US12049508B2
The present disclosure encompasses novel anti-NGF antibodies, antigen binding proteins and polynucleotides encoding the same. The disclosure further provides use of the novel antibodies, antigen binding proteins and/or nucleotide of the invention for the treatment of NGF related disorders, particularly in for the management of pain.
US12049504B2
Provided are humanized anti-HLA-A2 antibodies. In certain aspects, the humanized anti-HLA-A2 antibodies are capable of constituting an antigen binding domain of a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR), where the CAR is capable of being expressed in a human cell such that the CAR specifically binds to HLA-A2. Also provided are CARs that include the humanized anti-HLA-A2 antibodies. Modified cells including the antibodies and CARs, as well as methods of using such modified cells are also provided.
US12049502B2
The disclosure is directed to an antibody specific for claudin 6 and CD3 and method of preparing and using the same. The present disclosure describes the isolation and characterization of antibodies, antibody fragments, and antibody variants specific for claudin 6 and CD3.
US12049496B2
The invention provides an improved pan-TGF-β antibody for treatment of conditions that are mediated by TGF-β, including autoimmune diseases, fibrotic conditions, and cancers. Also provided are methods and uses of the antibody in conjunction with other immunomodulatory agents such as an anti-PD-1 antibody.
US12049475B2
Provided herein are novel conjugates of TGF-beta inhibitors and bisphosphonates, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the conjugates, methods of preparing the conjugates, and methods of using the conjugates, for example, for the treatment of a bone disease or disorder, such as osteoarthritis.
US12049456B2
The present disclosure provides processes for the purification of 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid (FDCA). The present disclosure further provides crystalline preparations of purified FDCA, as well as processes for making the same. In addition, the present disclosure provides mixtures used in processes for the purification of FDCA.
US12049455B2
The disclosure provides therapeutic compositions (i.e., therapeutic agents) and methods of preventing or treating Friedreich's ataxia in a mammalian subject, reducing risk factors, signs and/or symptoms associated with Friedreich's ataxia (e.g., Complex I deficiency), and/or reducing the likelihood or severity of Friedreich's ataxia. The disclosure further provides novel intermediates for the production of said therapeutic compositions and related reduced versions of said therapeutic compositions, which reduce forms may also be used as therapeutic agents (or prodrugs of the therapeutic agent(s)).
US12049450B2
The invention relates to the field of pesticide technology, and in particular a type of pyridyloxy carboxylate derivative, preparation method, herbicidal composition and application thereof. The pyridyloxy carboxylate derivative is represented by formula I, wherein, A, B each independently represent halogen, or alkyl or cycloalkyl with or without halogen; C represents hydrogen, halogen, alkyl or haloalkyl; Q represents halogen, cyano, cyanoalkyl, hydroxyalkyl, amino, nitro, formyl, alkyl with or without halogen or the like; M represents -alkyl-R, R represents unsubstituted or substituted heterocyclyl, aryl or heteroaryl; Y represents O or S; X represents nitro or NR1R2. The compound has excellent herbicidal activity and higher crop safety, especially good selectivity for key crops such as rice and soybean.
US12049441B2
What is proposed is a continuous process for producing limonene which has the feature that beta-pinene or beta-pinene-containing starting materials are isomerized in a trickle-bed reactor in the presence of acid catalysts.
US12049438B2
The disclosure describes a process for methanol synthesis remarkable in that it comprises the steps of (a) providing syngas (3), (b) providing at least one first catalytic composition (9) comprising at least one first methanol synthesis catalyst; (c) putting into contact said syngas (3) with said first catalytic composition (9) under first temperature conditions, to provide a first gaseous effluent (15); (d) providing at least one second catalytic composition (17) comprising at least one second methanol synthesis catalyst; (e) putting into contact at least a part of said first gaseous effluent (15) with said second catalytic composition (17), to provide a second gaseous effluent (23) and a second liquid effluent (21); (f) recovering methanol from first (15) and/or second (23) gaseous effluent. The use of a first catalytic composition (9) that comprises at least one first methanol synthesis catalyst in such a process for methanol synthesis is also described.
US12049434B2
Paraffin compositions including mainly even carbon number paraffins, and a method for manufacturing the same, is disclosed herein. In one embodiment, the method involves contacting naturally occurring fatty acid/glycerides with hydrogen in a slurry bubble column reactor containing bimetallic catalysts with equivalent particle diameters from about 10 to about 400 micron. The even carbon number compositions are particularly useful as phase change material.
US12049431B2
An agricultural adjuvant includes microfibrillated cellulose, a dispersant or wetting agent, in a liquid carrier that has been subjected to shear conditions. The resultant adjuvant displays useful rheological structure and the adjuvant is added to agricultural formulations to stabilize and impart useful rheology to the formulations.
US12049428B2
A baking slurry composition of the present invention contains an amino alcohol compound represented by formula, inorganic powder , a polyvinyl alcohol resin, and water. In the formula, R is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having a carbon number larger than or equal to 1 and smaller than or equal to 20, and m and n being values satisfying conditions m≥0, n≥0, and m+n≥1.
US12049427B2
This invention provides resin formulations which may be used for 3D printing and pyrolyzing to produce a ceramic matrix composite. The resin formulations contain a solid-phase filler, to provide high thermal stability and mechanical strength (e.g., fracture toughness) in the final ceramic material. The invention provides direct, free-form 3D printing of a preceramic polymer loaded with a solid-phase filler, followed by converting the preceramic polymer to a 3D-printed ceramic matrix composite with potentially complex 3D shapes or in the form of large parts. Other variations provide active solid-phase functional additives as solid-phase fillers, to perform or enhance at least one chemical, physical, mechanical, or electrical function within the ceramic structure as it is being formed as well as in the final structure. Solid-phase functional additives actively improve the final ceramic structure through one or more changes actively induced by the additives during pyrolysis or other thermal treatment.
US12049421B2
The present invention provides a cutting method and equipment of auxiliary packaging containers for testing. The method includes: step S001, material feeding; step S002, laser cutting; performs circumferential cutting of the part of the packaging container to be cut by the laser cutting device on the equipment body; step S003, waste gas treatment; step S004, material unloading; the equipment includes an equipment body and a clamping and positioning device and a laser cutting device, the clamping and positioning device is provided on the lower side of the laser cutting device and can be rotated relative to the laser cutting device; the equipment body is equipped with a waste gas discharge device; the cutting method and equipment of auxiliary packaging containers for testing provided by the present invention overcomes the defects of poor cutting effect, narrow application range, inconvenient cutting and low efficiency of the existing cutting methods of packaging containers.
US12049416B2
A method of operating a sequencing batch reactor process includes introducing wastewater to be treated into the sequencing batch reactor and subjecting the wastewater to treatment in the sequencing batch reactor in an aerated anoxic mode in in which a quantity of oxygen is supplied at a level insufficient to meet a biological oxygen demand of the wastewater, but sufficient to cause simultaneous nitrification and denitrification reactions to occur in the wastewater.
US12049415B2
Biosolids conversion systems and methods are provided. Wastewater may be received and separated into a separated water component and a dewatered solids component on-site at or near a wastewater source. The separated water components may be treated on-site using an ancillary water treatment process. The dewatered solids may be converted to a biosolid with aid of one or more oxidizers and a blending chamber. The dewatered solids may be converted to a biosolid on-site at or near a wastewater source or may be converted to a biosolid off-site at a central solids processing facility.
US12049414B2
A water conditioning composition includes water, at least one gluconate compound, at least one carbonate compound, a non-ionic preservative, and a citrate compound. For example, the composition can include 87-95 wt. % water, 0.5 to 1.5 wt. % gluconate compound, 3 to 8 wt. % carbonate compound, 0.5 to 1.5 wt. % non-ionic preservative, and 0.5 to 2.5 wt. % citrate compound.
US12049402B2
A method for the manufacture of graphene oxide from electrode graphite scrap including the provision of electrode graphite scrap, the grinding of electrode graphite scrap to obtain ground graphite electrode and an oxidation step of the ground graphite electrode to obtain graphene oxide.
US12049399B2
A beverage dispenser and method for operating a beverage dispenser may include receiving a handshake request from a mobile device of a user. A communications link may be established with the mobile device. Responsive to receiving control data associated with a beverage order from the mobile device, a physical function may be caused to be performed by the beverage dispenser.
US12049396B2
A pantograph-type lifting system comprises a base; a platform connected to the base by a pair of levers each comprising a first lever and a second lever mutually hinged in a fulcrum, the first lever having a lower end hinged to the base, and an upper end sliding connected to the platform, the second lever having a lower end sliding connected to the base, and an upper end hinged to the platform in a fixed spot; a chain-type actuating system of the levers comprising one chain meshed with a first toothed pulley and with a second toothed pulley rotatable connected to the respective levers, the chain-type actuating system being configured to transfer the motion from motor means to the levers through the toothed pulleys in order to approach or move away the ends of the levers with a scissors-like movement to lift or lower the platform.
US12049394B2
According to an aspect of the present disclosure, a multi-step height adjuster includes a base tube portion including a first base tube and a second base tube vertically reciprocating inside the first base tube; a spindle portion including a first spindle installed inside the first base tube to vertically reciprocate and a second spindle installed inside the second base tube to vertically reciprocate; and an adjustment portion installed in the spindle portion to transmit power to the spindle portion, wherein the first spindle and the second base tube are integrally moved.
US12049390B2
The present invention relates to a crane (1) comprising a mast (2), an elongated boom (3) connected to the mast having a front portion (6) extending on one side of the mast and a rear portion (8) extending on the opposite side of the mast, and the boom (3) is linearly movable relative to the mast such that the length of the front portion and the length of the rear portion is adjustable by moving the boom relative to mast, and a counterweight (12) movably connected to the boom (3). The boom (3) and the counterweight (12) are arranged so that they can be moved independent of each other, and the counterweight and the boom are arranged so that the counterweight can pass the mast and be moved between the front portion (6) and the rear portion (8) independent of the position of the boom (3) with respect to the mast (2).
US12049389B2
The invention relates to a method for recognising a setup state of a crane in which a crane setup state input manually into the crane controller is compared with the actual current setup state, comprising the steps of determining the target position of at least one target crane element installed on the crane on the basis of a crane setup state stored in the crane controller and at least one crane sensor value, transmitting the one or more pieces of target position data to a mobile flying device, moving the flying device into a region in the immediate vicinity of the target position of the target crane element and detecting and identifying a current crane element located there using a detection means, and identifying the current crane element detected in the detection region and establishing whether the detected crane element corresponds to the target crane element.
US12049386B2
This invention concerns a coupling device including a detachable member 20 that can be attached to and detached from a grille, a first coupling member 21 and a second coupling member 22 provided on the detachable member 20, and a connecting member 23 provided on the detachable member 20 so as to connect the first coupling member 21 and the second coupling member 22, wherein the first coupling member 21 and the second coupling member 22 respectively include elongated holes, arc-shaped portions 51a, 51b provided on respective outer peripheral lower portions of the first coupling member 21 and the second coupling member 22, and semicircular arc portions that can be coupled to the grille, and the connecting member 23 includes a fixing shaft 24 that extends in a horizontal direction and is inserted into the respective elongated holes in the first coupling member 21 and the second coupling member 22.
US12049381B2
A method for producing a convolute paper core of a desired width and thickness, the method including unwinding paper from a paper roll, thereby creating unwound paper, conveying the unwound paper to a cutting position in a feeding direction, cutting the unwound paper, thereby creating a paper sheet having a length L, conveying the paper sheet from the cutting position to a mandrel in a winding direction, wherein the winding direction is perpendicular to the feeding direction, adhesively and convolutely winding the paper sheet on the mandrel so as to produce a paper core, so that a width W of the paper core is equal to the length L, and repeating the steps of unwinding, conveying, cutting, conveying and adhesively and convolutely winding a plurality of paper sheets until the paper core has the desired thickness.
US12049378B2
Apparatus, methods, and systems for a vacuum conveyor for inkjet printing with adjustment to the covered area are disclosed. In some embodiments, a controller of a vacuum conveyor expands first one or more actuators of multiple first actuators of a substrate transportation system to decrease a suction width of an area of suction provided by the vacuum conveyor in accordance with a substrate width of a substrate being inkjet printed using the vacuum conveyor. A second one or more actuators of the multiple first actuators being retracted. The controller retracts multiple second actuators of the vacuum conveyor to increase the suction length of the area of suction while the substrate transportation system moves the substrate along the vacuum conveyor for inkjet printing of the substrate. The controller expands the retracted actuators of the multiple first actuators to increase the suction length as the substrates exit the vacuum conveyor.
US12049371B2
A method for building an article array comprised of (n) rows of articles, as disclosed herein.
US12049361B2
Systems and methods for profiling a pallet in a warehouse can include a turntable that rotates the pallet, conveyor belts that move the pallet, and a vertical profiling structure, having cameras mounted at different locations, in a stationary position proximate to a side of the turntable. A photo booth can also be used to provide uniform lighting. A computing system can instruct a conveyor belt to automatically route the pallet onto the turntable, instruct the cameras to capture image data of the pallet as it rotates on the turntable, receive the image data, and retrieve image-based models of the pallet that were trained using images of pallets having unique identifiers. The computing system can determine, based on applying the image-based models to the image data, whether the pallet's unique identifier is identifiable, and transmit, to a warehouse management system, a notification indicating whether the unique identifier is identifiable.
US12049360B2
Automated storage and retrieval system, a method of operating the system and a multi trolley vehicle
An automated storage and retrieval system that includes a rail system that includes a first set of parallel tracks, arranged in a horizontal plane and extending in a first direction, and a second set of parallel tracks, arranged in the horizontal plane and extending in a second direction that is orthogonal to the first direction; a plurality of stacks of storage containers arranged in storage columns located beneath the rail system, each storage column is located vertically below a grid opening; and a trolley for transporting the storage containers between the storage columns and at least one deployment area. The first and second sets of tracks form a grid pattern in the horizontal plane including a plurality of adjacent grid cells, each grid cell including a grid opening defined by a pair of neighboring tracks of the first set of tracks and a pair of neighboring tracks of the second set of track. The trolley is movable on any rail including: on the rail system or in a horizontal plane above or below the rail system, on dedicated transport rails between the rail system and the deployment area, on a double rail above or below the rail system or combinations thereof. The deployment area provides direct access to an area outside the grid pattern formed by the first and second sets of tracks. The trolley provides a container volume for storing at least one of the storage containers. The trolley includes moving devices allowing movement of the trolley in at least one of the first direction and the second direction.
US12049359B2
A robotic item retrieval and transport apparatus includes at least one item retrieval mechanism that is minimally exposed while stored and/or engaged in loading or unloading of objects relative to a deck (e.g., upper surface) thereof. Actuators and at least major portions of one or more movable implements are arranged below the deck. Loading and/or unloading of objects may include lateral sliding, such as by pulling the object while it is supported by an extrinsic support surface. At least substantial portions of an item retrieval mechanism may remain outside a central target area of a deck, to provide a unobstructed or minimally obstructed deck surface for holding objects. The apparatus may be used with at least one movable pallet element. A pallet element and/or a retrievable item may include one or more features detectable by a sensor.
US12049350B2
Enclosure assembly includes an outer box enclosure and a flexible, resealable enclosure that is disposed within the outer box enclosure. The resealable enclosure has a resealer formed by a single intermeshable closure member that is affixed to and wraps from a front side of the outer box enclosure, around at least one of side edge of the outer box enclosure, and onto a back side of the resealable enclosure. Prior to initially opening the resealable enclosure, the intermeshable closure member is uncoupled with itself. The intermeshable closure member is configured to couple with itself at a first area of the intermeshable closure member that is on the front side of the resealable enclosure and at a different, second area of the intermeshable closure member that is on the back side of the resealable enclosure to close the resealable enclosure.
US12049349B2
A canister apparatus configured to protect and seal a range of jars and perishable items therein from light, dehydration, loss of volatiles, and or rapid change in temperature. The canister apparatus comprising a canister lid, a canister base and a cup fit within the canister base. The canister lid may comprise a gasket and a boss that are sized to accommodate an airtight seal of a jar upon insertion substantially within the canister base. The cup is configured to secure a jar upon insertion substantially within the canister base. The canister apparatus may include a jar and a cover configured to couple to the jar.
US12049340B2
The present invention provides a multi-cup arrangement comprising a polypropylene sheet, wherein the polypropylene sheet comprises at least two cavities, the cavities each protruding from the sheet from a bottom surface of the sheet, wherein the cavities are separated from each other via one or more spacer area(s) on the sheet, wherein the spacer area(s) each comprise one or more groove(s) on the bottom surface of the sheet that are positioned to allow the sheet to be broken along the groove by bending the sheet towards the top surface, wherein the grooves are positioned to divide the sheet into multiple segments, each segment comprising one or more cavities, wherein each of the groove(s) has a maximum depth of ≥25% and ≤80% with regard to the thickness of the polypropylene sheet. Such multi-cup arrangement may be separated into individual cup segments by moderate manual force, whilst the arrangement does not undesirably bend nor snap under the action of its own weight.
US12049333B2
An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) comprising a battery holding portion configured to releasably hold a first battery to provide electrical power to the UAV, the battery holding portion being configured to hold the first battery in a position relative to a direction of travel of the UAV such that, upon the UAV encountering a second battery positioned in the path of travel of the UAV, the first battery receives a mechanical impulse from the second battery causing the first battery to be released from the battery holding portion and the second battery replaces the first battery to become held by the battery holding portion to provide electrical power to the UAV.
US12049330B2
Systems and methods are provided for assembling an aircraft. The method includes receiving a lower half barrel section of fuselage that is inverted to a keel-up orientation; and installing a floor grid into the lower half barrel section while inverted.
US12049327B2
In an aircraft, latches are used to secure cargo within the cargo hold of the aircraft. Such latches include a base plate configured for rigid attachment to a surface of the cargo hold, a latch head attached to the base plate and configured to prevent a movement of at least one cargo unit in a Y-direction and a Z-direction and to allow a movement of the at least one cargo unit in an X-direction, and a roller assembly attached to the base plate, opposite the latch head, and comprising at least one roller, the roller being configured to provide a vertical support to the at least one cargo unit in the Z-direction while allowing the movement of the at least one cargo unit in the X-direction.
US12049326B2
A lightning strike protection material for an aircraft includes an electrically-conductive grid with grid-forming members and nodes where grid-forming members overlap or intersect. A plurality of the grid-forming members and/or nodes include an outward-facing surface, and at least a portion of the outward-facing surface is concave.
US12049323B2
An aircraft including a fuselage having a side wall at least partially defining a passenger cabin and a crown section of the aircraft. The passenger cabin includes an overhead zone, a passenger zone, and a floor zone. An air supply duct is positioned within the crown section, and the air supply duct is configured to pressurize the crown section with air. At least one return air outlet is defined in the floor zone. An interior structure is coupled to the side wall and extends between the passenger cabin and the crown section. The interior structure includes a plurality of nozzles oriented to discharge the pressurized air from the crown section along an airflow path that extends downward through the overhead zone, downward through the passenger zone, and then towards the at least one return air outlet.
US12049314B2
An aircraft wing, including a main wing, a leading edge high lift assembly including a high lift body, and an assembly connecting the high lift body to the main wing. The high lift body is movable relative to the main wing between stowed and deployed positions. The connection assembly includes at least one rotation element mounted to the high lift body and rotatably mounted to the main wing. The main wing comprises an upper panel with a leading edge portion and a lower skin panel. The high lift body has a leading and a trailing edge. The high lift body trailing edge moves along the main wing upper skin panel leading edge portion when the high lift body is moved between the stowed and deployed positions. The upper skin panel leading edge portion is elastically deformed when the high lift body is moved from the stowed to the deployed position.
US12049291B2
An outboard motor includes: a driveshaft housing configured to accommodate a driveshaft; and a gear case bulging laterally below the driveshaft housing and configured to accommodate a gear device, wherein an inside of the driveshaft housing communicates with an inside of the gear case, an introduction port for introducing lubricating oil into the gear case is opened on the driveshaft housing, and a confirmation port for causing the lubricating oil introduced into the gear case to flow out is opened on a front end side of the gear case.
US12049287B1
A surf control system for a marine vessel includes at least a first steerable device on a first side of the marine vessel and second steerable device on a second side of the marine vessel. A control system is configured to steer the first steerable device to a first steering angle to generate an asymmetric surfable wave behind the marine vessel and control the second steerable device on a second side of the marine vessel based on a steering command input.
US12049278B2
The vehicle is provided with a dashboard and with a housing in which a mobile device, for example a mobile phone or smartphone, can be inserted. An electronic control unit of the vehicle co-acts with the mobile device by means of an electronic interface, so as to provide the mobile device with information relating to the operation of the vehicle. In this way, the mobile device provides an integration of the on-board instruments of the vehicle, which completes the instruments available on the dashboard.
US12049276B2
A bottle assembly includes a bottle and a supporting device. The bottle has opposite top and bottom and a bottle wall extending from the top to the bottom. An outer surface of the bottle wall has first positioning portions. The bottle wall has first and second sides. The supporting device includes a base and a bottle holder connected to the base and accommodating the bottle. The bottle holder has corresponding second positioning portions. The bottle has first and second installation modes. When in the first installation mode, the second side faces the base, and the second positioning portions and some of first positioning portions are fixed to each other. When in the second installation mode, the first side faces the base, and the second positioning portions and some of the first positioning portions are fixed to each other. The bottle and the supporting device are also provided.
US12049266B2
A track roller shaft comprises a body including a revolved surface defining an axis of rotation, a radial direction, and a circumferential direction disposed about the axis of rotation. The body also defines a proximate axial end disposed along the axis of rotation, a radially extending hole that is disposed axially adjacent to the proximate axial end, and a guide member receiving pocket disposed axially farther away from the proximate axial end than the radially extending hole.
US12049262B2
A steer-by-wire steering system, including a steering device including a dual-system steering motor including a main system and a sub system, wherein a power supply to the main system is conducted selectively by a main power source and a backup power source, and a power supply to the sub system is conducted by only the main power source, wherein, in a normal power-supply situation in which the power supply to the main system and to the sub system is conducted by the main power source, a controller controls the sub system to operate in accordance with the main system, and wherein, in a backup power-supply situation in which the power supply to the main system is conducted by the backup power source, the controller controls the main system not to operate or to operate while limiting the power supply to the main system and controls the sub system independently.
