a region where the electrolyzer is located, and wherein the changing of the current density comprises lowering the current density within the range of values of about 0.15 A/cm2 and 3.0 A/cm2 when the demand for electricity increases within the region where the electrolyzer is located and raising the current density within the range of values of about 0.15 A/cm2 and 3.0 A/cm2 when the demand for electricity decreases within the region where the electrolyzer is located.
US12037690B2
A conversion coating applicator includes a first liner, a hydrogel attached to the first liner, and a second liner removably attached to the hydrogel. The hydrogel includes a trivalent chromium conversion coating solution including a trivalent chromium compound, a zirconate compound, and a dye compound. The conversion coating solution is an aqueous solution.
US12037688B2
A method for the production of metal-plated articles, including the step of depositing an electrically-conductive metallic layer on a surface of an article comprising a polymer composition comprising by weight: a) 40-60% of a propylene homopolymer, or propylene copolymer containing up to 5% by weight of ethylene and/or another C4-C10 α-olefin, and having a melting temperature of 155° C. or higher and/or a fraction soluble in xylene at 25° C. of 10% by weight or less; b) 10-20% of an ethylene-based elastoplastic copolymer, optionally, a copolymer of ethylene with C4-C10 α-olefin; c) 2-6% of a styrene block copolymer; d) optionally, up to 3% of a propylene homopolymer having a Melt Flow Rate (230° C./2.16 kg) of 500 g/10 min. or more; e) 15-50% of a filler; and f) optionally, up to 6% of a color pigment.
US12037685B2
Liquid chromatography systems and liquid chromatography components are disclosed. In an embodiment, a liquid chromatography system includes a liquid chromatography component. The liquid chromatography component includes a substrate and an amorphous coating on the substrate. The amorphous coating has a base layer and a surface layer. The base layer includes carboxysilane.
US12037674B2
The present disclosure relates to a method for manufacturing a decoration element, the method including depositing a light reflective layer having a structure of two or more islands separated from each other on one surface of a light absorbing layer; and dry etching the light absorbing layer using the island as a mask, wherein a resistance value of the decoration element after the dry etching of the light absorbing layer increases by two times or more compared to before the dry etching of the light absorbing layer.
US12037673B2
A metal mask material for OLED use reduced in amount warpage due to etching, a method for manufacturing the same, and a metal mask are provided. The metal mask material and metal mask of the present invention contain, by mass %, Ni: 35.0 to 37.0% and Co: 0.00 to 0.50%, have a balance of Fe and impurities, have thicknesses of 5.00 μm or more and 50.00 μm or less, and have amounts of warpage defined as maximum values in amounts of rise of four corners of a square shaped sample of the metal mask material of 100 mm sides when etching the sample from one surface until the thickness of the sample becomes ⅖ and placing the etched sample on a surface plate of 5.0 mm or less.
US12037671B2
A copper alloy that is devoid of beryllium and has a 0.2% offset yield strength of at least 70 ksi and an electrical conductivity of at least 75% IACS is disclosed. The copper alloy comprises chromium, silicon, silver, titanium, zirconium, and balance copper. The alloy is prepared by cold working, solution annealing, and aging. The alloy can be used in several different applications.
US12037667B2
The present invention relates to a thick steel suitable for use as a line pipe, a sour-resistant material, or the like and, more specifically, to a high-strength steel having excellent resistance to sulfide stress cracking, and a method for manufacturing same.
US12037663B2
The present invention relates to a beta titanium alloy comprising from 15% to 40% by weight of tungsten; and a balance amount of titanium up to 100% by weight; wherein the alloy comprises from 70% to 100% by volume of an equiaxed beta grain structure and to processes for its preparation. The invention also relates to an implantable medical device made of the beta titanium alloy.
US12037659B2
The present invention provides a method for selective recovery of a valuable metal from a waste denitrification catalyst through alkali fusion, the method comprising the steps of: (a) adding an alkali metal to a waste denitrification catalyst, followed by mixing and alkali fusion, to generate a calcination product; (b) subjecting the calcination product to water-leaching to recover an alkali leachate and a residue; (c) adding a precipitator to the alkali leachate, followed by stirring, to recover calcium metavanadate (Ca(VO3)2) or calcium tungstate (CaWO4) through precipitation; and (d) subjecting the recovered calcium tungstate to acid decomposition to prepare tungstic acid. Therefore, vanadium and tungsten can be recovered at high efficiency by a method in which a precipitator is added to a leachate, which is obtained by adding an excess amount of an alkali metal to a waste denitrification catalyst and carrying out calcination and water-leaching, and then a reaction rate is controlled.
US12037657B2
A crushing method for galvanic cells with high energy densities in which a mixture of used cells is placed inside an insulated container and carbon dioxide as dry ice is added to this mixture as a cooling medium. Dry ice is added to the mixture of used galvanic cells at a volumetric ration of 0.5:1 to 2:1. The mixture of used cells with dry ice is cooled down from −20° C. to −50° C. and is subsequently fed to the crushing device and subjected to crushing. A stream of used galvanic cells and a stream of dry ice granules are preferably fed simultaneously to the insulated container of the crushing device, and this mixture is forwarded to the working part of the crushing device. At the end of galvanic cell crushing, the mixture of air and gaseous carbon dioxide is returned to the insulated container.
US12037652B2
The present embodiments provide compositions, methods and primers for detecting DNA of genetically modified canola, specifically of elite event DHA canola NS-B50027-4 and progeny thereof.
US12037648B2
The present disclosure belongs to the field of livestock molecular biotechnology, and provides kits and methods for pedigree division and paternity testing of domestic pigs. The kits and methods specifically select 14 SSR loci of domestic pigs, especially Anqing six-end-white pigs, and synthesize primers for corresponding loci. Through capillary electrophoresis detection of the ear tissue DNA of 98 Anqing six-end-white pigs, the count of effective alleles, heterozygosity, polymorphism information content, and genetic distance, and exclusion probability at each locus are calculated, the pedigree division of domestic pigs, especially Anqing six-end-white pigs, and paternity testing are conducted. The cumulative exclusion probability of 14 microsatellite loci is 99%. The 14 microsatellite loci selected are polymorphic in Anqing six-end-white pig population, which can be used as effective genetic markers in the production practice of domestic pigs, especially in the pedigree division and paternity testing of Anqing six-end-white pig population.
US12037647B2
Provided herein are methods of detecting pancreatic cancer in a subject, the method comprising measuring in a sample from the subject a level of CA19-9 polysaccharide relative to a reference, and a level of a polynucleotide or polypeptide of at least one marker selected from the group consisting of: OPN, MIA, CEACAM-1, MIC-1, SPON1, HSP27, POSTN, and LGALS3BP relative to a reference, wherein an increased level of the CA19-9 polysaccharide relative to a reference and an increased level of the polynucleotide or polypeptide relative to a reference indicates presence of pancreatic cancer in the subject.
US12037637B2
The present disclosure relates to methods aimed towards non-invasive targeted genomic and epigenomic sequencing of spatially-defined cellular or subcellular region. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to methods of using photoselection to achieve non-invasive targeted genomic and epigenomic sequencing of spatially-defined cellular or subcellular regions, via the use of light-activated probes.
US12037619B2
Provided are polypeptides comprising an enzymatically inactive angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) ectodomain, a segment of an immunoglobulin Fc and optionally a purification tag. A cDNA or an expression vector encoding the polypeptide along with a method of culturing cells comprising the expression vector is also provided. The disclosure also provides a method for prophylaxis or therapy for a Coronavirus infection by administering the polypeptide to an individual in need thereof.
US12037618B2
Modified PH20 hyaluronidase polypeptides, including modified polypeptides that exhibit increased stability and/or increased activity, are provided. Also provided are compositions and formulations and uses thereof.
US12037615B2
Described herein are compositions and methods for improving homology directed repair (HDR) efficiency and reducing homology-independent integration following introduction of double strand breaks with engineered nucleases. Additionally, modifications to double stranded DNA donors to improve the donor potency and efficiency of homology directed repair following introduction of double stranded breaks with programmable nucleases.
US12037614B2
The present invention relates to variants of a parent lipase which has lipase activity and comprise one or more substitutions corresponding to G23S, D27N, A40I, F51I,L, E56R, D57N, V60E,K, K98I, N101D, R118F, G163S, T231R, N233R, Y220F, T244E, and P256T using SEQ ID NO: 2 for numbering. The present invention also relates to compositions or microcapsule compositions comprising a lipase variant of the invention and to liquid products comprising a microcapsule composition of the invention as well as the use of the microcapsule composition for stabilizing lipase variants of the invention.
US12037612B2
Provided herein is a reverse transcriptase mixture comprising a reverse transcriptase and a colored dye at a concentration in the range of 0.003%-1% (v/w). The colored dye may be visually observed during transfer of the mix from one vessel to another and addition of the mix to another mix can be confirmed by eye by observing the colored dye.
US12037606B2
The present disclosure relates to methods, cells, and compositions for preparing T cell populations and compositions for adoptive cell therapy. In particular, provided herein are methods for efficiently expanding and activating T cell populations for genetic engineering and adoptive T cell immunotherapies. Also provided are cells and compositions produced by the methods and methods of their use.
US12037604B2
The present invention relates to genetically modified B cells and their uses thereof, for example, for the treatment of a variety of diseases and disorders, including cancer, heart disease, inflammatory disease, muscle wasting disease, neurological disease, and the like. In certain embodiments, the invention relates to an isolated modified B cell (“CAR-B cell”), capable of expressing a chimeric receptor (“CAR-B receptor”), wherein said chimeric receptor comprises (a) an extracellular domain; (b) a transmembrane domain; and (c) a cytoplasmic domain that comprises at least one signaling domain. In various embodiments, the invention comprises an isolated modified B cell, wherein said B cell is capable of expressing and secreting a payload, wherein the payload is not naturally expressed in a B cell or is expressed at higher levels than is naturally expressed in a B cell. In various embodiments, the payload is an antibody or fragment thereof.
US12037603B2
Disclosed herein are improved methods for fabricating bioprinted, three-dimensional, biological tissues. The methods relate to exposures to low temperatures, incubations at low temperatures of various durations, and fabrication in environments without structural cross-linking treatments.
US12037594B2
Method of increasing protein content in a eukaryotic cell comprising an NF-YC4 gene comprising modifying the transcriptional repressor binding site; method of producing a plant with increased protein content comprising crossing and selecting for increased protein content; method of increasing resistance to a pathogen or a pest in a plant cell or plant comprising an NF-YC4 gene comprising modifying the transcriptional repressor binding site, alone or in further combination with expressing QQS in the plant cell or plant; method for producing a plant with increased resistance to a pathogen or a pest comprising crossing and selecting for increased resistance to the pathogen or the pest; a cell, collection of cells, tissue, organ, or organism, such as a plant, in which the NF-YC4 gene comprises a promoter comprising a transcriptional repressor binding site that has been modified so that the transcriptional repressor cannot prevent transcription of the NF-YC4; plants and hybrids thereof; and seeds.
US12037592B2
The present invention provides for a genetically modified plant or plant cell comprising a nucleic acid encoding one or more heterologous enzymes operatively linked a promoter, wherein one or more heterologous enzymes synthesizes muconic acid (MA).
US12037588B2
SnRNA systems comprising engineered stem loops are disclosed herein.
US12037587B2
The present invention provides novel, stable lipid particles having a non-lamellar structure and comprising one or more active agents or therapeutic agents, methods of making such lipid particles, and methods of delivering and/or administering such lipid particles. More particularly, the present invention provides stable nucleic acid-lipid particles (SNALP) that have a non-lamellar structure and that comprise a nucleic acid (such as one or more interfering RNA), methods of making the SNALP, and methods of delivering and/or administering the SNALP.
US12037584B2
An isolated polynucleotide includes: (a) a polynucleotide sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 1; or (b) a polynucleotide sequence comprising at least 15 or 17 or 19 or 21 contiguous nucleotides of SEQ ID NO: 1, wherein the ingestion, by Coleoptera insect pests, of a double-stranded RNA comprising at least one strand complementary to the polynucleotide sequence inhibits the growth of the Coleoptera insect pests; or (c) any one of the polynucleotide sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 3 to SEQ ID NO: 6; or (d) a polynucleotide sequence hybridized with the polynucleotide sequence defined in (a), (b) or (c) mentioned above under stringent conditions. Multiple target sequences of the target gene c46312 control the Coleoptera insect pest Monolepta hieroglyphica.
