US12050083B2
Disclosed are mounts for optical sighting devices. One example optical sight mount includes an integrated backup sighting system. The optical sight mount is configured to position an optical sighting device on a firearm so that it can be used to aim the firearm. Further, the backup sighting system can be used to aim the firearm should the optical sighting device fail or otherwise be rendered inoperable.
US12050078B2
A ratcheting magazine for a firearm includes a main body, a floor plate, and an insert disposed inside the main body. The insert includes a front column of supports, a rear column of supports, and a sliding column of supports. The sliding column of supports includes a plurality of positions relative to the insert such that the sliding column of supports moves linearly relative to the insert.
US12050074B1
A firearm barrel with non-metal outer sleeve preferably includes an elongated tube, a first non-metal tube, a second non-metal tube, a sleeve nut and a coupler bushing. A first raised sleeve support section and a raised coupler section are formed on the elongated sleeve. The raised coupler section is formed in substantially a middle of the elongated tube. The bushing inner diameter is sized to slidably receive an outer diameter of the raised coupler section. The first and second non-metal tubes include a tube inner diameter and a plurality of openings formed through a wall thereof. The tube inner diameters are sized to slidably receive an outer diameter of the first raised sleeve support section and each end of the coupler bushing. The sleeve nut retains the first and second non-metal tubes and the coupler bushing on the elongated tube. A second embodiment includes a single non-metal tube.
US12050067B2
A heat exchanger is disclosed. The heat exchanger includes a hollow tube extending from a tube inlet to a tube outlet. The hollow tube includes a wall that includes a core of a first aluminum alloy, and a cladding over the core of a second aluminum alloy. The second aluminum alloy is less noble than the first aluminum alloy and includes an alloying element selected from tin, indium, or gallium, or combinations thereof. A first fluid flow path is disposed along an inner surface of the wall from the tube inlet to the tube outlet, and a second fluid flow path is disposed across an outer surface of the wall.
US12050053B2
Dry ice cooling systems and methods of making dry ice cooling systems are disclosed. According to embodiments, dry ice cooling systems include a compression container including compressed liquid carbon dioxide. The dry ice cooling systems include a dry ice container coupled to the compression container to receive the liquid carbon dioxide and house dry ice as it forms. The dry ice container includes a liquid coolant. Further, the dry ice cooling system includes a heat exchanger to couple a heat-generating source to the dry ice container.
US12050050B2
An elevation device for a refrigerator drawer includes a lower frame, an upper frame, and a lifting assembly. The lifting assembly includes: a pair of first rods having a first end rotatably coupled to the lower frame and a second end that translates along the upper frame; and a pair of second rods having a first end rotatably coupled to the upper frame and a second end that translates along the lower frame. The second rod is rotatably coupled to and crosses the first rod. The first or second rod is connected to a driving device via the first end of the first or second rod, with the driving device disposed outside the upper frame and the lower frame. The first and second rods are configured to, based on power from the driving device, rotate about their respective first ends to elevate the upper frame relative to the lower frame.
US12050047B2
An appliance door for a refrigerator appliance includes a liner that defines an icemaker receiving space and a bin receiving space. The icemaker receiving space is at least partially defined by a central portion of the liner and the bin receiving space is at least partially defined by the central portion and opposing sidewalls of the liner. An icemaker assembly is positioned within the icemaker receiving space and above the central portion. A bin is positioned in the bin receiving space and below the central portion. The bin includes a cover portion that extends upward from a storage portion. The storage portion is rotatably coupled with the opposing sidewalls of the liner. A plate is positioned within a central cavity defined by the central portion of the liner. The plate is configured to cool the bin receiving space.
US12050044B2
A refrigerator includes a cabinet, a door, an ice making room, a cool air supply duct connecting the evaporation chamber to the ice making room, an ice maker, a cool air guide duct that guides cool air from the ice making room toward the ice maker, and an ice bin below the ice maker to store ice. The ice maker includes an ice tray including cool air guide ribs, and an ice separating guide covering a front surface of the ice tray and a portion of a top surface thereof in which the cool air guide ribs extend from one side of the ice tray toward the other side and are spaced apart from a front surface of a tray body toward a rear surface, and bottom parts of the cool air guide ribs are spaced apart from a bottom part of the cool air guide duct.
US12050033B2
A refrigerator includes a cabinet, a cooling guide transmitting coldness to a drink container stored in an erect state in the cabinet, a cooler located in the cabinet to cool the cooling guide, and a dispenser nozzle disposed to be at least partially exposed outside the cabinet. The cooler includes a thermoelectric element and a cooling block having a surface facing the thermoelectric element of the cooler and a surface of the cooling block facing the cooling guide, where the surfaces have different areas.
US12050031B2
A system for detecting the aim of a concentrating solar collector. The system includes a plurality of baffled photodetectors which observe various regions of the target focal plane through a set of tailored apertures. When configured in an exemplary way, the detector system can mimic the behavior of a quad cell while achieving a safe standoff distance from the intense solar radiation at the focus.
US12050030B2
A controller for use in a gas appliance system includes a circuit board, a plurality of connectors and a processor mounted on the circuit board. The processor controls operation of the gas appliance using, in part, at least one connector of the plurality of connectors and control settings for an intermittent pilot (IP) system in response to a user selection to configure the controller to control an IP system, and controls operation of the gas appliance using, in part, at least one connector of the plurality of connectors and control settings for a direct spark ignition (DSI) system in response to a user selection to configure the controller to control a DSI system.
US12050027B2
The present disclosure provides a production system and a production method of potassium manganate, belonging to the technical field of production of potassium manganate. The production system of potassium manganate comprises a hot air generating device, a production device and a circulating air pipeline. The hot air generating device is configured provide hot air in a manner of burning fuel gas. The production device is configured to absorb heat in the hot air generated by the hot air generating device. The circulating air pipeline is configured to introduce the hot air passing through the production device into the hot air generating device to adjust temperature of the hot air.
US12050026B2
An apparatus for producing a clean air curtain to protect a first individual and a second individual from germ transfer between themselves has a housing having an input port and an output port. The apparatus comprises a fan disposed in the housing in communication with the input port to draw air into an input channel through the input port, and in communication with the output port through an output channel to force air from the input channel through the output channel and out the output port. The output channel configured to cause the air forced out the output port to create a laminar flow air curtain. The apparatus has an air filter positioned across the input channel to clean the air drawn through the input port. A method for protecting a first individual and a second individual from germ transfer between themselves with an air curtain.
US12050022B2
Liquid desiccant air conditioning systems and methods to operate them to achieved desired supply air dry bulb temperature and humidity conditions are described herein. In some embodiments, the liquid desiccant air conditioning systems can include a cooling unit, an absorber, a regenerator, and a control unit. The control unit can be operably coupled to the cooling unit, the absorber, and the regenerator such that the control unit can operate the liquid desiccant system to produce a supply air stream at a relatively independent target temperature and humidity. In some embodiments, the control unit can adjust one or more parameters and/or variables of the components of the liquid desiccant system to produce the supply air stream at a high energy efficiency.
US12050020B2
Air filter device comprising: one or more pleated air filters where the pleated air filters are cylindrical and designed according to the relation Gu=fhPr,/(2roε0.25)>0.8; and a motor for rotating the pleated air filters, wherein ρr(ro−ri)/ρs; ro=outer radius of the cylindrical pleated filter, fh=height of the cylindrical filter, ri=inner radius of the cylindrical pleated filter, ps=distance between two adjacent pleat tops on the inner radius, ε-ASHRAE efficiency.
US12050018B2
An air-conditioning-apparatus system includes an air-conditioning apparatus and a remote-operation centralized control apparatus connected with the air-conditioning apparatus via a network. The air-conditioning apparatus includes an infrared sensor and a drive control unit. The infrared sensor includes a drive actuator and is capable of acquiring temperature information on a location of one part of a room. The drive control unit controls the drive actuator to acquire temperature information on a plurality of locations in the room. The air-conditioning apparatus or the remote-operation centralized control apparatus includes: a storage unit that stores the temperature information on the locations in the room that is acquired by the infrared sensor under a control by the drive control unit; and a thermal image forming unit that forms a thermal image of the room based on the temperature information on the locations in the room that is stored in the storage unit.
US12050017B2
A system includes a unit of building equipment serving a building and including a heating, ventilation, or cooling component and onboard circuitry configured to execute a configuration routine stored on the circuitry which automatically configures parameters of the rooftop unit based on the signals received from sensors and devices at the building. The system also includes a cloud system communicably connectable to the onboard circuitry and configured to influence the configuration routine.
US12050014B2
In one embodiment, a method for controlling air quality in an unenclosed kitchen environment by a ventilation system includes determining an environmental state of the kitchen environment based on sensor data from sensors associated with the ventilation system, determining a current air quality of the kitchen environment based on the sensor data, determining adjustments for system-boundaries or air-manipulating devices associated with the ventilation system based on the current air quality and the environmental state, wherein the adjustments are configured to facilitate a target air quality of the kitchen environment; and adjusting the system-boundaries or air-manipulating devices associated with the ventilation system based on the determined adjustments.
US12050012B2
A burner component of a burner. The burner has a flow channel, in which combustion air flows in a flow direction from upstream to downstream. The burner component includes a wall portion, which adjoins the flow channel; a plurality of injection nozzles, which are arranged in the wall portion; and a plurality of vortex generators, which are arranged on the wall portion. The vortex generators have a concavely curved sloped surface rising in the flow direction to improve the distribution of the fuel in the combustion air.
US12050008B2
A burner system, preferably including input plumbing, a combustion region, and an exhaust section. In some embodiments, the burner system can include, be attached to, be configured to couple with, and/or be otherwise associated with a thermionic energy converter (TEC). A method of burner system operation, preferably including operating the burner system in a combustion mode and optionally including operating a TEC.
US12050001B2
The connection device (100) is used for an electrified guide (200) lighting system; the electrified guide (200) is provided with a longitudinal groove (210) and the connection device (100) is adapted to be completely inserted into the electrified guide (200); the connection device (100) comprises at least one mechanical contact device (110, 120) adapted to abut against a bottom surface (212) of said longitudinal groove (210) when the connection device (100) is inserted into the electrified guide (200); the mechanical contact device (110, 120) can be removed or moved so that the connection device (100) can be adapted to electrified guides having longitudinal grooves of different depth; the mechanical contact device (110, 21) is shaped and/or located so that it abuts differently depending on the sense of insertion of the connection device into the electrified guide (10-1, 10-3) so that to avoid insertions in the wrong sense.
US12049999B1
An LED lamp includes a heat dissipation lamp holder, an LED lamp panel mounted on a front side of the heat dissipation lamp holder; a light-transmitting panel covering the LED lamp panel. The LED lamp further includes a snap-fit assembly, the snap-fit assembly includes a snap-fit member connected to the heat dissipation lamp holder, a first elastic member, and a button. A second elastic member is provided between the button and the heat dissipation lamp. The snap-fit member abuts against the button. When the snap-fit member is reset, an end of the snap-fit member abuts against the light-transmitting panel, the button is in a pressed state and the snap-fit member presses against the button. When the snap-fit member is in a pulled-out state, the end of the snap-fit member is detached from the light-transmitting plate, the button is bounced and abuts against the snap-fit member.
US12049998B2
A device is described that includes a carrier that has a plurality of light-emitting diode (LED) mounting areas. Each of the LED mounting areas includes a pair of contact pads, which are electrically coupled to the LED mounting area in a first subset of the plurality of LED mounting areas or electrically connected in series with a shunting element in the respective LED mounting area in a second subset of the plurality of LED mounting areas. In some embodiments, LEDs may be placed in the first subset of the plurality of LED mounting areas.
US12049994B2
A light-emitting device for a vehicle and has at least one light-emitting unit, the light-emitting unit including a light source and a reflective unit. The reflective unit includes a first reflective portion, having a first reflective face facing the light source; and a second reflective portion, having a second reflective face facing a light output region of the light-emitting unit The reflective unit further includes a bridging portion connecting the first reflective portion and the second reflective portion.
US12049984B2
The invention relates to a device for lubricating a dynamic instrument holder (300), characterized in that it comprises a disposable lubricating set including: a container (100) containing a pre-dosed quantity of lubricant, said quantity corresponding to the quantity required for the lubrication of a single dynamic instrument holder (300); and a tubular end piece (200) preformed with a communicating hollow core (230) and comprising two ends, the first end (210) of said end piece (200) attaching to an open end of said dynamic instrument holder (300) in such a way as to allow the flow of a lubricant to the dynamic instrument holder (300), and the container being connected to the second end (220). The invention also relates to a method for lubricating dynamic instrument holders. The invention is applicable to the lubrication of surgical tools such as dynamic instrument holders.
US12049964B2
The present invention addresses to a device that allows the control of the gas pressure at the outlet of a fixed bed adsorption equipment operated at high pressures, by means of the actuation of a micrometric valve (6), wherein the valve must be located downstream of the equipment. The valve actuation takes place by means of a stepper motor (1), controlled by a microcontroller board (22), which connects to the valve shaft by means of a system of pulleys (2, 5) and belt (3). The present invention is applied in adsorption units, in which other gases are present, by altering the tuning parameters of the PID controller or even being used in a liquid medium or gas-liquid two-phase flow.
US12049962B2
A sliding component having an annular shape is disposed in a place where relative rotation is performed in a rotary machine, in which a plurality of dynamic pressure generating mechanisms are provided in a sliding surface of the sliding component, each including a deep groove portion that communicates with an outer diameter side, and at least one shallow groove portion that communicates with the deep groove portion and extends in a circumferential direction, and the deep groove portion is provided with a trap portion that suppresses a sealed liquid in the deep groove portion from leaking to a leakage side.
US12049957B2
A transmission comprises a moving mechanism to generate axial force to move the one rotary member and releases the axial force according to generation of coasting torque, an urging mechanism to urge the one rotary member with force being poorer than the axial force being generated by the moving mechanism so that the meshing teeth mesh, the contact body of the urging mechanism arranged in a supporting hole formed on the torque transmission member in a radial direction, and an urging and converting part provided to receive the contact body being urged in the radial direction by the urging functional part and convert a direction of the urging to the axial direction to urge the axial movement of the one rotary member.
US12049954B2
A planet carrier ring sun gear assembly for a transmission device with at least two planetary gears of a wheel hub drive for a vehicle is described. The planet carrier ring sun gear assembly may include a planet carrier ring of a first planetary gear. The planet carrier ring may be configured to support a plurality of planet gear wheels of the first planetary gear and a sun gear of a second planetary gear. The planet carrier ring and the sun gear may form a monolithic unit.
US12049952B2
A gear portion of a power transmission device is connected to one side in an axial direction of a first shaft rotatable about a first axis extending along a horizontal direction. The first shaft is supported by a first bearing. The gear portion includes a second shaft rotatable about a second axis below the first axis. A lubricant is provided in a first bearing holding portion of the first bearing. A gear housing that houses the gear portion includes an oil passage below the first bearing. A first end of the oil passage is connected to the first bearing holding portion through the first bearing. A second end of the oil passage is connected to a second bearing holding portion of a second bearing that supports the second shaft through an opening below the first bearing.
US12049951B2
A pump stage assembly for supplying lubricating oil, comprising: at least two pump suction stages and at least one pump pressure stage. The pump suction stages and the pump pressure stage are spaced apart from one another in a pump housing PG and have a common drive shaft. The pump suction stages are formed by a first assembly of at least three intermeshing external gearwheels and wherein the pump pressure stage is formed by a second assembly of two intermeshing external gearwheels. Here at least two respective tooth center points of the first external gearwheel assembly and the respective tooth center points of the second external gearwheel assembly are arranged in a common plane E-E which intersects the pump housing PG in a longitudinal direction.
US12049948B2
The invention relates to a gear wheel for a transmission, comprising: including: a rim on which a toothing with a plurality of teeth is provided; a support point; and a web via which the rim is connected to the support point; wherein, on a side of the rim opposite the toothing and next to the web, a periodic variation of the geometry is formed that is aligned with the teeth of the toothing.
US12049945B2
Disclosed is a linear actuator, including a drive motor, a transmission assembly, a rotary screw, a transmission nut, a clutch device, a self-locking device and a hand-pull release assembly. The clutch device is arranged between the transmission assembly and the rotary screw. The self-locking device is configured to generate frictional resistance to the rotary screw when the rotary screw rotates reversely, and the self-locking device includes a release torsion spring. The hand-pull release assembly includes a first driving member connected with the clutch device and a second driving member connected with the self-locking device, and has an initial state and a fully released state. During the process from the initial state to the fully released state, the first driving member drives the clutch device to disconnect power, and the second driving member drives the release torsion spring to extend.
US12049942B2
A curling effect is provided via a system, which may be included in an article, via a plurality of links, including distal, proximal, and intermediary links, that each comprise: a base; first and second wings, connected to opposite sides of the base such that each of first and second through-holes are aligned at a first height; and a header, connected between the wings that defines a third through-hole at the first height and a fourth through-hole at a second height different from the first height that is configured to accept a stringer there-through so that a force applied on the stringer in a direction from the distal link towards the proximal link causes rotation of neighboring links relative to one another; the neighboring links being joined via a linking axel disposed on a shared axis through the first, second, and third through-holes of the neighboring links.
US12049941B2
A hoist rope connector for a rope shovel includes a link extending between a first end and a second end. A rope attachment member is positioned adjacent the first end and configured to engage a hoist rope. A spherical coupling is positioned adjacent the second end and configured to be coupled to a dipper. The spherical coupling permits rotational movement between the second end and the dipper in multiple directions.
US12049940B2
A shock absorber is provided with a cylinder, a piston inserted into the cylinder and demarcating an interior of the cylinder into an extension side chamber and a compression side chamber, a piston rod joined to the piston, a damping passage, provided in the piston rod, that communicates with the extension side chamber and the compression side chamber, and a damping force adjustment valve provided in the damping passage. The damping force adjustment valve includes a damping force adjustment unit and a solenoid that drives the damping force adjustment unit to adjust a flow channel resistance. The piston rod includes a yoke into which the damping force adjustment valve is inserted, and a piston holding member mounted on the yoke. The yoke includes a through-hole opening from a side of the yoke and leading to the interior, and a groove provided on a perimeter of the yoke, extending from an anti-piston end, and leading to the through-hole.
US12049931B2
A reverse-input blocking clutch, including a pressed member having a pressed surface, an input member having an input-side engaging portion coaxially arranged on an inner side in a radial direction of the pressed surface, an output member having an output-side engaging portion coaxially arranged further on the inner side in the radial direction than the input-side engaging portion, an engaging element having a pressing surface facing the pressed surface; an input-side engaged portion engageable with the input-side engaging portion; and an output-side engaged portion engageable with the output-side engaging portion; the engaging element movable in a first direction as a direction away from or toward the pressed surface, and an elastic member elastically held between the output-side engaging portion and the engaging element in the first direction.
US12049923B2
A cutting-ring assembly configured for use in a tunnel boring machine includes a cutting ring, an axle, and a bearing unit. The cutting ring is rotatably supported on the axle via the bearing unit, and the bearing unit includes at least one rotating outer ring having a first raceway and a second raceway, at least one fixed inner ring having a first raceway and a second raceway, and rolling elements between the raceways. Either the at least one inner ring or the at least one outer ring includes a first ring having an elongated axially extending shoulder and a second ring having an elongated axially extending shoulder abutting against the elongated axially extending shoulder of the first ring.
US12049920B2
A roller bearing assembly for determining loads on a roller bearing includes a roller bearing having coaxial inner and outer rings and an axis of rotation, and a plurality of rollers each having a rotation axis being arranged between the rings. At least one ring has recess for receiving a force-measuring pin. A force-measuring pin is received in the recess. The longitudinal axis of the force-measuring pin extends at least partly along the axis of rotation of the roller bearing. The recess and the force-measuring pin extends into a region, which is under a load, of the ring that has the recess such that at least one vertical projection plane perpendicular to the rotation axis of the rollers extends along the force-measuring pin and a region of maximum load. This allows loads to be reliably measured.
US12049919B2
A foldable device includes a flexible display including a first portion, a second portion, and a third portion disposed between the first portion and the second portion; and a body including a first support portion which supports the first portion of the flexible display, a second support portion which supports the second portion of the flexible display, and a third support portion which supports the third portion of the flexible display. The third support portion includes a first rotation axis which connects the first support portion to the third support portion, and a second rotation axis which connects the second support portion to the third support portion.
US12049912B2
Device, method and kit, the device comprising a body and a sliding member. The body comprises a sliding channel, a first reference-clipping-surface and a filler-resting-surface. The first reference-clipping-surface and filler-resting-surface are coplanar. The body comprises a filler-clamp. The sliding member slides perpendicularly to the first reference-clipping-surface. The sliding member comprises a second reference-clipping-surface parallel and non-coplanar to the first reference-clipping-surface, a filler-clipping-surface perpendicular to the filler-resting-surface and a reference-clamp. The first and second reference-clipping-surfaces are configured to releasably secure the device onto a reference board when the sliding member slides upon clamping of the reference-clamp and the filler-clipping-surface; and the filler-clamp are configured to releasably secure a filler board onto the filler-resting-surface upon clamping of the filler-clamp. The method comprises clamping at least two devices, clamping a filler board onto the devices and tracing an outline on the clamped filler board. The kit with two or more devices.
US12049908B2
A pressure difference generating apparatus includes a first pipe, a second pipe and a third pipe. The first pipe have a first inlet. The second pipe disposed inside of the first pipe has a conical inlet runner, a conical outlet runner and a neck portion between the conical inlet runner and outlet runner. The third pipe has a third conical outlet portion extending into the conical inlet runner. A first fluid and a second fluid flow into the first pipe and the third pipe separately in different flow rates. A negative pressure generated between the third conical outlet portion and the conical inlet runner allows at least part of the first fluid to flow into the conical inlet runner, then the neck portion, then the conical outlet runner, and finally out of the second pipe with the second fluid.
US12049905B2
A surface-processed structure includes a blocks arranged side by side in a first direction parallel to a target surface. The blocks are three-dimensional objects arranged on the target surface. Each of the blocks includes an inclined surface extending from upstream to downstream in the first direction with a distance from the target surface gradually increasing. The inclined surfaces of the blocks are arranged side by side on one line extending in the first direction. Each of the blocks includes a fine grooves provided on the inclined surface. The fine grooves are spaced apart from each other, are arranged side by side in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, and extend from upstream to downstream in the first direction. The fine grooves extend at a constant depth from an upstream end portion to a downstream end portion of the inclined surface in the first direction.
US12049904B2
A tandem rotor disk apparatus may include a rotor disk body concentric about an axis. The tandem rotor disk apparatus may also include a first blade extending radially outward of the rotor disk body and a second blade extending radially outward of the rotor disk body. The first blade may be offset from the second blade in a direction parallel to the axis. The tandem rotor disk apparatus may be implemented in a gas turbine engine with no intervening stator vane stages disposed between the first blade and the second blade.
US12049902B2
A nozzle for a fan assembly includes an air inlet, a first air outlet and a second air outlet that are oriented in convergent directions, and a valve for controlling the first and second air outlets. The valve includes one or more valve members that are moveable to simultaneously adjust the size of the first air outlet and inversely adjust the size of the second air outlet. The nozzle further includes a third air outlet and a fourth air outlet, the third air outlet being opposite the fourth air outlet, the third and fourth air outlets being oriented in convergent directions.
US12049890B2
A liquid pump including a pump housing having an interior sidewall forming an interior. The housing has an inlet port and an outlet port. A liner is disposed in the interior and has opposed transverse openings in line with the inlet and outlet ports. The liner has a central longitudinally extending bore. A pump piston is axially and rotatably slidable within the liner longitudinal bore for pumping the liquid from the inlet port to the outlet port. A seal assembly is secured to the pump housing adjacent to an upper end of the liner. The seal assembly including a seal body, an upper end of the piston extending though the cap and in sealing engagement with the seal body, the seal assembly and liner upper end forming a cavity there between. An upper end of the piston extending though the seal assembly and in sealing engagement with the seal body, the seal body and liner upper end forming a cavity there between. The housing having a passageway providing a fluid communication between the cavity and the inlet port.
US12049880B2
A fluid routing plug for use with a fluid end section. The fluid end section being one of a plurality of fluid end sections making up a fluid end side of a high pressure pump. The fluid routing plug is installed within a horizontal bore formed in a fluid end section and is configured to route fluid throughout the fluid end section.
US12049879B2
There is provided a wobble plate piston water pump for use in a pressure washer and driven by a driving source, the water pump includes a pump body, a wobble plate, four or more pistons and a water passage defined by a water inlet and a water outlet. The driving source being electric powered and having a power consumption of less than or equal to a 15 ampere draw at 120 volts or 220 volts or the driving source being gas powered and having an engine displacement of less than or equal to 250 cubic centimetres.
US12049871B2
A method of controlling a wind turbine blade anti-ice system comprising a power supply and a plurality of electrical blade heating devices. The method comprises—energising a selected one of the blade heating devices; measuring one or more electrical parameters associated with the selected one of the blade heating devices; determining the power of the selected one of the blade heating devices based on the one or more measured electrical parameters; and controlling the selected one of the blade heating devices based on the determined power draw. Beneficially the method of the invention provides for calibration of the electrical heating devices in situ during operation of the anti-ice system. Therefore, the performance of the heating devices may be assessed under a predetermined input electrical supply profile which enables the anti-ice system to be controlled more effectively.
US12049866B2
Provided are a method for operating a wind turbine, wherein the wind turbine has an aerodynamic rotor with at least one rotor blade which is mounted on a rotor hub of the rotor, wherein a blade angle of the at least one rotor blade can be adjusted about its longitudinal axis with respect to the rotor hub, and a corresponding wind turbine. The method has the following steps: providing current wind properties; providing an actual blade angle of the rotor blade or an average value of all actual blade angles of the rotor blades; determining a steady-state blade angle of the at least one rotor blade which, taking into account known rotor properties, the electrical system and the wind properties, leads to a desired steady operating state of the wind turbine; comparing the steady-state blade angle with the actual blade angle or the average value of all actual blade angles; adapting an operation of the wind turbine if the steady-state blade angle deviates significantly from the actual blade angle or the average value of all actual blade angles.
US12049852B1
An apparatus includes a housing containing a microcontroller and injector driver circuitry including a first integrated circuit operatively coupled with and controllable by the microcontroller, a first plurality of switching devices operatively coupled with and controllable by the first integrated circuit, second injector driver circuitry including a second integrated circuit operatively coupled with and controllable by the microcontroller and a second plurality of switching devices operatively coupled with and controllable by the second integrated circuit and third injector driver circuitry comprising a third integrated circuit operatively coupled with and controllable by the microcontroller and a third plurality of switching devices operatively coupled with and controllable by the third integrated circuit. Each of the first, second, and third pluralities of switching devices includes a set of switches configured to drive a respective bank of multiple boosted injectors one or more sets of switches configured to drive a respective single unboosted injector.
US12049847B2
A gas turbine engine for an aircraft that includes a nacelle, a fan, an engine core, a bypass duct extending between the engine core and the nacelle and guiding a bypass airflow through the bypass duct, and at least one non-structural strut extending in the radial direction within the bypass duct, wherein the non-structural strut includes an outside wall acting as a heat exchanger, and wherein the outside wall includes first transport means configured to transport in the outside wall at least one fluid to be cooled. It is provided that the non-structural strut further includes second transport means configured to transport a fluid to be heated, wherein the first transport means and the second transport means are configured such that the fluid to be heated is heated by the at least one fluid to be cooled and the at least one fluid to be cooled is cooled both by the bypass airflow and the fluid to be heated.
US12049838B2
An exhaust system with a multipiece heat shield for a work vehicle includes a first shield part and a second shield part. The first shield part surrounds an aftertreatment unit for aftertreating exhaust gases. The first shield part extends in an axial direction. The second shield part surrounds an exhaust tailpipe with radial spacing between the second shield part and the exhaust tailpipe. The second shield extends in the axial direction from the first shield part, wherein a radial gap between the first and second shield parts is sealed by a seal. In a starting position, the seal has two free ends arranged in the circumferential direction of the heat shield, which are arranged adjoining or overlapping one another in the circumferential direction when the seal is in a sealing position.
US12049832B2
Systems and methods to locate the position of cooling holes on an outer surface of a turbine engine component, based on a three-dimensional measurement along an X-axis, a Y-axis, and a Z-axis, and an extracted two-dimensional measurement along the X-axis and the Y-axis. The two-dimensional data is analyzed to find a common geometric feature of the component and determine a scan area based on the common geometric feature. The component is measured within the scan area to locate a cooling hole located on the outer surface of the component. A surface profile of the cooling hole is extracted along the X-axis and the Y-axis, and an orientation of the cooling hole is extracted along the Z-axis. A three-dimensional coordinate set of the cooling hole is calculated based on the surface profile and the orientation.
US12049811B2
An integrated well construction system (IWCS) operable for constructing a well via integrated control of integrated control devices that collectively control integrated subsystems of the IWCS. The IWCS includes an IWCS communication network, the integrated control devices (each directly connected with the IWCS communication network), the integrated subsystems, and a control workstation (450, 452, 454) directly connected with the IWCS communication network and operable to control each of the integrated control devices to thereby control the integrated subsystems.
US12049805B2
Methods for storing carbon dioxide in a subsurface formation include identifying a plurality of negative geologic closures in the subsurface formation. The dimensions of the plurality of negative geologic closures are characterized. Layers of subsurface formation in the vicinity the negative geologic closures are characterized. One of the negative geologic closures is selected for bottom-up storage of carbon dioxide based on the characterized dimensions and layers.
US12049803B1
A combination of an autofill tube and an interchangeable ball cage for use in an autofill conversion assembly during well operations includes the tube extending to a downhole opening, the tube has a mounting mechanism to releasably mount the tube within an outer member; the interchangeable ball cage having a main body forming a bore; a downhole opening; circulation ports; and an attachment mechanism removably connecting the main body to the autofill tube; the downhole opening has a diameter selected to prevent a conversion ball from falling therethrough; the circulation ports provide fluid flow through the interchangeable ball cage such that the circulation ports have a number and size to create a preset maximum flowrate associated with the combination of the autofill tube and the interchangeable ball cage; and the interchangeable ball cage is to be selected based on the preset maximum flowrate desired at a well site.
US12049795B2
Systems and methods of the present disclosure relate to actuator assemblies for downhole tools. An actuator assembly comprises a motor, a spring and a hammer. The spring is adjacent to the hammer, and the hammer operable to compress the spring. The spring is operable to expand. The assembly also includes an anvil adjacent to the hammer. The anvil is operable to move a portion of the downhole tool.
US12049786B2
A method for controlling the state of two or more liquid crystal-based switchable windows includes in a first step providing correction data which define a relationship between a state signal and an output voltage level. The correction data is provided for each of the switchable windows and the state of the switchable windows may be adjusted according to the state signal between a minimum and maximum level. In a subsequent step, the state signal is provided which defines the desired state of one or more selected switchable windows. In a further step, a required voltage level is determined for setting the desired state based on the state signal and the respective correction data for each of the one or more selected windows. In a subsequent step d), an AC output voltage is generated having the required voltage level for each of the one or more selected windows.
