US12036513B2
A desalination performance restoration agent for a cellulose acetate membrane contains: a solvent; and a modified polyvinyl alcohol mixed in the solvent. The modified polyvinyl alcohol has an acetyl group structure in at least part of polyvinyl alcohol.
US12036511B2
A desalination system includes a desalination platform, a first skid disposed on a first deck of the desalination platform, the first skid including at least one of a first filtration unit configured to produce a first filtrate stream, and a first permeate unit configured to produce a first permeate stream, a first interconnecting pipework coupled to the first skid, and a first pipework support disposed on the first deck, wherein the first interconnecting pipework is disposed on the first pipework support.
US12036506B2
One variation of a method for carbon sequestration includes: mixing ambient air including carbon dioxide and secondary gases with a working fluid to generate a first mixture; conveying the first mixture through a compressor to pressurize the first mixture from a first pressure to a second pressure greater than the first pressure to promote absorption of carbon dioxide into the working fluid; depositing the first mixture in a high-pressure vessel to generate an exhaust stream of secondary gases and a second mixture including carbon dioxide dissolved in the working fluid; conveying the second mixture through a turbine configured to extract energy and reduce pressure of the second mixture, from the second pressure to the first pressure, to promote desorption of carbon dioxide from the working fluid; transferring the second mixture into the low-pressure vessel; and releasing carbon dioxide, desorbed from the working fluid, from the low-pressure vessel for collection.
US12036505B2
A three-product PSA system which produces three product streams from a feed gas mixture comprising a light key component, at least one heavy key component, and at least one intermediate key component is described. The three-product PSA system produces a high pressure product stream enriched in the light key component, a low pressure tail gas stream enriched in the at least one heavy key component, and an intermediate pressure vent gas stream enriched in the at least one intermediate key component.
US12036497B2
A gas-liquid separator and method and air compressor system. The gas-liquid separator includes a separator tank having wet side and dry side chambers. The wet side chamber separates and collects liquids from pressurized air that enters through a tank inlet. A separation valve inlet port connects the wet side chamber with the dry side chamber and allows moist air to pass from the wet side chamber to the dry side chamber and prevents collected liquids from passing from the wet side chamber to the dry side chamber. A separation valve assembly opens the separation valve inlet port when pressurized air is forced into the wet side chamber and a pressure is met and/or exceeded and to close the separation valve inlet port when pressurized air is not being forced into the wet side chamber and pressure falls below the pressure.
US12036485B1
A method of separating trichomes from cannabis plant flowers that begins with delivering the cannabis plant material to a hopper and continuously moving the cannabis material from the hopper to a porous container in a bath of cold water, at a controllable rate, and moving the cannabis material contained in the porous container, through the cold bath from an entrance end, to an exit end, thereby removing trichomes, which exit the porous container into the cold water. The remaining cannabis plant material is moved out of the exit end of the bath, at substantially the same rate as the cannabis plant material enters the bath. Finally, the water from the bath is substantially continuously filtered thereby separating the trichomes from the cold water.
US12036471B2
A method for cloud gaming. The method including generating a video frame when executing a video game at a server. The method including scanning-in the video frame to an encoder at the server scanline-by-scanline. The method including encoding one or more encoder slices as one or more encoded slices at the encoder, wherein each encoded slice is delivered to a buffer at an encoder fill rate. The method including draining a first encoded slice from the buffer to stream the first encoded slice at a buffer drain rate over a network to a client, wherein the first encoded slice is streamed over the network before fully encoding the one or more slices of the video frame.
US12036470B2
User action data characterizing action by a player in a game environment executing at a user client is received at a server. The game environment is created by the user client separate from the server. Data characterizing a selected viewing position is received. The selected viewing position is different than a player viewing position. The selected viewing position characterizes a viewing location within the game environment. A recreated game environment is generated from the user action data at the server. A video stream of the recreated game environment is generated. The video stream includes video from a perspective of the selected viewing position. The video stream is transmitted to a viewing client. Related apparatus, systems, articles, and techniques are also described.
US12036464B2
A putting training device attachment including a shaft mount for mounting on a putter shaft; a pendulum assembly mounted on the mount; an indicating gauge connected to the pendulum assembly for indicating a preferred track for the pendulum. A putter is described for training.
US12036453B2
A golf club head comprising a deflection feature to increase ball speed and launch distance, while producing desirable acoustics and optimized mass distribution. The deflection feature can include any one of or any combination of an insert comprising a gap or an insert comprising voids. The insert manipulates the mass distribution while allowing face deflection and positively damp vibrations in the club head. The deflection feature can also include a thin uniform sole, a cutout in the top rail, optimized face material, a thin sole, a reinforcement device, or a multi material weight. The reinforcement element transfers stress away from the face into the reinforcement device, allowing face element to bend at impact. The multi material weight is a dual-density weight comprising a higher density weight base portion and a lower density weight shell portion.
US12036445B2
A reflective golf ball comprises a layer of silver having an average thickness ≥0.05 μm and ≤0.5 μm, notably deposited by reduction of a silvering solution, and a translucent, protective layer provided over the layer of silver.
US12036443B2
An exercise device system comprising a tower; a support structure inclinable at different angles relative to the tower; a movable user support platform movably associated with the support structure for movement relative to the support structure; a pulley system associated with the movable user support platform; a cable extending through the pulley system and including opposite ends; exercise device handles coupled to the opposite ends of the cable, whereby movement of the handles causes movement of the movable user support platform relative to the support structure.
US12036433B2
An exercise device is configured to detachably attached to weight plates and receive a pole that extends to a user end to enable movement of the pole to perform a variety of exercises. The exercise device couples to exercise plates with the shaft of the Y-shaped yoke extending through a plate aperture. A plate pin extends through a base washer and the base end head of the plate pin is retained by the base washer. The Y-shaped yoke has a first arm and a second arm that receives a pivot pin therethrough which also extends through the yoke connector aperture of the pivotable tubular receiver. A pole extends into the shroud of the pivotable tubular receiver and a pole lock secures the pole within the shroud. The pole can then be moved up and down, or pivoted about the pivot pin through the Y-shaped yoke and also rotated within the plate aperture to provide a wide range of motion.
US12036429B2
A dry drop to be mounted in a fire protection installation of the type having a network of vacuum sprinklers. The dry drop includes a tubular body, a shutter and a one-way valve. The tubular body defines an inner chamber and has: a first end; a second end; and an orifice located between the first end and the second end. The shutter is movable between: a shutoff position in which it shuts off the first nozzle; and a passage position in which it is cleared from the first nozzle. The one-way valve is intended to be mounted in the orifice to enable the pressurization of the inner chamber by injection of a gas into the inner chamber, the inner pressure holding the shutter in its shutoff position.
US12036419B2
In variants, a neural interface system (e.g., retinal implant, neural implant, etc.) can include: a display, a controller, a power source, and/or any other suitable components. The system can be used with an external device including a communication element, a display-brain interface (e.g., cells), and/or any other suitable components.
US12036410B2
A medical device or system of medical devices can be configured to detect an indicator of a symptom in a patient; in response to detecting the indicator of the symptom in the patient, deliver to the patient a first stimulation therapy; and in response to determining that the indicator of the symptom has been present for more than a threshold amount of time after beginning to deliver the first stimulation therapy a second stimulation therapy different than the first stimulation therapy.
US12036409B2
A system for stimulating phrenic nerves to provide smooth breathing patterns is provided. More specifically, by identifying contraction threshold voltages for muscles associated with each of the left and right portions of a patient's diaphragm, a phrenic nerve pacing signal customized for each phrenic nerve may be provided to a patient. More specifically, a voltage of a pacing voltage provided to a first phrenic nerve may be less than the contraction threshold while a voltage of a pacing voltage provided to a second phrenic nerve may be greater than the contraction threshold.
US12036401B2
A medical system implements a seizure detection algorithm to detect a seizure based on a first patient parameter. The medical system monitors a second patient parameter to adjust the seizure detection algorithm. In some examples, the medical system determines whether a seizure for which therapy delivery is desirable occurred based on a second patient parameter. If a target seizure occurred, and the seizure detection algorithm did not detect the target seizure, the medical system adjusts the seizure detection algorithm to detect the target seizure. For example, the medical system may determine a first patient parameter characteristic indicative of the target seizure detected based on the second patient parameter and store the first patient parameter characteristic as part of the seizure detection algorithm. In some examples, the first patient parameter is an electrical brain signal and the second patient parameter is patient activity (e.g., patient motion or posture).
US12036397B2
A Luer-lock fastening needle hub is proposed. The Luer-lock fastening needle hub has an insertion groove for a front end of a tapered tube of a barrel to receive the tapered tube into which a plunger is inserted, so that a plunger contact surface is inserted into the tapered tube of a front discharge end of the barrel. The Luer-lock fastening needle hub has a needle cap fastening grooves formed along an outer circumference thereof and “V”-shaped insertion guides are formed in four direction at front portions of openings of the needle cap fastening grooves, so that fastening protrusions formed on an inner surface of a needle cap are unaffectedly guided by the “V”-shaped insertion guides and are easily aligned and fastened to the needle cap fastening grooves.
US12036391B2
Method for determining a recommendation value of a control parameter of a fluid infusion device. The method being implemented by a control device and comprising the steps of retrieving user data, feeding a deep reinforcement learning network, outputting a deep reinforcement learning network result, feeding an uncertainty certificates, outputting an uncertainty certificates result, comparing the uncertainty certificates result, determining the recommendation value, of a control parameter of the fluid infusion device based on a state of the unique user using a control algorithm or the deep reinforcement learning network.
US12036388B2
The present invention relates to an at least partly implantable system for injecting a substance into a patient's body. The system comprises at least one implantable infusion needle arranged in at least one first housing, the at least one implantable infusion needle having a tip end for injecting a substance into a penetration area of a patient, and at least one drive unit coupled to the at least one implantable infusion needle and arranged for moving the tip end of the at least one infusion needle for varying the penetration site, wherein the at least one drive unit is a drive unit arranged for moving the tip end of the at least one infusion needle using hydraulic force. The system is adapted to use infusion liquid to be injected into the patient's body as hydraulic fluid.
US12036387B2
An apparatus for determining the volume of fluid dispensed. The apparatus has an acoustic volume sensor that acoustically excites a reference volume and a measurement chamber with a loudspeaker and measures the acoustic response with microphones acoustically coupled to the reference and the measurement chamber. The loudspeaker and sensing microphones are connected to the measurement chamber by separate ports. A detachable dispensing chamber is coupled to the acoustic volume sensor. The volume of the fluid dispensed is determined by a processor based on the acoustic response of the microphones to acoustic excitement by the loudspeaker.
US12036379B2
An enteral feeding connector, coupling or syringe tip configured for compatibility with blenderized feeding applications. The connector, coupling or syringe tip has a minimum internal bore dimension greater than the standard ENFit coupling specifications, to provide improved delivery of blenderized food.
US12036377B2
A hand-operated flow regulator is adapted to be inserted between an elastomeric bulb pump and a tubing as a part of an enema flow path. The hand-operated flow regulator comprises a main flow body, and a tubular pump coupling end part having a free pump coupling end and defining a first flow section. The tubular pump coupling end part extends via an exterior regulator body part into a tubular tube coupling end part having a free tube coupling end and defining a second flow section. An interior regulator body part is situated rotatable and substantially coaxially inside the exterior regulator body part, and a pivotable grip is in operative communication with the interior regulator body part to open and close the enema flow path.
US12036369B2
An adaptor for a respiratory assistance system delivers aerosols to a patient. The adaptor is lightweight with a small footprint to increase patient comfort. The adaptor has a nozzle and a sealing mechanism to maintain pressure therein regardless of whether the nozzle is inserted into the adaptor. The adaptor is configured to connect to medical tubing and a medicament delivery device.
US12036351B2
Dressings, systems, and methods for treating a tissue site on a patient involve allowing liquids from the tissue site or a priming fluid to evaporate and exit the dressing through a liquid-impermeable, vapor-permeable membrane. The dressing is able to process more liquids than would otherwise be possible without evaporation and potentially to create reduced pressure. Other dressings, systems, and methods are disclosed.
US12036340B2
Device surfaces are rendered superhydrophobic and/or superoleophobic through microstructures and/or nanostructures that utilize the same base material(s) as the device itself without the need for coatings made from different materials or substances. A medical device includes a portion made from a base material having a surface adapted for contact with biological material, and wherein the surface is modified to become superhydrophobic, superoleophobic, or both, using only the base material, excluding non-material coatings. The surface may be modified using a subtractive process, an additive process, or a combination thereof. The product of the process may form part of an implantable device or a medical instrument, including a medical device or instrument associated with an intraocular procedure. The surface may be modified to include micrometer- or nanometer-sized pillars, posts, pits or cavitations; hierarchical structures having asperities; or posts/pillars with caps having dimensions greater than the diameters of the posts or pillars.
US12036339B2
A composite material can include a gel and at least one nanostructure disposed within the gel. A method for healing a soft tissue defect can include applying a composite material to a soft tissue defect, wherein the composite material includes a gel and a nanostructure disposed within the gel. A method for manufacturing a composite material for use in healing soft tissue defects can include providing a gel and disposing nanofibers within the gel.
US12036338B2
A composition and methods thereof include bone fibers made from cortical bone in which a plurality of bone fibers are made into shapes that are used to augment rotator cuff and acl repair. Sheets of bone fibers may be used as an interface between bone and tissue, tendons, and/or ligaments. The physical presence of the fibers provides initial fixation, while the use of an osteoinductive material provides long term enhancement of bone formation. A delivery system and methods of use are also provided.
US12036337B2
This disclosure describes, inter alia, materials, devices, kits and methods that may be used to treat chronic sinusitis. The present disclosure describes various sinus scaffolds having fiber-based and non-fiber-based designs. These designs vary in form, dimension, and delivery location. In addition, therapeutic agent(s) may optionally be included within the scaffolds for local delivery over a brief or extended period of time. Therefore, these scaffolds may be used to improve sinus patency, for example, in surgically modified sinus spaces or in sinus spaces that have not previously undergone surgical modification. Moreover, these scaffolds may be used to deliver local therapeutic agent(s) to such sinus spaces, including, for instance, as part of a treatment program that is an alternative to sinus surgery (e.g., FESS) or in other instances as part of a postoperative care of FESS in some embodiments.
US12036336B2
A trigger mechanism that can be used in AR-pattern firearms has a hammer, a trigger member, a disconnector, a locking member, and a “three position” safety selector having safe, standard semi-automatic, and forced reset semi-automatic positions. In the standard semi-automatic position, rearward movement of the bolt carrier causes rearward pivoting of the hammer such that the disconnector hook catches the hammer hook, at which time a user must manually release the trigger member to free the hammer from the disconnector to permit the hammer and trigger member to pivot to the set positions so that the user can pull the trigger member to fire the firearm. In the forced reset semi-automatic position, rearward movement of the bolt carrier causes rearward pivoting of the hammer causing the trigger member to be forced to the set position, the safety selector preventing the disconnector hook from catching the hammer hook, and thereafter when the bolt carrier reaches the substantially in-battery position the user can pull the trigger member to fire the firearm without manually releasing the trigger member. The locking member is pivotable between a first position at which the locking member mechanically blocks the trigger member from moving to the released position and a second position at which the locking member does not mechanically block the trigger member allowing the trigger member to be moved to the released position. The locking member is spring biased toward the first position and moved against the spring bias to the second position by contact from the bolt carrier during forward movement of the bolt carrier as the bolt carrier reaches a substantially in-battery position.
US12036334B2
The present invention relates to new compositions for sclerotherapy. In particular, the invention relates to the use of light activated biocompatible glues and catheter for the application of said glue. The catheter of the present invention comprises a light source for the glue activation.
US12036320B2
A method for continuously processing at least two liquid feed streams is provided. A system for continuously processing at least two liquid feed streams is also provided.
US12036319B2
Described herein are therapeutic pH responsive compositions useful for the treatment of cancer. The compositions involve combining a STING activating polymer micelle, such as PC7A, with a non-peptide STING agonist, such as cGAMP. Methods of administering these compositions in the treatment of cancer are also disclosed. These methods include administration of the pharmaceutical compositions by intratumoral injection in the treatment of solid tumors.
US12036318B2
The present invention relates to a self-emulsionable mineral oil used as a vehicle in poultry vaccines, and a method for producing self-emulsionable mineral oil, comprising the steps of: placing paraffinic mineral oils in a container with stirring; shake until a homogeneous mixture is obtained; without suspending stirring, add adjuvants on the homogeneous mixture; and continue stirring until a homogeneous mixture is obtained.
US12036314B2
Compositions and methods are provided for lamellar and defect reconstruction of corneal stromal tissue using biomaterials that form a defined gel structure in situ. Such gels can serve as cellular or acellular lamellar substitutes to reconstruct corneal stroma, facilitate matrix remodeling, and support multilayered re-epithelialization of wounded corneal stromal tissue, as well delivery vehicles for cells, biomolecules, and/or pharmaceutical agents to wound sites throughout the body.
US12036302B2
Cellular energy levels in skin cells affected by oxidative stress can be improved through the use of a skin care composition that includes a sucrose ester and a fatty alcohol present at a specific ratio. The fatty alcohol and sucrose ester, when incorporated into a skin care composition at a specific ratio, can provide a synergistic improvement in cellular ATP level for skin cells suffering from the effects of oxidative stress.
US12036296B2
A method of reducing the appearance of hyperpigmented skin is disclosed. The method can include topically applying to hyperpigmented skin a composition comprising an aqueous and/or glycerin extract of Rhododendron ferrugineum leaf to reduce melanocyte pigmentation in the skin.
US12036291B2
Provided are imaging agents comprising a compound of Formula I, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and methods of their use.
US12036290B2
The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising a radiohybrid agent containing a silicon-fluoride and a chelating group wherein either the fluorine is 18F or the chelating group contains a chelated radioactive metal, wherein the composition has a pH of 4.0-6.0 and further comprises: 0.1-200 mM citrate buffer; 1-100 mg/mL ethanol; and 5-10 mg/mL sodium chloride.
US12036289B2
The present invention relates to the RRR/SSS pair of enantiomers of the of Gd(PCTA-tris-glutaric acid), the single enantiomers of the pair, the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, their amide derivatives, and compositions comprising at least 50% of these compounds.
US12036286B2
The invention relates to conjugates of biologically active compounds, wherein such a conjugate is comprised of a sequence of amino acids containing a tripeptide that confers selective cleavage by tumor tissue homogenate for release of free drug and/or improves biodistribution into the tumor tissue in comparison to normal tissue homogenate from the same species, wherein the normal tissue is the site of an adverse event associated with administration to a human subject in need thereof of a therapeutically effective amount of a comparator conjugate whose amino acid sequence is a dipeptide known to be selectively cleavable by Cathepsin B.
US12036277B2
The present invention relates to vaccines comprising at least one mRNA encoding at least one antigen for use in the treatment of a disease in an elderly patient preferably exhibiting an age of at least 50 years, more preferably of at least 55 years, 60 years, 65 years, 70 years, or older, wherein the treatment comprises vaccination of the patient and eliciting an immune response in said patient. The present invention is furthermore directed to kits and kits of parts comprising such a vaccine and/or its components and to methods applying such a vaccine or kit.
US12036276B2
Technologies for the prevention and/or treatment of pneumococcal infections.
US12036258B2
Encapsulated cannabinoid comestible noble metal compositions and products, methods of preparing same
A method for the micro-encapsulation of terpenes, lipids, sterols, antioxidants, cannabinoids and/or other hydrophobic compounds includes providing an extract material and preparing an aqueous solution including a cellular material. A disruption of the aqueous solution is performed, to at least partially liberate proteins of the cellular material. The extract material and the disrupted aqueous solution are combined to form an intermediate mixture. The intermediate mixture is disrupted to form an encapsulated mixture, and a pH of the encapsulated mixture is reduced. The encapsulated mixture is then dried and combined with a comestible noble metal, to form a finished product.
US12036240B2
This invention relates generally to compositions and methods for modulating complement component 3 (C3) activity or expression to treat, control or otherwise influence tumors and tissues, including cells and cell types of the tumors and tissues, and malignant, microenvironmental, or immunologic states of the tumor cells and tissues. The invention also relates to methods of diagnosing, prognosing and/or staging of tumors, tissues and cells.
US12036234B2
Disclosed are heparin conjugates comprising heparin conjugated to a peptide that binds to a protein of the extracellular matrix (ECM) of cellular tissue, such as a collagen-binding peptide that binds to collagen of the ECM. The disclosed heparin conjugates may be utilized in methods that include treating ECM material to incorporate the heparin conjugates and impart anticoagulant activity to the ECM. The disclosed heparin conjugates also may be formulated as pharmaceutical compositions for treating and/or preventing vascular injuries and conditions.
US12036229B2
Phosphorylated heptose compounds are useful in modulating an immune response in a subject. Also, the compounds are useful as adjuvants.
US12036225B2
The invention relates to methods of using ibezapolstat to increase the health of the gut microbiome. The invention provides methods of simultaneously treating C. difficile infections while at the same time reducing the likelihood of or preventing the recurrence of C. difficile infection. The invention also provides methods of increasing the health of the gut microbiome by increasing the number of Actinobacteria and/or Firmicutes in the gut.
US12036224B2
Embodiments of the disclosure relate generally to formulations, methods of treatment, kits, and dosage forms for treating inflammatory disorders, including topic dermatitis, cancer, the formulations comprising an active pharmaceutical ingredient. The formulation provided comprises granules, wherein the granules comprise: micronized active ingredient; one or more granulation binders; one or more fillers; one or more disintegrants; and one or more antioxidants. In one embodiment, the methods of treatment include orally administering the active ingredient to a subject suffering from atopic dermatitis, where the active ingredient, is in an amount of about 20 mg to about 80 mg.
US12036221B2
The present invention provides a method of treating depression disease in a treatment resistant patient comprising administering to a mucosal membrane of a patient an effective amount of a pharmaceutically acceptable composition comprising an effective amount of ketamine or dextromethorphan, wherein the mucosal administration of the ketamine or dextromethorphan containing composition allows for the mucosal absorption of the composition eliminating the digestive tract of the patient for effecting a rapid acting antidepressant treatment of the treatment resistant patient. This method includes administering the composition to a patient's mucosal membrane of a respiratory tract, a genitourinary tract, an oral tract, or rectal tract of the patient. A pharmaceutically acceptable composition comprising ketamine or dextromethorphan and a vehicle is disclosed. A biomarker for identifying a depressive disease is set forth.
US12036215B2
Provided is an effective method for using an orally administrable compound having an excellent Aurora A selective inhibitory effect, and a microtubule-targeting drug in combination. The present invention provides a method for treatment of malignant tumor by a combination of 1-(2,3-dichlorobenzoyl)-4-[5-fluoro-6-(5-methyl-1H-pyrazol-3-ylamino)pyridin-2-yl]methyl-4-piperidinecarboxylic acid (compound I) or a salt thereof and a microtubule-targeting drug, wherein the following administration schedule thereof is performed: one cycle involves 7 days; the microtubule-targeting drug is administered once; and the compound I or the salt thereof is administered for 3 consecutive days with cessation of the drug for remaining 4 days.
US12036214B2
The present invention is related to the novel solid dispersion formulations of an anticancer compound of formula A and a process for preparing the same wherein the anticancer compound is formulated with hydrophilic polymer. The said formulation showed enhanced dissolution of the anticancer compound and improved in-vivo anticancer activity. The said formulations are useful for the treatment of various types of cancer.
US12036211B2
Disclosed herein are pyridyl compounds. Also described are specific conjugated nicorandil compounds. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions that include the compounds. Methods of using the pyridyl compounds are disclosed for the treatment of diseases or conditions related to kidney or kidney functions.
US12036192B2
A method of reducing the risk of medication-related overdose, death, or other injury associated with inappropriate consumption of alcohol in conjunction with prescription opioid analgesics, comprising: administering a combination medication having an effective amount of one or more opioid medications, and an effective amount of one or more aldehyde dehydrogenase inhibitors, in order to provide the powerful analgesic effects of the opioid in conjunction with a substance that prevents concomitant alcohol consumption, thereby reducing the risk of alcohol mediated opioid overdose or death. A combination medication, including an effective amount of one or more opioid medications, and an effective amount of one or more aldehyde dehydrogenase inhibitors and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
US12036190B2
The present disclosure is directed to methods of treating a steatosis-associated disorder and methods of treating a cytoplasmic glycogen storage disorder, including glycogen storage disease I, glycogen storage disease III, glycogen storage disease IV, and/or conditions associated with a PRKAG2 mutation, by administering a therapeutic agent selected from a lysosomal enzyme, an autophagy-inducing agent, or a combination thereof. Steatosis-associated disorders discussed herein include GSD Ia, GSD Ib, GSD Ic, NAFLD, and NASH. Other embodiments are directed to methods of reversing steatosis, modulating autophagy, inducing autophagy, and reversing glycogen storage. Methods of treating a cytoplasmic glycogen storage disorder by administering a lysosomal enzyme and a second therapeutic agent are also described. Other embodiments are directed to methods of treating a cytoplasmic glycogen storage disorder by administering a therapeutic agent as an adjunctive therapy to lysosomal enzyme replacement therapy.
US12036171B2
A self-operated, or therapist assisted, apparatus particularly adapted for massaging a user's body parts affected by repetitive strain injuries such as tendinitis and carpal tunnel syndrome, comprises two clamping arms joined at a base end and provided with an opening at the other end. Flexible massaging members are mounted on opposite medial sections of the arms. A body part may be placed between the two arms of the device to be acted upon by the massaging members, whereby the body part is adjustably clamped between the pair of massaging members and massaged by translating and rotating movements of the body part along an axis perpendicular to the mounting axes of the massaging members. Alternatively, one of the arms of the apparatus may be separated from the apparatus and used independently to massage body parts that otherwise would not fit between the arms of the apparatus.
US12036155B2
A method includes obtaining a surgical plan comprising a plurality of stages, determining, for each stage, a corresponding position of a first holder of a motorized joint positioner, selecting a selected stage of the plurality of stages of the surgical plan, and moving, by a computer programmed to control the motorized joint positioner, the first holder to the corresponding position of the first holder for the selected stage.
US12036149B2
A laser eye surgery system that has a patient interface between the eye and the laser system relying on suction to hold the interface to the eye, the patient interface using liquid used as a transmission medium for the laser. During a laser procedure sensors monitor the level of liquid within the patient interface and send a signal to control electronics if the level drops below a threshold value. The sensor may be mounted on the inside of the patient interface, within a fluid chamber. Alternatively, a gas flow meter may be added to a suction circuit for the patient interface that detects abnormal suction levels indicating low fluid level.
US12036147B2
A thermal control unit supplies temperature controlled fluid to a patient to control the patient's temperature. The thermal control unit includes a fluid outlet, fluid inlet, heat exchanger, pump, patient temperature probe port, user interface, and controller. The controller receives patient temperature readings from the patient temperature probe port and controls a temperature of the circulating fluid in a first manner when no event data is received regarding treatment of the patient. The controller controls a temperature of the circulating fluid in a second and different manner when event data is received. The event data may relate to medication and/or fluid administered to the patient. The different manners include determining a target fluid temperature in using different inputs and/or alarming in different manners. In some cases, the controller pauses the use of the patient temperature readings while continuing to deliver temperature controlled fluid to the patient.
US12036145B2
Apparatus that enables non-penetrating sex between two users. Embodiments may be integrated into or attached to clothing worn by the first user. A tubular element (including, but not limited to, a male or female condom) may be installed either permanently or detachably; attachments at both the open and closed ends of the tubular element ensure that it will not penetrate the first user. Users may therefore enjoy many of the benefits of sex, including intimacy and mutual stimulation, without the risks inherent in penetration. Attachment for the open end may use for example an element that attaches to a base ring or flange at the open end. Illustrative attachments for the closed end include a loop into which the closed end is cinched, a notch or hole into which a button in the closed end is inserted, and a mechanism into which the closed end is inserted, folded, and secured.
US12036138B2
A stent configured for implantation in a body lumen, includes: a tubular structure having a first end, a second end opposite from the first end, and a tubular body extending between the first and second ends, the tubular body comprising a plurality of elongate portions defining a porosity for the stent, at least one of the elongate portions having a zig-zag configuration, the first end of the tubular structure having a plurality of crown elements disposed circumferentially with respect to a longitudinal axis of the tubular structure, the crown elements forming a crown configuration for the first end of the tubular body; and a plurality of tabs coupled to the first end of the tubular structure; wherein a number of the crown elements is higher than a number of the tabs; wherein the tabs are coupled to only a subset, and not all, of the crown elements.
US12036134B2
An apparatus and a method are provided for performing cartilage graft implant surgeries. The apparatus comprises a graft plug kit comprising one or more grafts configured to treat osteochondral defects in various bone joint locations in a patient's body. Each of the grafts comprises a cartilage layer coupled with a bone portion. The cartilage layer comprises a thickness selected to closely match the thickness of existing cartilage at an implant location. The bone portion comprises surface features configured to encourage the patient's bone tissue to grow into the bone portion, thereby accelerating incorporation of the graft into the patient's bone. An instrument kit comprises a multiplicity of instruments configured for implantation of the grafts into the patient's body, including at least a graft inserter, a guidewire, a reamer, and a size gauge.
US12036130B2
A surgical implant and a surgical kit. The surgical implant has a body having at least one interior surface, the body forming a peripheral support for the implant. The surgical implant has a porous insert comprised of a porous material, having at least one axially-extending hole, and attached to the body along the at least one interior surface such that the porous material extends across a height of the body. The porous insert has a locking mechanism formed in the porous insert or extending from the porous insert, the locking mechanism minimizing movement of the porous insert from within the body. The surgical kit includes the surgical implant and an intervertebral insertion device.
US12036129B2
Deployable Euler Spiral Connectors (DESCs) are introduced as compliant deployable flexures that can span gaps between segments in a mechanism and then lay flat when under strain in a stowed position. This paper presents models of Euler spiral beams combined in series and parallel that can be used to design compact compliant mechanisms. Constraints on the flexure parameters of DESCs are also presented. Analytic models developed for the force-deflection behavior and stress were compared to finite element analysis and experimental data. A spinal implant and a linear ratcheting system are presented as illustrative applications of DESCs.
US12036127B2
A femoral head prosthesis is a multilayer composite having a metal neck stem component thread or press fit into a hollow rigid shell of metal or ceramic, a polymeric core filling the interior volume under the hollow rigid shell and around a forward part of the neck stem, and a smooth, void-free polymeric articulation layer of at most 12 mm over the exterior of the shell. The prosthesis is formed by a polymeric molding process wherein polymerizing resin or heated thermoplastic material is flowed in a mold through a set of holes through the hollow shell into the interior volume and around the shell's exterior. Once the resin has cured or the thermoplastic cooled, the stem, core, shell and articulation layer collectively form an integral prosthesis of a desired head diameter matching a patient's anatomy.
US12036123B2
An implant device and method is provided. The implant may be a generally spherical, hollow body having one or more layers configured to be implanted within a scrotum and a cavity sized to receive a testis. Net sheeting provides structural rigidity to the implant and facilitates suturing of the implant to the patient. The cavity has a cavity configured to permit access to the cavity. Implantation involves administering one or more anesthetic agents to a patient having at least one testis and a scrotum; cutting an at least 1.5-inch longitudinal incision in the scrotum to expose the tunica vaginalis; cutting an at least 1.5-inch longitudinal incision in the tunica vaginalis; providing the testicular implant placing the testicular implant over the at least one testis; closing the at least 1.5-inch longitudinal incision in the tunica vaginalis; connecting the testicular implant to the tunica vaginalis; and closing the scrotum.
US12036115B2
Apparatus and methods are described including a valve frame (20) configured to support a prosthetic valve within a native atrio-ventricular valve. The valve frame (20) includes an atrial part (26) and a cylindrical part (22), to which the prosthetic valve leaflets (23) are coupled. A plurality of chord-recruiting arms (24) extend at least radially from the ventricular end of the cylindrical part (22). The chord-recruiting arms (24) are coupled to the ventricular end of the cylindrical part via stitches (82), and the stitches (82) are configured to act as hinges, such that upon being released from a radially-constrained configuration, while the cylindrical part (22) is held in an at least partially radially-constrained configuration, the chord-recruiting arms (24) are configured to extend radially outwardly by pivoting about the stitches (82) with respect to the cylindrical part (22). Other applications are also described.