US12037582B2
The disclosure provides a guide RNA (gRNA) comprising a DNA-binding domain and a Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeat (CRISPR)-associated endonuclease protein-binding domain, wherein the DNA-binding domain is complementary to a target domain from a variant NRF2 gene found in a cancer cell but not in a non-cancerous cell. The disclosure also provides nucleic acid sequence encoding the gRNA. The disclosure further provides a method of treating cancer in a subject comprising administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a pharmaceutical composition comprising a Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeat (CRISPR)-associated endonuclease and a guide RNA that is complementary to a target domain from a variant NRF2 gene in the subject. Methods of treating cancer comprising administering a pharmaceutical composition comprising: a DNA sequence encoding a guide RNA that is complementary to a target domain from a variant NRF2 gene in the subject; and a nucleic acid sequence encoding a Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeat (CRISPR)-associated endonuclease, are also provided.
US12037579B2
The present invention provides sequence specific restriction enzymes for site-specific cleavage of RNA, as well as methods of their use.
US12037577B2
Recombinant DPO4-type DNA polymerase variants with amino acid substitutions that confer modified properties upon the polymerase for improved single molecule sequencing applications are provided. Such properties may include enhanced binding and incorporation of bulky nucleotide analog substrates into daughter strands and the like. Also provided are compositions comprising such DPO4 variants and nucleotide analogs, as well as nucleic acids which encode the polymerases with the aforementioned phenotypes.
US12037576B2
The present disclosure provides a recombinant Bacillus subtilis for increasing the yield of menaquinone 7 (MK-7) and application thereof, and belongs to the field of genetic engineering. In the present disclosure, 14 recombinant strains BS1-BS14 are constructed through the modification of genes related to the biosynthetic pathway of MK-7 on a chromosome of Bacillus subtilis, wherein BS6-BS14 significantly increase the yield of the MK-7, reaching up to 33.5 mg/L, which is 3.53 times the yield of the original strain of wild-type Bacillus subtilis 168. The present disclosure further provides a method for modifying the MK-7 biosynthetic pathway in microorganisms to increase the yield of the MK-7, providing a theoretical basis for constructing a high-yielding strain of the MK-7.
US12037561B2
A grease composition including: a base oil; a thickener; a zinc sulfonate; a polysulfide; an overbased calcium sulfonate; and triphenyl phosphite, in which a proportion of the zinc sulfonate with respect to a total mass of the base oil and the thickener is 0.030 mass % to 0.045 mass % in terms of a zinc content, a proportion of the polysulfide with respect to the total mass of the base oil and the thickener is 0.16 mass % to 0.24 mass % in terms of a sulfur content, a proportion of the overbased calcium sulfonate with respect to the total mass of the base oil and the thickener is 0.010 mass % to 0.015 mass % in terms of a calcium content, and a proportion of the triphenyl phosphite with respect to the total mass of the base oil and the thickener is 0.24 mass % to 0.36 mass %.
US12037557B2
A method of charging and/or discharging energy in reusable fuel workpieces or particles includes a solar furnace with counter-flowing workpieces and gas, to exchange heat therebetween, with the exiting gas and workpieces being at about ambient temperature. A further aspect employs a production plant including a reduction reactor configured to use excess electrical energy generated by renewable power generators to charge and/or discharge solid-state thermochemical fuel. Another aspect includes a fuel flow control valve using air pulses. An oxygen-deprived and reusable fuel, such as magnesium manganese oxide, or magnesium iron oxide, is also provided. In another aspect, an apparatus for producing a solid-state fuel includes a reduction reactor including a reactor chamber configured to receive concentrated solar energy, and a reactor tube having a recuperation zone, a reduction zone, and a quenching zone, wherein the reduction zone passes through the reactor chamber. A discharged solid-state fuel is configured to be fed down the reactor tube and a low-oxygen gas is configured to flow up the reactor tube.
US12037553B2
A system for hydrogenation C3 and C4 acetylenes contained within a hydrocarbon stream generated in a stream cracker unit where a debutanizer is placed upstream of a depropanizer for more economical processing of the hydrocarbon stream to produce lighter hydrocarbons, where the system requires only one stripper tower downstream of hydrogenation to remove residual hydrogen.
US12037548B2
Methods and systems for enhancing hydrocarbon processing in a fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) unit by introducing a renewable feedstock into the FCC unit at alternative locations of the FCC unit to increase residence time and promote a higher degree of FCC feedstock cracking. The renewable feedstock may include one or more of plastic-derived pyrolysis oil or plastic-derived hydrocarbons, biomass-derived pyrolysis oil, municipal waste-derived pyrolysis oil, vegetable based feedstock, animal fat feedstock, algae oil, sugar-derived hydrocarbons, or carbohydrate-derived hydrocarbons. The alternative locations of the FCC unit may include one or more of FCC reactor catalyst bed, an FCC catalyst stripper, at a nozzle located downstream of a gas oil injection point, or at a nozzle located upstream of the gas oil injection point.
US12037547B2
Systems, methods and apparatus for the thermal conversion of carbonaceous feedstock material into biochar. The carbonaceous feedstock material may be harvested, preprocessed and pyrolyzed. An amount of carbonaceous feedstock material is received. An amount of a catalyst is applied to the carbonaceous feedstock material. The carbonaceous feedstock material and the applied catalyst is heated in an anaerobic environment to a temperature of at least 300 C. The biochar material is then generated.
US12037543B2
A process treats production water resulting from enhanced oil recovery, the production water comprising an aqueous phase and an organic phase dispersed in the aqueous phase, and at least one polymer in the aqueous phase. The process includes: a step of bringing said production water into contact with an additive comprising at least one tetrakis(hydroxymethyl)phosphonium salt (THMP salt), a step of separating the aqueous phase and the organic phase of said production water comprising said additive, by means of a hydrocyclone. An enhanced recovery process uses a step of treating the production water according to the invention.
US12037542B2
The present disclosure relates to the use of a multicarboxylate, such as an alkyl alkoxy dicarboxylate, in enhanced oil recovery processes. Embodiments relate to an aqueous stream and the use thereof. The aqueous stream includes a compound having the chemical formula: R1—R2—R3, wherein R1 includes a branched or unbranched, saturated or unsaturated, cyclic or non-cyclic, hydrophobic carbon chain having an oxygen atom linking R1 and R2; R2 includes an alkoxylated chain comprising ethylene oxide, propylene oxide, butylene oxide, or a combination thereof; and R3 includes a branched or unbranched hydrocarbon chain and 2-5 —COOH or —COOM groups wherein M is a monovalent, divalent, or trivalent cation. R3 includes 2-12 carbon atoms.
US12037539B2
Disclosed are alkyl lactone-derived hydroxyamides and alkyl lactone-derived hydroxyesters used in compositions and methods for inhibiting natural gas hydrate agglomerates. The alkyl lactone-derived hydroxyamides and alkyl lactone-derived hydroxyesters are reaction products of an alkyl lactone and an amine, and an alkyl lactone and an alcohol, respectively.
US12037534B2
A method may include: circulating a drilling fluid in a wellbore, wherein the drilling fluid includes: an aqueous phase; and a reclaimed carbon black additive; and drilling into a subterranean formation to extend the wellbore while the drilling fluid is circulated therein.
US12037533B2
The present invention relates to an agglomerate abrasive grain made up of a plurality of individual abrasive grains which are bonded into an inorganic or organic binder matrix, wherein, based on the total weight of the agglomerate abrasive grain, at least 8% by weight of the abrasive grains which are bonded into the matrix are fused alumina-based polycrystalline alumina abrasive grains with a percentage of more than 97% by weight of alpha-alumina, and wherein the polycrystalline alumina abrasive grains, in turn, are made up of a plurality of Al2O3 primary crystals with a crystal size of between 20 μm and 100 μm. The agglomerate abrasive grain has a closed macroporosity with a pore volume of between 5% by volume and 30% by volume, wherein the average pore diameter of the closed macropores is between 10 μm and 100 μm and their maximum pore diameter is in the range of approx. 120 μm.
US12037531B2
Provided is a polymer that includes a predetermined structural unit derived from an azomethine derivative having a polymerizable group and is reversibly fluidized and non-fluidized by being irradiated with light.
US12037529B2
Disclosed herein are embodiments of a composition comprising at least three layers. Layers one and two each either comprises a sensitizer or an emitter, typically a metal ion or a dye, and the third layer may or may not comprise a sensitizer or emitter. Upon exposure to light, such as infrared light, the composition produces visible and/or UV light. The composition may further comprise a capping moiety, a therapeutic agent, an uptake enhancer, a detection moiety that binds to a desired target, a quenching moiety, or a combination thereof. The composition may be a particle, such as a nanoparticle, or it may be a planar composition. Also disclosed are embodiments of a method for using the composition, including, but not limited to, a method for delivering a therapeutic agent, or a method for detecting a target, such as a biological target.
US12037527B2
The disclosure relates to a method to prepare surface stabilized quantum dots by dispersing quantum dots having at least a first type of ligands bonded to their surface in a solvent having at least one multifunctional compound. The multifunctional compound includes at least a first functional group and at least a second functional group. The first functional group of the multifunctional compound is able to bind to the outer surface of the quantum dots and the second functional group of the multifunctional compound is able to interact with a first functional group of the first type of ligands provided on the outer surface of the quantum dots. The disclosure further relates to surface stabilized quantum dots obtainable by this method, to articles including such quantum dots and to the use of such quantum dots for use in on-chip color conversion applications.
US12037525B2
Provided is a curable silicone composition for a release agent which can form a release film having a silicone adhesive with a low release force even when thin and which does not reduce the adhesive strength of the silicone adhesive to other substrates upon releasing the release film. Also provided is a release film, laminate, and method of manufacture. The curable silicone composition comprises: (A) a fluorine-containing organopolysiloxane mixture obtained by mixing the following components (A1) and (A2) at a mass ratio of 1/99 to 99/1; (A1) a fluoro(poly)ether modified organopolysiloxane having at least two alkenyl groups per molecule along with a fluoro(poly)ether-containing organic group; (A2) a fluoroalkyl group-containing organopolysiloxane having at least two alkenyl groups per molecule along with a fluoroalkyl group represented by C4F9—CH2CH2—; (B) an organopolysiloxane having at least three silicon atom-bonded hydrogen atoms per molecule; (C) a hydrosilylation reaction catalyst; and (D) an organic solvent.
US12037522B2
An object of a first embodiment of the present invention is to provide an electrical debonding type adhesive sheet which can be applied while inhibiting the trapping of air bubbles and while easily avoiding surface irregularities, etc., and which gives a joined body that can be easily debonded. The electrical debonding type adhesive sheet according to the first embodiment of the present invention includes a substrate for voltage application, a first adhesive layer, which is constituted of an electrically debondable adhesive and is formed on an electroconductive surface of the substrate for voltage application, and a second adhesive layer, which is formed on the opposite surface of the substrate for voltage application, the electrical debonding type adhesive sheet including a plurality of linked parts and a linking part which links the plurality of linked parts to each other.
US12037521B2
Adhesive compositions comprising a polyester polyol that includes residues of at least one 2,2,4,4-tetraalkylcyclobutane-1,3-diol, including, for example, 2,2,4,4-tetramethylcyclobutane-1,3-diol (TMCD). Adhesive compositions may exhibit enhanced properties as compared to conventional adhesive compositions, and may be suitable for a wide variety of end use applications, including, flexible packaging, woodworking, automotive uses, and electronics.
US12037513B2
The antiglare film of the present invention is provided with an antiglare layer having a haze value in a range from 50% to 99%, and in a state where the antiglare film is mounted on a surface of a display, a standard deviation of luminance distribution of the display is a value in a range from 0 to 6, and transmission image clarity at an optical comb width of 0.5 mm is a value in a range from 0% to 60%.
US12037505B2
The invention generally concerns a sol-gel digital inkjet printing process for forming a pattern on a surface region, the process comprising applying a formulation on the surface region, the formulation comprising a silanol functionalized polymer and a polymer-free pigment dispersion, said applying being under conditions permitting formation of particles formed of the silanol functionalized polymer, and curing said particles to form a continuous pattern.
US12037497B2
A composition for inhibiting the attachment of DNA viruses to a surface can include a liquid carrier, an anti-adherent agent, and a humectant. The anti-adherent agent can include C12-16 Alkyl PEG-2 Hydroxypropyl Hydroxyethyl Ethylcellulose. A method for inhibiting the adherence of DNA viruses to a surface can include providing a composition that includes an anti-adherent agent including C12-16 Alkyl PEG-2 Hydroxypropyl Hydroxyethyl Ethylcellulose. The method can also include applying the composition to the surface to inhibit the adherence of DNA viruses to the surface.