US12049256B2
In an embodiment a mobility vehicle platform includes a body part open toward an upper side and configured to receive a cabin at the upper side and a wheel part detachably connected to the body part, wherein the wheel part includes a steering member rotatable about an axis extending in an upward/downward direction, a wheel member connected to the steering member and configured to contact a ground surface, and a coupling member, into which the steering member is inserted, and detachably mounted to the body part, wherein the body part includes a body member configured to receive the cabin at an upper side thereof, and a protruding member coupled to the body member to protrude toward an outside of the body member, and to which the coupling member is coupled, and wherein the coupling member includes a first coupling part extending upwards and a second coupling part extending from an upper end of the first coupling part toward the body part.
US12049246B2
Disclosed herein are aspects of wheelbarrows and other similar types of wheeled material transport structures that comprise a plurality of interconnected discrete structural components implemented in a manner that enhances and maintains structural rigidity at the interconnections between such components. In particular, Advantageously, implementation of the interconnected discrete structural components in a manner that enhances and maintains structural rigidity at the interconnections thereof improves operability and longevity of use of wheelbarrows and other similar types of wheeled material transport structures utilize such an implementation of the interconnected discrete structural components.
US12049232B2
A method for determining a sampling rate of occupancy data for a vehicle includes determining a vehicle speed and detecting whether an interrupt condition is present. If the speed is within a first speed range and no interrupt condition is detected, then a first sampling rate is selected for sampling the occupancy data. If the speed is within a second speed range that is higher than the first speed range, and/or if the interrupt condition is detected, then a second sampling rate which is faster than the first sampling rate is selected for sampling the occupancy data. A primary electronic control unit (ECU) may be configured for sampling the occupancy data. If the second sampling rate is selected and a computational demand of the primary ECU exceeds a predetermined threshold, then a portion of the computational demand may be transferred to one or more secondary ECUs for sampling the data.
US12049222B2
A plurality of localization data sources accessible on a vehicle network in a vehicle can be identified. A plurality of active vehicle applications that request localization data provided by one or more of the localization data sources can be identified. Based on the active vehicle applications, a plurality of the localization data sources to be combined to output a vehicle location can be selected.
US12049220B2
A computer implemented method for determining weights for an attention based trajectory prediction comprises the following steps carried out by computer hardware components: receiving a sequence of a plurality of captures taken by a sensor; determining an unnormalized weight for a first capture of the sequence based on the first capture of the sequence; and determining a normalized weight for the first capture of the sequence based on the unnormalized weight for the first capture of the sequence and a normalized weight for a second capture of the sequence.
US12049219B2
A method for preventing a collision between a motor vehicle and at least one target object, the motor vehicle includes a detection system capable of detecting the target object and a warning system including at least one light module. The method includes detecting the target object and determining a position and a speed of the target object using the detection system. The method further includes estimating a critical trajectory likely to be followed by the target object in order to collide with the vehicle depending on the position and the speed of the target object, the critical trajectory being associated with a collision risk/collision time relationship. The method additional includes transmitting at least one light warning to the driver of the vehicle using the light module of the warning system.
US12049218B2
Among other things, safety performance of vehicles is monitored or evaluated, or both. Sensor data is received from one or more sensors at a vehicle. One or more risk sources encountered by the vehicle during a period of operation of the vehicle are identified based on the sensor data. One or more safety events experienced by the vehicle during the period of operation are identified based on the sensor data. A risk of a safety event experienced by the vehicle during the period of operation is determined based on the one or more risk sources. A safety performance of the vehicle during the period of the vehicle during the period of operation of the vehicle is determined based on the one or more safety events and the risk.
US12049216B2
A vehicle control method is applied to a vehicle 1 in which a front wheel 2 is driven by an engine 4, and the method includes a basic torque setting step of setting basic torque to be generated by the engine 4, based on an operational state of the vehicle 1; a deceleration torque setting step of setting deceleration torque, based on an increase in steering angle of a steering apparatus 5 mounted on the vehicle 1; a torque generation step of controlling the engine 4 so that torque based on the basic torque and the deceleration torque is generated; and a deceleration torque changing step of changing the deceleration torque, based on a vehicle-width-direction mounting position of a steering wheel 6 and an operation direction of the steering wheel 6 when the steering angle is increased. Thus, vehicle posture control is performed in consideration of the vehicle-width-direction mounting position of the steering wheel 6 and the operation direction of the steering wheel 6, so that a driver fatigue reduction effect of the vehicle posture control can be secured appropriately.
US12049215B2
Systems and methods for shut off valve failure detection are provided. The system may comprise a housing, a shut off valve disposed within the housing, a first servovalve and a second servovalve coupled to the housing, and a pressure sensor disposed within the housing in fluid communication with the shut off valve. A controller may receive a pressure signal from the pressure sensor in the system, and a brake signal from a brake input device. The controller may determine whether there has been a shut off valve failure in the system in response to the pressure signal being greater than a pressure threshold and the controller failing to receive the brake signal, for a threshold period. The controller may then send a signal to a notification system in response to detection of the shut off valve failure and output a shut off valve failure notification.
US12049204B2
A method and equipment determine braking-relevant actual values for a train composed of a plurality of wagons, in particular a rail vehicle, for the performance of controlled-retardation braking of the train, in which at least the longitudinal retardation is taken into account as an actual value, from which, using a retardation controller, in accordance with a predefined target value of a desired break retardation, an actuating value compensating for the control deviation is determined for an actuator of the brake, in that the longitudinal retardation is measured by a plurality of retardation sensors positioned along the train in at least two different wagons to determine the respective local longitudinal retardation, the longitudinal retardation based on the entire train then being calculated as an actual value by a central measured value detection unit.
US12049200B2
Provided are embodiments for a direct drive wiper system. The system includes a motor that is operably coupled to a wiper system to drive one or more wiper arms of the wiper system, and a gearbox, wherein an input to the gearbox is coupled to the motor and an output of the gearbox is coupled to the wiper assembly, wherein the gearbox is configured to convert an input from the motor to an output to drive the wiper system. The system also includes a brake and stopper mechanism that is coupled to the gearbox and the wiper system. Also provided are embodiments for a method for operating the direct drive wiper system.
US12049198B2
A bicycle carrier includes a base configured to support a bicycle, a wheel securement arm, and a ratchet arm. The base has a first end and a second end. The wheel securement arm has a free end and a fixed end, with the fixed end rotatably coupled to the first end of the base at a first joint. The ratchet arm has a ratcheting assembly, and the ratchet arm is coupled to the wheel securement arm and rotatably coupled to the base at a second joint.
US12049197B2
A pickup full of gear doesn't have to be a jumbled mess. A modular, lightweight load-carrying system is custom engineered to fit directly onto a tailgate using the existing OEM mounting points of the vehicle. The rack systems allow drivers of the vehicle to keep gear organized, easily accessible, and secure.
US12049189B2
A buckle (100) includes a male buckle (110), a female buckle (120), and an actuating structure (130) disposed between the male buckle (110) and the female buckle (120). When the male buckle (110) and the female buckle (120) are engaged, the actuating structure (130) generates an actuating signal. When the male buckle (110) and the female buckle (120) are disengaged, the actuating structure (130) generates a disconnecting signal. A control circuit operates according to the actuating signal or the disconnecting signal, such that the control circuit is actuated more conveniently and the structure of the buckle (100) is simple.
US12049185B2
An airbag assembly includes: an air bag, mounted to a vehicle seat and capable of inflating from an undeployed state to a deployed state, wherein in the deployed state, the air bag extends along the head and torso of an occupant in the vehicle seat, arranged to surround the head and torso of the occupant; and a strap, for mounting the air bag to the vehicle seat and having a first section and a second section, wherein in the deployed state, the strap is tightened, the first section being mounted to the air bag on an outer surface of the air bag in an extension direction of the air bag, and the second section extending on at least one outer side surface of the air bag in a direction at an angle with respect to the extension direction of the air bag.
US12049182B1
Systems, methods, and devices for current monitoring and power control for utility vehicles are disclosed. A control device for directing current to utility vehicle auxiliary devices, such as an inverter and a front bumper winch, may be coupled to the utility vehicle battery. The control device may have an input terminal for coupling to the utility vehicle battery and one or more output terminals coupled to the utility vehicle auxiliary devices. The input terminal may receive current from the battery. The control device may control the flow of current to each of the output terminals. Sensors may detect the current flowing through the control device to detect if either a low current short or a high current short may occur, and corrective action may be taken in response to detecting an abnormal current.
US12049181B2
A vehicle includes an electric power source, a load configured to be supplied electric power from the electric power source, a relay provided between the electric power source and the load, and a processor. The processor is configured to control the relay to a conductive state based on a predetermined drive instruction. The processor is configured to acquire a value of current flowing through the relay and a value of voltage applied to the relay after a predetermined amount of time elapses following conduction of the relay based on the drive instruction. The processor is configured to transmit the value of the current and the value of the voltage that are acquired to an external of the vehicle.
US12049178B2
An electrical system includes a movable component configured for selective connection with and selective removal from a mounting surface. The movable component may include a first electronic control unit (ECU), and an electromechanical interface configured for selectively locking the movable component with said mounting surface. The electrical system may include a second ECU configured to communicate with the first ECU, and/or a third ECU configured to detect a potential dynamic event via one or more sensors. The third ECU may be configured to provide dynamic event information to the second ECU. The second ECU may be configured to provide disable information corresponding to the dynamic event information to the movable component. The first ECU may be configured to lock the movable component with the mounting surface according to the disable information.
US12049177B2
A door wiring module includes: a door planar member incorporated into a door panel of a vehicle; a wiring member disposed on a main surface of the door planar member; and a holding member covering the main surface of the door planar member and the wiring member and directly joined to at least the main surface of the door planar member to hold the wiring member in a state of being disposed on the main surface of the door planar member.
US12049176B2
Methods and systems are provided for an electrical harness. In one example, the electrical harness may include a first conductor coupled to a second conductor by a coupler where the conductors may be formed of plates arranged in parallel along a length of the first and the second conductors. The coupler may include electrical bridges of varying dimensions to maintain electrical continuity between the first conductor and the second conductor through the coupler.
US12049173B2
A support for a camera display of a vehicle, the support being configured to be attached to a pillar of a door of the vehicle, the support comprising a bracket configured to be fixedly attached to the pillar, a movable part configured to hold the camera display and to cooperate with the bracket in a movable manner, and an actuator, wherein the actuator is connected to a sensor configured to detect a position of the door between an open position and a closed position, the actuator being configured to move the movable part so that the camera display is in an optimal position when the door is in the closed position and away from the door when the door is in the open position.
US12049168B2
A vehicular rearview mirror assembly includes a mirror reflective element that has a flexible glass substrate with a mirror reflector coating at a surface of the flexible glass substrate. An electrically-operated actuator is operable to cause flexing of the flexible glass substrate. With the vehicular rearview mirror at a vehicle, and responsive to actuation of a user input by a driver of the vehicle, the electrically-operated actuator operates to adjust a curvature of the flexible glass substrate to adjust at least a portion of a rearward view of the driver of the vehicle when viewing the mirror reflective element.
US12049163B2
A control apparatus is a control apparatus that is communicably connected to a first vehicle and a second vehicle, the control apparatus including a controller configured to: identify the first vehicle as a transfer destination for a luggage item stored in the second vehicle; read a targeted relative relationship between the second vehicle and the first vehicle; control the second vehicle based on the targeted relative relationship; and when a difference between the targeted relative relationship and an actual relative relationship is within an allowable range, convey the luggage item from the second vehicle to the first vehicle using a conveyer of the first vehicle or the second vehicle.
US12049148B2
In an example embodiment, a system includes a plurality of inverters configured to operate in at least one of a charging mode or a drive mode, a plurality of motors and at least one controller configured to selectively couple the plurality of inverters to the plurality of motors during a drive mode, and selectively couple at least one of the inverters to an alternating current (AC) source during the charging mode and decouple the at least one of the inverters from the plurality of motors during the charging mode.
US12049147B2
A generator of a hybrid electric vehicle is electrically connected with an inverter by a harness. A generator opening is opened on a generator housing, and an inverter opening is opened on an inverter housing. The harness extends between the generator opening and the inverter opening. The harness is led out from the inverter opening in a first direction toward the generator. The harness is led out from the generator opening in a second direction that is different from the first direction. The inverter opening is set off with respect to the generator opening in the second direction, and at least a portion of the harness extends between the generator housing and the inverter housing. The harness necessarily flexes, and thereby deters transmission of vibrations from the generator to the inverter.
US12049142B2
Exemplary battery pack designs for use in electrified vehicles may include an enclosure assembly that houses one or more battery internal components. One or more brackets may be used to mount each of the battery internal components within the enclosure assembly. Each bracket may include at least one attachment point for securing the bracket to the enclosure assembly and at least two attachment points for securing the bracket to a support structure of the battery internal component. Fasteners may be received through the brackets and then into either the enclosure assembly or the support structure in order to mount the battery internal component inside the battery packs.
US12049140B2
The arrangement relates to a voltage transformer for transformation between a direct voltage at a direct voltage gate and a single-phase or multi-phase alternating voltage at an alternating voltage gate by temporal clocking of an electronic switching unit, via which each phase of the alternating voltage gate can be connected either to a positive pole or to a negative pole of the direct voltage gate. The positive pole and/or the negative pole of the direct voltage gate is connected via at least one capacitor to a ground connection. The ground connection can be connected to an external ground, and the connection between the capacitor and the ground connection is guided via at least one switch element. The arrangement also relates to a motor vehicle having the electric powertrain. A diagnosis arrangement includes a voltage source and monitors the state and function of a switching element.
US12049139B2
An apparatus and method of generating a virtual shift effect in an electric vehicle are provided. The apparatus for generating a virtual shift effect in an electric vehicle includes: a driving information detector configured to detect driving information of the electric vehicle; a controller configured to determine a virtual shift point based on the detected driving information and output a control signal for generating the virtual shift effect at the determined virtual shift point; and a disconnector configured to disengage power transmission between sub-driving wheels and sub-wheel motor, wherein the disconnector is engaged or disengaged according to the control signal output, and generates an impact occurring upon the engagement or disengagement of the disconnector as the virtual shift effect.
US12049133B2
A propeller shaft includes constant-velocity joints at both the end portions of a first shaft member.
US12049125B1
Systems and methods described in this disclosure provide methods and systems for automatic deployment of a vehicle covering apparatus to protect the vehicle from environmental conditions such as severe weather.
US12049121B2
A heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) airflow distribution module including a passenger side face outlet and a passenger center face outlet both defined by the module. A passenger face door sub assembly within the module includes a passenger side face door (outer portion) at the passenger side face outlet and movable to control airflow through the passenger side face outlet. A passenger center face door (inner portion) is at the passenger center face outlet and is movable to control airflow through the passenger center face outlet. The passenger side face door and the passenger center face door are movable independent of one another to independently control airflow through the passenger side face outlet and the passenger center face outlet.
US12049119B2
an apparatus for controlling energy of a fuel cell vehicle, which may expand a usable range of an energy consuming device, may increase efficiency of heating and cooling, and may simplify a layout of the device. The apparatus includes a stack cooling line having a first coolant heated by a fuel cell stack and cooled by a first heat exchanger; a resistor cooling line having a second coolant heated by a braking resistor and cooled by a second heat exchanger; and a third heat exchanger configured to exchange heat between the first coolant of the stack cooling line and the second coolant of the resistor cooling line.
US12049110B2
In a tire tread pattern, lug grooves with sipes each include: a lug groove and a first sipe further extending from the lug groove to a second circumferential main groove and pass through a land portion region. Second sipes are alternately disposed with the lug grooves with sipes in a circumferential direction and pass through the land portion region. The second sipes extend inclined with respect to a lateral direction in a direction opposite to a direction in the circumferential direction in which the lug grooves with sipes are inclined. At an opening end at which the lug groove opens to a first circumferential main groove, the lug grooves with sipes and the second sipes are joined. Thus, triangular blocks surrounded by the second circumferential main groove, the lug grooves with sipes, and the second sipes are disposed side by side in the land portion region in the circumferential direction.
US12049102B2
Provided is a railway wheel which has excellent toughness even if the C content is as high as 0.80% or more. The chemical composition of the railway wheel of the present embodiment consists of: in mass %, C: 0.80 to 1.60%, Si: 1.00% or less, Mn: 0.10 to 1.25%, P: 0.050% or less, S: 0.030% or less, Al: 0.010 to 0.650%, and N: 0.0030 to 0.0200%, with the balance being Fe and impurities, and wherein, in a microstructure of the web part of the railway wheel, an area fraction of pearlite is 85.0% or more, an area fraction of pro-eutectoid cementite is 0.90 to 15.00%, and an average value of a width W of the pro-eutectoid cementite defined by Formula (3) is less than 0.70 μm: W=½×(P/2−((P/2)2−4A)1/2) (3) where, in Formula (3), A is an area (μm2) of the pro-eutectoid cementite, and P is a circumference length (μm) of the pro-eutectoid cementite.
US12049100B1
A system includes a foldable dry erase board forming a continuous surface area for writing thereon. The dry erase board includes a first panel foldably attached to a second panel about a pivot joint. The method includes creating the continuous dry erase marker board surface with the first panel and the second panel and folding the first panel onto the second panel about the pivot joint extending partially through a thickness of the board.
US12049093B2
A screen-printing screen for printing electrically conductive patterns on glass sheets, includes a main mask, the aperture size of the main mask being larger in a lateral portion than in the central portion, the screen furthermore including, in at least one double-mask zone, located in the central portion, at least one secondary mask fastened to a face of the main mask, the aperture size of the or each secondary mask being larger than the aperture size of the main mask in the central portion, and the mesh of the or each secondary mask making, with the mesh of the main mask, an angle α comprised between 1 and 89°.
US12049089B2
An example printing fluid circulation system includes a first circuit to circulate a printing fluid through a printhead in a first direction and a second circuit to circulate the printing fluid through the printhead in a second direction opposite to the first direction. The first circuit is activated during a first mode to circulate the printing fluid from a first reservoir to a second reservoir. The second circuit is activated during a second mode different from the first mode to circulate the printing fluid from the first reservoir to the second reservoir.
US12049086B2
An inkjet printer includes an inkjet head configured to discharge ink and an ink tank including a plurality of ink storage portions in which the ink is stored to supply the ink to the inkjet head via a connected tube, and replenishing ports via which the plurality of ink storage portions is replenished with ink, wherein the ink tank has an outer wall facing an outer side of the ink tank and having a thickness greater than a thickness of a partition wall arranged between the plurality of ink storage portions.
US12049061B2
A method for forming a composite article includes adding an upper skin at least partially over a failsafe torque tube. The failsafe torque tube includes an inner tube and an outer tube. The method also includes adding a lower skin at least partially under the failsafe torque tube. The upper skin, the lower skin, and the outer tube are made of a composite material. The method also includes co-curing the upper skin, the lower skin, and the outer tube together to produce the composite article.
US12049059B2
Methods and manufactures disclosed herein generally relate to a tubular composite (TCS) structure composed of multiple layers of sealing, reinforcement, sensing, protection and interspatial injected materials.
US12049053B2
A method for building tyres for vehicle wheels is described. Second stage forming drums are moved in a crown structure building line for building respective crown structures. Movement occurs along a first path for building a first part of components of the crown structure and a second path for building a second part of components of the crown structure. Additionally, first stage forming drums are moved in a carcass structure building line for building respective carcass structures. The flow of the second stage forming drums is managed through a first manipulator, while the flow of the first stage forming drums is managed through a second manipulator.
US12049052B2
Provided is a polymeric material having a micro-nano composite structure, a device including the same, and a method of manufacturing the polymeric material. The polymeric material includes a polymer fiber or film, wherein the polymer fiber or film has, on a surface thereof, a micro-nano composite structure including a microstructure containing concavo-convex grooves having a microscale semi-cylindrical shape (“”) and a nanopattern containing nanoscale protrusions formed on a surface of the microstructure. The polymeric material has excellent absorbency and hydrophilic or super-hydrophilic surface properties, and also has oleophobic or super-oleophilic properties in water, and thus may be effectively applied to fields such as oil-water separation, purification, and filters. The polymeric material may be readily manufactured through an environmentally friendly, large-area atmospheric pressure plasma process.
US12049040B2
Three-dimensional printing on a membrane of a filtration device is described herein. Forming the filtration device involves receiving a membrane comprising a porous material, depositing an ink into pores of the porous material, causing the ink to solidify, and continuously building three-dimensional printed structures via micro-stereolithographic three-dimensional printing. Solidifying the ink causes the ink to bond with the membrane.
US12049037B2
A method comprises using a three-dimensional additive manufacturing process to produce an interlocking volume, wherein using the additive manufacturing process includes depositing successive layers, each of which includes a first material distributed according to a first interlocking material pattern and a second material distributed according to a second interlocking material pattern, said second material differing from said first material.
US12049036B2
A method of estimating a normal vector to an attachment mounted to an approach frame of an apparatus for taking out a molded product and a normal vector to a die mounted to a molding machine is provided. A normal vector to a take-out head is estimated through computation using a coordinate/depth determination section and a normal vector computation section on the basis of depth data or coordinate data on three mounting members. Three or more extending portions are specified from the image, the extending portions being each a part of a fixed die or a movable die or a part of a surrounding component and extending in a direction that coincides with the open direction for the dies. A normal vector to the die is estimated through computation on the basis of the depth data or coordinate data on the specified extending portions.
US12049033B2
In an injection molding machine including a first nozzle and a second nozzle that injects resin into a mold from the first nozzle through the second nozzle, a distance between the second nozzle and the mold is changed with movement of at least the second nozzle in a first direction, and the second nozzle is displaceable in a second direction in a state in which the mold is fixedly secured relative to the first nozzle and the second nozzle is in contact with the first nozzle.
US12049031B2
The invention relates to a process for the production of a composite component (33) which comprises a molding (1) made of a thermoplastic polymer foam and which comprises a functional layer (37) made of an unfoamed thermoplastic, comprising the following steps: (e) insertion of the molding (1) made of thermoplastic polymer foam into a mold (3), (f) application of a thermoplastic polymer by an injection process, where the pressure during the application of the thermoplastic polymer is smaller than 100 bar.
US12049025B2
The present invention is directed to a 3D-printed tire segment model having a tread portion comprising a plurality of grooves, ribs and/or tread blocks, and a plurality of blades extending out of the ribs and/or tread blocks, wherein the tire segment model is made of a 3D-printed polymer. Moreover, the present invention is drawn to a method of making a tire mold segment, including the step of 3D-printing the above tire segment model with a polymer.
US12049016B2
A razor cartridge comprising three or more substantially parallel cutting members disposed between a leading longitudinal side and a trailing longitudinal side of the razor cartridge in a shaving direction of the razor cartridge. Each of the cutting members comprises a blade support comprising a blade mounting portion disposed on an inner surface of the respective blade support that, in use, faces away from a shaving plane, and a blade attached to the blade mounting portion. The cutting members are disposed to define a plurality of inter-blade spans between cutting edges of the blades. A leading inter-blade span that is closer to the leading longitudinal side of the razor cartridge than a trailing inter-blade span is different to the trailing inter-blade span that is closer to the trailing longitudinal side of the razor cartridge than the leading inter-blade span.