US12036105B2
A product including a feminine hygiene pad provided in a folded configuration within an individualized package is disclosed. The pad is folded separately of the package and contained within the package. The pad may include a backsheet adhesive coversheet including a section of polymeric film adhered to an outward-facing side of the backsheet of the pad, and a deposit of backsheet adhesive disposed between the backsheet adhesive coversheet and the backsheet, the the backsheet adhesive coversheet and the backsheet adhesive being selected and adapted such that the backsheet adhesive coversheet may be peeled away from the pad to expose the backsheet adhesive without substantial damage to a remainder of the pad, and such that the backsheet adhesive remains substantially in place and adhered to the backsheet following peeling away of the backsheet adhesive coversheet.
US12036102B2
A packaging plant of groups of absorbent sanitary articles able to create various types of customized packages in relation to the needs of consumers, automatically and without interruptions in the production of absorbent sanitary articles. The present invention also relates to a method for managing a packaging plant. The present invention also relates to a transport apparatus for absorbent sanitary articles, as well as to a method for transporting absorbent sanitary articles.
US12036101B2
A process and an apparatus for making a refastenable side seam of an hygienic absorbent article efficiently, without the need to remove scrap and which allows refastenable side seams to be obtained which are ergonomic, aesthetically pleasing, easily identifiable by the user and such that they do not reduce the wearability of the article. The disclosure also relates to an hygienic absorbent article provided with at least one refastenable side seam. The disclosure also relates to a process and an apparatus for carrying out one or more operations on elastic panels usable for making an hygienic absorbent article provided with at least one refastenable side seam.
US12036098B2
An AHP is disclosed having a topsheet, a backsheet joined with the topsheet, an absorbent core, disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet, and a poly(acrylic acid)-based superabsorbent polymer (SAP), partly derived from recycled resources. The SAP exhibits defined Saline Flow Conductivity and Absorption Against Pressure values. Methods for making the aforementioned AHP are also disclosed.
US12036096B2
A wound dressing includes a hydrophilic foam layer, a drape layer, superabsorbent projections, and printed indicators. The hydrophilic foam layer is configured to engage a wound bed and has a first side and a second side, the second side configured to face the wound bed. The drape layer has a first side and a second side, the second side configured to face the first side of the hydrophilic foam layer. The plurality of non-contiguous superabsorbent projections are fixed to and extend from the first side of the hydrophilic foam layer towards the second side of the drape layer. The one or more non-contiguous printed indicators surround one or more of the plurality of superabsorbent projections.
US12036093B2
Provided herein are systems and methods for determining if a 3D tooth model requires trimming or removal of incomplete or missing data (e.g., gingiva covering a portion of a tooth such as a molar). A patient's dentition may be scanned and/or segmented. Features of the patient's teeth can be determined, including a tooth center point of at least three of the patient's teeth. The features of the patient's teeth are used to access a parametric model. A trim plane normal vector is identified for a distal tooth. Trimming of the 3D tooth model is based on the trim plane normal vector.
US12036092B2
A method to combine dental anatomy data includes, by the use of a computing device: receiving volumetric dental data and superficial dental data; segmenting the crowns of the volumetric dental data from the roots of the volumetric dental data; segmenting the crowns of the superficial dental data from the gingiva of the superficial dental data; transforming superficial dental data of the crowns to substantially align with volumetric dental data of the crowns; stitching the transformed superficial dental data of the crowns to volumetric dental data of the crowns; and outputting for display an image data based on the combined dental data.
US12036081B2
A dental cleaning appliance includes a handle, a fluid reservoir for storing a working fluid, and a fluid delivery system for receiving working fluid from the reservoir, and for delivering working fluid to the oral cavity of a user. A drive unit drives movement of a bristle carrier relative to the handle. The fluid reservoir extends about at least part of the drive unit.
US12036079B2
An oral care device attachment for being coupled to a drive shaft of an oral care device handle, the attachment including: an outer attachment tube having a coupling end that is intended for being secured at the oral care device handle; a carrier mounted for driven motion at the outer attachment tube; a motion transmitter disposed inside of the outer attachment tube; where a spring is arranged that the motion transmitter is biased into a position towards the coupling end of the outer attachment tube.
US12036063B2
A tubing assembly for electronic catheter guidance systems is provided and can include a catheter, an internal acoustic transducer and an external acoustic transducer. The catheter extends in a longitudinal direction and has proximal and distal ends that define a lumen therebetween. Further, the catheter is configured for placement within a patient's digestive or respiratory tract. The internal acoustic transducer can be located within the catheter's lumen, and the external acoustic transducer can be located on or outside the patient's body. The transducers can transmit and/or receive acoustic signals as directed by a processor and communicate with the processor to deliver sound data to a display device. The frequency response and/or attenuation of the signals can indicate placement of the catheter in the digestive tract compared to the respiratory tract. A catheter guidance system and method for accurately placing a catheter in the digestive or respiratory tract are also provided.
US12036062B2
Near field communication system, X-ray CT apparatus, and near field communication controlling method
A near field communication system according to an embodiment includes: a long coupler provided for a first device; a short coupler provided for a second device and configured to perform wireless communication based on electromagnetic field coupling, with the long coupler; and signal processing circuitry configured to vary gain for each of various frequencies of a signal transmitted and received between the long coupler and the short coupler, in accordance with the position of the short coupler with respect to the long coupler.
US12036060B2
The present disclosure relates to an artificial intelligence-based oral CT automatic color conversion device and a method for driving same. The artificial intelligence-based oral CT automatic color conversion device according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a storage unit which stores a color conversion image related to the bone density of an alveolar bone, which is previously prepared by a user; and a control unit which, when an oral CT input image of a patient is received, converts color of the received oral CT input image on the basis of a predetermined parameter value, and adjusts the predetermined parameter value by using an error value resulting from the converted oral CT input image and the (pre)stored color conversion image to automatically convert the color of an oral CT input image to be input later.
US12036056B2
The X-ray imaging system according to the present embodiment includes an X-ray tube, a holding assembly, a flying object, an X-ray detector, and processing circuitry, The X-ray tube is configured to emit X-rays. The holding assembly is configured to hold the X-ray tube. The flying object is equipped with the holding assembly. The X-ray detector is configured to detect the X-rays emitted by the X-ray tube. The processing circuitry is configured to control a flight of the flying object, and to control the flight of the flying object such that the X-ray tube is arranged on a predetermined position with respect to the X-ray detector.
US12036055B2
Systems and method for performing X-ray computed tomography (CT) that can improve spectral separation and decrease motion artifacts without increasing radiation dose are provided. The systems and method can be used with either a kVp-switching source or a single-kVp source. When used with a kVp-switching source, an absorption grating and a filter grating can be disposed between the X-ray source and the sample to be imaged. Relative motion of the filter and absorption gratings can by synchronized to the kVp switching frequency of the X-ray source. When used with a single-kVp source, a combination of absorption and filter gratings can be used and can be driven in an oscillation movement that is optimized for a single-kVp X-ray source. With a single-kVp source, the absorption grating can also be omitted and the filter grating can remain stationary.
US12036048B2
A holding apparatus for holding a sterilizable medical product and for storing the medical product before and/or after the cleaning process, and a product monitoring system featuring such a holding apparatus. The holding apparatus includes a data processing device connectable to at least one sensor in a signal-conducting manner. The sensor is a temperature sensor for determining a temperature during the cleaning process and/or a pressure sensor for determining a static and/or dynamic pressure of a cleaning fluid during the cleaning process. The data processing device processes the sensor signals to form cleaning information and is connectable to a memory apparatus in a data-conducting manner, on which memory apparatus the cleaning information is storable. The cleaning information is retrievable or readable from the memory apparatus by an evaluation device such that a cleaning profile of the medical product can be determined based on the cleaning information.
US12036046B2
A system to generate images based on imaging data of a portion of a body and physiological event data associated with a physiological process of the body. The system is to identify a plurality of physiological cycles based on the physiological event data, determine a duration of each of the plurality of physiological cycles, determine a representative duration based on the durations of each of the plurality of physiological cycles, identify a first plurality of the plurality of physiological cycles based on a difference between the durations of the first plurality of physiological cycles and the representative duration, identify a second plurality of the plurality of physiological cycles different from the first plurality of the plurality of physiological cycles, determine a predetermined number of portions of each of the second plurality of the plurality of physiological cycles, accumulate imaging data acquired during respective portions of each of the second plurality of the plurality of physiological cycles to determine a set of accumulated imaging data for each of the predetermined number of portions, and generate a plurality of images, each of the plurality of images being generated based on a respective one of the sets of accumulated imaging data.
US12036044B2
Apparatus, system and method for medical analysis of a seated individual, includes determining the aortic valve opening; the PTT; and calculating the PWV. Determining the aortic valve opening includes collecting BCG data while sitting on a seat and determining the timing of the aortic valve opening, taking into account posture. Measuring the aortic pulse wave transit time includes collecting BCG data while sitting on a seat capable of measuring changes in apparent weight; determining the timing of the aortic valve opening; detecting the arrival of the pulse wave at the end point; and measuring the relative timings of the two events. Calculating the PWV includes determining a length of the arterial segment through which a pulse wave is to be measured between a start point and an end point; and dividing the determined length of the arterial segment by the PTT.
US12036038B2
An ostomy appliance system includes an ostomy appliance having a stoma opening and a first electrical interface, and at least one thermal sensor configured to detect at least one thermal property, such as temperature, at the ostomy appliance, the at least one temperature sensor connected to the first electrical interface with electrical circuitry. A wearable device may be removably connected to the ostomy appliance and operably connected to the at least one thermal sensor. The wearable device includes a housing, a second electrical interface configured for electrical connection to the first electrical interface, a power supply and a controller operably connected to the power supply. The controller is configured to determine a condition of the ostomy appliance based on the at least one thermal property detected at the at least one thermal sensor. The wearable device may also include a wireless transceiver configured to communicate with a personal communication device.
US12036037B2
One aspect of the present disclosure relates a method of diagnosis and/or treatment of a solid tumor. The method includes directly measuring neural activity within a solid tumor for a time and determining a state of the solid tumor based on the neural activity. The diagnosis and/or treatment can be determined based on the state of the solid tumor. In some instances, the neural activity can be used in a closed loop to detect the neural activity, determine the state, determine the risk, apply treatment, check again for neural activity, and cease treatment when the neural activity is gone.
US12036033B2
The present invention is related to a vaginal drug delivery device and to a vaginal diagnostic device that comprises a first and second rigid member, wherein the first and/or second rigid member comprises a reservoir holding a medicament to be delivered, an opening, and a pump for pumping said medicament out of said opening, and/or wherein the first rigid member and/or second rigid member comprises a diagnostic device for performing an intravaginal diagnosis or measurement therefor. The device further comprises a first flexible member and flexible part, wherein at least one of the first flexible member and the flexible part is at least partially elastic having an elasticity such that the device can be squeezed from an extended shape to a collapsed shape. The device is pre-biased to assume the extended shape when little to no external force is being applied thereto. Furthermore, the device assumes a shape substantially corresponding to the extended shape when the device is inserted with the squeezed rigid member first, so that these naturally unfold in the formix posterior vaginae.
US12036031B2
A medical testing apparatus and method of use for penetrating a patient's tissue with an agent, the apparatus comprises an arcuate rail having spaced first and second sides supported by upper and lower arcuate surfaces and an arcuate handle having first and second ends extending from the upper surface of the arcuate rail. A plurality of tips extend substantially from and normally outward as the lower arcuate surface. The plurality of tips comprises alternating blunt tips and reed tips.
US12036024B2
A system for quantification of exercise and physical therapy includes an anchoring module and an electronics module. The anchoring module is removably attached to an object (e.g., a flexible resistive band) or equipped with a clamping mechanism for removably securing the object. The anchoring module also includes an anchoring-module coupling fixture. At least one of the modules includes a sensor (e.g., a force sensor) configured to generate a signal representative of a user's performance during exercise or physical therapy; a processor configured to receive signals from the force sensor; a computer storage medium storing software code and in communication with the processor, wherein the software code includes instruction for processing the signals from the force sensor to quantify the performance; and at least one electronics-module coupling fixture configured to secure the electronics module to the anchoring module coupling fixture.
US12036023B2
A flexible sensor configured for use in a bladder is flexible and moveable from a first position in which it is configured to not be discharged from the bladder to a second position in which it is configured to be inserted into the bladder. A sensor insertion tool includes an over sheath, a push rod configured to be inserted into a first lumen of the over sheath. The flexible sensor is positioned in the first lumen of the over sheath, the push rod is then inserted partially into the over sheath behind the flexible sensor. The sensor insertion tool is then positioned at a location, such as the opening to the bladder, in which the sensor is to be deployed.
US12036019B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for non-invasively measuring blood glucose levels in a biological sample based on spectral data. This includes a light source to strike a target area of a sample, a light detector positioned to receive light from the light source and to generate an output signal, having a time dependent current, which is indicative of the power of light detected, a processor to receive the output signal from the light detector based on the received output signal, calculate the attenuance attributable to blood in a sample present in the target area with a ratio factor, eliminate effect of uncertainty caused by temperature dependent detector response of the light detector, and then determine a blood glucose level associated with a sample present in the target area based on the calculated attenuance with the processor.
US12036016B2
A system for capturing person-related accident data in a vehicle, comprising at least one camera for capturing image data of at least one vehicle occupant, the camera being designed as a high-speed camera, a circular memory for storing the captured image data, and a control unit, which is designed to receive an accident commencement signal. The control unit controls the circular memory and/or the camera in such a way that the storing of the image data is ended at the end time, the end time lying after the receipt of the accident commencement signal by a predefined time interval. The person-related accident data comprise at least the image data stored in the circular memory.
US12036015B2
A method of detecting, measuring, logging, and tracking a user's consumption of liquid through an electronic wearable on a person's wrist, hand, or other extremity used for consuming beverages is described. In preferred embodiments, the electronic wearable can detect individual sips, the final sip of a beverage, and the type of container the beverage is being consumed from.
US12036010B2
A solution for measuring a cardiogram of a user is disclosed. According to an aspect, a portable training computer includes a communication circuitry including a radio frequency antenna and configured to transmit a radio frequency signal through the antenna, a measurement circuitry coupled to the antenna and configured to measure an electric property of the antenna, and at least one processor configured to, in a first measurement mode, detect presence of an object in proximity with the antenna on the basis of the measured electric property, and in a second measurement mode, detect motion of a body of a user of the portable training computer with respect to the antenna on the basis of the measured electric property and compute a cardiogram of the user in the basis of the detected motion.
US12035994B2
An implantable device for monitoring physiological changes in a patient is provided. The device can include a vessel adapted to being implanted within a patient's body; a chamber having a cell layer and capable of being secured to the vessel; a light source for shining light onto the cell layer; and a reader for detecting and/or decoding signals from the cell layer to monitor physiological changes in the patient. The device is capable of engaging in a two-way communication with a second device through transmission of one or more electromagnetic signals through at least a portion of the patient's body.
US12035993B2
A robotic surgical tool includes a shaft extendable through a handle, an end effector arranged at a distal end of the shaft and including a first and second jaws providing first and second jaw extension, a plurality of drive members extending along the shaft and actuatable by the handle, and an articulable wrist interposing the end effector and the distal end. The wrist includes a proximal clevis, a distal clevis rotatably coupled to the proximal clevis, first and second pulleys rotatably mounted to the distal clevis, the first jaw extension being pinned to the first pulley and the second jaw extension being pinned to the second pulley, and a linkage mounted to the jaws. The plurality of drive members terminate at the first and second pulleys and are antagonistically operable to open and close the jaws and articulate the end effector in pitch and yaw.
US12035992B2
Systems and methods for computer-assisted systems using robotic technology are described. For example, this disclosure describes systems and methods that can be used in various contexts such as, but not limited to, minimally invasive computer-assisted tele-operated surgery using robotic technology. The disclosure describes instruments and mechanisms for actuating and controlling the motions of such instruments. The instruments and actuator mechanisms may be used in medical operations and non-medical operations.
US12035991B2
A surgical robotic tool used with a surgical robotic system can include cables that effect movement in the surgical robotic tool. A brake in any of these cables can be detected by checking a plurality of conditions. A process can compare a) a tension error against a first threshold, b) a rate of change of the sensed tension of the cable against a second threshold, and c) a rate of change of a cable extension error against a third threshold. If all thresholds are exceeded, the process can disable the respective actuator.
US12035984B2
A robotic surgical tool includes an elongate shaft, an end effector arranged at a distal end of the shaft and including a first jaw providing a first jaw extension and a second jaw providing a second jaw extension, and an articulable wrist that interposes the end effector and the distal end, the wrist including an articulation joint rotatable about a first pivot axis, and first and second pulleys rotatably mounted to the articulation joint at a second pivot axis perpendicular to the first pivot axis, the first pulley interposing the first jaw extension and a first joint portion of the articulation joint, and the second pulley interposing the second jaw extension and a second joint portion of the articulation joint. Joining the first and second joint portions secures the first and second pulleys within the wrist.
US12035981B2
Methods, systems, and devices for controlling a medical instrument are discussed herein. For example, image data can be received from a first instrument that is configured to access an anatomical site via a first access path. The image data can be representative of the anatomical site and a second instrument that is configured to access the anatomical site via a second access path. A visual representation of the image data can be displayed in a user interface and a first directional input signal can be received from an input device. An orientation of the first instrument relative to the second instrument can be determined. Movement of the second instrument can be controlled based at least in part on the first directional input signal and the orientation of the first instrument relative to the second instrument.
US12035977B2
Systems, methods and devices are disclosed for use in electronic guidance systems for surgical navigation. A sensor is provided with an optical sensor and an inclinometer (e.g. accelerometer or other inclination measuring sensor) and communicates measurements of patient inclination to an inter-operative computing unit. A registration device is useful to construct a registration coordinate frame. The direction of gravity may be used to construct the registration coordinate frame such as determined from inclination measurements.
US12035975B2
The method of identifying a potentially surgically operable target zone in an epileptic patient's brain includes: providing a computerized platform modelling various zones of a primate brain and connectivity between said zones; providing a model of an epileptogenic zone and a model of the propagation of an epileptic discharge from an epileptic zone to a propagation zone; obtaining a patient's personalized computerized platform; deriving the potential target zones based on modularity analysis; evaluating the target zones' effectiveness by simulating epileptic seizures propagation in the personalized patient's computerized platform; evaluating the target zones' safety by simulating spatiotemporal brain activation patterns in a defined state condition and comparing the simulated spatiotemporal brain activation patterns obtained before removal of the target zone with the spatiotemporal brain activation patterns obtained after removal of the target zone; identifying the target zones which satisfy both effectiveness and safety evaluation criteria as potentially surgically operable target zones.
US12035961B2
A radiofrequency denervation device with a needle and an electrode to achieve radiofrequency denervation of the sacroiliac joint. The needle is substantially rigid with a sharp tip and a gauge sufficient to navigate through tissue and a tip comprising an inactive portion and a radiofrequency active portion for producing lesions in tissue. The tip is disposed in a helical formation concentric with a longitudinal axis of the needle that communicates over an arcuate path with an angle of attack. Radiofrequency denervation can be performed within patient tissue by rotating the tip of the needle in a screw-like motion in a first rotational direction to advance through tissue to achieve a position with the active portion of the tip substantially parallel to a surface of the sacrum and actuating the active portion to produce a lesion. Repositioning and further lesioning can be achieved by selective rotation and actuation of the tip.
US12035959B2
The present disclosure relates to devices, systems and methods for evaluating the success of a treatment applied to tissue in a patient, such as a radio frequency ablative treatment used to neuromodulate nerves associated with the renal artery. A system monitors parameters or values generated during the course of a treatment. Feedback provided to an operator is based on the monitored values and relates to an assessment of the likelihood that a completed treatment was technically successful. In other embodiments, parameters or values generated during the course of an incomplete treatment (such as due to high temperature or high impedance conditions) may be evaluated to provide additional instructions or feedback to an operator.
US12035955B2
Various implementations include an alignment device for carrying out a periacetabular osteotomy operation on a patient that includes a patient-specific acetabular unit, to be fixed in a univocal position on the iliac bone, in proximity of the acetabulum; a patient-specific iliac unit, to be fixed in a univocal position on the iliac bone, in a lateral position with respect to the acetabular unit; and a patient-specific bridge, to be connected in a rigid and univocal manner to the acetabular unit and to the iliac unit. The acetabular unit and the iliac unit assume a first mutual position incompatible with the bridge. When osteotomy is carried out and the bridge is connected to the acetabular unit and the iliac unit, they assume a second position, different from the first position and corresponding to a bio-mechanically correct position of the acetabulum with respect to the remaining portion of the iliac bone.
US12035954B2
A central inflatable distractor and a perimeter balloon are inserted into the disc space in uninflated configurations. The central inflatable distractor is then expanded, thereby distracting the vertebral endplates to the controlled height of the central inflatable distractor. The perimeter balloon is then inflated with a curable substance. The perimeter balloon expands as it is filled with the curable substance and conforms to the void remaining in the disc space around the central inflatable distractor, thereby creating a horseshoe shape. Once the flowable material in the perimeter balloon has cured, the central inflated distractor can be deflated and removed. The remaining void (or inner space) is then packed with graft for fusion.
US12035946B2
An implantable spacer for placement between adjacent spinous processes in a spinal motion segment is provided. The spacer includes a body defining a longitudinal axis and passageway. A first arm and a second arm are connected to the body. Each arm has a pair of extensions and a saddle defining a U-shaped configuration for seating a spinous process therein. Each arm has a proximal caming surface and is capable of rotation with respect to the body. An actuator assembly is disposed inside the passageway and connected to the body. When advanced, a threaded shaft of the actuator assembly contacts the caming surfaces of arms to rotate them from an undeployed configuration to a deployed configuration. In the deployed configuration, the distracted adjacent spinous processes are seated in the U-shaped portion of the arms.
US12035945B2
A receiver for engaging a bone stabilizing element includes a receiver portion connectable to the stabilizing element, and a base portion connectable to a bone of a patient. The base portion may connect to the bone with a bone screw, for example a polyaxial bone screw, and the receiver portion may connect to the stabilizing element, for example a rod, using a set screw. The receiver portion and the base portion are slideably connected to each other, coupled and constrained in relative movement, by overlapping portions. Axial rotation between the receiver portion and the base portion is enabled by changing the relative dimensions of overlapped portions.
US12035941B2
A surgical access device includes a proximal end portion configured to support a seal assembly having an insufflation port. The device includes a cannula tube extending distally from the proximal end portion and having an inner surface that defines a lumen extending longitudinally through the cannula tube. The cannula tube is configured to be inserted distally through a body cavity wall of a patient, and the lumen is configured to guide a surgical instrument shaft distally through the cannula tube for accessing a body cavity of the patient. The device includes a channel formed in the inner surface of the cannula tube. The channel extends longitudinally between a proximal end of the lumen and a distal end of the lumen, and the channel is configured to direct a gas therethrough to or from the insufflation port of the seal assembly while a surgical instrument shaft is disposed within the lumen.
US12035939B2
A device for providing access to a nodule, lesion, or pathological area in a lung or other body organ or lumen. The device includes a sheath portion having a proximal end and a distal end and a plurality of stabilization wires. The sheath portion includes a primary lumen that extends from the proximal end to the distal end and a plurality of secondary lumens that extend from the proximal end to the distal end. The stabilization wires are configured to be slidably received within the secondary lumens. The length of the stabilization wires is greater than the length of the secondary lumens.
US12035937B2
The invention relates to a polymer needle comprising a body portion with a cylindrical cross-section and a tip portion in extension to the body portion. The tip portion of the needle forms at least two converging surfaces defining an edge. The needle forms a plurality of conduits arranged about a central solid core. The conduits and the core extend from the body portion into the tip portion such that each conduit terminates in one of the tip surfaces and the solid core forms the tip. The invention further relates to an apparatus for cleaving a polymer fibre at elevated temperatures. The polymer needle is prepared by this cleaving apparatus. The cleaving apparatus comprises a holding means for holding the fibre, a guide for guiding the movement of a cleaving knife, and a cleaving knife forming a cutting face of V-shape.
US12035936B2
Ablation devices useful for removing nerve and soft tissue via a minimally invasive procedure to alleviate pain are provided. The device comprises a cannula having an opening at a distal tip of the cannula, the opening configured for suction of a surgical site, and a movable tissue capture member having a portion disposed within the opening or adjacent to the cannula, the movable tissue capture member configured to capture tissue when moved in a first position. Methods for ablating nerve and/or soft tissue utilizing the ablation devices are also provided.
US12035929B2
Provided is a method of resecting a humerus, including positioning a multi-part guide on the humerus, where the multi-part guide includes a support portion and a positioning jig; advancing at least two mounting pins through the support portion along diverging paths; removing the positioning jig; and resecting the humerus with reference to a cutting surface of the support portion.
US12035927B2
Surgical instruments for performing wedge-shaped osteotomies are disclosed herein. One surgical instrument includes a body including a distal end, a proximal end, and a top surface. The top surface includes a slope extending upward and along a single plane from the distal end to the proximal end. Multiple columns of cutting blades positioned on the top surface and each of the cutting blades includes a respective uniform height that extends vertically along at least a portion of the slope. Another surgical instrument includes a top surface including a flat plane. Multiple columns of cutting blades are positioned on the top surface and the columns of cutting blades are spaced apart and positioned on at least a portion of the top surface. Each cutting blade extends horizontally along the top surface and includes an increasing slope extending upward and along a single plane from the distal end to the proximal end.
US12035924B2
A root canal length measuring device includes a display for displaying a control mode figure indicating an execution control mode executed among a plurality of control modes and a control unit for controlling the display to display the figure. A plurality of elements for displaying the control mode figure include a shaft portion extending in an arc shape or a fan shape and a clockwise head portion and a counterclockwise head portion indicating a first direction and a second direction as rotation directions of a cutting tool, respectively. The control unit controls the display according to the execution control mode in a root canal treatment device so that, among the plurality of elements, an entirety or a part of the shaft portion and the clockwise head portion and/or the counterclockwise head portion are displayed on the display.
US12035917B2
The present disclosure relates generally to ligators, actuation devices, and methods for deploying ligation bands around a portion of tissue, utilizing an endoscope for suction, visualization, and support. In some embodiments, a ligator may include an elongate member having a lumen, and a ligating band dispenser extending from a distal end of the elongate member. The ligating band dispenser may include a cap and at least one ligating band on the cap. The ligator may further include an actuation device extending around the elongate member, wherein the actuation device includes a body, and a bobbin coupled to the body by support arms. A suture may be coupled between the bobbin and the at least one ligating band, wherein rotation of the bobbin draws the suture towards a proximal end of the elongate member to deploy the at least one ligating band from the cap.
US12035914B2
A method of coating a slip ring for use with a surgical instrument is disclosed. The method includes the steps of providing a slip ring including a plurality of conductive elements, and depositing a material less conductive than the conductive elements onto the conductive elements of the slip ring.
US12035908B2
The present invention relates to a laparoscopic stapler for suturing body tissue cut during laparoscopic surgery, and more particularly, to a laparoscopic stapler in which implant binding pins to be continuously fired can be correctly positioned using an implant alignment unit for aligning an implant assembly, and an implant assembly pressing member. Therefore, malfunctioning is prevented, and implant loading, transport, and discharge can proceed smoothly.
US12035907B2
A surgical apparatus is provided. The surgical apparatus includes a proximal body portion, a distal body portion selectively articulable relative to the proximal body portion at an articulation joint, and a first drive gear disposed within the distal body portion. The distal body portion has a diameter and a length. The length of the distal body portion is substantially the same as the diameter of the distal body portion.
US12035903B2
Implants, instruments, and methods for performing surgical procedures on the spine, including one or more of creating an operative corridor to the spine, delivering implants to the spine, fusing one or more segments of the spine and fixing one or more segments of the spine.
US12035902B2
A method for creating space in a joint formed at the convergence of two bones, the method comprising: applying force to a body part so as to separate the two bones from one another by a distance which is greater than the distance that they are normally separated from one another when the joint is in a healthy state, whereby to distract the joint and create an intrajoint space; inserting an assembly of three balloons into the intrajoint space while the assembly of three balloons is in a contracted condition; expanding the assembly of three balloons within the intrajoint space; and reducing the force applied to the body part so that the joint is supported on the assembly of three balloons, with the two bones remaining separated from one another by a distance which is greater than the distance that they are normally separated from one another when the joint is in a healthy state.
US12035900B2
A medical device is provided in which one or both ends of the device encourage the formation of tissue across substantially the entire area of the respective end that is exposed to the blood flow for reducing the risk of a thrombotic embolism. The medical device includes a tubular structure having at least one expanded volume portion and a tapered transition portion. The tubular structure may be made through the braiding of a number of strands, and a first end feature may be used to secure the proximal strand ends. The proximal strand ends may be secured via the proximal end of the first end feature, such that the tapered transition portion is formed over the circumferential surface of the first end feature, and only a proximal end surface (or a portion of the proximal end surface) of the first end feature is exposed to the path of flowing blood.
US12035899B2
The present invention relates to a medical apparatus for closing an aperture, an incision, a puncture, a passage through tissue and/or a communication with a blood vessel or other body lumen (short: aperture) of a tissue of a patient, the medical apparatus comprising a closing device holder, for releasably receiving one or more closing devices; and a retracting unit to come into contact with opposite sides of the aperture and for retracting them and/or for spreading the aperture causing it to change its shape into a slit or a slit-like or a more slit-like aperture or to spread or to augment the dimension or diameter of the aperture in at least one or in exactly one dimension of the aperture.
US12035897B2
A tissue collection device including a biopsy needle support arrangement to support a biopsy needle so that a tissue compartment in the biopsy needle may be located at a collection position. The tissue collection device includes a carrier medium adapted to adhere to and carry a tissue sample deposited thereon and adapted to be arranged at a deposition position permanently spaced from the collection position. The tissue collection device includes a swiping element adapted to swipe sideward relative to the longitudinal direction through the tissue compartment located at the collection position and in the direction of the deposition position in order to thereby move a tissue sample from the tissue compartment to the carrier medium and to thereby press the tissue sample onto the carrier medium so that the tissue sample is deposited on the carrier medium.
US12035894B2
A light source for illuminating a target for medical imaging include a first light emitter package comprising a first light emitter that emits light having a first wavelength band and a second light emitter that emits light having a second wavelength band that is different than the first wavelength band; and a controller for operating the light source in a first mode in which the first light emitter is activated and the second light emitter is deactivated and a second mode in which the first light emitter is deactivated and the second light emitter is activated.
US12035888B2
An endoscope includes an insertion portion, an operation portion, a bending portion, a pair of wires inserted into the insertion portion and configured to bend at least part of the bending portion in a first direction and a second direction opposite to the first direction, a first pulling mechanism configured to pull and loosen the pair of wires, a linear member inserted into the bending portion, a second pulling mechanism configured to pull the linear member in a direction parallel to a central axis, and a holding portion configured to hold the linear member in the bending portion at a position decentered from a center in a third direction or a fourth direction.
US12035886B2
An endoscope includes: a distal-end constituting portion provided at a distal end of an insertion portion of the endoscope; an observation window having a field of view direction that intersects a longitudinal axis of the insertion portion; a first flat surface on which the observation window is arranged, the first flat surface constituting a part of a surface of the distal-end constituting portion and having a first intersection angle with respect to the longitudinal axis; a second flat surface constituting a part of the surface of the distal-end constituting portion, the second flat surface being provided on a distal end side or a proximal end side with respect to the first flat surface, and having a second intersection angle with respect to the longitudinal axis, the second intersection angle being smaller than the first intersection angle; and a supply unit arranged on the second flat surface.
US12035883B2
An endoscope with a rotation drum or a rotation module and an elongated rigid and/or flexible shaft tube which, at a distal end, by means of a bearing fork, rotatably bears the rotation drum about a first axis of rotation, and wherein an optical imaging system is disposed within the rotation drum. The bearing fork here has at least one first fluid conduit and at least one nozzle in order to clean and/or to cool the imaging system.
US12035878B2
An endoscope system includes an endoscope including at least one switch, each of which can be assigned two functions, and a controller. The controller sets a plurality of function pairs, each of which is composed of a combination of any one of a plurality of first functions and any one of a plurality of second functions, and assigns one function pair selected from the plurality of function pairs to the switch, measures a switch pressing time period after the switch is pressed, and executes the first function when the switch pressing is released before a predetermined first time period elapses after the switch is pressed and executes the second function when the switch pressing time period passes the first time period.