US12049783B1
A security cage includes a first side panel having a first vertical edge that defines a height, a first locking tab extending from the first vertical edge and defining a first upward facing hook, a second side panel having a second vertical edge, a second locking tab extending from the second vertical edge and defining a second upward facing hook. The second side panel is positioned adjacent to and parallel to the first side panel such that the first locking tab is positioned adjacent the second locking tab. A side locking member has a first downward facing hook and a second downward facing hook, the first downward facing hook engaging the first upward facing hook and the second downward facing hook engaging the second upward facing hook to fix the second side panel with respect to the first side panel.
US12049779B2
A door actuator arrangement, comprising a door actuator having an output shaft, with the output shaft having a first face-side end and an opposing second face-side end, a linkage, whose linkage head is fitted on the first end of the output shaft and is connected to the output shaft in a rotationally fixed manner and a connection element. The connection element is connected or can be connected at the first end to the linkage head, protrudes into the output shaft and is accessible at the second end to make a connection between linkage head and output shaft.
US12049777B2
An opening-closing member controller includes a control unit that executes an initialization process to store at least a fully closed position of an opening-closing member. In the initialization process, the control unit closes the opening-closing member, executes entrapment reversing control one or more times when entrapment is detected to open the opening-closing member, and closes the opening-closing member after the entrapment reversing control to store a position where the opening-closing member locks as the fully closed position.
US12049767B2
The invention relates to a fence/railing/gate element comprising a base frame (16) that has a multiplicity of vertical bars (18; 18′) connected to a lower support profile (20; 20′; 20″; 20′″; 2″″), wherein the lengths of the vertical bars (18; 18′) are greater than the horizontal distance between two adjacent vertical bars (18; 18′). In order to extend the possible uses of such elements, it is provided according to the invention that between two adjacent vertical bars (18; 18′), in each case one flat filling element (24; 24′) is inserted for filling the space between two adjacent vertical bars (18; 18′), the height of which filling element—measured in the direction of the longitudinal extent of the lower support profile (20; 20′; 20″; 20′″; 20″″)—is greater than its width, wherein the support profile (20; 20′; 20″; 20′″; 20″″) is arranged vertically below the filling elements (24; 24′) and the region vertically above the filling elements (24; 24′) is open.
US12049765B2
A method of spicing together and joining ends of a first member and a second member includes the steps of: arranging the ends of the first member and the second member in side-by-side manner; placing a coupling sleeve over the ends of the first member and the second member; and using a portable, hot-swaged coupling device to heat and crimp the coupling sleeve about the ends of the first and second member, thereby joining the ends of the first and second members.
US12049764B1
The wall jack may comprise a strongback coupler, a horizontal arm, a handrail holder, a support strut, and a support foot. The wall jack may be adapted to couple to a strongback of a concrete form. The strongback coupler may couple to the strongback by hanging on a bolt protruding from the strongback. The horizontal arm may extend away from the strongback coupler in a direction that is perpendicular to the concrete form. The support strut may brace the horizontal arm diagonally between a midpoint of the horizontal arm and the support foot pressing against the strongback at a location that is below the strongback coupler. The handrail holder may retain a handrail post in a vertical orientation. The wall jack may be used in groups of two or more to support scaffold planks or walk boards of a scaffold.
US12049762B2
A set of mutually lockable panels comprises a first panel having an edge including a male part and a second panel having an edge including a female part for receiving the male part of the first panel in unlocked condition of the panels. The male part has an outer side which, in locked condition of the panels, is directed to the second panel in a direction substantially parallel to the front face of the first panel, and an opposite inner side which is provided with a locking surface. The female part comprises a locking member, which is pivotable about a pivot axis that extends substantially parallel to the edge of the second panel and an actuator for rotating the locking member from its unlocked condition to a locked condition of the panels.
US12049752B2
Adaptive buildings and building envelopes having a system of structural members which also function as one or more selectively independent fluidic transport systems. Fluids to be transported such as air, rainwater, potable water, irrigation water, and/or gray water, are moved about the adaptive buildings via the various fluidic transport systems to locations disposed about the adaptive buildings where they are used as needed. Such fluids are also selectively filtered and cleaned by a plurality of filter plate systems disposed about the structure.
US12049747B2
A shower system installed in a shower installation including a wall and a water supply pipe with a pipe outlet. The shower system includes an adapter, a supply pipe, a shower bar, and a diverter valve assembly. The adapter has an inlet connectable to the pipe outlet on a first side of the wall. The supply pipe is slidably couplable to the adapter, has a supply outlet in fluid communication with the adapter, and is on the second side of the wall. The shower bar has a shower bar inlet fluid connectable to the adapter. The shower bar is on the second side of the wall. First and second shower members are fluidly connectable to the shower bar. The diverter valve assembly is connectable to the shower bar and is operable to direct water to at least one of the first shower member or the second shower member.
US12049742B2
Mobile device includes a frame with displacement means, a working arm connected to the frame including at least a first and a second articulation which are hinged to each other. The working arm is hinged to the frame, and at least a first, second and third control devices are adapted for moving the first and second articulation of the working arm and a tool, respectively, at a free end of the second articulation. A control system is adapted for controlling the first, second and third control means. The control system is adapted to drive the first, second and third control means such that the free end of the second articulation follows a predetermined upward movement along an upwardly directed path and the tool remains in a lifting position, the first, second and third control means are simultaneously controlled.
US12049740B2
The bucket includes a bottom plate including a first deepest portion, a bracket provided on a back surface of the bottom plate, and a front lip. The bottom plate includes a first inclined portion on a side where the bracket is attached. A first reference straight line is defined that passes through a pivot axis of a bucket and a tip end of the front lip. A second reference straight line is defined that is orthogonal to the first reference straight line and passes through the first deepest portion. An angle formed between the second reference straight line and the front lip is smaller than an angle formed between the second reference straight line and the first inclined portion. An intersection point between the first reference straight line and the second reference straight line is located close to the front lip on the first reference straight line.
US12049735B2
A gate for controlling oncoming traffic on a roadway (e.g. a highway). The gate comprises an arm movable between an extended position in which the arm extends into a given portion of the roadway to inform the oncoming traffic that the given portion of the roadway is closed and a retracted position in which the arm does not extend into the given portion of the roadway and thus leaves open the given portion of the roadway for the oncoming traffic. The gate also comprises a control system comprising an actuator and configured to support the arm and move the arm between the extended position and the retracted position. The arm may be quite long and vertically wide to close more of the roadway and be clearly visible to the oncoming traffic, while the gate may be crash-tested (i.e., compliant with crash-testing criteria), the control system may be compact, and the gate may be reusable and easily repairable if crashed into.
US12049734B1
A scarifier system for cutting channels into a ground surface according to a chosen design pattern, comprising a scarifier machine, and a guide system for guiding the scarifier machine on a tracked trail. The guide system for guiding the scarifier machine on a tracked trail can be, for instance, a sliding bracket clasping a guide rail or a rolling carriage having one or more pairs of wheels gripping a guide rail. A method of remodeling a ground surface using the scarifier system comprises the steps of planning a design pattern to remodel the ground surface and to mark the ground surface according to the chosen design pattern. The guide rail is installed on the ground surface according to the chosen design pattern and the scarifier machine is placed on the guide rail in a manner that the scarifier machine can slide along the guide rail to cut a channel into the ground surface.
US12049730B2
The present disclosure provides high bulk tissue products, as well as an apparatus and methods for manufacturing the same. The tissue products provided herein not only have high bulk, but they also have improved surface smoothness, particularly compared to tissue products of similar basis weights.
US12049727B2
A process for separation of the cellulosic part from a raw material composition comprising polyester and cellulose is provided. A blend is prepared comprising a raw material composition comprising polyester and cellulose and a hydrolyzing liquor wherein the hydrolyzing liquor comprises a first mixture comprising an alkaline solution containing hydroxide ions. The hydrolyzing liquor is added to give the blend an effective alkali concentration in a range from 5 g/l to 150 g/l, wherein the effective alkali concentration is calculated as NaOH, and the hydrolyzing liquor:raw material composition ratio is from 1.5:1 up to 25:1 and keeping the blend at a temperature of 100° C. or above.
US12049724B2
The present invention relates to an online system and a control method therefor, the online system comprising clothing devices which may receive physical information of a user, notify of a change in the physical information, register clothing information held by the user, put together the schedule of the user, weather, preferences, the trend in the area where the user is located, and information on the clothing being sold, and recommend customized clothing to the user.
US12049721B2
A combination washer/dryer having a cabinet defining an interior, a tub provided within the interior, and a drum rotatably provided within the tub and defining a treating chamber, an induction coil carried by the tub and generating a magnetic field encompassing at least a portion of the container, and a cooling element providing on at least one of the tub or closure to form a cooled surface in fluid communication with the treating chamber.
US12049711B2
A material composed of an element having no catalytic action is epitaxially grown on a nickel layer to form a material layer. For example, iridium is epitaxially grown to form the material layer. Next, a cubic crystal is epitaxially grown on the material layer to form a crystal layer, and a laminate structure including the material layer and the crystal layer is patterned to form a vibrator shape part. The thickness of the material layer is controlled within a range in which lattice relaxation is not complete.
US12049708B2
An adhesive joining device for providing a connection between a metal surface and a body using an electrochemical etching device. The device has a vacuum holder to form a vacuum connection between the adhesive joining device and the metal surface. A tool changing holder receives at least two different tools in a time-staggered manner. A first tool can be an electrochemical etching cell for an electrolyte with an etching chamber which is oriented towards the metal surface, a feed for electrolyte, a drain, and two electrodes, one electrode being mechanically and electrically connected to the metal surface and the second electrode coming into contact with the electrolyte. A second tool is for holding and positioning the body to be adhered to the etched metal surface. The distance, position, alignment, and/or parallelity of the body to be adhered can be configured in a reliable and defined manner for the adhesion process.
US12049696B2
A lid or other chamber component for a process chamber comprises a) at least one surface comprising a first ceramic material, wherein the first ceramic material comprises Y3Al5O12 and b) an internal region beneath the at least one surface comprising a second ceramic material, wherein the second ceramic material comprises a combination of Al2O3 and ZrO2.
US12049690B2
There are provided an inexpensive copper alloy plate having excellent bending workability, excellent stress corrosion cracking resistance and excellent stress relaxation resistance while maintaining the high strength thereof, and a method for producing the same. The copper alloy plate has a chemical composition which contains 17 to 32% by weight of zinc, 0.1 to 4.5% by weight of tin, 0.5 to 2.5% by weight of silicon, 0.01 to 0.3% by weight of phosphorus and the balance being copper and unavoidable impurities, the total of the content of silicon and six times as much as the content of phosphorus being 1% by weight or more, the copper alloy plate having a crystal orientation wherein I{220}/I{420} in the range of from 2.5 to 8.0 assuming that the X-ray diffraction intensity on {220} crystal plane on the plate surface of the copper alloy plate is I{220} and that the X-ray diffraction intensity on {420} crystal plane thereon is I{420}.
US12049688B2
The present disclosure relates to austenitic stainless steel with excellent electrical conductivity in which metal copper is formed in a non-conductive passivation film formed on the surface of stainless steel, and a method of manufacturing the same. The austenitic stainless steel with excellent electrical conductivity according to an embodiment of present disclosure includes: a stainless steel base material comprising, in percent (%) by weight of the entire composition, C: 0.1% or less, Si: 0.1 to 1.0% or less, Mn: 0.1 to 2.0% or less, Cr: 15 to 24% or less, Ni: 6 to 12% or less, Cu: 0.5 to 3% or less, the remainder of iron (Fe) and other inevitable impurities; and a passivation film formed on the stainless steel base material, and the passivation film has a thickness of more than 0 and less than or equal to 5 nm, the Cu weight % content in the thickness region between 2 to 3 nm from the surface of the passivation film is 1.5 or more compared to the Cu weight % content of the stainless steel base material.
US12049669B2
The invention relates to the use of the relative value of the gene expression level of the IL-6 gene in the prognosis or the diagnosis of a type II diabetes mellitus disease in a subject. It further relates to a method for prognosing and/or diagnosing a type II diabetes mellitus disease for classification of a subject into risk groups, wherein the gene expression level of the IL-6 gene is determined and the subject is subsequently classified into risk groups, taking said gene expression level into account.
US12049667B2
Provided herein are methods for target gene sequencing and single cell barcoding in conjunction with analysis of gene expression in single cells. In some embodiments, the target gene is an immune molecule, such as an antibody or TCR. In some embodiments, the methods can be used to carry out transcriptome sequencing, e.g., RNA sequencing, to capture transcriptome of single cells paired with full receptor immune receptor sequences such that information about the immune repertoire and transcriptome of a cell can be determined. Also provided are polynucleotide libraries for use in carrying out transcriptome analysis and immune molecule, e.g., antibody or TCR, sequencing.
US12049665B2
In some aspects, the present disclosure provides methods for forming ligation products comprising single-stranded polynucleotides without the need for enriching the single-stranded polynucleotides. Ligation products formed by various aspects of the present disclosure can be useful for various applications, including but not limited to sequence analysis. In some embodiments, the ligation products comprise cell-free polynucleotides. In some aspects, the present disclosure provides reaction mixtures, kits and complexes consistent with the methods herein.
US12049662B2
Provided herein are methods of assessing the presence of microbes in a liquid sample that include assessing an initial integrated scattering intensity of objects (IC0) in the sample and an integrated scattering intensity of the objects at a time t (ICt) from modified images of the liquid sample, and identifying the sample as comprising microbes for (ICt)/(IC0) above a predefined infection threshold TI. Related systems and other aspects are also provided.
US12049660B2
An engineered yeast strain capable of efficient fermentation of xylose to ethanol, and methods of making and using the strain, are provided.
US12049657B1
A type III collagen peptide and a preparation method thereof are provided. The preparation method includes: degreasing a raw material, performing ultrasonic treatment and fermentation to obtain a total crude protein extract; extracting a crude collagen extract under an acidic condition; adding a clarificant to remove impurities; adding Bacillus coagulans for fermentation to obtain a type III collagen; adding a compound protease for enzymolysis, followed by inoculating staphylococcus simulans for fermentation; and separating and purifying to obtain the type III collagen peptide. The type III collagen peptide has an average molecular weight of 300-3,000 Daltons, contains a symbolic peptide fragment of type III collagen, is safe, free of toxic and side effects, and easy to digest, can be used as a raw material of medicines, cosmetics, dietary supplements, and food, and be added into acidic beverages, and can promote generation of type III collagen in human's body.
US12049653B2
Unglycosylated lysostaphin variant protein, nucleic acid molecule, vector and host cell, as well as a method for production of unglycosylated lysostaphin variant protein in a yeast expression system are provided. The proteins are produced in a Pichia pastoris expression system and have been shown to have activity equivalent to wild-type lysostaphin. The lysostaphin variant proteins can be used as therapeutic proteins for treatment of diseases such as Staphylococcus aureus infection.
US12049646B2
Disclosed herein are methods, compositions, kits, and agents useful for inducing β cell maturation, and isolated populations of SC-β cells for use in various applications, such as cell therapy.
US12049644B2
Provided are cytoplasts (enucleated cells), methods for making cytoplasts, compositions comprising cytoplasts, and methods for using cytoplasts.
US12049642B2
This disclosure generally relates to cell-based therapies for treatment of visual disorders, including disorders of the cornea. Methods are exemplified for directed differentiation of corneal cells from stem cells. Compositions of corneal endothelial cells and uses thereof are also provided. Exemplary compositions exhibit improved cell density and/or more “youthful” gene expression relative to cells obtained from donated tissue.
US12049637B2
The present invention relates to cytolytic bi-component protein complexes consisting of a plurality of molecules of a member of the aegerolysin family and a plurality of molecules of a member of the MACPF superfamily, and particularly to their use for controlling a plant pest, such as for controlling Colorado potato beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata) or Western corn rootworm (Diabrotica virgifera virgifera). More specifically, the invention relates to cytolytic bi-component protein complexes formed by a plurality of molecules of one of the aegerolysins ostreolysin A6 (OlyA6), pleurotolysin A2 (PlyA2) and erylysin A (EryA) with a plurality of molecules of pleurotolysin B (PlyB) or similar proteins, which have been shown to be toxic for the aforementioned agricultural pest insects.
US12049636B2
Polypeptides and recombinant DNA molecules useful for conferring tolerance to AOPP herbicides, phenoxy acid herbicides, and pyridinyloxy acid herbicides are provided in the present invention, as well as herbicide tolerant transgenic plants, seeds, cells, and plant parts containing the recombinant DNA molecules, as well as methods of using the same.
US12049634B2
Aspects of the present disclosure relate to methods and compositions for sugarcane transformation using morphogenic genes. In particular, the present disclosure relates to the use of morphogenic sequences that improve the efficiency of sugarcane cell or tissue transformation and genomic modification. The present disclosure further relates to genetically altered sugarcane cells, tissues, and plants produced using these methods and compositions.
US12049632B2
The present invention relates generally to the field of generating fusion proteins to be used in cancer therapy, and more specifically, to nucleotide sequences encoding the fusion proteins, wherein the chimeric fusion proteins comprises at least one targeting moiety and at least one immunomodulatory moiety that counteracts the immune tolerance of cancer cells.
US12049624B2
Methods, compositions, and kits are provided herein for CRISPER/Cas-mediated nucleic acid detection or modification.
US12049618B2
The present application discloses a method for inducing cells to gain characteristics of naïve stem cell state comprising culturing the cells in the presence of a MUC1* activator.
US12049606B2
The present invention relates to borate and phosphate containing compositions, especially eye care compositions, achieving physiologically compatible pH and tonicity as well as good bacteriostatic properties. Methods of using the compositions of the present invention are also disclosed.
US12049605B2
A washing and/or cleaning agent portion which includes at least one chamber and a water-soluble wrapping, characterized in that it includes at least one particulate phase. The at least one particulate phase being brought into direct contact with at least one liquid composition, and to corresponding preparation methods.
US12049602B1
Disclosed is a system for removal of limescale from a surface, which provides a sheet infused with a descaling agent and a binding agent comprising a polyacrylate salt, wherein the polyacrylate salt causes the sheet to bind to a surface to effectuate removal of the limescale. In embodiments, the sheet may bind to a vertical surface for treatment of limescale.
US12049601B2
This method for producing a lubricating oil composition includes: a step of dissolving fullerenes in a base oil mainly composed of a multiply alkylated cyclopentane oil or an ionic liquid containing an imide as a negative ion to obtain a fullerene solution; and a step of producing fullerenes adduct by subjecting the above-described fullerene solution to a heat treatment in a non-oxidizing atmosphere.
US12049599B2
Alkylated diaryl amines further substituted by an alkoxy group on one or more aryl carbon atoms exhibit excellent antioxidant activity in lubricant compositions.
US12049598B2
A biomass upgrading process comprises a steam-cracking step for producing a granulated combustible product, and, prior to the granulation step, a step of mixing an intermediate pulverulent product resulting from the steam-cracking of the biomass and a pulverulent material having a high lignin content.
US12049590B1
A method for processing plastics includes receiving input plastics to be processed. The method further includes driving the input plastics through a reactor chamber having at least two zones each containing heated fluid that is heated to greater temperatures in a subsequent zone such that remaining plastics of the input plastics are exposed to increasingly greater temperatures in each zone of the reactor chamber. The method also includes collecting condensable vapors that flow out of the at least two zones of the reactor chamber. The method further includes condensing the condensable vapors into a liquid condensate. The method also includes removing biochar products from the heated fluid. The method further includes removing contaminants from the reactor chamber.
US12049588B2
This disclosure describes the composition and methods of use for a novel delayed polymer gelation system for high temperature and high salinity applications. This polymer gelation system includes a polymer of acrylamide, AMPS and 500-5000 ppm polyethylene glycol diacrylate in inverse emulsion form, and a polyethyleneimine (PEI) with a MW of 2,000-30,000 daltons as the crosslinking agent.
US12049578B2
A pressure sensitive hot melt adhesive is provided including at least one olefin block copolymer, a hydrogenated hydrocarbon tackifier, and a plasticizer. The adhesive is free from any oil containing constituents and the pressure sensitive label with the adhesive exhibits desired adhesion performance in low temperature as well as in normal temperature for a host of different substrates. The adhesive also resistant to yellowing, water-whitening and is non-swelling. The adhesive and the label enables recycling in recycling streams when the face material and/or substrate being labeled is also of olefin based material.
US12049575B2
A two-component polyurethane adhesive including a polyol component K1 and a polyisocyanate component K2; wherein the polyol component K1 includes at least one diol A1 having two primary hydroxyl groups and a molecular weight in the range from 60 to 150 g/mol, at least one triol A2 having an average molecular weight in the range from 1,000 to 10,000 g/mol, at least one polyester polyol A3 based on dimer fatty acids and/or dimer fatty alcohols, especially based on dimer fatty acids; and the polyisocyanate component K2 includes at least one polyisocyanate B1 and/or at least one polyurethane polymer B2 having isocyanate groups.
US12049566B2
The present invention provides a method for preserving a leuco chromogen-containing aqueous solution comprising: adding at least one acid compound selected from the group consisting of a phosphoric acid compound, a carboxylic acid compound, a sulfonic acid compound, and a sulfuric acid compound to a leuco chromogen-containing aqueous solution; a method for stabilizing a leuco chromogen in an aqueous solution comprising: adding at least one acid compound selected from the group consisting of a phosphoric acid compound, a carboxylic acid compound, a sulfonic acid compound, and a sulfuric acid compound to a leuco chromogen-containing aqueous solution; and a liquid reagent comprising a leuco chromogen and at least one acid compound selected from the group consisting of a phosphoric acid compound, a carboxylic acid compound, a sulfonic acid compound, and a sulfuric acid compound.
US12049555B2
The subject of the present invention relates to an improved high performance, hot melt, single-component sealant composition comprising: (a) an elastomer selected from butyl rubber, polyisobutylene rubber, ethylene-propylene rubber, and mixtures thereof, (b) an inorganic filler, and (c) an adhesion promoter comprising an epoxy-based silane and an amino-based silane, wherein the weight ratio between the epoxy-based silane and the amino-based silane ranges from 60/40 to 90/10. The present invention also relates to the use of said sealant composition as an edge sealant in insulating glass structures, such as windows or doors. Finally, the invention relates to an insulated glass structure comprising a sealant composition according to the invention.
US12049554B2
Disclosed herein are EPDM-VNB copolymers that have a low molecular weight and are liquid at room temperature. The copolymers include: ethylene, propylene, and vinyl norbornene, where the copolymers have a molecular weight from about 2,500 g/mol to about 1,000,000 g/mol, and where the copolymers have a viscosity from about 1,000 cP to about 2,500,000 cP at 100° C.
US12049548B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a prepreg and a laminate for producing a laminate suitable as a structural material, which have excellent joining strength and can be firmly integrated with another structural member by welding. The present invention provides a prepreg including the following structural components: [A] reinforcing fibers, [B] a thermosetting resin, and [C] a thermoplastic resin, wherein [A] has a surface free energy, measured by a Wilhelmy method, of 10 to 50 mJ/m2, [C] is present on a surface of the prepreg, and the reinforcing fibers [A] are present, which are included in a resin area including [B] and a resin area including [C] across an interface between the two resin areas.
US12049538B2
An epoxy resin includes an epoxy compound having a mesogenic structure, a cured product of the epoxy resin having a flexural modulus of 3.0 GPa or more at 23° C., a fracture toughness of 1.0 MPa·m1/2 or more, and a glass transition temperature of 150° C. or higher.
US12049535B2
The present invention relates to a polyol composition comprising anhydrosugar alcohols and an anhydrosugar alcohol polymer and, more specifically, to a polyol composition comprising a monoanhydrosugar alcohol, a dianhydrosugar alcohol, and a polymer of a monoanhydrosugar alcohol and/or a dianhydrosugar alcohol, the polyol composition being usable in various fields since the physical property conditions of the composition, such as number average molecular weight (Mn), polydispersity index (PDI) and hydroxyl value, satisfy specific levels, and, particularly, being capable of remarkably improving the physical properties of a polyurethane, such as tensile strength and elongation, when used as a polyurethane chain extender.
US12049533B2
The present invention provides a multilayered acrylic polymer coagulate characterized in that the coagulate has a bulk density of 0.3 to 0.6 g/cm3 and a median diameter of 50 to 400 μm and contains particles having a particle diameter of 75 or less in a proportion of 50% or less, and the amount of alkali metal and alkaline earth metal contained in the coagulate satisfies the following formula (1): Σ(N/a)×(120−Tg)≤100 (1) wherein N represents the amount of alkali metal and alkaline earth metal contained in the coagulate (mmol/kg); Tg represents the glass transition temperature (° C.) of the acetone-soluble matter of the coagulate; and a represents the valency of the alkali metal and alkaline earth metal contained in the coagulate.
US12049531B2
Curable compositions that undergo reaction induced phase separation of domains in cured matrix and provide beneficial physical and chemical properties and methods of use of such compositions. Curable compositions that undergo reaction induced phase separation of domains in cured matrix in response to a first set of curing conditions and the domains undergo a second reaction in response to a second set of curing conditions to improve the physical properties of the domains and the cured composition, such as improvements in glass transition temperature and thermal degradation.
US12049529B2
Provided is a quaternary ammonium surfmer and copolymers thereof. The surfmer may have the following general formula (I): N+—R1R2R3R4 (X−), where: R1 and R2 may independently be H or a C1-C3 alkyl, R3 may be a C19+ amidoalkyl group, R4 may be a C3-C6 alkyl having a terminal olefin double bond group, and X may be a halogen. Further provided is a method for synthesizing the quaternary ammonium surfmer, copolymers thereof, and a method for recovering hydrocarbons from a subterranean formation that may include injecting a treatment fluid comprising the quaternary ammonium surfmer or copolymers thereof into the subterranean formation.
US12049518B2
The present invention provides valuable peptidomimetics for therapeutic and diagnostic purposes as well as compositions, methods, uses and kits based on these peptidomimetics. In particular, the peptidomimetics of the present invention are incorporated by CCK2R expressing cells, for instance, cancer cells. This allows, for instance, to selectively destroy cancer cells or to selectively image cancer cells that express CCK2R.
US12049513B2
A modified adenovirus, in particular Enadenotucirev (EnAd), armed with a bispecific T cell activator comprising at least two binding domains, wherein at least one of the domains is specific for a surface antigen on a T-cell of interest. Also provided are a composition, such as a pharmaceutical formulation comprising the virus, use of the virus and virus formulations for treatment, such as in the treatment of cancer. The disclosure also extends to processes for preparing the virus.
US12049512B2
Described herein are polypeptides and related antibodies comprising a variant Fc domain. The variant Fc domain provide for stabilized Fc:Fc interactions when the polypeptide(s), antibody or antibodies are bound to its target, antigen or antigens on the surface of a cell, thus providing for improved effector functions, such as CDC-response.
US12049500B2
The present invention relates to antibodies having specificity to Nectin-4 and uses thereof.
US12049491B2
The present disclosure relates to a multiblock copolypeptide having stimulus responsivity and surface adhesiveness. The multiblock copolypeptide of the present disclosure, which is composed of an elastin-based polypeptide and a mussel foot protein, can form self-assembled core-shell structures and hydrogels exhibiting reversible change in response to temperature stimulation and can be used usefully for biomedical applications due to remarkably superior surface adhesiveness.
US12049484B2
The invention is in the field of medicine. More specifically, it is in the field of diagnosing tumor angiogenesis status and in the field of medical treatment of a subject who is suffering, suspected to suffer, or might suffer from a tumor in the future. In particular, the invention relates to a fusion polypeptide comprising a foreign antigen and a self antigen, wherein said foreign antigen consists of a polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence of at least 12-15 amino acid residues, 12-24% of which residues are hydrophilic, bulky amino acid residues selected from the group consisting of histidine, glutamate, arginine, glutamine, aspartic acid and/or lysine.
US12049479B2
Provided herein is a nucleic acid comprising consensus amino acid sequence of foot-and-mouth disease FMDV VP1-4 coat proteins of FMDV subtypes A, Asia 1, C, O, SAT1, SAT2, and SAT3 as well as plasmids and vaccines expressing the sequences. Also provided herein is methods for generating an immune response against one or more FMDV subtypes using the vaccine as described above as well as methods for deciphering between vaccinated mammals with the vaccine and those that are infected with FMDV.
US12049476B2
The present invention provides processes for preparing soluble salts of inositol phosphate characterized by a low level of impurities. Processes for preparing soluble salts (e.g., alkali-metal or ammonium) of inositol phosphates (e.g., hexasodium or dodecasodium salts), and of inositol hexaphosphate in particular (e.g., Na6IP6 and Na12IP6), are described. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions, methods of use, combination treatments, kits, and articles of manufacture comprising soluble salts of inositol phosphates prepared according to the method of the invention.
US12049472B2
The present specification relates to a heterocyclic compound represented by Chemical Formula 1, and an organic light emitting device including the same.
US12049470B2
The present disclosure provides novel synthetic intermediates useful in the synthesis of MK2 kinase inhibitors.
US12049454B1
A 5-((2-isopropyl-5-methylphenoxy)methyl)-3-(naphthalen-1-yl)-1,2,4-oxadiazole compound, its synthesis, and its use as an antimicrobial agent.
US12049453B2
A method for the synthesis of N-protected 3,6-aminoalkyl-2,5-diketopiperazines is provided. The method includes obtaining a cyclic α-N protected active amino ester and adding it to a mixture of an amine catalyst in an organic solvent.
US12049451B2
Highly efficient process for the preparation of 4-Fluoro-1H-pyrazole or salts thereof by reaction of pyrazole with an electrophilic fluorinating reagent is disclosed.
US12049443B2
Methods for preparing conjugated dienes are described. An α,β-unsaturated E olefin intermediate may be prepared via cross-metathesis using a catalyst comprising a transition metal (e.g., ruthenium), a first carbene ligand (e.g., a substituted indenylidene) and an N-heterocyclic carbene ligand (e.g., an imidazolidinylidene). The catalyst further includes a phenylphosphine ligand, a tri(isopropoxy)phosphine ligand, a dimethylsulfoxide ligand, an acetonitrile ligand, or a pyridine ligand. Following the cross metathesis-step, the α,β-unsaturated aldehyde intermediate may be converted to the conjugated diene product via reaction with a phosphonium ylide. Products obtained via the methods of the disclosure include (7E,9Z)-dodeca-7,9-dien-1-yl acetate, a pheromone produced by Lobesia botrana (European grapevine moth), and other insect pheromones.
US12049437B2
The diisocyanate composition according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises, in the composition, a benzyl isocyanate having a methyl group in an amount of 5 ppm to 200 ppm, an aromatic compound having a halogen group in an amount of 5 ppm to 1,000 ppm, a benzyl isocyanate having an ethyl group in an amount of 1 ppm to 1,000 ppm, or a combination thereof. It is possible to improve the optical characteristics by preventing the occurrence of yellowing, striae, and cloudiness and to enhance the mechanical properties such as impact resistance at the same time. Thus, it can be advantageously used to prepare an optical material of high quality.