US12049014B2
An integrated system and method for monitoring a workspace, classifying regions therein, dynamically identifying safe states, and identifying and tracking workpieces utilizes semantic analysis of a robot in the workspace and identification of the workpieces with which it interacts, as well as a semantic understanding of entity properties both governing and arising from interaction with other entities for control purposes. These properties may be stored in a profile corresponding to the entity; depending on the implementation, the profile and methods associated with the entity may be stored in a data structure corresponding to the entity “class.” Volumetric regions (e.g., voxels) corresponding to each entity may be tracked and used to implement object methods and/or control methods. For example, machinery may be controlled in accordance with the attributes specified by the objects corresponding to identified entities in a monitored workspace.
US12049012B2
A motion path generation device generates a motion path of a robot that has a plurality of joints and a plurality of shafts. Adjacent two of the plurality of shafts are connected by a corresponding one of the plurality of joints. The motion path generation device generates a via point candidate that is a candidate of a next via point to be connected to a parent via point. The motion path generation device adds the via point candidate as a new via point in response to determining that the via point candidate does not interfere with an obstacle.
US12049010B2
Various embodiments of the technology described herein generally relate to systems and methods for trajectory optimization with machine learning techniques. More specifically, certain embodiments relate to using neural networks to quickly predict optimized robotic arm trajectories in a variety of scenarios. Systems and methods described herein use deep neural networks to quickly predict optimized robotic arm trajectories according to certain constraints. Optimization, in accordance with some embodiments of the present technology, may include optimizing trajectory geometry and dynamics while satisfying a number of constraints, including staying collision-free and minimizing the time it takes to complete the task.
US12049002B2
A system that includes one or more sensors installed in proximity to a machine configured to collect raw signals associated with an environment of the machine, are multi-layer spatial data that include time-stamp data. The system may include a processor in communication with the sensors and programmed to receive one or more raw signals, denoise the one or more raw signals to obtain a pre-processed signal, extract one or more features from the pre-processed signals, classify the one or more features to an associated class, wherein the associated class includes one or more of a normal class, abnormal class, or a potential-abnormal class, create fusion data by fusing the one or more features utilizing the associated class and the time-stamp data, and output a heat map on an overlaid image of the environment.
US12048991B2
A clamp comprises first and second clamp halves, each comprising an elongate object receiving portion and a portion of a clamp retention mechanism. The first and second elongate object receiving portions are sized and shaped to cooperatively hold an elongate object at a desired position when the first and second clamp halves are fastened together. The first and second portions of the clamp retention mechanism are sized and shaped to (a) engage each other when the first and second clamp halves are moved towards each other in a first direction, (b) fasten the first and second clamp halves together without requiring use of a tool to engage the retention mechanism, and (c) disengage from each other when the first and second clamp halves are moved away from each other in a direction orthogonal to the first direction to unfasten the first and second clamp halves without use of a tool.
US12048987B2
A ratchet comprises a head portion with a circular central housing having modular inserts in the form of three flat ring like layers, two outer fixed ramped profile layers engaged into housing locking profiles with a sequential actuating layer capable of limited rotation between. Opposing direction pawls are situated within the fixed layer ramped profiles. The actuating layer has engagement and disengagement profiles at either end of its pawl recesses projecting the incumbent pawls against the fixed layer ramped profiles in the chosen direction projecting them inwards locking the pawl teeth within the driven element teeth, whilst simultaneously disengaging the pawls facing the other direction. The actuating layer biasing protrusion resiliently projected in the chosen direction by a robust sprung plunger acting from within a switch bore, in the reverse direction the actuating layer resiliently rotates against said sprung plunger allowing the pawl teeth to resiliently slide over one another.
US12048986B2
A manufacturing method comprises the following steps. A shape of a first cross-section of a to-be-ground portion of a workpiece to be ground by a grinding wheel is obtained. The grinding wheel is manufactured according the shape of the first cross-section. When the to-be-ground portion is contacted and to be ground by the grinding surface, a first intersection line formed by the first cross-section and one of reference planes has a first length, second intersection lines formed by the grinding surface and one of the reference planes have second lengths, and all ratios between the first length of the first intersection line and a sum of the second lengths of the second intersection lines formed by the same reference plane are equal to each other. The reference planes are perpendicular to the rotation axis of the grinding wheel.
US12048985B1
Embodiments disclosed herein are directed to assemblies for forming polycrystalline diamond compacts and methods for forming the polycrystalline diamond compacts with the assemblies. An example assembly includes a substrate and a diamond material positioned adjacent to an interfacial surface of the substrate. The assembly also includes an enclosure defining a chamber. The substrate and the diamond material are disposed in the chamber. In an embodiment, the assembly includes a sealant and the sealant includes at least one of cobalt or a copper-nickel alloy. In an embodiment, the substrate includes a concave bottom surface that is opposite the interfacial surface.
US12048980B2
An article includes a surface layer and a base layer coupled to at least a portion of the surface layer. The surface layer includes a top major surface defining a plane and a bottom major surface opposite the top major surface. A plurality of projections extends from the plane of the top major surface and a plurality of microstructures extend from the plurality of projections.
US12048968B2
A drilling machine and a drilling method including drilling a first bore in a material with a drilling machine by applying a torque to a drilling tool for imparting a rotation at a first rotational speed to the drilling tool, and applying a thrust to the drilling tool for advancing the drilling tool at a first feed speed into the material, wherein a drilling parameter is measured while drilling the first bore, and a second rotational speed and a second feed speed are determined based on the drilling parameter, then drilling a second bore at the second rotational speed and at the second feed speed.
US12048964B2
In a bonding material of a metal paste containing metal particles, a solvent and a dispersant, the metal particles containing first metal particles having an average primary particle diameter of 1 to 40 nm, second metal particles having an average primary particle diameter of 41 to 110 nm, and third metal particles having an average primary particle diameter of 120 nm to 10 μm, the weight percentages of the first, second and third metal particles being 1.4 to 49% by weight, 36% by weight or less, and 50 to 95% by weight, respectively, with respect to the total 100% by weight of the metal particles, and the weight ratio of the first metal particles to the second metal particles being 14/36 or more.
US12048957B2
A drawing die system that has least two probes to measure various characteristics of components of the die box or the wire being drawn through the die box. The system includes a smart die that in which the multiple probes send information to a data processing unit. The data processing unit takes the information from the various probes and controls the various parameters of the wire drawing process. One smart die has a probe that collects information directly from a drawing die holder. The smart die also includes a force sensor and is configured to allow a die box to be displaced along an axis that is parallel to the direction in which the wire is drawn. The data processing unit controls various wired drawing parameters such as wire drawing speed, coolant pressure and the rate at which the coolant is pumped through the system.
US12048952B2
A washing apparatus comprises a tank in which rotatable, bladed shafts are located. The tank has a closable lower outlet located at a first end of the tank, and an upper outlet located at the first end of the tank, the upper outlet being higher than the lower outlet. A further outlet is located at a second end or between the first and second ends. The tank is disposed at an inclined angle such that the first end of the tank is lower than the second end of the tank, and is movable between a first inclined state in which the inclined angle is relatively shallow, and a second inclined state in which the inclined angle is relatively steep. The apparatus is able to perform the tasks of either a log washer or coarse material washer depending on the angle of inclination.
US12048945B2
A disposable roof coating applicator includes a nozzle that is attached to a collar. The nozzle and collar are selectively attachable to a body that has an interior space and is formed by at least one side wall having an exterior wall and an interior wall. The coating applicator also includes a plunger that is movably disposed within the interior space of the body. The coating applicator may include a locking mechanism about the applicator's collar that selectively engages a stud provided on the body's exterior surface, selectively locking and unlocking the nozzle and collar assembly to the body. The disposable roof coating applicator is configured and otherwise designed to take in, store and transport approximately ½ to 2 gallons of viscous material to a roof seam before neatly and uniformly expelling the viscous material to the seam or joint.
US12048943B2
An adhesive coating and perforating device for a medical adhesive tape comprises a rack (1), an unwinding roller (2), a winding roller (3), a hot melt adhesive die head (4), an adhesive coating roller (5), a support roller (6) and a perforating roller (7); the unwinding roller (2) is used for placing a cotton cloth to be coated with adhesive, the winding roller (3) is used for winding the adhesive tape coated with adhesive, the hot melt adhesive die head (4) is used for heating a hot melt adhesive and coating the hot melt adhesive on the cotton cloth, the adhesive coating roller (5) is used for pushing the cotton cloth in a direction towards the hot melt adhesive die head (4), and a surface of the perforating roller (7) is provided with protruding points for perforating the hot melt adhesive on a surface of cotton cloth.
US12048941B2
A sprinkler assembly with a nutating distribution plate that tilts and/or rotates upon water impinging the distribution plate. A deflector assembly includes the distribution plate and a base. A body of the sprinkler assembly includes a base retainer surface and a flanged bolt which combine to create a portion of a confinement structure. A portion of the deflector assembly is located within the confinement structure to limit a range of movement of the distribution plate. A nozzle subassembly includes a nozzle and retainer supporting a seal. The nozzle alone or in combination with the retainer can be removed from the sprinkler assembly. The sprinkler assembly can be disassembled and reassembled with minimal tools and effort for servicing. The distribution plate and the base can have mass properties optimized to improve sprinkler performance by reducing vibration, improving uniform water distribution, and reducing fine water droplet generation upon water stream impingement on the distribution plate.
US12048939B1
A shield device may be secured, without the use of tape, to objects protruding from a surface to be painted in order to mask the objects. One or more magnets are secured around an opening of the shield device for securing to one another or the object. The shield device may also be used to cover parts of vehicles, machines, or other structures for enhancing safety. The shield device may be made of one or more panels of paint-impermeable material define an opening and an interior space extending from the opening toward a distal end of the one or more panels. A slit may extend from the opening partially toward the distal end. The magnets may be spaced apart from one another by a first distance with a second distance between magnets and sides of the slit being smaller.
US12048935B2
A method and system for reducing the unfermentable solids content in a protein portion, via a counter current wash, at the back end of a corn dry milling process for making alcohol is disclosed. The method can include separating the whole stillage byproduct into an insoluble solids portion and a stillage (centrate) portion, which includes protein. Thereafter, the stillage portion can be separated into a water soluble solids portion and a protein portion. The protein portion may be mixed with clean water to wash and dilute the protein portion. The diluted protein portion may be dewatered to form a dewatered protein portion and a centrate. A portion of the centrate may be used as a protein counter current wash when the protein portion is being separated from the stillage portion. The protein counter current wash reduces the amount of unfermentable solids in the protein portion and the centrate.
US12048931B2
The present invention is directed to a foldable transport container suitable to receive and hold multiple plates with samples in it. The container is comfortable to load, transport and unload. The invention also relates to a strip of material for providing such a foldable transport container. Finally the invention relates to a method for assembling such a foldable container.
US12048927B2
Provided is a method for bonding panel of a microfluidic element by using a releasing film including preparing a panel having a pattern for a microfluidic channel formed on one surface thereof, preparing a release film coated with silicon nanoparticles on one or both surfaces thereof, plasma-treating one surface of the panel on which the pattern for the microfluidic channel is formed and the surface of the release film, and bonding the panel and the release film by performing heat treatment at a predetermined temperature range in a state in which the plasma-treated panel and the release film are attached to each other.
US12048923B2
A system for processing a hydrocarbon feed has a final stage reactor and internal separator with cyclone that forms a substantially gas stream and a substantially non-gas stream. The substantially gas stream is sent directly from the final stage reactor and separator to further downstream processing.
US12048918B2
An efficient photocatalyst nanocomposite comprising reduced graphene oxide, noble metal, and a metal oxide prepared by a one-step method that utilizes date seed extract as a reducing and nanoparticle determining size agent. The photocatalyst of the invention is a more effective sunlight photocatalyst than that prepared by traditional method in the photo decomposition of organic compounds in contaminated water.
US12048914B2
There is provided a deodorizing material having particularly high deodorization capabilities for ammonia, acetaldehyde, and toluene. The deodorizing material of the present invention comprises fibrous activated carbon; and (A) an aromatic amine and a sulfate of the aromatic amine or (B) an aromatic amine, a sulfate of the aromatic amine, and sulfuric acid, supported on the fibrous activated carbon, wherein a total substance amount of the aromatic amine and the sulfate of the aromatic amine supported per gram of the fibrous activated carbon is 0.85 to 1.35 mmol, and a ratio of the total substance amount (mmol) of the aromatic amine and the sulfate of the aromatic amine supported per gram of the fibrous activated carbon relative to a total substance amount (mmol) of the sulfate of the aromatic amine and the sulfuric acid supported per gram of the fibrous activated carbon ([total substance amount of the aromatic amine and the sulfate of the aromatic amine]÷[total substance amount of the sulfate of the aromatic amine and the sulfuric acid]) is 5.0 to 7.5.
US12048911B2
A structured packing module for crossflow applications is provided and includes a plurality of corrugated structured packing sheets positioned in an upright, parallel relationship to each other. The corrugations of adjacent structured packing sheets are in contact with each other and extend at a crossing angle. Apertures and raised ridges may be positioned on sidewalls of the corrugations. The structured packing module may be used in a crossflow contactor, such as in a process for removing carbon dioxide from air.
US12048886B2
A toy figurine and/or toy includes a body portion having an internal cavity, a substantially transparent portal through which contents of the internal cavity are viewable, and a die. The internal cavity includes a fluid and the die is freely floating in the fluid, and the die includes a plurality of faces. Each of these faces includes a visual element.
US12048885B2
A movable puzzle platform includes a board assembly having a puzzle board with a puzzle plate and a fixing portion extending from the puzzle plate, a supplement arrangement having a supporting portion attached on a bottom surface of the puzzle board and having a first main supporting wall attached on the bottom surface of the puzzle board, and a restricting wall upwardly extended from the fixing portion of the puzzle board and having a first extending wall stacked on the fixing portion of the puzzle board. The first extending wall and the fixing portion of the puzzle board are successively stacked on the first main supporting wall. The puzzle platform is configured for retaining all the unfinished pieces and while allowing the player to conveniently play puzzles.
US12048880B2
A method and a device for displaying an interactive item are disclosed. In an example method, under a condition that a perspective item is in an assembled state, when detecting that an occluded interactive item is included within a viewing angle range of a controlled virtual object in a virtual scene and the occluded interactive item meets a perspective condition, the occluded interactive item may be displayed in the virtual scene in a perspective manner, so that the controlled virtual object may see the occluded interactive item through an obstacle, thereby extending a capability for the controlled virtual object to obtain information, and rendering a living environment of virtual objects with different interactive items more balanced. The disclosed implementations improve attractiveness of a shooting game by enriching interactivity.
US12048879B2
An information processing system includes a controller which receives an operation input of a user and an information processing unit which performs an information process based on the operation input received by the controller. The information processing unit includes a game progress unit which controls an own character in the virtual space based on the operation input of the user to draw the virtual space with the corresponding color of the own character and a battle determination unit which performs a battle determination based on a drawing state of a corresponding color of an enemy character, which is different from the corresponding color of the own character, to a virtual space and a drawing state of the corresponding color of the own character to the virtual space.
US12048878B2
This application provides a method and apparatus for controlling a virtual object, a device, a computer-readable storage medium, and a computer program product. The method includes displaying, in a picture of a virtual scene, a virtual object moving in a first motion state and a switching control for switching a motion state of the virtual object; in response to a state switching operation triggered based on the switching control, controlling the virtual object to switch from the first motion state to a second motion state; and in response to a direction adjustment operation triggered based on the switching control, adjusting a motion perspective of the virtual object, and adjusting the picture of the virtual scene corresponding to the adjusted motion perspective, to control the virtual object to move in the second motion state in the adjusted picture of the virtual scene.
US12048874B2
The present disclosure describes methods and systems directed towards providing scaled engagement and views of an e-sports event. Instead of providing the same distribution of live e-sport event data to all remote viewers of a live e-sports event, features associated with e-sports gaming network could be used to customize the distribution of live e-sport event data to promote immersive viewer experience. The enhanced immersion can also be carried out in a virtual reality or augmented reality setting. The features would be capable of providing additional information, different views, and a variety of different commentators for the e-sports event so that the viewer can be more engaged when viewing the particular e-sports event. With the increased engagement from remote viewers, the distribution of live e-sports event data can also be further modified for monetization by incorporating advertisements as well.
US12048869B2
A bicycle simulator including a frame support portion for supporting a bicycle frame, the bicycle frame connecting front and rear wheels of the bicycle; and a base portion supporting the frame support portion. The frame support portion includes a first support bar having one end portion thereof fixed to the bicycle frame, a second support bar having one end portion thereof fixed to the base portion, and a connection portion for connecting the other end portion of the second support bar and the other end portion of the first support bar. The first support bar is connected to be rotatable about one axis with respect to the second support bar.
US12048867B2
The present specification discloses a play and practice apparatus, system and associated methods of use and kits comprising such play and practice apparatus and/or system. In particular aspects, the play and practice apparatus, system and associated methods of use are utilized for practice and/or games utilizing a ball. In one aspect, the play and practice apparatus has a first playing surface and a second playing surface substantially opposing the first playing surface, and the ball can be a volleyball. In another aspect, the play and practice apparatus is useful as a training aid as well as for playing a game utilizing the play and practice apparatus.
US12048865B2
Disclosed herein is a golf club head that comprises a strike face. The strike face has a central region, defined by a forty millimeter by twenty millimeter rectangular area centered on a center of the strike face and elongated in a heel-to-toe direction. Within the central region, the strike face has a characteristic time (CT) of no more than 257 microseconds. Within the central region, no less than 25% of the strike face has a coefficient of restitution (COR) of at least 0.8. Within the central region, no less than 60% of the strike face has a CT of at least 235 microseconds. Within the central region, no less than 35% of the strike face has a CT of at least 240 microseconds.
US12048860B2
A strength training assembly includes a stand and a frame movable along the stand in a vertical direction. The frame includes a cradle configured to receive a barbell. The strength training also includes a drive system coupled to the frame and controllable to affect a velocity of the frame relative to the stand, a force sensor coupled to the frame such that the force sensor moves with the frame, the force sensor configured to provide a signal indicative of an amount of force exerted on the force sensor by a user, and a controller configured to receive the signal from the force sensor and control the drive system such that the velocity of the frame varies as a function of the amount of force exerted on the force sensor.
US12048854B2
Described herein are oral care compositions comprising a crosslinked polyvinylpyrrolidone complexed with hydrogen peroxide, together with particular co-polymers as additional excipients; including some embodiments which further comprise a calcium abrasive.
US12048853B2
A light irradiation apparatus includes first and second light sources that emit first light and second light, respectively. The first and the second lights have mutually different wavelengths at timings close to each other, regardless of overlap between the first light and the second light. The first light has a wavelength band for inducing destruction of bacteria by damaging a cell of the bacteria as the first light acts on a photosensitizer present in the bacteria. The second light has a wavelength band for inducing the destruction of the bacteria by changing the structure of a genetic material present in the cell of the bacteria. A dose of the second light source is less than 1/10 of a dose of the first light source.
US12048851B2
A method for strengthening, toning, and firming muscle tissues, the method includes receiving parameters for operating a magnetic muscle stimulation device. The parameters include: a first waveform frequency; one or more pulse durations; a second waveform frequency that is non-zero; causing, a first alternating current having one or more first pulses to flow for a first length of time through a coil according to the first waveform frequency; causing, a second alternating current having one or more second pulses to flow through the coil for a second length of time according to the second waveform frequency lower than the first waveform frequency. The method includes repeating the causing of the first and second alternating currents for a plurality of iterations to provide a continuously pulsed time-varying magnetic field that alternates between the first and the second waveform frequencies to generate a treatment session.
US12048846B2
Methods and systems are provided for simulating neuromodulation therapy. An identification of a particular neuromodulation-therapy implant device, an identification of a particular neuromodulation-therapy algorithm, and subject records corresponding to a subject may be received. neuromodulation-therapy simulator may execute to generated predicted performance metric for the particular neuromodulation-therapy implant device. The predicted performance may correspond to predicted physiological responses of the subject when the particular neuromodulation-therapy algorithm is executed by the particular neuromodulation-therapy implant device. The predicted performance metrics may be output.
US12048845B2
Implantable devices are provided herein, along with methods of fabricated such implantable devices. An exemplary method of fabricating an implantable device includes coupling electronics to a conductive via at a first side of a first glass substrate. The conductive via extends from the first side through the first glass substrate to a second side of the first glass substrate. The method further includes attaching a second glass substrate to cap the first side of the first glass substrate and form a hermetically sealed chamber containing the electronics, rounding edges of the implantable device after attaching the cap.
US12048841B2
A surgical fluid thermal treatment system can be used during a procedure to heat or cool surgical fluid, e.g., prior to introducing the fluid into the body of a patient. In some examples, the system includes an open basin into which fresh surgical fluid is dispensed and a heater that heats the fluid in the basin. The system may also include a volume measurement device that measures the volume of fluid in the basin. The system may have a user interface that a user interacts with to check fresh fluid into the basin. The user may also interact with the user interface to check medical tools into the basin and check medical tools out of the basin. A controller associated with the system can track the volume of fluid removed from the basin during the course of a procedure.
US12048839B2
The present disclosure relates to a cap assembly for a medicament delivery device. The cap assembly comprises: a cap body arranged to be mounted to a proximal end of a medicament delivery device for protecting and for removing a medicament delivery member shield. The cap body has an inner cap structure defining a channel extending along the central axis of the cap body, and a gripping member configured to be received in the channel. The gripping member is radially flexible and has a first leg, a second leg, and a connecting portion extending between the first leg and the second leg. The first leg and the second leg each has a proximal portion that is radially flexible and extends distally from the connecting portion. Each proximal portion has an inclined section extending radially inwards in an axial direction away from the connecting portion. Each of the first leg and the second leg has a distal portion extending from the inclined section, the distal portions being radially flexible and extending radially outwards in an axial direction away from the proximal portions to allow the gripping member to receive a medicament delivery member shield between the distal portions. The gripping member and an inner wall of the channel are configured to engage to retain the gripping member in the inner cap structure. Each distal portion is provided with a medicament delivery member shield gripper configured to engage with a medicament delivery member shield when the gripping member engages with the inner wall of the channel and the gripping member has received a medicament delivery member shield causing the proximal portions and the distal portions to flex radially inwards.