US12035871B1
A mat for removing debris and sanitizing the shoes of a person comprises a base that has a bottom side adapted for laying on a floor surface, a top side, two side edges, a front edge, and a rear edge. The top side of the base has a pair of shoe cleaning spaces that may contain recesses therein that each defines a recess side edge. A sanitizing circuit includes a power source, one or more UV sanitizing lamps each disposed for illuminating the person's shoes within one of the shoe recesses, and a switch for applying power to the UV sanitizing lamps. As such, when the person stands with his shoes in the shoe recesses and activates the switch, the UV sanitizing lamps activate to sanitize the person's shoes, and particularly the bottom sole of the shoes and the sides of the shoes.
US12035870B2
A barbeque grill scraper and related methods of use that utilize a scraping end formed of a heat-responsive material to remove char and other debris from the grilling surface. The grill scraper includes a conformable scraping edge formed of the heat-responsive material. As the conformable scraping edge is drawn back and forth along the heated grilling surface, a combination of pressure applied by a user as well as the heat of the grill surface results in the formation of individual grooves along the conformable scraping edge, wherein each groove is formed to match an upper profile of the grilling surface. Over time, the grooves fully conform to the upper profile of the grilling surface such that an entire cooking surface can be scraped clean of char and debris.
US12035869B2
A dishwasher includes a tub, a base in a lower side of the tub, a door, a cover panel that covers the door and the base, and a link module connected to the door and the cover panel and configured to move the cover panel in a length direction of the door. The link module includes a first link having a first link-bracket connection portion connected to the door and spaced apart from a door rotating shaft, a second link disposed in a rear of the first link and rotatably connected to the first link and the tub, and a third link disposed in front of the first link and rotatably connected to the first link and the cover panel. When the door is opened, the first link-bracket connection portion moves from a rear of the door rotating shaft to a front upper side of the door rotating shaft.
US12035866B2
A cleaning device for a vessel includes a base body, a valve, a spray body, a restoring device, a release mechanism and an actuating element. The base body includes a connector, the valve is disposed between the base body and the spray body and the valve is operable by the release mechanism against a restoring force applied by the restoring device, the actuating element being disposed on the release mechanism and the actuating element includes at least one leg forming a supporting surface for a vessel and the spray body includes a spray head disposed above and at a distance from the supporting surface, the restoring force being greater than the sum of the gravitational forces of the vessel, the release mechanism and the actuating element.
US12035864B1
A receptacle system for a sweeper that includes a bin with a base and sidewalls that together define a receptacle space that receives items released from the sweeper, an insert attached to the bin where an upper portion of the insert slopes upward from a front side towards a rear side of the receptacle system when the insert is attached to the bin with tracks defined in the upper portion for the wheels of the sweeper to roll along the slope to position the sweeper above the bin, and where the insert covers a portion of the receptacle space, where the insert defines an opening such that items released by the sweeper pass through the opening when the wheels of the sweeper are positioned on the tracks of the insert.
US12035861B2
Fibrous structures containing one or more particles, and methods for making same are provided.
US12035845B1
In general, cooking devices having at least one electric heating element and that are configured to cook various foods, including pizza, are provided. In some embodiments, the cooking device can include a housing having a base, a movable door coupled to the base that together define an interior cooking chamber. A cooking surface, such as a cooking stone, can be disposed proximate a heating element within the cooking chamber such that food, such as a pizza, can be placed on top of the cooking stone when inserted into the interior chamber. The heating element can be in operable communication with a controller configured to adjust the amount of heat supplied by the heating element to the interior chamber to optimize the cooking of a food, such as pizza, placed inside the interior chamber.
US12035838B2
Systems and methods for submerging coffee within water in a chamber directly below a filter, creating a vacuum within the chamber, removing carbon dioxide through the filter while preventing the formation of carbonic acid, and creating another vacuum within the chamber.
US12035837B2
An electronic device, including circuitry configured to acquire image information related to a beverage stored in a container, and to output a content from an output unit using a transition of the image information.
US12035833B1
A functional pillow according to an aspect of the present invention includes a support part which has a center formed in a concave shape and supports user's head and cervical spine; and side parts which are connected to both edges of the support part, are formed to be parallel to a ground, and are higher than the support part, in which the support part includes a concave first groove extending in one direction parallel to the user's cervical spine, and a concave second groove which is connected to an edge of the first groove and extends along the one direction or another direction, and the first groove may have a lowest point that is higher than a lowest point of the second groove.
US12035830B2
A device for securing ornaments to a tree and equally useful as a device for securing lightweight objects to an elongated object. The device may include a looped filament; a base secured to a portion of the filament; and a toggle releasably secured to the looped filament, wherein the looped string is attached to the lightweight object and the toggle secures the looped string to a the elongated object by clamping or cinching it. The lightweight object may be a holiday ornament and the elongated object a portion of a tree branch or limb, wherein the device festoons holiday ornament on the tree.
US12035819B2
A crib adapted for using alongside with a bed includes a frame body which has an upper frame, a lower frame adapted for standing on a ground, a plurality of supporters coupled between the upper frame and the lower frame, and a supporting frame which is supported on the supporters; a bed cover detachably coupled to the upper frame and supported by the supporting frame for defining a receiving cavity above the supporting frame; and a supporting unit coupled to the frame body for abutting a side of the bed to avoid or reduce a gap between the crib and the bed.
US12035816B2
A foldable chair includes a seat member having a front side for supporting a user and a back side, a backrest member having a front surface for supporting the user and a back surface, and a plurality of legs. Each of the legs is pivotably connected to the back side of the seat member and each leg is adapted to pivot from a folded configuration where each leg is generally parallel to the back side of the seat member to an unfolded configuration where each leg is generally transverse to the back side of the seat member. The backrest member is configured to hingedly engage the seat member and to selectively enclose at least the back side of the seat member to form a portable case.
US12035813B2
Sleeping equipment includes a mat body and a plurality of air bags. The mat body includes a middle support portion, an upper support portion, and a lower support portion. The mat body is configured to switch between a bed mode and a chair mode. The air bags are arranged in the mat body in a mat length direction from the upper support portion toward the lower support portion. At least a part of the air bags is divided into right and left bag portions in a mat width direction, and the right bag portion and the left bag portion are configured to be independently inflated and deflated.
US12035806B1
A modular furniture assembly has a modular universal base, an armrest module, and a modular recliner. The armrest is modularly coupled to one side of the modular universal base and includes an armrest member, a stepped member, a base horizontal member, and a base vertical plate. The modular recliner is coupled to another side of the modular universal base, and includes a recliner base and a backrest module. The recliner base has a plurality of frames that are interconnected and mechanically attached to each other. The recliner base includes a recessed surface that forms a transverse gap within the recliner base, and a top support having a flat top surface aligned with top edges of the plurality of frames. The backrest module has two backrest sections with end plates configured to move, respectively, along the recessed surface.
US12035803B1
A universal mount platform for office and industrial modular workstations including a linear dual-rail mount platform module. A linear dual-rail mount platform module has two double rail slot columns coupled by two sets of dual rails. Mount slots between dual rails are set and maintained by spacers or end plates.
US12035799B2
New devices, methods and systems for stowing and carrying knives, and, in particular, to adapting knife sheaths to fit in different ways when worn and carried by a user, are provided. In some aspects, specialized knife sheaths and knife sheath adapters are provided, allowing a user to change the angle and orientation of a knife when stored on or about a user's body. In some embodiments, such knife sheath adapters include both belt-mounting and sheath-mounting hardware, configured to mount onto a belt and a sheath simultaneously. In some embodiments, such a knife sheath adapter is configured to allow a user to carry a knife and sheath in a wide variety of configurations and orientations, according to a user's preference.
US12035798B2
An implement holder is disclosed. One embodiment provides an implement retention device including a main body having an attachment surface to secure the implement retention device to a mounting surface, a device retention surface having a retention slot that is wider than a device to be stored therein, the retention slot having a first side having an overhanging portion on at least a proximal end of the slot and a second side having an overhanging portion on at least a distal end of the retention slot, and a first magnet adjacent to the first side overhanging portion and a second magnet adjacent to the second overhanging portion, wherein when an implement is situated within the retention slot, the magnets rotate the implement and secures it behind the first overhanging portion and second overhanging portion. Other embodiments are disclosed herein.
US12035797B2
Systems and methods for unraveling braids of real/natural hair and/or synthetic braid extensions, or a combination thereof, work from the bottom of the braid up using one or more tines automated to repetitively penetrate the braid and pull through and down it to unravel it. The systems and methods may unravel braid/entanglements faster than could otherwise be done manually by hand.
US12035796B1
A cosmetic container that provides for touchless opening and closing of said cosmetic container is disclosed. In some embodiments the cosmetic container includes a controller, one or more motion sensors, a power source, a button, a plurality of compartments, a plurality of hinges, and a handle. In alternative embodiments, the cosmetic container includes a casing, a controller, one or more motion sensors, a power source, and a button.
US12035793B2
A hair appliance includes a handle, an electrical component coupled with the handle, and a switch mechanism in electrical communication with the electrical component and a power source. The electrical component has a plurality of settings. The switch mechanism includes a switch and a rotatable adjustment member. The switch has multiple positions and includes a sliding actuator. Each position corresponds to a respective setting for the electrical component. The rotatable adjustment member includes a contact surface operatively coupled with the sliding actuator such that rotational movement of the rotational adjustment member results in translational movement of the sliding actuator.
US12035791B2
An automatically opening box comprising a rectangular base formed from two rectangular panels joined by a foldable spine. A pair of opposed sides extend upwardly from the base at base corners perpendicular to the spine, each having a vertical fold aligned with the spine. A pair of opposed sides extend upwardly from edges of the base at base corners parallel to the spine. Adjacent sides are connected at side corners. At least two side corners include sprung hinges. Both sides of one of the pairs of opposed sides having diagonal folds. The box has a collapsed configuration where both pairs of opposed sides are folded down to be parallel to the base, the base is folded along the spine and vertical folds, and a fastener secures the box in the collapsed configuration, and a deployed configuration where the fastener is released and the sprung hinges deploy the sides and base.
US12035785B2
A magnetic buckle device has a first base, a major inserting head, a second major base, two major components, and a controlling assembly. The major inserting head can be inserted into the first base to engage and lock. The second major base and the first base can be moved or rotated with respect to each other such that the major inserting head enters a disengaging state. The two major components are respectively mounted on the second major base and the major inserting head. When the major inserting head is close to a major insertion hole of the first base, a magnetic force is generated between the two major components to guide the major inserting head to close the major insertion hole and assist the major inserting head in inserting. After the major inserting head is inserted, the magnetic force also assists the major inserting head in staying in the engaging state.
US12035782B2
Wearable devices and accessories are described herein. A wearable device may include a first portion configured to support at least a portion of a person's foot. The wearable device may include a second portion on a first side of the wearable device and configured to attach to and detach from a detachable device. The wearable device may include a third portion on a second side of the wearable device and configured to attach to and detach from the detachable device. The detachable device may span from the first portion to the second portion when attached to the wearable device.
US12035780B2
The present invention relates to a composite sports article. The composite sports article includes: a first component and a second component which was produced by means of an additive manufacturing technique. The first component and the second component are bonded to each other by a first bonding agent and there is a form-fitted bond between the first bonding agent and the second component and/or the first component and the second component are bonded to each other in a form-fitted manner via a first bonding agent.
US12035770B2
The technology described herein relates to breathable, vented, and insulating garments. More particularly, the technology described herein relates to articles with a plurality of interconnected chambers that are configured to retain a thermally insulating fill material such as down or synthetic fibers. The plurality of interconnected chambers are formed between at least two layers of material and between a plurality of seams. The plurality of seams are configured to join the at least two layers of material together. In one aspect, each seam of the plurality of seams is angularly oriented with respect to an adjacent or neighboring seam of the plurality of seams. One or more openings or perforations may be formed on one or more seams of the plurality of seams forming the plurality of interconnected chambers. The one or more openings may achieve evaporation of moisture and/or air transfer from an interior environment of the garment to an exterior environment.
US12035764B1
A zipper path for a non-encapsulating hazardous materials protection suit that has a first section extending generally vertically on the torso and a second section extending generally vertically on the torso, each section curving outwardly to a neck section that circles the suit neck. Segments of the first and second sections are less than the width of the neck section apart so that only a small number of snips from scissors is needed to sever the suit along a cut line that extends horizontally between the segments. One or both sections can extend down to a leg for ease in doffing the suit. Optionally, the zipper has a protective overlap. To doff the suit, the zipper is disengaged, the suit is cut with scissors at the cut line to separate the suit bottom from the hood, and the suit bottom is removed, followed by the hood.
US12035762B2
A pair of scrub pants is provided having a built-in retainment feature. The pair of scrub pants comprises two pant legs extending downward from a bottom side of a hip region and a waistband disposed on the top side of the hip region. One or more instrument retainment features disposed on the waistband are accessible to the user. The one or more instrument retainment features have a first position where one or more instrument retainment features rest flat against the waistband. The instrument retainment features can comprise one or more of elastic bands, hooks, snap fasteners, among others.
US12035758B2
An upper garment positionable upon the torso of a user is provided with an annular collar portion extending from a head and neck opening. The annular collar is deployable from a retracted position appearing as a turtleneck style collar to a deployed position wherein a face mask is formed. The collar is held in the deployed position by ear openings therein which engage over opposing ears of the user.
US12035755B2
Provided is an aerosol generation device that can more accurately detect shortage of an aerosol source after a cartridge has been replaced. An aerosol generation device 100A that comprises: a power source 110; a load 132 that has temperature-resistance value characteristics, has a temperature-variable electrical resistance value, and atomizes an aerosol source by generating heat due to supply of power from the power source 110; memory 114 that stores the temperature-resistance value characteristics; a sensor 112 that outputs a value that is related to the resistance value of the load 132; and a control part 106 that, on the basis of the correspondence between the output value from the sensor 112 and an estimated value for the temperature of the load 132 that corresponds to the output value, calibrates the stored temperature-resistance value characteristics.
US12035753B2
The present disclosure discloses an atomizer and an electronic atomizing device. The atomizer includes: a reservoir, configured to store liquid; a mounting base, including a housing and a baffle disposed on the housing, the baffle defining a liquid aperture and an air pressure balanced structure spaced apart from the liquid aperture; an atomizing core, disposed within the mounting base, and configured to heat and atomize the liquid. Wherein the air pressure balanced structure communicates the reservoir with outer atmosphere, and is configured to deliver external air into the reservoir, to balance an air pressure of the reservoir and the outer atmosphere.
US12035750B2
An atomizer includes a housing structure, a connecting structure installed at one end of the housing structure, and a heating structure installed in the housing structure. The connecting structure includes a first conductive member provided below the housing structure, a second conductive member provided in the first conductive member, an insulating member provided between the first conductive member and the second conductive member, and a third conductive member provided in the second conductive member. The heating structure includes a heating member. The heating member includes a main body, and a first electrode contact and a second electrode contact configured for electrically connecting with the main body. The first electrode contact is clamped between the first conductive member and the housing structure. The second electrode contact is clamped between the second conductive member and the third conductive member.
US12035738B2
A food composition comprising a cellodextrin material, wherein the cellodextrin material comprises a principal cellodextrin with a degree of polymerisation (DP) value of at least 4. Food products comprising the composition, and cellodextrin materials used in the preparation of the composition as well as method for preparing these form further aspects of the invention.
US12035736B2
Methods of production of edible filamentous fungal biomat formulations are provided as standalone protein sources and/or protein ingredients in foodstuffs as well as a one-time use or repeated use self-contained biomat reactor comprising a container with at least one compartment and placed within the compartment(s), a feedstock, a fungal inoculum, a gas-permeable membrane, and optionally a liquid nutrient medium.
US12035721B2
A plurality of dough pieces are produced using a rotary dough cutter including a shaft, a plurality of walls extending radially outward from the shaft and a plurality of interior blades extending radially outward from the shaft. The plurality of walls define a plurality of dough cutter molds. The plurality of dough cutter molds include a first dough cutter mold and a second dough cutter mold. A first wall of the plurality of walls defines part of both the first dough cutter mold and the second dough cutter mold. Each of the plurality of interior blades is located in one of the plurality of dough cutter molds. The plurality of dough pieces are cut from a dough sheet with the plurality of walls. The plurality of dough pieces are scored with the plurality of interior blades. After scoring, the plurality of dough pieces are proofed and then frozen.
US12035714B2
Compositions having pesticidal activity and methods for their use are provided. Compositions include isolated and recombinant polypeptides having pesticidal activity, recombinant and synthetic nucleic acid molecules encoding the polypeptides, DNA constructs and vectors comprising the nucleic acid molecules, host cells comprising the vectors, and antibodies to the polypeptides. Nucleotide sequences encoding the polypeptides can be used in DNA constructs or expression cassettes for transformation and expression in organisms of interest. The compositions and methods provided are useful for producing organisms with enhanced pest resistance or tolerance. Transgenic plants and seeds comprising a nucleotide sequence that encodes a pesticidal protein of the invention are also provided. Such plants are resistant to insects and other pests. Methods are provided for producing the various polypeptides disclosed herein, and for using those polypeptides for controlling or killing a pest. Methods and kits for detecting polypeptides of the invention in a sample are also included.
US12035711B2
Described are agricultural adjuvants that include oil, surfactant, and emulsifier, well as methods of preparing these adjuvants and methods of using these adjuvants in combination with a herbicide composition.
US12035701B2
The present invention discloses devices for a durable insect bait station for biting flies in blood-seeking mode and methods therein. The devices include: an elastomeric membrane for providing access to the bait station, the elastomeric membrane adapted to be permeable to volatile components, and the elastomeric membrane configured to allow easy insect-probe penetration for biting flies in blood-seeking mode; a bait core for providing bait to the bait station, the bait core including: at least one blood-feeding stimulant (BFS) for inducing feeding of the biting flies on the bait core; and at least one insect toxin; wherein the bait core is configured to be substantially in direct contact with the elastomeric membrane; and a support element for attaching the elastomeric membrane and the bait core to a fixed structure. Alternatively, the BFS for inducing the feeding is operative at an ambient temperature below an average mammal temperature.
US12035699B2
A single-seed shellfish floating aquaculture system includes rack bodies, mesh bags, and floats cooperating with each other. The rack bodies, the mesh bags and the floats are of a split structure and can be assembled into a whole. The rack bodies are made of corrosion resistant and rust resistant materials and assembled from a group of detachable flat-shaped structural members, a plurality of accommodation spaces are formed in the assembled rack bodies, the mesh bags are provided within the accommodation spaces, the floats are fixed on the rack bodies, and the single shellfish seedlings are directly put into the mesh bags to achieve single shellfish farming.
US12035696B2
An automatic animal feeder has two bowls and a base unit which accepts the bowls. Two lids are provided, one for each bowl, which may be closed to cover the bowl and prevent access to it or opened about a hinge means to allow access to the bowl. A lid control mechanism is capable of keeping either lid closed independently or opening either lid independently. A removable joining member is provided that links the two lids so that one lid cannot open unless the other lid can also open.
US12035694B2
A feed-mixing device for receiving, mixing and dispensing animal feed includes a frame with a mixing bin for receiving and mixing the animal feed therein and dispensing it therefrom, at least one mixing device rotatably drivable in the mixing bin using a drive, in particular a vertical mixing auger, for mixing the received animal feed, and a weighing device for determining the weight of the animal feed received in the mixing bin, comprising N weighing elements, with N≥2, each of which emits a weighing signal, and a control system for controlling the feed-mixing device and for processing the weighing signals from the weighing elements to produce the determined weight. The control system is configured to perform an, in particular fully automatic, calibration action of the weighing elements. The calibration action includes driving the at least one mixing device, reading out the respective weighing signal of each of the N weighing elements in each of M different positions of the mixing device, with M≥N, calibrating the weighing elements on the basis of the read-out weighing signals, wherein the calibrating at least includes determining a respective correction factor for the weighing signal of each weighing element by analysing the read-out weighing signals of all weighing elements. Thus, all weighing elements may be calibrated without having to detach the weighing elements, which provides very reliable weight measurements in a very simple manner.
US12035688B2
The present invention relates to an improved bonding mitt for small animals. Embodiments of the present invention provide a therapeutic bonding mitt having a soft exterior surface comprised of fleece, a textured interior, an opening for a hand, and a webbed structure that comforts the animal being handled. The soft exterior provides a surface to cradle or pet an animal with a feel that's more comforting to the animal than that of a human hand while the interior provides a texture for grip. These elements are attached in a manner that creates a webbed structure that also enhances the therapeutic effect on the animal being handled and a hand opening that enables a user to comfortably place their hand into the therapeutic bonding mitt.
US12035686B2
A method of opening a door of a pet enclosure includes pushing a tab of a latch toward an interior of the pet enclosure with a first hand so that the door of the pet enclosure is vertically displaceable. The method further includes vertically lifting the door with a second hand so that a horizontal wire rod of the door is traversed in front of the tab. The method further includes rotating the door from a closed position to an opened position.
US12035683B2
The invention relates to cotton variety designated 20R738B3XF. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants, plant parts and derivatives of the cotton variety 20R738B3XF. Also provided by the invention are methods of using cotton variety 20R738B3XF and products derived therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing cotton plants by crossing the cotton variety 20R738B3XF with itself or another cotton variety and plants and seeds produced by such methods.
US12035682B1
A novel soybean variety, designated 5PPYZ44 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety 5PPYZ44, cells from soybean variety 5PPYZ44, plants of soybean 5PPYZ44, and plant parts of soybean variety 5PPYZ44. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety 5PPYZ44 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety 5PPYZ44, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety 5PPYZ44, and methods of characterizing soybean variety 5PPYZ44. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety 5PPYZ44 are further provided.
US12035677B2
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH011198. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH011198, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH011198 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH011198.
US12035666B2
Provided here are methods of using a mutated patatin-like phospholipase IIα (“pPLAIIα,” renamed here MATRILINEAL) to induce haploid induction in plants, cloning a pPLAIIα to induce haploid induction in plants, and genetically engineering a plant to contain a mutated pPLAIIα. Also provided are methods of applying topical and spray chemicals, lipids, and RNAi molecules to plants during pollination in order to induce haploid production. Further provided are methods of chemically treating plants during pollination to induce haploids while also reducing embryo abortion and increasing seed set.
US12035664B2
Activation of a far-red light device with a far-red light frequency that includes moonlight light that promotes the conversion of inactive Pfr to active Pr in short-day plants prior to a dark period.
US12035663B2
An irrigation management system is disclosed and positionable in-line with an irrigation pipe for monitoring and controlling a flow of fluid therethrough. In at least one embodiment, the system provides an inlet pipe and an opposing outlet pipe in serial fluid communication with the irrigation pipe. At least one fluid control valve is in serial fluid communication between the inlet pipe and outlet pipe for selectively controlling the flow of fluid therebetween. The fluid control valve provides a main valve and a hydraulic actuator for selectively moving the main valve between open and closed positions. The hydraulic actuator is also in serial fluid communication between a pair of actuator valves for moving the hydraulic actuator between open and closed positions. The system also provides at least one sample collection tank configured for temporarily storing a volume of fluid diverted from the irrigation pipe in order to be tested.
US12035660B2
A fill under tarp for grain and grain storage system is disclosed. The fill under has a tarp body with a plurality of tarp sections having an inner edge extending to a terminal outer edge defining an outer perimeter. A tarp section seam is disposed between tarp sections. A yoke having a center and opposing inner and outer terminal edges is disposed generally in the center of the tarp body and configured for strengthening the tarp body. A corner of the outer terminal edge of the yoke is disposed coincident with the tarp section seam. A transition seam is disposed between the outer terminal edge of the yoke and inner edge of the tarp body. An opening in the yoke has an outer circumference coincident with the inner edge of the yoke so that the opening is configured to receive grain for storing underneath the fill under tarp.
US12035659B2
An agricultural implement system includes an agricultural implement and a controller. The agricultural implement includes: a chassis; a pickup carried by the chassis and configured to rotate and convey crop material; a movable windguard carried by the chassis; and a windguard displacement sensor associated with the windguard and configured to output windguard displacement signals corresponding to a displacement of the windguard relative to a zero position. The controller is configured to: determine a plug condition exists when the displacement of the windguard exceeds a defined displacement; and output at least one plug condition mitigation signal to adjust at least one parameter of the agricultural implement system and mitigate the plug condition responsively to determining the plug condition exists.
US12035653B2
A walk-behind mower has a mower deck, a plurality of wheels, a head, and a plurality of light sources. The wheels are rotatably coupled to the mower deck. The wheels move the walk-behind mower over a support surface in a forward direction and a rearward direction. The head is coupled to the mower deck. The head can store at least one battery pack. The light sources are coupled to at least one of the mower deck and the head. The light sources project light through a continuous illumination angle about the walk-behind mower. The illumination angle extends along an arc from the forward direction toward the rearward direction and is at least 90 degrees.
US12035652B2
In the case of a mounting device for mounting a support arm, which moves a lifting tool, on a harvesting machine, a cylindrical bushing is mounted on a machine part. The bushing is enclosed by a retaining element on which the end of the support arm opposite the lifting tool is fixed. The bushing has a through-hole that receives a machine part and has an axis of symmetry extending eccentrically relative to the axis of rotation of the cylindrical bushing.
US12035646B2
A transport assembly for a harvesting head that includes head connector arms, a transport axle, and a coupling system with a latch actuator, and first and second latch mechanisms coupled to the latch actuator and located at opposite ends of the transport axle. The transport assembly functions in working and transport modes. In the working mode, the first and second latch mechanisms latch the first and second head connector arms to the transport axle to latch the harvesting head to the transport axle. When the latch actuator is activated, the first and second latch mechanisms release the first and second head connector arms from the transport axle to allow the harvesting head to separate from the transport axle. When the latch actuator is not activated, the first and second latch mechanisms can be biased to remain latched.
US12041860B2
A resistive memory device includes a bottom electrode, a top electrode and a resistance changing element. The top electrode is disposed above and spaced apart from the bottom electrode, and has a downward protrusion aligned with the bottom electrode. The resistance changing element covers side and bottom surfaces of the downward protrusion.
US12041835B2
A display device includes a plurality of pixels. Each of the plurality of pixels includes a first, a second, and a third sub pixel that are disposed in a vertical direction. A first pixel of the plurality of pixels includes: a first sub pixel of the first pixel, a second sub pixel of the first pixel, which is disposed to be spaced apart from the first sub pixel of the first pixel by a first distance, and a third sub pixel of the first pixel, which is disposed to be spaced apart from the second sub pixel of the first pixel by the first distance. A second pixel of the plurality of pixels also includes a first sub pixel and a second sub pixel, which are separated apart by a second distance that is different from the first distance.
US12041825B2
An organic electroluminescent display substrate is provided, which includes a base substrate, and a light-emitting unit and a light-sensing unit arranged on the base substrate, wherein the light-sensing unit is arranged on a light-emitting side of the light-emitting unit, and configured for sensing an intensity of light emitted from the light-emitting unit; a first planarization layer is arranged between the light-sensing unit and the light-emitting unit; the light-sensing unit comprises a first thin film transistor and a photosensitive sensor arranged sequentially in that order in a direction away from the base substrate, and a second planarization layer is arranged between the photosensitive sensor and the first thin film transistor. A display panel, a display device and a method for manufacturing the organic electroluminescent display substrate are further provided.
US12041824B2
A display device includes a substrate, first and second transistors on the substrate, a first electrode connected to one of the first and second transistors, a second electrode facing the first electrode, and a light emission member between the first and second electrodes, where the first transistor includes a first channel including a polycrystalline semiconductor member on the substrate, a first source electrode and a first drain electrode at respective opposite sides of the first channel, a first gate electrode overlapping the first channel, and a first insulating layer covering the first gate electrode, the second transistor includes a second gate electrode on the first insulating layer, a second channel including an oxide semiconductor member on the second gate electrode, second source and drain electrodes on the second channel, and an external light blocking member on the second source and drain electrodes and overlapping the second channel.
US12041809B2
A display apparatus includes a substrate having adjacent first and second areas for displaying an image, the first area including a transmission area and a pixel area, a first inorganic insulating layer on the transmission area and the pixel area, a thickness of the first inorganic insulating layer in the transmission area being less than a thickness of the first inorganic insulating layer in the pixel area, a second inorganic insulating layer on the first inorganic insulating layer to correspond to the pixel area, and defining a transmission hole corresponding to the transmission area, a first organic insulating layer on the second inorganic insulating layer, and a second organic insulating layer on the first organic insulating layer.
US12041807B2
A display apparatus is provided. The display apparatus includes a display panel having a display portion in a display region, a connecting portion, and a bending portion; a cover window on a first side of the display portion, wherein the bending portion connects the display portion and the connecting portion; a support layer between the display portion and the connecting portion; a first back film covering a back surface of the connecting portion, the first back film on a side of the connecting portion closer to the display portion; a first adhesive layer attaching the support layer to the first back film; a metal plate between the support layer and the display portion; and a second adhesive layer attaching the support layer to the metal plate. The display apparatus includes a stress-reducing space. The stress-reducing space is open to a bending cavity that is partially surrounded by the bending portion.
US12041805B2
A display panel includes a base substrate including a first display region and a second display region disposed on a side of the first display region. The display panel also includes a first anode layer, a first light-emitting layer and a first cathode layer which are disposed in the first display region and are sequentially laminated in a direction distal from the base substrate. The display panel also includes a second anode layer, a second light-emitting layer and a second cathode layer which are disposed in the second display region and are sequentially laminated in a direction distal from the base substrate.
US12041796B2
A sensor including a layer of amorphous selenium (a-Se) and at least one charge blocking layer is formed by depositing the charge blocking layer over a substrate prior to depositing the amorphous selenium, enabling the charge blocking layer to be formed at elevated temperatures. Such a process is not limited by the crystallization temperature of a-Se, resulting in the formation of an efficient charge blocking layer, which enables improved signal amplification of the resulting device. The sensor can be fabricated by forming first and second amorphous selenium layers over separate substrates, and then fusing the a-Se layers at a relatively low temperature.
US12041795B2
A thin film transistor, a method for manufacturing the same and a display device are disclosed, the thin film transistor includes: a first electrode, a second electrode, an active layer and a flexible conductive layer located on a substrate, one of the first electrode and the second electrode is a source, and the other thereof is a drain; the active layer is electrically coupled with the first electrode, and an orthographic projection of the active layer on the substrate is within an orthographic projection of the first electrode on the substrate; the flexible conductive layer is located on a side of the active layer away from the first electrode, and electrically couples the active layer with the second electrode.
US12041787B2
A memory device includes a cross-point array of magnetoresistive memory cells. Each magnetoresistive memory cell includes a vertical stack of a selector-containing pillar structure and a magnetic tunnel junction pillar structure. The lateral spacing between neighboring pairs of magnetoresistive memory cells may be smaller along a first horizontal direction than along a second horizontal direction, and a dielectric spacer or a tapered etch process may be used to provide a pattern of an etch mask for patterning first electrically conductive lines underneath the magnetoresistive memory cells. Alternatively, a resist layer may be employed to pattern first electrically conductive lines underneath the cross-point array. Alternatively, a protective dielectric liner may be provided to protect selector-containing pillar structures during formation of the magnetic tunnel junction pillar structures.
US12041782B2
The present disclosure relates to memory devices, in particular, flash memory devices, storage class memory (SCM) devices or dynamic random access memory (DRAM) devices. The disclosure provides a memory device with a ferroelectric trapping layer. In particular, a memory cell for the memory device comprises a layer stack including: a semiconductor layer; a tunnel layer provided directly on the semiconductor layer; a ferroelectric trapping layer provided directly on the tunnel layer; and a conductive gate layer provided directly on the ferroelectric trapping layer. A blocking layer between the ferroelectric trapping layer and the gate layer may be omitted.
US12041772B2
A device includes a first region including first semiconductor pillars extending through first conductive layers; a second region including second semiconductor pillars extending through second conductive layers; and a third region disposed between the first region and the second region and including insulator columns extending through third conductive layers. The third region includes a fourth region and a fifth region. In the fourth region, one third conductive layer electrically connects one first conductive layer and one second conductive layer to each other, and in the fifth region, one third conductive layer is connected to a contact plug. A first diameter of a first subset of the insulator columns provided in the fourth region is smaller than a second diameter of a second subset of the insulator columns provided in the fifth region.