US12049430B2
A coil component includes a porous ceramic portion having pores, a coil portion embedded in the porous ceramic portion, and outer electrodes which are provided on an outer surface of the porous ceramic portion and electrically connected to the coil portion. The porous ceramic portion has a porosity of 10% by volume or more and 90% by volume or less (i.e., from 10% by volume to 90% by volume), and the pores are filled with a cured product of a resin composition containing a cycloaliphatic epoxy resin and an acid anhydride-based curing agent.
US12049426B2
The present invention relates to a process for preparing a particle-stabilized inorganic foam based on geopolymers, to a particle-stabilized inorganic foam based on geopolymers, to a cellular material obtainable by hardening and optionally drying the particle-stabilized inorganic foam based on geopolymers, and to a composition for preparing an inorganic foam formulation for providing a particle-stabilized inorganic foam based on geopolymers.
US12049419B2
Organic water conditioning agents may be added to an aqueous stream that is supplied to a steam generator, such as a heat recovery steam generator within a combined cycle power plant. These organic water conditioning agents may degrade to electrically-charged decomposition products that can interfere with cation conductivity measurements made on the aqueous stream. To allow deployment of the organic water conditioning agents, a sampling device can process aqueous samples to destroy interfering organic molecules, such as through heat or irradiation. Cation conductivity measurements can then be made on the aqueous sample after destroying and removing interfering organic species from the sample stream.
US12049418B2
The present invention provides a sewage treatment biological agent and a preparation method and application thereof. The sewage treatment biological agent according to an embodiment of the present invention includes an induced nucleus. The induced nucleus has good bioaffinity. A microbial flora can be attached to the induced nucleus to achieve rapid growth. As the microbial flora gathers and grows on the induced nucleus, the granulation is gradually achieved by the sewage treatment biological agent to facilitate the sewage treatment. The microbial flora grows on the induced nucleus, and the growth process of microbial flora is a covering growth process which starts from the induced nucleus and gradually expands outward and centers on the induced nucleus. During the growth of microbial flora, extracellular polymers are secreted, which can further promote the granulation process by the sewage treatment biological agent.
US12049406B2
There is provided a method of producing boron trichloride, in which damage to a reaction container is inhibited. The method of producing boron trichloride includes performing reaction between chlorine gas in a gas containing the chlorine gas and particulate boron carbide (4) in a state in which the boron carbide (4) flows in the gas containing the chlorine gas.
US12049404B2
A preparation method for a spherical graphite for lithium batteries firstly adopts a combination of primary pulverization, secondary pulverization and shaping to produce spherical graphite with D50 of 13-25 μm, and then adopts a combination of ultrafine primary pulverization, ultrafine secondary pulverization and shaping to produce spherical graphite of small particle size with D50 of 3-12 μm from tailings produced during the production of spherical graphite with D50 of 13-25 μm for the first time. The method increases the utilization rate of graphite raw materials by 25-35%, and can prepare spherical graphite with D50 of 13-25 μm and spherical graphite with D50 of 3-12 μm at the same time. An alternative method adopts a combination of primary pulverization, secondary pulverization, ultrafine primary pulverization, ultrafine secondary pulverization and shaping to produce spherical graphite of small particle size with D50 of 13-25 μm directly from raw materials for the first time.
US12049391B2
A forestry winch may include a rope drum driven by a drive motor, wherein a rope is wound up on the rope drum, wherein the rope drum is functionally connected with a brake device, wherein the brake device is in the form of a spring-loaded brake which is impinged by a spring device toward a braking position and by a hydraulic brake release pressure present in a brake release pressure line toward a release position, wherein the drive motor is in the form of a hydraulic motor which is connected by a first pressure medium line and a second pressure medium line to a multi-port control valve device controlling the drive motor, and a bypass valve device connecting the first and second pressure medium lines and is located in a connecting line connecting the first and second pressure medium lines and has a closed position and a flow position.
US12049388B2
One variation of a method for tracking lift events at a construction site includes: accessing a timeseries of load values output by a weight sensor, coupled to a crane hook, and a first geospatial location of the crane hook during a first time period; deriving a lifting profile at the first geospatial location from the timeseries of load values; deriving a weight of the object from the timeseries of load values; identifying a type of the object carried by the crane hook during the first time period based on the lifting profile; accessing a second geospatial location of the crane hook during unloading of the object from the crane hook; and generating a lift event record defining the type of the object, the weight of the object, a pickup location of the object at the first geospatial location, and a drop-off location of the object at the second geospatial location.
US12049387B2
One variation of a method for tracking lift events at a construction site includes: accessing a timeseries of load values output by a weight sensor, coupled to a crane hook, and a first geospatial location of the crane hook during a first time period; deriving a lifting profile at the first geospatial location from the timeseries of load values; deriving a weight of the object from the timeseries of load values; identifying a type of the object carried by the crane hook during the first time period based on the lifting profile; accessing a second geospatial location of the crane hook during unloading of the object from the crane hook; and generating a lift event record defining the type of the object, the weight of the object, a pickup location of the object at the first geospatial location, and a drop-off location of the object at the second geospatial location.
US12049382B2
A method includes creating an account with an elevator system; assigning a primary user to the account; assigning a secondary user to the account; associating elevator access privileges to the secondary user, the elevator access privileges including floors of a building that the secondary user can access via the elevator system.
US12049379B2
A control unit of a medium feeding apparatus is configured to execute a fault detection process to determine that there is a feeding fault when a movement of a subsequent medium in a feeding direction is detected based on detection information of a movement detection unit within a fault detection period that is set after a trailing edge of a preceding medium is detected based on the detection information of the movement detection unit and before feeding of the subsequent medium is started, and the fault detection period set when a size of the medium in a width direction intersecting the feeding direction is a first size is shorter than the fault detection period set when the size of the medium in the width direction is a second size larger than the first size.
US12049365B2
A cleaning device for a residue contaminated conveyor belt includes a roller arranged below the conveyor belt such that the lateral surface thereof contacts a lower strand of the conveyor belt, and a cleaning belt is arranged below the roller. The lateral surface of the roller contacts an upper strand of the cleaning belt, which is tilted relative to a main conveying direction at the upper strand relative to a longitudinal roller axis. A dispensing device on and/or above the cleaning belt feeds a solvent thereon. The dispensing device and the cleaning belt are relatively arranged such that the solvent from the cleaning belt is conveyed by a conveying movement of the cleaning belt into a region in which the cleaning belt contacts the roller, which via a rotational movement, at least partially picks up the solvent located on the cleaning belt and dispenses it onto the conveyor belt.
US12049364B2
A system, method, and apparatus for the routing of totes and bottles within a pharmacy fulfillment center are disclosed. The system, method, and apparatus are configured to transmit routing tables from an application server to station controllers (e.g., PLCs) to enable each station to locally make a routing decision. Since the routing logic is locally stored at each station, the controllers do not need to transmit request messages to the server every time a tote or bottle is scanned. The system, method, and apparatus increase conveyor throughput by enabling each station to make a routing decision without having to wait for a response from a server.
US12049358B2
A storage system Includes a first set of parallel rails or tracks and a second set of parallel rails or tracks extending transverse to the first set in a substantially horizontal plane to form a grid pattern having a plurality of grid spaces. A plurality of stackable storage containers are arranged in stacks, the stacks of storage containers being located beneath the rails or tracks. Each stack is located within the footprint of a grid space. A load handling device is arranged to move laterally on the rails or tracks above the stacks of storage containers. The load handling device includes a lifting device arranged to lift storage containers from a top of a stack. The lifting device includes a cable to provide a service from a service source in the load handling device to the one or more storage containers.
US12049354B2
A modular portable storage container system includes a first container section and a second container section, each of the first and second container sections having a structural frame. A blocking frame is sized and shaped to fit within a vehicle cargo compartment. A latch mechanism selectively retains the structural frame of each of the first and second container sections in contact with the blocking frame. A position sensor is in communication with a position indicator. The position sensor detects a position of the first and second container sections relative to the blocking frame. The position indicator indicates a position of the first and second container sections relative to the blocking frame. A plurality of casters affixed to a bottom surface of the first and second container sections allows the first and second container sections to roll over the floor.
US12049353B2
A discharge system comprises: a container holding unit configured to hold a container; a discharge drive unit configured to discharge contents from the container; a container information acquisition unit configured to read container information applied to the container; a permission information processing unit configured to process the container information and acquire permission information; and a discharge control unit configured to limit or-enable discharge at the discharge drive unit according to the permission information. A discharge device of an aerosol container comprises the discharge system.
US12049341B1
A tray includes a floor with walls extending both upwardly and outwardly from said floor to upper edges defining a perimeter. In one embodiment, the walls include opposing side walls and opposing end walls. A lid overlies the tray. The lid includes a perimeter which is similar in size to the tray perimeter. The lid includes latches with upper portions which are spaced apart a greater distance than a width of the tray, and with portions below the upper portions which are closer to each other than the width of the tray. In one embodiment, flanges extend from lower portions of the latches both downwardly and away from the center of the lid. The latches can include knobs extending toward the tray and the walls of the tray can include notches adjacent to the knobs, with the knobs extending into the notches to help secure the lid to the tray.
US12049334B2
A system 100 for sheet coil packaging is provided. The system 100 preferably comprises: a sheet coil rotating arrangement 120, arranged to rotate a sheet coil 116 to enable it to be wrapped; first 112 and second 113 industrial robots, having first 108 and second 109 robot arms, arranged to wrap the sheet coil 116 using a wrapping tool 110, using sequences of the first robot arm 108 inserting the wrapping tool 110 into a central hole 118 of the sheet coil 116 and handing over the wrapping tool 110 to the second robot arm 109, and the second robot arm 109 transporting the wrapping tool 110 along the outside of the sheet coil 116 and handing it back to the first robot arm 108, as the sheet coil 116 is rotated by the sheet coil rotating arrangement 120; and two outer edge protection mounting devices 210, 220, arranged at opposite ends of the sheet coil 116 to feed out edge protection material 250 along an outer edge of the sheet coil 116 as the sheet coil 116 is rotated by the sheet coil rotating arrangement 120. The first 112 and second 113 industrial robots are preferably arranged to wrap the sheet coil 116 in synchronization with the feeding out of the edge protection material 250, thereby fixing the edge protection material 250 to the outer edges of the sheet coil 116 by the wrapping as the sheet coil 116 is rotated by the sheet coil rotating arrangement 120.
US12049332B2
A propeller for an aircraft includes at least two blades, arranged about a central hub, which is coupled to at least one motor, driven by a power source. At least one blade is attached to at least one sleeve member, configured for being in an outer sliding connection to a first cylindrical element of the hub. An inner surface of each of the at least one sleeve member includes at least one projecting element, configured to be in a sliding connection with a corresponding at least one first recessed guide path, arranged in an outer surface of the first cylindrical element. Each of the at least one first recessed guide path circles at least partly around the first cylindrical element from a first position to a second position. Each of the at least one sleeve member positions its blade in an operational position when its, at least one, projecting element is positioned in its corresponding first position in its designated first recessed guide path of the first cylindrical element. Each of the at least one sleeve member positions its blade in a storage position when its, at least one, projecting element is positioned in its corresponding second position in its designated first recessed guide path of the first cylindrical element. A rotation of the first cylindrical element moves each of the at least one sleeve member thereabout along their first recessed guide path. An arrangement includes the propeller and a compartment configured to accommodate the propeller. An aircraft includes at least one wing and at least one propeller.
US12049328B2
Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) facilities, suitable for use by both emergency and non-emergency UAVs, comprise a housing having first and second moveable platforms. The second moveable platform is arranged adjacent the first moveable platform. A cover is arranged above the second moveable platform. A drive system operates the first and second moveable platforms and the cover.
US12049325B2
A system for controlling an aircraft power network including at least a first propulsion assembly having at least one left-hand starter-generator and a second propulsion assembly having at least one right-hand starter-generator as well as other electrical motors, the system including first and second power electronics boxes each including at least two so-called generic control boards for controlling the power network, each of these at least two generic control electronics boards being connected by a fast communication link to separate first and second data switches, the first and second data switches of the first power electronics box being respectively connected to the first and second data switches of the second power electronics box by a first fast communication bus.
US12049324B2
An emergency escape slide container includes a first portion having a first end wall and a first side wall, the first side wall and the first end wall defining a first storage space that is sized and shaped to receive an emergency escape slide. The first side wall also includes a first rolling mechanism. The emergency escape slide container also includes a second portion having a second end wall and a second side wall, the second side wall and the second end wall defining a second storage space sized and shaped to receive the emergency escape slide. The second side wall also includes a second rolling mechanism. The first portion and the second portion cooperate to define a third storage space therebetween, the third storage space being equal to a combination of the first storage space and the second storage space.
US12049319B2
A slanted aircraft seat privacy panel may include a body. The body may be defined by a contour line along at least a portion of a height of the body. The contour line may be a straight line slanted at an angle relative to a vertical line. The vertical line may be defined relative to a floor of the aircraft cabin. The contour line being slanted may generate increased shoulder space in the passenger compartment in the aircraft cabin. The increased shoulder space in the passenger compartment may use a portion of non-fully utilized space in an adjacent passenger compartment in the aircraft cabin. The passenger compartment and the adjacent passenger compartment may be offset relative to an aisle in the aircraft cabin. A portion of each of the passenger compartment and the adjacent passenger compartment may be formed by the slanted aircraft seat privacy panel.
US12049310B2
A system for remote pilot control of an electric aircraft in autopilot mode including a remote computing device configured to receive a user input and generate a control datum as a function of the pilot input, a flight controller configured to receive the control datum from the remote computing device, and generate a command datum as a function of the control datum and an authority status, and the remote computing device configured to receive the command datum from the flight controller, and display the command datum.
US12049301B2
Within examples, a system is described that includes a control lever for controlling operation of a device, a first actuator coupled to the control lever via a rod, and a resettable frangible link coupling a second actuator to the control lever via the rod. The resettable frangible link enables separation of coupling of the second actuator from the control lever based on an applied force to the rod by the first actuator.
US12049299B2
A winged vertical take-off and landing aircraft with compound control surfaces comprising flaps and ailerons which can be operated simultaneously with each other offers improved aerodynamic performance and maneuverability. Configuration of the compound control surfaces may be varied to optimize performance in hovering (vertical) flight modes, cruising (horizontal) flight modes, and transitional flight modes.
US12049286B1
A system for supporting and/or tensioning a subsea tendon. The system includes a cylindrical vessel forming a chamber, there being an air control valve proximate the top end of the vessel and a water vent proximate the bottom end of the vessel. A source of high pressure air is operatively connected to the chamber whereby ballasting and deballasting of the vessel can be easily accomplished by remote operation of the air control valve. The system further includes a yoke having a clamp mounted thereon, the yoke being releasably connectable to the cylindrical vessel and operative to connect to hoisting lines such as chains.
US12049284B2
A motor unit for use in electric bicycles, the motor unit comprising: a motor having a rotary shaft; a unit case to house the rotary shaft partially; an input shaft arranged in the unit case to penetrate through the unit case and to be rotatable around an axis; an input body configured to rotate along with the input shaft; an output body configured to rotate around the axis upon receiving rotational force of the input body; and a control board housed in the unit case and configured to control rotation of the motor. The unit case includes: a first heat dissipating portion connected to a first surface of the control board; and a second heat dissipating portion connected to a second surface opposite from the first surface of the control board.
US12049281B2
A foldable baby stroller movable between unfolded and folded states. The stroller includes a frame, a front wheel assembly on a front portion of the frame including a front wheel, a rear wheel assembly on a rear portion of the frame including two rear wheels, and a seat assembly on an upper portion of the frame. The frame includes a head tube; at least one beam having a first end pivotally connected to the head tube; at least one joint, to which a second end of the beam is pivotally connected; and at least two rear fork rods having a first end pivotally connected to the joint and a second end connected to the rear wheel assembly. Parts of the foldable baby stroller do not need to be detached during folding, thereby implementing “one-click” folding, and making the operation more convenient and efficient.
US12049263B2
A steering control device includes a control unit configured to perform a calculation based on angle information and to control the operation of a turning section based on a turning control amount. The angle information is obtained by relating the turning control amount for operating the turning section to a steering angle that is an angle by which a steering wheel is steered. The control unit includes a speed increase ratio calculation unit configured to calculate a speed increase ratio based on state variables, and an angle information calculation unit configured to calculate the angle information by converting the steering angle using the speed increase ratio obtained by the speed increase ratio calculation unit.
US12049253B2
A vehicular trailer guidance system includes an electronic control unit (ECU), a rear backup camera and a trailer camera disposed at a rear portion of a trailer hitched to the vehicle. A display screen is disposed in the vehicle and viewable by a driver of the vehicle. With the trailer hitched to the vehicle, the display screen is operable to display video images derived from image data captured by the trailer camera. At least in part via processing at the ECU of image data captured by the trailer camera, an instruction that aids maneuvering the vehicle in reverse with the trailer hitched thereto during a reversing maneuver of the vehicle and trailer is generated. During the reversing maneuver of the vehicle and trailer, the display screen displays an alert when angling of the trailer relative to the vehicle approaches a jackknife condition.
US12049250B2
A vehicle includes a cabin interior, a steering wheel assembly comprising a steering column, a steering wheel and an actuator configured to move the steering handle amongst a plurality of positions, and at least one sensor for sensing a user proximate to the vehicle and generating sensed data based on the sensed user. The vehicle also includes a controller determining one or more characteristics of the user from the sensed data and controlling the actuator to actuate the steering wheel to one of the plurality of positions based on the determined one or more characteristics of the user.
US12049234B2
A driving assistance system includes an assistance information acquisition unit configured to acquire assistance information from an information processing server, a setting information acquisition unit configured to acquire an assistance timing of an in-vehicle driving assistance unit set by a driver of a target vehicle, and an assistance information providing unit configured to execute driving assistance for the target vehicle based on the acquired assistance information. The assistance information providing unit provides the driving assistance based on the assistance information when the assistance timing is within a first timing range and does not execute the driving assistance based on the assistance information when the assistance timing is within a second timing range later than the first timing range.
US12049230B2
A method for determining information related to a lane change of a target vehicle includes obtaining information related to an environment of the target vehicle. The information related to the environment relates to a plurality of features of the environment of the target vehicle. The plurality of features are partitioned into two or more groups of features. The method further determines two or more weighting factors for the two or more groups of features. An attention mechanism is used for determining the two or more weighting factors. The method further determines the information related to the lane change of the target vehicle based on the information related to the environment of the target vehicle using a machine-learning network. A weighting of the plurality of features of the environment of the target vehicle within the machine-learning network is based on the two or more weighting factors for the two or more groups of features.
US12049225B2
A travel control device is provided as a vehicle control ECU for controlling a travel of a vehicle. The vehicle control ECU includes: a resistance estimator estimating a cornering resistance, which is a travel resistance acting on the vehicle in a curved travel section where a curved travel of the vehicle is scheduled; a correction determiner determining whether the cornering resistance is out of an allowable resistance range; and a correction setter setting a correction amount when it is determined that the cornering resistance is out of the allowable resistance range.
US12049224B2
An apparatus for controlling a change in speed of a vehicle, includes: an auxiliary braking signal unit receiving an auxiliary braking related signal from a driver; a vehicle control unit receiving the auxiliary braking related signal from the auxiliary braking signal unit while controlling the vehicle; a motor control unit receiving a command for auxiliary braking from the vehicle control unit and decelerating the vehicle by regenerative braking of a driving motor; a transmission control unit controlling a transmission during deceleration of the vehicle and transmitting information of whether a change in speed is performed to the vehicle control unit; and a braking control unit connected to a brake through a fluid pressure line, and controlling the brake so that the brake applies braking pressure to a wheel by an amount of reduction in regenerative braking torque when the transmission is downshifted.
US12049213B2
A brake control device includes an electric pump, a pressure adjustment valve that adjusts a hydraulic pressure of a brake fluid discharged by the electric pump to an adjustment hydraulic pressure and supplies the brake fluid in a rear wheel cylinder, and a master unit provided with a servo chamber into which brake fluid at the adjustment hydraulic pressure is supplied and in which the adjustment hydraulic pressure is converted into a forward force of a master piston, and a master chamber fluidically separated from the servo chamber by the master piston and connected to the front wheel cylinder and in which a rearward force converted from the hydraulic pressure in the front wheel cylinder and is applied to the master piston. Also included is an input unit provided with an input chamber and a simulator, and a controller configured to control the electric pump and the pressure adjustment valve.
US12049209B2
A valve arrangement (14.2) of a tractor vehicle (2) for controlling a pneumatic brake system of a trailer vehicle (4) includes a trailer control valve (16) with a reservoir pressure input (p11) for the introduction of reservoir compressed air and a reservoir pressure output (p21) for the controlled discharge of reservoir compressed air. The reservoir pressure output is pneumatically connected to a “reservoir” coupling head (6) of the tractor vehicle. A shut-off and ventilation valve (98) is arranged in a reservoir pressure line (48) upstream of the “reservoir” coupling head. Before connecting an associated coupling head of the trailer vehicle (4) to the “reservoir” coupling head of the tractor vehicle, the feed of reservoir compressed air to the “reservoir” coupling head can be shut off to ventilate the “reservoir” coupling head. After reconnecting the associated coupling head, the “reservoir” coupling head can be charged again.
US12049207B2
Disclosed herein an electronic brake system includes a hydraulic pressure supply device including a first pressure chamber and a second pressure chamber partitioned by a hydraulic piston, and a hydraulic control unit, wherein the hydraulic control unit comprises a first hydraulic flow path connecting the first pressure chamber and one of the first and second hydraulic circuits, a second hydraulic flow path branched from the first hydraulic flow path to connect to the other one of the first and second hydraulic circuits, a third hydraulic flow path branched from the first hydraulic flow path on upstream side of a branch point of the second hydraulic flow path to connect the second pressure chamber, and a fourth hydraulic flow path branched from the first hydraulic flow path on upstream side of a branch point of the third hydraulic flow path to connect the third hydraulic flow path.
US12049206B2
The present disclosure relates to an electronic brake system. The electronic brake system includes a reservoir in which a pressurized medium is stored, an integrated master cylinder having a master chamber and a simulation chamber, a reservoir flow path provided to communicate the integrated master cylinder with the reservoir, a hydraulic pressure supply device provided to generate a hydraulic pressure by operating a hydraulic piston according to an electrical signal output in response to a displacement of the brake pedal, a hydraulic control unit including a first hydraulic circuit provided to control the hydraulic pressure to be transferred to two wheel cylinders, and a second hydraulic circuit provided to control the hydraulic pressure to be transferred to the other two wheel cylinders, and an electronic control unit configured to control valves based on hydraulic pressure information and displacement information of the brake pedal.
US12049191B1
A locking hub system for locking a wheel hub of a vehicle to an axle is provided. The system has a locking ring that may be moved between locked and unlocked configurations. When in the locked configuration, the hub is in a rotationally fixed position relative to the axle on which the hub is mounted. With the hub locked to the axle, the wheel will not rotate and the vehicle thus cannot be moved. When in the unlocked configuration, the hub can rotate freely about the axle, thereby allowing movement of the vehicle.
US12049174B2
A subassembly (200) for a holding tank (202) in combination with a holding tank (202). The subassembly (200) includes a bucket shaped part (206), a seal (214), and a pump arrangement (32). The bucket shaped part (206) defines an inner cavity (212) plus an outer wall (208) and extends through an aperture on the top of the holding tank (202). The seal (214) is disposed at a top portion of the bucket shaped part (206) and enables a leak free seal between the outer wall (208) of the bucket shaped part (206) and the holding tank (202). The pump arrangement (32) is located at a lowest portion of the bucket shaped part (206).
US12049165B2
A tie down strap for securing cargo to a flatbed trailer includes a visibility enhancement material formed at the edges, such as reflective material. The strap is used with a ratchet mechanism to secure cargo to a trailer.
US12049159B2
A height adjustment mechanism for a headrest includes: a locking member configured to be locked with a height adjustment gear, the locking member having a first locking position and a first unlocking position, and the locking member being capable of switching between the first locking position and the first unlocking position; an operating member having an initial position, a first operating position and a second operating position; a safety lock structure configured to lock the locking member in the first locking position, the safety lock structure being movably connected on the operating member; and a driving member, one side of the driving member being slidably connected to the operating member, the other side of the driving member abutting against the locking member.
US12049156B2
A management apparatus for an energy storage device, which performs current measurement processing for measuring a current of the energy storage device by using a measuring resistor having one side connected to the energy storage device and the other side connected to an external terminal, temperature measurement processing for measuring at least one of a temperature of the energy storage device and a temperature of the external terminal, and correction processing for correcting, when there is a temperature difference between the temperature of the energy storage device and the temperature of the external terminal, a measurement error caused by the temperature difference for a measured current value measured by the current measurement processing, or guarantee processing for guaranteeing a function to be performed in accordance with a measured current value measured by the current measurement processing.
US12049155B2
Embodiments are a multi-battery management apparatus and an unmanned aerial vehicle. The apparatus includes at least two batteries, a mutual-charging switch, a voltage conversion module and a microprocessor; each of the batteries is connected to the microprocessor, and each of the batteries is also connected to the voltage conversion module by the mutual-charging switch; and the microprocessor is also respectively connected to a control terminal of the mutual-charging switch and the voltage conversion module. In the present invention, when an abnormal battery of which an electric quantity does not meet the storage condition occurs, a corresponding mutual-charging switch is controlled to be switch on, so that a battery with a higher electric quantity in the abnormal batteries charges a battery with a lower electric quantity.
US12049154B2
A battery control system includes first to third signal paths, and first to nth battery controllers. When a high level voltage is inputted through the second signal path, the first battery controller sets an ID of the first battery controller based on ID information collected through the first signal path and outputs the high level voltage to the second signal path. Where i is a natural number of 2˜n, when the high level voltage outputted by the i−1th battery controller is inputted through the second signal path, the ith battery controller sets an ID of the ith battery controller and outputs the high level voltage to the second signal path. When the high level voltage is outputted to the third signal path by the nth battery controller, each battery controller outputs a response signal to the first signal path.
US12049132B1
A fuel tank is provided that has a carrier enhanced in rigidity and has a built-in component arranged with high accuracy. The fuel tank has a built-in component exclusively within an interior of a tank body, the built-in component including pillars and a carrier connecting between the pillars to present a ring shape in a planar view, wherein the carrier includes: outer extensions connecting between the pillars so as to form the ring shape; inner extensions extending inward of the ring shape from connection points between the outer extensions, and a coupling stand having the inner extensions joined thereto.
US12049129B2
Provided is a vehicle body lower structure. A vehicle body lower structure includes a battery pack that encloses a drive battery. The battery pack includes a tray and a cover member attached to an upper surface of the tray with a seal member interposed, the seal member making the inside of the battery pack liquid-tight. A battery terminal, a high-voltage junction box, a control device, and a switch, which are connection portions of an electric cable, are arranged above the seal member.
US12049117B2
Method for venting a pneumatic system of a vehicle, pneumatic system and vehicle Method for venting a pneumatic system (1) of a vehicle, the pneumatic system (1) comprising an air compressor (4), a pneumatic circuit (2), an air pressure management system (6) in communication with the air compressor (4) and the pneumatic circuit (2), and a control unit, the method comprising: —while pressure in the pneumatic circuit (1) is less than a cut-out pressure, supplying the pneumatic circuit (2) with compressed air from the air compressor (4) operated at an operating speed through the air pressure management system (6), —once pressure in the pneumatic circuit (2) reaches the cut-out pressure, lowering pressure in the pneumatic circuit (2) to a target pressure, the air compressor (4) being operated at at least one deflating speed lower than the operating speed, the deflating speed being non null, —after pressure in the pneumatic circuit (2) has reached the cut-out pressure, releasing compressed air in the air pressure management system (6) to the outside environment.
US12049116B2
A method for configuring a configurable suspension, the method may include obtaining acquired sensed information that represent (a) one or more driving parameters of the vehicle, (b) one or more vehicle cabin disturbance parameters, (c) a configuration of a configurable suspension, and (d) a road segment that precedes the vehicle; selecting, out of multiple configurations of the configurable suspension, a selected configuration that one applied will attribute to obtain a desired human-in-vehicle comfort value; and triggering or requesting a setting of the configurable suspension to a configuration of the one or more configurations.
US12049115B2
An apparatus includes a generator and a control unit. The generator generates a vertical controlling force between a vehicle body and one wheel for damping a vehicle sprung mass vibration. The control unit changes the controlling force by controlling the generator based on an unsprung mass state quantity at an estimated passage position of the wheel at time after a predetermined time from current time; when a condition that a sprung mass of a sampling vehicle is highly likely to be resonating when the sampling vehicle passes through the estimated passage position is satisfied, compute a target controlling force based on a value less than the unsprung mass state quantity acquired by the sampling vehicle at the estimated passage position; and, at the time at which the wheel passes through the estimated passage position, control the generator such that a controlling force is equal to the target controlling force.
US12049111B2
A pneumatic tire can include a tread portion, a pair of sidewall portions, a pair of bead portions, and a carcass. At least one of the sidewall portions can include a first sidewall rubber. The first sidewall rubber can include a base rubber layer, a different color rubber layer, and a barrier rubber layer. The base rubber layer can be in contact with the carcass. At least a part of the different color rubber layer can be exposed in the outer surface of the at least one of the sidewall portions. The barrier rubber layer can be arranged between the different color rubber layer and the base rubber layer. The barrier rubber layer can have a rubber compounding to suppress migration of rubber compounding agents on the base rubber layer side to the different color rubber layer. The barrier rubber layer can have a thickness of 1.0 mm or less.
US12049107B2
A tire comprises a rubber composition based on at least one elastomeric matrix mainly comprising a random copolymer comprising ethylene units and conjugated diene units, the mole fraction of the ethylene units in the copolymer being within a range extending from 50% to 95%; a peroxide; and a specific acrylate derivative.
US12049106B2
A vehicle recovery board including an inner layer fabricated from a first material, the inner layer including a first face and an opposed second face, in which the first face and the second face each include a plurality of inner layer projections extending outwardly therefrom; and an outer layer fabricated from a second material, the outer layer is configured to substantially overlie the first face and the second face of the inner layer, in which the outer layer includes a plurality of outer layer projections extending outwardly therefrom, in which at least a portion of the plurality of outer layer projections are formed over at least a portion of the inner layer projections.
US12049105B2
An all-terrain load transport system including a cylindrical first base member and at least three pairs of arms is provided. A handle is removably attached to an attachment member disposed on the cylindrical first base member. The cylindrical first base member defines a space for receiving at least one piece of accessory equipment. Each pair of the three pairs of arms defines a wheel support assembly at an end of each pair distal from an outer periphery of the cylindrical first base member. The three pairs of arms are detachably attached to the outer periphery of the cylindrical first base member. The wheel support assembly includes a cylindrical second base member defining a space for receiving a spherical wheel. The spherical wheel moves omnidirectionally within the defined space. Roller bearings positioned along an inner periphery of the cylindrical second base member facilitate the omnidirectional movement of the spherical wheel.