US12037495B2
A flame retardant low hardness material of the present technology contains: 100 parts by mass of a styrene-based elastomer; from 500 to 807 parts by mass of a process oil composed of a petroleum-based hydrocarbon; from 200 to 494 parts by mass of a melamine polyphosphate-based flame retardant; from 200 to 494 parts by mass of a metal phosphinate-based flame retardant; from 4 to 6 parts by mass of a fluorine-based resin; and from 56 to 93 parts by mass of a carbon filler, wherein an asker C hardness is 30 or less.
US12037494B2
The present disclosure relates to gutta-percha containing carbon nanotubes and a preparation method therefor. The gutta-percha is prepared by mixing a raw material, prepared from the following components of eucommia ulmoide gum, zinc oxide and carbon nanotubes, and extruding the mixed raw material. An orientation factor of the carbon nanotubes in the gutta-percha is greater than 10.8. The preparation method comprises: mixing the components according to dosages, and extruding a mixed product to prepare the gutta-percha containing carbon nanotubes.
US12037492B2
A composition including a compatibilized blend of polyamide, polyphenylene ether and a flameproofing agent that synergistically interact such that plaques produced from the composition pass a glow wire ignition temperature test (GWIT) without producing a flame. Advantageously, the flameproofing agent is non-halogenated and the compositions also free of other halogen containing components. In addition, the compositions are free of fillers and are unexpectedly still able to pass the noted tests.
US12037486B2
The present invention provides a polyacetal resin composition, which comprises a polyacetal resin, and which further comprises the following (A), (B) and (C), with respect to 100 parts by weight of the polyacetal resin: (A) 0.05 to 5.5 parts by weight of a low-density polyethylene having a melt flow rate of 1.0 to 50 g/10 minutes (190° C., 2.16 kg), (B) 0.05 to 2.0 parts by weight of a fatty acid compound (excluding calcium stearate), and (C) 0.001 to 1.0 part by weight of a layered double hydroxide represented by the following general formula (1): [(M2+)x(M3+)y(OH)2(x+y)](An−)x/n−(H2O) (1) (wherein, in the general formula (1), M2+ represents a divalent metal ion, M3+ represents a trivalent metal ion, An− represents an n-valent anion, wherein one or more of the anions are contained in the layered double hydroxide, x represents a number in the range of 0
US12037474B2
An unidirectional nanopore dehydration-based functional polymer membrane or hydrogel membrane, preparation method thereof and device thereof. Adding an aqueous polymer solution or a polymer mixture solution into a mold through a sampling hole on the top of a container with a nanoporous filter film as the bottom, after closing said sampling hole, the water molecules in the solution are dehydrated in one direction downward through the nanopores of the filter film, and obtain said polymer membrane or hydrogel membrane on the upper surface of the nanoporous filter film; it can also undergo in situ polymerization with pyrrole in an aqueous solution to obtain a conductive PM or PHM modified by polypyrrole. The invention adopts a UND-based mold, and green processing obtains a novel polymer material with an ordered molecular arrangement, which has the characteristics of flexibility, transparency, and robust mechanical properties. The polymeric material has broad applications.
US12037470B1
Methods of making polymer compositions containing volatile functional agents are provided, along with compositions and articles made from such methods. The methods include mixing one or more volatile functional agents into one or more polymers in a first extruder to form a masterbatch, further mixing the masterbatch in a second extruder having a volume that is larger than a volume of the first extruder, maintaining the mixing temperatures of both the first and second extruders below the volatilization temperature of the one or more volatile functional agents during the first and second mixing steps, and forming the mixture of the one or more volatile functional agents and the one or more polymers into pellets having a substantially uniform distribution of the one or more volatile functional agents in the one or more polymers.
US12037463B2
Described herein are antimicrobial ophthalmic devices comprising a silicone hydrogel composition and an antimicrobial agent, and methods of making and use thereof. The silicone hydrogel compositions comprise an actinically-crosslinkable polysiloxane-polyglycerol block copolymer crosslinked with a crosslinker. The actinically-crosslinkable polysiloxane-polyglycerol block copolymer being derived from: a polysiloxane prepolymer comprising a polyglycerol side chain, the polyglycerol side chain comprising an ethylenically unsaturated group covalently linked thereto, wherein the ethylenically unsaturated group is actinically curable.
US12037462B2
A polyolefin-polydiorganosiloxane block copolymer may be prepared by Piers-Rubinsztajn reaction.
US12037456B2
The present invention, in general, relates to the field of poly(2-oxazolines) (PAOx), more in particular poly(2-methoxymethyl-2-oxazoline) (PMeOMeOX) and poly(2-dimethylamino-2-oxazoline) (PDMAOx). The present invention also provides methods for preparing these PAOx, as well as compositions and uses comprising said PAOx.
US12037450B2
Liquid crystal polyester resin composition for ultra-thin injection and manufacturing method thereof
The present disclosure relates to a liquid crystal polyester composition that can be injection molded into an ultra-thin film and has improved fluidity, and a manufacturing method thereof. The polyester resin composition for ultra-thin injection molding includes 60 to 85% by weight of a liquid crystal polyester resin and 15 to 40% by weight of an inorganic filler having an average cross-sectional aspect ratio of 2 to 6, based on the total weight of the composition, wherein the liquid crystal polyester resin includes 0.1 to 10 mol % of hydroxybenzoic acid (HBA), 40 to 60 mol % of hydroxynaphthoic acid, 20 to 30 mol % of biphenol, and 20 to 30 mol % of terephthalic acid. The liquid crystal polyester resin composition for ultra-thin injection molding according to the present disclosure not only has excellent mechanical strength and heat resistance, but also can exhibit very excellent fluidity in a high-speed injection process.
US12037448B2
A method of manufacturing copolymer includes mixing and reacting a polyester, an aliphatic polyol or an aliphatic polyol oligomer, and a first catalyst in a first region of a screw to form a polyester polyol, and side-feeding a lactone or a lactam to a second region of the screw to copolymerize the lactone or a lactam and the polyester polyol to form a copolymer, wherein the first region and the second region are continuous connecting regions.
US12037447B2
Disclosed are compositions, systems and methods related to a polypropiolactone composition comprising polypropiolactone polymers. Such polymers include polypropiolactone chains of Formula (I): where n is an integer from 10 to about 1,000 and Y is either —H or a cation.
US12037444B2
Benzyl ether-type phenolic resins are useful in either a phenolic resin polyurethane cold-box (PUCB) process or a phenolic resin polyurethane no-bake (PUNB) process. The benzyl ether-type phenolic resins contain at least one formaldehyde scavenger in the form of a beta-dicarbonyl compound, and an alpha-carbonyl-carboxyl compound, particularly glyoxylic acid, binders based on these phenolic resins, and isocyanate compounds having at least two isocyanate groups. The resins having the inventive concept exhibit low free formaldehyde content. The inventive concept extends to molding material blends containing the binder, and a method for producing cores, molds or risers.
US12037435B2
The present invention relates to a method for preparing a conjugated diene-based polymer, which includes a step of preparing a conjugated diene-based polymer by initiating and carrying out polymerization while continuously adding conjugated diene-based monomers to a reactor, and in which an emulsifier is dividedly added before the initiation of the polymerization and when a polymerization conversion rate of 31% to 80% is reached. More particularly, the present invention relates to: a method for preparing a conjugated diene-based polymer and a method for preparing a graft copolymer including the method for preparing a conjugated diene-based polymer, by which a total usage amount of an emulsifier can be reduced.
US12037434B2
A chemical composition includes a polymer chain having a surface anchoring group at a terminus of the polymer chain. The surface anchoring group is metal or dielectric selective and the polymer chain further includes at least one of a photo-acid generator, quencher, or a catalyst. In some embodiments, the surface anchoring group is metal selective or dielectric selective. In some embodiments, the polymer chain includes side polymer chains where the side polymer chains include polymers of photo-acid generators, quencher, or catalyst.
US12037433B2
Described herein are methods of making a composition, the method comprising polymerizing monomers comprising a hydrophobic monomer in the presence of a solid grade oligomer, thereby forming a (co)polymer derived from the hydrophobic monomer, wherein the (co)polymer is derived from 5% by weight to 100% by weight of the hydrophobic monomer based on the total monomer weight. The hydrophobic monomer has a solubility in water of 0.2 g/100 g or less as measured at 20° C. The hydrophobic monomer comprises a substituted or unsubstituted C10-C22 alkyl (meth)acrylate, a substituted or unsubstituted C8-C20 alkenyl (meth)acrylate, a substituted or unsubstituted C5-C12 cycloalkyl (meth)acrylate, or a combination thereof. In some examples, the hydrophobic monomer can comprise lauryl (meth)acrylate, stearyl (meth)acrylate, heptadecyl (meth)acrylate, linoleyl (meth)acrylate, behenyl acrylate, cyclohexyl (meth)acrylate, isodecyl (meth)acrylate), nonyl (meth)acrylate, tridecyl (meth)acrylate, pentadecyl (meth)acrylate, 3-methylbut-2-enyl methacrylate, 3,7-dimethylocta-2,6-dienyl (meth)acrylate, or a combination thereof.
US12037429B2
The invention relates to a process for producing superabsorbent polymer particles, comprising polymerization of a monomer solution, drying the resulting polymer gel and grinding the dried polymer gel with a roll mill, wherein the rolls of the roll mill are cleaned by reducing the feed rate to the roll mill, and if the deflection and/or the power consumption increases above a setpoint, operating the roll mill with reduced feed, and increasing the feed rate to the roll mill.
US12037428B2
A fluoroelastomer composition containing (a) a polyol-crosslinkable fluoroelastomer, (b) a cross-linking agent for polyol crosslinking, (c) a crosslinking accelerator; and (d) at least one acid acceptor selected from basic magnesium carbonate and magnesium phosphate, wherein the content of a divalent metal oxide is lower than 1 part by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of the fluoroelastomer (a). Also disclosed is a molded article obtained by crosslinking the fluoroelastomer composition.
US12037426B2
The present invention relates to an olefin-based copolymer of which soluble fraction at a low temperature has a high weight average molecular weight, and which has high flowability and improved physical properties of hardness, flexural strength, tearing strength, etc., and a method for preparing the same.
US12037420B2
Compositions are disclosed herein comprising a graft copolymer having (i) a backbone comprising dextran with a molecular weight of at least about 100000 Daltons, and poly alpha-1,3-glucan side chains comprising at least about 95% alpha-1,3-glucosidic linkages. Further disclosed are reactions for producing such graft copolymers, as well as their use in absorbent materials.
US12037417B2
The present invention relates to an IgG-binding peptide comprising a ligand capable of binding to a radioactive metal nuclide, an IgG-binding peptide labeled with a radioactive metal nuclide, a conjugate of the IgG-binding peptide and IgG, and a radionuclide imaging agent or a diagnostic agent for cancer comprising the IgG-binding peptide or the conjugate, etc.
US12037414B2
The present technology provides methods of generating the peptides, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts of the peptides and intermediates thereof. In some embodiments, the peptide is D-Arg-2′6′-Dmt-Lys-Phe-NH2.
US12037411B2
The protein known as human epidermal growth factor 2 (HER2) is expressed in breast cancer cells and its expression is correlated with aggressive tumor growth. The present invention provides novel full-length human (IgG) antibodies that bind to human HER2 (monospecific antibodies) or to APLP2 (monospecific antibodies). The present invention also provides novel bispecific antibodies (bsAbs) that bind to both HER2 and APLP2 and mediate internalization and degradation of HER2 via the APLP2 complex in the presence of HER2-expressing tumors. Described are bispecific antigen-binding molecules and ADCs comprising a first antigen-binding domain that specifically binds human APLP2, and a second antigen-binding domain that specifically binds human HER2. The described bispecific ADCs are capable of inhibiting the growth of certain tumors expressing HER2 and may be useful for the treatment of breast cancer and disorders in which targeting a therapeutic agent to HER2-expressing tumor cell is desirable and/or therapeutically beneficial. For example, the bispecific antibodies of the invention are useful for the treatment of breast cancers, including breast cancers having a IHC2+ classification. The present invention also includes anti-HER2 antibody drug conjugates which inhibit tumor growth in vivo.