US12048836B2
This application relates to force reduction in injection devices. According to a first aspect, the specification describes an injection device comprising: a medicament container; a stopper translatably disposed within the medicament container; a plunger rod, the plunger rod comprising a plunger head; a drive mechanism for displacing the plunger rod into the medicament container; and a force reduction feature, wherein the plunger rod is operable to displace the stopper; and wherein the force reduction feature is arranged to damp at least a part of a plunger rod motion when the plunger rod is driven by the drive mechanism.
US12048833B2
An instrument head including an exit opening (23), a first feed line (11) for feeding a first fluid, a second feed line (12) for feeding a second fluid, and a reservoir (24) for storing the second fluid fed via the second feed line (12) is disclosed. The reservoir (24) is in fluid communication with the first feed line (11) and/or is adapted to be brought in fluid communication with the first feed line (11) via at least a valve (25) arranged in the instrument head, to deliver the second fluid stored in the reservoir (24) via the exit opening (23).
US12048818B2
A handheld advancer is provided for advancing an elongate device through a pathway defined in an advancer body and include a rotatable manual control partially embedded in the body to receive a user-exerted manual control movement from a thumb of a single hand that can hold and control the advancer and advancement. The advancer can include a manual drive arranged to convert torque applied by the thumb for a rotation arc distance into a translation drive force applied for translating the elongate device an advancement distance scaled at force factor and distance factor. The distance factor can be one or greater than one and translate the elongate device an amplified advancement distance compared with manual input. The advancer can include a nip having a pair of rollers extending into the pathway providing constant control and amplified translation via concave compressible surfaces forming continuous contact regions with the elongate device.
US12048816B2
An anesthesia machine exhaust emission control system detects a gas flow in a connection pipeline by an electronic flow detector and displays same by a display, and a controller controls, according to an operating state of the anesthesia machine, a switch so same turns on or turns off the connection pipeline. The method for controlling the connection exhaust emission control system comprises, directly displaying a gas flow value in the connection pipeline by the electronic flow detector, the controller and the display, so that the user can conveniently and accurately read the gas flow value in the connection pipeline. The connection pipeline is turned off when an anesthesia machine is in a standby status, thereby greatly saving exhaust gas recovery resources of a hospital.
US12048815B2
A PAP device is configured to deliver a pressurized flow of respiratory gas to a patient's airways and includes a flow generator with a blower configured to pressurize the flow of respiratory gas. A flexible face seal is positioned at an outlet end of a blower discharge path. A tub configured to hold a body of water and humidify the pressurized flow of respiratory gas includes a heat conducting base plate and a side wall. A base supports both the flow generator and the tub and includes a floor with a heater plate and a spring biased catch configured to secure the tub to the base. The spring biased catch is configured so that applying a downward force on the tub so that the tub presses against the floor of the base secures the tub to the base and allows the tub to be released from the base.
US12048805B2
An add-on device for a metered dose inhaler, an observance improvement system, and a method for improving observance of use in metered dose inhalers, the add-on device comprising an observance system housing component comprising an observance system with at least one pressure sensor; a mouthpiece component configured to fit, surround and removably engage with an exterior surface of a mouthpiece outlet provided on the metered dose inhaler; wherein the observance system housing is configured to fit and removably engage with the mouthpiece component; and the mouthpiece component is specifically adapted to conform to the exterior surface of the mouthpiece outlet of the metered dose inhaler without obstructing delivery of a dose of drug through the outlet.
US12048777B2
The present invention is directed to a nerve regeneration conduit including a resorbable tube having a matrix therein. The matrix is characterized by substantially parallel, axially aligned pores extending the length of the matrix. The matrix is formed by the axial freezing of a slurry having little or no significant radial thermal gradient during the freezing process. The matrix is used to bridge the gap between the severed ends of a nerve and provide a scaffold for nerve regeneration.
US12048774B2
The present invention relates to a method for decomposing peracetic acid and a method for culturing microorganisms using the decomposition method. The cultivation of microorganisms using the method of the present invention allows an effective removal of the peracetic acid used in a culture medium for sterilization.
US12048771B2
A multifunctional microstructure patch is provided. The multifunctional microstructure patch, according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprises: a base layer having an opening part formed in the center thereof; a plurality of microstructures formed on one surface of the base layer and comprising a first drug; and a cover layer detachably bonded on the other surface of the base layer along the periphery of the opening part, and formed so as to cover the opening part.
US12048767B2
The disclosure relates generally to gamma polyglutamated pralatrexate compositions, including delivery vehicles such as liposomes containing the gamma polyglutamated pralatrexate, and methods of making and using the gamma polyglutamated pralatrexate compositions to treat hyperproliferative disorders (e.g., cancer) and disorders of the immune system (e.g., inflammation and autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis).
US12048761B2
The present invention relates to methods and pharmaceutical compositions for the treatment of retinal capillary non-perfusion. In particular, the present invention relates to a method of treating retinal capillary non-perfusion in a subject in need thereof comprising administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a ROCK inhibitor.
US12048749B2
The present disclosure relates to mTOR inhibitors. Specifically, the embodiments are directed to compounds and compositions inhibiting mTOR, methods of treating diseases mediated by mTOR, and methods of synthesizing these compounds.
US12048745B2
Compositions and methods of their use to detect and treat anti-PD1 therapy resistance are provided herein. Compositions that immunospecifically bind and deplete dysfunctional T cells are provided. The dysfunctional T cells that are depleted include CD38+PD-1+ T cells, CD38+CD8+ T-cells, or both. The dysfunctional T cells can be depleted, for example, by administering an antibody or fusion protein that specifically binds to dysfunctional T cells and promotes their depletion. In one embodiment the antibody is a bispecific antibody that can be specific for CD38 and CD8, or it can be specific for CD38 and PD-1. Also disclosed is a method of detecting and treating anti-PD1 therapy resistance by measuring the amount of CD38+PD1+CD8 T cells in blood or tissue samples obtained from a subject prior to anti-PD1 therapy and administering an anti-CD38/CD8 or anti-CD38/PD-1 depleting/blocking antibody to the subject prior to anti-PD1 therapy.
US12048744B2
The invention provides for a RANKL-specific antagonistic agent recognizing human platelet-expressed receptor activator of nuclear factor kappa-B ligand (pRANKL), for use in treating a cancer patient to prevent or reduce premetastatic lesions in blood.
US12048740B2
Provided are topical delivery systems and methods for treating and/or preventing a disease or disorder in a subject, or for eliciting an immune response in a subject including applying, to at least a portion of the subject's post-auricular region, a topical delivery system including a therapeutically effective amount of a topical pharmaceutical composition comprising at least one active agent and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier and/or adjuvant. The topical pharmaceutical composition can include a topical immunogenic composition. The topical delivery system can further include a flexible substrate in communication with the topical immunogenic composition. The subject can be a pediatric subject.
US12048735B2
The present invention provides, in part, formulations comprising an alkaline phosphatase (AP)-based agent. Particularly, modified-release powder formulations comprising an AP-based agent are provided which release a substantial amount of the AP-based agent in the intestines. Therapeutic uses of the formulations are also provided.
US12048734B2
Methods and compositions are disclosed for treating and preventing cytokine release syndrome (CRS), acute respiratory distress syndrome (CRS), and alveolar capillary injury (ACI) in a subject.
US12048719B2
A biological composition has a mixture of mechanically selected allogeneic biologic material derived from placental tissue. The mixture has non-whole cellular components including vesicular components and active and inactive components of biological activity, cell fragments, cellular excretions, cellular derivatives, and extracellular components. The mixture including non-whole cell fractions including one or more of exosomes, transcriptosomes, proteasomes, membrane rafts, lipid rafts. The mixture is compatible with biologic function.
US12048718B2
The invention relates to an isolated chimeric antigen receptor polypeptide (CAR), wherein the CAR comprises an extracellular antigen-binding domain, comprising an antibody or antibody fragment that binds a B Cell Maturation Antigen (BCMA) polypeptide. The CAR preferably binds an epitope comprising one or more amino acids of residues 13 to 32 of the N-terminus of human BCMA. The invention further relates to a nucleic acid molecule encoding the CAR of the invention, a genetically modified immune cell, preferably a T cell, expressing the CAR of the invention and the use of said cell in the treatment of a medical disorder associated with the presence of pathogenic B cells, such as a disease of plasma cells, memory B cells and/or mature B cells, in particular multiple myeloma, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma or autoantibody-dependent autoimmune diseases.
US12048713B2
The present invention relates to a composition/formulation for reducing uremic toxins, particularly protein bound uremic toxins in chronic kidney disease (CKD). More particularly, the pharmaceutical composition/formulation comprises a synergistic combination of Inulin and Betaine or their pharmaceutically acceptable salts for reducing protein bound uremic toxins. The present application also provides various compositions/formulations and process of preparing the same.
US12048711B2
A composition containing a compound of formula I or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, dimer or trimer thereof, and a tyrosine kinase activity inhibitor is provided. A method of preventing and/or treating cancer by administering a subject in need thereof the composition is provided. The combination of Sotagliflozin and a tyrosine kinase activity inhibitor may exhibit a synergistic inhibitory effect on tumors, and the efficacy of the combination is significantly better than that of a single drug.
US12048709B2
Disclosed herein, in part, are liquid pharmaceutical formulations comprising furosemide or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, one or more pharmaceutically acceptable excipients, and a pharmaceutically acceptable buffer. Methods of treating congestion, edema, fluid overload, or hypertension in a patient in need thereof are also provided.
US12048700B2
Crystalline monosodium salt of 5-methyl-(6S)-tetrahydrofolic acid wherein the molar ratio of 5-methyl-(6S)-tetrahydrofolic acid to sodium is from 1:0.5 to 1:1.5 (in mol/mol) and/or hydrates and/or solvates thereof, their use as pharmaceuticals, as well as processes of obtaining the same.
US12048690B2
Described herein are unit oral dose compositions that reduce the severity of heartburn and/or the risk of the occurrence of heartburn in a human in need of taking naproxen sodium for the OTC treatment of acute pain wherein the human is not experiencing heartburn prior to the oral administration of the unit oral dose composition comprising orally administering to the human of a unit oral dose composition comprising (i) naproxen sodium at a dosage from about 100 mg to about 440 mg per unit oral dose composition and (ii) famotidine at a dosage from about 3 mg to about 20 mg per unit oral dose composition, wherein the dissolution rate of famotidine in the unit oral dose composition in said human at a specified time within 45 minutes of administration of said unit oral dose composition to said human is greater than the dissolution rate of naproxen sodium in the unit oral dose composition in said human at the same specified time.
US12048686B2
Embodiments are directed to a series of novel small molecule activators of NRF2 dependent gene expression that are evaluated in an effort to develop therapeutic methods against diseases with deregulated KEAP1-NRF2 signaling.
US12048684B2
The present disclosure provides an arctigenin liquid nano-preparation and a preparation method thereof, and relates to the technical field of pharmaceutical preparation. In the present disclosure, arctigenin is prepared into a liquid nano-preparation, having advantages of distribution of a droplet diameter on nanoscale, significantly increased specific surface area, rapid absorption, and high bioavailability. Meanwhile, nano-preparation entered the body can be captured by wandering leucocytes, and a medicament is delivered to inflammatory lesions through chemiotaxis, thereby conferring a targeted drug delivery feature on the arctigenin and making a therapy more targeted.
US12048682B2
Nanoparticles comprising micheliolide (MCL) or derivatives thereof, and optionally additional therapeutic agents, such as chemotherapeutic agents, are described. Also described are methods of treating diseases, such as cancer, comprising the use of combinations of MCL or a derivative thereof with X-ray irradiation and/or other therapeutic agents, such as immune checkpoint inhibitors. The use of the combinations can provide synergistic anticancer therapeutic efficacy, for example, as the MCL or derivative thereof can both sensitize cancer cells to therapy and target resistant cancer stem cells (CSCs) for selective cell death.
US12048678B2
Disclosed is a pharmaceutical composition comprising a compound represented by Structural Formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier or diluent. Also disclosed is a method of treating a myelin related disorder in a subject, the method comprising administering to the subject an effective amount of a compound of Structural Formula (I) or a pharmaceutical composition comprising the compound of Structural Formula (I). The variables of Structural Formula (I) are described herein.
US12048668B2
An exoskeleton device that includes an artificial joint and a frame member extending from the artificial joint. The frame member is configured for extension over a limb of a user. The exoskeleton device also includes a self-aligning mechanism connected to the frame member. The self-aligning mechanism includes three passive degrees of freedom (pDOF) provided in a prismatic-revolute-revolute (PRR) configuration. The self-aligning mechanism also includes a limb attachment member configured for mechanically coupling to a portion of the limb of the user.
US12048667B2
A leg support exoskeleton is strapped on as a wearable device to support its user during squatting. The exoskeleton includes a knee joint connected to a first link and a second link, which is configured to allow flexion and extension motion between the first link and the second link. A force generator has a first end that is rotatably connected to the first link. A constraining mechanism is connected to the second link and has at least two operational positions. In a first operational position, the second end of the force generator engages the constraining mechanism, where the first link and the second link flex relative to each other. In a second operational position, the second end of the force generator does not engage the constraining mechanism; the first link and the second link are free to flex and extend relative to each other.
US12048661B2
A patient transport apparatus comprises a base, a patient support deck, a wheel assembly, and a braking system. The wheel assembly includes a wheel and a braking mechanism. The braking system includes a linkage assembly, a manual actuator, and an electrical braking assembly. The linkage assembly is arranged to place the braking mechanism in a braked state and a released state. The manual actuator moves the linkage assembly manually to place the braking mechanism in the braked state and the released state. The electrical braking assembly includes a driving assembly that moves to a first position and to a second positing that causes the linkage assembly to place the braking mechanism in the braked state and the released state. The linkage assembly is movable relative to the driving assembly to enable the braking mechanism to be manually actuated with the manual actuator.
US12048660B2
A patient support apparatus includes a support structure having a patient support deck and a side rail coupled to the support structure. The side rail is movable relative to the support structure. A lock releasably locks the side rail in one or more side rail positions, such as in a raised position and an intermediate position. A manual release is coupled to the side rail and operable to unlock the side rail. A bypass lever is provided to allow a user to raise the side rail from a lowered position to the raised position without locking in the intermediate position. A damper is located inside the side rail to counterbalance the weight of the side rail and assist the user in raising the side rail, bi-directionally. The side rail is formed of first and second walls that are heat staked together to form a lightweight side rail of suitable strength.
US12048659B2
Systems and methods for detecting a pinch event or obstruction to a movable component of a patient support. In some embodiments, the patient support apparatus may include a control system capable of controlling one or more actuator systems coupled to one or more movable components of the patient support apparatus. The control system may operate according to one or more modes of operation in controlling the actuator system to move a component from a first position to a second position. In one embodiment, the control system may receive sensor feedback indicative of one or more operating characteristics of an actuator system, and analyze the sensor feedback differently in one mode than in another. In one embodiment, the controller may receive sensor feedback indicative of both a speed of a component coupled to the movable component and a current of power supplied to an electric motor of the actuator system.
US12048649B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide a probe comprising a tube, wherein one or more optical fibers extend at least partially through the tube for transmitting at least one of a laser light and an illumination light from a light source to a target location. A distal end of the tube comprises a flat-walled morphology, and a protective window with a round edge is press-fit to the distal end. The flat-walled morphology of the distal end of the tube has a reduced diametric interference sensitivity, thus allowing a wider range of tolerances between the window and the tube walls for effective press-fitting.
US12048648B2
An imaging probe comprises a camera or endoscope with an external detector array, in which the probe is sized and shaped for surgical placement in an eye to image the eye from an interior of the eye during treatment. The imaging probe and a treatment probe can be coupled together with a fastener or contained within a housing. The imaging probe and the treatment probe can be sized and shaped to enter the eye through an incision in the cornea and image one or more of the ciliary body band or the scleral spur. The treatment probe may comprise a treatment optical fiber or a surgical placement device to deliver an implant. A processor coupled to the detector can be configured with instructions to identify a location of one or more of the ciliary body band, the scleral spur, Schwalbe's line, or Schlemm's canal from the image.
US12048647B2
Fluid delivery devices and methods are described, where the device may comprise a piezoelectric actuator operatively coupled to an ampoule with fluid, under a preloading force. The ampoule may comprise a thin-walled thermoplastic package which includes one or more apertures positioned on the wall of the ampoule. The piezoelectric actuator may be configured to clamp at least partially around the circumference of the ampoule and apply oscillations to its wall. The oscillations, typically in ultrasonic frequency, produce cycles of acoustic pressure in the fluid, leading to ejection of the fluid droplets or streams from the apertures.
US12048646B2
A jig assembly may include an upper jig including an upper bite block for receiving upper teeth, a lower jig including a lower bite block for receiving lower teeth, and a fastener for securing each of the upper jig and the lower jig in a fixed position relative to one another. A jig assembly may include a first jig and a second jig coupled to the first jig. The first jig and the second jig may be switchable between a first configuration in which the first jig is slidable relative to the second jig in a first direction and a second configuration in which the first jig and the second jig are fixed relative to each other in the first direction.
US12048642B2
A convex ostomy barrier for attaching an ostomy appliance to a peristomal skin surrounding a stoma includes a skin barrier formed from a skin friendly adhesive, an inlet opening for receiving a stoma, and a convex insert system arranged adjacent the skin barrier to provide a convex body-side contour of the convex ostomy barrier. The convex insert system includes a convex insert and a ring, which are configured to be assembled together to form the convex insert system.
US12048641B2
A device (100) includes a leg engaging section (101) and a foot engaging section (102) intersecting at a heel receiver (103). The leg engaging section and the foot engaging section define a leg insertion aperture (104). A compressible cushion layer (402) is disposed at least in the leg engaging section. At least one bolster tube (401) is disposed interior the leg engaging section. The bolster tube (401) can be selectively removable through one or more apertures (1105,1106).
US12048631B2
A pad prosthesis includes a body, a protrusion portion and a snap. The body has a first surface, and the first surface includes a front edge, a curved edge, a rear edge and a straight edge connected sequentially. The protrusion portion is arranged on the first surface of the body. The snap is arranged on the first surface of the body, and the snap extends along a second direction, an angle between the second direction and the first direction is an acute angle. The pad prosthesis according to the present application may be applied in an artificial knee prosthesis.
US12048630B2
An orthopaedic knee prosthesis includes a femoral component which exhibits enhanced articular features, minimizes removal of healthy bone stock from the distal femur, and minimizes the impact of the prosthesis on adjacent soft tissues of the knee.
US12048629B1
A method for implantation of a locking member in a hip joint of a patient is disclosed. The method comprises; performing an operation in a hip joint surgically or arthroscopically, placing an artificial hollow caput femur surface mounted onto caput femur, placing a locking member for assisting in the fixation of the artificial caput femur surface with at least one extending portion adapted to clasp a portion of the caput and/or collum femur. The locking member comprises an element locking the artificial caput femur surface such that the caput femur remains clasped and restrained in said artificial caput femur surface.
US12048613B2
A patient support apparatus includes a frame and a mattress supported by the frame and arranged to support a patient thereon. A sensor is included to detect moisture on the patient and/or the patient support apparatus. The sensor produces signals indicative of the presence of moisture on the patient support apparatus. One or more alerts are output in response to the signals provided by the sensor to notify a caregiver of the presence of moisture on the patient support apparatus.
US12048606B2
Orthodontic systems and related methods are disclosed for designing and providing improved or more effective tooth moving systems for eliciting a desired tooth movement and/or repositioning teeth into a desired arrangement. Methods and orthodontic systems include the generation of an overcorrection in the tooth-receiving cavities of an appliance worn in the dentition. The overcorrection may provide an improved and more accurately applied force or moment applied to a tooth. The overcorrected force or moment can move a tooth closer to a desired position than if not overcorrected as sufficient force can still applied to the tooth as it gets closer to the desired position. The overcorrected force or moment may also better target the root of the tooth where the biological response to tooth movement occurs. The overcorrection may be calculated in various ways as described herein.
US12048601B2
The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a dental component, in particular a dental prosthesis or a partial dental prosthesis, by means of a dental furnace, comprising the following steps: (i) producing a model of the dental component; (ii) embedding the model in an investment material; (iii) removing the model from the investment material, in particular by heating or burning out, to obtain a negative mold of the model; (iv) inserting a raw material required for manufacturing the dental component into the negative mold; (v) producing the dental component in the negative mold; and (vi) deflasking the dental component in an at least partly automated manner, in particular by means of a stripping manufacturing process, on the basis of a virtual model of the dental component.
US12048598B1
A system and method for reducing fatigue, preventing fatigue, or generally supporting a user's head and neck during extended periods of looking downward without restricting a user's range of motion by a user-wearable neck and head support device comprising an adaptable vest optionally configured with straps, back plates, support structures, a customizable bracing rod optionally configured with anchor plates and brackets, an adjustable headpiece with optionally configured accessories, and a wire slidably and detachably coupled to a rail on the headpiece that may be optionally configured with a wire tension controller and a quick release connector.
US12048597B2
Certain embodiments provide a pneumatic dual port connector (PDPC) configured to be coupled to an interface component of a surgical console. The PDPC comprises a shaft, having a first connector channel having a first distal end and a first proximal end, a second connector channel having a second distal end and a second proximal end, and one or more first features configured to couple the PDPC to the interface component.
US12048596B2
Embodiments disclosed herein provide devices, systems, and methods for illuminating inside an eye globe. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to ergonomic chandelier illumination systems for illumination of a surgical site during ophthalmic surgery, the chandelier illumination systems having improved flexibility, profile, and light coupling efficiency. In certain embodiments, a malleable chandelier illumination probe, which is bendable by a surgeon to any desired angle, is disclosed. In certain other embodiments, a preformed chandelier illumination probe, which is preset to a desired angle using a heating method, is disclosed. In certain other embodiments, a method for belling and binding two optical fibers to create a dual chandelier output with improved light coupling efficiency, which is capable of being used with a single connector, is disclosed.
US12048590B2
Ultrasound-based estimation of disease activity, such as for NAS or other activity index for NAFLD for liver disease, is provided. Ultrasound measures acoustic scatter and shear wave propagation parameters, such as measuring acoustic backscatter coefficient, shear wave velocity, and shear wave damping ratio. A score for the disease activity is determined from these scatter and shear wave propagation parameters. The physician may be assisted by relatively inexpensive and rapid ultrasound as compared to biopsy or MRI based scoring in scoring activity of a disease, such as NAFLD. Ultrasound imaging is more readily available and less expensive and MRI, and is non-invasive.