US12041766B2
An embodiment of the present application provides a manufacturing method of a semiconductor structure, including: providing a base; forming a first mask layer with a first mask pattern on the base, and etching the base with the first mask layer as a mask to form an active region; forming a plurality of discrete bitlines on the active region; sequentially stacking a first spacer layer and a second spacer layer on a side wall of the bitline; forming a sacrificial layer between the adjacent second spacer layers; forming a second mask layer with a second mask pattern on the sacrificial layer, the first mask pattern being complementary to the second mask pattern; etching the sacrificial layer with the second mask layer and the bitline as masks to form multiple contact hole structures; and etching the first spacer layer to form a gap between the second spacer layer and the bitline.
US12041750B2
Embodiments are disclosed of an IT rack and a server including a cooling module. An integrated fluid distribution manifold set with a supply manifold is on the front of the rack and a return manifold is on the rear of the rack. The supply manifold extends from the front to the rear and rack connectors, which fluidly couple the rack to a data center facility system, are on the top of the rack. Supply and return connectors are positioned so that the connectors face each other within the rack. Each server includes a cooling module with a movable connector set that can extend outside the server chassis to connect with the manifolds. The cooling module's connector set includes a transmission structure that allows the supply and return connectors of the connector set to engage with connectors on the supply and return manifolds.
US12041747B2
A rack and system for cooling computing devices such as in a data center is disclosed. In one embodiment, the rack supports a plurality of computing devices and comprises a plurality of planar annular sector or trapezoidal shelves, each having one or more positions for holding computing devices. A number of vertical supports may hold the shelves in a vertically spaced arrangement, and an air barrier may be affixed to the rack. The air barrier may have openings for the computing devices to permit exhaust air to flow through the air barrier into a hot aisle. The rack maybe configured to be connected to other similar racks to form a vertical annular hyperboloid or a vertical hyperbolic annular paraboloid, and the computing devices may be installed to discharge exhaust at an angle relative to a centerline of the vertical annular hyperboloid or a vertical hyperbolic annular paraboloid to improve airflow.
US12041746B2
A fixing device includes a main body, a sliding block, and a fixing rod. The main body has a sliding rail and a guiding hole, and the sliding rail which is disposed at a front side of the main body vertically extends. The guiding hole adjoins the sliding rail and horizontally extends through the main body. The sliding block is slidably connected to the sliding rail. The fixing rod is movably connected to the sliding block extending through the guiding hole, and the sliding block is configured to move along the sliding rail and enable the guiding hole to drive the fixing rod to horizontally move.
US12041745B2
The present application discloses a case assembly for a server and a server having same. The case assembly (100) is divided into a first case body (10) and a second case body (20) in a first direction, both a side of the first case body (10) that faces the second case body (20) and a side of the second case body (20) that faces the first case body (10) are open, and the first case body (10) and the second case body (20) are detachably connected and jointly define an accommodation space.
US12041723B2
A method of making a printed circuit board pallet is provided. The method of making the pallet illustratively includes the steps of: providing a base in a form of a polymer sheet stock; applying a fluid onto the base at selective locations where the pallet will be built-up to a three-dimensional form; depositing a polymer powder onto the base at the selective locations applied with the fluid; removing any excess amounts of the polymer powder not adhered to the fluid; and heating the pallet to fuse the polymer powder together and to the base.
US12041722B2
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a flexible circuit board and a conductive adhesive material. The flexible circuit board includes a first conductive layer, an adhesive layer, and a cover layer. The first conductive layer has a top surface, a bottom surface parallel to the top surface and a first side connected between the top surface and bottom surface. The adhesive layer is disposed on the top surface of the first conductive layer. The cover layer is disposed on the adhesive layer. The conductive adhesive material is disposed on the first conductive layer. In addition, the conductive adhesive material is in contact with the first side.
US12041720B2
A display device and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The display device includes a display panel (20) and a flexible circuit board electrically connected with the display panel (20). The flexible circuit board includes a first circuit board (11), a second circuit board (22) and a conductive portion; the first circuit board (11) includes a first substrate (100), and a main contact pad, a first wire (501) and a second wire (502) provided on the first substrate (100); the second circuit board (22) includes a second substrate (200), a relay contact pad and a third wire (210) provided on the second substrate (200); and the conductive portion is configured for electrically connecting the main contact pad and the relay contact pad.
US12041718B2
A stretchable display module is disclosed. The stretchable display module includes a plurality of islands and a plurality of bridges. Each of the bridges includes a first connection part, a second connection part, and a plurality of bending parts, the first connection part is connected to a first side of one of the islands, and the second connection part is connected to a second side of another adjacent island. The first side includes a first endpoint and a second endpoint, and the second side includes a third endpoint on a same side as the first endpoint and a fourth endpoint on a same side as the second endpoint. The bending parts do not protrude from a connecting line between the first endpoint and the third endpoint.
US12041712B2
The present invention relates to an antenna structure that is integrated into a printed circuit (10) comprising two dielectric layers (52, 56) that have the same dielectric constant but different thicknesses, a balanced radiating element in a spiral (60) on the first face (51) of the first dielectric layer (52) and a power supply for the balanced antenna by a balanced two-wire line (70) which has the same impedance as the balanced antenna, characterized in that the balanced two-wire line (70) interconnects the balanced spiral antenna (60) to a pair of microstrip transmission lines (80) positioned on the second face (57) of the second layer (56), in which each microstrip line (80) is suitable for having an impedance that is equal to half of the two-wire transmission line (70), and in that, in correspondence with the balanced microstrip line (80) on the first face (55) of the second layer (56) corresponding to the second face (53) of the first layer (52), a ground plane is positioned (85) which determines, as a function of the thickness of the second dielectric layer (56) and the distance between the microstrips (80), the transmission impedance of the balanced microstrip line.
US12041708B2
Embodiments of the disclosed subject matter generally relate to electrically grounding a user who may be working in an environment where static electricity might otherwise build up on the user and damage sensitive electronic devices being handled by the user. Embodiments include attaching an electrocardiogram (ECG) electrode to the user's skin and removably attaching the ECG electrode to an electrical conductor which may be detachably connected to a flexible base disposed on the outside of and under the user's shoe.
US12041698B1
A heated clothing and a control method of the heated clothing are provided. The heated clothing includes a clothing main body, a plurality of flexible heating sheets, and a power supply line. The clothing main body includes a front portion and a rear portion, the front portion is disposed opposite to the rear portion. The plurality of the flexible heating sheets are disposed at intervals on the clothing main body, a first part of the plurality of the flexible heating sheets are disposed at the front portion, and a second part of the plurality of the flexible heating sheets are disposed at the rear portion, and each of the plurality of the flexible heating sheets is bendable. The power supply line is electrically connected to each of the plurality of the flexible heating sheets to supply power to each of the plurality of the flexible heating sheets.
US12041692B2
A method of wireless communication by a user equipment (UE) receives a machine learning model from a base station. The UE reports, to the base station, a machine learning processing capability. The UE also transmits, to the base station, gradient updates or weight updates to the machine learning model. A base station transmits a machine learning model to a number of UEs. The base station receives, from each of the number of UEs, a machine learning processing capability report. The base station groups a number of UEs in accordance with the machine learning processing capability reports, to receive gradient updates to the machine learning model.
US12041691B2
A plurality of interworking functions, which provide interworking between a communication network acting as access network and another communication network, is associated with a plurality of network slices or non-public networks hosted by the other communication network. A user equipment performs connection (S301) to a communication network acting as access network, and selects (S303) an interworking function of the plurality of interworking functions based on information on a network slice or non-public network hosted by the other communication network, wherein the user equipment is associated with the network slice or non-public network.
US12041678B2
Methods, apparatus, and systems for transmitting Radio Resource Control (RRC) layer information without incurring the complex processing in lower layers are described. In one example aspect, a wireless communication method includes scrambling, prior to a Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC) attachment, at least part of a first Radio Resource Configuration (RRC) message by a base station based on a seed associated with a mobile device. The method also includes transmitting, by the base station, the at least part of the first RRC message at a layer that is lower than a Radio Link Control layer or a Medium Access Control layer over a corresponding channel.
US12041667B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for wireless communication. A method that may be performed by a base station (BS), the method including determining a plurality of root sets, wherein each root set of the plurality of root sets comprise at least a first root and a second root. In some examples, the method includes transmitting signaling that indicates the plurality of root sets.
US12041661B2
According to an example aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method including, receiving, from a wireless terminal, a second connection request message with an uplink reference signal sequence and in response to receiving the second connection request message, transmitting a contention resolution message to the wireless terminal, the contention resolution message including a temporary identifier associated with the wireless terminal and an identifier of the uplink reference signal sequence.
US12041644B2
A method, including sending a configuration of a first channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) resource periodicity and a configuration of a first channel state information (CSI) report periodicity that are of a secondary cell of a terminal device, the first CSI-RS resource periodicity associated with sending a first CSI-RS in a first time period, and the first CSI report periodicity associated with receiving CSI of the secondary cell from the terminal device in the first time period, and sending a configuration of a second CSI-RS resource periodicity and a configuration of a second CSI report periodicity that are of a secondary cell of the terminal device, the second CSI-RS resource periodicity associated with sending a second CSI-RS in a second time period, and the second CSI report periodicity associated with receiving CSI of the secondary cell from the terminal device in the second time period.
US12041642B2
A user equipment and a method of wireless communication of same are provided. The method includes representing a transmit (Tx) power for the user equipment, wherein the representation of the Tx power for the user equipment provides a division of a range of output power for the user equipment into different granular scales of power information.
US12041641B2
Disclosed are a resource indication method and a terminal device. The method comprises: receiving first indication information, wherein the first indication information is used for indicating the time domain resource and/or the frequency domain resource of preemption transmission, the minimum granularity of the time domain resource is a symbol, and the minimum granularity of the frequency domain resource is a subcarrier or a physical resource block; and based on the first indication information, determining the available resource of a first type of service to be transmitted, wherein the available resource of the first type of service is at least part of the time domain resources excluding the time domain resource of the preemption transmission, and/or at least part of the frequency domain resources excluding the frequency domain resource of the preemption transmission.
US12041639B2
The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication system such as Long Term Evolution (LTE). The present disclosure discloses a method for operating a user equipment (UE), including: determining a type of numerology of physical resources to receive control signals and data from at least two types of multicarrier parameter numerology; and receiving the control signals and the data on the physical resources according to the determined type of numerology. The present disclosure further discloses a corresponding apparatus. By applying the technical solution disclosed in the present disclosure, it is possible to make full use of physical resources that have different characteristics.
US12041636B2
Provided are wireless communication methods, an eNB and a UE. The wireless communication method performed by an eNB includes transmitting downlink control information (DCI) to a user equipment (UE), wherein the DCI is designed based on a coverage enhancement level for the UE.
US12041631B2
A wireless device receives one or more radio resource configuration messages indicating periodic radio resources of a first configured grant. The wireless device transmits, via resource occasions of the periodic radio resources, one or more first code block groups of a first transport block, and one or more second code block groups of a second transport block. One or more downlink control information are received indicating negative acknowledgements for: the one or more first code block groups and the one or more second code block groups. The wireless device retransmits, via a first radio resource occasion of the periodic radio resources of the first configured grant, the one or more first code block groups and the one or more second code block groups.
US12041628B2
A data transmission method, an apparatus, a device, and a storage medium is provided. A network device (110) determines first information according to whether currently transmitted PDSCH is repeatedly transmitted by using a plurality of TRPs, and indicates the first information to a terminal device (120). The terminal device (120) determines whether different DMRS port groups of the PDSCH correspond to same data, or determines a TCI state corresponding to each DMRS port of the PDSCH according to the first information indicated by the network device (110), and then detects data according to whether data corresponding to the ports are the same or the TCI state, ensuring that data can be received correctly.
US12041622B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may transmit, to a base station, for a master cell group and a secondary cell group used for a dual connectivity mode of the UE, information indicating physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring capability values for one or more of span-based monitoring or a combination of slot-based monitoring and span-based monitoring. The UE may receive, from the base station, PDCCH monitoring configuration values for the MCG and the SCG based at least in part on the PDCCH monitoring capability values. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US12041607B2
A resource allocation method includes sending, by a network device, first information to user equipment, where the first information is used to indicate uplink resources corresponding to autonomous uplink transmission performed by the user equipment; and sending, by the network device, second information to the user equipment, where the second information is used to indicate a resource that is in the uplink resources and that is actually used by the user equipment to perform autonomous uplink transmission. The uplink resources corresponding to autonomous uplink transmission are allocated while resource utilization is ensured.
US12041602B1
A 5G-TSN resource joint scheduling apparatus includes: a state information acquisition module, a scheduling decision making module, and a configuration module. The state information acquisition module is configured to acquire bottom-layer network information, and process the acquired bottom-layer network information to obtain state information, the bottom-layer network information includes channel information, gate control list information of a TSN domain, and queue information in a base station. The scheduling decision making module is configured to obtain a result of decision making based on the state information output by the state information acquisition module using a DDPG-based reinforcement learning model, the result of decision making includes whether to allocate resources for a current queue and a number of resources actually allocated to the current queue. The configuration module is configured to convert the result of decision making to one or more instructions understandable by the base station to configure the base station.
US12041593B2
A base station includes a transmitter configured to transmit a downlink control information to a user equipment, the downlink control information being generated based on one of (1) a first uplink allocation information indicating a first frequency block corresponding to a first plurality of subcarriers which are contiguous in frequency and (2) a second uplink allocation information indicating a second frequency block corresponding to a second plurality of subcarriers which are contiguous in frequency and a third frequency block corresponding to a third plurality of subcarriers which are contiguous in frequency, the second frequency block and the third frequency block being separated in frequency.
US12041589B2
Methods and apparatus for enhancing performance of a wireline communication network backhaul for a wireless node. In one embodiment, the node comprises a small-cell or other wireless base station that is backhauled by a DOCSIS system within a managed HFC network, and the methods and apparatus enable enhanced communication between the small cell/base station and the backhaul network so as to support adaptation by the wireline network for frequencies used by the node so as to mitigate interference or other issues. In one implementation, enhanced cable modem (CM), cable modem termination system (CMTS) and node devices coordinate to inform the CMTS of use of potentially interfering frequencies by the base station so that the CMTS can monitor, and reconfigure as necessary, any affected wireline RF channels.
US12041586B2
A UE may receive a request for a set of resource recommendations; determine a current set of resource recommendations; and transmit an indication of the current set of resource recommendations, wherein the indication of the current set of resource recommendations may comprise at least one of: a first offset value associated with respective reference slots for respective resource recommendations of the current set of resource recommendations with respect to a previously indicated set of resource recommendations; or a second offset value associated with a reference slot for an indicated resource recommendation of the current set of resource recommendations with respect to the previously indicated set of resource recommendations.
US12041578B2
A position of a user equipment (UE) may be determined using downlink based solutions (e.g. OTDOA), uplink based solutions (e.g. UTDOA), or combined downlink and uplink based solutions (e.g. RTT). The serving gNBs may request neighboring gNBs to produce downlink reference signal transmissions to a target UE and/or measure uplink reference signal transmissions from the target UE. The serving gNB may receive the uplink reference signal measurements from neighboring gNBs and obtain an own uplink reference signal measurement and forward to the UE or another network entity all the uplink reference signal measurements. The UE may use the uplink reference signal measurements, along with the UE's own downlink reference signal measurements to determine RTTs. The serving gNBs or another entity may keep the uplink reference signal measurements and may determine RTTs after receiving the downlink reference signal measurements from the UE.
US12041576B2
A data collection device includes a reference signal reception unit that receives a reference signal indicating a first time that is a time measured by an external device, the reference signal being transmitted at first time intervals from the external device, a time signal generation unit that measures a time at second time intervals and generates a time signal indicating a second time that is the measured time, a parameter generation unit that generates a parameter value on the basis of the first time indicated by the reference signal and the second time based on the time signal generated at a point in time when the reference signal is received, a signal reception unit that receives an analog signal indicating a signal waveform of an observed signal, a sampling unit that samples the received analog signal at the second time intervals to generate sampling data, and a data processing unit that performs interpolation processing on the sampling data on the basis of the parameter value.
US12041575B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to methods and apparatus for on-demand positioning. For example a method may include transmitting a request to participate in a UE positioning procedure, wherein the request indicates one or more parameters to be used by a location server in coordinating one or more base stations (BSs) to participate in the UE positioning procedure, and receiving signaling from the location server configuring the UE to participate in the UE positioning procedure.
US12041571B2
There is provided a method comprising receiving at least one measured signal characteristic from a user equipment, the user equipment being located at a user equipment location; comparing the at least one measured signal characteristic to at least one of a plurality of signal characteristics, each signal characteristic being associated with a respective measurement point; and determining, based on the comparing, a probability that the user equipment location is a first location.
US12041567B2
A terminal is disclosed including a transmitting unit that transmits a request signal for requesting a radio base station to transmit a reference time, to the radio base station; and a receiving unit that receives a radio resource control message from the radio base station according to the transmission of the request signal, the radio resource control message including a reference system frame number and the reference time associated with the reference system frame number. In other aspects, radio base stations, a radio communication method, and a radio communication system are also disclosed.
US12041565B2
A device for transmitting synchronization information, where the device is configured to determine whether the device should operate as a synchronization reference, and, in response to determining that the device shall operate as a synchronization reference, transmit synchronization information using a spatial filter.
US12041549B2
Provided are a terminal energy-saving method, a base station and a terminal. One method includes: determining, by a base station, a first parameter of a user equipment (UE), where the first parameter includes at least one of a paging enhanced discontinuous reception (eDRX) parameter in an idle state or a deep sleep parameter in the idle state; and sending the first parameter.
US12041544B2
A method for power saving, comprising: establishing a radio resource control (RRC) connection with a wireless device, transmitting, to the wireless device, configuration information indicating a discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle time, a DRX on time period, and an offset time, transmitting an enhanced wake-up signal (EWUS) monitoring occasion for a DRX cycle, the EWUS monitoring occasion based on the offset time and the DRX on time period, determining that the wireless device can skip monitoring one or more future EWUS monitoring occasions, transmitting, during a first DRX cycle, a EWUS for the wireless device during the EWUS monitoring occasion associated with the first DRX cycle, the EWUS indicating that the wireless device can skip the one or more future EWUS monitoring occasions, and skipping transmitting the EWUS to the wireless device during the one or more future EWUS monitoring occasions.
US12041532B2
A method of system information transmission for a network in a wireless communication system is disclosed. The method comprises broadcasting essential minimum system information (SI) of a cell of the wireless communication system with fixed scheduled on a downlink broadcast channel, wherein the essential minimum SI includes scheduling information for non-essential minimum SI of at least one of the cell and an auxiliary cell or a frequency location, the non-essential minimum SI is broadcasted with dynamically scheduled on a downlink shared channel, and the scheduling information includes a time and frequency resource configuration and an availability information for indicating whether the cell broadcasts the non-essential minimum SI.
US12041526B2
Systems and methods for using a relay user equipment (UE) to transport data of interest received from a first remote UE to a second remote UE on a UE to UE relay within a wireless communication system are discussed herein. These methods may be performed at Layer 2 of a protocol stack of the wireless communication system. Data packets sent on the UE to UE relay may include an adaptation header including routing information (e.g., Layer 2 addresses, a bearer-specific index, etc.) for the UE to UE relay. An adaptation layer may accordingly be provided within Layer 2 to decode these adaptation headers. In some cases, a per-bearer approach may be used to map between individual direct bearers of a hop by hop path configuration of the UE to UE relay. Embodiments eschewing the adaptation header and instead using logical channel identifiers (LCIDs) to make routing indications are also described.
US12041522B2
Method for controlling an actuator connected via a wired network, the actuator including a first wired communication module, which is configured to communicate via the wired network, and a second wireless communication module, which is configured to be active or inactive, and a switch, the method comprising the following steps carried out by the actuator: activation of the second communication module triggered by the reception of a signal transmitted by an action on the switch or on another element of the wired network; transmission (EC102) by the actuator of an activity signal; —reception by the second communication module of a connection signal received from a third communication module; establishment of a wireless connection to a mobile terminal; reception of a control signal by the at least one actuator from the mobile terminal.
US12041518B2
In some embodiments, the present invention provides for a computer system which includes at least the following components: a plurality of computing devices associated with a plurality of users associated with a plurality of users; where each computing device of the plurality of computing devices is configured to: electronically receive software which, when being executed, cause such computing device to display a plurality of instances of a specifically programmed graphical user interface (GUI); where each instance of the GUI is configured to display a real-time updatable meeting information representative of a direct electronic proximity-based communication between at least two computing devices associated with at least two users who desire to meet at a particular location to engage in a transaction of at least one good, at least one service, or both, whose marketable value lasts for a period of 30 seconds to 60 minutes.
US12041512B2
A positioning method using images and radio waves may include: estimating a distance and an angle from the positioning reference node to a positioning target terminal; identifying an obstacle or reflective object in a vicinity of the positioning target terminal or on a path between the positioning target terminal and the positioning reference node by using image information on the positioning target terminal at a position estimated by the distance and the angle; estimating an incident angle or a reflection angle of a radio wave signal reflected by the reflective object identified based on the image information; and estimating a position of the positioning target terminal based on the reflection angle and the distance.
US12041503B2
Method and apparatus for supporting light connection in next generation mobile communication systems
Methods and apparatuses are provided in a wireless communication system. A radio link control (RLC) protocol data unit (PDU) is obtained from a lower layer. A status PDU is generated based on the RLC PDU. The status PDU includes a first field indicating a sequence number (SN) of an RLC data unit identified as lost, a second field indicating a number of consecutively lost RLC data units starting from and including the SN, and a third field indicating whether the second field follows the first first field. The status PDU is delivered to the lower layer.
US12041500B2
Techniques for dynamic optimization of radio access network sites are provided. A wireless communications infrastructure identifies that a piece of user equipment (UE) is connected to a base station associated with a current Radio Access Network (RAN) site that does not have sufficient backhaul resources to support the piece of UE. A target RAN site that has sufficient backhaul resources to support the piece of UE is identified. The target RAN site associated with at least one base station. A Radio Frequency (RF) signal transmitted from at least one of the base station associated with the current RAN site and the at least one base station associated with the target RAN site is modified. The modification causes the piece of UE to handover from the base station associated with the current RAN site to the at least one base station associated with the target RAN site.
US12041498B2
Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for controlling operations of an integrated access and backhaul (IAB) node are proposed. In some embodiments, an integrated access and backhaul node may receive a message indicating that a handover of the integrated access and backhaul node is to be performed; and stop admission of new user equipment to an active radio cell of the integrated access and backhaul node based on the message received.
US12041492B2
Methods in a radio network node are provided in which the radio network node receives, from a network node, first wireless device capability information associated with a wireless device, determines second wireless device capability information required by the radio network node, and sends, to the wireless device, a request for capability information. The request for capability information includes a capability filter based, at least in part, on the first wireless device capability information and on the second wireless device capability information. Related radio network nodes and computer program products are also provided.
US12041473B2
A method for predicting at least one parameter representative of a signal quality and/or service quality liable to be delivered to a device when it is connected to one radiofrequency antenna among a plurality of antennas that are configured to establish a connection with said device. The method includes: obtaining at least one parameter of decrease in the signal and/or service quality, predicting at least one parameter representative of a signal and/or service quality by applying at least one prediction model configured to predict at least one parameter representative of a signal quality and/or service quality, on the basis of an estimated parameter of decrease in the signal and/or service quality, and of an indication of a moment and of a position of the device for which the prediction must be carried out, the prediction model having been trained beforehand via supervised learning on a training database.
US12041471B2
Disclosed is a method of operating a test system for over-the-air, OTA, testing of at least two mobile devices under test, DUTs. The at least two mobile DUTs have respective mobile subscriber identities, IMSIs. The method comprises simulating, by a mobile radio cell simulator connectable to the test system, a first mobile radio cell being open for attachment by all of said mobile DUTs, and attaching all of said mobile DUTs to the first mobile radio cell. The method further comprises simulating, by a mobile radio tester connectable to the test system, a second mobile radio cell being barred for attachment by said mobile DUTs. The method further comprises prompting, by the mobile radio cell simulator, one particular DUT of said mobile DUTs to perform a handover to the second mobile radio cell. The method further comprises subjecting, by the mobile radio tester, the particular DUT to an OTA test procedure within the second mobile radio cell. The method further comprises prompting, by the mobile radio tester, the particular DUT to leave the second mobile radio cell. The method further comprises indicating a status of the particular DUT subjected to the OTA test procedure.
US12041466B2
Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for analytics-based policy generation. One apparatus (500) includes a processor (505) and a radio transceiver (525) that communicates over a mobile communication network. The processor (505) receives a request from the mobile communication network to report at least one type of usage data according to a reporting policy, the at least one type of usage data including battery usage data and/or network location data. The processor (505) transmits (710) a usage report (225) containing the usage data based on the reporting policy. The processor (505) further receives (715) and applies (720) a network policy (240) from the mobile communication network. The network policy (240) is dynamically generated by the mobile communication network based on at least one trend identified in the usage data.
US12041463B2
In a relay device (20), a prediction unit (24) predicts an overall communication characteristic of a planned switching set selected by a communication control unit (23). A notification unit (25) notifies a control device (10) of a notification signal including a prediction communication characteristic predicted by the prediction unit (24). In the control device (10), a control unit (11) performs control for a device to be controlled (30) based on a “control parameter value.” A change unit (12) changes the control parameter value used by the control unit (11) based on the prediction communication characteristic notified from the relay device (20).
US12041460B2
Systems, methods, and apparatuses for providing optimization of network resources. The system is operable to monitor the electromagnetic environment, analyze the electromagnetic environment, and extract environmental awareness of the electromagnetic environment. The system extracts the environmental awareness of the electromagnetic environment by including customer goals. The system is operable to use the environmental awareness with the customer goals and/or user defined policies and rules to extract actionable information to help the customer optimize the network resources.
US12041450B2
A security system used by an organization maintains a PKI used for issuing digital certificates (hereinafter for brevity also referred to simply as “certificates”) and provides the PKI to the organization as a network service. In order to simplify the use of the PKI for purposes such as obtaining certificates, the security system additionally provides a mechanism for using a designated flow protocol to interface with whichever MDMs the organization uses. This mechanism permits administrators or other users to provision certificates to their organization's client devices with just a few actions within a user interface.
US12041444B2
In some examples, a system receives information based on wireless sensing performed using wireless signals of a wireless interface of a wireless node, the wireless interface of the wireless node to communicate data over a wireless connection established with another wireless device. The system performs authentication in response to the received information.
US12041440B2
The disclosed technology separates session management function signaling from the AMF. In particular, an SMF key is created for each SMF following the AMF generating an SM context request that contains gNB information and UE subscription information. Each PDU session creates a direct connection between the SMF and a local gNB. The gNB communicates with each SMF directly over a new interface (N3-C) for session management that is independent of the N2 interface used by the gNB to communicate with the AMF for mobility management. In this way, each SMF independently handles NAS signaling with the UE, using the SMF key and gNB related session-management signaling over an independent interface with the gNB. This removes the burden of relaying these communications through the AMF, which is then freed up to solely to handle mobility management signaling, resulting in an improved architecture.
US12041435B2
The invention provides a multifunctional sounding device having a housing body with a containment cavity and a sounding unit. The sounding unit includes a vibration system and a magnetic circuit system that drives the vibration system along a first direction. The magnetic circuit system includes a main magnet and a secondary magnet to form a magnetic gap. The multifunctional sounding device further includes an elastic assembly fixedly connected to the housing body, a weight connected to the elastic assembly, and a driving coil fixed to the weight and vibrating together with the weight along a second direction. The driving coil includes a first side edge and a second side edge disposed opposite to the first side edge. The device has both a vibration feedback function and a voice feedback function, which is beneficial to reduce the volume of the electronic device.
US12041431B1
An integration unit IU for tuning an OEM sound system augmented with aftermarket components, such as an amplifier or a subwoofer. The integration unit is contained in a small housing that can be installed inconspicuously in most vehicles without removing the original head unit. The unit may comprise a DSP-based active line output converter that is configured to automatically detect the frequency response and phase of the OEM head unit. The unit performs various algorithms to detect and analyze crossovers, EQ, time delay, and allpass filters and then matches left and right audio channels. The IU may allow for low bass correction detecting and defeating the factory high pass filter. Still further, the IU can correct the various filters to ensure a clean, uncolored audio signal for the augmented components.
US12041428B2
The subject matter described herein provides systems and techniques for controlling the production of eNoise in an audio playback system. The eNoise may be an audible noise produced when a current, such as a noise/ripple current, flows through a battery of the audio playback system. Such eNoise may be reduced by limiting the current, such as noise/ripple current, flowing through the battery. In some examples, the noise/ripple current may be diverted to the main board of the audio playback system by adding a source of current. A circuit to produce such a current may include transistor(s), capacitor(s), and/or resistor(s). Using the current source and/or such a circuit may also divert the noise/ripple current away from the battery, thereby reducing the eNoise produced.
US12041422B2
A battery module for a hearing device is configured for an inductive resonance charging method. The battery module includes a secondary cell and a blocking sleeve that encloses the secondary cell to shield the secondary cell against a magnetic field. A jacket formed from permeable material is arranged on the outside of the blocking sleeve. An induction coil, which is arranged on the outside of the jacket, is configured to receive energy inductively. The induction coil and the jacket form a receiving antenna for receiving energy. The induction coil is arranged such that a coil axis of the induction coil is oriented radially with respect to the secondary cell.
US12041421B2
A hearing aid service system includes an Internet enabled personal communication device and one or more hearing aids provided with respective transceivers for establishing a wireless connection, whereby the personal communication device becomes a gateway for the hearing aids to a remote server. Each hearing aid includes a processor controlling the operation of the hearing aid, and a memory containing program code for at least one add-on program for the operation of the hearing aid. The server manages user accounts for a plurality of hearing aid users, including managing subscription status for the add-on program. The server creates a subscription status change event for the account upon change of the subscription status for the at least one add-on program and sends a status change instruction to the hearing aids for enabling or disabling one or more of the add-on programs by using the communication device as gateway.
US12041420B2
An embodiment of a hearing assistance device comprises a housing, a power source, a radio circuit, an antenna and a transmission line. The radio circuit is within the housing and electrically connected to the power source. The antenna has an aperture, and the radio circuit is at least substantially within the aperture. The transmission line electrically connects to the antenna to the radio circuit. Various antenna embodiments include a flex circuit antenna.
US12041413B2
Acoustic loudspeaker (10) comprising a cabinet (12) extending in a direction (L), and a speaker (14) defining an acoustic axis (X). The cabinet defines a first axis (V1) perpendicular to the direction, and a second axis (V2) perpendicular to the direction and to the first axis. The acoustic loudspeaker is intended to be used in a first configuration, wherein the first axis is essentially vertical, and a second configuration, wherein the second axis is essentially vertical. The speaker is movable relative to the cabinet around an axis of rotation (D) between a first position, wherein the acoustic axis defines with the second axis a first angle less than 30°, and a second position, in which the acoustic axis defines with the first axis (V1) a second angle less than 30°. The axis of rotation makes two angles between 40° and 50° with the first axis and the second axis.
US12041409B2
An electronic headset device, comprising a headset housing; a speaker disposed inside the headset housing; a connector for connecting with an external electronic device; an audio IC module electrically connected with the connector and configured to convert a digital audio signal into an analogue audio signal; a connection line for electrically connecting the speaker with the audio IC module; a radio IC module disposed on the path of the connection line and electrically connected to the connection line; and a radio antenna connected to the radio IC module, wherein the radio IC module may be configured to use the radio antenna to receive a radio signal.
US12041400B2
An acoustic device comprises a shell and a sound producing assembly, the shell being provided with an installation hole and a sound outlet, and the sound producing assembly being fixed inside the shell. The sound producing assembly has a diaphragm separating a cavity of the acoustic device into a front cavity and a back cavity, a first part of the shell corresponding to the front cavity and/or a second part of the shell corresponding to the back cavity is provided with sapphire glass covering the installation hole, and the front cavity is in communication with the outside of the acoustic device through the sound outlet.