US12037405B2
This invention relates to anti-CD70 antibodies and antibody drug conjugates comprising at least one non-naturally-encoded amino acid. Disclosed herein are αCD70 antibodies with one or more non-naturally encoded amino acids and further disclosed are antibody drug conjugates wherein the αCD70 antibodies of the invention are conjugated to one or more toxins. Further disclosed are methods for using such non-natural amino acid antibody drug conjugates, including therapeutic, diagnostic, and other biotechnology uses.
US12037403B2
Chimeric antigen receptors containing CD123 antigen binding domains are disclosed. Nucleic acids, recombinant expression vectors, host cells, antigen binding fragments, and pharmaceutical compositions, relating to the chimeric antigen receptors are also disclosed. Methods of treating or preventing cancer in a subject, and methods of making chimeric antigen receptor T cells are also disclosed.
US12037390B2
Antibody antigen binding domains which specifically binds human leptin comprises VH or VL CDR1, CDR2 and CDR3 sequences of an hLept antibody. The antibody antigen binding domains and antibodies thereof are useful to treat obesity and diabetes.
US12037387B2
Provided herein are methods and uses of antibodies against ELR+ CXC chemokines for the treatment of hidradenitis suppurativa. Also provided are doses and dosing regimens for the methods and uses of antibodies against ELR+ CXC chemokines for the treatment of hidradenitis suppurativa.
US12037377B2
Provided are chimeric antigen receptors having the hinge, transmembrane region, and/or intracellular domain of LILRB1, or functional fragments or variants thereof. Also provided herein are cells comprising the LILRB1 based receptors, and methods of making and using same.
US12037374B2
The invention provides antibiotic BPI Fold Containing Family A Member 2 (BPIFA2) peptides, compositions comprising a BPIFA2 peptide, hydrogels comprising a BPIFA2 peptide, nanofibrillar networks comprising a BPIFA2 peptide, and tissue scaffolds comprising BPIFA2 peptides. The peptide, compositions, hydrogels nanofibrillar networks and tissue scaffolds are useful for medical therapy in an animal.
US12037371B2
Provided herein are novel proteins and protein domains from newly discovered anaerobic fungal species. The anaerobic fungal species have unique enzymatic capabilities, including the ability to digest diverse lignocellulosic biomass feedstocks and to synthesize secondary metabolites. The scope of the invention encompasses novel engineered proteins comprising glycoside hydrolase enzymes, dockerin domains, carbohydrate binding domains, and polyketide synthase enzymes. The invention further encompasses artificial cellulosomes comprising novel proteins and domains of the invention. The scope of the invention further includes novel nucleic acid sequences coding for the engineered proteins of the invention, and methods of using such engineered organisms to degrade lignocellulosic biomass and to create polyketides.
US12037364B2
The present invention provides, among other things, a novel and improved method for generating “mosaic” influenza antigenic polypeptides including hemagglutinin (HA) and neuraminidase (NA) polypeptides based on unique combination of epitope patterns that maximize exposure to epitopes present across multiple HA or NA sequences and therefore improved influenza strain coverage. In particular, the present invention provides engineered H1N1 influenza hemagglutinin (HA) polypeptides that are comprised of novel combinations of protective epitopes and antigenic regions from multiple H1N1 viral strains. Such engineered HA polypeptides have improved properties over HA polypeptides developed through conventional approaches that rely on consensus alignments of viral sequences.
US12037359B2
An Fc-binding polypeptide of improved alkali stability, comprising a mutant of a parental Fc-binding domain of Staphylococcus Protein A (SpA), as defined by SEQ ID NO: 1, SEQ ID NO: 2, SEQ ID NO: 3, SEQ ID NO: 4, SEQ ID NO: 5, SEQ ID NO: 6, SEQ ID NO: 7, SEQ ID NO: 22, SEQ ID NO: 51 or SEQ ID NO: 52, wherein at least the asparagine or serine residue at the position corresponding to position 11 in SEQ ID NO: 4-7 has been mutated to an amino acid selected from the group consisting of glutamic acid, lysine, tyrosine, threonine, phenylalanine, leucine, isoleucine, tryptophan, methionine, valine, alanine, histidine and arginine.
US12037357B2
Compounds as depicted below and structural analogues thereof for activating invariant natural killer T cells (iNKT) cells are provided. Such compounds may be used to activate iNKT cells and induce an increase in the production of one or more cytokines, such as IFNγ, IL-2, IL-4, IL-6 and TNFα. Activated iNKT cells may be used to selectively reduce the presence of or eliminate inflammatory senescent cells, such as senescent cells having an inflammatory secretome (SASP). Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds.
US12037350B2
The disclosure provides therapeutic compounds, compositions (e.g., therapeutic agents or medicaments) and methods for preventing or treating mitochondrial disease such as Friedreich's ataxia in a mammalian subject, reducing risk factors, signs and/or symptoms associated with mitochondrial disease, such as Friedreich's ataxia, and/or reducing the likelihood or severity of mitochondrial disease such as Friedreich's ataxia. The disclosure further provides novel intermediates for the production of said therapeutic compositions. In some instances, the intermediates may themselves by therapeutic agents or prodrugs of therapeutic agents (e.g. reduced forms of the therapeutic compounds).
US12037349B2
Metal-organic framework materials (MOFs) are highly porous entities comprising a multidentate organic ligand coordinated to multiple metal centers, typically as a coordination polymer. MOFs may comprise a plurality of metal centers, and a multidentate organic ligand coordinated via at least two binding sites to the plurality of metal centers to define an at least partially crystalline network structure having a plurality of internal pores, and in which the multidentate organic ligand comprises first and second binding sites bridged together with a third binding site comprising a diimine moiety. The multidentate organic ligand may comprise a reaction product of a vicinal dicarbonyl compound and an amine-substituted salicylic acid to define the first, second and third binding sites. Particular MOFs may comprise 5,59′-(((1E,2E)-ethane-1,2-diylidene)bis-(azaneylylidene))bis(2-hydroxybenzoic acid) as a multidentate organic ligand.
US12037346B2
Disclosed are amino-substituted heteroaromatic compounds such as a compound of Formula (I): pharmaceutically acceptable salts of the compounds, and pharmaceutical compositions thereof. Also disclosed are methods of treating or preventing cancer using the amino-substituted heteroaromatic compounds, pharmaceutically acceptable salts of the compounds, and pharmaceutical compositions thereof.
US12037345B2
The invention provides a compound of formula (I): wherein Ring A, Q, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9, R10, R11, X, a, b, c and d are as defined in the specification, useful for inhibiting the activity of SHP2.
US12037341B2
Described herein is a process for preparing a compound of formula (I) starting from a compound of formula (II) where the process is catalyzed by a metal complex.
US12037335B2
The present invention relates to TLR7 agonists according to Formula I and their use in the treatment of diseases such as cancer and infectious disease.
US12037329B2
Among the various aspects of the present disclosure is the provision of SphK inhibitors and methods of making and using same. An aspect of the present disclosure provides for an SphK2 inhibiting agent, wherein the SphK2 inhibiting agent is a 1,2,3-triazole having SphK2 inhibiting activity and SphK2 selectivity.
US12037318B1
The method of making a wall-coated open tubular capillary column with a poly benzyl stationary phase is a method of preparing a capillary column for gas chromatography. An inner wall of a fused silica capillary column is cleaned and then rinsed with a sodium hydroxide solution. The fused silica capillary column is flushed with isopropanol to form a pre-treated capillary column, and the pre-treated capillary column is loaded with a mixture of phenyl tri-methoxy silane and alcohol. The loaded pre-treated capillary column is heated to form a treated capillary column, which is then washed. A thin layer of a poly benzyl stationary phase is then coated on the inner wall through condensation polymerization of benzyl chloride monomers with a Lewis acid catalyst in a non-polar solvent.
US12037310B2
Continuous photochemical production of high purity linear mercaptan and sulfide-containing compositions.
US12037307B2
The present invention provides high purity 2-naphthylacetonitrile with fewer impurities that is useful as a starting material or intermediate for the synthesis of various pharmaceutical products, agricultural chemicals, and chemical products, and a production method thereof. A high purity 2-naphthylacetonitrile having an HPLC purity of 2-naphthylacetonitrile of not less than 95 area %, and containing naphthalene compounds represented by the formulas (a)-(j) at a content of a predetermined area % or below. A method for producing high purity 2-naphthylacetonitrile, including the following step 1 and step 2: step 1: a step of subjecting 2′-acetonaphthone to a Willgerodt reaction in the presence of an additive where necessary, and hydrolyzing the obtained amide compound to give 2-naphthylacetic acid; step 2: a step of reacting the 2-naphthylacetic acid obtained in step 1, a halogenating agent and sulfamide in the presence of a catalyst as necessary in an organic solvent to give 2-naphthylacetonitrile.
US12037302B1
The invention relates to a novel compound manufactured with the procedure of synthesis of bouncing Carvacrol and Lidocaine into one stable compound. Use of the compound as an active compound/potent antimicrobial for the treatment of bacterial infections in humans caused by pathogens resistant to antibiotics, such as Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), Streptococcus faecalis, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Escherichia spp. E. coli, Salmonella spp. Pasteurella spp., Corynebacterium spp., Bacillus spp., Bacillus anthracis, Clostridium spp., Spherophorus spp., Candida spp., Trichophyton spp., Microsporum spp., Mycobacterium spp., Vibrio spp., Cryptosporidium spp., Microsporidia spp., Listeria monocytogenes, Lawsonia intracellularis, Treponema dysenteriae, Enterococcus spp., Haemophilus spp., Campylobacter spp., Chlamydia spp., Brucella spp., and other pathogenic bacterial species.
US12037297B2
Processes for manufacturing compositions for plants and soils, such as liquid biofertilizers and solid biostimulants, from animal manure is disclosed. The processes include the delivery of pure oxygen or oxygen-enriched air to a liquid fraction of animal manure and further include subjecting the liquid fraction to an autothermal thermophilic aerobic bioreaction. Nutritional compositions to enhance the effectiveness of synthetic fertilizers in conventional agriculture and/or for use in organic farming that are manufactured by these processes are also disclosed.
US12037290B2
Disclosed herein is a doped perovskite barium stannate material, which has a chemical general formula of BaAxBxSn1-2xO3, where A is at least one of In, Y, Bi and La; B is at least one of Nb and Ta, and 0
US12037283B2
A glass substrate for a high-frequency device, which contains, in terms of mole percent on the basis of oxides: 40 to 75% of SiO2; 0 to 15% of Al2O3; 13 to 23% of B2O3; 2.5 to 11% of MgO; and 0 to 13% of CaO, and having a total content of alkali metal oxides in the range of 0.001-5%, where at least one main surface of the glass substrate has a surface roughness of 1.5 nm or less in terms of arithmetic average roughness Ra, and the glass substrate has a dielectric dissipation factor at 35 GHz of 0.007 or less.
US12037276B2
A method for efficiently treating boron from water to be treated, an apparatus for producing pure water, and a method for producing pure water. An apparatus for removing boron includes a low-pressure reverse osmosis membrane apparatus to which is supplied water to be treated, a pH adjustment apparatus to adjust a pH of permeated water from the low-pressure reverse osmosis membrane apparatus to 5.0 to 9.0, a high-pressure reverse osmosis membrane apparatus to which is supplied the water adjusted by the pH adjustment apparatus, and an electrodeionization to which is supplied permeated water from the high-pressure reverse osmosis membrane apparatus.
US12037273B2
An ion removal apparatus according to this disclosure performs a desalination treatment on a liquid and includes: a first electrode guide having an inlet allowing the liquid to flow in, a first electrode holder holding a first electrode that adsorbs an ion in the liquid, and an inflow passage serving as a flow passage connecting the inlet and the first electrode holder to one another; and a second electrode guide having an outlet allowing the liquid to flow out, a second electrode holder allowing the liquid passing through the first electrode holder to flow in and holding a second electrode that adsorbs the ion in the liquid, and an outflow passage serving as a flow passage connecting the outlet and the second electrode holder to one another.
US12037272B2
A water dispensing apparatus includes a source water pipe, a sterilizing water module connected to the source water pipe and configured to and generate sterilizing water, a sterilizing water pipe connected to the sterilizing water module and configured to provide the sterilizing water generated by the sterilizing water module to a user, a flow rate sensor disposed at the source water pipe, a power supply configured to apply a voltage to an electrode of the sterilizing water module, a current detector configured to detect a current value output from the electrode of the sterilizing water module based on the voltage being applied to the electrode of the sterilizing water module, and a controller configured to set a target current value of the sterilizing water module based on at least one of flow rate information detected by the flow rate sensor or the current value detected by the current detector.