US12048587B2
Sparse arrays of transducer elements may be beneficial in providing ultrasound transducer probes with a wide total aperture while containing a manageable number of transducer elements. Sparse arrays made with bulk piezoelectric materials or with arrays of micro-elements can be effectively with ping-based multiple aperture ultrasound imaging techniques to perform real-time volumetric imaging.
US12048581B2
A stethoscope includes a housing that has a first surface and a second surface. The first surface defines a first groove on a first side of the housing and a second groove on a second side of the housing. A photoplethysmogram sensor assembly is operably coupled to the housing and is configured to obtain and push data to a controller. The photoplethysmogram sensor assembly includes a first optical sensor disposed in the first groove and a second optical sensor disposed in the second groove. Each of the first optical sensor and the second optical sensor includes an emitter and a detector. A phonocardiogram sensor is coupled to the second surface of the housing and is configured to obtain and push data to the controller.
US12048579B2
The radiation imaging system includes a cable configured to transmit at least one of a signal and power from an external apparatus, a connector portion provided in an end of the cable, a radiation imaging apparatus, and an imaging table, the radiation imaging apparatus being attachable to and removable from the imaging table, wherein the radiation imaging apparatus includes a rectangular-shaped housing configured to contain a radiation detecting panel, a housing-side connection terminal portion is arranged in a side surface of the housing, the housing-side connection terminal portion is capable to be connected with the connector portion, and the connector portion includes at least one penetrating hole penetrating from a front surface parallel to a radiation incident surface to a rear surface opposite to the front surface, the penetrating hole being usable for fixation to the imaging table.
US12048569B2
A sterilization container for receiving cleaned or sterilized medical goods or medical goods to be cleaned or sterilized. The container includes a sterilization container lower part forming a receiving space for the goods and a sterilization container lid that can be detachably mounted on the sterilization container lower part to seal the receiving space. At least one handle element is located on the sterilization container lower part and can be positioned between a carrying position projecting from the sterilization container lid and a locking position that locks the sterilization container lid to the sterilization container lower part. A receiving region is formed in the sterilization container lid for receiving the handle element in the locking position. The receiving region is a trough like handle recess in the form of a depression projecting into the receiving space with respect to the lid plane for receiving the entire handle element.
US12048568B2
A closing/locking mechanism for a sterile container includes an actuation lever, a tension bow or claw coupled to the actuation lever, and an engagement element forming an undercut and with which the tension bow or claw can be brought into operative engagement to apply a tensile force to the engagement element. The tension bow or claw is mounted for sliding transversely to the tensile force to be applied. A spring is arranged in an operative position relative to the tension bow or claw in such a way that, when a predefined actuation position of the actuation lever and a predefined/predefinable sliding position of the tension bow or claw are reached, in which position the tension bow or claw already reaches behind the engagement element, the spring applies a compressive force to the tension bow or claw in the direction of the tensile force.
US12048557B2
A wearable computing device for identifying gestures indicating patient prescription adherence is provided. The wearable computing device includes a processor, a memory, and a motion sensor. The processor is configured to receive a set of prescription plan data defining a prescription for a pharmaceutical associated with a user of the wearable computing device. The processor is also configured to receive a gesture pattern of movement of the wearable computing device. The gesture pattern indicates that a patient is adhering to the prescription. The processor is further configured to detect, with the motion sensor, a first motion pattern associated with the wearable computing device. The processor is also configured to analyze the first motion pattern to determine if the gesture pattern has been performed. Upon determining that the gesture pattern has been performed, the processor is configured to update a prescription usage record.
US12048555B1
A capture device for imaging a person, in particular the face or a part of the face of the person, the capture device comprises at least one camera for capturing an image of the person. The capture device comprises an infinity mirror comprising at least two mirror surfaces arranged oppositely from each other, a light source for emitting light, and a front side to look inside the infinity mirror. The infinity mirror is arranged at the capture device and placed and oriented relative to the capture device so that a capture range with an insight axis and an insight distance for the person is defined and defined capturing of the person by means of the at least one camera is provided when the person is positioned according to the capture range.
US12048548B2
A display control device includes processing circuitry configured to: obtain an intracardiac electrocardiogram of a subject; generate visualization data representing an excitation state of a myocardium based on the intracardiac electrocardiogram; determine a type of excitation dynamics of the myocardium based on the visualization data; and display, on a stereoscopic image of a heart of the subject, a site from which the intracardiac electrocardiogram is obtained with a color in accordance with a ratio of the determined type of the excitation dynamics.
US12048544B2
A system and method for assessing contact between a medical device and tissue may comprise an electronic control unit (ECU) configured to be coupled to a medical device, the medical device comprising a first electrode and a second electrode. The ECU may be further configured to select the first electrode as an electrical source and the second electrode as an electrical sink, to cause an electrical signal to be driven between the source and sink, to detect respective electric potentials on the first electrode and the second electrode while the electrical signal is driven, and to determine an impedance respective of one of the first electrode and the second electrode according to both of the respective electric potentials.
US12048539B2
Multiple enzymes may be present in the active area(s) of an electrochemical sensor to facilitate analysis of one or more analytes. The multiple enzymes may function independently to detect several analytes or in concert to detect a single analyte. One sensor configuration includes a first active area and a second active area, where the first active area has an oxidation-reduction potential that is sufficiently separated from the oxidation-reduction potential of the second active area to allow independent signal production. Some sensor configurations may have an active area overcoated with a multi-component membrane containing two or more different membrane polymers. Sensor configurations having multiple enzymes capable of interacting in concert include those in which a first enzyme converts an analyte into a first product and a second enzyme converts the first product into a second product, thereby generating a signal at a working electrode that is proportional to the analyte concentration.
US12048538B2
A medical device for detecting at least one analyte in a body fluid is disclosed. The medical device comprises: at least one analyte sensor having an insertable portion adapted for at least partially being inserted into a body tissue of a user, at least one insertion cannula, wherein the analyte sensor at least partially is placed inside the insertion cannula; at least one housing, wherein the housing comprises at least one sensor compartment, wherein the sensor compartment forms a sealed compartment receiving at least the insertable portion of the analyte sensor, wherein the sealed compartment comprises at least one detachable upper cap and at least one detachable lower cap, wherein the detachable lower cap is configured for detachment before insertion, thereby opening the insertable portion for insertion, wherein the insertion cannula is attached to the detachable upper cap, wherein the detachable upper cap is configured for detachment after insertion, thereby removing the insertion cannula; and at least one electronics unit, wherein the analyte sensor is operably connected to the electronics unit, wherein the electronics unit comprises at least one interconnect device with at least one electronic component attached thereto, wherein the interconnect device fully or partially surrounds the housing.
US12048537B2
A system for monitoring autoregulation may include processing circuitry configured to receive a blood pressure signal indicative of an acquisition blood pressure of a patient at an acquisition site and an oxygen saturation signal indicative of an oxygen saturation of the patient. The processing circuitry may determine an altered blood pressure value indicative of a reference blood pressure of the patient at a reference site based on the blood pressure signal. The altered blood pressure value may enable a more accurate subsequent determination of a value indicative of the autoregulation status of the patient compared to an unaltered blood pressure value. In some examples, the processing circuitry may provide a signal indicative of the autoregulation status of the patient to an output device to enable a clinician to monitor the autoregulation status of the patient.
US12048535B2
Oxygen sensing luminescent dyes, polymers and sensors comprising these sensors and methods of using these sensors and systems are provided.
US12048531B2
Techniques disclosed herein relate to glucose management recommendations based on nutritional information. In some embodiments, the techniques may involve obtaining user input that includes textual input indicating quantitative information for a food item. The techniques may also involve determining, based on the quantitative information for the food item, nutritional information for the food item, where the quantitative information for the food item is different from the nutritional information for the food item. The techniques may further involve generating, based on the nutritional information, a glucose management recommendation.
US12048524B2
In accordance with the invention, a reliable apparatus for guiding an ablation probe to a target location inside a human body is thus provided. The apparatus allows incorporation of a conventional metal operating room table, but further comprises a substantially non-conductive separation structure positioned over the metal operating room table and underneath a horizontally oriented electromagnetic field generator. The resultant structure is adapted to support a human body in the prone or supine position over the operating table. Further support padding may also be provided. The electromagnetic field generator creates an electromagnetic field that extends through the torso of said human body positioned over the electromagnetic field generator. An ultrasound probe and ablation probe interacts with the electromagnetic field to generate positional information that is processed by a computing device to generate a graphic representation of location information on a display device.
US12048520B2
An electrode apparatus comprising: a substrate, the substrate comprising: a first microfluidic channel; a second microfluidic channel; and at least one conduit extending between the first microfluidic channel and the second microfluidic channel; wherein the first microfluidic channel and the at least one conduit comprise electrically conductive material, and wherein the second microfluidic channel is exposed to the external environment and configured to absorb liquid by capillary action.
US12048519B2
The disclosure relates to new methods for calibrating or adjusting a bioimpedance measuring device. Furthermore, the present disclosure relates to a medical set or system, a medical measuring standard, a method for testing a bioimpedance measuring device, and a bioimpedance measuring device.
US12048510B2
A method for controlling an excitation light source for endoscopic fluorescence imaging. The method including: one of receiving an excitation light request signal by a switch on an endoscope or generating the excitation light request signal; at least when the excitation light request signal is present, evaluating at least one image detected by the endoscope in real time to determine whether the at least one image originates from inside or from outside of a body; and controlling the excitation light source to only generate excitation light with full power when the excitation light request signal is present and the evaluation indicates that the at least one image originates from inside of the body. Wherein the evaluation of the at least one image is determined by an artificial neural network.
US12048509B2
A method and apparatus for surface scanning in medical imaging is provided. The surface scanning apparatus comprises an image source, a first optical fiber bundle comprising first optical fibers having proximal ends and distal ends, and a first optical coupler for coupling an image from the image source into the proximal ends of the first optical fibers, wherein the first optical coupler comprises a plurality of lens elements including a first lens element and a second lens element, each of the plurality of lens elements comprising a primary surface facing a distal end of the first optical coupler, and a secondary surface facing a proximal end of the first optical coupler.
US12048508B2
An interoperative light therapy apparatus and method are disclosed. The apparatus includes an excitation light source, a plurality of light emitting devices and a plurality of light detecting fibers, wherein the plurality of light emitting devices produce a fluorescence light in cancerous cells of a patient treated with a photosensitizing medication. The fluorescence light is collected by the plurality of detector fibers and a digital spatial image of the cancerous cells is produced. The digital spatial image is useful for targeting the cancerous cells in a subsequent resection procedure. An interoperative light therapy apparatus is disclosed that further include a therapy light source that can deliver therapy light to the cancerous cells using the digital spatial image in the subsequent resection procedure.
US12048506B2
A docking interface configured to dock with another device is provided. The docking interface includes an optical link module comprising a transceiver configured to transmit and receive optical signals; a magnetic field sensor element configured to generate an electrical signal in response to a magnetic field impinging thereon; and at least one processor configured to receive the electrical signal, compare a magnitude of the electrical signal to a proximity threshold value to generate a comparison result, and detect a docking event and an undocking event based on the comparison result.
US12048505B2
Implementations relate to a master control device. In some implementations, a master control device includes a control body comprising a proximal end, a thumb grip portion, and a finger grip portion. The control body has a length configured to engage the proximal end of the control body in the palm of a hand of the user while the hand engages the thumb grip portion with a thumb of the hand and the finger grip portion with a finger of the hand. The control body is configured to allow the proximal end of the control body to be selectively engaged by the palm of the hand and selectively disengaged from the palm of the hand while the hand engages the thumb grip portion with the thumb of the hand and the finger grip portion with the finger of the hand.
US12048494B2
The present invention relates to navigating in bronchial pathways. In order to provide further improved navigation guidance, a sequence of 2D X-ray images of a region of interest of a bronchial structure with an intrathoracic device (visible in the X-ray images) inserted in a bronchial pathway is provided. The intrathoracic device is tracked in the 2D X-ray images and direction and magnitude of repetitory cardiovascular and respiratory induced motion is assessed based on the tracked intrathoracic device. The assessed motion is modelled and a navigation information indicative of a range of the modelled motion is generated. The navigation information is shown as a confidence reference (310), for example a rEBUS historical trajectory confidence reference, to a user operating the intrathoracic device. As an example, an augmented fluoroscopy 2D image (302) of a thorax region is registered and shown overlaid with segmentation (304) of the bronchial structure and target lesion (312). Further, a confidence reference (314) of the current position of the rEBUS catheter may also be shown.
US12048491B2
An ultrasound imaging system is disclosed that can include an ultrasound probe including a transducer array configured to acquire ultrasound images, and a console including a processor and non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon a plurality of logic modules that, when executed by the processor, are configured to perform operations including receiving an ultrasound image, detecting one or more targets within the ultrasound image, and generating a visualization from the ultrasound image to center the one or more detected targets within a displayed portion of the ultrasound image. Generating the visualization may include cropping the ultrasound image to center the one or more detected targets within a displayed portion of the ultrasound image. Generating the visualization may include increasing a magnification of a cropped portion of the ultrasound image to center the one or more detected targets within a displayed portion of the ultrasound image.
US12048484B2
An instrument includes: an aberrometer; a corneal topographer; an optical coherence tomographer; and a fixation target subsystem. The fixation target subsystem includes a fixation target and a Stokes cell disposed in an optical path between the fixation target and the eye, wherein the Stokes cell includes a first rotation stage having a first cylinder lens and a second rotation stage having a second cylinder lens, wherein; and a controller configured for controlling a rotation of the first rotation stage and the second rotation stage for correcting for an astigmatism of the eye.
US12048476B2
A surgical instrument includes a housing and an elongated shaft operably coupled to an actuating mechanism moveable between an actuated position and an unactuated position. An end effector includes a pair of opposing first and second jaw members and is adapted to connect to a source of electrosurgical energy. A switch is moveable between an activated position to initiate delivery of electrosurgical energy to the end effector and a deactivated position to terminate delivery of electrosurgical energy to the end effector. A switch activation member is configured to move the switch between an activated position and a deactivated position. A switch control member is configured to maintain the switch in the activated position during at least partial movement of the actuating mechanism from the actuated position to the unactuated position.
US12048471B2
An endoscopic treatment device has a sheath extending between a distal end portion and a proximal end portion; a first/second wire inserted through the sheath, wherein the first/second wire can protrude from the distal end portion of the sheath and cut tissue by being applied with current; an insulative member configured to connect distal ends of the first wire and the second wire; and a first/second insulative tube configured to cover the first/second wire protruding from the sheath, wherein the first/second insulative tube can move with respect to the first/second wire respectively, wherein the endoscopic treatment device switches between a first state where the second wire protruding from the sheath is covered by the second insulative tube and a second state where the first wire protruding from the sheath is covered by the first insulative tube.
US12048466B2
A fusion device assembly for fusion of a joint, including a first screw portion, including a first distal end, a first proximal end, a first radially outward facing surface including a first diameter, and a first hole, a second screw portion, including a second distal end, a second proximal end, a second radially outward facing surface including a second diameter, and a second hole, and a section, including a first end connected to the first proximal end, a second end connected to the second distal end, a third radially outward facing surface including a third diameter, the third diameter being less than the first diameter and the second diameter, and a third hole, wherein the first hole, the second hole, and the third hole are in fluid communication.
US12048464B2
The present invention relates to a device and system for fixation of intra-articular and extra-articular fractures and non-unions of small bones and other small bone fragments, and more particularly to a threaded nail with a robust length and a trailing end with a cutting tip and longitudinal cutting flutes and a stepped diameter with cutting flutes at the transition point, and an optional cannulation along the central longitudinal axis of the nail.
US12048449B2
An articulating ultrasonic surgical end effector includes a clevis, a transducer housing pivotably coupled to the clevis, an ultrasonic transducer disposed within the transducer housing, a waveguide extending distally from the ultrasonic transducer, an ultrasonic blade disposed at the distal end of the waveguide, a shaft extending distally from the transducer housing about at least a portion of the ultrasonic blade, and a clamp arm pivotably coupled to the shaft and movable relative to the ultrasonic blade between an open position and a clamping position. Ultrasonic energy produced by the ultrasonic transducer is transmitted along the waveguide to the ultrasonic blade for treating tissue therewith.
US12048448B2
A system configured to cut leaflet tissue at a cardiac valve may comprise a guide catheter and a cutting mechanism routable through the guide catheter. The cutting mechanism includes a cutting arm and a plurality of grasping arms rotatably coupled to the cutting arm. The grasping arms are connected to the cutting arm via a central hinge and are actuatable between a closed position against the cutting arm and an open position where the grasping arms extend laterally away from the cutting arm by rotating about the hinge. Targeted cardiac leaflet tissue may be grasped between the cutting arm and the grasping arms and cut by a cutting element that is attached to or extends through the cutting arm.
US12048444B2
An interventional medical device, and method of manufacturing the same, is provided to reduce risk to the patient of a fracture of the interventional medical device. At least one portion of the interventional medical device that is subject to fracture and migration within a patient is identified. A membrane is applied over each portion of the interventional medical device that is subject to fracture and migration, such that any fractured portion of the interventional medical device is tied together by the membrane.
US12048440B2
Device and method for reaming bone. In exemplary embodiments, the device may comprise a shaft configured to be rotated about a long axis thereof. The device also may comprise a plurality of cutting members connected to a distal end region of the shaft, rotationally offset from one another about the long axis, and forming a portion of an expandable cutting head. The device further may comprise an inner member configured to be moved with respect to the shaft to change a diameter of the cutting head. In exemplary methods, the device may be utilized to ream a medullary cavity while being pushed or pulled along the medullary cavity.
US12048435B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide an improved vascular occlusion device for occlusion of a passageway, cavity, or the like. According to one embodiment, a medical device for occluding a left atrial appendage is provided. The medical device includes a first portion having at least one plane of occlusion that is configured to be positioned outside of the left atrial appendage, and a second portion having at least one plane of occlusion that is configured to be at least partially positioned within a cavity defined by the left atrial appendage.
US12048434B2
A computer-implemented method for controlling a surgical stapling instrument for stapling tissue includes advancing an anvil assembly in relation to a staple cartridge to a first position defining a tissue gap between the staple cartridge and the anvil assembly and clamping tissue, the clamped tissue including a suture, measuring a first force of tissue compression of the tissue clamped within the tissue gap with the anvil assembly at a first time point, determining whether the measured first force is greater than a threshold, measuring a second force of tissue compression of the tissue clamped within the tissue gap at a second time point in response to the determination that the first force is greater than the threshold, determining whether the suture failed based on the measured second force being an amount less than the measured first force, and stopping the advancing of the anvil assembly based on the determined suture failure.
US12048427B2
In one embodiment of the present disclosure, an apparatus for securing a first object to a second object, including a deformable anchor body, a working suture connected to the anchor body, the working suture including a pre-formed knot, and a repair suture connected to the first object, wherein, with the anchor body connected to the second object and at least one of the anchor body and the working suture connected to the repair suture, the anchor body is adapted to secure within the second object and the working suture and repair suture are adapted to secure to the anchor body to secure the first object to the second object.
US12048426B2
A surgical access system includes a connector including an arm, a coupling element, a rod, and a ridged slider. The arm includes first and second notched sections disposed in opposed lateral sides thereof. The coupling element includes a body section defining an opening therethrough, and opposed tabs protruding therefrom that are configured to receive the second notched section therebetween such that the arm is pivotably coupled to the coupling element. The rod includes a shaft having a plurality of angled grooves defined partially along a length thereof. The rod extends through the opening of the coupling element and the first notched section of the arm. The ridged slider includes a first surface having a plurality of ridges extending along a partial length thereof. The ridged slider extends through the coupling element with the plurality of ridges operably engaged with the plurality of angled grooves of the rod.
US12048420B1
A dental clamp retractor includes tongue and cheek retractor portions separated by a clamp bow having an arcuate shape. A buccal extension arm extends laterally outward from the clamp bow to the cheek retractor portion. A buccal gauze holder is connected to the clamp bow by a flexible arm. The tongue retractor portion connects to the clamp bow by a lingual extension arm. A lingual gauze holder is connected to the clamp bow by a flexible arm. The cheek retractor portion may have a larger surface area than the tongue retractor portion and be formed of an elastomer. The buccal gauze holder and lingual gauze holder may be formed by clips. A dental procedure includes applying the dental clamp retractor to a patient to retract the tongue and cheek and hold gauze on a buccal and/or labial side of a tooth surface of the patient.
US12048419B2
A peroxide-resistant endoscope comprises an interface portion; a control portion coupled to the interface portion; and an insertion portion coupled to the control portion. The insertion portion comprises a bending portion; an insertion tube extending from a distal end of the control portion to a proximal end of the bending portion; a bending portion coupled to a distal end of the insertion tube; and a distal tip at a distal end of the bending portion. The peroxide-resistant endoscope also comprises a light carrying bundle (LCB) that extends from the interface portion to the distal tip. An outer casing of the bending portion consists essentially of fluorocarbon rubber, the LCB is lubricated by a first lubricant that comprises at least one solid lubricant and does not contain more than ten percent by weight of molybdenum disulfide, and an outer casing of the insertion tube is bonded to the outer casing of the bending portion by an epoxy adhesive.
US12048418B2
A system and method are provided for controlling achieving fine angle control within small diameter devices. An imaging device is provided with a multi-angle imaging platform. In some embodiments, a flexible printed circuit board (PCB) is provided with conductors and a camera angle activator pivot for rotating the camera head. In some embodiments, a ball and socket joint is used to rotate the camera head within a distal end of the elongate shaft. In some embodiments, a spring mechanism is used to rotate the camera head within a distal end of the elongate shaft. In some embodiments, the viewing angle of the imaging device is adjusted via movement of an inner tube with respect to an outer tube and corresponding adjustment of the flexible PCB, ball and socket joint, and/or spring mechanism.
US12048412B2
Embodiments of the present application provide an intelligent cleaning device, where the intelligent cleaning device includes a device body, a driving wheel assembly, a control circuit, and a transfer circuit; the driving wheel assembly is mounted to the device body from below, and is configured to make the intelligent cleaning device movable; the control circuit is configured to control operation of the intelligent cleaning device, and the control circuit is arranged in the device body; the driving wheel assembly is electrically connected to the control circuit through the transfer circuit, and the transfer circuit is arranged at the device body.
US12048410B2
A surface cleaning head with dual rotating agitators (e.g., a leading roller and a brush roll) may be used to facilitate capturing of debris in the air flow into a suction conduit on the underside of the surface cleaning head. The leading roller is generally positioned adjacent to and in advance of the opening of the suction conduit. The rotating brush roll may be located in the suction conduit with the leading roller located in front of and spaced from the brush roll, forming an inter-roller air passageway therebetween. The leading roller may provide a softer cleaning element than the brush roll and may also have an outside diameter that is less than the outside diameter of the brush roll. The surface cleaning head may also include debriding protrusions contacting the leading roller and/or a leading bumper that extends in front of the leading roller.