US12041391B2
A control method for a display device includes: determining whether an illuminance in an environment where a display device having a light source is installed belongs to a first range or a second range; when the illuminance in the environment belongs to the first range, adjusting a luminance of the light source by referring to first luminance information designating the luminance corresponding to when the illuminance in the environment belongs to the first range; when the illuminance in the environment belongs to the second range, adjusting the luminance by referring to second luminance information designating the luminance corresponding to when the illuminance in the environment belongs to the second range; when a first operation of changing the luminance when the illuminance belongs to the first range is accepted from a user, updating the first luminance information to an updated first luminance information in response to the first operation; updating the second luminance information, based on the updated first luminance information; when a second operation of changing the luminance when the illuminance belongs to the second range is accepted from the user, updating the second luminance information to an updated second luminance information in response to the second operation; and updating the first luminance information, based on the updated second luminance information.
US12041390B1
An imaging apparatus for imaging and extracting data of at least one side of an identification document, such as an identity document, having a first side and a second side, the apparatus including a processor and memory coupled to operate with the processor, an activation unit, a camera unit mounted inside an imaging-optical-chamber at a preconfigured spatial location and inclination, wherein the camera unit includes an image sensor configured to receive the respective images of both the first (upper) side and the second (lower) side of the identification document. Upon activating the activation unit, the processor facilitates a computerized method that includes acquiring an image of both the upper and lower sides of the document, by the image sensor, substantially simultaneously and extract data thereof.
US12041383B2
Devices, methods, and non-transitory program storage devices are disclosed herein to perform intelligent determinations of non-linear (i.e., dynamic) image recording rates for the production of improved timelapse videos. The techniques described herein may be especially applicable to timelapse videos captured over long durations of time and/or with varying amounts of device motion/scene content change over the course of the captured video (e.g., when a user is walking, exercising, driving, etc. during the video's capture). By smoothly varying the image recording rate of the timelapse video in accordance with multi-temporal scale estimates of scene content change, the quality of the produced timelapse video may be improved (e.g., fewer long stretches of the video with too little action, as well as fewer stretches of the video where there is so much rapid action in the timelapse video that it is difficult for a viewer to perceive what is happening in the video).
US12041381B2
The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for passive infrared sensing and detection of vehicular traffic. Vehicle parameters are detected using thermal detection states of pixels of an infrared array sensor. The vehicle parameters can include a velocity of a vehicle. A vehicle record that includes the vehicle parameters can be provided, for example, by a computing device in connection with the infrared array sensor.
US12041380B2
A high-resolution image sensor suitable for use in an augmented reality (AR) system. The AR system may be small enough to be packaged within a wearable device such as a set of goggles or mounted on a frame resembling ordinary eyeglasses. The image sensor may have pixels configured to output events indicating changes in sensed IR light. Those pixels may be sensitive to IR light of the same frequency source as an active IR light source, and may be part of an eye tracking camera, oriented toward a user's eye. Changes in IR light may be used to determine the location of the user's pupil, which may be used in rendering virtual objects. The events may be generated and processed at a high rate, enabling the system to render the virtual object based on the user's gaze so that the virtual object will appear more realistic to the user.
US12041378B2
A solution which targets perimeter infrastructure. The solution comprises a plugin which integrates a dedicated security video camera management system with a comprehensive security system management system. A foundation is thereby provided which utilizes many advantages that are found in the security system management system, such as the creation of entities, Event-to Actions, and role fail-over. Use of the plugin results in an overall system where operators of the security system can imbed their own images and branding on the video streams. Users can effectively brand their edge devices without having to interface with the devices directly.
US12041376B2
An information processing apparatus according to one embodiment of the present disclosure obtains image capturing information including information representing a position and an orientation of an image capturing device and movement information representing specific movement of the image capturing device; and generates viewpoint information representing a position of a virtual viewpoint and a view direction from the virtual viewpoint for generating a virtual viewpoint video based on the obtained image capturing information and the obtained movement information in a case where a captured image obtained by the image capturing device and the virtual viewpoint video generated based on a plurality of images are switched.
US12041362B2
An imaging apparatus includes an imaging element that incorporates a memory which stores image data obtained by imaging an imaging region at a first frame rate, and a first processor configured to output the image data at a second frame rate less than or equal to the first frame rate, and an imaging lens including a focus lens, in which the first processor is configured to generate combined image data based on the image data of the number of frames decided in accordance with a depth of field with respect to the imaging region out of the image data of a plurality of frames obtained by imaging the imaging region at different positions of the focus lens.
US12041351B2
A distance measurement device includes an imaging optical system, an imaging unit, an emission unit, a derivation unit which performs a distance measurement to derive a distance to a subject based on a timing at which directional light is emitted by the emission unit and a timing at which reflected light is received by a light receiving unit, a shake correction unit which performs shake correction as correction of shake of the subject image caused by variation of an optical axis of the imaging optical system, and a control unit which performs control such that the shake correction unit does not perform shake correction or performs shake correction with a correction amount smaller than a normal correction amount determined in advance in a case of performing the distance measurement and performs shake correction with the normal correction amount in a case of not performing the distance measurement.
US12041348B2
An image sensor according to an example embodiment include a plurality of image pixel groups, a plurality of auto focusing (AF) pixel groups, a first transmission control signal line connected to a first pixel of each of the plurality of image pixel groups, a second transmission control signal line connected to a second pixel of each of the plurality of image pixel groups, a third transmission control signal line connected to a first pixel of each of the plurality of AF pixel groups, and a fourth transmission control signal line connected to a second pixel of each of the plurality of AF pixel groups, wherein the fourth transmission control signal line is electrically separated from the first to the third transmission control signal line, and the each of the plurality of image pixel group and the plurality of AF pixel groups are disposed below a single microlens.
US12041347B2
Systems and methods are provided to power video conferencing and remote collaboration with subsymbolic and symbolic artificial intelligence. The autonomous video conferencing systems of this disclosure include one main smart camera and multiple peripheral smart cameras, optionally coupled with one or more smart sensors. Each smart camera is equipped with a vision pipeline supported by machine learning to detect objects and their interactions as well as related changes in gesture and posture, and a virtual director adapted to apply a predetermined rule set consistent with television studio production principles. The main camera is adapted to select and update a focus video stream in real time under the direction of its virtual director and stream the updated focus stream to a user computer. Methods for creating an automated television studio production for a variety of conferencing spaces and special-purpose scenarios with virtual director assistance are provided.
US12041346B2
The present disclosure discloses a 4G audio and video capture equipment based on UVC data transmission, including an integrated circuit board, a data input and output interface, a UVC and UART communication system, an audio and video data capture module, and a 4G communication module, the data input and output interface is connected with the integrated circuit board, the audio and video data capture module and the 4G communication module are both mounted on the integrated circuit board, the audio and video capture module is bidirectionally connected with the 4G communication module through the UVC and UART communication system.
US12041338B1
Various implementations disclosed herein include devices, systems, and methods for capturing a new media content item. In various implementations, a device includes a display, one or more processors and a non-transitory memory. In some implementations, a method includes determining a plot template for generating a media content item based on other media content items that are distributed temporally. In some implementations, the plot template is defined by a set of one or more conditional triggers for capturing the other media content items. In some implementations, the method includes determining that a condition associated with a first conditional trigger of the set of one or more conditional triggers is satisfied. In some implementations, the method includes in response to the condition associated with the first conditional trigger being satisfied, displaying, on the display, a notification to capture a new media content item for populating the plot template.
US12041325B2
A device including an array of pixels and a filter wheel may capture a plurality of images by exposing the array of pixels. The device may spin, while capturing the plurality of images, the filter wheel, and the filter wheel may include filter segments. In some implementations, a portion of the filter wheel in front of the array of pixels includes two or more filter segments.
US12041321B2
Systems and methods are provided for determining transition scenes in content and playing back transition scenes as overlays over one or more adjacent scenes. Transition scenes (also referred to as “pause scenes”) are slow-moving scenes, with minimal activity or characters, usually surrounded by two faster paced scenes, that may bore certain viewers such as children or mobile device users. The system may help the content move faster, while ensuring the transition scenes are not skipped. The system may receive content with three sequential scenes A, B, and C, and determine scene B is a transition scene between scene A and scene C. Scene B may be generated as an overlay to one of (or parts of both) scene A and scene C so that all three scenes are viewed but the runtime is shorter, and the content's pace is maintained. The system may also determine which scene to overlay, and determine a screen position for the overlay so as not to, e.g., obscure any characters or activity in the content.
US12041319B2
Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed for associating different watermarks detected in media. An example method disclosed herein includes determining whether a first watermark detected in a media signal is represented in a watermark data structure and associating the first watermark with a first media presentation record associated with a second watermark in response to the first watermark being associated in the watermark data structure with the second watermark. The example method further includes transmitting monitoring data including the first media presentation record to an audience measurement entity.
US12041313B2
A data processing method includes: in response to a service enabling operation in a video application, enabling a video recording service in the video application; collecting, using the video recording service, user voice data; determining and identifying a target text that matches prompting text data associated with the video recording service; and acquiring target video data corresponding to the video recording service until a text position of the target text in the prompting text data is at an end of the prompting text data. Embodiments of this application improve the effectiveness of teleprompting functions during a video recording, and the quality of a recorded video may further be improved.
US12041312B2
Systems and methods are described for operating a group watching session. Group communication is initiated for a group watching session displaying a media content item. A bandwidth available to at least one computing device participating in the group watching session is determined. A group communication mode for a segment of the media content item is determined. A communication parameter of the group communication and/or a buffering parameter for the media content item is set in response to determining the group communication mode for the segment of the media content item and the bandwidth available to each computing device participating in the group watching session.
US12041293B2
Provided is a display device including: a wireless communicator comprising wireless communication circuitry, an inputter/outputter comprising input/output circuitry, a display, a memory storing one or more instructions, and a processor configured to execute the one or more instructions stored in the memory, wherein the processor is configured to control the display device to: receive a power on signal through the wireless communicator or the inputter/outputter, display a first screen in response to the power on signal, determine whether a control operation is being performed based on a controller corresponding to a peripheral device by analyzing information about a source image received from the peripheral device through the inputter/outputter while the first screen is displayed, and close the first screen, and control the display to display a second screen including the source image, based on determining that the control operation is being performed based on the controller.
US12041290B2
Techniques have been developed to facilitate the livestreaming of group audiovisual performances. Audiovisual performances including vocal music are captured and coordinated with performances of other users in ways that can create compelling user and listener experiences. For example, in some cases or embodiments, duets with a host performer may be supported in a sing-with-the-artist style audiovisual livestream in which aspiring vocalists request or queue particular songs for a live radio show entertainment format. The developed techniques provide a communications latency-tolerant mechanism for synchronizing vocal performances captured at geographically-separated devices (e.g., at globally-distributed, but network-connected mobile phones or tablets or at audiovisual capture devices geographically separated from a live studio).
US12041288B2
In accordance with some implementations, a method includes: displaying a visual representation of a media object according to a first resource utilization value; while displaying the visual representation of the media object, determining an engagement score that characterizes a level of user engagement with respect to the media object; in accordance with a determination that the engagement score is greater than a threshold value, maintaining display of the visual representation of the media object according to the first resource utilization value; and in accordance with a determination that the engagement score is less than the threshold value: ceasing display of the visual representation of the media object according to the first resource utilization value; and playing, via the speaker, an audio representation of the media object, according to a second resource utilization value different than the first resource utilization value.
US12041287B2
In some embodiments, an electronic device facilitates processes for subscribing to a content delivery service. For example, the electronic device subscribes to a voice-only subscription to a content delivery service or a voice and non-voice subscription to the content delivery service. In some embodiments, the electronic device accesses content items via a content delivery service.
US12041279B2
The exemplary embodiments relate to devices, systems and methods for a streaming service to provide fast video stream startup at a user device. The streaming service may determine that a video stream for on-demand content is to be provided to the user device and is to include multiple subclips corresponding to the on-demand content and a dynamic content insertion opportunity (DCIO). A first set of multimedia data is transmitted to the user device that corresponds to a first subclip of the on-demand content. When a predetermined condition corresponding to the DCIO is satisfied, a second set of multimedia data is transmitted to the user device that includes multimedia data corresponding to at least the multiple subclips.
US12041272B2
Disclosed herein are a video encoding/decoding method and apparatus. The video decoding method according to the present invention includes: obtaining information on whether filtering is performed on a virtual boundary for a current picture from a bitstream; decoding information on the number of virtual boundaries based on the information on whether filtering is performed on a virtual boundary; decoding information on a position of a virtual boundary based on the information on the number of virtual boundaries; and reconstructing the current picture based on the information on the position of the virtual boundary.
US12041264B2
A video coding method includes obtaining a current frame from a plurality of video frames, from which at least two or more video frames from have different resolutions; determining an initial motion vector (MV) corresponding to each block to be encoded in the current frame at a corresponding resolution; and determining a target MV resolution according to a resolution configuration of the current frame to represent a target resolution. The method also includes determining a target MV corresponding to each block in the current frame at the target resolution represented by the target MV resolution; obtaining a motion vector prediction (MVP) corresponding to each block in the current frame at the target resolution; and encoding the current frame according to a motion vector difference (MVD) between each target MV and the corresponding MVP such that the MV and the corresponding MVP are at a same resolution.
US12041262B2
An encoding and decoding method, apparatus, and device is disclosed. The method comprises: if characteristic information of a current block meets a specific condition, performing the following steps to acquire a target prediction value of the current block or a sub-block of the current block: determining a first original prediction value based on first unidirectional motion information of the current block, and determining a second original prediction value based on second unidirectional motion information of the current block; determining a horizontal velocity based on the first original prediction value and the second original prediction value; determining a vertical velocity based on the first original prediction value and the second original prediction value; acquiring a prediction compensation value based on the horizontal velocity and the vertical velocity; and acquiring the target prediction value based on the first original prediction value, the second original prediction value and the prediction compensation value.
US12041261B2
A method for video coding is provided, including: providing a motion vector (MV) rounding process that is configured to perform a MV rounding operation; applying the MV rounding process to at least a first MV used in a first prediction tool selected from a first set of tools including: pair-wise merge candidate, triangle prediction mode, and affine mode; and applying the MV rounding process to at least a second MV used in a second prediction tool selected from a second set of tools including: temporal motion vector prediction (TMVP), alternative temporal motion vector prediction (ATMVP), and merge mode with motion vector differences (MMVD).
US12041257B2
A method includes performing a conversion, according to a rule, between a current slice of a current picture of a video and a bitstream of the video, wherein the rule specifies that a first syntax element of a picture parameter set (PPS) and a second syntax element of the PPS control whether a third syntax element is included in the bitstream, and wherein the first syntax element indicates whether a weighted prediction is enabled for bi-directional slices of coded pictures referring to the PPS, the second syntax element indicates whether information related to the weighted prediction is present in picture headers or slice headers of coded pictures referring to the PPS, and the third syntax element indicates a number of weights associated with a reference picture list 1 of the current slice.
US12041254B2
A video coding mechanism is disclosed. The mechanism includes encoding a bitstream comprising one or more output layer sets (OLSs). A non-scalable-nested supplemental enhancement information (SEI) message is also encoded into the bitstream. The non-scalable-nested SEI message is constrained to apply only to a zeroth (0-th) OLS. The 0-th OLS includes only an output layer. A set of bitstream conformance tests are performed on the 0-th OLS based on the non-scalable-nested SEI message. The bitstream is stored for communication toward a decoder.
US12041253B2
A computing device performs a method of decoding video data by receiving a bitstream corresponding to video data encoding one or more pictures, wherein the one or more pictures are recursively partitioned into a plurality of groups at different partition levels; determining a first syntax element that corresponds to a first group of the plurality of groups; in accordance with a determination that the first syntax element has a first value: decoding the first group in a first mode; and in accordance with a determination that the first syntax element has a second value: determining a respective second syntax element for each of one or more second groups within the first groups, wherein the one or more second groups are at a second partition level below the first partition level; and decoding each of the one or more second groups in accordance with a value of the respective second syntax element.
US12041235B2
An image decoding method performed by a decoding device, according to the present document, comprises the steps of: obtaining image information through a bitstream; and generating a reconstructed picture on the basis of the image information.
US12041233B2
An image decoding method performed by a decoding device according to the present disclosure comprises the steps of: receiving a bitstream containing at least one of segmentation information of a current picture and prediction information for a current block included in the current picture; deriving a first segmentation structure of the current picture, which is based on multiple tiles, on the basis of the segmentation information of the current picture including at least one of information of the number of width-parsing columns, information of the last width, information of the number of height-parsing rows, and information of the last height; deriving a block predicted for the current block, on the basis of the prediction information for the current block contained in one of the multiple tiles; and generating reconstruction samples for the current block on the basis of the predicted block.
US12041228B2
Apparatus configured to derive a set-selective syntax element indicating whether the predetermined block is to be predicted using one of a first set of intra-prediction modes comprising a DC intra prediction mode and angular prediction modes. If the set-selective syntax element indicates that the predetermined block is to be predicted using one of the first set of intra-prediction modes, the apparatus is configured to use a list of most probable intra-prediction modes. If the set-selective syntax element indicates that the predetermined block is not to be predicted using one of the first set of intra-prediction modes, the apparatus is configured to use a matrix-based intra-prediction mode. The list of most probable intra-prediction modes is formed such that the list of most probable intra-prediction modes is free of the DC intra prediction mode in case of the neighbouring blocks being predicted by any of the angular intra prediction modes.
US12041227B2
Disclosed herein is an image encoding/decoding method and apparatus. The image decoding method includes deriving an intra prediction value by performing intra prediction with respect to a current block, deriving an inter prediction value by performing inter prediction with respect to the current block, deriving a combined inter intra prediction (CIIP) value by weighting the intra prediction value and the inter prediction value, and generating a reconstructed block of the current block using the CIIP value. The intra prediction is performed in a Planar mode.
US12041225B2
A video processing method includes determining, for a conversion between a current video block of a video including multiple video blocks and a coded representation of the video, and from types of reference pictures used for the conversion, applicability of a coding tool to the current video block and performing the conversion based on the determining. The method may be performed by a video decoder or a video encoder or a video transcoder.
US12041223B2
A method includes deriving, for a current video block of a video that is a chroma block and coded in a chroma derived mode (DM), an intra prediction mode for the current video block according to a rule related to a coding mode of the current video block; and performing a conversion between the current video block and a coded presentation of the video, wherein the rule specifies to derive the intra prediction mode based on an intra prediction direction of a corresponding luma block used to derive the chroma DM mode and coded using a block differential pulse code modulation representation of a quantized residual block corresponding to the current video block.
US12041216B2
A color adjustment apparatus includes a processor configured to: acquire desired color measurement value information about a target display by inputting a medium color measurement value of a target printing medium and spectral distribution characteristics of a specific color on the target display to a color measurement value calculation model that has been trained, using learning data including a combination of a medium color measurement value obtained by measuring a specific color on a printing medium, display color measurement value information indicating a display color measurement value obtained by measuring the specific color on a display that has been adjusted to be displayed as a color equivalent to the specific color on the printing medium, and spectral distribution characteristics of the specific color on the display before the adjustment is performed, based on the medium color measurement value of the printing medium and the spectral distribution characteristics of the display, to output the desired color measurement value information, which indicates the display color measurement value obtained when the specific color on the display is displayed as the color equivalent to the specific color on the printing medium; and adjust, based on the desired color measurement value information about the target display, a color profile of the target display.
US12041214B2
An image-forming apparatus includes a controller, a storage, and a communicator. The controller establishes a connection with a terminal device through the communicator by QUIC, stores, in the storage, identification information for identifying the connection and key information to be used for encryption of transmission/reception information transmitted and received to and from the terminal device, performs communication of the transmission/reception information with the terminal device through HTTP/3, and establishes, when the connection with the terminal device is disconnected, a connection with the terminal device using the identification information and the key information so that the communication of the transmission/reception information with the terminal device is resumed.
US12041213B2
At the time of printing a color page image in monochrome, multi-dimensional color component values of each object included in the color page image are converted into a gray value. Then, in the processing to widen a difference between a first gray value and a second gray value, in a case where a color represented by the first color component value and a color represented by the second color component value do not belong to the same color group, the difference between the first gray value and the second gray value is made larger than that in a case where both the colors belong to the same color group.
US12041210B2
An image reading apparatus includes a platen on which a document is to be placed, an image sensor configured to read an image of the document on the platen, an opening/closing member configured to cover and uncover the platen, a document pressing layer disposed on a surface of the opening/closing member and configured to press the document on the plate when the opening/closing member covers the platen, elastic layers located between the document pressing layer and the opening/closing member and spaced apart from each other on a surface of the document pressing layer, and connection layers connecting the elastic layers to the opening/closing member. An area of the elastic layer is larger than an area of the connection layer.
US12041202B2
Disclosed embodiments provide a framework for automatically establishing recording parameters according to specified recording restrictions and generating analytics corresponding to communications recorded subject to the recording restrictions. During a communications session between a user and an agent, a system can identify any recording restrictions corresponding to user communications exchanged during the communications session. The system automatically processes, in real-time, communications exchanged during the communications session as these communications are exchanged to identify the user communications and agent communications. The system generates a transcript that includes the agent communications but selectively records and transcribes the user communications according to the recording restrictions. A machine learning algorithm is trained to generate a set of inferences corresponding to a user sentiment based on historic recordings and transcripts of historic communications sessions between users and agents, as well as corresponding feedback. From the set of inferences, the system generates agent analytics.
US12041198B2
A voice communications computer system (“VCCS”) receives a ring signal from a call device having unverified device identification data. The VCCS identifies an audible frequency component and an electronic frequency component of the ring signal. The VCCS identifies a device identification characteristic or a geographic location characteristic based on the audible or electronic frequency components, and identifies a stored identification characteristic associated with the device identification data. Based on a comparison of the stored identification characteristic with the device identification characteristic or geographic location characteristic, the VCCS generates fraud estimation data. In some cases, the VCCS generates call status data based on the fraud estimation data. The VCCS provides the fraud estimation data or the call status data to a user interface device, which is configured to display data or perform a call action for a call associated with the ring signal.
US12041194B2
Rotation shaft mechanism for foldable screen, foldable screen assembly, and foldable mobile terminal
The present application provides a rotation shaft mechanism for a foldable screen, a foldable screen assembly, and a foldable mobile terminal. The present application can make the foldable screen of the foldable terminal work more reliably and smoothly. It has outstanding advantages of simpler structure, easy implementation, low cost, strong reliability, long lifespan, and more application fields, and can be widely used in foldable mobile terminals.
US12041184B2
A process of issuing a limited-use electronic certificate. In operation, a public key infrastructure (PKI) device receives a request for an electronic certificate from an end entity. The PKI device detects an anomaly with respect to the request received from the end entity. The PKI device generates, based on the detected anomaly, a limited-use electronic certificate. The PKI then issues the limited-use electronic certificate to the end entity. When the end entity determines that the issued certificate is a limited-use certificate with limited-use attributes such as a shortened validity period or lowered assurance level, the end entity provides a visual and/or audio prompt indicating the issuance of the limited-use certificate and further including one or more corrective actions to be performed to eliminate the anomaly prior to sending a new request for an electronic certificate to the PKI device.
US12041180B2
Digital signatures are generated for a message using an authentication tree data structure in which nodes are created as needed from a root node. A public and secret key pair is generated using a one-time signature method to form each node, and the secret key of each parent node is used to sign the public keys of its child nodes. Once the secret key of a node has been used in creating a signature for a message, it may be revealed. The signature data structure is unbounded and stateless, and need not be pre-generated and fixed.
US12041176B2
There is provided an information processing device including: a communication unit configured to receive a first hash value calculated using a first sharing key from a terminal; and a dividing unit configured to determine a division unit of a word used for document search on the basis of matching between an encryption dictionary and a second hash value that is calculated by performing a homomorphic hash operation on the first hash value using a second sharing key corresponding to the first sharing key, in which the communication unit transmits, to the terminal, encrypted information related to the division unit determined by the dividing unit.
US12041175B2
Embodiments of the invention relate to systems, methods, and computer program products for resource origination tracking, the invention including: electronically receiving, from a first user device associated with a first user, a digital resource and a set of distribution rules associated with the digital resource; creating an NFT associated with the digital resource; predicting, via a machine learning engine, a value of the NFT; electronically receiving, from a second user device associated with a second user, a request to complete a resource transfer; transferring ownership of the NFT associated with the digital resource from the current owner to the second user; and transmitting, to a managing entity system, instructions to transfer, from an account associated with the second user, a first amount of financial resources to an account associated with the current owner and a second amount of financial resources to an account associated with the first user.
US12041172B2
Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer-readable media for cryptographic authentication to control access to storage devices. An applet executing on a processor of a contactless card may receive, via a wireless communications interface of the contactless card, a request to access a storage device of the contactless card, where the storage device is in a locked state. The applet may generate a cryptogram based on the request and transmit the cryptogram to a computing device via the wireless communications interface. The applet may receive, from the computing device, an indication specifying that a server decrypted the cryptogram. The applet may transmit, to a controller of the storage device and based on the indication specifying that the server decrypted the cryptogram, an indication specifying to unlock the storage device. The controller may transition the storage device from the locked state to an unlocked state based on the indication received from the applet.
US12041171B2
A method of updating a vehicle ECU includes establishing communication between a data communications module of a vehicle and an update server via a cellular network; validating the vehicle using a key exchange protocol between the data communications module and the update server; and sending update information from the update server to the data communications module of the vehicle via the cellular network, the update information configured to be used to update the vehicle ECU.
US12041166B2
The present disclosure, in some embodiments, relates to a data protection method comprising: determining a file comprising content data on a computing system; generating index information for the file; transmitting the index information to a cloud system; executing a corruption operation on the file comprising: dividing the content data of the file into a plurality of data chunks; executing a first encryption operation based on an encryption protocol, on the first data chunk; executing a second encryption operation based on the encryption protocol, on the second data chunk; generating or assigning a first name for the first data and a second name for the second data chunk; and generating a key associated with an order of the first data chunk and the second data chunk.
US12041158B2
A method for data encryption may include receiving input data, finding a delimiter in the input data, generating, based on a position of the delimiter in the input data, a portion of data using a part of the input data, and encrypting the portion of data. The input data may include a record, the delimiter indicates a boundary of the record, and the portion of data may include the record. The position of the delimiter may be in the part of the input data. Generating the portion of data may include generating the portion of data based on a subset of the part of the input data. The part of the input data may be a first part of the input data, and the position of the delimiter may be in a second part of the input data.
US12041152B2
This disclosure describes systems, methods, and devices related to enhanced fine timing measurement protocol negotiation. A device may identify an enhanced fine timing measurement request received from a first device, the enhanced fine timing measurement request comprising one or more information elements associated with one or more multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) parameters. The device may cause to send an enhanced fine timing measurement response to the first device. The device may identify a null data packet announcement associated with a location determination of the first device. The device may identify a null data packet received from the first device. The device may cause to send a null data packet feedback to the first device.
US12041151B2
In an example embodiment, a graphical user interface-based software tool is provided that uses integrated process information and information of a technical infrastructure to provide automatically-analyze integrations. There are several current approaches to capturing information relevant to the above questions available within a computer system, but each of them only captures a fragment of the information that will be utilized and are not linked. Additionally, most of them do not include extensibility information. The provided tool solves these issues.
US12041149B2
Methods and apparatus are disclosed, including in one example a method for scheduling resources, associated with a plurality of components of a communication network, for providing a network service to a user equipment (UE). The method comprises receiving a service request for providing the network service, wherein the service request includes one or more service constraints. The method also comprises, for each of the plurality of network components, determining component resources that are needed to fulfill the service request according to the service constraints, sending, to a manager function associated with the particular component, a resource request that includes identification of the determined component resources and information related to the service constraints, and receiving, from the manager function, service information associated with the particular component. The method also includes, based on the service information and a cost function, determining a resource schedule for the plurality of network components that fulfils the service request.
US12041143B2
Provided herein are systems and processes for transmitting interactive content to an application and causing the interactive content to be rendered on a display of the application. In at least one embodiment, the system is configured to analyze mapping metadata based on deployment criteria and cause a content element to be rendered on a display when the mapping metadata satisfies the deployment criteria. A content element may be a permitted content element from a plurality of permissible content elements. The deployment criteria includes temporal criteria, mapping criteria, and/or other criteria described herein.
US12041140B2
Methods and systems for analyzing request to access resources and determining a resource access policy are provided. The resource access system can train, store, evaluate, and deploy machine learning models that learn to output a trust score associated with a resource access request, the trust score relating to the request's legitimacy. A resource access system can receive a request for a resource from a requesting entity. The resource access system can determine an entity profile using request data in the request. The resource access system can request data from the request to determine whether the request is normal or anomalous. Using a policy engine, the resource access system can determine a resource access policy, such as allowing or denying access to the resource.
US12041137B2
A group user migration method includes: creating a target graphic code and a corresponding first group in a first application in response to a group user migration request, the group user migration request being used for requesting to migrate a user in any group in a second application to a group in the first application; sharing the target graphic code to a target group in the second application in response to a sharing request for the target graphic code; determining a group to which the user belongs in the second application in response to a request of any user in the second application for joining the first group; and joining the user to the first group of the first application in response to determining that the user belongs to the target group.
US12041134B1
Embodiments of the present invention provide a system for replication and transmission of critical data using ultra reliable low latency communication network architecture. The system is configured for determining initiation of a real-time request from one or more channels to one or more receiving applications, determining that the real-time request does not comprise a criticality header, generating the criticality header for the real-time request, determining if the real-time request is eligible for transmission via an ultra-reliable low latency communication network, and transmitting the real-time request to a cluster of servers based on determining if the real-time request is eligible for transmission via an ultra-reliable low latency communication network.
US12041131B2
An apparatus includes a network interface and a display. The network interface receives an identification of an event and sends a session request, the session request identifying a location of the event and an Internet address of the apparatus. The network interface transmits a distance from the location and receives a sensor selection request indicating a sensor. The display displays a geofence indicating a physical location of the sensor, at least in part based on the sensor selection request. The network interface transmits a sensor selection response indicating the sensor and receives data associated with the sensor.
US12041130B2
A system comprising a vaporizing device and a central server is described. The vaporizing device includes a housing and a cartridge, received within the housing, the cartridge including a predefined quantity of concentrate and an identification code associated with the concentrate and uniquely identifying the cartridge. The vaporizing device further includes a control unit configured to read the identification code. The vaporizing device further includes a communication unit configured to transmit the identification code to a computing device of a user. The central server includes a database. The central server is configured to receive the identification code from the computing device and retrieve concentrate information corresponding to the identification code from the database. The central server is configured to transmit the concentrate information to the computing device for displaying to the user.
US12041128B2
Throughput is preserved in a distributed system while maintaining concurrency by pushing a commit wait period to client commit paths and to future readers. As opposed to servers performing commit waits, the servers assign timestamps, which are used to ensure that causality is preserved. When a server executes a transaction that writes data to a distributed database, the server acquires a user-level lock, and assigns the transaction a timestamp equal to a current time plus an interval corresponding to bounds of uncertainty of clocks in the distributed system. After assigning the timestamp, the server releases the user-level lock. Any client devices, before performing a read of the written data, must wait until the assigned timestamp is in the past.
US12041127B2
The present invention relates to IoT devices existing in a deployed ecosystem. The various computers in the deployed ecosystem are able to respond to requests from a device directly associated with it in a particular hierarchy, or it may seek a response to the request from a high order logic/data source (parent). The logic/data source parent may then repeat the understanding process to either provide the necessary response to the logic/data source child who then replies to the device or it will again ask a parent logic/data sources for the appropriate response. This architecture allows for a single device to make one request to a single known source and potentially get a response back from the entire ecosystem of distributed servers.
US12041124B2
A method may include transferring data between a host and a first storage device through a first storage interface, transferring data between the host and a second storage device through a second storage interface, and transferring data between the first storage device and the second storage device through a peer-to-peer channel. A storage system may include a host interface, a first storage device having a first storage interface coupled to the host interface, a second storage device having a second storage interface coupled to the host interface, and a peer-to-peer bus coupled between the first and second storage devices. A storage device may include a storage medium, a storage device controller coupled to the storage medium, a storage interface coupled to the storage device controller, and a peer-to-peer interface coupled to the storage device controller.
US12041121B2
A device, system and method for changing a topology of a geographically distributed system is provided. One or more computing devices determine resource usage of an initial topology of a geographically distributed system that includes data stored at one or more initial locations and applications, that consume the data, being implemented at the one or more of initial locations. The computing device(s) determine projected resource usage of additional topologies of the geographically distributed system, the additional topologies defining respective locations, different from the one or more initial locations, where respective portions of the data and/or the applications are located. In response to an additional topology having a respective projected resource usage that is less than the resource usage of the initial topology, the computing device(s) control a respective portion of the data and/or the applications to move to the respective locations defined by the additional topology.