US12049104B2
Clamp devices can be operated remotely to facilitate the installation, removal and other handling of wheels and tires for large vehicles. The clamp devices generally include an attachment mechanism, a gripping mechanism, an actuating link operable to move the gripping mechanism between an open and closed position, an actuator to activate the actuating link, a transmitter for sending command signals to the clamp devices for the purpose of opening or closing the gripping mechanism and a receiver for receiving such command signals.
US12049103B2
A rotary drive device in a mobile body includes a main wheel and a pair of drive assemblies opposing each other and each driving the main wheel. The main wheel includes driven rollers. One of the pair of drive assemblies includes a motor, a motor case, a drive force transmission, and driving rollers. The driving rollers are in the drive force transmission along a circumferential direction, and contact at least a portion of the driven rollers from one side of the rotary drive device of the axial direction. The drive force transmission rotates to transmit a drive force of the motor to the main wheel via the driving rollers. At least a portion of the motor case opposes at least a portion of the driving rollers in the axial direction.
US12049095B2
A printing process for printing with ink an image on an antimicrobial medical glove formed by a dipping process, wherein the image is first printed on a former and transferred to the glove during dipping.
US12049088B2
A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a transport unit that transports a medium along a transport path, a liquid ejecting head that performs recording on the transported medium by ejecting liquid from a nozzle formed at a nozzle surface, a mounting portion on which a liquid storage portion for storing the liquid supplied to the liquid ejecting head is mounted, and a first discharge port that delivers the medium on which the recording is performed toward a media processing apparatus that performs processing on the medium, in which the mounting portion is disposed at a position higher than the nozzle surface, and a first transport path which is a portion of the transport path from a position corresponding to the liquid ejecting head to the first discharge port passes above the mounting portion.
US12049084B2
A printer includes a carriage including a first head and a second head at least partially overlapping in a sub-scanning direction, a first wiper for wiping the first head, and a second wiper for wiping the second head. The printer moves the first wiper to a first contact position where the first wiper is configured to contact the first head, and moves the second wiper to a second non-contact position where the second wiper is not configured to contact the second head. After moving the first wiper and the second wiper, the printer relatively moves the carriage to cause the first head to pass the first wiper at the first contact position.
US12049081B2
According to one embodiment, a liquid ejection head includes an actuator with a plurality of pressure chambers and dummy chambers. The pressure chambers are each part of a groove that is disposed between an adjacent pair of sidewalls. Each pressure chamber is in fluid communication with a nozzle for ejecting a liquid. The dummy chambers are each between an adjacent pair of pressure chambers. A common chamber is fluidly connected to an end of each of the pressure chambers. A throttle portion is at the end portion of each pressure chamber. Each throttle portion blocks a part of a liquid flow path from the first common chamber to the pressure chamber. The first throttle portion is formed of a resin material.
US12049080B2
A liquid discharge method includes: calculating a first print time to print original image data on a print medium; generating rotated image data by rotating the original image data by a predetermined angle; calculating a second print time to print the rotated image data on the print medium; comparing the first print time and the second print time to determine whether the first print time is larger than the second print time; generating print image data according to the rotated image data in response to a determination in which the first print time is larger than the second print time; generating print image data according to the original image data in response to a determination in which the first print time is smaller than the second print time; and displaying a position and a direction of the print medium based on the print image data.
US12049078B2
An inkjet printer is described. The inkjet printer has a substrate holder assembly that includes a base member having a long axis in a first direction and a short axis in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction; a contact member coupled to the base member, the contact member having a long axis in the first direction and a short axis in the second direction; a holder carriage coupled to the base member; a linear extender coupled between the base member and the contact member and extending in a third direction intersecting with the first direction and the second direction from the base member toward the contact member; and a flex member coupled to the base member, extending in the second direction between the linear extender and the contact member, and having a flex direction in a direction perpendicular to the first direction and the second direction.
US12049077B2
The present invention provides a smart label printer and a printing method thereof. The printer is provided with a print channel, a through-beam photoelectric switch, a paper exit sensor, a rubber roller shaft, a controller and the like in cooperation with a printing module for printing. According to the printing method disclosed by the present invention, the label paper can be printed in a correct position more accurately, reducing the waste of the label paper, and the printer can intelligently identify the length of the printed label paper, and can be applied to print label paper in different sizes.
US12049075B2
Thermal transformative variable gloss control produces selectively variable levels of gloss finish on thermoformed materials. In embodiments, the power level of LED curing lamps associated with an ink jet printer that is using thermoforming inks for printing is selectively varied depending upon a desired level of gloss in a finished substrate. Heat treating of the substrate during thermoforming or in an oven develops the glossy finish on the substrate in relation to the level of power applied to the printer LED curing lamps during printing.
US12049074B2
The present invention relates to a method 500 for digital printing on a substrate 100. The method comprising the following steps: a. providing 510 the substrate 100, and b. digital printing 530 at least one ceramic ink on the substrate 100. The at least one ceramic ink comprises a spectral marker, wherein the spectral marker is configured to emit a pre-defined light spectrum.
US12049073B2
A digital printing process for inkjet printing on a recording medium using ink including a carrier liquid and a colorant, in particular on a recording medium which is configured not to absorb the carrier liquid or to absorb only a portion of the carrier liquid during the inkjet printing. The process includes the steps of: jetting ink on the recording medium; bringing one or more continuously rotating members in rotational contact with the jetted ink on the recording medium such that a colorant-poor portion of the ink is adsorbed to the one or more rotating members and a colorant-rich portion remains on the recording medium. The colorant-rich portion includes more colorant than said colorant-poor portion. The process further includes continuously removing said colorant-poor portion of the one or more continuously rotating members.
US12049072B2
A method of manufacturing a display device includes: preparing a cover window including a bent part on a side surface thereof, and a guide film including a surface on which a display panel and an adhesive layer are arranged; arranging the cover window and the guide film in a face-to-face manner such that the adhesive layer faces the cover window; seating the guide film onto a seating pad of a first jig; pre-forming the display panel by bringing opposite ends of the guide film into close contact with opposite side surfaces of the seating pad using a pair of push members; and joining the display panel with the cover window by bringing the adhesive layer into contact with the cover window.
US12049070B2
The present disclosure provides a laminated structure with a through hollow structure having heat insulation, a light weight, durability, and sound absorption performance to reduce wind noise, transmitted noise, and the like. The laminated structure of the present disclosure has a foamed resin layer having continuous pores containing fused resin foam particles, and an air-impermeable outer layer provided on one side of the foamed resin layer, where a part of the foamed resin layer of the laminated structure cut out with a diameter of 41.5 mmϕ has an amount of air permeability of 2.5 cm3/(cm2·s) to 40 cm3/(cm2·s) measured by the Frazier method in which the foamed resin layer is set as an air introduction side.
US12049063B2
A method for laminating glass sheets is disclosed. A sandwich structure sheet moving in a heating furnace on rollers is heated by two-sided hot air blasting which is carried out by several successive blowing aperture sections, and, to reduce or prevent the formation of air bubbles in finished laminated glass, the heating of the rear end of the sandwich structure sheet is prevented by cutting off the hot air blasting of at least one blowing aperture section when the rear edge of the sandwich structure sheet approaches the blowing aperture section. An apparatus for laminating glass sheets is also disclosed, comprising a heating furnace, a pair of press rolls and means for establishing location data on the sandwich structure sheet. The heating furnace is provided with a roller track, a blower, a heating resistor, an air distribution conduit, and several successive blowing boxes with closing means.
US12049058B2
A method for making a dual fluted corrugated board includes providing a first single face corrugated board having a liner layer and a fluted layer attached to the liner layer and providing a second single face corrugated board having a liner layer and a fluted layer attached to the liner layer. The method also includes arranging the first single face corrugated board and the second single face corrugated board such that the fluted layers thereof face one another and attaching the first single face corrugated board to the second single face corrugated board.
US12049057B2
Embodiments of the present invention disclose packaging receptacles, modular apparatuses for manufacturing such packaging receptacles, and a method thereof. A modular apparatus for manufacturing packaging receptacles includes a paper feeder module, an embossing module, and an adhesive coating module. The paper feeder module includes a plurality of paper feeder rollers configured to feed one or more first layers of paper to the embossing module, and a second layer of paper to the adhesive coating module. The embossing module includes a first embossing roller and a second embossing roller configured to emboss a plurality of impressions onto the one or more first layers, and feed the embossed one or more first layers to the adhesive coating module. Also, the adhesive coating module is configured to apply an adhesive to an outermost surface of the embossed one or more first layers and an inner surface of the second layer.
US12049055B2
A method includes positioning a first polymer sheet on a substantially first flat surface of a tool, positioning a second polymer sheet on the first polymer sheet, and moving a second substantially flat surface of the tool into contact with the second polymer sheet. The method also includes maintaining a gap between the first polymer sheet and the second polymer sheet at a predetermined area and heating one of the two substantially flat surfaces of the tool to heat one of the first polymer sheet and the second polymer sheet. The method further includes joining the first polymer sheet and the second polymer sheet together at locations outside of the predetermined area to define a peripheral bond of the chamber.
US12049054B2
A tire manufacturing device includes: a molding drum; a first moving portion in which the molding drum moves in order to mold an inner liner layer on the molding drum; a second moving portion in which the molding drum moves in order to mold a ply layer on the inner liner layer; a stitcher position where a carcass band is formed by performing pressing from above the ply layer laminated on the inner liner layer; and a transfer position where the carcass band is transferred from the molding drum to a transport device that transports the carcass band to a subsequent process, and the stitcher position and the transfer position are adjacent to each other.
US12049050B2
An example method of forming a composite structure includes applying a laminated charge onto an expandable pallet, moving the expandable pallet in a linear motion relative to a plurality of rollers, and progressively urging the laminated charge into a continuously expanding recess defined by the expandable pallet using the plurality of rollers. The plurality of rollers are oriented in a serial configuration so as to shape the laminated charge into at least part of a shape of the composite structure.
US12049042B2
Aspects of the disclosure are directed to powder spreading and an apparatus therefor. As may be implemented in accordance with one or more embodiments, an apparatus having a flexible core and a shell on a surface of the core is used to displace powder in a powder bed. The shell has a low coefficient of friction, for example on the order of 0.10, and may operate to conduct static electricity away from the powder. The shell may be engaged with the powder to displace the powder and form a uniform powder layer having a planer upper surface, as the core is advanced across the powder bed.
US12049038B2
An extruder or other similar tool head of a three-dimensional printer is slidably mounted along a feedpath of build material so that the extruder can move into and out of contact with a build surface according to whether build material is being extruded. The extruder may be spring-biased against the forward feedpath so that the extruder remains above the build surface in the absence of applied forces, and then moves downward into a position for extrusion when build material is fed into the extruder. In another aspect, modular tool heads are disclosed that can be automatically coupled to and removed from the three-dimensional printer by a suitable robotics system. A tool crib may be provided to store multiple tool heads while not in use.
US12049029B2
A method for producing a laminated moulded part comprises a pressure moulding of a blank to form a moulded part in a moulding cavity between a first moulding tool unit and a second moulding tool unit, introducing of a laminating element into the moulding cavity after the pressure moulding of the blank, and a bonding of the moulded part with the laminating element in the moulding cavity.
US12049024B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for preparing a concrete mixture. One of the methods includes controlling an ingredient metering system to measure and add a plurality of ingredients to a concrete mixture, measuring characteristics of at least one ingredient of the ingredients using a particle analyzer, determining an estimated rheometry measurement of for the concrete mixture, obtaining an actual rheometry measurement of the concrete mixture, and selectively controlling the ingredient metering system to add one or more additional ingredients to the concrete mixture based on a comparison of the estimated rheometry measurement with the actual rheometry measurement.
US12049023B2
Apparatus and method for measurement and monitoring of physical properties of materials, such as liquids, and more particularly to acoustic instruments, methods, and systems that automatically measure air content in real-time within liquids, including concrete, mortar, or other hydratable cementitious mix suspensions using resonant electroacoustic transducers that have their radiating surfaces in contact with the liquid.
US12049019B2
The present disclosure relates to adjusting and maintaining a position of a cutting surface used to create lines of weakness for rolled products. A perforating apparatus includes a housing rotatably supported by a frame, wherein the housing is adapted to rotate about a first axis. A support member including a first cutting surface is rotatably supported by the housing, wherein the support member is adapted to rotate about a second axis offset from the first axis. A roll including a second cutting surface is positioned adjacent the support member, wherein the roll is adapted to rotate about a third axis. The second cutting surface is adapted to contact the first cutting surface as the roll rotates about the third axis. The perforating apparatus is configured such that the functions of adjusting the position of the first cutting surface and holding the first cutting surface in a fixed position are separate.
US12049011B2
A robot control device includes: a first acquisition unit to acquire path information relating to a path of a robot and speed information relating to a speed the robot moves on the path; a second acquisition unit to acquire specification information relating to a specification of the robot; a determination unit to determine a segment where an action time of the robot is shortened even when a waypoint is added on the path; a correction unit to correct the path of the robot so as to make inertia of the robot smaller in a segment where an action time of the robot is shortened; a computation unit to compute a load acting on a joint of the robot; and an adjustment unit to adjust a control amount for controlling an acceleration of the robot joint such that the load computed by the computation unit satisfies a target load.
US12049007B2
A robotic system for manipulating an object with a robotic manipulator is provided. The robotic system is configured to collect a digital representation of a task for manipulating the object; solve a robust control problem to optimize a sequence of control forces to be applied by the robotic manipulator to change a state of the object, where an evolution of the state of the object is governed by a stochastic complementarity system modeling the task with a predefined probability. The robust control problem optimizes a cost function to generate the sequence of control forces performing the task subject to joint chance constraints including a first chance constraint on the state of the object being manipulated and a second chance constraint on stochastic complementarily constraints modeling manipulation of the object. The robotic system is further configured to control the manipulation of the object based on the sequence of control forces.
US12049001B2
Disclosed is a robot including a variable length unit coupled to one section of at least one arm unit, wherein the variable length unit may include a motor, a first cam having at least one slit having a specific inclination in one area thereof, and a second cam, at least a portion of which is disposed in an interior of the first cam, and having at least one first boss that passes through the at least one slit of the first cam, wherein the first cam may be rotated through driving of the motor, the second cam may be linearly moved while the at least one first boss is guided by the at least one slit in correspondence to rotation of the first cam, and a length of the at least one arm unit may vary in correspondence to linear motion of the second cam.
US12049000B2
Provided is a joint structure for a robot including: a body part; a link structure connected to an upper portion of the body part and including multiple links; a sensor unit provided on one end of the link structure; a first wire having one end connected to the sensor unit; and an actuator fixed to one side of the body part and connected to the other end of the first wire to move the other end of the first wire in a vertical direction, wherein the sensor unit measures tension applied to the first wire.
US12048999B2
A method for performing a tool change with a robot arm. Providing a first coupling unit connected to a robot arm end shaft; providing a plurality of tool changer grippers and second coupling units detachably connected to the respective tool changer grippers; the robot arm end shaft driving the first coupling unit to be coupled with a selected second coupling unit and take the selected second coupling unit away from the corresponding tool changer gripper; the robot arm end shaft driving the first coupling unit coupled with the selected second coupling unit back to the corresponding tool changer gripper to be decoupled from the selected second coupling unit; enabling the corresponding tool changer gripper to have a degree of freedom; the corresponding tool changer gripper being self-displaced by the degree of freedom in the coupling operation and in the decoupling operation to overcome a position error.
US12048993B2
A hand-held power tool includes a handle which is grippable by a user, a tool body, a pivot pin, where the handle is pivotably mounted on the tool body by the pivot pin, and a tension spring, where the handle is hooked on the tool body by the tension spring and the handle is decoupled from vibrations acting on the tool body by the tension spring.
US12048990B2
An example system includes: an apparatus comprising: a temporary fastener having a stem configured to be inserted through as assembly and be retained to the assembly, and a spring mounted about the stem. The system also includes a linear actuator configured to apply a force on the spring, thereby causing the spring to be compressed against the assembly and apply a predetermined clamping force to the assembly.
US12048989B2
The present invention refers to a device for tensioning a connecting element fastened to a component to be tightened. The device comprises an engagement element connectable to the connecting element, and an actuating unit for translating a rotational movement applied to an actuating element into a translational movement of the engagement element relative to the component. Further, the device comprises a gear unit configured to transform an input torque applied to a transmission input element into an output torque applied to the actuating element which absolute value is higher compared to the input torque.
US12048978B2
A robotic tool changer system and a method for performing a tool change with the robotic tool changer system are disclosed. Providing a plurality of second coupling units each connected with a tool, wherein the second coupling units are detachably connected to a respective tool changer grippers; driving a first coupling unit along a second direction with a robot arm end shaft to be coupled with a selected second coupling unit; driving the first coupling unit coupled with the selected second coupling unit away from the corresponding tool changer gripper in a first direction, defining an angle between the first direction and the second direction; wherein when the selected second coupling unit is moved to the corresponding tool changer gripper and before the first coupling unit to separate from the selected second coupling unit, a third acting force is applied to the selected second coupling unit for restricting movement.
US12048977B2
An optical tool measurement device for a machine tool is described. The device includes a light source for directing light towards a tool-sensing region and a sensor for detecting light from the tool-sensing region. A shutter assembly for selectively protecting the sensor from contamination is also provided. The shutter assembly is to provide a closed configuration in which the sensor is covered by the shutter assembly thereby preventing contamination of the sensor and an open configuration in which light can pass to the sensor through a first aperture of the shutter assembly. Furthermore, the shutter assembly is configured to additionally provide a constricted configuration in which light can pass to the sensor through a second aperture of the shutter assembly, the second aperture being smaller than the first aperture. In this manner, the device has enhanced resistance to contaminants, such as swarf and coolant, present in the machine tool environment.
US12048972B2
A method for repairing a test contact arrangement in which a test contact which is disposed on a test contact carrier by means of solder material and is incorrectly positioned is gripped at a body edge by means of a gripping tool in a gripping contact phase, an absorption surface which is realized on an outer surface of the gripping tool is treated with laser radiation during the gripping contact phase, and the gripping tool performs a movement on at least one axis when the temperature is at the softening point of the solder material, in such a manner that the incorrect position is corrected by means of the movement to bring the test contact into a desired position.
US12048967B2
The purpose of the present invention is to, after a through-hole is formed in a plurality of members between which a sealant is applied, rapidly and easily remove the sealant flowing into the through-hole. This through-hole forming method is provided with: a step (S2) in which a cutting tool rotates about the axis thereof, thereby forming a through-hole in a plurality of members between which a sealant is provided; and a step (S4) in which after the through-hole is formed, the cutting tool continues the rotation about the axis thereof for a predetermined time or a predetermined number of rotations, thereby removing the sealant flowing into the through-hole.
US12048963B2
An ingot, having a volume between 0.15 m3 and 0.80 m3 and a surface area to volume ratio between 10 m−1 and 18 m−1, made of at least one metal, having longitudinal faces extending between two end faces and including at least one hole extending from one of the longitudinal faces, the maximum distance between any point of the hole periphery, to its closest longitudinal face, noted MaxL, the at least one hole being configured such that said maximum distance MaxL is smaller than the minimal distance, noted MinE, between any point of the hole periphery and its closest end face.
US12048960B2
A process for the sand casting of metals and their alloys includes the steps of providing at least a mold equipped with a plurality of cooling nozzles, making a layer of coolant permeable materials covering the nozzles and maintaining the materials at desired temperatures, delivering a molten metal into the mold, supplying predetermined amount of coolant to each nozzles to contact the external surface of the casting at desired rate, time, and duration to achieve an acceptable level of progressive solidification from the distal end of the casting towards the riser until the casting has reached desired temperatures.
US12048949B2
The present disclosure relates to a waste management system comprising a first waste bin having a first camera operatively configured to a controller. Images of waste captured by the first camera are analyzed by the controller to ensure that the waste is a plastic waste. Further, a categorization mechanism executing at the controller classifies the plastic waste in at least one of a plastic category using a machine learning mechanism. The system comprises a motor for shredding the plastic waste and a sieve for collecting the shredded plastic waste. Containers attached at an end of the sieve receive and store the shredded plastic waste. The system comprises a second waste bin having a second camera for capturing images of the general/wet waste and categorizing the images to alert user about potential food waste. Categorized wet waste is collected in the second bin.
US12048948B2
Methods of curing a polymer layer on a substrate using variable microwave frequency are provided herein. In some embodiments, methods of curing a polymer layer on a substrate using variable microwave frequency include (a) forming a first thin-film polymer layer on a substrate, the first thin-film polymer layer including at least one first base dielectric material and at least one microwave tunable material, (b) applying a variable frequency microwave energy to the substrate and the first thin-film polymer layer to heat the substrate and the first thin-film polymer layer to a first temperature, and (c) adjusting the variable frequency microwave energy applied to the substrate and the first thin-film polymer layer to tune at least one material property of the first thin-film polymer layer.
US12048947B2
To improve the complicated painting process of large three-dimensionally shaped components, preferably aircraft components, the masking step is automated. This is achieved by printing a masking medium onto the component with an inkjet method, the masking medium forming a masking film. The masking film masks the desired surface area and can be pulled off following the end of the painting. Preferably, spray films, functional printing inks or mold release agents are used as the masking medium.
US12048944B2
A method of preventing drippage in a fluid dispensing system. The fluid dispensing system includes a first automatic control valve (ACV), an input of the first ACV connected to fluid-source of fluid, the first ACV having positions ranging from fully closed to fully open, and a second ACV, an input of the second ACV being connected to an output of the first ACV, and an output of the second ACV being connected to a nozzle, the second ACV having positions ranging from fully closed to fully open. The method includes generating a first proxy signal representing at least a first indirect measure of a position of the first ACV. The method includes recognizing, based on at least the first proxy signal that a failure state exists in which the first ACV has failed to close. The method includes causing the second ACV to close when the failure state exists.
US12048937B2
Provided is a chamber configuration for a reverse flow centrifuge, and a reverse flow centrifuge system configured for low fluid volume and small radius rotation. The compact reverse flow centrifuge system has a reusable subsystem and a single use replaceable subsystem. The replaceable subsystem comprises a separation chamber, fluid delivery manifold and rotational mounting connecting the separation chamber to the fluid manifold. The single use replaceable subsystem provides a closed environment for execution of reverse flow centrifugation processes. The separation chamber has a substantially conical fluid enclosure portion connected to a neck portion, and a dip tube extends centrally through the conical fluid enclosure to provide a fluid path to the tip of the conical fluid enclosure.
US12048934B2
Disclosed herein is a device for treatment of a material mixture that includes substitute fuel and impurities, where the device has a vertically aligned central feeder (1), a separating device (2) arranged underneath the central feeder (1), a rotor mill (3), wherein the rotor mill (3) is arranged above the separating device (2) and surrounds the central feeder (1), a flow device (4) for generating an upwardly directed gas flow, wherein the rotor mill (3) has several tools (8a, 8b) arranged offset relative to each other vertically and in the circumferential direction.
US12048909B2
A method and an apparatus for reducing the corrosion of a condenser in carbide derived carbons (CDC) production where cooling/quenching of a gaseous stream metal or metalloid halide is performed by direct contact of gaseous stream with liquid cooling agent before condenser, without utilizing a heat exchanger for the temperature range above 300° C., while keeping purity of gaseous stream of metal or metalloid halide constant. The apparatus comprises a reactor for carbide to carbon conversion and a condenser for collecting the by-produced metal- or metalloid chloride, and a cooling unit comprising a tank of liquid cooling agent. Temperature of the gas stream entering the condenser is reduced by heat absorbed in vaporization of a liquid metal- or metalloid halide introduced from the tank of liquid cooling agent through by supply pump, through the supply flow valve into the gaseous stream at the exit of the reactor.
US12048898B2
A hollow fiber membrane that is a hollow fiber type semipermeable membrane, wherein a Raman value is 70% or more, and the Raman value is a ratio of a minimum value to a maximum value of peak intensities, which are intensities of maximum peaks in each of multiple Raman spectra obtained by Raman spectroscopy at multiple points in a membrane thickness direction of a transverse cross-section of the hollow fiber membrane in a state of being swollen with water.
US12048896B2
A crossflow filter device for filtering a pressurised feed liquid is provided. The crossflow filter device comprises: a filter membrane; a flow channel for the pressurised feed liquid which extends in a path over a retentate surface of the membrane such that the direction of flow in the channel is tangential to the retentate surface, and a filtrate derived from the feed liquid passes through the membrane leaving retentate liquid in the flow channel; and a collection chamber for the filtrate formed on an opposite, filtrate surface of the membrane. The crossflow filter device further comprises a sealed housing having a retentate side and a filtrate side which enclose therebetween the flow channel, the filter membrane and the collection chamber. The crossflow filter device further comprises, flow channel guide walls provided at an inner surface of the retentate side of the housing. The guide walls are configured to form a fluid tight seal with the filter membrane, and thereby define the path of the flow channel over the retentate surface of the membrane.
US12048888B2
Pleated filtration media, media packs, filter elements, and methods for filtering fluid are provided which contain three dimensional flutes in the media surface, the flutes configured to improve filter performance. In certain embodiments the flutes have defined peaks that reduce masking between adjacent pleats, the flutes have ridges along their length to modify flute cross sectional geometry, and/or the flutes provide for volume asymmetry across the media.
US12048871B2
A binding for a snowboard, a kitesurf or a wakeboard, including a base, a highback that is movable around a first axis of rotation mounted on the base and a lever, of which a power lever arm controls, rotatably relative to the base, a resistance lever arm that cooperates with the highback to move it around the first axis of rotation between an open position and a closed position. The lever pivots around a second axis of rotation mounted on a bow of the base and in opposition to a toe strap relative to the first axis of rotation so that the power lever arm can be used as a ramp in counterforce against a stopper of the toe strap to move the highback between the open position and the closed position.
US12048870B2
A wearable training apparatus has a vision-control assembly for engaging a user's face about the user's eyes. The vision-control assembly has a see-through area about the user's eyes and an opaque area surrounding the see-through area at least on a temporal side and an inferior side thereof. The opaque area is for substantially blocking at least major portions of the natural monocular vision-areas of a natural field of vision (FOV) of the user's eyes, said natural monocular vision-areas being peripheral to a natural binocular vision-area on respectively temporal sides. The see-through area is for forming a reduced FOV about a gaze direction. The reduced FOV has a span encompassing at least a major portion of the natural binocular vision-area of the natural FOV of the user's eyes about the gaze direction thereof, said natural binocular vision-area being at an angular center of the natural FOV.
US12048866B2
A golf club head including a face element having a face surface, a rear surface, and a reinforcement device with a reinforcement element that extends out from the rear surface of the face element toward a rear end and away from a front end of a golf club head. The reinforcement element includes a looped rib having an outer perimeter surface and an inner perimeter surface. The face surface is nearer to the rear surface proximal to the face center than proximal to the face perimeter. The outer perimeter surface of the reinforcement element is filleted with the rear surface.
US12048861B2
An exercise machine with a slidable carriage and accessories providing for a plurality of exerciser positioning surfaces and gripping handles. The exercise machine generally includes one or more lifting handles for raising or lowering either end of the exercise machine with respect to a ground surface. The exercise machine may also include a plurality of wheels each including a ridge adapted to engage with a corresponding groove in a track of the exercise machine. The exercise machine may also include a handle including a pair of arms which are positioned at a distance just greater than a width of the carriage.
US12048855B1
An air breathing device includes a casing and an air passage cavity encompassed by the casing. The device includes an air intake port and an air discharge port that connect the air passage cavity to the outside of the casing. The device includes a damper (gravity or motorized) that allows the air to flow into the air passage cavity during inhalation through the air intake port. The device includes a damper (gravity or motorized) that allows the air to exit the air passage cavity during exhalation through the air discharge port. The device includes a retractable display screen to display content to the wearer. The device includes a fixed display screen to display images of the mouth of the wearer captured by a camera lens or simulated based on the wearer's captured voice. The device includes UV lights, filters, network connections, camera lenses, speakers, microphones, ear plugs, and heating coils.
US12048850B2
A unique, environmentally-friendly micron scale autonomous electrical power source is provided for generating renewable energy, or a renewable energy supplement, in electronic systems, electronic devices and electronic system components. The autonomous electrical power source includes a first conductor with a facing surface conditioned to have a low work function, a second conductor with a facing surface having a comparatively higher work function, and a dielectric layer of not more than 200 Angstroms in thickness sandwiched between the respective facing surfaces of the first conductor and the second conductor. The autonomous electrical power source is configured to harvest minimal thermal energy from any source in an environment above absolute zero. An autonomous electrical power source component is also provided that includes a plurality of autonomous electrical power source constituent elements electrically connected to one another to increase a power output of the autonomous electrical power source.
US12048842B2
A pericardial access device includes a first tube, a second tube coupled to the first tube, and a biasing mechanism coupled to the second tube. The pericardial access device is moveable between an expanded configuration and a contracted configuration. The biasing mechanism biases the pericardial access device towards the expanded configuration, and the pericardial access device moves towards the contracted configuration when a force is applied to the second tube.
US12048832B2
Systems, and methods relate to a medical device receiving a treatment parameter operating point within a first operating region defined by a first set of operating points for which automatic incremental adjustment of a parameter in the current operation is permitted. In an illustrative example, incremental adjustment may use artificial intelligence based on patient feedback and sensor measurement of outcomes. Some exemplary devices may receive a request to alter the current treatment parameter operating point to a second treatment parameter operating point outside the first operating region and in a second operating region in a known safe operation zone, bounded by a known unsafe zone unavailable to the user. In the second operating region, some examples may restrict the step size of incremental adjustments requested by the user. Data may be collected for cloud-based analysis, for example, to facilitate discovery of more effective treatment protocols.
US12048828B2
A system for delivering fluid to a user transcutaneously includes a subcutaneous infusion cannula base assembly, a cannula inserter assembly and a fluid connection assembly. The subcutaneous infusion cannula base assembly is configured to be located on the user's skin. The cannula inserter assembly is coupled to the cannula base assembly and is configured to drive an infusion cannula through the user's skin in a nominally helical trajectory. The fluid connection assembly is configured to fluidically connect the cannula base assembly to a source of delivery fluid. Cannula and stylet assemblies configured for helical or non-helical insertion are also disclosed.
US12048827B2
A coupling member for a closed fluid transfer system includes a housing having a fluid connection and a coupling side. The housing includes a longitudinal axis extending from the fluid connection toward the coupling side and a spike having a fluid opening. The fluid opening is arranged in an end portion of the spike facing the coupling side. A sealing member receptacle is arranged in the housing on the coupling side, and a sealing member is arranged in the sealing member receptacle. The housing includes a housing portion that at least partially surrounds the sealing member receptacle and a threaded portion. The coupling housing with the sealing member is guided by a guiding structure and movable in the direction of the longitudinal axis via the threaded portion between a position with maximum distance to the fluid connection and a position with minimum distance to the fluid connection.