US12048409B2
A hand vacuum cleaner has a cyclonic stage. A suction motor is provided in a housing. The housing has a first portion and a second portion wherein the second portion has a post-motor filter and the second portion is removably mounted to a first portion. The hand vac has a handle provided on the first portion of the housing. The sidewall of the second portion extends 360° around the cyclone axis of rotation and the suction motor axis of rotation, extends axially over the post-motor filter, forms part of an outer surface of the hand vacuum cleaner and comprises a rearmost removable sidewall portion of the hand vacuum cleaner body.
US12048397B2
A tissue holder includes a mounting bracket, a tube axle, a hanging rod, a cover plate, and a clamping driving mechanism. The tube axle is connected with the mounting bracket. The hanging rod is connected with the tube axle. The cover plate is pivotally mounted on the tube axle. The clamping driving mechanism is arranged between the tube axle and the cover plate. The clamping driving mechanism is configured to drive the cover plate to move toward a side of the hanging rod to clamp roll paper hung on the hanging rod.
US12048394B2
An electric grill configured for cooking food and a method of cooking food using the electric grill includes a housing that defines an open interior and an aperture. Element frames are positioned at the sides of the open interior. Electric heating elements are positioned within the element frames and are positioned within the open interior exterior of the aperture in a direction towards the housing. The electric heating elements generate IR energy that is directed towards a middle of the open interior below the aperture. Heat energy exits the housing through the aperture by radiative heat transfer and convective heat transfer. Such convective heat transfer includes air currents circulating within the open interior past the electric heating elements and out of the aperture.
US12048386B2
Assembly (2) for donning a compressive garment (4), comprising a set of ring sections (6, 6′) together forming an openable closed ring structure (8) which extends around a main ring axis (R), said ring structure (8) comprising a circumferential wall (10) for receiving a stretched compressive garment (4) thereon, wherein the ring structure (8) is configured for resisting radial compression of the circumferential wall (10) by the received garment (4), wherein at least two of the ring sections (6, 6′) are moveable with respect to each other for opening the ring structure (8), wherein at least one passage (12a, 12b) is provided in the circumferential wall (10) of the closed ring structure (8).
US12048384B2
An apparatus for cooling a food item may include a base and a top, the top and the base defining an interior chamber configured to receive the food item, and a fan coupled to the top and configurable in an operating mode and an off mode, wherein the fan moves air within the interior chamber when in the operating mode. The apparatus may include a temperature sensor to measure a temperature of the food item within the interior chamber and provide a temperature signal representative of that temperature, at least one user input allowing a user to select a cooling parameter, and a control unit adapted to receive the temperature signal and the cooling parameter, wherein the control unit is configured to switch the fan from the operating mode to the off mode when the cooling parameter has been met.
US12048377B2
A tank rack may have a back frame member and at least two tank support members spaced apart from one another along the back frame member. Each of the tank support members may have two inner sections, two outer sections and a rear portion. The rear portion may be connected to the back frame member.
US12048374B2
A mobile workstation with adjustable height of the present disclosure may comprise a top assembly, an adjustment assembly, and a bottom assembly. Adjustment assembly may comprise telescopically engaged segments. One or more pulleys or pulley assemblies may be disposed within one or more of the segments to allow for withdrawing and retracting segments from one another at the same rate. Actuation of the raising or lowering of the overall height of the mobile workstation may be realized through either a manual actuation or an electronic element such as a linear actuator.
US12048371B2
A brush for cleaning the interior of a bottle or container is provided. The brush includes at least one cleaning element installed on the distal end of a shaft. The proximal end of the shaft is shaped to be gripped by a hand of a user. The distal end of the shaft includes at least one notch formed therein, where the notch has a proximal side wall, a distal side wall oppositely disposed from the proximal side wall, and a middle section disposed between the proximal side wall and the distal side wall. Each cleaning element is installed in a corresponding notch.
US12048364B2
The present utility model discloses a foldable bag which comprises a first sheet, a second sheet and a third sheet, an accommodating cavity with an opening is enclosed by the first sheet and the second sheet, the third sheet extends from the second sheet and is rotatable to at least partially cover the opening, the first sheet has two corresponding first sides and second sides, the first sheet is provided with a first folding line, a second folding line and a third folding line. The foldable bag can not only contain mobile devices, but also provide support.
US12048362B2
A reusable plastic bag having as well as a reusable plastic bag with holding straps have internal bag inserts for receiving one or more beverage bottles. A plastic film layer is connected to the inside of a front and/or rear wail of the plastic bag at least in portions, by way of at least two welded or adhesively bonded areas which are spaced apart from one another and extend from a point spaced apart from a base edge of the bag towards or as far as an opening edge of the bag, so as to form the internal bag inserts, which are open towards the bag opening and are each configured and designed to receive one or more beverage bottles.
US12048361B2
A protective case for a portable electronic device includes a housing with an open tray and a resilient cord. The tray is recessed into the rear of the housing. The cord spans the opening of the tray, creating a cord pattern of overlapping segments capable of securing items placed into the tray. In an embodiment, the tray may be separated from the housing and the cord separated from the tray. A user may customize the cord layout by threading the cord across the tray opening in a desired pattern based on the goods within the tray.
US12048334B2
A frame for an aerosol-generating device is provided, the frame including: a base frame formed from an electrically conductive material; an electrical connector having a plurality of electrical contacts arranged on a connector frame formed from an electrically insulating material, the electrical connector being secured to the base frame such that the base frame is electrically connected to at least one of the electrical contacts of the electrical connector; and a support frame formed from an electrically insulating material, in which the base frame and electrical connector are at least partially embedded in the support frame. A method of manufacturing a frame for an aerosol-generating device, and an aerosol-generating device including a frame, are also provided.
US12048329B2
A consumable for a smoking substitute device, the consumable comprising: a tank for storing an e-liquid; an outlet, wherein the outlet is configured to provide fluid communication between the tank and a mouthpiece aperture, so that the mouthpiece aperture receives an aerosol vapour formed from the e-liquid in use, wherein the outlet is integrally formed with the tank; and a support for maintaining a position of the outlet relative to the tank.
US12048316B2
Sweetener and flavor compositions with improved taste profiles are disclosed. Also disclosed are methods of making and methods of using such sweetener and flavor compositions.
US12048312B2
A machine for processing liquid or semi-liquid food products, including: a container holding the product and a dispenser. A stirrer, located inside the container, rotates about an axis to mix the product. An actuator is connected to the stirrer to rotate the stirrer. A refrigeration system, includes a closed circuit to circulate a primary heat exchanger fluid, an evaporator associated with the container, a compressor, a first air condenser and a throttle element; a control unit; a second condenser regulator for regulating the flow of the fluid and operating on the first and/or second condenser. The control unit drives the regulator to regulate the flow of fluid in the first and second condensers as a function of an operating parameter of the machine.
US12048310B2
An upward flow extraction method, apparatus, and extract are disclosed. The upward flow extraction method can comprise loading extraction material into an extraction cell having a bottom portion and a top portion; introducing a first aliquot of extraction medium through the bottom portion of the extraction cell; expelling gas from the extraction cell through the top portion of the extraction cell; closing the top portion of the extraction cell and increasing the pressure in the extraction cell as extraction medium flows into the bottom portion of the extraction cell; stopping the flow of extraction medium into the extraction cell; steeping the extraction material in the extraction medium under pressure to produce an extract; and introducing a second aliquot of extraction medium through the bottom portion of the extraction cell to push extract through top portion of the extraction cell.
US12048309B2
Methods and compositions for inhibiting or dispersing biofilms produced by Listeria monocytogenes on plant matter are described. Embodiments include using formulations comprising active chemical constituents and aqueous extracts or sap from certain trees. Methods of using and producing aqueous formulations derived from hickory and maple wood are provided. Formulations and methods are provided for preventing and dispersing exopolysaccharide-rich listerial biofilms.
US12048308B2
A method of improving the viability, persistence, and/or vigor of a host plant in the form of Lolium multiflorum Lolium×hybridum and Lolium perenne, (host grass) includes artificially inoculating the host grass with an LpTG-3 endophyte RGT18 strain. The LpTG-3 endophyte RGT18 strain can produce at least one alkaloid or combination of alkaloids that provide the host grass with a favorable alkaloid profile and/or protect the plant from biotic stresses.
US12048304B2
The present technology relates to apparatuses and methods for preserving biological material, for example cryopreserved biological material, such as cells, tissues, and organs for storage and/or transport. Apparatuses and methods of the present technology preserve biological material at a target temperature within a range of 8° C. to −40° C. for extended periods of time, for example at least 4 hours. The target temperature and extended period of time may be achieved with the use of cold sources such as phase change materials (PCMs) in combination with insulation materials, such as vacuum insulation panels (VIPs) and/or aerogels.
US12048299B2
The present disclosure describes a fishing rod transport that includes a rear structural support, a plurality of rod supports attached to the rear structural support, and a reel compartment attached to the rear structural support. A first rod support extends through a first hole in the rear structural support, a second rod support extends through a second hole in the rear structural support, and a center of the first hole is disposed vertically higher than a center of the second hole.
US12048292B2
Systems and methods for tracking certain activities of a plurality of animals in a feedlot involve a plurality of RF asset tags attached to the plurality of animals and a plurality of RF detector stations that are operable to read unique identifier codes associated with each of the plurality of RF asset tags. Members of the plurality of RF detector stations are positioned, at least for some, proximate to at least one water trough and at least one feed trough, and are operable to transmit data concerning the RF asset tags detected over a communication link to an asset management subsystem. Duplicate signals may be reduced, signal filtered and smoothed, and energy conserved with certain approaches taken with the RF detector stations. Other systems and devices are presented.
US12048288B2
The invention provides seed and plants of pea line DLW-C720-0494-A11. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds, and tissue cultures of pea line DLW-C720-0494-A11 and to methods for producing a pea plant produced by crossing a plant of pea line DLW-C720-0494-A11 with itself or with another pea plant, such as a plant of another line. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of a plant of pea line DLW-C720-0494-A11, including the seed, pod, and gametes of such plants.
US12048276B2
A growspace automation system and method. The system includes a grow space with localization structures and a mobile robot. The mobile robot comprises sensors, a mobility mechanism, and a plurality of mobility modules. The mobile robot is configured to automate growspace processes, such as transport, watering, sensing, or cleaning.
US12048272B2
An agricultural trellis system is provided and generally includes a notch configured to receive a trellis wire therein and selectively release the trellis wire upward during mechanical pruning. The notch can be positioned on an above-ground portion of a vertical line post or a cross arm. The notch can include a tab extending upward from the bottom of the notch, and a first edge and a second edge each formed on the body. The first edge can be a flat edge and can be positioned laterally outwardly from at least a portion of the second edge, which can be a curved edge. The notch can include a retention protrusion extending laterally into the notch toward the second edge to a position where a lateral distance between the retention protrusion and the first edge in a direction normal to the central plane is less than a diameter of the trellis wire.
US12048266B2
A screening belt unit is provided for a harvesting machine or harvested material transportation device and for screening extraneous material out of a mixture of harvested material and extraneous material. A screening belt has at least two endless carriers, preferably in the form of carrier belts or chains, between which screening bars are arranged in a direction transversely to the conveying direction. The screening bars form a plurality of screening bar units that comprise in each case at least two screening bars. At least a part of the screening bars is fixed so as to be movable relative to the endless carriers. The screening belt unit has a positioning means arranged at least locally along the screening belt and acts on the movable screening bars and via which, in the screening zone S as seen in the screening direction, a spacing A in the conveying direction F of successive screening bars is defined. Furthermore, a flap unit, a screening belt and a harvesting machine or a harvested material transportation device are provided.
US12048262B2
A system includes a series of converters provided along a boundary of an agricultural cultivated area. A converter is configured to emit a second signal in response to an incoming first signal. The system also includes an autonomously driving agricultural machine including a transmitting device configured to emit the first signal in an environment of the agricultural machine, a receiving device configured to receive the second signal emitted in response to the first signal, and a processing device configured to determine a position of the agricultural machine with respect to the boundary based on the received second signal. An arrangement and/or a conversion characteristic of converters is designed differently at a first section of the boundary than at a second section of the boundary.
US12048261B2
A vehicle speed control system that controls a vehicle speed of an agricultural vehicle that performs work using a work device while traveling using a traveling device, the agricultural vehicle performs work travel a plurality of times with non-work travel interposed therebetween, the vehicle speed control system including: a control unit configured to perform work travel control in which a vehicle speed is set according to a load on a motive power source that drives the traveling device and the work device; and a storage unit in which a vehicle speed that is set during the work travel is stored as an optimum vehicle speed, the control unit performs initial work travel control in which a vehicle speed at a time when the work travel is started after the non-work travel is set using the optimum vehicle speed that is stored during the work travel performed before the non-work travel.
US12048260B2
An end wheel assembly for transforming an implement frame from a transport position to a field position is provided. The end wheel assembly can have an end wheel, a wheel pivot rotatably connected to the end wheel, a wheel member pivotally connected to the wheel pivot, at least one attachment bracket attached to the wheel member and pivotally attachable to the implement frame, a wheel actuator to raise and lower the end wheel assembly, and a guide plate. The guide plate can have a channel, a first end connected to the wheel member, and a second end connected to the wheel pivot. The channel can be positioned to receive a positioning member when the end wheel assembly is pivoted downwards and to rotate the guide plate causing the wheel pivot and end wheel to rotate relative to the wheel member and turn the end wheel outwards.
US12052934B2
A memory structure comprises a dielectric layer, a first ferromagnetic bottom electrode, a second ferromagnetic bottom electrode, an SOT channel layer, and an MTJ structure. The dielectric layer is over the substrate. The first ferromagnetic bottom electrode extends through the dielectric layer. The second ferromagnetic bottom electrode extends through the dielectric layer, and is spaced apart from the first ferromagnetic bottom electrode. The SOT channel layer extends from the first ferromagnetic bottom electrode to the second ferromagnetic bottom electrode. The MTJ structure is over the SOT channel layer.
US12052932B2
The present invention provides a semiconductor device, the semiconductor device includes a metal interconnection on a substrate, in which a top view of the metal interconnection comprises a quadrilateral; and a magnetic tunneling junction (MTJ) on the metal interconnection, in which a top view of the MTJ comprises a circular shape.
US12052926B2
A piezoelectric device comprises at least one piezoelectric composite layer P inserted between two conductive composite layers E, each layer E forming an electrode, characterized in that: the layer P is a rubber composition containing more than 50 parts by weight per hundred parts by weight rubber, phr, of diene elastomer, a cross-linking system and at least 5 vol. %, in relation to the total volume of the rubber composition, of piezoelectric inorganic charges; and each layer E is a rubber composition containing at least 50 phr of diene elastomer, a cross-linking system, and conductive charges. A method for producing the device and a tire comprising the device are also disclosed.
US12052921B2
A method for manufacturing a film, notably monocrystalline, on a flexible sheet, comprises the following steps: providing a donor substrate, forming an embrittlement zone in the donor substrate so as to delimit the film, forming the flexible sheet by deposition over the surface of the film, and detaching the donor substrate along the embrittlement zone so as to transfer the film onto the flexible sheet.
US12052919B2
The present invention describes dibenzofuran derivatives substituted by electron-deficient heteroaryl groups, and electronic devices, especially organic electroluminescent devices, comprising these compounds as triplet matrix materials.
US12052915B2
An organic electroluminescence device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a first electrode, a second electrode facing the first electrode, and a plurality of organic layers between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein at least one organic layer of the plurality of organic layers includes a polycyclic compound containing two aromatic 6-membered rings which are linked by a single bond, and a plurality of benzimidazole groups which are substituted at the two aromatic 6-membered rings, wherein each of the two aromatic 6-membered rings includes a carbon atom or a nitrogen atom as an atom for forming a ring.
US12052904B2
An organic EL device includes a counter electrode, a first reflection layer provided so as to be separate from the counter electrode by a first optical distance, a first pixel electrode provided between the counter electrode and the first reflection layer, a light emitting layer provided between the counter electrode and the first pixel electrode, an optical distance adjustment layer provided between the first pixel electrode and the first reflection layer, and a first relay electrode provided between the first pixel electrode and the first reflection layer, and configured to electrically couple the first pixel electrode and the first reflection layer, wherein the optical distance adjustment layer is provided so as to be separate from the first relay electrode.
US12052903B2
An electronic device according to an embodiment of the inventive concept includes a display panel in which a first display area and a second display area having a higher transmittance than the first display area are defined, an electronic module disposed below the second display area of the display panel, a circuit board which is connected to the display panel and on which the electronic module is mounted, and an intermediate layer disposed between the electronic module and the display panel, and the electronic module and the circuit board do not overlap each other when viewed in a plane, so that the electronic device may be made thinner, and performance of the electronic module included in the electronic device may be improved.
US12052896B2
An electroluminescent display device can include a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix form along a first direction and a second direction, each pixel including first, second, and third sub-pixels, and a first bank pattern having a first height, and a second bank pattern having a second height, the first height being smaller than the second height, wherein the second bank pattern is parallel in two directions. The first bank pattern defines same color sub-pixels of different pixels, and wherein the second bank pattern defines different color sub-pixels of the same pixel. The second bank pattern includes first patterns disposed between the adjacent different color sub-pixels along a third direction crossing the first and second directions and between the adjacent different color sub-pixels along a fourth direction crossing the first, second, and third directions and second patterns disposed between the second sub-pixels adjacent to each other.
US12052892B2
A display device includes: a substrate; signal lines including a gate line, a data line, and a driving voltage line that collectively define an outer boundary of a pixel area; a transistor connected to the signal line; a first electrode extending across the pixel area and formed on the signal line and the transistor, and connected to the transistor, the first electrode having a first portion overlying only the signal line and the transistor, and a second portion including all of the first electrode not included in the first portion; a pixel defining layer formed on only the first portion of the first electrode; an organic emission layer formed on substantially the entire second portion but not on the first portion; and a second electrode formed on the pixel defining layer and the organic emission layer.
US12052889B2
An array substrate is provided. The array substrate includes a node connecting line in a same layer as a respective voltage supply line, connected to a first capacitor electrode and a semiconductor material layer. An orthographic projection of a first anode on a base substrate at least partially overlaps with an orthographic projection of a node connecting line in a respective first subpixel. An orthographic projection of a second anode on the base substrate at least partially overlaps with an orthographic projection of the node connecting line in a respective second subpixel. An orthographic projection of a third anode on the base substrate at least partially overlaps with an orthographic projection of the node connecting line in a respective third subpixel. An orthographic projection of a fourth anode on the base substrate at least partially overlaps with an orthographic projection of the node connecting line in a respective fourth subpixel.
US12052888B2
Provided is pixel including a first transistor including a first drain region electrically connected to a light emitting diode, a first gate electrode, a first channel region overlapping the first gate electrode, and a first source region, a first sub-transistor including a first sub-gate electrode, a first sub-channel region overlapping the first sub-gate electrode, a first sub-drain region connected to the first gate electrode, and a first sub-source region, a second sub-transistor including a second sub-gate electrode, a second sub-channel region overlapping the second sub-gate electrode, a second sub-drain region connected to the first sub-source region, and a second sub-source region, and a shielding pattern overlapping the first sub-source region and the second sub-drain region and not overlapping the first sub-channel region, wherein a width of the first sub-channel region is greater than a width of the second sub-channel region.
US12052884B2
A display device includes: a base substrate including an active area, and a non-active area including a crack dam arrangement area; a plurality of inorganic layers on the base substrate; and an encapsulation layer on the plurality of inorganic layers, and including an encapsulation inorganic layer, and an encapsulation organic layer on the encapsulation inorganic layer. The base substrate includes first substrate portions having a first thickness at the crack dam arrangement area, and a second substrate portion between adjacent ones of the first substrate portions and connected to the first substrate portions, the second substrate portion having a second thickness smaller than the first thickness. The plurality of inorganic layers are laminated to form an inorganic laminated film at the crack dam arrangement area; and the encapsulation inorganic layer is located over the first substrate portions and the second substrate portion, and includes at least one short circuit portion.
US12052856B2
A semiconductor device is provided. The semiconductor device includes a substrate which includes a cell region and a core region, a boundary element separation film which is placed inside the substrate, and separates the cell region and the core region, and a bit line which is placed on the cell region and the boundary element separation film and extends along a first direction, in which the boundary element separation film includes a first region and a second region, a height of an upper side of the first region of the boundary element separation film is different from a height of an upper side of the second region of the boundary element separation film, on a basis of a bottom side of the boundary element separation film, and the bit line is placed over the first region and the second region of the boundary element separation film.
US12052853B2
A semiconductor device with a large storage capacity per unit area is provided. A semiconductor device includes a memory cell. The memory cell includes a first conductor; a first insulator over the first conductor; a first oxide over the first insulator and including a first region, a second region, and a third region positioned between the first region and the second region; a second insulator over the first oxide; a second conductor over the second insulator; a third insulator positioned in contact with a side surface of the first region; and a second oxide positioned on the side surface of the first region, with the third insulator therebetween. The first region includes a region overlapping the first conductor. The third region includes a region overlapped by the second conductor. The first region and the second region have a lower resistance than the third region.
US12052850B2
A field customizable airflow system, method, and communications box are provided. A communications box is located above an electronic display subassembly and includes one or more electronic components. The communications box includes one or more fans which cause a flow of ambient air to be accepted at an intake portion, forced through each of one or more apertures in a plate within the communications box, and be exhausted through said exhaust portion.
US12052849B2
A heat engine (10), particularly a heat pump, has a first heat exchanger (11), a compressor (12), a second heat exchanger (13), and a throttle device (14) connected by a refrigerant line (15), through which a refrigerant flows, and electronics (21, 22, 23) with power electronics for supplying power to and/or control electronics for controlling the heat engine (10). A heat transfer mechanism (24) absorb at least thermal energy emitted by the electronics (21, 22, 23) and transfer it to the refrigerant and/or, insofar as one exists, to a system medium flowing through the first or second heat exchanger.
US12052846B2
A heat sink comprises a first portion and a second portion. The first portion is configured to contact a heat-generating electronic component. The first portion is formed from a first group of materials and has a first plurality of fins. The second portion is coupled to the first portion. The second portion is formed from a second group of materials and has a second plurality of fins. The second group of materials is different than the first group of materials. The first group of materials can include extruded aluminum, stamped aluminum, or both. The second group of materials can include die-cast metal. The first plurality of fins can have a smaller fin pitch than the second plurality of fins. The heat sink can further comprise a third portion coupled to the first portion, such that the first portion is positioned between the second portion and the third portion.