US12041112B2
Disclosed are systems and methods for enabling a developer to use a local browser, running on a local machine of the developer in a first location to access real devices (e.g., smart phones) at a second location, such as a data center. The developer can select and control the remote devices, in the second location. The described embodiments can capture developer's inputs from the first location and input them to the remote device in the second location. A video stream of the remote device is transmitted to the browser in the first location and displayed in a replica canvas on the developer's browser. The developer can interact with the canvas on his/her browser, as if the remote device were present in the first location.
US12041108B2
A method comprising: writing, in a container file, at least one first entry comprising a first part of a slice segment header; indicating, in the container file, for a sample which entry of the at least one first entry applies; and authoring the sample without the first part of the slice segment header.
US12041105B1
Systems and methods are provided for a computer-implemented method of implementing an on-demand computing network environment. A network specification is received from a user. Resources from one or more resource providers are provisioned including an audio server resource. The on-demand computing network is configured, where configuring includes assigning a first provisioned resource as a hub device. One or more second provisioned resources are assigned as rim devices, where rim devices are configured to communicate with one another only via the hub device. One rim device is a proxy server to which the user connects using a device having an address, where the audio server transmits audio data to the user via the proxy server without knowledge of the address of the user device.
US12041104B2
Methods, apparatus, and systems directed to adaptive streaming of V-PCC (Video-based Point Cloud Compression) data using an adaptive HTTP streaming protocol, such as MPEG DASH. A method includes signaling the point cloud data of the point cloud in a DASH MPD including: a main AdaptationSet for the point cloud, including at least (1) a @codecs attribute that is set to a unique value signifying that the corresponding AdaptationSet corresponds to V-PCC data and (2) an initialization segment containing at least one V-PCC sequence parameter set for a representation of the point cloud; and a plurality of component AdaptationSets, each corresponding to one of the V-PCC components and including at least (1) a VPCCComponent descriptor identifying a type of the corresponding V-PCC component and (2) at least one property of the V-PCC component; and transmitting the DASH bitstream over the network.
US12041099B2
An example may include identifying an initial context of a meeting based on one or more data inputs received from one or more participant devices operated by a plurality of meeting participants, querying remote data sources to identify one or more additional contexts associated with one or more of a specific period of time and a trending topic related to the initial context, forwarding a first of the one or more additional contexts to a first collaboration space of a virtual collaboration space, forwarding at least one additional context of the one or more additional contexts to a second collaboration space of the virtual collaboration space, identifying one or more sentiment actions associated with the one or more meeting participants, and overlaying the first collaboration space and the second collaboration space on an augmented reality display of a device based on the one or more sentiment actions.
US12041094B2
Various embodiments of apparatuses and methods for threat sensor deployment and management in a malware threat intelligence system are described. In some embodiments, the system comprises a plurality of threat sensors, deployed at different network addresses and physically located in different geographic regions in a provider network, which detect interactions from sources. In some embodiments, a threat sensor deployment and management service determines a deployment plan for the plurality of threat sensors, including each threat sensor's associated threat data collectors. The threat data collectors can be of different types such as utilizing different communication protocols or ports, or providing different kinds of responses to inbound communications. The different threat sensors can have different lifetimes. The service deploys the threat sensors based on the plan, collects data from the deployed threat sensors, adjusts the deployment plan based on the collected data and the threat sensor lifetimes, and then performs the adjustments.
US12041092B2
Methods, devices and systems for providing a robust and secure cloud-based platform for data processing and management are described. In an example, a method for improving the configurability and compliance of a cloud-computing environment comprising a plurality of zones includes receiving, at a configuration engine, a plurality of parameters and a plurality of security rules for each of the plurality of zones, creating, based on the plurality of parameters, a virtual network and one or more subnets for each of the plurality of zones, and updating, based on the plurality of security rules, one or more routing tables assigned to the one or more subnets to ensure traffic to and from a zone of the plurality of zones passes through a corresponding firewall of the zone.
US12041089B2
Systems and methods include, responsive to a scan by the CASB system of a plurality of users associated with a tenant in a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) application where the scan includes identifying malware in content in the SaaS application and performing Data Loss Prevention (DLP) in the content in the SaaS application, maintaining records associated with a plurality of incidents for the malware and the DLP; providing a User Interface (UI) for the tenant including an analytics view with a plurality of summary tiles including visualizations of the plurality of incidents for the malware and the DLP for the tenant; and providing the UI for the tenant including a table listing any of the plurality of incidents for the malware and the DLP for the tenant, including any of unique data objects, unique users internal to the tenant, and unique external entities, associated with the plurality of incidents.
US12041085B2
Obtaining one or more metrics associated with a network location. Determining, based on the one or more metrics and one or more prefatory check conditions, a prefatory status of the network location, the prefatory status indicating a benign status, malicious status, or a suspicious status. If the prefatory status of the network location indicates the benign status or the malicious status, providing a notification of the prefatory status in response to the prefatory status being determined. If the prefatory status of the network location indicates a suspicious status, obtaining a document object model of the network location. Obtaining a screenshot of an entire page of content at the network location. Generating a null hypothesis based on the document object model, the null hypothesis including a potential brand list, the potential brand list including one or more potential brands. Obtaining a set of reference images for each of the one or more potential brands of the potential brand list. Extracting one or more globally invariant visual features from the screenshot of the entire page of the content. Generating, based on a machine learning model using the one or more globally invariant visual features, an alternate hypothesis, the alternate hypothesis indicating a list of potentially malicious content brands. Determining, based on the null hypothesis and the alternate hypothesis and the machine learning model, a classification result. Performing one or more responsive actions in response to determining the classification result.
US12041082B2
Techniques are provided that facilitate responding to cyberattacks using counter intelligence (CI) bot technology. In one embodiment, a first system is disclosed that comprises a processor and a memory. The memory can store executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations including receiving a request from a second system requesting assistance in association with a cyberattack on the second system, wherein the request comprises information indicating a type of the cyberattack. The operations further comprise selecting a counter intelligence bot configured to respond to the type of cyberattack, and directing the counter intelligence bot to respond to the cyberattack, wherein the directing comprises enabling the counter intelligence bot to respond to the cyberattack by establishing a gateway with the second system and employing the gateway to intercept and respond to traffic associated with the cyberattack on behalf of the second system.
US12041079B2
A computer system and process for mitigating a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack to one or more protected computer networks by determining keywords and/or patterns in HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP) responses. Stored HTTP responses are analyzed to extract one or more HTTP characteristics for each stored HTTP response. One or more patterns having one or more keywords in each stored HTTP response is determined utilizing the extracted one or more HTTP characteristics for each stored HTTP response. A hash value is determined for each determined pattern, which is preferably stored in a hash structure accompanied by its respective determined HTTP characteristics. Each hash value accompanied by its respective determined HTTP characteristics is stored as a mitigation filter candidate if the hash value contains a determined pattern consisting of at least a predetermined percentage of all determined patterns stored in the hash structure. A determination is then made as to whether if each stored filter candidate contains an acceptable pattern, whereby filter candidates having acceptable patterns are removed from being a mitigation filter candidate. A regular expression is then generated for each stored filter candidate adaptable to be utilized as keywords in a DDOS mitigation filter.
US12041074B2
The technology disclosed relates to simulating spread of a malware in cloud applications. In particular, the technology disclosed relates to accessing sharing data for files shared between users via sync and share mechanisms of cloud applications, tracing connections between the users by traversing a directed graph constructed based on the sharing data, and simulating spread of a malware based on the traced connections to simulate user exposure to, infection by, and transmission of the malware. The connections are created as a result of syncing and sharing the files via the sync and share mechanisms. The malware is spread by syncing and sharing of infected ones of the files via the sync and share mechanisms.
US12041049B1
In some implementations, a network onboarding system may receive, over a first connectivity protocol, a uniform resource identifier (URI) for an IoT device. The network onboarding system may authenticate, over the first connectivity protocol, the IoT device based on the URI. The network onboarding system may exchange, with the IoT device, over the first connectivity protocol, a set of IoT device credentials with a set of onboarding credentials for an IoT network. The network onboarding system may configure a notify message that includes the IoT device credentials for transmission over a second connectivity protocol. The network onboarding system may perform, by the network onboarding system, a filtered discovery of the IoT device over the second connectivity protocol. The network onboarding system may onboard, over the second connectivity protocol, the IoT device onto the IoT network.
US12041041B2
A computer server may receive location data from a mobile client device and may compare the location data to predefined secure location definitions, which may be trusted or private locations. The computer server may receive a request from the mobile client device to access network resources or services, and the computer server may determine, using a result of comparing the location data and the one or more predefined secure location definitions, an authentication process for providing the mobile client device with access to the network resources or services. The computer server may execute the authentication process and may provide the mobile client device with access to the network resources or services.
US12041031B2
A method and scalable security service is implemented by a service provider in association with a set of cloud computing services. The method begins by the service provider provisioning a plurality of data lakes across one or more cloud computing services. A data lake is provisioned within a private data cloud of the one or more cloud computing services. To provide scalable security, the service provider configures a virtual firewall in each of two or more regions of the one or more cloud computing services. In particular, the firewall in a given region is associated with a subset of the plurality of data lakes, and wherein the subset comprises at least first and second data lakes associated to at least first and second distinct external enterprise networks. Using the virtual firewall, the service provider then enforces security requirements associated with the subset of the plurality of data lakes via the virtual firewall.
US12041026B2
In a reverse address resolution method, a sender electronic device broadcasts a first request packet. An Ethernet payload of the first request packet includes a media access control (MAC) address of a target electronic device. After receiving the first request packet, the target electronic device determines that an IP address of the target electronic device is requested, and returns a first reply packet. An Ethernet payload of the first reply packet includes the internet protocol (IP) address of the target electronic device. According to the technical solutions provided in this application, the sender electronic device obtains the IP address of the target electronic device based on the MAC address of the target electronic device through interaction at a data link layer. Therefore, in a mobile distributed system, the IP address of the target electronic device is quickly obtained without relying on a server.
US12041024B1
Systems and methods for building and updating a relationship graph based on online chat communication groups are provided. In an example, a computing device receives chat communication group user information which includes user-group records each indicating a user and a chat communication group joined by the user. The computing device builds a relationship graph for chat communication groups based on the chat communication group user information with nodes representing respective users, an edge connecting two nodes indicating that two users are in at least one common chat group, and the weight of the edge representing the number of common chat communication groups that the two users belong to. The device further generates graph updates based on chat user change records describing user changes occurred during a time period and transmits the graph updates to a remote computing device for updating the relationship graph and identifying relationship among the users.
US12041022B1
Disclosed in some examples are methods, systems, machine-readable mediums that provide for multiple concurrent message input elements in a messaging application to allow for saved draft messages. The improved interfaces allow a user to compose separate, respective responses to multiple incoming messages of a same messaging thread. As noted, the current messaging user interface (UI) only allows users to compose a response to a single message of a same messaging thread. In the present disclosed interface, if during composition of a “reply” to message A, and a user decides to first reply to message B, the in-process reply message is saved in a separate selectable input element. The user may edit and send the reply to message A at a later time—e.g., once they are done replying to message B. In some examples, the separate selectable input element may be positioned in the thread in a manner to indicate that it is a draft reply message and to which message it is a reply.
US12041011B2
According to some embodiments, a method performed by a wireless device for transmitting a transport block comprises obtaining a first uplink aggregation factor. The first uplink aggregation factor is an integer value greater than one. The method further comprises obtaining a second uplink aggregation factor. The second uplink aggregation factor is an integer value greater than one and is different than the first uplink aggregation factor. The method further comprises: determining that a transport block is associated with a type of radio network temporary identifier (RNTI); selecting one of the first or second uplink aggregation factor based on the type of RNTI associated with the transport block; and transmitting the transport block on a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) according to the selected uplink aggregation factor.
US12041008B2
This disclosure describes systems, methods, and devices related to extremely high throughput (EHT) trigger based (TB) preamble. A device may receive a trigger frame from an associated access point (AP), wherein the trigger frame comprises one or more resource unit (RU) bandwidths (BWs) allocated to the device. The device may generate an EHT physical layer protocol data unit (PPDU) based on receiving the trigger frame from the access point, wherein the PPDU comprises an EHT preamble that includes a signaling (U-SIG) field. The device may encode the U-SIG field with an indication of one or more resource unit (RU) bandwidth (BW) allocations to be used for sending the PPDU to the AP, wherein the indication is a value associated with a first option of one or more options of selectable RU BWs. The device may cause to send the PPDU to the AP and an uplink data transmission direction.
US12040992B2
A management device includes: a reception unit that receives a change request for changing an allocated resource of a user who uses a communication line, from a manager of the communication line, a server managing information related to a use terminal of the communication line, or the user; and a change unit that changes the allocated resource of the user by using a predetermined change method when the reception unit receives the change request.
US12040977B1
Systems and methods include, responsive to a request to access an application, wherein the application is in one of a public cloud, a private cloud, and an enterprise network, and wherein the user device is remote over the Internet, determining if a user of the user device is permitted to access the application and whether the application should be provided in an isolated browser; responsive to the determining, initiating an isolation session by creating secure tunnels between the user device, an isolation service operating the isolated browser, and the application based on connection information; loading the application in the isolated browser, via the secure tunnels; and responsive to traffic associated with the isolation session being to an external destination, forwarding the traffic to a cloud monitoring system.
US12040971B2
Novel tools and techniques are provided for implementing name-based routing through networks. In various embodiments, a broker manager in each of a plurality of networks may receive a subscription request for a network device from a client device, each device being locally accessible or disposed in an upstream or downstream network. The broker manager uses its client broker to communicate with a locally accessible client device, and uses its mediator broker (and, sometimes, an intermediate device(s)) to communicate with a locally accessible network device. The broker manager otherwise uses its messaging brokers to communicate with control channels of one or more networks. Once subscription with the network device has been established, any commands and responses between the client device and the network device may be routed over pub/sub channels via the broker managers and their brokers using name-based routing, without routing based on IP address of the network device.
US12040970B2
A method for collecting bit error information is provided. According to the method, a head node may encapsulate indication information into an IPv6 extension header of an IPv6 measurement request packet. The indication information indicates at least one intermediate node on a transmission path of the IPv6 measurement request packet to record bit error information into the IPv6 extension header. According to the application, the bit error information of the intermediate node on the transmission path can be collected.
US12040957B2
A device may include a processor configured to determine a plurality of requirements for a Multi-Access Edge Computing (MEC) application requested by a customer; select a solution blueprint for the MEC application, from a set of solution blueprints, based on the determined plurality of requirements, wherein the solution blueprint includes an application deployment blueprint and a connectivity blueprint; and receive approval of the selected solution blueprint from the customer. The processor may be further configured to configure at least one transport network device based on the connectivity blueprint, in response to receiving the approval of the selected solution blueprint from the customer; and deploy at least one component of the MEC application on a MEC device in a MEC network based on the application deployment blueprint, in response to receiving the approval of the selected solution blueprint from the customer.
US12040939B2
Embodiments described herein are directed to configuring managed computing devices utilizing containerized applications. For instance, a mobile device manager may provide configuration settings to a computing device via, for example, an enterprise network. A host operating system (OS) executing on the computing device determines and applies the settings that are applicable to the host OS. The configuration settings are stored for configuring containerized applications executing on the computing device. For instance, as new containerized applications are launched by the host OS, the containerized applications retrieve the configuration settings and determine and apply the settings that are applicable to the containerized applications. Results of applying the configuration settings to the host OS and the containerized applications are merged and sent to the mobile device manager. The host OS and the containerized application may, for example, implement the settings in order to be compliant with an enterprise's policy.
US12040938B2
Systems and methods include obtaining measured data from a plurality of network elements in a network, wherein the measured data is associated with Operations, Administration, and Maintenance (OAM) functions for each of the plurality of network elements, analyzing the measured data to statistically determine thresholds for any of the OAM functions, and configuring the plurality of network elements with the determined thresholds, wherein the plurality of network element utilize the determined thresholds to compare ongoing measured data for threshold crossings for any of alarms and actions.
US12040936B2
A technique for application level based connection handling in a system comprising a plurality of distributed applications (302, 304) is disclosed. A method implementation of the technique is performed by a connection handling component (306) operating at application Level and providing an interface (310) towards a first application (302) of the plurality of distributed applications (302, 304) for establishing a connection with a second application (304) of the distributed plurality of applications (302, 304). The method comprises establishing, upon request of the first application (302) via the interface (310), a connection with the second application (304), and maintaining the connection on behalf of the first application (302) for communication between the first application (302) and the second application (304).
US12040931B2
The present disclosure relates to adaptive modulation and coding scheme selection and signaling in a communication system. In particular, a modulation and coding scheme to be used for transmission of a data is selected from a set of predetermined modulation and coding schemes. The predetermination of the set is performed by selecting the set from a plurality of predefined sets. The sets have the same size, so that a modulation and coding selection indicator signaled to select the modulation and coding scheme may be advantageously applied to any of the selected sets. Moreover, a second set includes schemes with a modulation not covered by the schemes of a first set, and which is of a higher order than any modulation in the first set.
US12040925B2
A method and apparatus include receiving a resource allocation in a control information message. The resource allocation includes one or more resource blocks, wherein each of the one or more resource blocks comprises a plurality of subcarriers. An indication is received in the control information message identifying whether one or more guard subcarriers are present on a respective one or more of the edges of at least one resource block of the resource allocation.
US12040922B2
Simple, low-cost systems and methods allow to shape the output spectrum of pre-equalized Tomlinson Harashima Precoding (THP)-equalized transmitters in a manner such as to create a relatively narrow DC null to facilitate transmission over DC-null channels in AC-coupled communication channels. Advantageously, this may be accomplished without significantly adding to the peak value of the to-be-transmitted signal and without the need to resort to high-order filters in the signal path or the use of recursive taps to compensate such filters.
US12040921B1
Physical layer processing methods for network acquisition by remote nodes in wireless communication systems are described herein. New methods for wireless network discovery and synchronization by remote nodes are described herein that utilize spatial (e.g., antenna array) processing algorithms which may achieve enhanced functioning in challenging radio frequency environments, such as those containing interference and multipath distortion effects. These methods may include advantageous use of spatial whiteners and associated pluralities of adaptive beamformers to detect network reference and synchronization signals and estimate their parameters.
US12040917B2
Some embodiments of the present disclosure provide for use of a linear chirp signal as a basis for a sensing signal. Modification of the linear chirp signal by a signature function can allow a receiver of the sensing signal to determine an identity for a source of the sensing signal. Accordingly, upon processing the received sensing signal to obtain path parameter estimates, the receiver can direct a transmission of an indication of the path parameter estimates to the source of the sensing signal. Aspects of the present application relate to performing multi-node, multi-path channel estimation on the basis of processing the received sensing signal. Conveniently, the processing is performed with low complexity.
US12040916B2
A system includes an integrator node (IN), external to a building. A gateway, within the building, is coupled to the integrator node by a first link. A gateway outdoor unit access point (GOUAP) is coupled to the IN by a second link. The GOUAP is coupled to a user device by a third link. The gateway is coupled to a Cloud. The GOUAP provides access to the Cloud, by the user device, when the user device is outside the building. The first link and/or the second link utilizes MOCA. The third link utilizes Wi-Fi. An Internal Network Extender (INE) is coupled to the gateway by a fifth link and located within the building. While the user device is external to the building, the user device utilizes the third link, the second link, and the first link to communicatively couple with the gateway.
US12040915B1
A method may include: identifying, by an application in a private/public subnet of a virtual private cloud provided by a cloud provider, data to request from a mainframe in an on-premises data center; executing, by the application, an API call for the data to the on-premises data center via a transit gateway; routing, by the transit gateway, the API call to a customer gateway through a private network connection, wherein the customer gateway routes the API call to a load balancer for the on-premises data center; identifying, by the load balancer, one of a plurality of mainframe LPARs in the on-premises data center that stores the data; routing, by the load balancer, the API call to the identified mainframe LPAR, wherein the identified mainframe LPAR is configured to retrieve the data and return the data to the application via the API; and processing, by the application, the data.
US12040907B2
A communications interface between electric vehicle supply equipment and an electric vehicle includes: a first connection for connecting to a controller of the electric vehicle supply equipment; a second connection for connecting to a controller of the electric vehicle; and an Ethernet interface coupling the first and second connections for communication between the controller of the electric vehicle supply equipment and the controller of the electric vehicle.
US12040906B2
The present disclosure relates to an encoded signal demodulation method, apparatus, and device. Some embodiments of the present disclosure are beneficial to improving demodulation performance.
US12040901B2
An information processing device includes an acquisition unit that acquires information about sidelink communication, and a determination unit that determines whether to enable feedback related to a data automatic repeat request in the sidelink communication based on the information about the sidelink communication.
US12040900B2
The present invention relates to an electronic device, a wireless communication method, and a computer readable medium. According to one embodiment, the electronic device used for wireless communication comprises a processing circuit. The processing circuit is configured to perform control to send data and information related to retransmission of the data to a target user equipment by means of a sidelink. The processing circuit is further configured to control operation for the retransmission of the data.
US12040890B2
A system is provided for generating a live media segment asset. Manifest data and indexed metadata are inserted to a live media segment asset manifest based on an identifier in a received request. The indexed metadata is associated with a media segment from an indexed media content referenced in a first programming schedule. A live media segment asset is generated based on a context parameter and the insertion of the manifest data and the indexed metadata. The indexed media content is referenced by the identifier for the generation of the live media segment asset.
US12040882B2
A communication system transmits data signals between communication nodes. A first data signal is transmitted as an electromagnetic wave along a first data transmission path to a receiver using skywave propagation. A second data signal, identical to the first data signal, is transmitted to the receiver along a second data transmission path. The two data signals are compared at the receiver to determine any distortion caused by the skywave propagation. Data regarding the distortion is sent back to the transmitter so that subsequent transmitted data signals may be preconditioned when sent by skywave propagation.
US12040881B2
The described features generally relate to receiving one or more positioning signals at a satellite terminal during installation of the satellite terminal at a customer premises, and providing position-based access to a satellite communications system based on a satellite terminal installation position determined from the received positioning signals. The determined installation position of the satellite terminal may then be employed for various network access techniques, such as providing access to the satellite communications system, providing position-based content, or restricting content via the satellite communications system based on the determined installation position. In some examples the determined installation position of the satellite terminal may be used to approximate a propagation delay between the satellite terminal and various devices of the satellite communications system, such as a serving satellite and/or a serving gateway, to improve device synchronization and radio frequency spectrum resource utilization.
US12040880B2
A cellular network management system manages terrestrial base station communications and orbital base station communications with user equipment to provide wireless service and allocate links among terrestrial base stations and orbital base stations according to base station availability determined from state space predictions.
US12040852B2
Methods and apparatus for beam management are disclosed. A WTRU may include a plurality of antenna panels, each antenna panel comprising a plurality of antennas configured to transmit on directional transmit (TX) beams. The WTRU may send, to a transmission reception point (TRP), antenna panel capability information for the plurality of antenna panels and receive a reference signal (RS) configuration for configuring RS resource sets. The WTRU may send an RS transmission trigger frame identifying triggered RS resource sets from the configured RS resource sets. The WTRU may identify a set of antenna panels to be used with the triggered RS resource sets. The WTRU may determine an UL TX beam sweeping mode and an association between the triggered RS resources sets and the set of antenna panels. The WTRU may perform UL beam sweeping using the triggered RS resource sets and associated set of antenna panels.
US12040848B2
Described herein are methods of making and using and apparatus for wirelessly communicating data and providing power, particularly from a location exterior to a body and to an implantable device disposed within a body with tissue. The described embodiments provide apparatus and methods for efficiently transfer data and power between an external transceiver and an (implanted) biomedical device. The method is to modulate power carrier, which wirelessly powers the device, using an asynchronous modulation scheme, such as amplitude shift keying (ASK) modulation, with minimal modulation depth in order to not disrupt the power flow. The digital data is encoded in the pulse width, eliminating the need for synchronization to the power carrier signal and further minimizing the power consumption necessary for data transfer. Additionally, a reverse backscatter method for obtaining data from the implant is described that has flexible, low power operation.
US12040828B2
A communication device is provided. The communication device includes: an antenna; a matching circuit connected with the antenna; a transmitter configured to generate a transmission communication signal and provide the transmission communication signal to the antenna through the matching circuit; a filter connected between the matching circuit and the antenna; and a receiver configured to receive an attenuated signal from the antenna through the filter. The filter is configured to pass frequencies of an antenna signal corresponding to a pass band and attenuate frequencies of the antenna signal corresponding to a stop band, and a center frequency of the transmission communication signal corresponds to the stop band of the filter.
US12040823B2
The present disclosure relates to signal sending circuits, signal receiving circuits, electronic apparatus, and base stations. One example circuit includes a signal pre-processing sub-circuit, a digital-to-analog conversion sub-circuit, an intermediate frequency power splitter, K frequency conversion phase-shift sub-circuits, and K antenna elements. An output end of the signal pre-processing sub-circuit is connected to an input end of the digital-to-analog conversion sub-circuit, an output end of the digital-to-analog conversion sub-circuit is connected to an input end of the intermediate frequency power splitter, an output end of the intermediate frequency power splitter is connected to input ends of the K frequency conversion phase-shift sub-circuits, and output ends of the K frequency conversion phase-shift sub-circuits are connected one-to-one to input ends of the K antenna elements.
US12040791B2
An induction sensor assembly for a securing and locking unit of a telescoping jib having at least one signal transmitter configured for generating an electromagnetic stray field oriented towards its active switching surface, and at least one switching element provided for contactless cooperation with the signal transmitter. The signal transmitter and switching element are displaceable relative to each other in relation to an adjusting direction extending in parallel with a main plane. To provide a simple and cost-effective installation of the induction sensor assembly despite having high detection security, the active switching surface of the signal transmitter and the main plane are inclined with respect to each other. As such, the electromagnetic stray field of the signal transmitter is also advantageously inclined whereby a possible displacement between the signal transmitter and switching element cannot exert an influence on the precision of the position detection in relation to the adjusting direction.
US12040788B2
Provided is a switch having a structure having an excellent isolation characteristic even without a limiter in an ultrahigh frequency hand used for a military component. A switch according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: multiple transistors which are connected in parallel to a path from an input terminal toward an output terminal and perform switching; and a first transmission line provided between the input terminal and a node on a path to which a first transistor is connected. By the present invention, switching can be performed in an ultrahigh frequency such as W-band while a GaN transistor is used, an insertion loss is low, an isolation characteristic is excellent, and eventually efficiency of an ultrahigh frequency circuit can be further enhanced.
US12040786B2
An image display apparatus is disclosed. The image display apparatus includes a signal processing device having a transceiver that includes a current sweep circuit configured to output a plurality of sweep currents, a current selector connected to the current sweep circuit and configured to select a predetermined current from the plurality of sweep currents based on comparison with a reference voltage, and a comparator configured to compare a voltage output from the current selector with the reference voltage. Accordingly, a constant output voltage level can be obtained.
US12040776B2
Embodiments may relate to a radio frequency (RF) front-end module (FEM) that includes an acoustic wave resonator (AWR) die. The RF FEM may further include an active die coupled with the package substrate of the RF FEM. When the active die is coupled with the package substrate, the AWR die may be between the active die and the package substrate. Other embodiments may be described or claimed.
US12040772B2
This disclosure provides techniques for impedance matching. A radio frequency (RF) device includes a power detector to determine a transmitter leakage and a post-processing unit to determine a receiver leakage, and determines if isolation is acceptable based on the leakages. The RF device may include a device for measuring antenna impedance. Otherwise, the RF device may select multiple tuner settings (e.g., capacitor values) for test signals to be transmitted and received at a target frequency, determine multiple sets of leakage values, determine multiple reflection coefficients based on the multiple sets of leakage values, and determine an estimated antenna impedance at the target frequency based on the reflection coefficients. The RF device then determines impedance tuner settings based on the measured or estimated antenna impedance. Alternatively, the RF device determines impedance tuner settings using an inverse machine-learning model based on a determined matching impedance.
US12040761B2
The present exemplary embodiments provide an audio signal muting apparatus and a digital signal conversion apparatus which remove a negative pop noise in a predetermined large range using a negative power for the transistor of the audio signal muting apparatus.
US12040756B2
A power amplifier includes: plural amplifiers; a tournament-tree-shaped circuit connected with the plural amplifiers and including plural transmission lines arranged in a tournament-tree shape; and plural difference frequency short circuits shunt-connected with plural nodes of the tournament-tree-shaped circuit, wherein each of the plural difference frequency short circuits includes an inductor and a capacitor connected in series, resonant frequencies of the plural difference frequency short circuits become lower as the plural difference frequency short circuits are more separated from the plural amplifiers, and the difference frequency short circuits having equivalent resonant frequencies are connected with plural nodes in the same stage among the plural nodes.
US12040752B2
Systems and circuits include an amplifier having an output; a switching circuit coupled to the output of the amplifier to provide a bias current to bias the amplifier; first current generating circuitry coupled to the switching circuit; and second current generating circuitry coupled to the output of the amplifier and to the switching circuit. In operation, the switching circuit provides the bias current, during a first time period, in response to a first signal generated by the first current generating circuitry, and provides the bias current, during a second time period, after the first time period, in response to a second signal generated by the second current generating circuitry.
US12040749B2
A dual amplifier apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus includes an energy module having a controller and a first and second power amplifier circuit coupled to the controller. The first and second power amplifier circuits are configured to receive and amplify an input signal to generate a first output signal into a load coupled to the output of the first and second power amplifier circuit. A power rating of the first amplifier circuit is different from a power rating of the second amplifier circuit. The controller is configured to select the first or the second power amplifier circuit.
US12040737B2
A mobile, electricity generating carport appliance with removable caster wheels and optional ground anchors has a framework with corner posts and a rectangular top, a base plate lying flat on a support surface with the corner posts joined securely to the baseplate, solar panels mounted to the top of the framework, a plurality of solar panels hinged along sides of the framework, one solar panel hinged along a top edge of each end of the framework, support apparatus hinged to posts on each side of the framework, adapted to support the plurality of solar panels hinged on each side of the framework, support apparatus hinged to posts on each end of the framework, adapted to support the one solar panel hinged on each end of the framework, and circuitry and wiring connecting the solar panels to a cable ending in a connector compatible with and connected to an inverter.
US12040735B2
A method for ascertaining, without an encoder, a rotational angle position of the rotor of a brushless DC motor, includes the steps of: detecting a voltage induced in a stator of the brushless DC motor; checking whether the voltage induced in the stator is lower than a threshold value; and if the induced voltage is lower than the threshold value, then ascertaining an initial rotational angle position of the rotor based on an Indirect Flux detection by Online Reactance Measurement, and subsequently updating the rotational angle position proceeding from the calculated initial rotational angle position using at least one continuous test signal.
US12040728B2
A circuit is configured to generate a first switching signal and a second switching signal. During a first portion of a first switching period, both the first switching signal and the second switching signal indicate to turn-on and turn-off. During a second portion of the first switching period, the first switching signal indicates to turn-on and the second switching signal indicates to turn-off. In response to a determination that a measurement time threshold exceeds the first switching period, the circuit is configured to generate a first adapted switching signal that extends the turn-on portion by a time value in the first switching period and to generate a second adapted switching signal that extends the turn-on time by the time value in a second switching period. The circuit is further configured to control switching circuitry using the first adapted switching signal and the second adapted switching signal to operate a motor.
US12040727B2
A cooperative control method is disclosed. The cooperative control method includes: acquiring a target heating power, a target driving power, and a target charging and discharging power; acquiring a first heating power of a motor coil according to the target charging and discharging power; acquiring a second heating power of the motor coil according to the target driving power; adjusting a first quadrature axis current and a first direct axis current to a target quadrature axis current and a target direct axis current to cause the difference between the sum of the first heating power and the second heating power and the target heating power to be within the preset range; and acquiring a sampling current value on each phase coil and a motor rotor position, and calculating a duty cycle of each phase bridge arm in a reversible PWM rectifier according to the above information.