US12037271B2
Systems, apparatus and methods for desalination of ocean water using gravity force are described. One example method of desalinating ocean water includes providing a structure having a reverse osmosis membrane affixed to a first end, submerging the structure to a depth in a reservoir of salt water, wherein the depth is a function of a critical pressure of activation of operation of the reverse osmosis membrane, allowing a hydrostatic pressure at the depth to force salt water from the reservoir through the reverse osmosis membrane to cause fresh water to accumulate within a cavity on an inside of the structure; and making the fresh water available for an external use.
US12037270B2
A reverse osmosis desalination system for treating feed water, the feed water containing minerals, the system comprising a reverse osmosis unit comprising a first reverse osmosis stage (21) and a second reverse osmosis stage (22), each of the reverse osmosis stages (21, 22) having a feed water input, a product water outlet and a brine outlet, and a fluidized bed crystallizer (30), configured to remove minerals from the water, wherein the fluidized bed crystallizer (30) receives brine from the first reverse osmosis stage (21) and passes treated water to the feed water input of the second reverse osmosis stage (22).
US12037265B2
The present invention provides systems and methods for concentrating and recovering phosphate from samples. The method comprises using immobilized PBP for binding phosphate and a desorption solution having a pH of 11 or greater to recover phosphate from a sample when the phosphate is found at very low detection levels. Further systems and method for removing arsenate for water sources is also provided.
US12037262B2
Fluid stream management systems and methods are described. An exemplar fluid stream management system includes a neural network connected to a cascading treatment processor. The neural network calculates an initial distant flow condition attribute value for a distant fluid treatment facility. The cascading treatment processor using hydrological information and the initial distant flow condition attribute value computes a predicted modified contribution value for the distant fluid treatment facility. The cascading treatment processor instructs multiple fluid flow controllers, each of which controls the operation of a flow-directing device such that a sum of the predicted modified total load value and a real time total load value of the distant fluid treatment facility is minimized. The real time total load value of the distant fluid treatment facility is based upon real time measurements obtained from one or more of the distant fluid treatment facility sensors.
US12037246B2
A method for detecting abnormal growth of graphene includes: measuring, through spectroscopic ellipsometry, a reflection spectrum of a measurement object having a graphene film formed through CVD on a substrate; creating a film structure model, calculating polarization parameters, and matching calculated values of the polarization parameters to measured values through fitting; and detecting abnormal growth of the graphene based on a value of goodness of fit obtained when fitting the polarization parameters.
US12037244B2
In one aspect, the disclosure relates to CO2-free and/or low-CO2 methods of co-producing hydrogen and solid forms of carbon via natural gas decomposition using microwave radiation. The methods are efficient, self-sustaining, and environmentally benign. In a further aspect, the disclosure relates to recyclable and recoverable catalysts useful for enhancing the disclosed methods, wherein the catalysts are supported by solid forms of carbon. Methods for recycling the catalysts are also disclosed. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present disclosure.
US12037243B2
A method of producing hydrogen using biomass includes: pretreating the biomass using an ionic liquid; and extracting hydrogen by reacting the pretreated biomass with an alkaline substance.
US12037242B2
Provided is a hydrogen storage system including a solution including ethylenediamine bisborane (EDAB) and ethylenediamine (ED), in which the hydrogen storage system is capable of performing a reversible dehydrogenation/hydrogenation reaction at a temperature of 20° C. to 200° C. in the presence of a heterogeneous metal catalyst including ruthenium (Ru), rhodium (Rh), palladium (Pd), osmium (Os), iridium (Ir), platinum (Pt), nickel (Ni), iron (Fe), cobalt (Co), or a combination thereof.
US12037241B2
The invention concerns a method for making ammonium dinitramide from guanylurea dinitramide in one single process step. Guanylurea dinitramide is reacted with an ammonium sulfate in a reaction solution comprising water and acetone and an ion exchange gives ammonium dinitramide. By using acetone the yield is increased compared to known processes as formed guanylurea sulfate is poorly soluable in a water-acetone solution and precipitates, while guanylurea dinitramide has higher solubility in the solution than in only water. The guanylurea sulfate precipitate formed in the reaction solution that contains acetone is less sticky than if formed in water or in a water-alcohol solution and therefore easier to filter off. The use of acetone also allows lower process temperatures to be used than in previously known methods for producing guanylurea dinitramide. Conclusively, the method gives a higher yield, demands considerable smaller amounts of solvent and allows lower process temperatures to be used than in any formerly known process.
US12037239B2
A method of forming a monolithic integrated PMUT and CMOS with a coplanar elastic, sealing, and passivation layer in a single step without bonding and the resulting device are provided. Embodiments include providing a CMOS wafer with a metal layer; forming a dielectric over the CMOS; forming a sacrificial structure in a portion of the dielectric; forming a bottom electrode; forming a piezoelectric layer over the CMOS; forming a top electrode over portions of the bottom electrode and piezoelectric layer; forming a via through the top electrode down to the bottom electrode and a second via down to the metal layer through the top electrode; forming a second metal layer over and along sidewalls of the first and second via; removing the sacrificial structure, an open cavity formed; and forming a dielectric layer over a portion of the CMOS, the open cavity sealed and an elastic layer and passivation formed.
US12037226B2
System, apparatus, device, kit, method and associated technique for safely and securely lifting wall and other structures to a vertical position. An electronic winch device that when connected to an end of a wall structure lifts the structure. A keeper or catchment such that when the electronic winch has hoisted the wall structure to a substantially vertical position, catches and keeps the wall structure in place, allowing the technician to more properly secure the wall structure. The apparatuses are also designed for portability and collapsibility, with structural members telescoping inside one another to minimize size in transport but securely configurable when extended and locked into place.
US12037221B2
A hoist cage assembly for lifting a pallet with a crane includes a cage that has a bottom end that is open for positioning around a pallet of material. The cage has a plurality of bar openings each extending through the cage. A plurality of bars is each of the bars is slidable through a respective pair of the bar openings to extend through the pallet when the cage is lowered over the pallet. Each of the bars rests on the cage when the cage is lifted to lift the pallet when the cage is lifted. A plurality of sleeves is each of the sleeves is coupled to the cage and the sleeves are strategically arranged on the cage thereby facilitating each of the bars to be slidably stored in the plurality of sleeves.
US12037212B2
A testing machine to perform measurements and/or tests on a plastic film comprises a basic structure provided with a supporting plane, an unwinding station provided with an unwinding roller that supports a reel of film, a pre-stretching station arranged to unwind and to pre-stretch the film from the reel. The testing machine further comprises a wrapping station provided with a testing drum to be wrapped by the film coming out from the pre-stretching station, a plurality of measuring groups to perform measurements of dimensional and/or physical parameters of the reel and of the film, and a plurality of testing groups to perform respective tests and measurements on the film in order to determine mechanical and physical properties thereof.
US12037206B2
According to the present embodiment, a cargo-handling apparatus includes a plurality of upper surface sucking portions, at least one side surface sucking portion, a detector, a first moving device, a control unit, and a conveyor. The control unit is configured to select an upper surface sucking portion to be used from the upper surface sucking portions based on the information on the upper surface detected by the detector and control the first moving device to suck the upper surface by the selected upper surface sucking portion and suck the side surface by the side surface sucking portion.
US12037199B2
A hygienic interface structure is provided for installation in a modular conveyor belt of the type assembled from a plurality of substantially identical modular belt links, where the modular belt link has a main body extending in the modular belt link's width direction, and where a plurality of eye parts extend forwards and rearwards from the main body, the eye parts being spaced in the width direction of the modular belt link, such that when two modular conveyor bell links are pushed together, the eye parts on one link will inter-fit between eye parts on the other modular belt link.
US12037198B2
A reverse vending machine includes a transport device for lifting an object in the reverse vending machine. The transport device includes a conveyor device for lifting the object from a lower level position to a higher level position in the reverse vending machine, and an object supporting device. The object supporting device is arranged substantially parallel to the conveyor device and arranged in such a way as to allow the object to be held between the conveyor device and the object supporting device during the lifting of the object.
US12037186B2
A device includes a structure adapted to be coupled to the roof of a container, and which includes a main cabling that passes through the device between the front and rear ends thereof and which allows two or more devices to be connected together; and secondary cabling, with at least one connection terminal, which is connected to the main cabling and is used to supply electricity to at least the container on which same is situated; and an arm for securing/releasing twistlock securing elements by a mechanical system, the ends of the arms being provided with terminals for connecting the main cabling.
US12037180B2
A packaging container includes a body part, a lid part integrally engaged with the body part, an inner lid positioned between the body part and the lid part, a stored item containing part opening from an engaged portion of the lid part that is engaged with the body part, and configured to contain a stored item, a chemical agent containing part opening from the engaged portion of the lid part that is engaged with the body part, the chemical agent containing part being formed separately from the stored item containing part, and a ventilation path in which the stored item containing part and the chemical agent containing part are in communication, the ventilation path being formed in an inner space defined by the first member and the second member.
US12037179B2
A notched corner post for a package for a product having a first wall and a second wall intersecting at a vertical corner, and a top panel extends outward beyond the second wall to define an overhanging lip. The notched corner post may include a first leg extending upward from a post bottom edge to a first post top edge, and a second leg extending upward to a second post top edge that is lower than the first post top edge to define a notch of the notched corner post. When the notched corner post is installed in the package at the vertical corner, the first leg may engage the first wall with the first post top edge at least level the product top surface, and the second leg may engage the second wall with the second post top edge disposed under the lip bottom surface.
US12037177B2
A padded mailer includes a pouch formed by front and rear sheets, each including a bottom edge, a top edge, and opposing side edges. The sheets are connected along their bottom edges and each of their side edges to define an interior space. The top edges of the sheets are unconnected to form an opening into the interior space. The padded mailer also includes a liner disposed in the interior space, including an expandable sheet having a bottom edge, a top edge, and opposing side edges. The bottom edge of the expandable sheet is secured adjacent the bottom edges of the front and rear sheets, and the top edge and the side edges of the expandable sheet are unsecured to the front and rear sheets. Pulling the top edge of the expandable sheet relative to the pouch causes the expandable sheet to expand and increase the thickness of the liner.
US12037166B2
Disclosed is an integral cosmetic dropper. The integral cosmetic dropper includes a container body in which cosmetic contents are stored; a cap part including a cap body coupled to the container body and a pumping body provided in the cap body; and a pipette part which is coupled to one side of the cap part to suction or eject the cosmetic contents, wherein the pumping body and the cap body are integrally provided.
US12037159B2
A pallet substitute has pallet blocks, which may be made of plastic regrind or other material which can be utilized in conjunction with a tray, whether cardboard or otherwise, to provide a pallet. The pallet substitute may have pallet blocks that connect separately and directly to the tray, or pairs (or triples, etc.) of pallet blocks may connect together, possibly with stringers and connect to the tray.
US12037155B2
A system includes a film processing module, a processor, and memory. The processor and memory are in communication with the film processing module. The processor is configured to dynamically coordinate movement of the film processing module relative to a moving web of film and to perform a function on the web of film with the film processing module.
US12037154B2
A method for performing a task in registration with a discrete seal in at least one material is described herein. The method involves simultaneously forming a discrete seal and a fiducial/eye mark in the at least one material. The method includes providing a detection device; providing a unit operation mechanism; and performing an operation on the material(s) in registration with the discrete seal. The task performed in registration with the discrete seal is based upon the location of the eye mark that was simultaneously formed with the discrete seal. A method of making flexible containers using cutting to form the outer periphery of the packages is described herein. Also described herein are flexible containers and container blanks made by such a method.
US12037152B2
Systems, methods, and apparatuses for handling and manipulating packages in automated or semi-automated fashion and packages adapted for the same. The systems may include package-holding devices, package-manipulating devices, and package-detection components for locating packages or portions thereof in a three-dimensional space. The packages may include features that enable automated or semi-automated handling and manipulation thereof, such as different types of opening/closing mechanisms with different geometric structures that allow for holding, shifting, and manipulating the packages and/or portions thereof with the package-manipulating devices. The packages additionally or alternatively may include mechanical fasteners, magnets, and/or spring-biased opening/closing mechanisms for keeping the packages closed prior to manipulation thereof. Such packages and systems may be used in a logistics network to the increase speed, accuracy, and efficiency of processing packages having, at least in part, a non-fixed geometry.
US12037149B2
The present disclosure discloses arrays (retail store shelves and digital retail) of disposable, fibrous, rolled products comprising Traditional Diameter Rolls and Packages and Larger Diameter Rolls and Packages.