US12052838B2
A display includes a screen, a stand and a hanging element. The stand is connected to the screen and has a first end and a second end. The hanging element is selectively disposed on the first end or the second end. When the hanging element is disposed on the first end, the hanging element could clamp a first plate; when the hanging element is disposed on the second end, the hanging piece could clamp a second plate, wherein the first plate is perpendicular to the second plate.
US12052835B2
Embodiments of an enclosure including a substrate having an anti-fingerprint surface are disclosed. The anti-fingerprint surface may include a textured surface, a coated surface or a coated textured surface that exhibits a low fingerprint visibility, when a fingerprint is applied to the anti-fingerprint surface. In one or more embodiments, the enclosure exhibits any one of the following attributes (1) radio, and microwave frequency transparency, as defined by a loss tangent of less than 0.03 and at a frequency range of between 15 MHz to 3.0 GHz; (2) infrared transparency; (3) a fracture toughness of greater than 0.6 MPa·m1/2; (4) a 4-point bend strength of greater than 350 MPa; (5) a Vickers hardness of at least 450 kgf/mm2 and a Vickers median/radial crack initiation threshold of at least 5 kgf; (6) a Young's Modulus in the range from about 50 GPa to about 100 GPa; and (7) a thermal conductivity of less than 2.0 W/m° C.
US12052832B2
The disclosure is and includes at least an apparatus, system and method printing multilayer circuits on graphics. The multilayer print may include forming an electronic human machine interface, sensor readout, or a driver circuit, by way of example, and may include successively printing at least two functional ink layers comprising at least one conductive layer and at least one dielectric layer on a substrate comprising one of a thermoform and an overmold; printing at least one non-conductive graphical ink layer in the succession of the successively printing; curing each of the successively printed layers after the printing of each of the successively printed layers, wherein the curing of the successively printed functional ink layers comprises at least an ultra-violet curing; and squeegeeing at least the at least one conductive layer with a squeegee having a low durometer.
US12052829B2
The method for manufacturing a number of electrical nodes, wherein the method includes providing a number of electronic circuits onto a first substrate, such as on a printed circuit board or other electronics substrate, optionally, a low-temperature co-fired ceramic substrate, wherein each one of the electronic circuits includes a circuit pattern and at least one electronics component in connection with the circuit pattern, wherein the electronic circuits are spaced from each other on the first substrate, thereby defining a blank area surrounding each one of the number of electronic circuits, respectively, and providing potting or casting material to embed each one of the number of electronic circuits in the potting or casting material, and, subsequently, hardening, optionally including curing, the potting or casting material to form a filler material layer of the number of electrical nodes.
US12052821B2
A stacked-layer board includes a base material including a plurality of dielectric layers stacked on each other, a first main surface being a surface at one end in a stacking direction of the plurality of dielectric layers, and a second main surface being a surface at the other end in the stacking direction, and a first conductor provided on the first main surface, and a first groove is in a surface of the first conductor.
US12052819B2
A printed wiring board includes a base insulating layer, a conductor layer formed on the base layer and including pads, a solder resist layer formed on the base layer such that the solder resist layer is covering the conductor layer and has openings exposing the pads, and plating bumps formed on the pads such that each plating bump includes a base plating layer formed in a respective one of the openings, an intermediate layer formed on the base plating layer, and a top plating layer formed on the intermediate layer. The plating bumps are formed such that the base plating layer has a side surface including a portion protruding from the solder resist layer, that the intermediate layer has a thickness in a range of 2.7 to 7.0 μm, and that the top plating layer has a hemispherical shape and is covering only an upper surface of the intermediate layer.
US12052817B2
An elastic wiring board that includes an elastic substrate; a plurality of electrode wirings having elasticity; and an ion-migration resistant layer between at least a first electrode wiring of the plurality of electrode wirings and the elastic substrate.
US12052814B2
Provided are flexible hybrid interconnect circuits and methods of forming thereof. A flexible hybrid interconnect circuit comprises multiple conductive layers, stacked and spaced apart along the thickness of the circuit. Each conductive layer comprises one or more conductive elements, one of which is operable as a high frequency (HF) signal line. Other conductive elements, in the same and other conductive layers, form an electromagnetic shield around the HF signal line. Some conductive elements in the same circuit are used for electrical power transmission. All conductive elements are supported by one or more inner dielectric layers and enclosed by outer dielectric layers. The overall stack is thin and flexible and may be conformally attached to a non-planar surface. Each conductive layer may be formed by patterning the same metallic sheet. Multiple pattern sheets are laminated together with inner and outer dielectric layers to form a flexible hybrid interconnect circuit.
US12052794B2
Systems and methods are provided for detecting the presence of a hidden camera on a network. When video is encoded and transmitted over/across a network, the data packet carrying the video tend to exhibit certain characteristics or features specific to video traffic from a hidden camera. A machine learning model for detecting the presence of a hidden camera can be trained based on these characteristics and features. Once trained, the machine learning model can be operationalized on an access point that can analyze real-time network traffic to determine whether a hidden camera(s) is operating on the network.
US12052777B2
A system and method for providing time domain allocations in a communication system. In an embodiment, an apparatus operable in a communication system and including processing circuitry is configured to receive an indication of a time domain allocation in downlink control information associated with a radio network temporary identifier (“RNTI”) identifying the apparatus, and employ the time domain allocation associated with the RNTI for transmissions associated with the apparatus. In another embodiment, an apparatus operable in a communication system and including processing circuitry is configured to associate a time domain allocation with a RNTI identifying a user equipment, and provide an indication of the time domain allocation in downlink control information to allow the user equipment to employ the time domain allocation associated with the RNTI for transmissions associated therewith.
US12052759B2
The present disclosure provides a method and device in node for wireless communications. A first node receives a first signaling and a second signaling; transmits K first radio signals in K time-frequency resource blocks respectively; the K time-frequency resource blocks are orthogonal in time domain; the first signaling indicates the K time-frequency resource blocks; only K1 first radio signals in the K first radio signals respectively comprise K1 second sub-signals, the K1 second sub-signals carry a second bit block, and the second signaling is used to determine the second bit block; a total number of REs occupied by the K1 second sub-signals is not greater than a first value, and a first coefficient is used to determine the first value. When control information is carried on a repeatedly transmitted physical layer data channel, the above method ensures the reliability of data and the control information.
US12052746B2
The objective of the present invention is to implement appropriate radio communication processing in accordance with required criteria. This terminal is provided with: a control circuit which determines a method for determining a priority level of a first channel and a second channel having mutually overlapping resource allocations in the time domain, on the basis of a parameter relating to control information indicating the allocations of the first channel and the second channel respectively; and a communication circuit for transmitting or receiving a signal to or from at least one of the first channel and the second channel, on the basis of the priority level.
US12052739B1
A method for wireless communication includes: dividing a delay Doppler resource occupied by a first orthogonal time frequency space (OTFS) symbol into M delay Doppler regions, the first delay Doppler region being one of the M delay Doppler regions, M being a natural number not less than 1; and dividing the first time delay Doppler region into an edge region and a non-edge region in a time delay displacement dimension and a Doppler displacement dimension, and setting the signal average power of the edge region to be different from the signal average power of the non-edge region.
US12052733B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described that support subscriber identification module (SIM) prioritization based on service priority and quality of service (QoS) parameters. A user equipment (UE) may identify a set of available RF components for communications at the UE that may be shared between a first SIM and a second SIM. The UE may identify multiple resource partitions of the set of available RF components, each resource partition providing resources for contemporaneous communications of both the first SIM and the second SIM. The UE may select one of the resource partitions for the contemporaneous communications based on service level priorities associated with each SIM and which resource partition provides sufficient RF resources to satisfy the QoS parameters associated a highest service level priority of the multiple SIMS.
US12052725B2
Systems and methods of wireless communication in which wireless devices are adapted to implement adaptive waveform selection are disclosed. For example, operation according to embodiments may provide for use of a waveform design that minimizes peak-to-average power ratio (PAPR), such as single-carrier frequency division multiplexing (SC-FDM), as well as a waveform design that provides higher spectral efficiency, such as orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM), for scenarios that are not power-limited and the higher PAPR is acceptable. Adaptive waveform selection may be based implicitly on one or more parameters or may be based on explicit signaling. Adaptive waveform selection may be utilized with respect to initially establishing a communication link and/or with respect to an established communication link.
US12052722B2
The present disclosure includes a control unit that performs an uplink (UL) data transmission setting according to a radio resource control (RRC) message and a transmitting unit that transmits UL data according to the UL data transmission setting. The RRC message includes setting information of a plurality of configured UL grants (CGs). The setting information includes at least first and second CGs for each of at least one bandwidth part (BWP). The setting information further includes setting information related to transmission intervals for the first and second CGs. The control unit sets at least the first and second CGs for each BWP according to the setting information. The transmitting unit, when at least a part of the transmission interval of the first and second CGs overlap each other, interrupts UL data transmission of the first CG to perform UL data transmission of the second CG.
US12052713B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may identify a duty cycle function corresponding to a duty cycle range. In some cases, the UE may determine the duty cycle function based on a congestion metric. The UE may identify a bandwidth allocation for the UE and may determine a duty cycle within the duty cycle range based on the duty cycle function and the bandwidth allocation. In some cases, the UE may identify one or more of the duty cycle function, the congestion metric, the duty cycle range, or the bandwidth allocation based on control signaling from a base station. The UE may transmit a packet within the bandwidth allocation in accordance with the duty cycle.
US12052705B2
Deterioration in communication characteristics is prevented by performing scheduling in which movement/stillness of user terminals is taken into consideration. Received-power measurement section 103 measures the power of a reference signal from each of the user terminals. Movement/stillness determination section 104 determines whether each of the user terminals is a moving terminal or an unmoving terminal based on over-time variations in received power at transmission points for each of the user terminals. Group selection section 105 groups the user terminals into a moving terminal group and an unmoving terminal group, and selects one of the groups as a signal-transmission target. Transmission control section 108 performs open-loop signal processing without precoding when the moving terminal group is selected, or performs closed-loop signal processing with precoding when the unmoving terminal group is selected.
US12052697B2
A method and a device in a communication node for wireless communications are disclosed in the present disclosure. The communication node first receives a first signaling; and then receives a first radio signal in K1 slots and receives a second radio signal in K2 slots; the first signaling is used to determine the K1 and the K2; a first TB is used to generate the first radio signal, while a second TB is used to generate the second radio signal, the first TB comprising a positive integer number of bit(s), and the second TB comprising a positive integer number of bit(s); the K1 slots are divided into X1 slot groups, while the K2 slots are divided into X2 slot groups, and positions of the X1 slot groups and the X2 slot groups are interleaved in time domain. The present disclosure can reduce power consumption and improve coverage performance.
US12052695B2
The present disclosure provides a method and a device in a communication node for wireless communications. The communication node in the present disclosure first receives first information, and then transmits a first radio signal; a length of a time interval between a start time for transmitting the first radio signal and a first reference time is equal to a sum of a first timing adjustment and a second timing adjustment, the first timing adjustment being one of X candidate timing adjustments, the X being a positive integer greater than 1; the second timing adjustment is used for determining a transmission timing of a radio signal transmitted before the first radio signal in time domain; a transmitter of the first radio signal determines the first timing adjustment out of the X candidate timing adjustments by itself. The present disclosure can improve uplink synchronization performance.
US12052693B2
A method of a 5th Generation media streaming uplink (5GMSu) application function (AF) is provided. The method includes receiving, from a 5GMSu application provider, a first request to create a content egest template (CET), creating the CET based on the first request received from the 5GMSu application provider, transmitting, to a 5GMSu application server (AS), a second request to allocate content resources for egest based on the created CET, transmitting, to the 5GMSu application provider, an acknowledgement that the CET is created.
US12052691B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive, in a first control resource set (CORESET) associated with a first CORESET pool index, first downlink control information (DCI) that indicates a first transmission configuration indicator (TCI) state to be applied starting from a first starting time. The UE may receive, in a second CORESET associated with a second CORESET pool index, second DCI that indicates a second TCI state to be applied starting from a second starting time. The UE may receive third DCI that schedules a downlink communication. The UE may receive the downlink communication using a default beam associated with the first CORESET pool index or the second CORESET pool index in connection with a default beam condition associated with the third DCI. Numerous other aspects are described.
US12052689B2
Embodiments are presented herein of processors, systems, and methods for performing cellular sidelink communication with flexible resource configuration in a wireless communication system. A first wireless device may receive cellular sidelink resource pool configuration information. The cellular sidelink resource pool configuration information may configure a cellular sidelink resource pool that includes non-contiguous frequency resources. The first wireless device may perform cellular sidelink communication with a second wireless device using the cellular sidelink resource pool that includes non-contiguous frequency resources.
US12052688B2
In an embodiment of the present disclosure, proposed is a method in which a first UE transmits a signal to a second UE in a wireless communication system, the method including: a step in which the first UE receives a first signal from the second UE; a step in which the first UE acquires the distance between the first UE and the second UE on the basis of the received first signal; a step in which the first UE selects, on the basis of the calculated distance, a numerology for transmitting a second signal, or a transmit resource in which the numerology is set; and a step in which the first UE transmits the second signal to the second UE on the basis of the selected numerology or the transmit resource. The UE is capable of communicating with at least one of another UE, a UE related to an autonomous driving vehicle, a base station or a network.
US12052687B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to methods, devices and computer readable media for resource selection. In example embodiments, a method for resource selection includes selecting, at a first terminal device, a first resource for transmitting a first packet from a resource pool. The method further includes determining a second resource selected from the resource pool by a second terminal device for transmitting a second packet. The method further includes determining whether a first transmission priority associated with the first packet is lower than a second transmission priority associated with the second packet. The method further includes in response to determining that the first transmission priority is lower than the second transmission priority, selecting an available resource from the resource pool to transmit the first packet.
US12052684B1
The systems, methods, and devices disclose a transducer system located in a room or in an area to provide an alert to one or more persons. The transducer system includes at least a receiver, a processor and a speaker. The receiver receives an alert message sent from an alarm system or from another transducer system. The processor is configured to determine, from a plurality of notification messages, a notification message based on the alert event indicated by the alert message. Each of the plurality of notification messages corresponds to a different alert event, and each of the plurality of notification messages includes information to vibrate a speaker according to a different pre-determined vibration pattern. The speaker is moveable to generate a vibration pattern according to the determined notification message to inform a person about the alert event, wherein the speaker generates the vibration pattern in a low-frequency range.
US12052676B2
A radio base station is disclosed including a first communication device that supports a cell; and a second communication device that is connected to the first communication device and controls the first communication device, wherein the second communication device transmits system information including a reference system frame number and a reference time associated with the reference system frame number to the first communication device, and the first communication device broadcasts the system information. In other aspects, a radio communication method and a radio communication system are also disclosed.
US12052672B2
The present disclosure provides a power control method in device to device (D2D) communication and a user equipment for performing the power control method. The method includes computing a power value of device to device (D2D) transmission of a user equipment performing D2D communication in a subframe in a serving cell, based on a power control adjustment state of a Long Term Evolution (LTE) wide area network (WAN) uplink channel of the user equipment and an offset or a ratio indicated by a transmit power control (TPC) command indicated in D2D grant or downlink control information (DCI) format 3/3A.
US12052669B2
Selecting combinations of antennae of a wireless device based on transmission type includes determining a transmission type of a transmission between the wireless device and an access node and, based on the transmission type, instructing the wireless device to utilize different antenna configurations, including 5G EN-DC, MIMO, mm-wave, and other combinations. The different antenna configurations comprise different combinations of antennae of the wireless device.
US12052660B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to cell selection in a multiple frequencies communication network. A network device receives, from terminal devices, signal reception quality measurements for a set of cells at serving frequencies of the network device. The network device updates, based on the measurements, serving cells in the set for the terminal devices in such a way that a total throughput of the network device is maximized and a cell edge throughput of the network device exceeds a threshold throughput. The network device transmits information about the updated serving cells to the terminal devices for access by the terminal devices.
US12052658B2
A method for network slice enhancement for a user equipment (UE) includes receiving, at an application processor (AP) from a modem, a list of UE route selection policy (URSP) rules, one or more network slice selection assistance information (S-NSSAI) associated with one or more network slices categorized among configured network slices, rejected network slices, requested network slices, and allowed network slices, and protocol data unit (PDU) session information, and maintaining, by the AP, a database to store information received at the AP. The one or more network slices execute one or more services at the UE.
US12052653B1
A method for access communication network convergence includes (1) obtaining subscription policy information associated with a network client capable of being served by a plurality of access communication networks, (2) obtaining network characteristics representing operating state of each of the plurality of access communication networks, and (3) assigning data flowing between the network client and a hub to one or more of the plurality of access communication networks at least partially based on the subscription policy information and the network characteristics. The plurality of access communication networks include, for example, a wireless access communication network and a wireline access communication network.
US12052637B2
Communication between an owner of a lost tracking device and a finder of a lost tracking device is established. A tracking system receives an identifier of a tracking device and a request for a web page from a mobile device that has captured an image of a smart code on the tracking device. The smart code is embedded with a URL to the web page. The system displays the web page on the mobile device and prompts the user to provide a location of the mobile device. The location is associated with the identifier of the tracking device. A notification indicating the location of the tracking device is generated for the owner. The owner is prompted to provide information to establish contact with the finder of the device, and the web page is populated with the owner's provided information for display on the finder's mobile device.
US12052634B2
Disclosed are embodiments that determine a location of a first wireless device based on estimates of two other wireless devices. Each of the other wireless devices is assigned or defines its own plurality of regions. Each wireless device estimates a location of the first wireless device with respect to its assigned or defined plurality of regions. One of the estimates is then translated to the other device's plurality of regions. The two estimates are then combined to estimate the location of the first wireless device.
US12052628B2
Method and apparatus for deriving a cryptographic protection to a new initial non-access stratum, NAS, message for a target network from an existing security context in an idle mode inter-system change when one or more of conditions a) to d) is met, and for deriving a mapped 5G NAS security context from a source cellular network that is an EPS security context maintained by a source MME of the EPS, in an idle mode inter-system change, when one or more of conditions 1) to 4) is met, optionally after receiving a REGISTRATION REQUEST message without integrity protection and encryption.
US12052621B2
Provided is a method for a user equipment (UE), that includes: obtaining, from a source cell, a handover command for handover from the source cell to a target cell, the handover command including activation indication for an activation of a secondary cell (SCell) of the target cell; generating a first message for transmission to the target cell, wherein the first message is used for initiating a random access procedure; obtaining a second message from the target cell in response to the first message, wherein the second message comprises a timing advance (TA) command.
US12052620B2
A first device having a transceiver and an antenna operatively connected to the transceiver and a second device having a transceiver and an antenna operatively connected to the transceiver, the first device in operative communication with the first device through a communications linkage separate from the transceiver of the first device and the transceiver of the second device. The first device is adapted to wirelessly communicate with a remote device through the transceiver of the first device. The second device is adapted to wirelessly communicate with the remote device through the transceiver of the second device. The system is configured to evaluate the wireless connection between the first device and the remote device and to evaluate the wireless communication between the second device and the remote device and determine whether the first device or the second device has a better connection.
US12052618B2
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes at least one processor, and the at least one processor may be configured to camp on a first cell, perform a procedure for registration in a first core network after camping on the first cell, identify occurrence of an event requiring cell selection in a state registered with the first core network, identify a core network corresponding to the occurred event, identify a core network supported by each of at least one second cell, identify a measurement result of the reference signal respectively associated with at least one third cell supporting the core network corresponding to the occurred event among the at least one second cell, and camp on the identified fourth cell among the at least one third cell, based on the measurement result.
US12052615B2
Methods, systems, and storage media are provided for exiting conditional handovers and for estimating a user equipment mobility state. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
US12052609B2
Some embodiments include an apparatus, method, and computer program product for using low layer protocols for inter-cell mobility management in a 5G wireless communications system. A serving 5G node B (gNB) can configure reports that a user equipment (UE) transmits to the serving gNB to make handover decisions. The serving gNB can configure a group of Transmission Configuration Indication (TCI) states (e.g., a group of beams) that correspond a physical cell, and the report includes layer 3 measurements corresponding to a neighboring or serving cell's TCI state. The report can be conveyed using lower layer protocols. The report can include layer 1 measurements conveyed using a layer 1 protocol and the serving gNB can perform filtering to generate corresponding layer 3 measurement results. Based on the reports, the serving gNB can perform a handover and synchronization using lower layer protocols, from one TCI state to another.
US12052587B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide an information transmission method and apparatus. The method comprises: a first device obtains first indication information sent by a second device, the first indication information being used for indicating first system information required by the second device; and the first device sends the first system information according to the first indication information. By means of the embodiments of the present application, the sending efficiency can be improved, signaling overheads can be reduced, and a resource waste can be avoided.
US12052574B2
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.
US12052569B2
In one embodiment, a router includes one or more processors and one or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media coupled to the one or more processors. The one or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media include instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the router to perform operations including receiving software-defined networking in a wide area network (SD-WAN) policies from a component of an SD-WAN network. The operations also include establishing a session with a mobile device and receiving information associated with the mobile device in response to establishing the session with the mobile device. The operations further include filtering the SD-WAN policies based on the information associated with the mobile device to generate SD-WAN device-specific policies and communicating the SD-WAN device-specific policies to the mobile device.
US12052562B2
This disclosure describes techniques for enabling selective connections between user devices and trusted network devices. An example method includes receiving a beacon from a network device. The beacon includes a trust level of the network device. The method further includes determining that the trust level of the network device satisfies a predetermined trust criterion. Based on determining that the trust level of the network device satisfies the predetermined trust criterion, the method includes transmitting a connection request to the network device. Further, user data is received from the network device.
US12052555B2
A furniture system includes a base and transverse member, with an induction charger provided in the transverse member and/or base, hidden from view and feel. The induction charger can be at least partially secured to either the base frame or the transverse member frame. The induction charger provides induction charging to a device positioned adjacent to a charging surface of the base or transverse member. The charging surface is positioned adjacent to the induction charger. Additionally, the induction charger is positioned between a first and second cushioning material. The first cushioning material is adjacent to (e.g., proximal to or on) the charging surface. The first and second cushioning materials have respective depths.
US12052547B2
The present disclosure relates to a hearing device having a microphone, where most of the microphone is shielded by an outer shielding of the hearing device. An inlet in the outer shielding allows sound from outside the hearing aid to travel to the microphone to be picked up by it. However, the combination of the microphone and the inlet results in the microphone becoming more sensitive at some audible frequencies. A damping filter positioned in connection with the inlet acts to counter the acoustic effect of the inlet by damping sound in the audible frequency range, where the microphone has increased sensitivity.