US12040717B2
An electrical power conversion device, a function triggering circuit for the electrical power conversion device, and a function triggering method for the electrical power conversion device are provided. The function triggering circuit is coupled between the secondary side of the transformer and the control module and includes a current detection circuit, a delay circuit and a switching circuit. The current detection circuit senses the secondary side of the transformer to generate a detection signal of delay. Before steady-state duty of the transformer, the delay circuit causes an initial level to be higher than an internal level. After steady-state duty of the transformer, the switching circuit selectively generates a function triggering signal according to the detection signal. The function triggering signal is for triggering the control module to carry out an overcurrent protection operation. Therefore, the electrical power conversion device effectuates electrical power conversion precisely and steadily, provides precise overcurrent protection, and achieves low stand-by power consumption.
US12040707B2
This application relates to the field of circuit technologies, and provides a step-up circuit and a step-up circuit control method. The step-up circuit includes a power supply, an inductor, N switch components, N-1 flying capacitors, N flyback diodes, a pre-charge unit, and an output unit. The N switch components are connected in series, a first switch component of the N switch components is connected to a first terminal of the power supply through the inductor, and an Nth switch component is connected to a second terminal of the power supply. At least two switch components of the N switch components have withstand voltage specifications different from each other. Values of voltages withstood by switch components with different withstand voltage specifications during normal operation are also different from each other. N is a positive integer.
US12040703B2
Side channel attacks (SCA) such as correlation power analysis (CPA) have been demonstrated to be very effective in breaking cryptographic engines. The inherent dependence of the power consumption on the secret key can be exploited by statistical analysis to retrieve the key. Various embodiments disclosed herein relate to a new power obfuscation switched capacitor (POSC) DC-DC converter design, which can conceal the leakage of information through power consumption. It works by adding an extra phase to the conventional two-phase switched capacitor (SC) converter, during which a part of the charge from the flying capacitor is extracted and stored on a storage capacitor. This guarantees that the same amount of charge is drawn from the input power supply in each cycle. The design was successfully evaluated by analyzing the power supply to an Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) unit powered by the converter.
US12040702B2
Methods for modifying converter cells for switched-mode power converters, and corresponding power converter cells. The modified converter cells exhibit reduced inductance requirements, enable use of lower voltage and smaller switches, provide improved power density and efficiency, and provide for improved input/output voltage dynamic range. Embodiments of the methods generate converter cell topologies having 3 or more node voltage levels by successively applying a “split switches and connect through a capacitor” operation. The inventive processes, or variants of those processes, may be applied to converter cell topologies that are 2-level converter cells including at least one inductance and two switches, and particularly 2-level converter cells including either (1) an order of at least 3 (i.e., 3 or more energy storage elements in some combination of inductances and capacitances, but with at least one inductance) and at least 2 switches, or (2) at least 1 designed-in inductance and at least 4 switches.
US12040693B2
A control circuit for controlling a DC-DC converter is provided. The control circuit comprises a first sensor, second sensor, error amplifier, signal conditioning circuit, first comparison circuit, second comparison circuit, and driver circuit. The error amplifier is configured to receive a feedback voltage and a reference voltage for generating a first voltage. The signal conditioning circuit is configured to receive the first voltage for generating a second voltage and a third voltage. The first comparison circuit is configured to make a comparison based on a first sensing signal from the first sensor and the second voltage for generating a first comparison signal. The second comparison circuit is configured to make a comparison based on a second sensing signal from the second sensor and the third voltage for generating a second comparison signal. The driver circuit is for driving a power stage according to the first and second comparison signals.
US12040686B2
The present invention discloses an underwater transmission device with a lead screw sliding block mechanism, and relates to the technical field of underwater transmission devices. The device comprises a watertight motor and a lead screw sliding block mechanism A detection device is arranged in the watertight motor and comprises a planetary reducer and a rotary transformer. The lead screw sliding block mechanism comprise a base, a lead screw threaded rod and a sliding block. The watertight motor and the lead screw sliding block mechanism of the underwater transmission device with a lead screw sliding block mechanism are integrally designed. Therefore, the device has a compact structure. The rotary transformer can detect the absolute position of the sliding block, and facilitates debugging of the control system of the watertight motor. An instrument device can be fixed to the sliding block to accurately and linearly reciprocate.
US12040666B2
A method of forming a winding for an electric machine includes first bending a wire between a plurality of forming structures such that the wire is bent into a zigzag shape. Thereafter, the method includes cutting the wire at a plurality of cut locations along the zigzag shape to form a plurality of segmented conductors, each of the segmented conductors including an end turn and two legs.
US12040662B2
A rotor assembly for an electric motor includes a rotor core and a plurality of magnets. The rotor core defines a rotation axis. Each of the magnets includes a magnet stem portion and a magnet arm portion. The magnet stem portion extends radially relative to the rotational axis to present a radially outermost stem end. The magnet arm portion is located at least in part radially outward from the stem end. In addition, the magnet arm portion extends circumferentially in opposite directions relative to the magnet stem portion.
US12040655B2
Methods for controlling an electrical power supply network for an aircraft, include pre-charging at least one capacitor in a normal operating mode when a gas turbine is available, pre-charging the at least one capacitor in a backup operating mode when the gas turbine is not available, and discharging the at least one capacitor at the end of use of the electrical power supply network when the at least one capacitor is charged.
US12040654B2
A starting module for a vehicle is provided. The starting module is configured to reside on-board the vehicle, and is used to start an engine associated with the vehicle in the event the battery on the vehicle is too weak to crank the engine. The engine starting module first comprises a housing. The housing resides proximate the vehicle battery and holds a plurality of super capacitors. The super capacitors reside within the housing, are configured in series, and are electrically in parallel with the vehicle battery. The super capacitors store charge received from the electrical system of the vehicle. The starting module also includes control logic. The control logic controls the discharge of stored energy from the super capacitors. The engine starting module also comprises an isolation switch, configured to move between open and close positions in response to signals from the control logic in order to restore charge to the battery as needed.
US12040638B2
Two or more batteries may be in a switching para-series circuit arrangement where a set of batteries are connected, in both parallel and series arrangement in two independent phases, using fast switching devices, where the output to the load is the average voltage based on the duty cycles. Renewable energy power source such as solar panels may be coupled with batteries in parallel connection in a first phase and the same batteries connected in series to the load in a second phase, using transistor switches that, first, enables simultaneous charging and discharging of the batteries, and second, enables voltage shifting from the solar panel, as the additional batteries in series provide the required voltage to the load and where the duty cycles of charging and discharging is adjustable to convert the voltage waveform.
US12040631B2
Systems, methods, computer readable media and vehicles that leverage multipath wireless transmissions operations within multipath signaling environment. A transceiver according to the present technology includes at least one antenna. The transceiver also includes a controller coupled to the at least one antenna. The controller identifies one or more least lossy paths over which a wireless signal was received via the at least one antenna. The controller also determines a time offset or a phase offset for the at least one antenna for transmission of a responsive wireless signal to the wireless device over the one or more least lossy paths using the at least one antenna.
US12040626B2
A wireless power transmitting device according to an embodiment may include a power transmission circuit and a processor. The processor may be configured to control the power transmission circuit to wirelessly transmit power to a first area around the wireless power transmitting device, perform a predetermined first operation when an obstacle is detected in a second area around the first area, and perform a predetermined second operation when it is detected that the obstacle has entered the first area.
US12040623B2
The example embodiments are directed to a system and method for dynamically controlling classes of assets in a hybrid generation power plant. In one example, the system may include a plurality of classes of power assets with at least one class comprising a non-renewable power source and at least one class comprising a renewable power source, and a power controller configured to manage a class of power assets from among the plurality of classes, the power controller including a pre-processing module configured to dynamically shape an error being fed into a respective power source of the class of power assets, and an asset control module configured to dynamically adjust a power setpoint of the respective power source of the class of power assets.
US12040609B2
The disclosure relates to a method and system for AC line distance protection in AC/DC hybrid power grid, and storage medium. The method comprises: collecting the operation parameters of inverter-side converter, AC parameters, converter bus voltage, current at distance protection installation and operation parameters of the smoothing reactor of inverter station; determining the conduction state of the inverter-side converter according to the operation parameters of the inverter-side converter; determining the current fed into the AC system from the DC system corresponding to the conduction state according to the operation parameters of the inverter-side converter, the operation parameters of the smoothing reactor of the inverter station and the converter bus voltage; determining the virtual fault location and virtual transition resistance according to fault types and AC parameters; controlling the corresponding protection device to perform the protection action according to the virtual fault location and virtual transition resistance.
US12040598B2
A mobile device includes a camera and a light source module embedded in the mobile device. The light source module includes at least a laser-pumped phosphor light source that includes a photoluminescent phosphor and a laser diode to generate laser light within a first wavelength range to pump the photoluminescent phosphor. Exposure of the photoluminescent phosphor to the laser light results in emission of visible light within a second wavelength range according to a laser-pumped emission spectrum associated with the photoluminescent phosphor.
US12040593B2
A multi-wavelength laser is provided, including a reference wavelength-tunable laser, N−1 secondary wavelength-tunable lasers, N beam splitters, a phase modulator, and N−1 frequency difference detection apparatuses. The reference wavelength-tunable laser is connected to one beam splitter which includes two output ports, and one of the output ports is connected to the phase modulator. The phase modulator is separately connected to the N−1 frequency difference detection apparatuses. The N−1 secondary wavelength-tunable lasers one-to-one correspond to remaining N−1 beam splitters and the N−1 frequency difference detection apparatuses. The secondary wavelength-tunable laser is connected to a corresponding beam splitter, the corresponding beam splitter includes two output ports, and one of the output ports is connected to a corresponding frequency difference detection apparatus. N is a positive integer not less than 2. A multi-wavelength optical signal generated by the phase modulator has a precise frequency spacing.
US12040587B2
An optical semiconductor device includes a chassis that has an external wall, a feedthrough that penetrates the external wall of the chassis and has a projection portion projecting toward outside of the chassis from the external wall, a connection terminal that is electrically connected to a component mounted in the chassis and is on the projection portion of the feedthrough, a first temperature detector that is on an external face of the external wall of the chassis and detects a temperature of the chassis, and a flexible substrate of which an end is connected to the connection terminal and of which a portion spaced from the end is connected to the first temperature detector, wherein the first temperature detector is between the external wall and the flexible substrate.
US12040580B2
An operable wire connector comprises an insulating housing (1), an operating handle (2) rotatably mounted inside the insulating housing (1), a transmitting piece (3), an electric conductor (4), an elastic clamping piece (5) with a fixed portion (51) connected to the electric conductor (4) and an elastic free portion (52) resisted by the transmitting piece (3), and a cover (6) assembled with the insulating housing (1); an adjustable gap is formed between the elastic free portion (52) and the electric conductor (4) for receiving a wire, and the gap will continuously be present due to the action of a rotation limiting portion (12). The operating handle (2) is pulled reversely, so that the wire comes into contact with the electric conductor (4); when the user pulls and turns up the operating handle (2) again, there is no need to continuously use force, and the wire will be take out easily.
US12040571B2
A connector comprises an external mounting flange that provides a housing in which a gimbal shell assembly sits and pivots. An internal recessing shell is capable of having an electrical connection with the gimbal shell assembly, wherein when the gimble shell assembly is disengaged, no electrical connection exists between internal recessing shell and gimbal shell assembly. A center screw is capable of being torqued to disengage and reengage the gimble shell assembly.
US12040564B1
A segmented patch antenna is described. The segmented patch antenna comprises two rectangular parasitic elements. Each parasitic element comprises an integrated diode. The segmented patch antenna further comprises a main rectangular patch segment. The main rectangular patch segment comprises 3 slots, 2 slits and 3 diodes, respectively. The segmented patch antenna is suitable for use in multiple frequencies between 4.1 GHz and 5.7 GHz inclusive and configurable to operate in 12 independent modes.
US12040562B2
A mobile terminal is provided, which includes a wireless charging module, a battery pack, and a circuit board substrate. The wireless charging module includes a charging coil formed of a wound conducting wire and a communication coil placed adjacent to the charging coil. The wireless charging module has a substantially planar shape. The battery pack has a substantially planar shape and is configured to store power from the wireless charging module. The circuit board substrate is configured to control operation of the mobile terminal. The wireless charging module overlaps with each of the circuit board substrate and the battery pack.
US12040556B2
An electronic device provided includes a host device and a display device. The host device includes a base shell and a handle, wherein the base shell has a first accommodating space and a fourth accommodating space. The handle has a second accommodating space and a third accommodating space. The electronic device further includes a first array antenna, a second array antenna, and a third array antenna. The first array antenna, the second array antenna, and the third array antenna are respectively arranged in three of the first accommodating space, the second accommodating space, the third accommodating space, and the fourth accommodating space, wherein the first array antenna, the second array antenna, and the third array antenna respectively have a first beam, a second beam, and a third beam facing a first axis. Accordingly, the electronic device provides stable connection quality and a higher transmission rate.
US12040554B2
A wireless communication device is presented. The wireless communication device includes: a high-frequency circuit; and an analog signal processing circuit that performs gain adjustment such that a gain for each of the plurality of antenna elements, in case of a signal transmission or in case of a signal reception, is a predetermined value being dependent on a position of the antenna element. The analog signal processing circuit includes a first splitter/combiner between the high-frequency circuit and the plurality of antenna elements. For each antenna element in the plurality of antenna elements, a second splitter/combiner is coupled to a particular antenna element in the plurality of antenna elements and, for each antenna element in the plurality of antenna elements, two or more phase shifters of a given M system are connected in parallel with each other and coupled between the first splitter/combiner and a corresponding second splitter/combiner.
US12040549B2
An antenna module includes a control board having a control circuit, an antenna board on the control board and having a shield through hole and a plurality of first antenna patch conductors, a signal conductor on the control board and the antenna board, a frame body surrounding the first antenna patch conductors and separating the first antenna patch conductors from each other, a metal film covering at least an outer surface or an inner surface of the frame body, and a filter electrically connected to the shield through hole. The control or antenna board includes an internal antenna opposing the first antenna patch conductors. When seen in a plan view, the shield through hole is located between the first antenna patch conductors. A resin having a higher dielectric constant than air is located is surrounded by the frame body such that the first antenna patch conductors are coated with resin.
US12040540B2
An antenna structure according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a dielectric layer and a plurality of antenna units arranged on a top surface of the dielectric layer. Each of the plurality of antenna units includes a radiator, a first transmission line and a second transmission line extending in different directions to be connected to the radiator, an upper parasitic element adjacent to an upper portion of the radiator, and a lower parasitic element adjacent to a lower portion of the radiator.
US12040534B2
Provided is an electronic device having a transparent antenna for 5G communication according to the present invention. The electronic device comprises: a transparent antenna embedded in a display to emit a signal to the front surface of the display; and a transmission line for feeding power to the transparent antenna. The transparent antenna includes: a first emitter configured as a first metal mesh grid on a first substrate; and a second emitter configured as a second metal mesh grid on a second substrate disposed above the first substrate.
US12040527B2
A redundant network system includes a compute node having a network interface card includes a node port. The redundant network system includes a primary switch having a primary switch component and a primary switch port coupled to the primary switch component. The redundant network system includes a secondary switch having a secondary switch component and a secondary switch port coupled to the secondary switch component. The redundant network system includes a cable assembly having a node connector coupled to the node port, a primary connector coupled to the primary switch port, and a secondary connector coupled to the secondary switch port. The cable assembly includes a signal splitting circuit between the node connector and the primary and secondary connectors. The cable assembly includes a first cable between the signal splitting circuit and the primary connector and a second cable between the signal splitting circuit and the secondary connector.
US12040526B2
A method for manufacturing an embedded package structure having an air resonant cavity according to an embodiment includes manufacturing a first substrate including a first insulating layer, a chip embedded in the insulating layer, and a wiring layer on a terminal face of the chip of the first substrate, wherein the wiring layer is provided thereon with an opening revealing the terminal face of the chip; manufacturing a second substrate which comprises a second insulating layer; locally applying a first adhesive layer on the wiring layer such that the opening revealing the terminal face of the chip is not covered; and applying a second adhesive layer on the second substrate; and attaching and curing the first adhesive layer of the first substrate and the second adhesive layer of the second substrate to obtain an embedded package structure having an air resonant cavity on the terminal face of the chip.
US12040518B2
A connector includes a protrusion. The protrusion protrudes toward a distal end side to serve as a distal end of the connector. The connector moves in a diagonal direction relative to a first separator. A worker positions the connector in a Z direction, before moving the connector. With an upward protrusion and an inward protrusion formed, the worker standing by a first side wall looks into a casing from above to see a portion around an attachment portion. When the connector is positioned close to the attachment portion, the worker looking into the casing from above cannot see a bottom surface of the connector. The worker can see the protrusion even when he or she cannot see the bottom surface.
US12040510B2
A battery module system includes a cooling device, a battery module disposed on the cooling device, the battery module being in direct or indirect contact with the cooling device, a sensor attached to the battery module to sense a temperature of the battery module or gas generated from the battery module, a battery management system to output a switching on/off signal with reference to a sensing signal transmitted from the sensor; and an external short-circuiting device connected between the positive electrode and negative electrode of the battery module to induce an external short circuit of the battery module, the external short-circuiting device including: a resistor disposed on the cooling device, the resistor being in direct or indirect contact with the cooling device; and a switch to electrically connect or isolate the battery module to/from the resistor according to the switching on/off signal.
US12040497B2
An object of the present invention is to provide, in the manufacture of a membrane-catalyst assembly including a polymer electrolyte membrane and a catalyst layer bonded to the polymer electrolyte membrane, a method that achieves both the relaxation of thermocompression bonding conditions and the improvement of adhesion between the catalyst layer and the electrolyte membrane with high productivity. A main object of the present invention is to provide a method of manufacturing a membrane-catalyst assembly including an electrolyte membrane and a catalyst layer bonded to the electrolyte membrane, the method including a liquid application step of applying a liquid to a surface of the catalyst layer before bonding, and a thermocompression bonding step of bonding, to the electrolyte membrane, the catalyst layer to which the liquid is applied by thermocompression bonding.
US12040495B2
An all-solid-state battery including a laminated body in which a positive electrode having a positive electrode current collector layer and a positive electrode active material layer and a negative electrode having a negative electrode current collector layer and a negative electrode active material layer, are laminated with a solid electrolyte layer therebetween; a pair of a positive external electrode and a negative external electrode provided on one of pairs of side surfaces of the laminated body facing each other; wherein the positive electrode current collector layer is bonded to the positive external electrode and the negative electrode current collector layer is bonded to the negative external electrode; the thickness of a portion of at least one of the positive electrode current collector layer and the negative electrode current collector layer which is bonded to the positive external electrode or the negative external electrode is thicker than the other portion.
US12040490B2
An anode for a lithium secondary battery includes an anode current collector, and an anode active material layer disposed on the anode current collector. The anode active material layer includes a first anode active material layer including a first anode active material and a first binder that includes an acrylate-styrene butadiene copolymer, and a second anode active material layer disposed on the first anode material layer, the second anode active material layer including a second anode active material and a second binder that includes an acrylate-styrene-butadiene copolymer. A peak intensity ratio according to Raman spectroscopy of the first anode active material is smaller than the peak intensity ratio according to Raman spectroscopy of the second anode active material, and the peak intensity ratio according to Raman spectroscopy is represented as ID/IG.
US12040489B2
The present invention relates to a method for using a battery which has an electrode that functions according to a mechanism of complexation of anions and within which the electrode active material is a polyviologen, characterized in that said polyviologen is a material that is insoluble in the electrolyte of said battery and in that the electrochemical conditions for use of said battery are adjusted so that its charge/discharge cycling process is established on the basis of the 1-electron redox reaction between the 1-electron oxidized form of the viologen units of said polyviologen, termed cation radical, and their totally reduced form, termed neutral form of the polyviologen.
US12040480B2
A secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and an electrolytic solution. The positive electrode includes a lithium-cobalt composite oxide having a layered rock-salt crystal structure. The negative electrode includes graphite. A potential variation of the positive electrode is greater than or equal to 2 mV when the secondary battery is discharged from a full charge state by a capacity corresponding to 1% of a maximum discharge capacity. The maximum discharge capacity is a discharge capacity obtained when the secondary battery is discharged with a constant current from the full charge state until the closed circuit voltage reaches 3.00 V, following which the secondary battery is discharged with a constant voltage of the closed circuit voltage of 3.00 V for 24 hours.
US12040477B2
A lithium-ion battery includes an electrode with a plurality of channels formed at least partially through its thickness. Each channel has a diameter in a range from 5 μm to 100 μm and/or is spaced apart from another channel by a distance in a range from 10 μm to 200 μm as measured between centerlines of the channels. The electrode may be an anode and includes carbonaceous material such as graphite and/or additional electrochemically active lithium host materials. The battery can be charged at a C-rate greater than 2 C.
US12040474B2
A free-standing electrode film may comprise an electrode active material and a composite binder comprising polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) and polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP). An electrode for an energy storage device may comprise a current collector and a film on the current collector, the film including an electrode active material and a composite binder comprising PTFE and PVP. A method of manufacturing a free-standing electrode film may comprise preparing a mixture including an electrode active material and a composite binder, the composite binder comprising PTFE and one or more additional binders selected from the group consisting of PVP, polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF), polyethylene oxide (PEO), and carboxymethylcellulose (CMC). The method may further comprise adding a solvent to the mixture, subjecting the mixture to a shear force, and, after the solvent has been added and the mixture has been subjected to the shear force, pressing the mixture into a free-standing film.
US12040469B2
A heat dissipation structure for a battery includes a plurality of heat dissipation members. The heat dissipation members are each provided with: a heat conductive sheet having a shape that extends while winding in a spiral shape for transferring the heat from the heat source, a cushion member which is provided on an annular rear surface of the heat conductive sheet and can be more easily deformed to conform to the outer surface shape of the heat source than the heat conductive sheet, and a penetration path penetrating in the direction in which the heat conductive sheet extends while winding. The plurality of heat dissipation members is connected to each other by connection members in a state of being aligned in a direction perpendicular to the direction in which the beat conductive sheet extends while winding.
US12040468B2
A battery module is provided with: battery cells comprising all-solid-state batteries having a positive electrode layer, a negative electrode layer, and a solid electrolyte layer; a support plate on which the battery cells are mounted; and a cooling medium channel through which a cooling medium for cooling the support plate flows, wherein electrode terminals are provided so as to project from one surface of the battery cells, bus bars capable of electrically connecting to the electrode terminals are provided on a battery cell mounting surface, the bus bars are in thermal contact with the support plate, and the battery cells are mounted on the support plate by causing one surface of the battery cells to face the cell mounting surface and electrically connecting the electrode terminals to the bus bars.
US12040466B2
The invention relates to a system (1) for cooling at least one motor vehicle battery (2), this system including: a closed compartment (3) arranged to receive a battery or battery cells (2), a dielectric fluid (4) present in the compartment so that it is able to cool the battery, a cooling device (5) arranged to cool the dielectric fluid, this cooling device including at least one channel in which a heat transfer fluid separate from the dielectric fluid can circulate, this cooling device including at least one inclined face for heat exchange between the dielectric fluid and the heat transfer fluid, this face (110) being arranged inclined relative to a horizontal direction when the system is mounted on the motor vehicle.
US12040458B2
A master battery management system (BMS) used for a battery system in which a plurality of slave BMSs and the master BMS communicate wirelessly includes: a receiving unit configured to receive, from each slave BMS, data of the corresponding slave BMS and data transmission information of at least one other slave BMS except for the corresponding slave BMS among the plurality of slave BMS during one period in which each of the plurality of slave BMSs transmits data at least once; and a determination unit configured to determine a communication error or an abnormal slave BMS by using the data of the corresponding slave BMS and the at least one other slave BMS data received from each slave BMS during one period. The data transmission information of the at least one other slave BMS is information on a history that the other slave BMS transmits data.
US12040446B2
A solid electrolyte material for a solid state battery (10) having the following chemical formula XM2(PS4)3, where P is phosphorus, S is sulfur and X is lithium (Li), sodium (Na), silver (Ag) or magnesium (Mg0.5) and M is titanium (Ti), zirconium (Zr), germanium (Ge), silicon (Si), tin (Sn) or a mixture of X and aluminium (X+Al) and exhibiting peaks in positions of 2θ=13,64° (±1°), 16,48° (±1°) and 22,18° (±1°) in a X-ray diffraction measurement using CuKα line, where IA is the intensity in arbitrary units of the peak at 13,64° (±1°) and IB is the intensity in arbitrary units of a peak at 23,34° (±1°), (IA−IB)/(IA+IB)>0. The disclosure is also related to a solid electrolyte comprising the solid electrolyte material and a solid state battery comprising the solid electrolyte.
US12040443B2
A battery system includes an electrochemical cell. The electrochemical cell includes a cover having an opening. The electrochemical cell also includes an aluminum terminal pad disposed proximate an outer surface of the cover. The pad opening includes a tapered surface such that the pad opening has a larger cross-sectional width proximate an upper surface of the aluminum terminal pad than proximate a lower surface of the aluminum terminal pad opposite the upper surface and facing the outer surface of the cover. The electrochemical cell also includes a rivet having a body portion extending through the opening in the cover, a head portion disposed in the pad opening of the aluminum terminal pad, and a shoulder extending between the body portion and the head portion. The head portion includes an inverted cone shape corresponding with the tapered surface of the pad opening.
US12040437B2
A micro light-emitting component, a micro light-emitting structure and a display device are disclosed. The micro light-emitting component has a micro light-emitting chip and a buffer element. The micro light-emitting chip has a first surface, a second surface opposite to the first surface and a plurality of outer sidewalls. The buffer element is disposed on the outer sidewalls or the first surface of the micro light-emitting chip. The buffer element has an inner surface and an outer surface. An angle is defined between the inner surface and the first surface or an extended surface of the first surface. The angle is greater than or equal to 90 degrees and less than or equal to 180 degrees. Therefore, the buffer element prevents the first surface of the micro light-emitting chip from damaging by collision when the micro light-emitting chip is dropped with the first surface facing down during a transferring procedure.
US12040434B2
A diode package structure includes a substrate, at least one diode chip and an opaque encapsulating layer. The substrate has an electrically conductive layer. At least one diode chip is mounted on the substrate and electrically connected to the electrically conductive layer. The opaque encapsulating layer has a cap portion and a sidewall portion, wherein the sidewall portion is connected to and surrounds the substrate to jointly form a concave structure, the cap portion is connected between a sidewall of the diode chip and the sidewall portion, wherein a first contact vertex of the cap portion and the sidewall of the diode chip is higher than a second contact vertex of the cap portion and the sidewall portion.
US12040430B2
A micro light-emitting device includes a support structure with a cavity and at least one micro light-emitting element that includes a semiconductor structure accommodated by the cavity, at least one bridge connection member disposed on the semiconductor structure to interconnect the semiconductor structure and the support structure, and a protruding contact member disposed on at least one of the semiconductor structure and the bridge connection member and protruding therefrom to be configured to contact with a transfer means. The device is configured to contact with the transfer means at the protruding contact member of the element. A transfer method using the device is also disclosed.
US12040428B2
The present disclosure provides a transferring head and a method for manufacturing an electronic device. The transferring head includes a substrate, a head unit, and a plurality of connecting elements. The head unit includes an electrode and a cantilever supporting the electrode. Two adjacent ones of the connecting elements are disposed between the substrate and the head unit. The electrode and a part of the cantilever are suspended over the substrate, and the cantilever is connected between one of the plurality of connecting elements and the electrode. The electrode is spaced apart from the plurality of connecting elements when viewed along a normal direction of the substrate.
US12040426B2
This present disclosure provides a manufacturing process of light emitting device and a light emitting device. The manufacturing process of light emitting device includes: step S1, making a quantum dot film; step S2, providing a LED unit, the LED unit including at least one LED chip; step S3, disposing a first transparent adhesive layer on an exposed surface of each LED chip; step S4, disposing the quantum dot film on the surface of the first transparent adhesive layer far away from the LED chip.
US12040424B2
A process for fabricating a growth substrate comprises preparing a donor substrate by forming a crystalline semiconductor surface layer on a seed layer of a carrier. This preparation comprises forming the surface layer as a plurality of alternations of an InGaN primary layer and of an AlGaN secondary layer, the indium concentration and the thickness of the primary layers and the aluminum concentration and the thickness of the secondary layers being selected so that a homogeneous AlInGaN layer that is equivalent, in terms of concentration of aluminum and indium, to the surface layer has a natural lattice parameter different from the lattice parameter of the seed layer.
US12040415B2
High speed optoelectronic devices and associated methods are provided. In one aspect, for example, a high speed optoelectronic device can include a silicon material having an incident light surface, a first doped region and a second doped region forming a semiconductive junction in the silicon material, and a textured region coupled to the silicon material and positioned to interact with electromagnetic radiation. The optoelectronic device has a response time of from about 1 picosecond to about 5 nanoseconds and a responsivity of greater than or equal to about 0.4 A/W for electromagnetic radiation having at least one wavelength from about 800 nm to about 1200 nm.
US12040411B2
A device comprises a first conductive line and a vertical transistor over the first conductive line. The vertical transistor comprises a gate electrode, a gate dielectric material overlying sides of the gate electrode, and a channel region on sides of the gate dielectric material, the gate dielectric material located between the channel region and the gate electrode. The device further comprises a second conductive line overlying a conductive contact of the at least one vertical transistor. Related devices and methods of forming the devices are also disclosed.
US12040408B2
The present disclosure provides a precursor solution of an indium gallium zinc oxide film and a method of preparing an indium gallium zinc oxide thin film transistor. The precursor solution is provided with an indium salt, a gallium salt, a zinc salt, a stabilizing agent, and a solvent. The stabilizing agent is ethanolamine. Use of ethanolamine helps to promote an oxidation process of the precursor solution, and reduce an oxygen vacancy concentration in the indium gallium zinc oxide film, so as to improve negative bias of a threshold voltage of a channel layer made of the indium gallium zinc oxide film in a thin film transistor.
US12040404B2
The present disclosure discloses a passivation layer and a preparation method thereof, a flexible thin film transistor and a preparation method thereof, and an array substrate. The passivation layer of the present disclosure is a self-assembled monolayer formed by hydrophobic substances with a melting point of less than 100° C. The flexible thin film transistor of the present disclosure comprises a flexible substrate, a gate electrode, a gate dielectric layer, an active layer, a source-drain electrode layer and the passivation layer of the present disclosure.
US12040402B2
A semiconductor device including first fin-shaped patterns in a first region of a substrate and spaced apart from each other in a first direction, second fin-shaped patterns in a second region of the substrate and spaced apart from each other in a second direction, a first field insulating film on the substrate and covering sidewalls of the first fin-shaped patterns, a second field insulating film on the substrate and covering sidewalls of the second fin-shaped patterns, a first source/drain pattern on the first field insulating film, connected to the first fin-shaped patterns, and including a first silicon-germanium pattern, and a second source/drain pattern on the second field insulating film, connected to the second fin-shaped patterns, and including a second silicon-germanium pattern, the second source/drain pattern and the second field insulating film defining one or more first air gaps therebetween may be provided.
US12040400B2
A method for forming a semiconductor device structure is provided. The method includes providing a substrate, a first nanostructure, a second nanostructure, a metal gate stack, and a spacer structure. The first nanostructure is between the second nanostructure and the substrate, the metal gate stack surrounds the first nanostructure and the second nanostructure, and the spacer structure surrounds an upper portion of the metal gate stack over the second nanostructure. The method includes removing the upper portion of the metal gate stack to form a first trench in the spacer structure. The method includes removing a first portion of the second nanostructure through the first trench after removing the upper portion of the metal gate stack.
US12040397B2
In some embodiments, the present disclosure relates to an integrated chip that includes a source region and a drain region arranged over and/or within a substrate. Further, a shallow trench isolation (STI) structure is arranged within the substrate and between the source and drain regions. A gate electrode is arranged over the substrate, over the STI structure, and between the source and drain regions. A portion of the gate electrode extends into the STI structure such that a bottommost surface of the portion of the gate electrode is arranged between a topmost surface of the STI structure and a bottommost surface of the STI structure.
US12040395B2
Embodiments disclosed herein include semiconductor devices and methods of forming such devices. In an embodiment a semiconductor device comprises a substrate, a source region over the substrate, a drain region over the substrate, and a semiconductor body extending from the source region to the drain region. In an embodiment, the semiconductor body has a first region with a first conductivity type and a second region with a second conductivity type. In an embodiment, the semiconductor device further comprises a gate structure over the first region of the semiconductor body, where the gate structure is closer to the source region than the drain region.