US12037148B2
A machine for unwinding and rewinding a covering tape (800) includes a first support shaft to coaxially receive a reel of covering tape, a second support shaft, parallel to and distanced from the first support shaft, which is adapted to coaxially receive a tubular support, a motor adapted to put the second support shaft in rotation around its own axis, a plurality of contrast rollers arranged around the second support shaft and oriented parallel thereto, and a movement apparatus adapted to move the contrast rollers towards and away from the axis of the second support shaft.
US12037143B2
A representative spacecraft system includes a connecting device, which in turn includes a housing having a common port opening, a first connecting element carried by the housing and positioned to connect with a corresponding first spacecraft connecting structure having a first configuration, and a second connecting element carried by the housing and positioned to connect with a corresponding second spacecraft connecting structure having a second configuration different than the first configuration. At least one of the first and second connecting elements is moveable relative to the other between an operational position and a non-operational position, and each of the first and second connecting elements, when connected to the corresponding first or second spacecraft connecting structure, is positioned to allow transport through the common port opening.
US12037141B1
A main frame structure having box-section bearing beams of a launch vehicle engine includes a body. The body includes upper bearing table tops, lower bearing table tops, a cross gasket, a connecting ring and the box-section bearing beams. The box-section bearing beam includes an upper surface, a lower surface and two side beam walls, and has a cavity structure. Penetrating transverse ribs penetrating the two side beam walls are arranged on the box-section bearing beams, and one ends of the box-section bearing beams are circumferentially distributed at an outer side of the connecting ring. The lower bearing table tops are arranged at the outer side of the connecting ring, the lower bearing table tops are connected to the cross gasket, and the other ends of the upper surfaces and the lower surfaces are connected by means of arc chamfers and are connected to the upper bearing table tops.
US12037123B2
An ejection handle separation system is disclosed herein. The ejection handle separation system includes an ejection seat handle, a rotatable component, a cable connected to the handle and coupled to the rotatable component, wherein the rotatable component rotates in response to pulling the ejection seat handle, and an anchor inserted into the rotatable component and configured to releasably connect the cable to the rotatable component.
US12037122B2
An aircraft wing may comprise an airfoil having deicing zone, an anti-icing zone, and an ice runback control zone. An aircraft wing may comprise an electro-thermal ice protection system disposed in the aircraft wing. The electro-thermal ice protection system may be disposed along the deicing, anti-icing, and ice runback control zones of the airfoil to improve aerodynamic performance of the aircraft and reduce ice formation along the wings of the aircraft.
US12037114B2
The present technology is directed to a remotely controlled aircraft that can be transported without the risk of damaging certain components, such as the arms and/or propellers. In one non-limiting example, the remotely controlled aircraft technology described herein provides a housing that allows the arms of the remotely controlled aircraft to extend and/or retract through openings in the housing. When retracted, the arms and propellers are protected within an area of the structure of the housing, and when extended, the arms and propellers are operable to make the remotely controlled aircraft fly.
US12037112B2
A spar structure can connect a moveable component to an aircraft. The structure is formed from a single continuous body of material defining a plurality of attachment/actuation brackets and a pair of continuous hinge lines extending through the body.
US12037109B2
An aerial vehicle that comprises a main frame and a plurality of operable multicopter units. Each multicopter unit has a plurality of propulsion units. The propulsion units are attached to the respective multicopter unit at a fixed roll angle, a fixed pitch angle and a fixed yaw angle. The plurality of operable multicopter units are attached to the main frame by interposition of respective joints and rotate relative to the main frame independently to each other. At least one of the joints has a minimum of one degree of freedom, such that the main frame has a at least the same or higher number of controllable degrees of freedom than the total number of degrees of freedom of the main frame.
US12037107B2
Method for braking at least one wheel of an aircraft, the wheel being provided with a brake having at least one braking actuator, comprising the steps of: generating a braking command (Com) on the basis of a braking setpoint (Cf); estimating a wheel speed; applying a dynamic correction to the braking command, the dynamic correction being a function of the braking command and of the wheel speed (V(t)), the dynamic correction comprising the step of producing a corrected braking command (Ccorr) which is greater than the braking command when the wheel speed is greater than or equal to a predetermined speed threshold, and then the step of reducing the correct braking command when the wheel speed becomes less than the predetermined speed threshold, with the result that the corrected braking command becomes less than the braking command.
US12037105B2
An aircraft landing gear actuation system which uses two separate actuation forces to retract aircraft landing gear is disclosed. One of the actuation forces may be provided by an actuator, such as a hydraulic actuator. Another of these actuation forces may be provided by a pressurized fluid that is directed into the actuator through a conduit that extends into a hollow interior of an actuator rod of the actuator. The pressurized fluid may be provided from a pressurized fluid source that contains a fixed volume of pressurized fluid. This pressurized fluid may exert a force on an actuator piston of the actuator or the actuator rod. The pressurized fluid may also be used to dampen the deployment of the landing gear.
US12037101B2
A drive system for driving a movable flow body having a drive unit, a shaft, a torque sensing device, a no-back friction unit, and an axial bearing. The drive unit is coupled with the shaft to rotate the shaft, the torque sensing device is coupled with at least one of the drive unit and the shaft to detect a torque transferred from the drive unit into the shaft, the no-back friction unit is arranged between the axial bearing and an axial support means of the shaft, such that an axial load of the shaft is supported by the axial bearing, and the no-back friction unit is configured to substantially not counteract a rotation of the shaft in a first direction of rotation of the shaft and to apply a friction-induced additional torque to the shaft in an opposite second direction of rotation.
US12037095B2
The invention provides for a hybrid unmanned aerial and submersible vehicle (UASV) (100) comprising a fuselage (102), at least one wing structure (104, 106), a propulsion system (116, 118) and an empennage. The said vehicle is capable of operating in air, on water and underwater via its wing tilting mechanism wherein the transition of the vehicle between different mediums is seamless. Further, the wing structures (104, 106) are connected on either side of the fuselage (102), such that each wing (104, 106) tilts about a common lateral axis (360° of freedom), and wherein said tilting depends on the mode of operation of the UASV (100). The vehicle of the present invention further includes a propeller protection system, a landing system, control surfaces, and sensors. The present invention also discloses methods for operating the UASV (100) in multiple mediums.
US12037088B2
The present invention provides a catamaran centralized-transportation fishing ship and a control method, which relate to the technical field of fishing of fishing ships. The catamaran centralized-transportation fishing ship has the fishing assembly and the concave chamber for centralized transportation of fish bodies, which can simultaneously have two functions of fishing and centralized transportation, and has a wide application range. Compared with existing fishing ships for fishing operations, the fishing ship can place the caught fish bodies in the concave chamber, so that the fish bodies can be in original water quality during a transfer process, and thus a survival rate of the fish bodies is increased. Meanwhile, setting of the limiting mechanism can prevent the fish bodies from escaping and increase a fishing amount of a single fishing operation.
US12037084B2
A boat seat mounting stand includes a sleeve member, an accessory member, an angular brace, and a horizontal brace for attaching an umbrella or other accessory to a typical pedestal mount boat seat. The sleeve member and the accessory member include adjustment handle configurations for securing to the pedestal mount and for securing an umbrella. The boat seat mounting stand provides for support and rotation of the attached umbrella around the boat seat.
US12037079B2
A front sprocket assembly basically includes a front sprocket, a sprocket carrier and at least one slide shaft. The front sprocket includes a sprocket body having at least one carrier mounting portion. The at least one carrier mounting portion has the at least one slide opening. The sprocket carrier includes at least one sprocket mounting portion. The at least one sprocket mounting portion has a first shaft-supporting portion and a second shaft-supporting portion. The at least one slide opening receives the at least one slide shaft between the first shaft-supporting portion and the second shaft-supporting portion.
US12037074B2
A control device is provided for controlling a suspension of a human-powered vehicle. The control device includes comprises an electronic controller. The suspension includes a first member, a second member movable relative to the first member, and an adjustment unit adjusting a relative movable amount of the first member and the second member. The electronic controller is configured to electrically control the adjustment unit in accordance with relative position information related to a relative position of the first member and the second member.
US12037063B2
A track system includes a primary wheel structured to be rotationally attachable to a vehicle, a frame rotationally supporting a plurality of secondary wheels; a sub-frame supported by the frame. The sub-frame rotationally supports the primary wheel. The primary wheel and the plurality of secondary wheels support an endless track thereabout. A fastener secures the frame to the sub-frame and prevents pivoting of the frame relative to the sub-frame about the pivot axis. The fastener is disengageable. The frame is pivotable relative to the sub-frame about the pivot axis when the fastener is disengaged. The fastener is re-engageable to secure the frame to the sub-frame in any one of a plurality of different adjustment positions. In some implementations, a pivot member extends in a vertical direction between the sub-frame and the frame and defines a pivot axis of the frame.
US12037051B2
A flexible undercover for a suspension system including an undercover panel configured to be disposed inboard of the wheel assembly, the undercover panel being flexible and configured to expand and contract with movement of the wheel assembly, and an undercover mounting plate connected to an outboard edge of the undercover panel, the undercover mounting plate configured to be attached to the suspension system.
US12037049B1
A trailer chassis having multiple wheels attached to one or more axels and a bed area. A main gate movably attached to the chassis at the rear edge portion of the bed area and being movable between elevated and lowered positions The main gate having upper and lower edge portions and left and right gate side edges. A cutout or open portion of the main gate providing a gap or recess or opening for enabling carriage of elongated articles above the load carrying area that are longer than the bed length. An auxiliary gate that is smaller than the main gate, the auxiliary gate being movable between an auxiliary gate closed position that covers the gap or recess or opening and an auxiliary gate open position that enables articles to occupy the gap or recess or opening.
US12037033B2
A device state recording system includes a ground system and an on-board system. The device state recording system records a state quantity of a device in the on-board system in response to an instruction from the ground system. The on-board system includes a state recording device provided in the device. A device-side parameter setter sets at least a parameter related to generation of a trigger condition for instructing start of recording of the state quantity of the device, and a parameter related to the state quantity of the device. A state record storage records therein a state quantity of a device that records the state quantity of the device based on the parameter related to generation of the trigger condition and the parameter related to the state quantity of the device.
US12037031B2
A train network control system, method and device and a train. The system comprises at least two power units. The power units in the at least two power units carry out data interaction by means of a backbone Ethernet or a hinged train bus, respectively. According to the train network control system, method and device and the train provided by the embodiments of the present invention, the backbone Ethernet and the hinged train bus form a redundant network structure, so that the communication stability and reliability among the power units in the train are enhanced.
US12037030B2
The invention relates to a measuring arrangement for monitoring a railway track having rails fastened to sleepers, wherein a fibre optic cable is connected to a measuring device in order to detect a strain acting on a rail. In this, the fibre optic cable is clamped in a detachable manner into at least one rail fastening. In this way, a strain transmitted from the rail via the rail fastening to the sleeper acts directly on the fibre optic cable.
US12037028B2
A locking assembly includes an elongated guide tube configured to be coupled to a first component. The guide tube is elongated in a first direction from a first end to an opposite second end. The locking assembly also includes a first pin partially disposed in the guide tube and protruding from the first end of the guide tube. The first pin can be received in a first receiver. The locking assembly also includes a second pin partially disposed in the guide tube and protruding from the second end of the guide tube. This second pin can be received in a second receiver. The locking assembly also includes a handle removably coupled with the second pin. The handle can be grasped and moved to slide the second pin relative to the guide tube and the first pin along the first direction.
US12037027B2
Systems and methods for generating synthetic testing data for autonomous vehicles are provided. A computing system can obtain map data descriptive of an environment and object data descriptive of a plurality of objects within the environment. The computing system can generate context data including deep or latent features extracted from the map and object data by one or more machine-learned models. The computing system can process the context data with a machine-learned model to generate synthetic motion prediction for the plurality of objects. The synthetic motion predictions for the objects can include one or more synthesized states for the objects at future times. The computing system can provide, as an output, synthetic testing data that includes the plurality of synthetic motion predictions for the objects. The synthetic testing data can be used to test an autonomous vehicle control system in a simulation.
US12037020B2
A method is disclosed for improving the permissiveness of a vehicle designed to operate within an operational design domain (“ODD”) where the vehicle has an autonomous vehicle control system capable of collecting sensor data. The method, which can be incorporated into a system or into instructions placed on storage media, includes partitioning the ODD into subsets (“micro-ODDs”) that relate to different operational situations and creating safety envelopes for those subsets. The safety envelopes are used to keep the vehicle operating safely and can be optimized to improve permissiveness of the vehicular operation.