US12048821B2
Devices, assemblies, systems, and techniques described herein may deliver a pressure wave to structures of a heart, such an aortic valve. For example, a medical assembly may include an expandable member configured to expand from a collapsed configuration to an expanded configuration, the expandable member configured to at least partially define a channel through the expandable member in the expanded configuration and one or more electrodes carried by the expandable member. The one or more electrodes may be configured to transmit an electrical signal through a fluid to cause the fluid to undergo cavitation that generates a pressure wave within the fluid.
US12048820B2
Devices, systems, and methods are disclosed that help deliver catheters or other medical devices to locations within a patient's body. The device includes a transporter catheter having a proximal end and a distal end, at least a first balloon located at the distal end, substantially at a tip of the transporter catheter, and at least a second balloon located between the distal end and the proximal end of the transporter catheter. The first balloon is an orienting balloon and the second balloon is an anchor balloon. The transporter catheter may include a single lumen or more than one lumen. The transporter catheter may include a shaft including an inner layer and an outer layer, the inner layer may be made of a material more flexible than the material of the outer layer. The outer layer may also include a braided-wire assembly, said braided-wire assembly being formed by braiding a plurality of flat wires or circular wires. The braided-wire assembly may wrap around the inner layer. The transporter catheter may include a shaft that may include a plurality of segments of varying degrees of hardness. The degree of hardness of the segment of the shaft of the transporter catheter located between the first balloon and the second balloon may be less than the degree of hardness of the segment of the shaft between the second balloon and the proximal end of the catheter.
US12048812B2
A patient interface comprises a plenum chamber and a seal-forming structure. The seal-forming structure comprises a support structure arranged to support a sealing portion that is adapted to sealing engage the patient's face in use. The seal-forming structure may also include a seal biasing portion configured to inflate under pressurization within the cavity in the cushion assembly in use to extend the reach of the sealing portion and decouple the sealing portion from external forces.
US12048803B2
Inhaler for oral inhalation administration of a drug, comprising a housing, a drug chamber in the housing, an air pump configured to pump air through the drug chamber for expulsing the drug through an outlet of a mouthpiece, wherein the air pump comprises a motor coupled to a centrifugal compressor operable to pump air through the drug chamber at a pressure greater than 30 millibars and a flow rate greater than 25 litres per minute.
US12048800B2
A portable inhalation device includes a medication storage component, a flow controller, an atomizer, a medication delivery component, and a pressure sensor. The medication storage component is configured to store medication. The flow controller is configured to cause a force to be applied to the medication stored by the medication storage component to transport the medication to the atomizer. The atomizer is configured to generate droplets from the medication. The medication delivery component includes a delivery channel extending from the atomizer to an outlet opening. The medication delivery component is configured to receive the medication in the delivery channel from the atomizer and dispense the medication via the opening. The pressure sensor is configured to detect a pressure corresponding to a flow rate of air in the delivery channel and output an indication of the detected pressure.
US12048799B2
A method for operating a fluid management system includes automatically detecting an unstable condition in the system, which may include detecting a large change in the supply fluid amount (indicative of a bag change), detecting a large change in the waste fluid amount (indicative of a bag change), or detecting a large difference between the amount of fluid dispensed as measured by the weight data and the amount of fluid dispensed as measured by the flow data (indicative of a blockage in the supply tubing). The method further includes adjusting the operating mode of the system during the unstable condition, which may include switching to using flow data rather than weight data to track the fluid deficit during a supply bag exchange, halting operation of an outflow pump during a waste container exchange, and/or halting operation of the system during a blockage in the supply tubing.
US12048796B2
A method and apparatus for priming an extracorporeal blood system. The extracorporeal blood system includes an arterial blood line, a venous blood line, a pump segment for interaction with a peristaltic blood pump of the apparatus and a blood treatment unit. A port of the venous blood line is connected to a venous blood port of the blood treatment unit. A port of the arterial blood line is connected to an arterial blood port of the blood treatment unit. The extracorporeal blood system is connected to a reservoir containing priming liquid. The non-occluded extracorporeal blood system is subsequently filled with priming liquid and, after filling with priming liquid, the pump segment is automatically occluded by a blood pump.
US12048794B2
A device for therapeutic plasma exchange includes an extracorporeal circuit, which includes a blood supply line, a separating unit, a line for infusion of formed elements, a line for infusion of replacement fluid, a blood plasma line, an anticoagulant line and at least one independent line for therapeutic drugs. The independent line can include a storage for the therapeutic drug, a conveyer of therapeutic drug, a propelling device and a controller configured to control flow of the therapeutic drug.
US12048787B2
An infection preventing device includes air barrier forming units that include an air inlet for taking in air from a rear in a front-rear direction, an air purification mechanism for creating clean air by purifying the air taken in from the air inlet, and an air outlet for blowing the clean air toward the front in the front-rear direction, and are capable of blowing out the clean air from the air outlet in the form of layer perpendicular to the left-right direction. The air barrier forming units provided on the seats adjacent in the front-rear direction face in the front-rear direction, and it is configured that air including clean air blown out of the air outlet of the rear air barrier forming unit can be taken in by the air inlet of the front air barrier forming unit.
US12048786B2
An air purification system is provided. The air purification system utilizes a multi-pronged approach to both filter air as well as irradiate it with ultraviolet light. Optionally, a humidifier and/or dehumidifier may be used to further treat the outlet air. The system may be positioned fixedly in building air ducts, or may be used in mobile applications to treat and purify air in a room or other space.
US12048784B2
An apparatus to produce a fragrance with an emergency flashlight and night light. The apparatus includes a fragrance dispenser, an emergency flashlight, a night light, and microprocessors. The fragrance dispenser dispenses fragrance through the evaporation of a liquid contained in a wick which was absorbed from the liquid in an attachable and replaceable bottle. The emergency flashlight is removeable and rechargeable. The emergency flashlight illuminates a plurality of LEDs automatically upon a power outage. The emergency removeable flashlight also contains an emergency light source. The night light operates in darkness. The microprocessors control the operation of the fragrance dispenser, the emergency light source and the night light.
US12048782B2
A fluid flow circuit assembly for a biological fluid processing device, comprising a PVC tubing comprising a polymeric plasticizer and/or a high molecular weight plasticizer having a molecular weight of 540 g/mol or more. The fluid flow circuit assembly also comprises a medical device component comprising a bond surface to which the PVC tubing is bonded by a solvent, wherein the bond surface comprises a polyester elastomer, plasticized PVC, and/or a polycarbonate.
US12048779B2
Medical devices having engineered mechanically functional cartilage from adult human mesenchymal stem cells and method for making same.
US12048773B2
A self-sanitizing surface structure configured to selectively refract light, a method of fabricating a self-sanitizing surface configured to selectively refract light, and a method of decontaminating a surface using selectively refracted light. A waveguide including a support layer below a propagating layer is positioned over a substrate as a self-sanitizing layer. In the absence of a contaminant or residue on the waveguide, UV light injected into the propagating layer is constrained within the propagating layer due to total internal reflection. When a residue is present on the self-sanitizing surface structure, light may be selectively refracted at or near the interface with the residue along the side of the waveguide to destroy the residue. The self-sanitizing surface structure may be configured is to refract a suitable amount of UV light in response to a particular type of residue or application.
US12048772B2
An apparatus for decontaminating and storing lab instruments such as pipettes. A carousel feature of the apparatus provides convenient access and allows multiple items to be decontaminated at the same time. The ultraviolet lamp directs UV radiation to surface contaminations of the instruments and effectively eliminates various microorganisms.
US12048766B2
The disclosure relates generally to gamma polyglutamated tetrahydrofolate compositions, including delivery vehicles such as liposomes containing the gamma polyglutamated tetrahydrofolate, and methods of making and using the gamma polyglutamated tetrahydrofolate compositions to treat hyperproliferative disorders (e.g., cancer) and disorders of the immune system (e.g., inflammation and autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis). The disclosed compositions also have uses in combination therapy with one or more therapeutic agents to enhance the effectiveness or to reduce the toxicities associated with the therapeutic agent(s).
US12048764B2
An aqueous pharmaceutical solution for use in the treatment of diseases of the central nervous system (CNS), comprises at least 5 mg/ml dissolved levodopa and has a pH in the range of 3.0 to 8.5. The solution is provided by mixing a) an aqueous stock solution comprising levodopa and having a pH of less than 2.8 at 25° C., and b) an aqueous buffering solution having a pH of at least 4.0 at 25° C. for increasing the pH of the stock solution. The aqueous pharmaceutical solution is administered to a subject suffering from a disease of the CNS shortly after mixing of the aqueous stock solution and the aqueous buffering solution. A kit for administration of the aqueous pharmaceutical solution includes a bag comprising two parts and a removable or perforable barrier between the two parts.
US12048760B2
Provided are hair treatment compositions comprising a polyurethane-urea crosslinked by at least one multi-functional chain extender, and uses thereof.
US12048758B2
The present invention relates to a preserving agent for a cosmetic composition, comprising 4-(3-ethoxy-4-hydroxyphenyl)-2-butanone and a second compound chosen from salicylic acid, the compounds of formula (II), salts thereof, esters thereof with an alcohol containing from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and a mixture of these compounds. The present invention also relates to the use of the preserving agent for preserving cosmetic compositions. The present invention also relates to a cosmetic composition comprising the above preserving agent. Finally, the present invention relates to the use of the cosmetic composition for treating keratin fibres, preferably human keratin fibres such as the hair.
US12048755B2
Disclosed are microcapsule compositions having microcapsules suspended in an aqueous phase. Each of the microcapsules has a single core-shell structure and contains a microcapsule core and a microcapsule wall encapsulating the microcapsule core. The microcapsule compositions include a pectin. Also disclosed are preparation methods and use of the microcapsule compositions in consumer products.
US12048737B2
The invention pertains to the use of a tumor vaccine composed of two peptides of nine amino acids—the WT cryptic TERT572 (RLFFYRKSV, SEQ ID No: 1) expressed by tumor cells and its optimized variant TERT572Y (YLFFYRKSV, SEQ ID No: 2)—for treating cancer in a HLA-A*0201-positive patient having a non-immunogenic tumor expressing TERT.
US12048736B2
The present invention describes vaccine compositions for treatment and/or prevention against sea lice infestation in salmon. The present invention further describes nucleic acids, host cells, vectors and methods of using said vaccine for the prevention and/or treatment of sea lice infestation in salmon.
US12048726B2
The present disclosure provides a method for extracting Gymnadenia conopsea(L.)R.Br., which includes the following steps: (1) the root tuber of Gymnadenia conopsea(L.)R.Br. is soaked in water so that it can be fully infiltrated until having been taken as a sample, no white core is observed; (2) the root tuber of Gymnadenia conopsea(L.)R.Br. is ultrafinely comminuted by wet method to obtain a dispersion slurry; (3) additional water is supplemented into the dispersion slurry to obtain diluted dispersion followed by heating and adding neutral protease, and then extraction is carried out through circulation and homogenization by the homogenization pump to obtain extracted material fluid; (4) heat preservation and enzyme inactivation; (5) coarse filtration to obtain a coarse filtrate; and (6) fine filtration to obtain a fine filtrate. The disclosure also provides a related extract of Gymnadenia conopsea(L)R.Br.
US12048720B2
The invention provides compositions comprising bacterial strains for treating and preventing a neurodegenerative disorder.
US12048715B2
Disclosed are a cis-platinum cross-linked protein hydrogel and a preparation method thereof. Main components of the cis-platinum cross-linked protein hydrogel comprise the following ingredients in percentage by mass: 0.5% to 5.0% drug, 6.0% to 50.0% serum albumin and 47.0% to 93.0% solvent medium; a carboxyl group on a surface of the serum albumin and the drug form a coordinate bond; and the drug is cis-platinum. A hydrogel preparation is simple in structure and easy to prepare, and the used cis-platinum has dual effects: a cross-linking agent for promoting the formation of protein hydrogels and an antitumor drug for exerting a tumor inhibition curative effect. The strategy simplifies the carrier design and reduces potential toxic side effects. The protein carboxyl limits the release of cis-platinum through a coordination effect so that reduce the burst release of the loaded drugs drastically.
US12048714B2
Products and methods for redirecting the pathological biochemical process of accumulation of reduced pyridine nucleotides under deleterious hypoxia conditions toward the reduction of the precursor salt and the biosynthesis of biologically compatible, antioxidant noble metal nanoparticles and the simultaneous restoring of the tissue redox state are provided. The products and methods have application in the treatment of hypoxia and hypoxia-related diseases and disorders. Such products and methods are also useful in organ transplantation and recovery, in screening of anti-hypoxia agents, and in detecting elevated levels of the reducing equivalents of the redox state, for example, NADH, NADPH, GSH, and TrxSH2, in cells, tissues, or organs.
US12048710B2
The present invention provides modified cycloalkyne compounds; and method of use of such compounds in modifying biomolecules. The present invention features a cycloaddition reaction that can be carried out under physiological conditions. In general, the invention involves reacting a modified cycloalkyne with an azide moiety on a target biomolecule, generating a covalently modified biomolecule. The selectivity of the reaction and its compatibility with aqueous environments provide for its application in vivo (e.g., on the cell surface or intracellularly) and in vitro (e.g., synthesis of peptides and other polymers, production of modified (e.g., labeled) amino acids).
US12048708B2
Improved, stable aspirin formulations for intravenous use are disclosed. Methods of lyophilizing the aspirin from bulk solutions as well as kits containing the lyophilized aspirin and methods of treatment using the same are also disclosed.
US12048707B2
Described herein are compositions and methods for the treatment of meibomian gland dysfunction. Said compositions and methods comprise keratolytic agents, such as salicylic acid, selenium disulfide, or the like. Topical administration of said compositions to the eyelid margin or surrounding areas provides therapeutic benefit to patients suffering from meibomian gland dysfunction.
US12048697B2
The present disclosure describes compounds and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof and compositions and formulations comprising the same that are useful in methods of treating dyskinesia or related disorders, and methods for treating dyskinesia or related disorders.
US12048695B2
The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical formulation comprising the drug 4-[3-(4-cyclopropanecarbonyl-piperazine-1-carbonyl)-4-fluoro-benzyl]-2H-phthalazin-1-one in a solid dispersion with a matrix polymer that exhibits low hygroscopicity and high softening temperature, such as copovidone. The invention also relates to a daily pharmaceutical dose of the drug provided by such a formulation. In addition, the invention relates to the use of a matrix polymer that exhibits low hygroscopicity and high softening temperature in solid dispersion with 4-[3-(4-cyclopropanecarbonyl-piperazine-1-carbonyl)-4-fluoro-benzyl]-2H-phthalazin-1-one for increasing the bioavailability of the drug.
US12048694B2
The invention generally relates to methods of treating viral infections using known drugs and pharmaceutical compositions comprising same. More specifically, the disclosed methods are useful for the treatment of viral infections that are enveloped viruses. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention.
US12048687B2
The present invention relates to the field of wound healing. More specifically, the present invention provides methods and compositions useful for improved wound healing via autologous stem cell mobilization. In one embodiment, a method for improving wound healing in a patient comprises administering to the patient a therapeutically effective amount of a stem cell mobilizer and a low dose of an immunosuppressive agent.
US12048685B2
The invention provides methods of treating or preventing an ocular disease or disorder in a subject, methods of treating or preventing ocular pain or discomfort comprising, administering to the subject a composition comprising a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier and a pharmaceutically effective amount of a transient receptor potential melastatin 8 (TRPM8) antagonist. In certain preferred embodiments, the ocular disease or disorder is a dry eye disease.
US12048683B2
The present application provides a method for improvement in physical activity efficiency, a method for reducing fatigue, and a method for improving dynamic/kinetic visual acuity, comprising administering a composition comprising a kaempferol analog to a subject in need thereof.
US12048680B2
A use of Gemifibrozil and a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, ester, or stereoisomer thereof in the preparation of a medicament for the treatment and/or prevention of a neurodegenerative disease. The neurodegenerative disease is selected from Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease, or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Further provided is a pharmaceutical composition for treating and/or preventing a neurodegenerative disease, wherein the pharmaceutical composition comprises Gemifibrozil, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, ester, or stereoisomer thereof, and, preferably, the pharmaceutical composition further comprises one or a plurality of pharmaceutically acceptable carriers. Further provided is a use of the pharmaceutical composition comprising Gemifibrozil, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, ester, or stereoisomer thereof in the preparation of a medicament for the treatment and/or prevention of a neurodegenerative disease.
US12048677B2
The invention relates to novel veterinary compositions comprising torasemide or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and administered in domestic animals according to a predetermined dosage for symptomatic treatment of pulmonary edema associated with heart failure.
US12048672B2
Provided is packaged medicine capable of inhibiting deterioration of electrodes over a long period of time and reliably transmitting a signal after ingestion even when a long period of time has elapsed since production to ingestion. The packaged medicine includes a solid medicine including drug powder and a micro-device, a container provided with a solid medicine accommodating space accommodating the solid medicine therein, and inert gas encapsulated in the solid medicine accommodating space. The micro-device includes two electrodes with mutually different ionization tendencies and a transmitter operable to transmit a signal using electromotive force generated when the electrodes come in contact with electrolyte.
US12048657B2
The invention relates to retention systems for retaining items during use of a mobility chair. According to one embodiment, a mobility chair includes a frame, wheels and a seat; and an item retention system including one or more retractable straps such that when, in use, a user is positioned on the seat, the one or more retractable straps are arranged to be extended and secured to retain one or more items positioned on the user's lap or on the seat in front of the user. A related method of retaining an item or items on the user's lap is also described.
US12048656B2
A support device includes a base portion, a leg coupled to the base portion, the leg including an upper segment, a central segment pivotally coupled to the upper segment at a front wheel, a lower segment pivotally coupled to the central segment, a rear wheel coupled to the lower segment, and an engagement member coupled to the lower segment, where the engagement member is positionable between a disengaged position, in which at least a portion of the engagement member is positioned above the rear wheel, and an engaged position, in which at least a portion of the engagement member is positioned at or below the rear wheel.
US12048655B2
This disclosure describes a low-profile, high-load, and hands-free ball-balancing omnidirectional rolling system with multiple human-robot interfaces for modular and adaptive design configurations and input control interfaces. The disclosed platform uses a self-balancing ball-based robot to allow for a safe, compact, high-load, self-balancing and intuitive mobility device for a person with lower-limb disability. Advanced driving assistance such as obstacle avoidance and semi-autonomous navigation between predefined locations is also disclosed.
US12048654B2
The invention relates to a patient positioning device (1, 6, 28, 35) for an x-ray imaging apparatus (23), comprising an x-ray-transparent patient positioning board (5) for positioning a patient (21) in a longitudinal direction (8), and at least one carrier device (3) at least partially supporting the patient positioning board (5). The patient positioning board (5) is subdivided into at least two partial boards (4), wherein each partial board (4) is mounted on a carrier device (3) assigned to the partial board (4). Each carrier device (3) has at least one pivot joint for pivoting the partial boards (4) about a transverse axis (20) which extents horizontally perpendicularly to the longitudinal direction (8).
US12048650B2
The disclosure provides a system that may: determine first multiple focal point distances associated with respective multiple positions of a plane orthogonal to a laser beam; determine second multiple focal point distances associated with the respective multiple positions via for each position of the multiple positions: determine multiple intensity values associated with respective multiple interim focal point distances, each interim focal point distance greater than each focal point distance of the first multiple focal point distances associated with the position; determine an interim focal point distance respectively associated with a maximum intensity value; and determine a focal point distance as the interim focal point distance; and determine a depth of at least one incision in an eye based at least on differences between each of the second multiple focal point distances and each respective one of the first multiple focal point distances.
US12048640B2
A stent graft delivery system including a stent graft cover, a screw gear, and a handle assembly. The handle assembly includes an external slider, a T-tube, and a Y-adapter. The external slider is configured to rotate about the screw gear. The T-tube and the Y-adapter collectively form a hub configured to slide linearly along the screw gear as the external slider rotates. The T-tube defines a main lumen port extending therethrough and is configured to receive the stent graft cover and a main lumen. The Y-adapter defines a secondary lumen port and is configured to receive a secondary lumen.
US12048639B2
Delivery systems for expandable and stented implants include adjustable tensioning members that control the expansion of the implant along the length of the implant. The tensioning members are wound onto one or more rotors located on the distal segment of the delivery system, which are rotated to unwind the tensioning members and incrementally expand the implant. Positioning mechanisms are also provided to adjust the position and orientation of the implant during delivery.
US12048638B2
A surgical driver apparatus includes a housing and an inner driver shaft having a proximal end secured within the housing and a distal end extending out from a first side of the housing. The inner driver shaft is configured to rotate with respect to the housing. The surgical driver apparatus further includes an outer driver shaft and an idler driver shaft. The outer driver shaft is positioned coaxial with the inner driver shaft and configured to rotate independently from the inner driver shaft. The idler driver shaft is configured to transmit torque to the outer driver shaft. Additionally, the surgical driver apparatus includes a driver key comprising a driving feature and a counter-driving feature. The driver key is configured to engage a second side of the housing in one of a plurality of orientations configured to rotate the inner driver shaft and/or the outer driver shaft.
US12048634B2
A spinal interbody device includes a base link comprising a first end and a second end, the base link including a cutout extending through the base link between the first end and the second end; a linkage including a first link having a first end coupled to the first end of the base link and a second end, the first link including a first aperture extending through the first link and defining a first longitudinal axis; and a second link having a first end coupled to the second end of the first link and a second end coupled to the second end of the base link, the second link including a second aperture extending through the second link and defining a second longitudinal axis. The base link and the first and second links define top and bottom surfaces configured to engage adjacent portions of bone, and first and second sides extending between the top and bottom surfaces. When the linkage is movable relative to the base link between a collapsed position and an expanded position, wherein when in the expanded position, an unobstructed line of sight is provided through the cutout and the first aperture along the first longitudinal axis and through the cutout and the second aperture along the second longitudinal axis.
US12048633B2
A composite material for use, for example, as an orthopedic implant, that includes a porous reinforced composite scaffold that includes a polymer, reinforcement particles distributed throughout the polymer, and a substantially continuously interconnected plurality of pores that are distributed throughout the polymer, each of the pores in the plurality of pores defined by voids interconnected by struts, each pore void having a size within a range from about 10 to 500 nm. The porous reinforced composite scaffold has a scaffold volume that includes a material volume defined by the polymer and the reinforcement particles, and a pore volume defined by the plurality of pores. The reinforcement particles are both embedded within the polymer and exposed on the struts within the pore voids. The polymer may be a polyaryletherketone polymer and the reinforcement particles may be anisometric calcium phosphate particles.
US12048621B2
A stent graft prosthesis includes a fabric sleeve supported by a series of ring stents, including ring stents having a saddle shape with peaks and valleys, the axial alignment of equivalently shaped ring stents in the series of ring stents being such that with respect to at least one shaped ring stent other shaped ring stents are angularly offset. Multiple series of ring stents may be interposed such that at least one ring stent in a first series of ring stents S1-Sn is located between two ring stents in at least one other series of ring stents So1-Son, the angular offset of ring stents in the first series S1-Sn being different from the angular offset of ring stents in at least one other series of ring stents (So1-Son). The offset changes the amount of fabric surface between peripheral contact points of successive shaped ring stents.
US12048619B2
Aspects of the disclosure relate methods and synthetic scaffolds for regenerating gastrointestinal tissue (e.g., esophageal tissue).
US12048618B2
Disclosed is a novel filter and delivery means. The device described within will not interfere with standard practice and tools used during standard surgical procedures and tools such as cannulas, clamps or dissection instruments including valve replacement sizing gages or other surgical procedures where the patient must be put on a heart-lung machine cross-clamping the aorta.
US12048615B2
A disposable undergarment having fastening means comprising a landing area and a pair of fasteners, wherein the landing area and the fasteners include multiple indicia for providing alignment at least in two, bi-directional orientations for horizontal and vertical alignment thereof.
US12048614B2
The present invention relates to a functional diaper, which can be worn by a baby or a patient and comprises a body having, therein, an excrement storage part, which is a space for gathering excrement, wherein the upper part of the excrement storage part has an excrement entrance that allows excrement to enter therein and exit therefrom. The present invention allows urine or excrement to be immediately and separably stored in a separate space of the diaper immediately after coming out of the anus such that there is little odor and excrement does not come in contact with the skin, and thus the present invention prevents bedsores and the like and is remarkably clean and sanitary.
US12048612B2
An intraoral scanner includes an image capturing device and a processor. A method of operating the intraoral scanner includes the image capturing device sequentially capturing M images of a buccal bite, the processor generating M sets of buccal bite point clouds according to the M images, the processor matching the M sets of buccal bite point clouds to generate a bite model, when the number of data points of the bite model exceeds a first threshold, the processor computing P sets of bite feature descriptors of the bite model, when a predetermined quantity of bite feature descriptors in a set of bite feature descriptors of the P sets of bite feature descriptors exceeds a second threshold, the processor performing a registration on an upper arch model and a lower arch model to the buccal bite mode to generate a full mouth model.
US12048600B2
Computer-implemented methods for generating a 3D dental prosthesis model are disclosed herein. The methods comprise training a deep neural network to generate a first 3D dental prosthesis model using a training data set; receiving a patient scan data representing at least a portion of a patient's dentition; and generating, using the trained deep neural network, the first 3D dental prosthesis model based on the received patient scan data.
US12048599B2
A sealing abutment can include scannable features and can be coupled to a dental implant via a retention screw. The healing abutment can include features that can be scanned by an intra-oral scanning system or transferred to a physical impression to convey information regarding the position and orientation of the dental implant.
US12048595B2
A surgical apparatus including a body having at least one port; and at least one item of surgical equipment; in which each item of surgical equipment includes an engagement member arranged to engage a port of the body, and in which the apparatus further includes a control circuit for determining for each port whether the engagement member of one of the items of surgical equipment is engaged to the port; and an indicator controlled by the control circuit and arranged to indicate whether each engagement member is engaged with the at least one port.
US12048593B2
For clutter reduction in ultrasound elasticity imaging, the contribution of clutter to different frequency components (e.g., the transmit fundamental and the propagation generated second harmonic) is different. As a result, a difference in displacements determined at the different frequency bands is used to reduce clutter contribution to displacements used for elasticity imaging.
US12048589B2
The present disclosure describes imaging systems configured to generate volumetric images of a target feature based on anatomical landmarks identified during an ultrasound scan and in accordance with a user-selected view. Systems can include an ultrasound transducer configured to acquire echo signals responsive to ultrasound pulses transmitted toward a target region. A processor coupled with the transducer may present illustrative volumetric images of the target feature, each image corresponding to a particular view, for a user to select. The processor can then identify anatomical landmarks corresponding to the target feature embodied within 2D image frames, and based on the identified landmarks and user-selected view, provide instructions for manipulating the transducer to a target local to generate a 2D image frame specific to the view. Echo signals are then acquired at the target locale and used to generate an actual volumetric image of the target feature corresponding to the user-selected view.
US12048580B2
A method, a system and a program product for evaluating an intestinal function using bowel sounds are disclosed. The method comprises the following steps: A. continuously monitoring an abdominal cavity of an examinee within a specific time by using an audio collection apparatus, collecting a bowel sound signal of an intestinal tract inside the abdominal cavity, and converting the bowel sound signal into a digital signal; B. using higher-order statistics (HOS), by a processing unit, to remove noise from the digital signal; C. using a fractal dimension algorithm, by the processing unit, to capture a high-complexity feature from the digital signal, and defining the high-complexity feature as an intestinal motility signal, and D. evaluating the intestinal function of the examinee, by the processing unit, according to the intestinal motility signal.
US12048578B2
Disclosed is a computer-implemented method for determining a target position of an X-ray device which encompasses acquiring image data describing an anatomical structure of a patient, for example, by means of a 3D scan, and registering the image data relative to a coordinate system of the patient, for example by means of a navigation system (embodied by registered image data). Furthermore, a trajectory of an implant positioned within the anatomical structure relative to the patient coordinate system is acquired (embodied by trajectory data). A target position of an X-ray device for acquiring an X-ray image of at least part of the implant is determined based on the registered image and the acquired trajectory of the implant (embodied by X-ray device position data).
US12048562B2
In one embodiment, a system includes a catheter, at least one position sensor to provide position signal(s) indicative of a position of a distal end of the catheter over time, a first smoothing filter to provide first filtered position signal(s) responsively to the position signal(s) and a first filtering level, a second smoothing filter to provide second filtered position signal(s) responsively to the position signal(s) and a second filtering level, wherein the second filtering level provides more smoothing than the first filtering level, and processing circuitry to find first and second position coordinates of the distal end responsively to the first and second filtered position signal(s), respectively, generate, and render to a display, an anatomical map of a body part responsively to the second position coordinates, and render a representation of the distal end to the display while showing movement of the distal end responsively to the first position coordinates.
US12048561B2
The wearable article (200) comprises a sensing component. The electronics module (100) is removably coupled to the wearable article (200). The electronics module comprises a housing and a processor disposed within the housing (101). An interface element (121, 123) interfaces with the sensing component so as to receive signals from the sensing component and provide the same to the processor. A sensor (105) is disposed within the housing (101). The sensor (105) monitors a property of the environment external the electronics module (100) through the housing (101). The housing (101) is constructed such that the sensor (105) has line of sight through the housing (101).
US12048559B2
An apparatus for aiding the self-regulation of stress, including a vibrating element vibratable at varying frequencies of vibration, and heart signals or breathing signals monitoring means, and a data processing means. The data processing means includes means for calculating a stress indicator value, based on the heart signals or the breathing signals and that the data processing means includes a means of determining a mechanical vibration rhythm, based on the stress indicator value, including vibrations of one or more frequencies, which is induced in the vibratable element. The data processing means is configured, to create continuous real time feedback loop between the measured heart or breathing rate and calculated stress indicator value and the induced vibration rhythms. Attaching means are included, which can be a strap or harness, or attachments for articles of clothing, for attaching the apparatus to the user—such that the vibrating element of the apparatus is located in the thoracic region of the user's body.
US12048550B2
An illustrative sound calibration system is configured to direct a loudspeaker to present a sound to a recipient by way of a length of tubing extending from the loudspeaker to an ear tip disposed at an ear canal of the recipient. The directing is configured to cause the sound to have a target sound pressure level at the ear canal. The system is further configured to obtain, from a probe microphone disposed within the ear tip, a detected sound pressure level of the sound as the sound is presented at the ear canal. The system is further configured to identify a discrepancy between the detected and target sound pressure levels of the sound as the sound is presented at the ear canal, and, based on the identified discrepancy, to direct a remedial action to be performed to compensate for the discrepancy. Corresponding systems and methods are also disclosed.