US12040381B2
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, a plurality of fin structures are formed over a semiconductor substrate. The fin structures extend along a first direction and are arranged in a second direction crossing the first direction. A plurality of sacrificial gate structures extending in the second direction are formed over the fin structures. An interlayer dielectric layer is formed over the plurality of fin structures between adjacent sacrificial gate structures. The sacrificial gate structures are cut into a plurality of pieces of sacrificial gate structures by forming gate end spaces along the second direction. Gate separation plugs are formed by filling the gate end spaces with two or more dielectric materials. The two or more dielectric materials includes a first layer and a second layer formed on the first layer, and a dielectric constant of the second layer is smaller than a dielectric constant of the first layer.
US12040379B2
A device includes a substrate including a low-resistance top surface and a fin structure including a first fin and a second fin. Each of the first and second fins includes a low-resistance fin-top surface and two low-resistance sidewall surfaces. The device includes an insulation material over the top surface of the substrate and between the first fin and the second fin. The fin-top surface and a first portion of the sidewall surfaces of each of the first and the second fins are above the insulation material. The device further includes a dielectric layer over the insulation material and in direct contact with the fin-top surface and the first portion of the sidewall surfaces of each of the first and the second fins; a first electrode in direct contact with the fin-top surface of the first fin; and a second electrode over the dielectric layer that is over the second fin.
US12040377B2
A semiconductor device includes a gate stack and a channel layer over the gate stack. The gate stack includes a metal gate electrode, a ferroelectric layer, and a semiconducting oxide layer disposed between the ferroelectric layer and the metal gate electrode. The semiconducting oxide layer includes SrRuO3, InGaZnO (IGZO) or LaSrMnO.
US12040361B2
A semiconductor device includes n-type drift layer, n-type first current spreading layer on top surface of the drift layer, p-type base region on top surface of the first current spreading layer, p-type gate-bottom protection region inside the first current spreading layer, p-type base-bottom embedded region separated from the gate-bottom protection region and in contact with bottom surface of the base region, n-type second current spreading layer having side surface opposed to the gate-bottom protection region and in contact with side surface of the base-bottom embedded region, and insulated gate electrode structure inside trench penetrating the base region to reach the gate-bottom protection region. The impurity concentration ratio of the gate-bottom protection region to the first current spreading layer is greater than the impurity concentration ratio of the base-bottom embedded region to the second current spreading layer.
US12040358B2
A super junction structure includes a substrate, wherein the substrate has a first conductivity type. The super junction structure includes an epitaxial layer over the substrate, wherein the epitaxial layer has a second conductivity type opposite the first conductivity type. The super junction structure further includes a bury layer between the epitaxial layer and the substrate, wherein the bury layer has the second conductivity type. The super junction structure further includes a conductive pillar in the epitaxial layer, wherein the conductive pillar has the first conductivity type, sidewalls of the conductive pillar are angled with respect to a top-most surface of the epitaxial layer, a bottom surface of the conductive pillar is rounded, and a top-most surface of the conductive pillar is coplanar with the top-most surface of the epitaxial layer.
US12040349B2
A light emitting device includes a printed circuit board (PCB) including a connection pad, a base substrate mounted on the PCB and including a pixel region and a pad region, light emitting structures arranged on the pixel region, a barrier rib structure disposed on the pixel region and disposed at a vertical level different from the light emitting structures, the barrier rib structure including barrier ribs connected with each other to define each of pixel spaces, a phosphor layer filling each pixel space, a dam structure surrounding the barrier rib structure, a pad disposed on the pad region and adjacent to at least one side of an outer boundary of the light emitting structures, a bonding wire connecting the connection pad to the pad, and a molding structure covering the pad, the connection pad, the bonding wire, and at least a portion of the dam structure.
US12040343B2
A backside illuminated image sensor, including a semiconductor layer, a first gate structure, and a light sensing device, is provided. The semiconductor layer has a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other. The first gate structure is disposed on the second surface. The light sensing device is located in the semiconductor layer. The light sensing device extends from the first surface to the second surface.
US12040342B2
An image sensor includes: (A) a first circuit layer provided with a comparison unit that (i) compares a first signal caused by an electric charge generated by a photoelectric conversion unit that photoelectrically converts light to generate the electric charge with a first reference signal, and (ii) compares a second signal for correcting the first signal with a second reference signal; and (B) a second circuit layer provided with (i) a first storage unit that stores a third signal that is based on a result of the comparison between the first signal and the first reference signal, and (ii) a second storage unit that stores a fourth signal that is based on a result of the comparison between the second signal and the second reference signal.
US12040336B2
In some embodiments, the present disclosure relates to method for forming an image sensor integrated chip. The method includes forming a first photodetector region in a substrate and forming a second photodetector region in the substrate. A floating diffusion node is formed in the substrate between the first photodetector region and the second photodetector region. A pick-up well contact region is formed in the substrate. A first line intersects the floating diffusion node and the pick-up well contact region. One or more transistor gates are formed on the substrate. A second line that is perpendicular to the first line intersects the pick-up well contact region and the one or more transistor gates.
US12040332B1
An array substrate and a display panel are provided. The array substrate includes a substrate, a common electrode line, a data line, a pixel electrode, and a shielding line. The common electrode line is disposed on the substrate. The data line is disposed on the common electrode line. The pixel electrode is disposed on the data line. The shielding line is disposed on the data line and includes a first shielding line and a second shielding line connected. The first shielding line and the pixel electrode are disposed in a same layer, and the second shielding line is disposed between the first shielding line and the data line. An orthographic projection of the first shielding line and the second shielding line on the substrate covers an orthographic projection of the data line on the substrate.
US12040314B2
A semiconductor device includes a first chip and a second chip bonded to the first chip. The first chip includes: a substrate; a logic circuit disposed on the substrate; and a plurality of first dummy pads that are disposed above the logic circuit, are disposed on a first bonding surface where the first chip is bonded to the second chip, the plurality of first dummy pads not being electrically connected to the logic circuit. The second chip includes a plurality of second dummy pads disposed on the plurality of first dummy pads and a memory cell array provided above the plurality of second dummy pads. A coverage of the first dummy pads on the first bonding surface is different between a first region and a second region, the first region separated from a first end side of the first chip, the second region disposed between the first end side and the first region.
US12040310B2
Implementations of a method of forming semiconductor packages may include: providing a wafer having a plurality of devices, etching one or more trenches on a first side of the wafer between each of the plurality of devices, applying a molding compound to the first side of the wafer to fill the one or more trenches; grinding a second side of the wafer to a desired thickness, and exposing the molding compound included in the one or more trenches. The method may include etching the second side of the wafer to expose a height of the molding compound forming one or more steps extending from the wafer, applying a back metallization to a second side of the wafer, and singulating the wafer at the one or more steps to form a plurality of semiconductor packages. The one or more steps may extend from a base of the back metallization.
US12040302B2
A transistor package having four terminals includes a semiconductor transistor chip and a semiconductor diode chip. The semiconductor transistor chip includes a control electrode and a first load electrode on a first surface and a second load electrode on a second surface opposite the first surface. The semiconductor diode chip includes a first diode electrode on a first surface and a second diode electrode on a second surface opposite the first surface. The transistor package includes a first terminal electrically connected to the control electrode, a second terminal electrically connected to the first diode electrode, a third terminal electrically connected to the first load electrode and a fourth terminal electrically connected to the second load electrode. At least the first terminal, the second terminal and the third terminal protrude from one side of transistor package. The first terminal is arranged between the second terminal and the third terminal.
US12040295B2
Implementations of semiconductor devices may include a die having a first side and a second side, a contact pad coupled to the first side of the die, and a metal layer coupled to the second side of the die. A thickness of the die may be no more than four times a thickness of the metal layer.
US12040288B2
A chip package is provided. The chip package may include at least one chip, an exposed metal region and a metal protection layer structure over the exposed metal region and configured to protect the metal region from oxidation. The protection layer structure includes a low-temperature deposited oxide, and a hydrothermally converted metal oxide layer over the protection layer structure.
US12040287B2
A semiconductor device package and method for manufacturing the same are provided. The semiconductor device package includes a first conductive structure, a stress buffering layer and a second conductive structure. The first conductive structure includes a substrate, and a first circuit layer disposed on the substrate. The first circuit layer includes a conductive wiring pattern, and the conductive wiring pattern is an uppermost conductive pattern of the first circuit layer. The stress buffering structure is disposed on the first conductive structure. The second conductive structure is disposed over the stress buffering structure. The conductive wiring pattern extends through the stress buffering structure and electrically connected to the second conductive structure, and an upper surface of the conductive wiring pattern is substantially coplanar with an upper surface of the stress buffering structure.
US12040284B2
A method of manufacturing a microelectronic package with an integrally formed electromagnetic interference (“EMI”) shield and/or antenna is disclosed. The method comprises patterning a conductive structure to comprise a base, a plurality of interconnection elements, and a die attach area sized to receive a microelectronic element; bonding ends of the plurality of interconnection elements to a carrier; encapsulating the plurality of interconnection elements, and the microelectronic element with an encapsulant; removing the carrier to expose free ends of the plurality of interconnection elements; patterning the exposed outer surface of the conductive structure overlying the microelectronic element to form a portion of the EMI shield structure and/or an antenna. The portion of the EMI shield structure and/or antenna can be patterned to extend continuously from one or more of the plurality of interconnection elements.
US12040283B2
A package structure including a first semiconductor die, a second semiconductor die, first conductive pillars and a first insulating encapsulation is provided. The first semiconductor die includes a semiconductor substrate, an interconnect structure and a first redistribution circuit structure. The semiconductor substrate includes a first portion and a second portion disposed on the first portion. The interconnect structure is disposed on the second portion, the first redistribution circuit structure is disposed on the interconnect structure, and the lateral dimension of the first portion is greater than the lateral dimension of the second portion. The second semiconductor die is disposed on the first semiconductor die. The first conductive pillars are disposed on the first redistribution circuit structure of the first semiconductor die. The first insulating encapsulation is disposed on the first portion. The first insulating encapsulation laterally encapsulates the second semiconductor die, the first conductive pillars and the second portion.
US12040271B2
Aspects of the present disclosure provide a method for fabricating a semiconductor device. For example, the method can include forming a first power rail, forming a first power input structure for coupling with a first terminal of a power source that is external of the semiconductor device to receive electrical power from the power source, forming an active device between the first power rail and the first power input structure, and forming a first middle-of-line rail with a plurality of layers. The first middle-of-line rail can be configured to deliver the electrical power from the first power input structure to the first power rail. The first power rail can provide the electrical power to the active device for operation. Topmost and bottommost ones of the layers of the first middle-of-line rail can be as high as and leveled with top and bottom surfaces of the active device, respectively.
US12040269B2
The present application relates to a preparation method for leads of semiconductor structure and semiconductor structure. The preparation method comprises: providing a substrate covered with a conductive layer, the substrate having a first region and a second region being connected with the first region at side surfaces; sequentially forming, on the conductive layer, a second dielectric layer, a first dielectric layer and a mask layer which are superposed one upon the other; etching the second dielectric layer for the first time; removing the mask layer in the first region; etching the second dielectric layer for the second time, forming, respectively in the first region and the second region, a first window and a second window; and etching the exposed conductive layer, forming leads comprising wide lines in the first region and narrow lines in the second region.
US12040265B2
In examples, a semiconductor package comprises a ceramic substrate and a horizontal metal layer covered by the ceramic substrate. The metal layer is configured to carry signals in the 5 GHz to 38 GHz frequency range. The package also includes a vertical castellation on an outer surface of the ceramic substrate, the castellation coupled to the metal layer and having a height ranging from 0.10 mm to 0.65 mm.
US12040257B2
Circuit-Under-Pad (CUP) device topologies for high-current lateral power switching devices are disclosed, in which the interconnect structure and pad placement are configured for reduced source and common source inductance. In an example topology for a power semiconductor device comprising a lateral GaN HEMT, the source bus runs across a center of the active area, substantially centered between first and second extremities of source finger electrodes, with laterally extending tabs contacting the underlying source finger electrodes. The drain bus is spaced from the source bus and comprises laterally extending tabs contacting the underlying drain finger electrodes. The gate bus is centrally placed and runs adjacent the source bus. Preferably, the interconnect structure comprises a dedicated gate return bus to separate the gate drive loop from the power loop. Proposed CUP device structures provide for lower source and common source inductance and/or higher current carrying capability per unit device area.
US12040256B2
Some devices included a substrate; and a through via, including a plurality of scallops adjacent the through via in a first region and a plurality of scallops adjacent the through via in a second region, the of scallops having a first depth, the scallops having a greater depth. Some devices include an opening extending into a substrate, including a first region and a second region. Sidewalls of the opening include a stack of first concave portions extending a first distance into the first substrate, and a stack of second concave portions extending a second distance, greater than and parallel to the first distance, into the first substrate. A conductor partially fills the first concave portions and at least partially fills the respective second concave portions.
US12040253B2
A memory array comprising strings of memory cells comprises laterally-spaced memory blocks individually comprising a vertical stack comprising alternating insulative tiers and conductive tiers above a conductor tier. Strings of memory cells comprise channel-material strings that extend through the insulative tiers and the conductive tiers. The channel-material strings directly electrically couple with conductor material of the conductor tier by conducting material that is in a lowest of the conductive tiers and that is directly against multiple of the channel-material strings. A through-array-via (TAV) region comprises TAVs that individually extend through the lowest conductive tier and into the conductor tier. Individual of the TAVs in the lowest conductive tier comprise a conductive core having an annulus circumferentially there-about. The annulus has dopant therein at a total dopant concentration of 0.01 to 30 atomic percent. Insulative material in the lowest conductive tier is circumferentially about the annulus and between immediately-adjacent of the TAVs. Other embodiments, including method, are disclosed.
US12040243B2
A module includes a substrate including a first main surface, a columnar conductor arranged on the first main surface, a first sealing resin that seals at least the columnar conductor and the first main surface while exposing a first end surface of the columnar conductor, a conductive film connected to the columnar conductor and arranged to extend laterally from the first end surface, a resin sheet arranged to cover at least the conductive film, a conductor via provided in the resin sheet and having one end connected to the conductive film, and a conductor pattern arranged on a surface of the resin sheet on a side far from the substrate to be connected to the other end of the conductor via and being larger in area than the first end surface.
US12040232B2
Various implementations described herein relate to a method for manufacturing, or causing to be manufactured, multiple devices packaged within a single semiconductor die. The multiple devices may have first devices that are arranged in a first multi-transistor stack with a first P-N configuration. The multiple devices may have second devices that are arranged in a second multi-transistor stack with a second P-N configuration that is different than the first P-N configuration.
US12040229B2
A method for forming a structure with a hole on a substrate is disclosed. The method may comprise: depositing a first structure on the substrate; etching a first part of the hole in the first structure; depositing a plug fill in the first part of the hole; depositing a second structure on top of the first structure; etching a second part of the hole substantially aligned with the first part of the hole in the second structure; and, etching the plug fill of the first part of the hole and thereby opening up the hole by dry etching. In this way 3-D NAND device may be provided.
US12040218B2
A method of forming semiconductor device, including forming a first protective strip and a second protective strip on a semiconductor substrate. The first protective strip and the second protective strip extend in a first direction and are alternately arranged in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The first protective strip and the second protective strip are spaced apart from each other. The first protective strip is cut by selectively removing a portion of the first protective strip. The second protective strip is cut by selectively removing a portion of the second protective strip. The semiconductor substrate is etched to form an isolation trench. Remaining portions of the first and second protective strips are removed. An isolation feature is filled into the isolation trench. The isolation feature defines a plurality of strip-shaped active regions. Capacitor contacts are formed on both ends of each of the strip-shaped active regions.
US12040215B2
A bonding machine with movable suction modules includes a first cavity, a second cavity, a pressing unit, a carrier, and a plurality of movable suction modules. The first cavity is configured to be connected to the second cavity to form a closed space therebetween. The pressing unit is arranged in the first cavity, and the carrier is arranged in the second cavity. The pressing unit faces the carrier and is configured to bond a substrate placed on the carrier. The movable suction modules are arranged in a plurality of setting grooves on a bearing surface of the carrier for absorbing and flattening the substrate placed on the bearing surface. The movable suction modules is displaceable along the bearing surface and continuously absorb and flatten a substrate in a process of aligning the substrate, to help improve accuracy of substrate alignment.
US12040212B2
To appropriately manufacture a semiconductor device. A glass substrate is a glass substrate for manufacturing the semiconductor device. In a case in which one surface is directed downward in a vertical direction, and a first position, a second position, and a third position on the one surface on an outer side in a radial direction with respect to a center point of the glass substrate are supported by supporting members, a lowest point as a position where a height in the vertical direction is the lowest on other surface is positioned in a circular central region on an inner side in the radial direction with respect to the first position, the second position, and the third position when viewed from the vertical direction, a center of the central region is a center point of the glass substrate, and a diameter of the central region has a length of ⅓ of a diameter of the glass substrate.
US12040204B2
The present disclosure is directed toward a method that includes acquiring, by an imaging device, a thermal image of a heating surface of a heater assembly. The heater assembly includes a heating surface for heating a heating target, and the heating surface defines a plurality of heating zones. The further includes determining variations in the plurality of heating zones based on the thermal image of the heating surface. The thermal image includes a plurality of pixels corresponding to the plurality of heating zones in the heater assembly.
US12040191B2
A structure includes first nanostructures vertically spaced one from another over a substrate in a core region of the semiconductor structure, a first interfacial layer wrapping around each of the first nanostructures, a first high-k dielectric layer over the first interfacial layer and wrapping around each of the first nanostructures, second nanostructures vertically spaced one from another over the substrate in an I/O region of the semiconductor structure, a second interfacial layer wrapping around each of the second nanostructures, a second high-k dielectric layer over the second interfacial layer and wrapping around each of the second nanostructures. The first nanostructures have a first vertical pitch, the second nanostructures have a second vertical pitch substantially equal to the first vertical pitch, the first nanostructures have a first vertical spacing, the second nanostructures have a second vertical spacing greater than the first vertical spacing by about 4 Å to about 20 Å.
US12040185B2
A device for coating semiconductor/semiconductor precursor particles on a flexible substrate and a preparation method of a semiconducting thin film, wherein the device includes: a container for a first and second solvent substantially immiscible; injection means for injecting a predetermined dispersion volume of at least one layered semiconductor particle material or its precursor(s), occurring at a liquid-liquid interface formed within the container and between the first and second solvent, and creating a particle film at the liquid-liquid interface; a first support means; substrate extracting means; substrate supply means; compression means, reducing a distance between particles and push the film onto the substrate, wherein the compression means includes several pushing means mounted on a drive device, wherein at least two of the several pushing means are at least partially submerged in the second solvent during drive device rotation, and moved through the second solvent toward the first support means.
US12040179B2
A technique of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming a film on a substrate in a process chamber by supplying a precursor and a reactant to the substrate under a first temperature at which the precursor and the reactant are not pyrolyzed, and purging, after performing the act of forming the film, an interior of the process chamber by supplying at least one selected from a group consisting of a plasma-excited gas, an alcohol, and a reducing agent into the process chamber under a second temperature equal to or lower than the first temperature.
US12040166B2
A substrate processing apparatus is provided. The substrate processing apparatus comprise: a first chamber including a sidewall providing an opening, the first chamber further including a movable part movable upward and downward within the first chamber; a substrate support disposed within the first chamber; a second chamber disposed within the first chamber and defining, together with the substrate support, a processing space in which a substrate mounted on the substrate support is processed, the second chamber being separable from the first chamber and transportable between an inner space of the first chamber and the outside of the first chamber via the opening; a clamp releasably fixing the second chamber to the movable part extending above the second chamber; a release mechanism configured to release the fixing of the second chamber by the clamp; and a lift mechanism configured to move the movable part upward and downward.
US12040164B2
A barrierless device and method for generating streamer discharge is provided including solid/liquid electrodes for free radical generation at high efficiency. A first electrode, including periodically positioned discharge ignition tips is deposed in proximity to a second electrode, creating a discharge gap with no dielectric barrier layer in between. The discharge gap includes an inlet and an outlet. Streamers with proximity constraints emerge from the first electrode and propagate through the discharge gap towards the second electrode by supplying either positive or negative pulse voltage to the first electrode, resulting in interaction of the streamer heads with the discharge gas and generation of radicals. Optionally, the second electrode is a liquid which interacts with the streamer head to generate additional radicals. The device can either be used to cause fast chemical reaction within the discharge gap or the generated radical gas can be removed for utilization outside the discharge gap.
US12040163B2
A connect structure for semiconductor processing equipment includes a housing configured to mate a deformable pipe with a non-deformable pipe. The housing includes a first annular sidewall to receive the deformable pipe and a second annular sidewall defining a first thread structure. An annular bead is connected to the first annular sidewall to flexibly deform the deformable pipe toward the non-deformable pipe structure when the first thread structure rotatably engages a second thread structure of the non-deformable pipe.
US12040159B2
Matching circuitry is disclosed for power generation in a plasma processing apparatus or other application. Matching circuitry is provided in a unitary physical enclosure and is configured to provide impedance matching at multiple different frequencies. For example, in a dual frequency implementation, first and second RF generators can provide electromagnetic energy at first and second respective frequencies in a continuous mode or a pulsed mode to matching circuitry that includes first and second circuit portions. The first circuit portion can include one or more first tuning elements configured to receive RF power at a first frequency and provide impedance matching for a first ICP load (e.g., a primary inductive element). The second circuit portion can include one or more second tuning elements configured to receive RF power at a second different frequency and provide impedance matching for a second ICP load (e.g., a secondary inductive element).
US12040156B2
A sample protection device for a scanning electron microscope, the sample protection device comprising: a shell; an accommodating part having an accommodating space for accommodating a sample, the accommodating part being arranged in the shell in such a manner that the accommodating part can move relative to the shell, such that the accommodating part at least partially enters the shell or moves out of the shell; a sealing part connected to the accommodating part and configured to seal between the accommodating part and the shell when the accommodating part is at least partially accommodated in the shell; and a driving member configured to drive relative movement of the shell relative to the accommodating part.
US12040133B2
An electronic apparatus includes a control apparatus having a main body, a rotatable member rotatably supported by the main body, a magneto rheological fluid provided between the main body and the rotatable member, and a magnetic field generator configured to apply a magnetic field to the magneto rheological fluid, a plurality of rotatable operation members, and an operational feeling transmitter configured to transmit an operational feeling of the control apparatus to the plurality of rotatable operation members. When a switching member changes a transmission state of the operational feeling transmitter, a rotatable operation member to be used is selected from the plurality of rotatable operation members.
US12040130B2
In a superconducting coil used in an MRI apparatus, it is necessary to arrange a superconducting wire at a desired position to obtain a desired coil shape in order to obtain a temporally stable static electromagnetic field with high strength and high uniformity. A superconducting coil includes a winding frame, a spacer disposed on an outer periphery of winding frame and including a winding groove having a spiral shape and a communication groove provided between winding grooves, and includes a coil group having a superconducting wire wound in winding groove. It is therefore possible to obtain superconducting coil having a desired coil shape.
US12040128B2
Provided are molds for polar anisotropic ring-shaped bonded magnet molded articles which enable the production of bonded magnet molded articles with a high degree of roundness and only slight distortion, without the need for mold modification and preparation of a test mold, and a method of preparing such molds. The present invention relates to a method of preparing a mold for a polar anisotropic ring-shaped bonded magnet molded article, the method including: 1) determining the shrinkage length (Tc) of a desired polar anisotropic ring-shaped bonded magnet molded article using the following equation: Tc=T×(α1/100−α2/100); 2) determining the radius (Dm) of a magnetic pole portion of a mold cavity using the following equation: Dm=D/(1−α2/100); and 3) defining the outer peripheral shape of the mold cavity from the Tc, the Dm, and the number (P) of magnetic poles of the molded article.
US12040124B2
The present invention relates to a transformer and, more specifically, to a transformer including a secondary coil part which comprises stacked conductive plates. A transformer according to an embodiment of the present invention may comprise: a core part having a middle leg and outer legs; a secondary coil part including multiple conductive plates vertically stacked to form coil turns around the middle leg; and a primary coil part including conductive wires wound to form coil turns around the respective outer legs.
US12040123B2
A coil component includes a body having end surfaces opposing each other and side surfaces connecting the end surfaces and opposing each other, a support substrate disposed within the body and having a first surface and a second surface opposing each other, first and second coil units disposed on the first surface and the second surface of the support substrate, respectively, and each including a plurality of turns, and lead portions connected to the first and second coil units and exposed to a first end surface and a second end surface of the body, respectively. A shortest distance from an outermost turn of the first coil unit to the second end surface of the body is greater than a shortest distance from the outermost turn of the first coil unit to a first side surface of the body.
US12040121B2
An electrical transformer and method of manufacturing an electrical transformer. The electrical transformer comprises a set of primary windings comprising first and second primary windings connected in parallel and first and second sets of secondary windings. Each of the first and second sets comprises a plurality of secondary windings that are connected in parallel. The secondary windings of the first set are electrically isolated from the secondary windings of the second set. The set of primary windings and the first and second sets of secondary windings are arranged in a stacked structure in which the secondary windings of the first set are interleaved with the secondary windings of the second set, and at least one secondary winding of the first set and/or at least one secondary winding of the second set is arranged between the first and second primary windings.
US12040120B2
A preparation method for an inductance component, comprising: prefabricating a continuous coil row containing a plurality of hollow coils with the connections of every two adjacent hollow coils being bent feet; placing the continuous coil row into a cavity of a prefabricated mold, the cavity comprising a plurality of sub-chambers and one sub-chamber being used for placing a hollow coil; injecting the prepared soft-magnetic magnetic glue into the cavity to enable the soft-magnetic magnetic glue to coat the hollow coil, and simultaneously exposing the bent feet to the outside to perform magnet forming; cutting the formed semi-finished product; and peeling the exposed bent foot copper wire, and performing metallization to form an electrode to obtain a finished product of the inductance component. The invention has high inductance preparation efficiency, and the obtained product electrode has no risks of a dry joint, poor contact, and the like.
US12040113B2
A ferrite sintered body contains from 48.2% by mole to 49.7% by mole Fe in terms of Fe2O3, from 2.0% by mole to 8.0% by mole Cu in terms of CuO, from 17.7% by mole to 24.0% by mole Ni in terms of NiO, and from 21.0% by mole to 28.0% by mole Zn in terms of ZnO, in which, when Fe, Cu, Ni, and Zn are converted to Fe2O3, CuO, NiO, and ZnO, respectively, and when the total amount of the Fe2O3, the CuO, the NiO, and the ZnO is 100 parts by weight, the ferrite sintered body contains from 5 ppm to 25 ppm B in terms of elemental B and from 6 ppm to 25 ppm Nb in terms of elemental Nb.
US12040108B2
In an electrical cable of the type having an outer sheath enclosing a conductor assembly comprising a plurality of insulated conductors disposed within a binder, the binder having a crush resistance for protecting the insulated conductors, an improvement in which a strength enhancer is applied such that the binder can be removed without decreasing a crush resistance of the electrical cable.
US12040104B1
An apparatus for marking and scoring an insulated wire or cable is disclosed. The apparatus includes a housing enclosing a portion of a wire path, wherein the insulated wire or cable moves along the wire path through the housing; an upper splined gear rod and a lower splined gear rod within the housing; an actuator connected to the upper splined gear rod, wherein the actuator raises and lowers the upper splined gear rod; and wherein the actuator when lowered presses the insulated wire or cable between the upper and lower splined gear rods.
US12040101B2
A high-pass radiation shield for using during radiological examinations is provided. The shield comprises: a first sublayer having a first radiation attenuation material of atomic number from 21 to 30; and a second sublayer having a second radiation attenuation material of atomic number 56 or greater. The weight of the second radiation attenuation material is not greater than the weight of the first radiation attenuation material. The shield is configured for placement on a patient's body over the entire or a portion of the field of view (FOV) for protection of the organs, especially radiosensitive organs against radiation dangers emitted by an X-ray tube without degrading image quality.
US12040097B2
A thermal control system for a reactor pressure vessel comprises a plate having a substantially circular shape that is attached to a wall of the reactor pressure vessel. The plate divides the reactor pressure vessel into an upper reactor pressure vessel region and a lower reactor pressure vessel region. Additionally, the plate is configured to provide a thermal barrier between a pressurized volume located within the upper reactor pressure vessel region and primary coolant located within the lower reactor pressure vessel region. One or more plenums provide a passageway for a plurality of heat transfer tubes to pass fluid through the wall of the reactor pressure vessel. The plurality of heat transfer tubes are connected to the plate.
US12040070B2
There is provided a radiotherapy system, a data processing method and a storage medium. The radiotherapy system includes a calibration database, a training module and a data processing module. The calibration database can acquire a plurality of the sample data generated in a clinical therapy process. The training module can perform deep learning on the plurality of sample data stored in the calibration database to obtain a therapy algorithm model. The data processing module can process the detection data received in the clinical therapy process according to the therapy algorithm model to generate preliminary therapy data. As the therapy algorithm model is obtained by performing deep learning on a large amount of clinical data, the reliability of the therapy algorithm model is high. Accordingly, the accuracy of the preliminary therapy data generated by the therapy algorithm model is also high.
US12040066B1
A computing system for adaptive prescription reminders includes a processor and a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the system to receive a fill event, generate an initial schedule, receive an medication consumption indication, generate an updated schedule using a trained machine learning model, cause the updated schedule to be displayed, and receive a patient confirmation. A computer-implemented method includes receiving a fill event, generating an initial schedule, receiving an medication consumption indication, generating an updated schedule using a trained machine learning model, causing the updated schedule to be displayed, and receiving a patient confirmation. A non-transitory computer readable medium includes program instructions that when executed, cause a computer to: receive a fill event, generate an initial schedule, receive an medication consumption indication, generate an updated schedule using a trained machine learning model, cause the updated schedule to be displayed, and receive a patient confirmation.
US12040055B2
Embodiments for storing digital data in DNA storage by receiving input file data, encoding the input file data into an oligonucleotide sequence to produce sequence data through a transformation of text to binary to Base_3 encoding, organizing the Base_3 sequence data into chunks of a defined chunk size, and storing the chunks in a block of a blockchain. The oligonucleotide sequence may comprise metadata for the input file data that refers to actual data stored in the DNA storage, where the actual data is formed by synthesizing the oligonucleotide sequence in a DNA synthesis process. The chunks may be stored in the blockchain only if the block agrees with a smart contract defined for the oligonucleotide sequence.
US12040035B2
A buffer circuit is disclosed. The buffer circuit includes a command address (C/A) interface to receive an incoming activate (ACT) command and an incoming column address strobe (CAS) command. A first match circuit includes first storage to store failure row address information associated with the memory, and first compare logic. The first compare logic is responsive to the ACT command, to compare incoming row address information to the stored failure row address information. A second match circuit includes second storage to store failure column address information associated with the memory, and second compare logic. The second compare logic is responsive to the CAS command, to compare the incoming column address information to the stored failure column address information. Gating logic maintains a state of a matching row address identified by the first compare logic during the comparison carried out by the second compare logic.
US12040030B2
Method and device for generating command sequence, method and device for testing, and storage medium
The embodiments of the disclosure provide a method and device for generating a command sequence, a method and device for testing, and a storage medium. The method for generating a command sequence includes that: at least one executable CMD is determined based on a state machine module according to a current state; a command weight corresponding to the at least one executable CMD is acquired, and a random command is generated from the at least one executable CMD by taking the command weight as a constraint condition; and a next state is determined based on the state machine module according to the random command, and the next state is taken as the current state to continuously execute the step of determining at least one executable CMD based on the state machine module according to the current state, to generate a random command sequence.
US12040029B2
A shift register includes: an input circuit electrically connected to a first clock signal terminal, a first voltage signal terminal and a first node; a first output circuit electrically connected to the first node, a second clock signal terminal and a scanning signal terminal; a first control circuit electrically connected to a third clock signal terminal, a fourth clock signal terminal, a fifth clock signal terminal and the first node; a second control circuit electrically connected to a sixth clock signal terminal, a second voltage signal terminal, the first node, the first voltage signal terminal and a second node; a third control circuit electrically connected to the first node, the second voltage signal terminal, the third clock signal terminal and the second node; and a second output circuit electrically connected to the second node, the second voltage signal terminal and the scanning signal terminal.