US12037017B2
Aspects of the disclosure provide for evaluation of a planned trajectory for an autonomous vehicle. For instance, for each of a plurality of objects, a predicted trajectory may be received. The planned trajectory may identify locations and times that the vehicle will be at those locations. For each of the plurality of objects, a grid including a plurality of cells may be generated. Occupancy of each grid for each of the plurality of objects may be determined based on the predicted trajectories. A cell of each grid which will be occupied by the vehicle at a location and time of the planned trajectory may be identified. The planned trajectory may be evaluated based on whether any identified cell is occupied by any of the plurality of objects at the time.
US12037014B2
A method for determining an avoidance path of a motor vehicle includes the steps of:—acquiring data relating to an obstacle located in the surroundings of the motor vehicle by means of a detection system,—determining a final position to be reached according to the position of the obstacle and an initial position of the motor vehicle,—calculating a theoretical impact position located between the initial position and the final position, and—developing the avoidance path such that the motor vehicle passes through the initial position and the final position and avoids the theoretical impact position around the outside.
US12037012B2
Provided are systems, methods, and computer program products for ensemble based vehicle motion planning. A model ensemble including a routing model and multiple planning models may be trained and applied to generate a trajectory for navigating a vehicle in a scenario. In some cases, the routing model may select, from multiple candidate trajectories generated by the planning models based on the scenario, the trajectory generated by the best performing planning model. Alternatively, the routing model may successively activate one or more of the planning models to generate one or more candidate trajectories based on the scenario until the routing model identifies a trajectory satisfying one or more criteria.
US12037011B2
A system for expanding the operational design domain (ODD) of an autonomous agent includes a decision-making platform (equivalently referred to herein as a decision-making architecture). A method for expanding the operational design domain (ODD) includes determining a decision-making architecture for a first domain and adapting the decision-making architecture to a second domain. Additionally or alternatively, the method 200 can include implementing the decision-making architecture S300 and/or any other processes.
US12036993B2
There is provided a control device for vehicles which can improve quietness and fuel economy, while maintaining high responsiveness to acceleration of a vehicle. Therefore, the control device 100 for vehicles includes a gear ratio control unit 10 that controls a gear ratio of a vehicle V, and a determination unit 20 that determines whether or not there is an acceleration limit of the vehicle V. The gear ratio control unit 10 is configured to limit an increase in gear ratio Rt, when the determination unit 20 determines that there is an acceleration limit.
US12036992B2
A lane change planning method plans a first lane change path based on a lane where a vehicle is currently driving and an adjacent lane and controls the vehicle to drive based on the first lane change path. When the vehicle drives to a first target position, a first target object such as another vehicle is detected. Wherein the first target position is determined by the first lane change path, and a dividing line between the lane where the vehicle is currently driving and the adjacent lane. The vehicle is controlled to drive according to the first lane change path, when the first target object is not detected within a preset distance. The present disclosure also provides a vehicle-mounted device. The present disclosure adds to safer road driving on busy roads.
US12036991B2
Described herein are technologies relating to controlling an autonomous vehicle based upon a computed lane boundary. The computed lane boundary defines a travel path for the autonomous vehicle when the autonomous vehicle turns across a lane of traffic at an intersection of two or more roadways. The autonomous vehicle navigates turn based upon the computed lane boundary, which allows the autonomous vehicle to enter the intersection without crossing into a lane of oncoming traffic.
US12036990B2
A vehicular vision system includes a camera viewing exterior of the vehicle and capturing image data, and an electronic control unit (ECU) having an image processor for processing captured image data to detect presence of objects in the view of the camera. The ECU, responsive to processing of captured image data, determines presence of an intersection controlled by at least one stop indicator, with one stop indicator designated for the lane along which the vehicle is traveling. The ECU determines a right-of-way order of other vehicles at the intersection relative to the equipped vehicle and determines when the equipped vehicle has the right-of-way based on the determined right-of-way order. The ECU provides an indication to the driver of the equipped vehicle when the equipped vehicle has the right-of-way.
US12036985B2
A method for compensating a road line includes deriving a length of a left road line and a length of a right road line, recognized by a sensor, and determining a left road line level and a right road line level based on the length of the left road line and the length of the right road line; correcting the left road line level and the right road line level based on a change in the lengths of the left road line and the right road line or a change in curvatures of the left road line and the right road line; calculating a correction coefficient based on the corrected left road line level and the corrected right road line level; and correcting, by the correction coefficient, information about a road line with a lower level of the corrected left road line level and the corrected right road line level.
US12036981B2
The disclosure generally pertains to systems and methods to protect a side-view mirror of a vehicle. An example method executed by a processor includes obtaining a first dimensional parameter associated with a body portion of a vehicle (for example, a width or a length of the vehicle) and a second dimensional parameter associated with a side-view mirror attached to the vehicle (for example, a protrusion distance of the side-view mirror). A turning path characteristic associated with a movement of the vehicle may then be determined, followed by determining a probability of a collision between the side-view mirror and an object located outside the vehicle. Determining the probability may be based on the first dimensional parameter, the second dimensional parameter, and the turning path characteristic. If the probability of the collision exceeds a threshold value, an alert may be issued, or a preventive maneuver executed in order to prevent the collision.
US12036979B2
Aspects of the disclosure relate to a dynamic distance estimation output platform that utilizes improved computer vision and perspective transformation techniques to determine vehicle proximities from video footage. A computing platform may receive, from a visible light camera located in a first vehicle, a video output showing a second vehicle that is in front of the first vehicle. The computing platform may determine a longitudinal distance between the first vehicle and the second vehicle by determining an orthogonal distance between a center-of-projection corresponding to the visible light camera, and an intersection of a backside plane of the second vehicle and ground below the second vehicle. The computing platform may send, to an autonomous vehicle control system, a distance estimation output corresponding to the longitudinal distance, which may cause the autonomous vehicle control system to perform vehicle control actions.
US12036975B2
A method for parking a motor vehicle curbside by means of an apparatus, wherein, in a predetermined parking area, a height of a curb is detected by a first detection device of the apparatus, a profile of wheel pulses of a respective wheel sensor of at least one wheel is detected during a driving maneuver for curb parking in the predetermined parking area, and a crossing of the curb edge by the at least one wheel is detected by a second detection device of the apparatus. During the crossing of the curb edge, a correction measure for an odometry module of the apparatus is carried out as a function of the height of the curb.
US12036974B2
A hybrid vehicle includes an internal combustion engine, an electric-power generator, an electric motor and a transmission device. The transmission device includes an input gear, an output gear, an intermediate gear, a case and a connection-disconnection device. The connection-disconnection device is configured to switch between connecting and disconnecting a path along which the drive force is inputted to the input gear. The intermediate gear has a rotational center that is positioned lower in a vertical direction than a straight line that links a rotational center of the input gear and a rotational center of the output gear as seen from an axial direction, which is a direction parallel to the rotational axis of the intermediate gear.
US12036973B2
Aspects of the present invention relate to a control system for controlling torque distribution between a first axle (110) and a second axle (120) in a vehicle (100), the control system comprising one or more controllers. The control system is configured to detect that the vehicle is in overrun and detect the vehicle speed. When the vehicle is in overrun and the vehicle speed is below a first speed threshold then the torque distribution is controlled to reduce overrun torque to the first axle and to increase overrun torque to the second axle. The vehicle may be a hybrid vehicle comprising an internal combustion engine (ICE) (201), a belt integrated starter generator (B-ISG) (205) and an electric rear axle drive (ERAD) (204).
US12036960B2
A vehicle leveling system includes a jack adapted to be mounted to a vehicle frame without modifying the vehicle frame. In a particular embodiment, the jack includes a first bracket adapted to urge against the bottom and side surfaces of a member of the frame and configured to be fastened to a member of the frame through a manufacturer-provided aperture in the frame. The jack additionally includes a second bracket to couple the first bracket to the jack. In a more particular embodiment, the first bracket includes a horizontal adjustment feature, and the second bracket includes a vertical adjustment feature.
US12036957B2
A vehicular cleaner system (1) for cleaning a to-be-cleaned object (100), wherein: the vehicular cleaner system (1) is provided with a tank (11) that accommodates a cleaning liquid, a pump (12) that pressure-feeds the cleaning liquid inside the tank (11), a high-pressure-air generation unit (2) that generates high-pressure air, a first ejection port that sprays the cleaning liquid toward a cleaning surface of the to-be-cleaned object (100), a second ejection port that sprays the high-pressure air toward the cleaning surface, and a controller (4) and vehicle ECU (40) that control the spraying of the cleaning liquid and the spraying of the high-pressure air; and the controller (4) and the vehicle ECU (40) perform control so as to initiate the spraying of the high-pressure air from the second ejection port after spraying of the cleaning liquid from the first ejection port has been initiated.
US12036951B2
A storage box includes a door that is coupled to the base. A pivot pin is coupled to the door and is operable between an engaged position, wherein the pivot pin is rotatably engaged with the base, and a disengaged position. The pivot pin is configured to move door-inboard due to contact with the base as the pivot pin moves from the disengaged position to the engaged position.
US12036935B1
The driver isolation apparatus comprises a first vertical support, a second vertical support, a third vertical support, a first barrier panel, and a second barrier panel. The driver isolation apparatus may isolate a driver of a vehicle from one or more passengers such that exposure of the driver to airborne droplets that may cause disease may be reduced. The first barrier panel may be supported by the first vertical support and the second vertical support and may be positioned between the driver and one or more rear passengers. The second barrier panel may be supported by the first vertical support and the third vertical support and may be positioned between the driver and a front passenger. The first barrier panel and the second barrier panel may be transparent so that the driver's view is not obstructed by the first barrier panel or by the second barrier panel.
US12036931B2
An audio video navigation (AVN) device includes: a first housing including a first circuit board, a second housing that includes a second circuit board and that detachably couples to the first housing, a conduction module provided between a first coupling surface of the first housing and a second coupling surface of the second housing based on the second housing being coupled to the first housing, and a heat dissipation fan that is provided at the first housing and that is configured to exhaust air inside the first housing to an outside of the first housing. The conduction module includes: a first surface coupled to one of the first coupling surface or the second coupling surface, and a second surface facing the other one of the first coupling surface or the second coupling surface, where the second surface is not adhesive.
US12036924B2
The present disclosure relates to an autonomous emergency braking system and a method. More specifically, the autonomous emergency braking system according to the present disclosure includes: a sensor that includes a gravity sensor detecting a force of gravity applied to a host vehicle and a vehicle-speed sensor detecting a vehicle speed of the host vehicle; an inclination determiner that determines an inclination of a road surface on which the host vehicle is traveling based on the vehicle speed of the host vehicle and the force of gravity; and a controller that adjusts an AEB warning time based on the determined inclination of the road surface.
US12036921B2
A vehicle includes: an iris sensor configured to recognize an iris of a driver and obtain iris data; an infrared camera configured to recognize a face of the driver, obtain face data, and detect an obstructive element covering at least a portion of the iris from the face of the driver; and a controller configured to perform iris authentication based on the iris data and control a lighting apparatus to change brightness of lighting in the vehicle in response to the obstructive element being detected.
US12036913B2
Apparatus for positioning a tarp on a payload carried on the bed of a vehicle includes a tarp lifting device having a carriage engagable with forks of a forklift truck and a support arm projecting from the carriage. Lifting hooks are provided on the support arm and engage anchor points of the tarp which is raised and drawn into position over the payload. Once placed, the support arm is lowered and the hooks drop free of the anchor points. The placement of the tarp occurs without an operator being on the bed or on top of the payload and the hooks disengage without assistance from the operator.
US12036906B2
A baby changing table assembly for a vehicle includes a support, a connecting member connected to the support, first and second brackets connected to the connecting member, and a table movably connected to the support. The first bracket is configured to be connected to a first headrest of the vehicle and the second bracket is configured to be connected to a second headrest of the vehicle. The table is movable between a closed position and an open position.
US12036884B2
A charging system includes a scalable power source for powering a motor of a vehicle and telematics and battery management modules. The scalable power source includes: N battery packs, where N is an integer greater than or equal to 3; and multiple switches connected to the N battery packs including N−1 switches for serially connecting the N battery packs between supply and return lines and a multiple of N switches for parallel connecting the N battery packs to the supply and return lines. The telematics module requests capability of a charging station and receives a response signal from a device indicating the capability of the charging station. The battery management module: based on the capability of the charging station, selects one of the available arrangements in which to connect the N battery packs, sets states of the multiple switches; and then charges the N battery packs based on the states.