US12048541B2
A blood sequestration device configured to isolate an initial, potentially contaminated portion of blood from the flow of blood of a patient, prior to directing the flow of blood to an outlet port where the blood can be accessed. The blood sequestration device including a body member having an interior wall defining a fluid conduit having a distal portion, a first proximal portion, and a second proximal portion, wherein the first proximal portion defines a sequestration chamber configured to isolate an initial portion of blood of a flow of blood, a vent path configured to enable the escape of gas initially trapped within the sequestration chamber.
US12048540B2
Systems and methods disclosed here provide ways to discriminate fault types encountered in analyte sensors and systems and further provide ways to process such discriminated faults responsively based on sensor data, clinical context information, and other data about the patient or patient's environment. The systems and methods thus employ clinical context in detecting and/or responding to errors or faults associated with an analyte sensor system, and discriminating the type of fault, and its root cause, particularly as fault dynamics can appear similar to the dynamics of physiological systems, emphasizing the importance of discriminating the fault and providing appropriate responsive processing. Thus, the disclosed systems and methods consider the context of the patient's health condition or state in determining how to respond to the fault.
US12048533B2
Techniques for data analysis and user guidance are provided. One or more current measurements of one or more current analyte levels for the user are received from a sensor. A pattern is generated based on the one or more current measurements and the one or more past measurements. A first alignment with a first user target is then determined based on the pattern, where the first user target relates to one or more of a mental state or physical state of the user. A first result is output to the user, based on the determined first alignment.
US12048522B2
An apparatus for locating an embedded passive integrated transponder (PIT) tag is provided. An embodiment of the locating apparatus includes a resonator capable of electromagnetically coupling to the PIT tag, and a feedback circuit connected to the resonator and configured to monitor a load conductance of the resonator. A distance between the resonator and the PIT tag is indicated by a change in the monitored load conductance when the resonator and the PIT tag are electromagnetically coupled. Another embodiment includes a resonator capable of stimulating a response signal from a PIT tag, and a processing circuit capable of calculating the distance between the resonator and the PIT tag based on the amplitude of the response signal.
US12048516B2
An example medical device system and method includes accelerometer circuitry configured to generate at least one signal, a memory, and processing circuitry coupled to the accelerometer circuitry and the memory. The processing circuitry is configured to determine a first plurality of pulse transit times (PTTs), determine, based on the at least one accelerometer signal, a Sit-to-Stand transition, determine, based on the Sit-to-Stand transition occurring, a second plurality of PTTs after the Sit-to-Stand transition, and determine a likelihood that a person, such as a patient, may fall based on the first plurality of PTTs and the second plurality of PTTs.
US12048515B2
A device which provides a measure of the compliance of a vessel wall based on a change in pressure, which causes the vessel to distend. The device comprises a coil and capacitor, forming a tank circuit. The coil is expandable and positioned along a portion of the vessel so that when the portion of the vessel expands or contracts, the coil will also expand or contract, changing the area in side the coil. This change in area alters the coil inductance, and therefore the resonant frequency of the tank circuit, which can be detected externally.
US12048507B2
A computer-implemented process for continuous monitoring of a brain stroke during a critical rehabilitation period, the process including the steps of: (i) accessing initial image data representing an initial image of a subjects brain containing a stroke region; (ii) accessing scattering parameter data representing microwaves scattered by the subjects brain and originating from a plurality of antennas disposed around the subjects brain; and (iii) processing the scattering parameter data and the initial image data using a gradient-free optimisation method to generate estimates of spatial dimensions of the stroke region within the subjects brain, wherein the initial image of the subjects brain is used as a priori information to improve the accuracy of the generated estimates, and the spatial dimensions of the stroke region are generated as global parameters of the gradient-free optimisation method.
US12048504B2
Capstan slip-stop shoulders limit relative rotation of capstans: a drive is shaft rotatably inserted within first and second axially aligned annular capstans, the first capstan including a first tooth extending parallel to the drive shaft in a first direction, the second capstan including a second tooth extending parallel to the drive shaft in a second direction opposite the first direction, the first tooth including first and second circumferentially spaced first tooth slip-stop shoulders, the second tooth including first and second circumferentially spaced second tooth slip-stop shoulders, the first and second capstans arranged such that abutting contact between the first and second slip-stop shoulders can halt capstan rotation about the drive shaft in one direction, and abutting contact between the second first and second slip-stop shoulders can halt capstan rotation about the drive shaft in an opposite direction. Halting capstan rotation prevents a cable wrapped around a capstan from paying out and causing misalignment with an end effector controlled by the cable.
US12048497B2
Methods and systems for providing a safety mechanism for a robotically controlled surgical tool. Embodiments of the methods use sensors to detect parameters that vary by the tissue traversed by a surgical tool. The sensors detect signals arising from the interaction of the surgical tool with the tissue and provide this information to a robotic controller. For example, during drilling, the sensors may measure power, vibration, sound frequency, mechanical load, electrical impedance, and distance traversed according to preoperative measurements on a three-dimensional image set used for planning the tool trajectory. By comparing the detected output with that expected for the tool position based on the planned trajectory, identified discrepancies in output would indicate that the tool has veered from the planned trajectory. The robotic controller may then alter the tool trajectory, change the speed of the tool, or discontinue power to the tool, thereby preventing damage to underlying tissue.
US12048493B2
A camera tracking system for computer assisted navigation during surgery. Operations identify stray markers in a frame of tracking data from tracking cameras, and identify stray markers of a reference array. Stray markers of the reference array are designated assigned status and, otherwise, designated unknown status. The operations designate other of the assigned status stray markers and any of the unknown status stray markers along a same epipolar line of the tracking cameras as one of the assigned status stray markers as being epipolar ambiguous status. For each one of the epipolar ambiguous status stray markers, the operations estimate 3D locations where phantom markers can appear in the frame based on epipolar ambiguity of the tracking cameras when determining location of the one of the epipolar ambiguous status stray markers. The operations designate the unknown status stray markers within a threshold distance of the estimated 3D locations of phantom markers as being phantom status.
US12048485B2
An apparatus for obtaining an image of a cornea having a stereomicroscope configured to obtain and display 2D or 3D image content of an eye of a patient, with pupil imaging optics that form a pupil along an optical axis and a shutter configured to form a pattern of one or more apertures for light at the formed pupil. An input prism is configured to direct light to or from the optical axis, with optics configured to convey light along the optical axis to a sensor.
US12048483B2
A method for manufacturing an optical device, includes obtaining a plurality of test images in each of which spectral intensities of a first color component, a second color component and a third color component are separately changeable, changing the spectral intensity of the first color component in at least a first test image, changing the spectral intensity of the second color component in at least a second test image, obtaining a spectral intensity Rs of the first color component and a spectral intensity Gs of the second color component satisfying a particular test condition when a subject is looking at the first and second test images, and manufacturing the optical device including an optical element configured to adjust spectral intensities of the first color component and the second color component, in light transmitted through the optical element, based on the spectral intensities Rs and Gs.
US12048482B2
An ophthalmic apparatus for examining an examinee's eye, comprising a face support member to support an examinee's face, a human detection member to detect whether or not the face is supported by the face support member, a notification member to give an announcement to an examinee or an examiner, and a control member to control the notification member based on a detection result of the human detection member.
US12048481B2
A technique for generating a mapping relating values of a scan parameter of an ocular imaging apparatus that are indicative of scan locations in an eye at which the apparatus acquires digital images of imaged regions of the eye, to respective values of a conversion factor for calculating a distance between designated ocular features in the imaged regions, by: simulating light ray propagation to relate each value of the scan parameter in a sequence of scan parameter values to a corresponding location in a model eye; calculating, for each scan parameter value, a distance between the corresponding location in the model eye and a location in the model eye corresponding to an adjacent value in the sequence; and using the calculated distances to generate a respective value of the conversion factor for each scan parameter value.
US12048475B2
A surgical instrument includes a first drive assembly, a second drive assembly, and a deployment mechanism. The first drive assembly is coupled to a first component and is configured to translate a first longitudinal distance X1 to deploy the first component. The second drive assembly is coupled to a second component and is configured to translate a second longitudinal distance X2 to deploy the second component. The deployment mechanism is operably coupled to both the first and second drive assemblies and is configured to move from a first position to a second position to translate the first and second drive assemblies the respective first and second longitudinal distances X1 and X2 to deploy the first and second components.
US12048461B2
A medical cross connector, a corresponding matching torque wrench, and a corresponding medical product set that includes the medical cross connector in combination with at least one bone implant and/or other matching surgical accessory. The medical cross connector includes a cross strut for connecting two longitudinal rods that can be brought into operative engagement for orientation of vertebrae of a spinal column, and at least one clamping head mounted pivotably on the cross strut in an angular bearing. The clamping head has a rod receptacle and a clamping screw. A clamping tooth applies a clamping force to one of the longitudinal rods when the rod is inserted into the rod receptacle. The clamping tooth is mounted pivotably about a pivot axis via a floating bearing. The floating bearing permits a pivoting movement and a lateral movement of the pivot axis of the clamping tooth.
US12048460B2
Various implants and surgical techniques for dynamic spinal tethering systems are discussed. In an example, a spinal tethering system can comprise a flexible elongate spinal tethering cord and a plurality of vertebral implants connecting the cord across at least four spinal levels. In this example, each vertebral implant of the plurality of vertebral implants can include a dynamic head coupling each vertebral implant to the cord. The dynamic head of each vertebral implant can be configured to share cord tension across multiple spinal levels by releasing a first tension generated at a first level between two vertebral implants of the plurality of vertebral implants to generate a second tension across two spinal levels between three vertebral implants of the plurality of vertebral implants, wherein the second tension is lower than the first tension.
US12048455B2
Surgical knives are disclosed, for initiating percutaneous access to a surgical site. The knife has a body with a rear handle and a front cutter portion. It may have a central cannulation to receive a guide wire, along a front-to-rear operating axis. The cutter portion has first and second blades opposed across the axis, each having an outward cutting edge directed laterally outwardly relative to the operating axis and a flat outward face also directed laterally outwardly relative to the operating axis and transversely to the respective outward cutting edge. The first and second outward faces of the two blades converge forwardly to their tip points, which lie close to the axis, and their cutting edges are oppositely directed. Alternatively a single blade may be used, forwardly convergent with the axis.
US12048453B2
A cleaning device for cleaning a catheter lumen of a tissue removal catheter has a flushing chamber with distal and proximal seals and an inlet port. The proximal seal is a duckbill seal that includes a pair of opposing duckbill members that slidingly accept the distal end portion of a catheter body to form a seal about the catheter body proximal to a proximal opening in of the catheter lumen. Fluid is directed in the inlet port, into the flushing chamber, into proximal opening in the catheter body, and through the catheter lumen to discharge tissue contained in the catheter lumen. In some embodiments, the cleaning device is preloaded on the catheter body. The cleaning device can have an internal stop that engages with an external stop on the catheter body when the cleaning device is positioned in an operative position.
US12048443B2
Various implementations described herein relate to a minimally invasive auxiliary tool for knee surgery. The tool comprises a handle in proximal position, a shaft defining an axis, and a shaped tip in distal position. In the tool: the handle, the shaft, and the shaped tip define a channel that connects the proximal end with the distal end of the tool; and the perimeter of the shaped tip comprises a plurality of sectors, wherein each sector is defined by a respective circular arc centred on the axis and wherein the circular arcs that define the various sectors have respective radii that are different the one from the others. Various implementations also include a kit comprising a tool and a bone reamer.
US12048436B2
The present invention introduces a material, i.e. a device, which is insertable into a vein of a outer parts of a sheath, two-sidedly adhesive tubular material with a supporting material and protrusions, either a balong or an inner protective film, and a control cable for the insertion and extraction of the device along the vein. The supporting material may be compressed initially, and after removal of the outer part of the sheath, the supporting material with protrusions will expand towards the vein walls. After removal of the inner part of the sheath and the control cable, the treated vein area can be manually pressed on top of the skin, thus closing the vein through inner and outer adherence of the material. The protrusions may have a barbed shape.
US12048431B2
Surface preparation for sliding surfaces can enhance wear performance for surgical instruments such as surgical staplers which include reusable mechanisms that are used multiple times with single use reload cartridges. To reduce the potential for galling wear in a metal-to-metal sliding engagement, a combination of surface hardening, surface finish, and surface coatings can be applied to metallic components of a surgical instrument. Surface hardening techniques can allow further manufacturing operations such as welding without compromising the strength of the underlying metal substrate. With stainless steel metal substrates, as surface or case hardening techniques can reduce corrosion resistance, a surface coating can be applied to inhibit surface oxidation as well as provide a barrier to metal-to-metal contact. A further lubricious coating layer such as a bone wax coating layer can enhance galling resistance.
US12048429B2
A vessel closure device including a proximal end including a handle with first and second actuators, a distal end including a suturing mechanism, and first and second needles associated with the suturing mechanism. At least one of the first and second needles is coupled to the first actuator. The second actuator is coupled to the suturing mechanism. The suturing mechanism includes a pivotal element capable of being moved by the second actuator between an insertion and removal orientation, a first deployed orientation, and a second deployed orientation. The suturing mechanism is activated within the vessel through an opening in the wall of the vessel and the first and second needles are directed through the vessel wall adjacent to the opening to direct a tensile member adjacent to the opening for closing and sealing the opening.
US12048422B2
A urine specimen collection apparatus configured to collect a urine specimen from a human user or from an animal is described. The apparatus includes a planar component affixed between a handle portion and a collection portion. The collection portion comprises an outer periphery and an inner periphery, where the inner periphery is defined by an opening. The opening extends through a width of the collection portion and is configured to receive a urine specimen container therein. The handle portion is configured to be gripped by a user during use.
US12048417B2
An external mechanism for endoscope includes a bending wheel, a motor, a housing case, and an operation switch, a case side fitting surface and a switch side fitting surface are formed flat to each other, and when a protrusion is provided on a contact surface of the housing case, a recess is provided on a contact surface of the operation switch, whereas when a protrusion is provided on the contact surface of the operation switch, a recess is provided on the contact surface of the housing case.
US12048416B2
A surgical system for controlling fluid pressure during a surgical procedure is provided. Example systems include an inflow pump coupled to a fluid source and defining an outlet port. An inflow cannula is coupled to the outlet port of the inflow pump and includes a barcode disposed thereon. An endoscope extends from a proximal end to a distal end and includes a shaft. A camera is coupled at the proximal end of the endoscope and provides visualization of a surgical site through the shaft and output a corresponding imagery signal. A pump control unit is coupled to the inflow pump and controls an outlet pressure of the inflow pump. A camera control unit is coupled to the camera and to the pump control unit and receives the imagery signal and decodes the barcode and conveys information indicative of a pressure loss across the inflow cannula to the pump control unit.
US12048415B2
A color conversion section for an imaging device carries out conversion to imaging data imaged by each medical imaging device for eliminating differences in color property of each imaging device, and generates standard color graphic data. To this standard color graphic data, a color conversion section for highlighting a specific tissue carries out color conversion for highlighting a designated specific biotissue, such as a blood vessel, to generate specific tissue highlighted graphic data. To this specific tissue highlighted graphic data, a color conversion section for a monitor carries out conversion for eliminating differences in color property of each monitor to generate display data. Color monitors display graphics based on this display data.
US12048404B2
A mop pad, a flat headed mop, and a surface cleaning system is provided. The mop pad comprising a cleaning layer configured to remove contaminants from a surface being cleaned. A backing layer is coupled to the cleaning layer, the backing layer having a fastener configured to couple the backing layer to a mop head. At least one insert member coupled between at least one of the backing layer and the cleaning layer, the at least one insert being arranged adjacent an end of the mop pad.
US12048401B2
A cleaning device comprises a surface interaction layer (ML), a cleaning fluid supply (CFF) provided with a cleaning fluid channel (CFC) at the surface interaction layer (ML) for supplying a cleaning fluid to a surface (F) through the surface interaction layer (ML) being in contact with the surface (F), and a dirty fluid drain (DFD) having a dirty fluid channel (DFC) at the surface interaction layer (ML) for draining, by means of underpressure, dirty water from the surface (F) through the surface interaction layer (ML) being in contact with the surface (F).
US12048399B2
Portable sanitization fluid dispensing devices, systems including such devices, and methods for using such devices are described herein. Such devices, systems, and methods may assist in ensuring proper hand sanitization in sensitive environments, such as medical facilities, laboratories, food and drug preparation facilities, and the like. Devices and systems disclosed herein may be adaptive to, e.g., changing schedules, different users, and different environments.
US12048393B2
Provided is a combination food warmer and sneeze guard cover for a roller grill. The device includes a transparent cabinet with a pair of doors and optionally one or more food shelves. The cabinet functions as a sneeze guard cover to prevent contaminants, pathogens, insects, and the like from contacting food contained on a roller grill. The cabinet additionally utilizes the roller grill heating elements to indirectly keep pre-cooked food contained on the shelves in a warm state. The shelves can be inserted and removed as desired, and further include one or more removable sections to allow access to the roller grill heating elements. The device can be retrofitted to function with existing roller grills, and can be quickly installed and removed as desired.
US12048389B2
A panel hook configured to hook a panel, such as a curtain, to a carrier, such as a rail. The panel hook includes a panel fastening element configured to fasten the panel to the panel hook by arranging the panel fastening element in a pocket of the panel in an arranging direction, and a hook element arranged on a first outer end of the panel fastening element and configured to hook the panel hook onto the carrier. The panel fastening element includes at a second outer end lying opposite the first outer end a barb configured such that a distance between a free outer end of the barb and the first outer end is at least the same as the dimension of the pocket in the arranging direction.
US12048388B1
A system and method for a wooden soccer ball trophy which includes a wooden soccer ball and a personalized base. The wooden soccer ball is crafted to the size, shape, and appearance of a professional soccer ball and rests upon the personalized base. In some instances, the wooden soccer ball trophy is decorated to include any type of team logo, dates, or other relevant information.
US12048382B2
A self-adaption breathable cushion comprises a fixed base and a plurality of self-adaptive units integrated side by side and disposed on the fixed base; each of the adaptive units comprises a strap and an elastic member, the elastic member supports the strap to tension above the fixing base; when the strap is pressed and recessed, the elastic member deforms, so that the whole self-adaptive unit moves downwards; when the pressure is removed, the elastic member is reset, and the strap is also reset. The self-adaptive breathable cushion can be deformed self-adaptively according to the weight of a human body to be borne, so as to be attached to the human body, making the human body more comfortable.
US12048376B2
The disclosure relates to a kitchen cabinet having a worktop (10) in which at least one sink (20, 40) embedded, at least one lateral wall of the sink being in the form of an inclined ramp (21, 41). An insert (30) provided on the ramp has a flat work surface (32) and a substructure (33), said substructure being designed such that it compensates for the inclination of the ramp in order to keep the work surface level.
US12048368B2
A tool attachment system is provided. The tool attachment system includes a tool attachment device and a receiver that cooperate to lock or secure, for example, a bag or pouch. When the tool attachment device is coupled to the receiver, a locking mechanism locks the tool attachment device to the receiver in a locked position. To remove the tool attachment device, a user applies a force to a button to cause the tool attachment device to disengage from the receiver.
US12048365B2
The device comprises a main tray 12 provided with an upper face 12a delimiting at least one compartment 16, and a lid 14 rotatably mounted on the main tray 12 between a closed position in which said lid covers at least said compartment 16, and at least one open position allowing access to said compartment. The main tray comprises a protruding pin 22 around which is rotatably mounted the lid 14, said lid comprising at least one snapping element cooperating with at least one complementary snapping element of the pin. The main tray further comprises a hole 34 extending from a lower face of said main tray and adapted for receiving a pin of an additional tray, said hole 34 being configured to delimit at least one snapping element adapted to cooperate with at least one complementary snapping element of the pin of said additional tray.
US12048363B2
In various embodiments, a carrying bag is disclosed which includes a one or more security panel assemblies comprising a first flexible material layer and a polymeric fiber matrix, such as a polymer fiber-based cut-resistant fabric, matrix or mesh. Various carrying straps are disclosed which include a first flexible fabric or webbing; and a second flexible fabric or webbing comprising a polymeric fiber matrix. Additional polymeric fibers, filaments, cables, threads or yarns may be included in the security panel assemblies and straps, such as cut-resistant monofilament and multifilament fibers comprised of a polyethylene such as ultra high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMAWPE), high-modulus polyethylene (HMPE), or High Performance Polyethylene (HPPE), for example.
US12048359B2
A clasp (1) for a watchstrap or bracelet including a central blade (2) and two movable blades (12), each movable blade (12) being hinged at one longitudinal end of the central blade (2), characterised in that each movable blade (12) has two side arms (13) intended for being received outside the side surfaces of the central blade (2) in closed configuration, these two side arms (13) comprising a first free end connected by a first pin (10) to a longitudinal end of the central blade (2), and a second end capable of receiving a second pin (30) for connection with a strand (40) of the watchstrap or bracelet, the central blade (2) comprising a hollow portion (4) in the central upper surface thereof for receiving such a second pin (30) arranged at the second end of the side arms (13) in the closed configuration of the clasp (1).
US12048356B2
A data generating apparatus includes: an input unit that receives foot shape data; a processor that computes shoe last data from the foot shape data received by the input unit; and an output unit that outputs the shoe last data computed by the processor. The processor further computes processing data for processing a member that forms an upper of a shoe, based on the computed shoe last data. The output unit further outputs the processing data computed by the processor.
US12048350B2
A skate (e.g., an ice skate) or other footwear for a user, in which a skate boot or other foot-receiving structure for receiving a foot of the user may be configured to enhance power transfer of the user (e.g., for push-off and skating straight), agility of the user (e.g., for turns), and/or other aspects of performance of the user, such as by comprising a sole region that is configured to be disposed under the user's foot and includes different materials strategically distributed (e.g., in a longitudinal direction of the skate boot or other foot-receiving structure) or otherwise implements these enhancements.
US12048349B2
An article of footwear can include provisions for facilitating the installation of various components such as a lighting apparatus. During manufacture of the article of footwear, the upper and/or sole structure can include a chamber designed to receive the lighting apparatus. The lighting apparatus can be installed in the chamber after manufacture of the article of footwear. In some cases, the lighting apparatus can include provisions for facilitating the installation of the lighting apparatus in the chamber, including a removable handle portion that can help guide the lighting apparatus within the chamber.
US12048347B2
A rapid-entry shoe having an upper, a sole portion, and at least one pocket coupled to a rear portion of the upper and encapsulating a compressed medium that biases a topline of the shoe toward an uncollapsed configuration.
US12048343B2
An improved cranial protection apparatus is provided. The apparatus comprising a three-panel outer shell having an interlocking ridge system, wherein the three-panel outer shell includes a center shell and a pair of wing shells. The interlocking ridge system including a plurality of ridges configured to provide resistance on the outer shells during impact. The three-panel outer shell is configured to deform and reconstitute its shape via various mechanisms. A stopper is provided to limit the amount of deformation.
US12048341B2
An aromatic microcapsule, aromatic chemical fiber false eyelashes and preparation methods thereof. The preparation of the aromatic chemical fiber false eyelashes includes preparation of the aromatic microcapsule including preparation of a wall material solution and a core material solution including a niobate. The core material solution further contains a silane coupling agent and an essential oil or fragrance, where a mass ratio of the essential oil or fragrance to the silane coupling agent to the niobate is (1-3):(1-3):(0.5-1), and the niobate is KNa2[Nb24O72H21]·38H2O.
US12048338B2
The present disclosure is directed to a wearable orthopedic device for lower body posture correction and improve human ergonomics. Embodiments of the present disclosure include pairs of men's and women's shorts that have specially positioned and tensioned panels for providing a wearer with a neutral pelvis. In certain embodiments, the device targets the body's proprioceptors to train the body to properly align itself.
US12048337B2
A user worn attachment device for engaging handle straps of bags to allow for hands free carrying of the bags includes a vest, which can be donned by a user. A plurality of hooks is attached to the vest, with each hook being selectively attachable to one or more handle straps of a bag. The bag and its contents thus are attached to the vest and carriable by the user without using their hands.
US12048326B2
An electronic cigarette includes a main body portion and a mouthpiece portion, the mouthpiece portion being moveably connected to the main body portion by a connection mechanism. The main body portion includes a first cartridge seating configured to receive a first cartridge and the mouthpiece portion includes a second cartridge seating configured to receive a second cartridge. The connection mechanism is configured to enable the mouthpiece portion to move relative to the main body portion between: a closed position in which the first cartridge seating is enclosed in the electronic cigarette; and an open position in which the first cartridge seating is exposed such that a first cartridge can be received, while the main body and the mouthpiece portion remain connected to each other by the connection mechanism.
US12048320B2
The invention relates to a process for preparing very dense alginate gel beads including an active ingredient, and to the alginate gel beads obtainable by said process. Additionally, the invention also relates to a food product including these alginate gel beads and to the use of the alginate gel beads as a food additive. Also, the invention relates to a dry surface comprising the alginate gel beads of the invention, and to the use of the alginate gel beads for releasing a flavor or fragrance compound from a dry surface.
US12048314B2
A coated food substrate including a food substrate with a vegetable coating comprising vegetables which must not be either potato or corn, where the vegetables are in comminuted form and preferably have a particle size in the range of about 50 to 500 μm and where the comminuted vegetables may be applied as a coating which optionally may also include vegetable pieces in the range of about 0.5 to 2 mm in the largest cross-section.
US12048306B1
Synthesis of a compound 1,3-bis(naphthalen-1-yloxy)propan-2-one and its use as an insecticidal agent.
US12048301B2
An automated system for mitigating risk from a wind turbine includes a plurality of optical imaging sensors. A controller receives and analyzes images from the optical imaging sensors to automatically send a signal to curtail operation of the wind turbine to a predetermined risk mitigating level when the controller determines from images received from the optical imaging sensors that an airborne animal is at risk from the wind turbine.
US12048298B2
A universal tip top for a rod blank includes a leg member defining a channel for receiving a distal end of a rod blank, a frame connected to the leg member, and a ring forming a line guide supported by the frame. The channel has a longitudinal opening configured to facilitate attachment of the universal tip top to rod blanks of different diameters.
US12048295B2
A system for monitoring individual food intake of a livestock animal includes a calibration system configured to measure weight or volume of food intake of an animal over a pre-defined period of time and to calibrate a mathematical model for the animal based on the measure, a tracking system configured track animal eating behavior at times other than the pre-defined period of time and a computing system. The pre-defined period of time is less than three weeks. The mathematical model relates eating behavior of the animal and defined physiological parameters of the animal with food intake. The computing system determines food intake of the animal over a lactation period based on the mathematical model for the animal as calibrated and the eating behavior at the times other than the pre-defined period of time.
US12048294B2
The present invention features a method and apparatus for enriching the environment of an animal. The apparatus presents a stimulus to an animal, and the animal may input the correct response to the stimulus into an interface. Upon a correct response the apparatus delivers a treat, indication, or combination thereof to the animal. The apparatus may increase the complexity of the stimulus with each correct response. The apparatus may also be connected to social media to track and compare the results of the animal's actions with other animals.
US12048283B2
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH011016. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH011016, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH011016 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 CH011016.
US12048278B1
An instant planter display lid for sizable planters wherein a potted plant can be immediately displayed directly on top. An apparatus for the display of indoor and outdoor, real and artificial, plants recessed into a larger planter without repotting. A quick, easy, money saving, material saving, lightweight, instantaneous planter pot accessory. A unit cover with a centrally located aperture and tapered downwards sidewalls having a slot to rest a potted plant whilst allowing for drainage. A sturdy support lid sloped towards the perimeter to diver liquid and having cap edge to secure over the lip of a planter.
US12048277B2
A plant-growing system includes a planting system configured to hold one or more plants, a lighting system including a light source configured to emit light, a watering system configured to communicate liquid to the planting system, or a controller communicatively coupled with the lighting system or the watering system. The controller operates in a plant-growing mode during a first period and operate in a plant-preservation mode during a second period. In the plant-preservation mode, the controller controls the lighting system and the watering system to cause the one or more plants to grow more slowly than in the plant-growing mode.
US12048273B2
The invention provides a method for cultivating Sphagnum that has been applied to a surface of a field, the method comprising controllably irrigating the Sphagnum, wherein the controllably irrigating comprises applying water to a surface of the Sphagnum and/or to the surface of the field. The invention also relates to Sphagnum obtainable by a method of the invention.
US12048271B2
One or more information maps are obtained by an agricultural work machine. The one or more information maps map one or more agricultural characteristic values at different geographic locations of a field. An in-situ sensor on the agricultural work machine senses an agricultural characteristic as the agricultural work machine moves through the field. A predictive map generator generates a predictive map that predicts a predictive agricultural characteristic at different locations in the field based on a relationship between the values in the one or more information maps and the agricultural characteristic sensed by the in-situ sensor. The predictive map can be output and used in automated machine control.
US12052930B2
Provided are a magnetic tunneling junction device having more stable perpendicular magnetic anisotropy (PMA) and/or increased operating speed, and/or a memory device including the magnetic tunneling junction device. The magnetic tunneling junction device includes a free layer having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface; a pinned layer facing the first surface of the free layer; a first oxide layer between the pinned layer and the free layer; and a second oxide layer on the second surface of the free layer. The free layer includes a magnetic material X doped with a non-magnetic metal/ The second oxide layer includes ZOx which is an oxide of a metal Z. An oxygen affinity of the metal Z is greater than an oxygen affinity of the non-magnetic metal X.
US12052925B2
There is presented a method for driving a piezoelectric device and an atomizer for atomizing a fluid, and an atomization method for a fluid using a piezoelectric device; the atomizer employs a piezoelectric device and circuitry that uses a switching voltage across the piezoelectric device at an operating frequency; sensing a sensed voltage corresponding to a phase of the piezoelectric device; and responsive to whether the sensed voltage is in phase or out of phase relative to the switching voltage, changing the operating frequency provided to the piezoelectric device, and the changing is one of: increasing the operating frequency by a first value, or decreasing the operating frequency by a second value.
US12052923B2
A piezoelectric actuator includes a first piezoelectric layer and a first electrode layer disposed on a surface of the first piezoelectric layer. The first electrode layer includes a trunk portion and a plurality of brunch portions branched from the trunk portion. The trunk portion includes a plurality of junction points from each of which a corresponding branch portion of the plurality of branch portions is branched, an end spaced from the plurality of junction points, and a first through hole positioned between the plurality of junction points and the end of the trunk portion. A first mark is positioned inside the first through hole.
US12052920B1
The present disclosure provides a preparation method of a contact material with high thermal stability and low contact resistance based on an MgAgSb-based thermoelectric material and relates to the field of the contact materials preparation. The present disclosure aims to solve the problem of failure to achieve long-term stability for the MgAgSb/Mg3Bi2 device due to the fact that a contact material used by MgAgSb is Ag and MgAgSb may easily yield Ag3Sb in an Ag-rich environment at present. The method includes: at step 1, preparing MgCuSb nano-powder; at step 2, preparing MgCu0.1Ag0.87Sb0.99 nano-powder; at step 3, preparing MgCu0.1Ag0.87Sb0.99—Mg3.2Bi1.5Sb0.5 thermoelectric generation device. The present disclosure is applied to preparation of a contact material with high thermal stability and low contact resistance based on an MgAgSb-based thermoelectric material.
US12052918B2
An organic light emitting device comprises an anode and a cathode, at least one organic layer configured between the anode and the cathode, and at least one two-dimensional emissive layer configured between the anode and the cathode. A method of fabricating an organic light emitting device is also disclosed.
US12052917B2
An organic light-emitting device includes a first electrode, a second electrode facing the first electrode, and an organic layer between the first electrode and the second electrode and including an emission layer, the organic layer including a heterocyclic compound that includes boron and nitrogen.
US12052916B2
An organometallic compound represented by Formula 1: M(L1)n1(L2)n2 Formula 1 wherein, in Formula 1, M, L1, L2, n1, and n2 may be understood by referring to the descriptions of M, L1, L2, n1, and n2 respectively as disclosed herein.
US12052913B2
Provided is an organic electroluminescent device, the organic electroluminescent device comprising a cathode, an anode, and one or more organic material layers provided between the cathode and the anode, the one or more organic material layers comprising a light emitting layer, an electron transport region and a hole transport region, wherein all of the organic materials, other than a dopant, contained in the one or more organic material layers have a triplet state energy of 2.5 eV or higher, at least three types of the organic materials having a triplet state energy of 2.5 eV or higher have a triplet state energy of 2.7 eV or higher, and at least two types of the organic materials having a triplet state energy of 2.5 eV or higher include a spiro compound.
US12052912B2
A light-emitting element containing a light-emitting material with high light emission efficiency is provided. The light-emitting element includes a high molecular material and a guest material. The high molecular material includes at least a first high molecular chain and a second high molecular chain. The guest material has a function of exhibiting fluorescence or converting triplet excitation energy into light emission. The first high molecular chain and the second high molecular chain each include a first skeleton, a second skeleton, and a third skeleton, and the first skeleton and the second skeleton are bonded to each other through the third skeleton. The first high molecular chain and the second high molecular chain have a function of forming an excited complex.
US12052910B2
When a base film used in a flexible display panel is bonded to a resin member for fixing the base film that is curved, the base film has creases by an environmental change such as temperature due to difference in linear expansion coefficient before and after a thermal shock. A buffer plate that is thin enough to be bent is provided between the base film used in a flexible display panel and the resin member. With the use of heat dissipation effect and heat equalization effect of the buffer plate, a structure around the panel capable of resisting the environmental change can be provided.
US12052909B2
A display device includes a plurality of islands and a bridge connecting the plurality of islands to each other. Each of the plurality of islands includes a flexible substrate, a thin film transistor positioned on a first surface of the flexible substrate, a first electrode connected to the thin film transistor, and a protective mask positioned on a second surface of the flexible substrate.
US12052895B2
The application provides a display panel, a display motherboard, and a display device. Each pixel repeating unit in the display panel includes a first pixel. The first pixel has: a first sub-pixel with a long side extending in a first direction; and a second sub-pixel and a third sub-pixel arranged in the first direction. The first sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel, and the third sub-pixel are respectively located on both sides of a corresponding first bank, so as to reduce number of the first bank. Therefore, a pixel area ratio is improved, which is beneficial to mass production.
US12052893B2
An organic light-emitting display device comprises a first thin-film transistor disposed on a substrate; and a second thin-film transistor disposed on the substrate and spaced apart from the first thin-film transistor. The first thin-film transistor comprises a first semiconductor layer, a first conductive layer disposed on the first semiconductor layer and that overlaps the first semiconductor layer, and a first insulating layer disposed between the first semiconductor layer and the first conductive layer. The second thin-film transistor comprises a second semiconductor layer, and a second conductive layer disposed on the second semiconductor layer and that overlaps the second semiconductor layer. The first semiconductor layer is disposed on a layer higher than the second semiconductor layer, the first semiconductor layer comprises an oxide semiconductor, the second semiconductor layer comprises low temperature polycrystalline silicon (LTPS), and the first insulating layer covers the entire first semiconductor layer.
US12052887B2
A transparent emissive device is provided. The device may include one or more OLEDs having an anode, a cathode, and an organic emissive layer disposed between the anode and the cathode. In some configurations, the OLEDs may be non-transparent. The device may also include one or more locally transparent regions, which, in combination with the non-transparent OLEDs, provides an overall device transparency of 5% or more.
US12052881B2
An organic light-emitting device includes: a first pixel electrode on a first emission region, a second pixel electrode on a second emission region, and a third pixel electrode on a third emission region; a counter electrode facing each of the first pixel electrode, the second pixel electrode, and the third pixel electrode; and an interlayer between the counter electrode and each of the first pixel electrode, the second pixel electrode, and the third pixel electrode. The interlayer includes an emission layer, and a hole transport region between the emission layer and each of the first pixel electrode, the second pixel electrode, and the third pixel electrode, the hole transport region includes a planarization layer that includes an amine-based compound represented by Formula 1, Formula 2A, or Formula 2B, and the amine-based compound has a crystallization peak having a noise-to-peak ratio of 1.75 or more in an X-ray diffraction (XRD) spectrum.
US12052873B2
Disclosed herein are neural computing dies with stacked neural core regions as well as related methods and assemblies. In some embodiments, a neural computing die may include: a first neural core region; a second neural core region; and an inter-core interconnect region in a volume between the first neural core region and the second neural core region, wherein the inter-core interconnect region includes a conductive pathway between the first neural core region and the second neural core region, and the conductive pathway includes a conductive via.
US12052872B2
A semiconductor memory device includes: a first stack including a first polycrystalline semiconductor layer having a first average crystal grain size, a second polycrystalline semiconductor layer having a second average crystal grain size smaller than the first average crystal grain size, an intermediate layer between the first and second polycrystalline semiconductor layers, and a third polycrystalline semiconductor layer provided on the second polycrystalline semiconductor layer and having a third average crystal grain size smaller than the first average crystal grain size; a second stack provided above the first stack and having conductive layers and insulation layers, each conductive layer and each insulation layer being alternately stacked and extending in a first direction; a semiconductor layer through the second stack, and on the third polycrystalline semiconductor layer; and a memory layer through the second stack, and between the semiconductor layer and the conductive layer in the first direction.
US12052870B2
Embodiments of staircase structures of a three-dimensional memory device and fabrication method thereof are disclosed. The semiconductor structure includes a first and a second film stacks, wherein the first film stack is disposed over the second film stack and has M1 number of layers. The second film stack has M2 number of layers. M1 and M2 are whole numbers. The semiconductor structure also includes an upper staircase structure and a lower staircase structure, wherein the upper staircase structure is formed in the first film stack and the lower staircase structure is formed in the second film stack. The upper and lower staircase structures are next to each other with an offset.
US12052863B2
A method used in forming a vertical string of memory cells and a conductive via comprises forming a first lower opening and a second lower opening into a lower material. A first material is formed within the first and second lower openings. An upper material is formed above the lower material and above the first material in the first and second lower openings. A first upper opening is formed through the upper material to the first material in the first lower opening. At least a majority of the first material is removed from the first lower opening through the first upper opening and channel material is formed within the first lower and first upper openings for the vertical string of memory cells being formed. After forming the channel material, a second upper opening is formed through the upper material to the first material in the second lower opening. Conductive material of the conductive via is formed within the second upper opening. Structure embodiments independent of method of formation are disclosed.
US12052862B2
A microelectronic device comprises a stack structure, a staircase structure, an etch stop material, and insulative material. The stack structure comprises conductive structures, and air gaps vertically alternating with the conductive structures. The staircase structure is within the stack structure and has steps comprising edges of at least some of the conductive structures of the stack structure. The etch stop material continuously extends over the conductive structures and at least partially defines horizontal boundaries of the air gaps. The insulative material overlies the etch stop material. Additional microelectronic devices, memory devices, electronic systems, and methods are also disclosed.
US12052861B2
An EEPROM memory integrated circuit includes memory cells arranged in a memory plane. Each memory cell includes an access transistor in series with a state transistor. Each access transistor is coupled, via its source region, to the corresponding source line and each state transistor is coupled, via its drain region, to the corresponding bit line. The floating gate of each state transistor rests on a dielectric layer having a first part with a first thickness, and a second part with a second thickness that is less than the first thickness. The second part is located on the source side of the state transistor.
US12052857B2
A method used in forming integrated circuitry comprises forming horizontally-spaced conductive vias above a substrate. Conducting material is formed directly above and directly against the conductive vias. The conducting material is patterned to form individual conductive lines that are individually directly above a plurality of the conductive vias that are spaced longitudinally-along the respective individual conductive line. The patterning forms the individual conductive lines to have longitudinally-alternating wider and narrower regions. The wider regions are directly above and directly against a top surface of individual of the conductive vias and are wider in a horizontal cross-section that is at the top surface than are the narrower regions in the horizontal cross-section. The narrower regions are longitudinally-between the wider regions. Other embodiments, including structure independent of method, are disclosed.
US12052847B2
A system includes a pair of chassis, a housing, and a cooling module. Each chassis including multiple rails with adjacent rails defining card slots. The housing connected to the chassis in first card slots on the pair of chassis and formed to contain electronic components including a heat generating component. The cooling module connected to the chassis in second card slots on the pair of chassis and formed to contact the heat generating component through an aperture in the housing.
US12052844B2
A heat dissipation device includes a housing, a heat dissipation plate, a first fan and at least two second fans. The housing has a first sidewall and a second sidewall that are opposite to each other. The first sidewall has a first opening area. The second sidewall has a second opening area. The first opening area and the second opening area are facing each other. The heat dissipation plate is located inside the housing and covers at least one heat source. An opening penetrates through the heat dissipation plate, and the opening corresponds to the first opening area. The first fan is located inside the opening. The at least two second fans are located nearby the heat dissipation plate. The at least two second fans are facing a first direction. The housing further includes side surfaces that connect the first sidewall and the second sidewall.
US12052839B2
A strengthening member for use with a plug-in module assembly includes a planar portion which extends across a width of a portion of a circuit board of the plug-in module assembly. The planar portion has a leading edge which approximately aligns with a leading surface of the circuit board, a trailing edge, and side edges which extend between the leading edge and the trailing edge. First mounting portions extend from the side edges and have first mounting openings. A second mounting portion extends from the trailing edge and has second mounting openings. First mounting hardware is positioned in the first mounting openings. The first mounting hardware cooperates with the first mounting portions and the circuit board. Second mounting hardware is positioned in the second mounting openings. The second mounting hardware cooperates with the second mounting portions, the circuit board and a cover of the plug-in module assembly.
US12052834B2
The present disclosure relates to the field of display technology, and proposes an attaching device for a flexible display panel, including a flexible adsorption plate, a first adjustment rod, and a second adjustment rod. The flexible adsorption plate is configured to be bendable and adsorb a flexible layer of the flexible display panel. The first end of the first adjustment rod is connected to the first end of the second adjustment rod, the second end of the first adjustment rod is connected to the first side of the flexible adsorption plate, and the second end of the second adjustment rod is connected to the second side opposite to the first side of the flexible adsorption plate. For at least one of the first and second adjustment rods, the second end is configured to be movable relative to the first end for adjusting the degree of bending of the flexible layer.
US12052828B2
A method for depositing a material on a substrate includes providing an apparatus with at least one material dispenser. The method further includes positioning the pen tip at a predetermined writing gap where the predetermined writing gap is a distance of more than 75 micrometers above the substrate. The method also provides for controlling velocity of the flow of material through the outlet and dispense speed based on dispensed line height and dispensed line width parameters. An apparatus for depositing a material on a substrate is also provided which may have one or more mechanical vibrators, a pen tip with a hydrophobic surface, or multiple nozzles and pen tips on a single pump.
US12052826B2
A component mounting machine includes an imaging device configured to image a supply position, to which a component is supplied from a component supply device, from above, a component detecting sensor configured to detect the component. A control device acquires component information related to the component supplied by the component supply device when a predetermined determination condition is established. Then the control device selects from multiple processing including first determination processing for determining presence or absence of a component shortage of the component supply device by determining presence or absence of the component at the supply position based on a captured image, and second determination processing for determining presence or absence of a component shortage of the component supply device by detecting the presence or absence of the component at the supply position by the component detecting sensor.
US12052824B2
An electronic device includes a first component carrier having a first stack with at least one first electrically conductive layer structure and/or at least one first electrically insulating layer structure, a second component carrier having a second stack with at least one second electrically conductive layer structure and/or at least one second electrically insulating layer structure, and an intermediate structure including at least three staggered electrically conductive and coupled vertical interconnect elements in an at least partially dielectric sheet and being directly connected between the first component carrier and the second component carrier for electrically coupling the first component carrier with the second component carrier.
US12052811B1
The present invention relates to the technical field of lamp mirrors, in particular to a cooperative synchronous control system for a plurality of power utilization modules, including the plurality of power utilization modules. The working mode is: B. when any power utilization module generates a control instruction, controlling, by a main controller of the power utilization module, the power utilization module according to the instruction to perform a related action, and transmitting the instruction through a wireless transmitter to the outside; and C. receiving, by other power utilization modules, the instruction respectively through a wireless receiver, analyzing the instruction by the main controller, and performing a related control action. A control group is formed by the plurality of power utilization modules, and any power utilization module can generate the control instruction to control all the power utilization modules, thereby flexibly realizing the cooperative synchronous work and simplifying control.
US12052809B2
The present disclosure relates to a luminaire and a luminaire control system. The luminaire includes a controller, a power supply driver, a controllable switch, and a light-emitting unit; the power supply driver is connected to external alternating current and supplies power to the controller and the light-emitting unit; the controller is connected to both the power supply driver and the controllable switch through control signal wires; the controllable switch is disposed in a circuit between the power supply driver and the light-emitting unit; wherein the controller is in wired or wireless connection with a user control device to receive a control signal from a user; and a total number of the controllable switch disposed between the power supply driver and the light-emitting unit is one or more.
US12052802B2
A flexible display panel and a display apparatus including the flexible display panel are disclosed. The flexible display panel includes an encapsulated panel, a first protective film on one side of the encapsulated panel, and a second protective film on another side of the encapsulated panel. The encapsulated panel includes a flexible panel and a flexible encapsulation member on the flexible panel. The flexible panel includes a first region on a first plane and that includes a display region, and a second region on a second plane that is bent with respect to the first plane and that includes a non-display region. The flexible encapsulation member encapsulates the display region. The display apparatus also includes a support unit for maintaining a shape of the flexible panel.
US12052801B2
An electric heating device a housing with a partition wall which separates a connection chamber from a heating chamber for dissipating heat and from which at least one PTC heating element with a heating element casing protrudes in the direction toward the heating chamber. At least one PTC element and conductor tracks, electrically connected in the connection chamber for energizing the PTC element with different polarities and connected to the PTC element in an electrically conductive manner, are supported in the heating element casing an insulated manner. For improved support of the PTC heating element, a holding element, engaging around the heating element casing, is connected to the partition wall on its side facing the heating chamber and is connected to the heating element casing. Also disclosed is a method for the manufacture of such an electric heating device.
US12052799B2
A user equipment (UE) is provided. The UE includes a first subscriber identity module (SIM) configured to correspond to a first cellular network, a second SIM configured to correspond to a second cellular network, a wireless communication circuit, and a processor configured to determine a SIM to be used for Internet data communication among the first SIM and the second SIM as the first SIM, perform a connection process for Internet data communication and internet protocol (IP) multimedia subsystem (IMS) communication for a voice call with the first cellular network using first identification information about the first SIM, perform a connection process for the IMS communication with the second cellular network using second identification information about the second SIM, configure a parameter for the UE to support a narrow bandwidth for the second cellular network in UE capability information and transmit the UE capability information to the second cellular network.
US12052796B2
Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for suspending services in a first core network while attached to a second core network. One apparatus includes a processor configured to cause the apparatus to: A) receive a first message indicating to release a connection associated with a remote unit and a set of paging restrictions associated with the remote unit; B) set an idle state for the remote unit, the idle state indicating to refrain data transmission to the remote unit and refrain from paging the remote unit according to the set of paging restrictions; and C) transmit a second message in response to the first message, the second message indicating an acceptance of the set of paging restrictions.
US12052789B2
A wireless communication device identifies an access point for a wireless network. The device initiates a connection procedure to establish a wireless connection between the wireless communication device and the access point, and the connection procedure includes: (i) selecting a degraded set of uplink transmission quality parameters that correspond to a higher signal-to-noise (SNR) ratio than a baseline set of uplink transmission quality parameters, and (ii) transmitting messages from the wireless communication device to the access point during the connection procedure according to the degraded set of uplink transmission quality parameters. The wireless network connection can be established between the wireless communication device and the access point as a result of completion of the connection procedure, despite the wireless communication device transmitting messages to the access point during the connection procedure according to the degraded set of uplink transmission quality parameters.
US12052772B2
A base station may select whether to configure one or more second RACH reference slots associated with a plurality of first RACH reference slots in a RACH configuration period. The one or more second RACH reference slots may be new RACH reference slots, and the plurality of first RACH reference slots may be previously existing RACH reference slots. The base station may identify, upon selecting to configure the one or more second RACH reference slots, a RACH reference slot configuration including the one or more second RACH reference slots associated with the plurality of first RACH reference slots in the RACH configuration period. The base station may transmit, to at least one UE, an indication of the RACH reference slot configuration including the one or more second RACH reference slots associated with the plurality of first RACH reference slots.
US12052768B2
The present disclosure relates to methods and devices for wireless communication of an apparatus, e.g., a UE and/or a base station. In one aspect, the apparatus may receive, from a base station, at least one SSB. The apparatus may also determine a RSRP of the at least one SSB. Additionally, the apparatus may transmit, to the base station if the RSRP of all of the at least one SSB is less than a threshold, an indication of a reduced UE capability of the UE during a RACH procedure. The apparatus may also transmit, to the base station if the RSRP of one of the at least one SSB is greater than or equal to the threshold, the indication of the reduced UE capability of the UE after entering into a RRC connected state upon completion of the RACH procedure.
US12052763B2
This disclosure relates to techniques for reducing latency in a high-propagation-delay wireless communication system. A user equipment device (UE) may transmit to a base station a random access initiation message, having a characteristic that is configured to indicate to the base station a requested size of a subsequent uplink grant to be provided by the base station for transmission of uplink data by the UE. For example, the characteristic may include a predetermined preamble included in the random access initiation message, such that a requested grant size is indicated by which preamble the UE selects from a plurality of possible preambles. As another example, the characteristic may include which RACH occasion is selected by the UE to transmit the random access initiation message. In response, the base station may allocate resources for use by the UE based on the characteristic.
US12052757B2
A communication apparatus capable of multi-user communication in which signals are multiplexed and communicated to one or more other communication apparatuses, the communication apparatus determines whether to transmit an MU-RTS (Multi User Request To Send) frame based on a size of data scheduled to be transmitted or received in accordance with the multi-user communication, and, in a case where it is determined to transmit the MU-RTS frame, transmits the MU-RTS frame prior to the multi-user communication.
US12052756B2
According to one configuration, a system includes a mobile communication device in communication with a wireless base station. During operation, the mobile communication device detects one or more conditions associated with the wireless network environment. Based on the one or more detected conditions, the mobile communication device selects amongst multiple channel access procedures to communicate with the wireless base station and establish a wireless communication link. The mobile communication device can be configured to include supplemental data in a message to the wireless base station to indicate a reason for the mobile communication device selecting a particular channel access procedure of the multiple channel access procedures.
US12052751B2
An apparatus configured to operate in a wireless communication network by generating and transmitting a first wireless signal using a resource element allocated to the apparatus is configured to receive a second wireless signal and to determine that the second wireless signal is to be forwarded within the wireless communication network. The apparatus is configured to transmit a third wireless signal based on the second wireless signal instead of the first wireless signal using the allocated resource element of the wireless communication network.
US12052748B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for wireless communications by a user equipment (UE), comprising receiving, from a network entity, an uplink grant indicating uplink resources, allocating the uplink resources to one or more logical channels (LCHs) based on a procedure that takes into account relative packet transmission delay bounds for at least a first LCH of the LCHs, and transmitting, to the network entity, traffic for the LCHs on the uplink resources in accordance with the allocation.
US12052742B2
Aspects of this disclosure relate to forming clusters of user equipments and network nodes. A first cluster of first user equipments and first network nodes in a first section can be formed for a time slot. A second cluster of second user equipments and second network nodes in a second section can be formed for the time slot such that the first user equipments are protected from interference associated with the second cluster. During the time slot, the first section has higher priority than the second section. Multiple-input multiple-output wireless communications can occur during the time slot (a) from the first network nodes to the first user equipments and (b) from the second network nodes to the second user equipments.
US12052740B2
The embodiments of the present application provide a signal transmission method, a transmitting end device, and a receiving end device. The method includes: sending, by a transmitting end device, a first reference signal to a receiving end device on a first subband. The first reference signal is a reference signal used to assist the receiving end device in estimating a channel quality of the first subband.
US12052738B2
A direct communication link measurement method and apparatus, a device, and a storage medium, pertaining to the field of communications. The method comprises: an access network device sending area measurement information to a terminal; the terminal receiving the area measurement information; when located in an area corresponding to an area identifier, the terminal measuring, at a corresponding frequency, a direct communication link resource, and acquiring a measurement result; the terminal reporting the area identifier and the measurement result to the access network device; the access network device receiving the area identifier and the measurement result; and the access network device configuring, according to the measurement result, the direct communication link resource in the area corresponding to the area identifier.
US12052731B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a transmitter may perform a first encoding operation on source packets that generates a first set of network coding encoded packets and may broadcast the first set of network coding encoded packets for reception by a plurality of receivers. The transmitter may receive feedback information associated with the first set of network coding encoded packets, the feedback information indicating that a first subset of network coding encoded packets were received by at least one of the plurality of receivers, the feedback information further indicating that one or more receivers of the plurality of receivers did not successfully recover all of the plurality of source packets. The transmitter may broadcast a second set of network coding encoded packets that does not include any of the first subset of network coding encoded packets. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US12052729B2
Processes and systems to allow for pre-emption of transmissions scheduled on configured grant resources, and subsequent autonomous retransmission using a subsequent occurrence of the configured grant resources.
US12052727B2
A data transmission method and corresponding apparatus are provided. The method implemented by a terminal device includes: receiving indication information from a network device, where the indication information includes a bit sequence, a value of an ith bit in the bit sequence indicates a usage status of an ith logical channel in M logical channels associated with a radio bearer, and a duplication transmission function is configured for the radio bearer; transmitting data based on the indication information through at least one logical channel associated with the radio bearer. According to the application, the M logical channels are sorted based on IDs of cell groups associated with the M logical channels and IDs of the M logical channels, and the ith bit indicates the usage status of the ith logical channel, thereby enabling the terminal transmitting data via at least one logical channel associated with the radio bearer.
US12052726B2
Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for using a configured feedback resource for feedback. One method includes transmitting, to a device, configuration information on a transmission resource, wherein the configuration information comprises: resource information for a data transmission; a request for feedback; and a configuration message indicating configuration of a feedback resource. The method includes monitoring for feedback from the device on the feedback resource. The method includes transmitting the data transmission after the monitoring for feedback on the feedback resource.
US12052720B2
Embodiments are presented herein of apparatuses, systems, and methods for a user equipment device (UE) to group transmissions into one or more groups, e.g., of various priority levels and/or types of transmissions. The UE may resolve collisions, e.g., according to one or more procedures described herein. The UE may transmit the transmissions according to the resolutions.
US12052715B2
The present invention relates to a wireless communication system and provides an efficient control information transmission method and apparatus for supporting a multiple antenna transmission technique. A method is provided for transmitting downlink hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) information related to an uplink multiple codeword transmission and includes receiving the uplink multiple codeword transmission, generating HARQ information related to each of the multiple codewords based on a result of decoding each of the multiple codewords, modulating the HARQ information, and transmitting the modulated HARQ information via one or more physical HARQ indicator channels (PHICHs).
US12052712B2
A method for scheduling resources in a network where the scheduling activity is split across two nodes in the network is disclosed, comprising: receiving, from a local scheduler in a first radio access network, access network information at a global scheduler; accessing information regarding a second radio access network allocating, at the global scheduler, resources for secondary allocation by the local scheduler; applying a hash function to map the allocated resources for secondary allocation to a set of hash values; and sending, from the global scheduler, the set of hash values to the local scheduler.
US12052709B2
This application provides a method for transmitting hybrid automatic repeat request HARQ feedback information and a communications apparatus. A terminal device receives downlink data channels. Each of the downlink data channels has a corresponding transmission parameter group, and at least two downlink data channels correspond to different transmission parameter groups. The terminal device determines a first transmission resource based on first information including the transmission parameter groups, and sends, on the first transmission resource, HARQ feedback information corresponding to the downlink data channels, so that a plurality of pieces of HARQ feedback information can be smoothly fed back. This helps improve service transmission reliability.
US12052703B2
This application relates to the field of system information transmission technologies, and in particular, to a method for transmitting system information and an apparatus. A related method for receiving system information includes: determining, by a terminal device, resource information, where the terminal device uses one beam to perform communication on a resource indicated by the resource information; and receiving, by the terminal device based on the resource information, system information on the resource indicated by the resource information. According to the method for transmitting system information and the apparatus in this application, a probability of successfully receiving system information by a terminal device can be increased.
US12052702B2
A communication device, capable of performing a first-mode communication via a relay device and a second-mode communication without the relay device, controls to perform wireless communication in the second mode using the set frequency band, when the wireless communication is performed in the second mode in a case where connection of wireless communication in the first mode using a frequency band at least partially overlapping the set frequency band is not made, and controls such that in a case where the set frequency band is the first frequency band, and connection of wireless communication in the first mode is performed using a frequency band at least partially overlapping the first frequency band, connection of wireless communication in the second mode using the first frequency band is not performed.
US12052701B2
A method for ubiquitously covering a selected area with a single wireless communication channel. At least two wireless converters are placed at different locations to provide an aggregated wireless coverage area, the wireless converters covering wirelessly only a respective portion of a selected area with least two portions at least partially overlapping. An OFDM base station transmits a sequence of OFDM signals simultaneously via at least two distribution lines, each OFDM signal modulated by sub-carriers. The wireless converters simultaneously receive, via respective distribution lines, the OFDM signals from the OFDM base station, and up-convert a respective OFDM signal into an RF band to re-transmit wirelessly the respective OFDM signal. At least two re-transmissions of each OFDM signal arrive at a wireless client device. Each sub-carrier from each OFDM signal re-transmission can combine with the respective sub-carrier of the other re-transmissions of said respective OFDM signal, thereby facilitating said ubiquitous coverage.
US12052700B2
Primary component carrier control in a wireless access node that uses multiple radio frequency bands
A wireless communication device is located in a wireless network sector. A wireless access node determines sector centrality for the wireless communication device wherein the sector centrality comprises an angle between a central line that bisects the wireless network sector and a device line that is toward the wireless communication device. The wireless access node selects one or more radio frequency bands for the wireless communication device based on the sector centrality for the wireless communication device. The wireless access node wirelessly exchanges data with the wireless communication device over the selected one or more radio frequency bands.
US12052694B2
Embodiments are presented herein of apparatuses, systems, and methods for configuring cellular sidelink resources in a flexible manner. A cellular base station may select a cellular sidelink resource pool. The cellular sidelink resource pool may include non-contiguous frequency resources. The cellular base station may provide cellular sidelink resource pool configuration information to a wireless device. The cellular sidelink resource pool configuration information may configure the cellular sidelink resource pool that includes non-contiguous frequency resources.
US12052681B2
Determining a location of a user equipment includes transmitting, by one or more processors from a network node, a first beam having a first frequency range in a first area and a second beam having a second frequency range in a second area. The first area is larger than and encompasses the second area. A request for determining the location of the user equipment is received. The one or more processors may then cause the second beam to sweep within the first area, receive a second signal from the user equipment indicating when the second beam is swept over the location of the user equipment and data related to signal measurements of the second beam at the user equipment, and determine the location of the user equipment based on a pointing direction of the second beam relative to a position of the node of the network and the received data.
US12052680B2
A method and system for automatically associating an Internet addressable endpoint device of an end-user with an account of the end-user at a remote system supporting a plurality of Internet addressable endpoint devices each associated with a respective end-user.
US12052673B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a UE determines a transmission power configuration for an uplink transmission on a bandwidth multiple sub-bands associated with different transmission power levels. The UE transmits, to a network component, a PHR that indicates a sub-band headroom value for each sub-band. The network component receives the PHR and performs a power control function associated with the UE based at least in part upon the PHR (e.g., per sub-band).
US12052665B2
A method for using a power saving signal pattern includes. a terminal device obtaining a trigger condition. The trigger condition includes a condition to stop using a power saving signal pattern. The terminal device determines whether the trigger condition is satisfied. The terminal device stops using the power saving signal pattern in response to the trigger condition is satisfied.
US12052664B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for a user equipment (UE) to select a primary subscriber identity module (SIM) for wakeup signal detection and decoding. One example method for wireless communication by a UE having a first SIM and a second SIM includes selecting, from the first SIM and the second SIM, a primary SIM and a secondary SIM; decoding, by the primary SIM, downlink control information (DCI); indicating, by the primary SIM to the secondary SIM, a wakeup grant based on the DCI; and taking one or more actions, by at least one of the primary SIM or the secondary SIM, in response to the indication of the wakeup grant.
US12052661B2
A user environment can be enhanced by the interconnection of multiple network devices. A principal network device can connect to one or more auxiliary network devices. Based on one or more profile parameters, the principal network device can alter, change or modify an aspect or operation of one or more client devices in the user environment. The principal and auxiliary network devices can monitor, detect or sense environment parameters associated with a user or a location within the user environment so as to control one or more aspects or operation of the one or more client devices. The user environment can be controlled for any number of users and any number of client devices. Automatically or dynamically controlling the user environment based on profile parameters can enhance the experience of the user no matter where the user is within the user environment.
US12052654B2
Various embodiments herein disclose a method camping a User Equipment (UE) on a cell, the method comprising: creating a combined Most Recently Used (MRU) list by merging a list 4G MRU frequencies with a Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) having a 5GC and a list of 5G MRU frequencies, determining whether one of a 4G cell with 5G core (5GC) and a 5G cell is available for camping by performing a MRU scan on the combined MRU list; performing one of: camping on one of the 4G cell with 5G core and the 5G cell in response to determining that one of the 5G cell and the 4G cell with 5G core is available and performing a 4G MRU frequency scan on a list of 4G without 5GC MRU frequencies in response to determining that one of the 4G cell with 5G core and the 5G cell is not available.
US12052649B2
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method in which a processing system detects user equipment (UE) in communication with a network via a serving cell of the network; the network is configured to facilitate communications by one or more terrestrial UEs and one or more aerial UEs. The system monitors messages from an aerial UE regarding detection of a cell other than the serving cell, and receives information from the aerial UE regarding the detected cell. The method further includes analyzing the information to estimate a first quantity associated with the detected cell location relative to the serving cell and a second quantity associated with a power received at the aerial UE from the detected cell. The method also includes determining, based on the analyzing, whether the aerial UE is an unauthorized aerial UE. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US12052647B2
Methods and systems are described for managing communication. A computing device may be configured to manage a first wireless service and a second wireless service. An interruption schedule may be used to limit transmissions associated with a first wireless service. The computing device may override the interruption schedule based on various override rules.