US12036881B2
An apparatus, system and method for a multilevel electrical vehicle (EV) motor drive circuit with an integrated battery charger. The apparatus, system and method may include a direct current (DC) battery for the EV connected in parallel with a capacitance; and a three level inverter circuit in parallel with the DC battery and connected in neutral point bisection with the capacitance, comprising: a high frequency low voltage pulse width modulation circuit; and a low frequency fundamental switching circuit at least partially in parallel with the high frequency low voltage pulse width modulation circuit. Additionally included may be motor windings connected in neutral point bisection with the low frequency fundamental switching circuit; and a power factor correction boost charging circuit connected to the three level inverter circuit, and connected to an alternating current grid.
US12036874B2
An apparatus and method are provided for adjusting an electrical configuration of a plurality of components of an electrical network associated with a vehicle in order to tune electrical characteristics of the electrical network to continuously match a dynamically changing desired mode of operation of the electrical network associated with the vehicle. Vehicle data and performance evaluations of another vehicle are used in the process.
US12036867B1
A two-gear and dual-motor driven hybrid power transmission device and a transmission method therefore are provided, belonging to the technical field of transmissions. An input end of an input shaft is connected to an engine power system, and an output end of the input shaft is connected to a front-end motor by means of a front-row planetary gear train. The front-row planetary gear train is connected to one end of a first clutch, another end of the first clutch is connected to an input end of an output shaft, and an output end of the output shaft is connected to a rear axle of a vehicle. The output shaft is connected to a rear-end motor by means of a rear-row planetary gear train, and the rear-row planetary gear train is connected to a second clutch and a third clutch.
US12036859B2
An electric machine for an electric or hybrid motor vehicle includes a cooling system suitable for spraying a dielectric heat transfer fluid onto active parts of the machine and a reservoir for collecting, by gravity, the fluid flowing through an orifice in a wall separating the active parts and the reservoir. The machine also includes, at the orifice, a flap attached to the wall and suitable for closing the orifice, a resilient device to open the flap under the effect of gravity on the liquid, and a non-return device to hold the flap closed when a force exerted on the fluid in the reservoir brings the liquid against the flap.
US12036850B2
Provided is a wire assembly for an anti-pinch sensor for a vehicle electrically connecting the anti-pinch sensor installed on one side of a door for the vehicle to detect the pinch between the door and a vehicle body with a controller configured to control an opening or closing of the door. The wire assembly includes: a lead wire unit connected to the anti-pinch sensor; a center wire unit having one end connected to the lead wire unit and installed on a folded portion of the door; and a connection wire unit having one end connected to the other end of the center wire unit, having the other end connected to the controller, and drawn out to the outside from the inside of the door through the door.
US12036844B2
A vehicle including a passenger cabin and a vent assembly is a disclosed. The vent assembly includes a duct for carrying an airflow and having an outlet through which the airflow is discharged into the passenger cabin; a deflector located within the duct, the deflector having a convex surface across which the airflow passes; and a valve extending around at least part of the convex surface for restricting the direction of the airflow across the convex surface. The airflow is discharged through the outlet in a direction defined by the direction of the airflow across the convex surface; and the valve is rotatable to vary the direction of the airflow across the convex surface.
US12036843B2
An example method of providing thermal conditioning includes providing a HAL having a plurality of input drivers that obtain input data from temperature sensors, and a plurality of output drivers that control a discrete thermal effectors in discrete OPZs in a vehicle cabin. An EVAL obtains input data from the HAL and estimates a heat flux experienced by an occupant in each OPZ based on a vehicle profile. An OAL determines a first parameter based on a target heat flux for the occupant across all of the OPZs, determines a second parameter based on the estimated heat flux of the occupant from the EVAL, and determines respective temperature setpoints for each of the plurality of OPZs to reduce a difference between the first and second parameters. The thermal effectors are controlled based on the temperature setpoints.
US12036838B2
A height-adjustable spring-damper system for a vehicle for setting a ride position and payload compensation of the vehicle separately from one another includes a damper cylinder, a supporting spring, a first ring cylinder which has a first ring piston disposed displaceably in the first ring cylinder and which defines a first working chamber with a first working volume, and a second ring cylinder which has a second ring piston disposed displaceably in the second ring cylinder and which defines a second working chamber with a second working volume.
US12036823B2
A connection arrangement for a tire inflation system. The connection arrangement includes a rotary union and a hose assembly. A main body of the hose assembly is insertable into and removeable from a receptacle cavity of the rotary union when in a first rotational position. A locking protrusion of the hose assembly is received in the locking opening of the rotary union to secure the main body to the rotary union when in the second rotational position.
US12036822B2
Proposed is a tire including a pattern forming area provided on a sidewall to display a pattern of predetermined shape, wherein the pattern forming area is formed by continuously arranging a plurality of hexagon-shaped unit patterns, and the unit patterns existing on the edges of the pattern forming area are cut off in shapes to correspond to the shape of the pattern forming area.
US12036803B2
A method for preparing a material for use as a surface of a medical device may include printing, with an ink jet printer and using ink that is curable with ultraviolet light, content onto a surface of material that includes woven ticking fabric laminated with polyurethane. The method may also include curing the ink with the ultraviolet light. The method may also include cutting a section of the material in registration to the content printed on the surface for use in a medical device.
US12036799B2
Certain examples relate to mixing and/or supply cartridges for printing apparatus. One example implementation includes a reservoir to receive printing material from a printing apparatus and to return the received printing material to the printing apparatus. A storage medium stores a reservoir printing material level parameter indicative of the amount of printing material in the reservoir; a recirculation cycle counter indicative of the number of recirculation events experienced by the cartridge; a maximum recirculation cycle parameter indicative of the maximum number of recirculation events that may be experienced by the cartridge.
US12036789B2
An image forming apparatus includes a sheet storage section, an image forming device, a transport route, a transport device, and a switching device. The switching device is turned on or off depending on a pressing force applied by an end portion of a sheet being transported along the transport route, at a position on the transport route upstream of the image forming device in a sheet transport direction. The switching device is turned on or off depending on whether the pressing force is equal to or larger than a predetermined pressing force to be applied by the sheet having predetermined rigidity, or smaller than the predetermined pressing force.
US12036781B2
An apparatus configured to manufacture a display device and a method of manufacturing a display device include a stage configured to place a process target object on an upper surface thereof; a bending head in contact with the process target object to bend the process target object; a distance measurement sensor installed above the stage to be movable in a horizontal direction; and a cylinder configured to adjust a vertical position of the bending head.
US12036779B2
A decorative laminate of the present disclosure includes a decorative layer and a core layer. The decorative layer includes a decorative paper and a thermosetting resin. The core layer includes: a fibrous base material; an organic resin component; and an inorganic filler including endothermic metal hydroxide and/or an inorganic substance other than the endothermic metal hydroxide. The inorganic filler includes: a small particle diameter filler having a first average particle diameter; a medium particle diameter filler having a second average particle diameter larger than the first average particle diameter; and a large particle diameter filler having a third average particle diameter larger than the second average particle diameter.
US12036764B2
A paper based overlay is provided. The overlay has a paper impregnated with a resin composition having an acrylic resin having a glass transition temperature in a range of from about −20° C. to about 40° C. and a resin content from about 15 to about 35 wt. % based on the weight of the overlay. The acrylic composition may include wax in the amount of about 0.005 to about 3.5 wt. % based on the weight of the resin composition. A method of producing the overlay is also provided. The overlay is highly water and abrasion resistant with low volatile content.
US12036759B2
A mould for manufacturing three-dimensional items, comprising a body; a lid configured to close the body; and incorporated closing and openings configured to keep the body and the lid joined during the movement thereof is disclosed. A machine for manufacturing three-dimensional items, comprising a receiving module configured to receive the mould; a conditioning module configured to receive the mould from the receiving module and act on the incorporated closing and openings in order to separate the lid from the body; and a handling module configured to receive the body from the conditioning module and enable the placement of the components of the item to be manufactured. A method for manufacturing three-dimensional items and manufacturing plant associated with the machine.
US12036757B2
The manipulator device includes a pedestal and a carrying mechanism which carries a platform and which forms an articulated triangle comprising: a first arm borne by a first carriage with a first pivot link whose axis forms a first vertex of the triangle, a second arm borne by a second carriage with a second pivot link whose axis forms a second vertex of the triangle, a seat situated at the intersection of the first arm and of the second arm, which forms a third pivot link whose axis is parallel to the first pivot axis and the second pivot axis and forms a third vertex of the triangle. A module is provided for servocontrolling the translational movements of the first carriage and the second carriage with respect to the pedestal. A yaw orientation interface comprises a fourth pivot link, by which the platform is articulated on the seat, both relative to the first arm and relative to the second arm, about a fourth pivot axis which is coaxial to the third pivot axis.
US12036753B2
Provided is a method for manufacturing a tank and a manufacturing device thereof that can achieve resin impregnation within a short time. The method wraps fibers in an overlapping manner in a radial direction around an outer surface of a liner such that a first fiber layer (braiding layer) on an outer surface of a dome portion is less dense than a second fiber layer (helical layer) on an outer surface of a straight body portion and such that a portion of a lamina of the first fiber layer, which is less dense, is interposed continuously from the first fiber layer partially between laminae of the second fiber layer, and then impregnates the fiber layer including the first fiber layer and the second fiber layer with a resin.
US12036752B2
Forming features in the surface of a bicycle component involves depositing a substance onto a substrate in a geometric pattern to form a transfer medium. Forming features may also involve positioning the transfer medium relative to an unformed bicycle component, and forming a negative of the geometric pattern in the bicycle component through the application of heat and/or pressure to the transfer medium and the unformed bicycle component. The transfer medium may be configured for use in the molding of carbon fiber reinforced plastic (“CFRP”) bicycle components and may include a substrate formed of a flexible material, and a geometric pattern formed of a hard material, the hard material different than the flexible material.
US12036750B2
The present invention provides a disposable bioprocess bag, a manufacturing method therefor and a hot-melt annular welding machine, relating to the technical field of biopharmaceutics. The manufacturing method comprises: preparing a first cropping template to a fourth cropping template according to a top, an upper portion, a lower portion and a bottom of a bioreactor; cropping a raw material film according to the first cropping template to the fourth cropping template to obtain a first membrane material to a fourth membrane material, wherein the fourth membrane material directly serves as a rounded bottom; welding at least two pockets on the first membrane material to obtain a rounded top; welding the second membrane material to obtain a cylindrical upper portion; welding the third membrane material to obtain a lower portion in the shape of an inverted rounded truncated cone; and welding, using a hot-melt annular welding machine, the rounded top, the cylindrical upper part, the lower portion in the shape of an inverted rounded truncated cone and the rounded bottom, to obtain a disposable bioprocess bag. According to the present invention, the physical properties of the welded edge of the disposable bioprocess bag are improved, and the fit of the disposable bioprocess bag to the bioreactor are also enhanced.
US12036746B2
A joined structure, including: two members made of materials having different coefficients of linear expansion; and an adhesive layer arranged between the two members to join the two members together, wherein the adhesive layer includes at least an end portion in one direction parallel to a plane direction of the adhesive layer and a center portion in the one direction, and a thickness in the end portion is greater than a thickness in the center portion.
US12036729B2
An additive manufacturing process is provided to produce integral 3-dimensional (3D) articles by laminating together a plurality of expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (ePTFE) membranes. The process includes repetitive cycles of ePTFE membrane lamination paired with laser cutting/bonding to produce a desired geometry based on a predefined pattern. The process may be practiced manually or may be configured to work with commercially available LOM machines/systems developed for use with other roll-to-roll processible materials, such as paper.
US12036727B2
A method for making a three-dimensional (3D) part with an electrostatographic based additive manufacturing system includes developing a first layer of a powder material using at least one electrostatographic engine, supporting the developed first layer on a transfer medium, adjusting a first layer thermal profile of the developed first layer with a first thermal flux device, adding thermal energy to a part thermal profile that includes a bonding region of previously accumulated layers of the 3D part, transfusing the developed first layer on the bonding region of the previously accumulated layers of the 3D part, and removing thermal energy from the part thermal profile. A transfusion temperature at a start of the transfusing step can be equal to or greater than a transfusion threshold temperature, where the transfusion temperature is an average of the first layer thermal profile and the part thermal profile in the bonding region.
US12036721B2
A stretching unit for transversely stretching elastic films, including first and second stretching devices each having respective gripping zones and respective release zones, and wherein the release zones of the first and second stretching devices are aligned to each other along a common transverse release line.