US12052646B2
A data transmission method, an apparatus, and a computer storage medium are provided. A first routing node receives downlink data of a terminal device. The first routing node sends a downlink paging request to a core network device, where the downlink paging request is used to indicate the core network device to search for a second access network device corresponding to a current location of the terminal device. The first routing node receives second routing information from a routing management node, where the second routing information is determined by the routing management node based on a routing information update request from the second access network device. The first routing node sends the downlink data to the terminal device via the second access network device based on the second routing information.
US12052645B2
Systems, methods and computer software are disclosed for providing Non-Terrestrial Network (NTN) round trip delay mitigation. In one embodiment a method includes receiving, by a node in a NTN network, a data payload; and providing, by the node, an acknowledgement of reception of the payload although payload processing is not complete.
US12052641B2
Systems and methods of video data extraction and processing from vehicles are described. The video data is captured using a video capture device at a vehicle. Sensor data is captured using one or more vehicle sensors at the vehicle. A data message is sent from the vehicle to a vehicle management server, the data message allowing the vehicle management server to access the video data and the sensor data. One or more model outputs are generated by providing the video data to one or more machine-learning models at the vehicle management server. An event record associated with an event is constructed based on the one or more model outputs using a vehicle rules engine. A vehicle management message is generated based on the event record and is sent to the vehicle.
US12052636B1
A system includes a location controller for a building, a container arranged to store items, and a device attached to the container. The device includes a first radio and a light emitting diode. The first radio emits a signal. The location controller determines a first location of the device in the building based on the signal and communicates, based on the first location of the device in the building, a first instruction to the device indicating that the device should be moved to a second location. The light emitting diode emits light of a first color in response to the first instruction.
US12052633B2
Systems and methods for providing time-delimited action suggestions are provided. In one example embodiment, a method includes receiving, by one or more computing devices from a user device, data indicative of a user-requested time-bound activity. The time-bound activity is associated with a time period. The method includes identifying, by the one or more computing devices, one or more parameters associated with a user that requested the time-bound activity. The method includes determining, by the one or more computing devices, a suggested action based at least in part on the one or more parameters associated with the user and the time period associated with the time-bound activity. The method includes providing, by the one or more computing devices, an output indicative of the suggested action to the user device.
US12052631B2
An electronic device includes circuitry. The circuitry is configured to: store reception intensity of radio waves output from multiple devices including portable device that exist around the electronic device in a storage unit for each device; and determine a content to be provided to an user based on each reception intensity pattern that appears in arranging each radio wave stored in the storage unit in order of intensity at a predetermined timing.
US12052629B2
Techniques and apparatus for using sidelinks for communications between vehicular mounted relays to improve user equipment (UE) mobility are described. In one technique, a first vehicle relay can receive information from a second vehicle relay via a sidelink. The information includes at least one of a location, a speed, or a direction of the second vehicle relay. The first vehicle relay determines to handover a UE served by the first vehicle relay to the second vehicle relay, based at least on the information, and triggers a handover of the UE to the second vehicle relay, in response to the determination. In another technique, a base station may receive the information from the first vehicle relay via radio resource control signaling, determine to handover the UE to the second vehicle relay, based at least on the information, and trigger a handover of the UE, in response to the determination.
US12052626B2
The disclosed technology provides system and methods for steering wireless communication devices away from low capacity layers (e.g., cells operating on low bandwidth frequency bands or low capacity radio access technologies (RATs) when the devices are stuck on such low capacity layers because of operational state changes of radio cells that the devices can attach to. For example, when a base station determines that a stationary, connected-mode, device has been operating on a low capacity layer for a certain duration, or if a higher capacity layer that was previously out of service comes back in service, the base station can initiate a handover causing the device to attach to the higher capacity layer.
US12052617B2
The present disclosure relates to handling a connection re-establishment in wireless communications. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a method performed by a wireless device in a wireless communication system comprises: receiving a conditional mobility command; initiating a conditional mobility based on the conditional mobility command; performing a radio link monitoring (RLM) on a source cell during the conditional mobility; and performing a radio resource control (RRC) re-establishment based on that the conditional mobility fails and a radio link failure (RLF) occurs as a result of the RLM.
US12052612B2
An SN (100C) includes a transmitting unit (110b) that transmits, to an MN (100A) to which a terminal (200) is connected, a first message including configuration information of a cell formed by the SN (100C), and a control unit (140b) that determines to delete the configuration information of the cell according to a state of the cell. The transmitting unit (110b) transmits, to the MN (100A), a second message instructing deletion of the configuration information of the cell.
US12052602B2
A service device (e.g., a user equipment (UE), or other network component) can operate to generate sidelink communications with peer UE vehicle-to-vehicle devices based on PC5 channel to enable a peer-to-peer communication as part of PC5 vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communications. An admission control scheme or a congestion control scheme can be enabled by determining a configured mapping based on various criteria, including a priority of V2X services, V2X packet Quality of Service (QoS) indications per packet, or other criteria. A UE can determine whether a packet is authorized via the sidelink channel based on the configured mapping.
US12052594B2
A network data collection method from application function device for network data analytic function is disclosed. The network data collection method includes transmitting a Naf_EventExposure_Subscribe message for a subscription of an event into an application function (AF) device; and receiving a Naf_EventExposure_Notify message from the AF device when the NWDAF subscribes the event.
US12052591B2
A method for monitoring a communications channel between a terminal device and a network device is described. The method includes: obtaining a first search space configuration and a second search space configuration. The first search space configuration includes a first search space set and the second search space configuration includes a second search space set, or the first search space configuration includes a first search space parameter and the second search space configuration includes a second search space parameter. The method further includes monitoring a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) based on the first search space configuration if a first condition is met. The first condition includes: a first timer is not in a running state; or monitoring, by the terminal device, a PDCCH based on the second search space configuration if a second condition is met. The second condition includes a first timer is in a running state.
US12052590B2
Radio resource management measurements for new radio unlicensed are performed that are based on a measurement model where a missed received signal transmission opportunity indicator is provided to higher layers to adapt the measurement functions performed by the radio resource control when a missed received signal transmission opportunity is detected. Radio link monitoring for new radio unlicensed is performed based on in-sync or out-of-sync indications that are based on the estimated radio link quality in combination with missed radio link monitoring reference signal transmission opportunities.
US12052586B2
A system, method, and computer-readable medium are disclosed for performing an intelligent connectivity operation. The intelligent connectivity operation includes: generating an uplink packet by a client information handling system, the uplink packet corresponding to a particular packet traffic type; associating packet quality of service information with the uplink packet; receiving a down link packet to the client information handling system; determining whether the down link packet corresponds to the particular packet traffic type; and, associating the down link packet with the packet priority information of the uplink packet when the downlink packet corresponds to the particular packet traffic type.
US12052585B2
A method for client steering in a multiple access point (AP) network is performed by a controller and comprises the steps of: receiving, from one or more APs, pieces of related information for the client steering; on the basis of the pieces of information, determining a particular candidate BSS for the client steering from among a plurality of BSSs; and transmitting a request message for the client steering to an AP operating the particular candidate BSS.
US12052576B2
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.
US12052560B2
Techniques for selecting an audio profile for an audio output device include generating a plurality of vector representations, wherein each vector representation of the plurality of vector representations is based on a candidate audio profile of a plurality of candidate audio profiles; clustering the plurality of vector representations into a plurality of clusters; selecting a first candidate audio profile that is representative of the plurality of candidate audio profiles included in a first cluster of the plurality of clusters; presenting, to a user, a plurality of audio test patterns, wherein each audio test pattern is rendered based on the first candidate audio profile; receiving, from the user, at least one response based on the plurality of audio test patterns; and determining an audio profile for an audio output device based on the at least one response of the user.
US12052557B2
Disclosed is a multifunctional sounding device which combines functions of emitting sounds and providing vibrations and includes a speaker unit including a vibration assembly including a first ring and a diaphragm vibrating along a first direction and a magnetic assembly including a main magnet and an auxiliary magnet; an elastic member suspending the speaker unit; a second ring surrounding the first ring; a flexible sealing membrane connected between the two rings; and a driving coil driving the speaker unit for vibrating in a second direction. The two directions are perpendicular. The driving coil includes two sides respectively facing the main magnet and the auxiliary magnet in the first direction. The diaphragm, the first ring, the flexible sealing membrane and the second ring are integrally formed, thereby ensuring concentricity of them four and avoiding glue width requirements so as to release spaces.
US12052553B2
Provided is a sound output device communicatively coupled to an information processing device, that includes a mounting portion configured to mount the sound output device on a human body, a plurality of sound output units configured to perform operation for outputting information indicating sound, or sound, and a control unit configured to, when the sound output device is coupled to the information processing device, enable operation of one or more first sound output units that are predetermined among the plurality of sound output units, and disable operation of one or more sound output units other than the one or more first sound output units among the plurality of sound output units.
US12052543B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an earphone including: a sound generation component, including a transducer and a housing accommodating the transducer, the housing being provided with a sound outlet hole and a pressure relief hole, the sound outlet hole being provided on an inner side of the housing facing an auricle, and the pressure relief hole being provided on an other side of the housing; an ear hook configured to place the sound generation component near an ear canal without blocking the ear canal in a wearing state; and a microphone assembly at least including a first microphone and a second microphone provided in the sound generation component or the ear hook, the sound generation component or the ear hook being provided with a first sound receiving hole and a second sound receiving hole corresponding to the first microphone and the second microphone, respectively.
US12052537B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an earphone, comprising a sound production component including a transducer and a housing. The earphone further includes and an ear-hook, wherein the ear-hook places the sound production component at a position near an ear canal but not blocking the ear canal. The sound production component and the ear-hook have a first projection and a second projection, respectively, on a sagittal plane. A first distance exists between a centroid of the first projection and a highest point of the second projection along a vertical axis direction, and a ratio of the first distance to a height of the second projection along the vertical axis direction is in a range of 0.35 to 0.6. A sound outlet is provided on an inner side surface of the housing, other side surfaces of the housing are provided with one or more pressure relief holes.
US12052532B2
Presented herein are techniques to manage optical network infrastructure. A method includes inducing a predetermined vibration on a fiber optic cable, the predetermined vibration being sufficient to cause a change to at least one of a state of polarization and a phase of optical signals being carried by respective optical fibers in the fiber optic cable, detecting, at a first endpoint, using a first coherent optical receiver, and at a second endpoint, using a second coherent optical receiver, the change to the at least one of the state of polarization and the phase of the optical signals, and based on the detecting, determining that the first endpoint and the second endpoint are connected to, or in communication with, one another via at least one finer in the fiber optic cable.
US12052529B1
This disclosure describes, in part, techniques for retrieving images based on detecting events. For instance, system(s) may detect an event, such as an event associated with a collection of images for an item. Based on detecting the event, the system(s) may determine an area within a facility, such as an inventory location, for retrieving image data. The system(s) may then determine one or more imaging devices that have field(s) of view of the area. Additionally, the system(s) may score the imaging device(s) based on visibility data associated with the imaging device(s). The system(s) may also determine occlusion data for image data generated by the imaging device(s). Using the scores and the occlusion data, the system(s) may then select image data that represents the area. The system(s) may then store the image data in one or more data stores, such as with the collection of images.
US12052523B2
There is provided a pixel circuit capable of outputting time difference data and image data, and including an image circuit and a difference circuit. The image circuit is used to record and output detected light energy of a first interval as the image data. The difference circuit is used to record and output a variation of detected light energy between the first interval and a second interval as the time difference data. The pixel circuit selects to output at least one of the time difference data and the image data.
US12052520B2
An image sensor includes: a first pixel connected to a column line; and a second pixel connected to the column line. Each of the first pixel and the second pixel includes: one photodiode; a first floating diffusion region; a second floating diffusion region; one first transistor connected between the one photodiode and the first floating diffusion region; a second transistor connected between the first floating diffusion region and the second floating diffusion region; a third transistor connected to the second floating diffusion region; a fourth transistor including a gate connected to the first floating diffusion region; and a fifth transistor including a drain connected to a source of the fourth transistor and a source connected to the column line. The second floating diffusion region of the first pixel and the second floating diffusion region of the second pixel are electrically connected without an intermediate transistor.
US12052516B2
A method of camera processing including receiving a first image, determining one or more first automatic white balance (AWB) parameters for the first image, determining one or more second AWB parameters for a region-of-interest (ROI) of the first image, applying the one or more first AWB parameters to one or more of the first image or a second image, and adjusting the ROI of one or more of the first image or the second image based on the one or more second AWB parameters.
US12052515B2
It is an object to realize a demosaicing process for a partial region of interest (ROI) segmented from a captured image. A transmitting apparatus includes a controlling section that controls acquisition of demosaicing information for use in a demosaicing process for demosaicing image data of a ROI and a transmitting section that sends out the image data of the ROI as payload data and sends out ROI information as embedded data.
US12052514B2
Embodiments of the present invention relate to an image processing method and apparatus for a camera module in a night scene, an electronic device, and a storage medium. The method includes: obtaining a multi-frame target image; performing first noise reduction processing on each frame of target image in the multi-frame target image, to obtain intra-frame processing results of the multi-frame target image; performing second noise reduction processing on any two adjacent frames of target images in the multi-frame target image, to obtain inter-frame processing results; and generating an enhanced night scene effect image of the target image according to the intra-frame processing result and the inter-frame processing result.
US12052506B2
Methods and apparatus are disclosed for using long exposure video for virtual reality headsets. An example apparatus includes a video camera to capture first, real time video of a scene using a first field of view while operating using a first exposure time, the first exposure time corresponding to a normal exposure time of a human eye; a transformer to transform the first, real time video into a second video corresponding to a second exposure time, the second exposure time being at least twice as long as the first exposure time; and a display to display the second video at the second exposure time.
US12052492B2
Implementations set forth herein relate to an automated assistant that can control a camera according to one or more conditions specified by a user. A condition can be satisfied when, for example, the automated assistant detects a particular environment feature is apparent. In this way, the user can rely on the automated assistant to identify and capture certain moments without necessarily requiring the user to constantly monitor a viewing window of the camera. In some implementations, a condition for the automated assistant to capture media data can be based on application data and/or other contextual data that is associated with the automated assistant. For instance, a relationship between content in a camera viewing window and other content of an application interface can be a condition upon which the automated assistant captures certain media data using a camera.
US12052487B2
Provided is an imaging device including a sensing array including a plurality of sensing elements, an imaging lens array including a plurality of imaging optical lenses, each of the plurality of imaging optical lenses having a non-circular cross-section perpendicular to an optical axis, and configured to transmit light received from an outside of the imaging device, and a condensing lens array including a plurality of condensing lenses disposed between the imaging lens array and the sensing array, and configured to transmit the light passing through the imaging lens array to the sensing elements, wherein a number of the plurality of imaging optical lenses is less than a number of the plurality of condensing lenses.
US12052486B2
An electronic device includes a display screen, a first aperture region and a second aperture region. The display screen is disposed on a surface of the electronic device. The first aperture region is disposed on the surface of the electronic device, and a visible light is able to enter into an internal portion of the electronic device through the first aperture region. The second aperture region is disposed on the surface of the electronic device, and the visible light is able to enter into the internal portion of the electronic device through the second aperture region. The display screen is disposed between the first aperture region and the second aperture region and configured to be a spacing maintained therebetween, and a shape of the first aperture region and a shape of the second aperture region are non-circular and mirror-symmetrical to each other.
US12052484B2
A portable electronic device can have a housing including a wall, the wall at least partially defining an external surface, and the housing defining an aperture disposed opposite the wall. A display assembly can be positioned at the aperture and a retention component can be positioned at least partially in an internal volume defined by the housing. The portable electronic device can also have an optical component that includes an optical component housing defining a camera aperture and a camera module positioned at the camera aperture. The optical component can be configured to be removably retained against the wall by the retention component and to be removably retained against the display assembly by the retention component.
US12052483B2
A photographing device includes a housing configured to carry an electronic component of the photographing device, such as a lens system and an expansion system. A lens cavity and an expansion cavity isolated from each other are disposed in the housing. The lens system is disposed in the lens cavity, a heat dissipation apparatus is disposed in the expansion cavity, and the expansion system is disposed on the heat dissipation apparatus and is thermally coupled to the heat dissipation apparatus. In addition, the disposed heat dissipation apparatus is further thermally coupled to the lens system. A heat dissipation channel isolated from the expansion cavity is disposed in the heat dissipation apparatus.
US12052473B2
The present invention is to provide an image display device capable of performing various functions in association with a mobile terminal such as a smartphone or the like, and a method for controlling the same. The image display device includes a display unit, an audio output unit, a wireless communication module for a communication between a mobile terminal and a remote controller, a controller that perform control to establish a first communication connection with the mobile terminal in response to a first communication connection request received through the wireless communication module from the mobile terminal playing first content, receive the first content from the mobile terminal through a first communication and output the first content through the audio output unit, and display a user interface for controlling playback of the first content of the mobile terminal on the display unit.
US12052469B2
Systems and methods are described herein for generating a watch schedule and compressed series for a user for a series that is expected to become unavailable. Availability data indicating when a content series will become unavailable is received and compared to user progression habits. If the content series will become unavailable before the user will complete it, a watch schedule may be offered to the user. If the user subsequently falls behind on this watch schedule, a compressed version of the content series may be offered to the user.
US12052465B2
Digital content moderation systems and methods are disclosed. A method includes assigning content output by an electronic device to a first category. The method further includes monitoring a first amount of time during which the electronic device is outputting the content. In response to the first amount of time exceeding a first threshold, the method includes prompting a user to switch the electronic device to output content of a different category. After prompting the user, the method includes monitoring a second amount of time during which the electronic device continues to output the content; and, in response to the second amount of time exceeding a second threshold, taking an action including at least one of: causing the electronic device to output content of a different category; or transmitting a notification indicating that the electronic device is not outputting content of a different category.
US12052457B2
The present disclosure provides systems and methods for customized programming through “virtual zoning”, not based on network architecture or geographic region, via a modified electronic programming guide (EPG) provided to devices assigned to virtual zones. Broadcasters may thus provide virtual zone-based “localized” programming to devices regardless of location. The virtual zone-based EPG may be functionally identical to conventional EPGs, and thus fully compatible with existing recipient devices, without requiring custom programming or manufacturer resources. Content may be broadcast to virtual zones via multicast IP streams, with primary content provided to a plurality of virtual zones and custom content provided on a stream-by-stream basis. The resulting system is highly scalable, requiring additional resources only based on the number of virtual zones (which may be numbered in the tens or hundreds, in many implementations) rather than the number of recipient devices (which may be numbered in the millions).
US12052454B2
Embodiments of this application provide a data processing method, apparatus, and device for point cloud media, and a storage medium. The method includes: acquiring information of an ith attribute component of point cloud media, the point cloud media including N attribute components, the ith attribute component being any one of the N attribute components, the information of the ith attribute component being used for indicating at least one of a mandatory and a priority of the ith attribute component, both N and i being positive integers and i∈[1, N]; and parsing the ith attribute component based on the information of the ith attribute component. The method relates to the field of point cloud media technologies, and can improve parsing processing efficiency for point cloud media to a certain extent by indicating a mandatory and a priority of an attribute component of the point cloud media.
US12052441B2
There is included a method and apparatus comprising computer code configured to cause a processor or processors to perform parsing at least one video parameter set comprising at least one syntax element indicating whether at least one layer in the scalable bitstream is one of a dependent layer of the scalable bitstream and an independent layer of the scalable bitstream, determining a number of dependent layers, including the dependent layer, of the scalable bitstream based on a plurality of flags included in the VPS, decoding a picture in the dependent layer by parsing and interpreting an inter-layer reference picture list, and decoding a picture in an independent layer without parsing and interpreting the inter-layer reference picture list.
US12052437B2
Systems and methods for receiving a coded video bitstream including a current frame, a first reference frame and a second reference frame associated with a current block in the current frame, a joint motion vector difference (JMVD) associated with the first reference frame and the second reference frame, and a flag indicating whether one or more scaling factors are used to derive a motion vector difference (MVD) from the JMVD. A first/second MVD associated with the first/second reference frame may be derived based on applying a first/second scaling factor in the one or more scaling factors to the JMVD or based on a distance between the first/second reference frame and the current frame. The current block may be decoded based on the first MVD and the second MVD.
US12052435B2
Provided is a video decoding method performed by a video decoding apparatus, the video decoding method including: determining prediction mode information of a current block and an index indicating a prediction candidate, from a bitstream; determining a prediction candidate list according to the prediction mode information; when the prediction mode information of the current block indicates a pre-set prediction mode, determining a motion vector indicated by the index indicating the prediction candidate from the prediction candidate list, and determining a prediction motion vector of the current block based on at least one of pieces of motion prediction information related to the motion vector; and determining a motion vector of the current block based on the prediction motion vector, wherein the pre-set prediction mode is a prediction mode different from a skip mode and a merge mode.
US12052428B2
Techniques are described for using an inter-intra-prediction block. A video coder may generate a first prediction block according to an intra-prediction mode and generate a second prediction block according to an inter-prediction mode. The video coder may weighted combine, such as based on the intra-prediction mode, the two prediction blocks to generate an inter-intra-prediction block (e.g., final prediction block). In some examples, an inter-intra candidate is identified in a list of candidate motion vector predictors, and an inter-intra-prediction block is used based on identification of the inter-intra candidate in the list of candidate motion vector predictors.
US12052421B2
An image decoding method according to the present document comprises the steps of: determining whether or not an effective coefficient is present in a second area not including an upper-left first area of a current block; parsing an MTS index from a bitstream on the basis that the effective coefficient is not present in the second area; and deriving residual samples for the current block by applying a transform kernel, which is derived on the basis of the MTS index, to transform coefficients in the first area, wherein the MTS index can be parsed on the basis that the effective coefficient, which is present in a scan sub-block which is scanned for the effective coefficient, is not present in the second area.
US12052419B2
A method of obtaining a chrominance quantization parameter (QP) for chrominance components based on a luminance QP for a luminance component, wherein the method is performed by a decoder, and comprises parsing a received bitstream to obtain the luminance QP and information of a mapping function (ƒ) which associates a QP index (QPi) to a chrominance QP (QPc); obtaining the QPi based at least in part on the luminance QP; obtaining the mapping function based on the obtained information of the mapping function; and obtaining a QPc based on the obtained mapping function and the obtained QPi.
US12052400B1
Systems and methods electronically uniquely imprint a digital watermark on produced resources, such as on data or electronic documents produced by an online software platform (OSP), in nearly invisible ways that are likely to survive subsequent processing. In one embodiment the OSP stores a plurality of resource digital rules used for producing resources for respective relationship instances of primary entities with other entities; receives a dataset on behalf of a primary entity, in which the dataset includes data representing a relationship instance between the primary entity and a secondary entity; in response to the received dataset, produces a resource based on applying one or more of the plurality of resource digital rules to the dataset; and digitally watermarks the produced resource with a digital watermark such that the produced resource is identifiable via the digital watermark as having been produced by the OSP.
US12052392B2
For detecting and resolving bad audio during conferencing, methods, apparatus, and systems are disclosed. One apparatus includes a processor and a memory that stores code executable by the processor. The processor detects bad audio for a conference call, the conference call involving a plurality of participants. The processor switches a first input stream to an analysis mode, where the bad audio corresponds to a first one of a plurality of input streams, the first input stream associated with a first participant. The processor sends a conference output channel to the first participant while in the analysis mode and concurrently analyzes the first input stream using a plurality of audio tools while in the analysis mode. The processor returns the first input stream to a conferencing mode in response to resolving the bad audio.
US12052387B2
System and methods for providing calling party information are disclosed. In one implementation, a server for providing calling party information includes one or more processors configured to receive a query for calling party information from a carrier. The query includes an identifier associated with the calling party. The processors are further configured to determine a score based on one or more previously obtained queries, generate the calling party information based on the score, and transmit the calling party information to the carrier. The carrier transmits the calling party information to a device associated with the called party as a Caller ID Name (CNAM).
US12052384B2
A multiple dwelling house interphone system includes a collective entrance machine and a dwelling room master device. Each automatic door requires an unlock operation to pass through for proceeding to each area, and a part of the areas are occupied by facilities other than dwelling units. The collective entrance machine includes a card information input section, and the automatic doors each include an unlock operation section for unlocking using the card medium. The collective entrance machine further includes a card authentication section, an unlocking door storage section, and a card information storage section. The card authentication section permits the unlocking by the card medium when the information input to the card information input section matches the information registered in the card information storage section. The permitted card medium enables unlocking the automatic door stored in the unlocking door storage section in association with the information of the card medium.
US12052377B2
A physically unclonable function (PUF) comprises a plurality of conductors, at least some of which are arranged so that they interact electrically and/or magnetically with one another. A media surrounds at least of portion of each of the conductors and further defines at least one cavity, where the cavity is structured to provide the device with an environmentally dependent characteristic. Circuitry applies an electrical challenge signal to at least one of the conductors and receives an electrical output from at least one of the other conductors to generate an identifying response to the challenge signal that is unique to the device.
US12052375B2
Blockchain systems operate over a network of computing devices. Proof-of-space blockchain consensus systems utilize data (called plots) stored in storage devices across the computing devices within the network. These storage devices are utilized to generate and store proof-of-space consensus data. This data is then accessed at a later time to respond to challenges issued across the blockchain network. The owner of a plot may wish to sell a plot to another miner. If the seller is a bad-faith actor, they may retain copies of the secret key(s) and use them to continue mining the plot along with the buyer. To prevent these attacks, it may be desirable to submit a challenge response block where the proof-of-space is not visible as part of the challenge response. This may be done by replacing the proof-of-space with a proof-of-knowledge.
US12052373B1
Systems, methods, and computer products for associating a network identifier with a network address enable operations that may include: receiving a network identifier associated with a first network; obtaining an identification of a proof provider; sending, to the proof provider, a network address associated with a second network, wherein the proof provider is configured to generate a signed association of the network identifier with the network address using a private key of the proof provider; obtaining the signed association; and providing, to the second network, at least the signed association. The second network may be configured to validate the signed association and store the signed association.
US12052372B2
The present disclosure provides techniques that may be applied, for example, in a multi-slice network for maintaining privacy when attempting to access the network. An exemplary method generally includes transmitting a registration request message to a serving network to register with the serving network; receiving a first confirmation message indicating a secure connection with the serving network has been established; transmitting, after receiving the first confirmation message, a secure message to the serving network comprising an indication of at least one configured network slice that the UE wants to communicate over, wherein the at least one configured network slice is associated with a privacy flag that is set; and receiving a second confirmation message from the serving network indicating that the UE is permitted to communicate over the at least one configured network slice.
US12052370B2
Methods and apparatus for managing state in accelerators. An accelerator performs processing operations on a data chunk relating to a job submitted to the accelerator. During or following processing the data chunk, the accelerator generates state information corresponding to its current state and stores the state information or, optionally, the accelerator state information is obtained and stored by privileged software. In connection with continued processing of the current data chunk or a next job and next data chunk, the accelerator accesses previously stored state information identified by the job and validates the state information was generated by itself, another accelerator, or privileged software. Valid state information is then reloaded to restore the state of the accelerator/process state, and processing continues. The chunk processing, accelerator state store, validation, and restore operations are repeated to process subsequent jobs. An accelerator and/or privileged software may use a MAC (Message Authentication Code) algorithm to generate a MAC over a message comprising the accelerator state information. The MAC is then used to validate previously stored state information.
US12052360B2
In accordance with some embodiments, a secure modular apparatus providing a first platform for secure platform integration includes communication device(s) and a key store for storing encryption keys. The apparatus additionally includes a crypto engine operable to use the encryption keys for cryptographic operations. The apparatus also includes a controller and a housing arranged to at least partially support the communication device(s), the key store, the crypto engine, and the controller. The controller, via the communication device(s), exchanges encrypted messages prepared or processed by the crypto engine with a second platform provided by a personal communication device, where the second platform is distinct from the first platform and has a plurality of layers including at least one layer between a hardware layer and high level layers, and the encrypted messages control one or more of a hardware unit in the hardware layer and a component in the high level layers.
US12052353B2
A method is provided for enabling a secure data exchange between a number of nodes of a network of nodes, wherein each node has identical cryptographic key pairs for encrypting the data exchange, wherein the key pairs are generated by the respective nodes themselves and automatically. The addition of nodes to a network of nodes takes place with the aid of a temporary public key which is generated by the node to be added and which has to be verified by trustworthy entities. After successful verification, the cryptographic key pair required for the data exchange is made available to the node to be added. After the new node has been added, all nodes of the network again have identical cryptographic key pairs for the encrypted data exchange.
US12052341B2
A system includes a plurality of first building components, a private local blockchain, a second building component, and a client device. The private local blockchain includes a device ledger indicating each first building component, a transaction ledger maintaining a plurality of blocks corresponding to a transaction between at least two first building components and including at least one first unique identifier of the corresponding first building component and a timestamp of the transaction, a transaction processor that generates at least one block by executing a predetermined hash function using a previous block, and a local rule engine defining rules to evaluate a transaction. The second building component has at least one second unique identifier. The client device provides the at least one second unique identifier to the private local blockchain. The private local blockchain determines whether to add the second building component to the device ledger.
US12052340B2
A stack of rotating discs drilled with randomized holes allow a light fluid L to rise into a chamber filled with heavier fluid H, as a randomized stream of bubbles. The two fluids are mutually non-soluble, and of different electric conductivity, hence the randomized stream of bubbles generates a randomized curve of electrical resistance within the chamber, over time; this output resistance curve is shared by all parties that have a duplicate of the contraption and apply the same activation settings. The physical complexity of the contraptions keeps the randomness secure against all parties not in possession of the contraption. Unlike Entanglement and BB84 solutions, this invention generates shared randomness without communicating the same between the parties.
US12052332B2
Establishing an expected transmit time at which a network interface controller (NIC) is expected to transmit a next packet. Enqueuing, with the NIC and before the expected transmit time, a packet P1 to be transmitted at the expected transmit time. Upon enqueuing P1, incrementing the expected transmit time by an expected transmit duration of P1. Transmitting at the NIC's line rate and timestamping enqueued P1 with its actual transmit time. Adjusting the expected transmit time by a difference between P1's actual transmit and P1's expected transmit time. Requesting, before completion of transmitting P1, to transmit a P2 at time t(P2). Enqueuing, in sequence, zero or more P0, such that the current expected transmit time plus the duration of the transmission of the P0s at the line rate equals t(P2). Transmitting at the line rate each enqueued P0. Upon enqueuing each P0, incrementing, for each P0, the expected transmit time by the expected transmit duration of the P0. Enqueuing P2 for transmission directly following enqueuing the final P0. Transmitting, by the NIC, enqueued P2 at t(P2).