US12052546B2
A hearing aid includes an input unit, an output unit, a signal processing unit connected to said input unit and output unit, where the input unit, the signal processing unit and the output unit are forming part of a forward path of the hearing aid, where the signal processing unit is configured to apply a forward gain to the at least one electric input signal or a signal originating therefrom. The hearing aid further includes a feedback control unit configured to reduce a risk of howl due to acoustic, electrical, and/or mechanical feedback of an external feedback path from the output unit to the input unit of said hearing aid, where the hearing aid is configured to receive motion data characterising movement and/or acceleration and/or orientation and/or position of the hearing aid to control processing.
US12052538B2
Voice communication in hostile noisy environment is described. An example apparatus is integral with or attachable to a headgear including a multi-sensor array having a bone conduction microphone, an air conduction microphone, signal processor, a cushioned bendable material and audio output devices, such as speakers or headphones. A signal processor can be included that processes vibration signal data and tonal signal data to produce combined data representative of the vocal communication to substantially reduce or eliminate noise. A signals optimized combination process can be used to optimize the output by intelligently combining the outputs from the two different types of sensors for both to cooperate in a hostile noise environment to suppress or eliminate such noise.
US12052536B2
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing including a first surface facing in a first direction, a second surface facing in a second direction opposite to the first direction, and a side surface member enclosing the first surface and the second surface, a display visible through at least a portion of the first surface, an opening formed on a portion of the first surface, a speaker positioned within the housing, a sensor positioned within the housing, and a first path configured to guide a sound of the speaker to the opening, and a second path configured to guide the sound of the speaker to the opening and to avoid overlapping the first path, and at least a portion of the sensor is positioned between the first path and the second path.
US12052525B2
An imaging device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a first substrate including a sensor pixel that performs photoelectric conversion; a second substrate including a pixel circuit that outputs a pixel signal on a basis of electric charges outputted from the sensor pixel; and a third substrate including a processing circuit that performs signal processing on the pixel signal. The first substrate, the second substrate, and the third substrate are stacked in this order, and a low-permittivity region is provided in at least any region around a circuit that reads electric charges from the sensor pixel and outputs the pixel signal.
US12052522B2
A light detecting device includes: one or more switch transistors, a first pixel including a first floating diffusion region coupled to a first photoelectric converter through a first transfer transistor, and a first amplification transistor coupled to the first floating diffusion region, a second pixel including a second floating diffusion region coupled to a second photoelectric converter through a second transfer transistor, and a second amplification transistor coupled to the second floating diffusion region, and a third pixel including a third floating diffusion region coupled to a third photoelectric converter through a third transfer transistor, and a third amplification transistor coupled to the third floating diffusion region. A pixel signal is differentially amplified by the first and third amplification transistors. The first and second floating diffusion regions are selectively connected to each other via one of the one or more switch transistors.
US12052519B2
A system includes an image sensor having a plurality of pixels that form a plurality of regions of interest (ROIs), image processing resources, and a scheduler configured to perform operations including determining a priority level for a particular ROI of the plurality of ROIs based on a feature detected by one or more image processing resources of the image processing resources within initial image data associated with the particular ROI. The operations also include selecting, based on the feature detected within the initial image data, a particular image processing resource of the image processing resources by which subsequent image data generated by the particular ROI is to be processed. The operations further include inserting, based on the priority level, the subsequent image data into a processing queue of the particular image processing resource to schedule the subsequent image data for processing by the particular image processing resource.
US12052517B2
An imaging apparatus includes a first imaging element and a second imaging element. The second imaging element includes a storage portion that stores first image data output from the first imaging element, and a processing portion that processes second image data. A second image indicated by the second image data has a higher resolution than a first image indicated by the first image data. The second imaging element outputs the first image data stored in the storage portion to a specific output destination in a case where a specific subject image is not detected, and outputs the second image data or combined image data obtained by combining the first image data with the second image data using the processing portion to the output destination in a case where the specific subject image is detected.
US12052511B2
A method and an apparatus for generating image data, which relate to the technical field of image processing. The method comprises: obtaining a first pixel value of each pixel in a first image based on original pixel values of the first image acquired by an image acquisition device when ambient light brightness is greater than a first preset brightness threshold; obtaining a second pixel value of each pixel by dividing the first pixel value of this pixel by a preset multiple; the second preset brightness threshold is less than the first preset brightness threshold; obtaining a third pixel value of each pixel by adding Poisson noise based on a total system gain of the image acquisition device on the basis of the second pixel value of this pixel; generating original pixel values of a target image which corresponds to the first image for which the ambient light brightness is less than the second preset brightness threshold based on respective third pixel values. In this way, the generation efficiency of image data can be improved.
US12052503B2
A camera parameter derivation apparatus for deriving camera parameters of a plurality of cameras for which conditions that the cameras be arranged at ideal positions that are set on a straight line at equal intervals and that directions of all arranged cameras be parallel to each other have been set includes an internal parameter derivation unit that derives internal parameter matrices of the cameras based on estimated internal parameter matrices for all cameras that are arranged at estimated positions while being oriented in estimated directions, a camera position derivation unit that derives ideal positions of the cameras that minimize the maximum of the distances between the estimated positions and the ideal positions, and a rotation matrix derivation unit that derives rotation matrices for correcting external parameters such that errors from parallel directions are equal to or less than a threshold value.
US12052491B2
An electronic device moves a selected position on a display. In a first case, in which the selected position is specified on a basis of the line-of-sight input but a first operation is not performed to an operation unit, the electronic device displays an item indicating a range of a first size, in a second case, in which the selected position is specified on a basis of the line-of-sight input and the first operation is performed to the operation unit, the electronic device displays an item indicating a range of a second size, which is smaller than the first size, in the first case, an object is selected in response to a second operation on a basis of a predetermined condition, and in the second case, an object is selected in response to the second operation without being on a basis of the predetermined condition.
US12052478B2
Methods, systems, and apparatuses for captions data handling, conversion between formats, and presentation are described herein. Segments of a content item may contain captions data in different formats, where conversion between one format to another may be required when one format is not compatible with a computing device or presentation settings. The captions data may be converted to a compatible format(s). The embedded captions data may be converted on a segment-by-segment basis and/or in real-time for streaming content.
US12052477B2
A comment management method manages a plurality of comments written about content and selects at least one first comment from among the plurality of comments based on a first condition that is based on feedback from users for each of the plurality of comments, selects a second comment based on the feedback and a second condition that is based on the time at which a comment is written, and distinguishably displays the first comment and the second comment on a user terminal that displays the content.
US12052474B2
Systems and methods for improving displays of media assets are disclosed herein. In an embodiment, a system receives a plurality of text comments from a plurality of devices to which a media asset was transmitted. The system analyzes the comments to identify text strings within the text comments. The system generates interactable elements from the text strings in the text comments, such that an interaction with the text string causes display of identifiers of media assets corresponding to the text string.
US12052464B2
Methods to produce media data ensure a method for media data transmitting, and a method for media data processing, and the synchronization and correct processing and transmission of bitstreams on the basis of dependency relation between video layer bitstream and library layer bitstream, and correct bitstream is highly efficiently provided to a decoder. With methods for reference picture request processing and reference picture specifying, a current picture includes a library picture set in which the library picture does not belong to the random access segment to which the current picture belongs and the previously most adjacent random access segment, and correct decoding of the current picture is ensured and repeated downloading of library pictures is avoided, thus ensuring the correct decoding and highly efficient transmission of a bitstream produced by library-based video coding method, and increasing transmission efficiency and storage efficiency.
US12052462B2
The invention relates to a method for operating a media player when receiving a live stream which comprising a sequence of media segments, each media segment comprising a plurality of media fragments. The method comprises determining a tune-in segment and a tune-in fragment of the live stream, at which the media player intends to start consuming the live stream, transmitting a media request towards a media providing entity, the media request comprising an indication indicating that the tune-in segment should start with the tune-in fragment as first media fragment, receiving a media response originating from the media providing entity, the media response comprising the tune-in segment which starts with the tune-in fragment as first media fragment.
US12052460B2
A sales administration system that manages online sales via overlays on a video stream. Customers can comment on or respond to the video stream, and may order products using simple phrases such as “Sold”. The system can stream video with overlays to multiple clients simultaneously, including websites and mobile apps. Comments from all clients are received, aggregated, processed for orders, and displayed to the sales administrator. The system is coupled to a merchant's operational data, providing immediate visibility to changes in inventory and orders. Video overlays may be updated automatically by the system as this operational data changes, for example highlighting products with low stock. The system may analyze customer comments and orders both during the video stream and after the sales session is complete, and may generate recommendations to improve sales effectiveness. For backorders, customers may preauthorize charges to be at the front of the queue for shipment.
US12052446B2
Methods and apparatus for monitoring locally inserted media are disclosed. A disclosed apparatus includes instructions to detect, at a media device at an end user location, a frequency of a watermark that was spliced into a primary media stream received at the media device after the primary media stream was received at the end user location, associate identifying tags with segments of the primary media stream that were spliced, in response to the detection of the watermark, determine an advertisement associated with the segments of the primary media based on the identifying tags, present the primary media at a first time and the advertisement at second times, record a log including first identifying information including an identity of the content of the primary media and second identifying information including a change in the frequency of the watermark corresponding to the advertisement; and transmit the log to a data collection facility.
US12052444B2
Apparatus, systems and methods for control of sporting event presentation based on viewer engagement
Systems and methods are operable to present a sporting event on a display based on a determined level of viewer engagement and a determined team preference of the viewer. An exemplary embodiment presents a neutral viewpoint video content segment on the display during the first period of game play when the viewer has a neutral team preference, alternatively presents a first team alternative video content segment on the display during the first period of game play when the viewer has a preference for the first team, or alternatively presents a second team alternative video content segment on the display during the first period of game play when the viewer has a preference for the second team.
US12052443B2
A loop filtering method and apparatus are provided. The method includes: obtaining a first pixel matrix, where a value of a pixel at a corresponding location in the first pixel matrix corresponds to a luminance value of a pixel at a corresponding location in a first picture block; obtaining a second pixel matrix, where a pixel at a corresponding location in the second pixel matrix corresponds to a quantization step value corresponding to the luminance value of the pixel at the corresponding location in the first picture block; performing filtering processing on an input pixel matrix by using a filtering network to obtain an output pixel matrix, where the filtering network is a neural network that has a filtering function and is obtained through training, the output pixel matrix includes a third pixel matrix. Thus, filtering effect can be improved for reconstructed pictures of various quality levels.
US12052440B2
A video encoding system in which pixel data is decomposed into frequency bands prior to encoding. The frequency bands are organized into blocks that are provided to a block-based encoder. The encoded frequency data is packetized and transmitted to a receiving device. On the receiving device, the encoded data is decoded to recover the frequency bands. Wavelet synthesis is then performed on the frequency bands to reconstruct the pixel data for display. The system may encode parts of frames (tiles or slices) using one or more encoders and transmit the encoded parts as they are ready. A pre-filter component may perform a lens warp on the pixel data prior to the wavelet transform.
US12052431B2
A method, device, and non-transitory computer-readable medium for decoding an encoded video bitstream using at least one processor, including, obtaining from the encoded video bitstream a first flag indicating that reference picture resampling is enabled for coded video sequence (CVS); determining a value of a second flag indicating whether a picture resolution is changed in the CVS; based on the value of the second flag indicating that the picture resolution is changed in the CVS, decoding the CVS using the reference picture resampling for spatial scalability and adaptive resolution change (ARC); and based on the value of the second flag indicating that the picture resolution is not changed in the CVS, decoding the CVS using the reference picture resampling for the spatial scalability, and without using the reference picture resampling for the ARC.
US12052429B2
A video decoding method, a video encoding method, and related apparatuses. The method includes: obtaining a current video frame to be decoded, the current video frame being divided into a plurality of regions; determining a corresponding resolution for each region in the plurality of regions, to obtain a plurality of resolutions, the plurality of resolutions including at least two different resolutions; and decoding a video block in each region in the plurality of regions by using a corresponding resolution, the current video frame being divided into a plurality of video blocks. In this application, the technical problem of relatively large fluctuations in a PSNR caused by encoding and decoding of a video by using the same resolution in the related art is resolved.
US12052424B2
A video decoding method performed by a video decoding device according to the present document comprises the steps of: parsing a flag pertaining to a weighted prediction from a bitstream; parsing the syntax of a prediction weighted table from the bitstream based on the flag; performing a weighted prediction for the current block in the current picture based on the prediction weighted table syntax to generate prediction samples for the current block; generating residual samples based on residual information acquired from the bitstream; and generating reconstructed samples for the current block based on the prediction samples and the residual samples, wherein the prediction weighted table syntax can be parsed from the picture header of the bitstream based on the value of the flag being 1, and can be parsed from the slice header of the bitstream based on the value of the flag being 0.
US12052418B2
A method for encoding a block is disclosed. To this aim, a split mode is determined based on a rate-distortion optimization using a texture-based split prediction set obtained for the block. As an example, the split mode is determined by adapting the texture-based split prediction set according to at least one of a binary or triple split mode non-redundancy constraint or a heuristic-based split mode set pruning. The block is finally encoded using the determined split mode.
US12052414B2
An image encoding/decoding method and apparatus are provided. An image decoding method performed by an image decoding apparatus comprises obtaining quantization mode information for a current block from a bitstream, determining whether a quantization matrix for the current block is constructed from a reference quantization matrix, based on the quantization mode information, and constructing the quantization matrix for the current block, based on a result of determination. When the quantization matrix for the current block is constructed from the reference quantization matrix, the quantization matrix for the current block may be constructed based on identification information of the reference quantization matrix. When the quantization matrix for the current block is not constructed from the reference quantization matrix, the quantization matrix for the current block may be constructed based on a value of the quantization matrix obtained from the bitstream. When the current block is an intra-predicted chroma block, the quantization matrix for the current block may be constructed only when a size of the current block is greater than 2×2.
US12052413B2
Image sensors and image sensor test systems and methods are disclosed. In some implementations, an image sensor may include an active pixel array including a plurality of active pixels operable to convert incident light into pixel signals carrying image information in the incident light, a plurality of sample pixel groups located adjacent to but spatially separate from the active pixel array, and having different heat dissipation characteristics from other sample pixel groups, and a plurality of temperature sensors coupled to the sample pixel groups, respectively, to provide temperature measurements.
US12052408B2
A system for depth-based 3D reconstruction using an a-priori depth scene is described herein. The method includes a static depth map extractor to a static scene depth map of a scene for a plurality of camera views. The system also includes a dynamic scene plane sweeper to sweep through depth planes of a dynamic scene based on the depth map from the static scene to infer a depth map of the dynamic scene for each camera view. Finally, the system includes a fusion mechanism to fuse a three-dimensional point cloud from the depth map of the dynamic scene from each camera view.
US12052404B2
Imaging devices for imaging or scanning objects using white light are described herein. An example imaging device includes: an imaging assembly having a field of view (FOV) and disposed along an imaging axis to receive reflected light from an object in the FOV, including: an optical element, disposed along the imaging axis of the imaging assembly to receive the reflected light from the object, and a filtering element, disposed to receive at least a subset of the reflected light, the filtering element configured to transmit a first portion of the subset of the reflected light as filtered light and absorb a second portion of the subset of the reflected light, the filtered light comprising wavelengths of light in a predetermined set of wavelengths; a monochrome sensor disposed to receive the filtered light; and a microprocessor that decodes an indicia after receiving the filtered light at the monochrome sensor.
US12052402B2
An image forming apparatus that includes an image capturing unit capturing an image in front of the apparatus; a display displaying a screen; and a controller including one or more processors, the controller configured to function as: an acquisition unit acquiring a face image of a user from the image captured by the image capturing unit; an authentication unit authenticating, using the face image of the user acquired by the acquisition unit, the user who is within a first distance from the apparatus; a tracking unit tracking the user authenticated by the authentication unit; and a control unit causing the display to display a screen that is based on information corresponding to the user tracked by the tracking unit when the user has reached a position at a second distance from the apparatus, the second distance being shorter than the first distance.
US12052390B2
Contact centers often encounter situations where a group of customers have a common issue to be addressed. Connecting each customer to an agent for one-on-one communication may be effective, but it is resource intensive both in terms of networking and computer requirements and the time an agent spends repeating the same information. By performing an initial assessment of customers' issues, a common issue may be discovered that a common issue exists that can be handled in a group lecture pod, wherein a number of customer connect to interact with an agent and optionally to each other. Provided confidential information is not required, and any other required consent given, customers may be connected to the group lecture pod for more immediate resolution of a common issue and not have to stay in queue to wait for an agent to become available for a one-on-one interaction.
US12052389B2
An embodiment for simulating an interactive voice response system (IVRS) call with a digital twin agent of a user is provided. The embodiment may include receiving data relating to characteristics of the user, activities of the user, and historical data relating to one or more prior IVRS dialogs. The embodiment may also include creating a digital twin agent of the user. The embodiment may further include identifying one or more preferences of the user from the historical data. The embodiment may also include in response to determining the user is occupied, identifying a context of an issue requiring an IVRS call. The embodiment may further include initiating the IVRS call with the digital twin agent representing the user. The embodiment may also include transcribing an IVRS script and interacting with the IVRS in accordance with the IVRS script and the one or more preferences of the user.
US12052386B2
Disclosed herein are systems and methods for providing mobile call authentication. For instance, a token indicative of a call request can be received from a calling party. The token can include a called party number and a time of the request. A subscriber database can be accessed to determine identifying information associated with the calling party based at least in part on the token. The token can be authenticated based at least in part on the identifying information and using one or more predefined authentication protocols. The token can be stored in a call session registry storing data indicative of a plurality of active telephone call events. A verification request for the call request can be received from the called party. The call request can be verified based at least in part on the token. The called party can be notified that the call request has been verified.
US12052380B2
A wireless headset includes a first wireless transceiver module, an account processing module, a session control module, a headset module, and a network communication processing module. The first wireless transceiver module is configured to implement data transmission between the wireless headset and a wireless base station via a first wireless communication protocol. The network communication processing module is configured to process a registration instruction sent by the account processing module to obtain a registration request, and send the registration request to the first wireless transceiver module. The first wireless transceiver module sends the registration request to the wireless base station. The network communication processing module is further configured to forward session control data sent by the session control module and media data of the headset module to the first wireless transceiver module.
US12052371B2
A method for monitoring operation of a controller area network (CAN) comprising a plurality of nodes. The method comprises measuring a voltage associated with a CAN message transmitted on the network, determining a message signature in dependence on the measured voltage, and comparing the message signature with a node signature to determine the authenticity of the CAN message. One or more actions may be taken in dependence on the determined authenticity.
US12052358B2
A user device having a security context with a first network based on a first key may establish a security context with a second network. In a method, the user device may generate a key identifier based on the first key and a network identifier of the second network. The user device may forward the key identifier to the second network for forwarding to the first network by the second network to enable the first network to identify the first key at the first network. The user device may receive a key count from the second network. The key count may be associated with a second key forwarded to the second network from the first network. The user device may generate the second key based on the first key and the received key count thereby establishing a security context between the second network and the user device.
US12052357B2
A method and a related device for unlocking a smart lock are provided, and may be applied to an intelligent vehicle or a self-driving vehicle, to implement an unlocking function of a smart lock of the vehicle. The method includes: A terminal device monitors a distance change trend between the terminal device and an intelligent device, where the intelligent device includes a smart lock. If the terminal device determines that the terminal device is approaching the intelligent device and a distance between the terminal device and the intelligent device is less than a first distance threshold, the terminal device enables an identity authentication process between the terminal device and the intelligent device. The terminal device unlocks the smart lock when identity authentication between the terminal device and the intelligent device succeeds.
US12052347B2
A computing device includes at least one processor and at least one memory communicatively coupled to the at least one processor. The at least one processor is configured to determine a secret to be protected. The at least one processor is also configured to split the secret into a plurality of secret shares, at least a subset of which are required to reconstitute the secret. The at least one processor is also configured to transfer each secret share to a respective portable storage device or media for distribution to a respective shareholder. The at least one processor is also configured to generate metadata with at least a hash of each secret share, wherein the metadata is stored separate from the portable storage devices or media with the secret shares.
US12052345B2
The present disclosure includes apparatuses, methods, and systems for securing sensor communication. An embodiment includes a memory having instructions executable by the processing resource, and a sensor coupled to the processing resource and the memory. Wherein, the sensor is configured to collect sensor data and generate and provide a sensor public key, a sensor public identification, and a sensor identification certificate to a sensor fusion unit.
US12052342B2
A method of managing an overlay network overlaid on data-storage transactions of a blockchain, whereby data content of the overlay network is stored in payloads of the data-storage transactions and overlay-layer links are defined between the data-storage transactions. The method comprises identifying a graph structure of the overlay network, wherein nodes corresponds to different ones of the data-storage transactions and edges correspond to the links. Each node is associated with a respective first key for signing an input of a child data-storage transaction to authorise writing the child to the blockchain. The method further comprises using a child key derivation, CKD, function to determine a hierarchical set of second keys having the same graph structure as the overlay network, wherein the second keys enable an additional function other than signing inputs of the data-storage transactions.
US12052336B2
A circuit and a method for removing spread spectrum are provided. The circuit includes a data clock recovery module and a clock extraction module that are connected. The data clock recovery module performs clock recovery on an input signal carrying spread spectrum information to obtain a parallel clock signal and a first signal, where the parallel clock signal includes frequency information and phase information, and the first signal includes the frequency information. The clock extraction module divides a frequency of the parallel clock signal to obtain a reference clock signal; acquires a feedback clock signal based on the first signal; acquires a de-spread clock signal based on the reference clock signal and the feedback clock signal, where the de-spread clock signal includes the phase information and does not include the frequency information; and divides a frequency of the de-spread clock signal to obtain an output clock signal.
US12052334B2
A method for data communication via a network that includes configuring, on a first computer, a first sequence including an ordered plurality of first blocks associated with at least one segment; and initializing the first blocks and undertaking data communication between the first computer and a second computer first block represents a configurable data communication function. Blocks may be assigned to a plural of segments and subsequently interconnected. Communication may be between other computers and/or applications.
US12052327B2
A system and method are provided for routing content requests. On a given server network, content requests comprising a character string may be routed up a hierarchical network topology until a linear chain, corresponding to the character string, is identified. Thus, the content request is forwarded up the hierarchy until an intersecting server network is reached. Then the content request is forwarded down the hierarchy until, along a published linear chain corresponding to the character string, until a content source is reached. Content is provided to the requestor along a reverse path of the content request.
US12052326B2
A proxy server (700) receives, from a sending device, a packet intended for a receiving device (600). The proxy sewer (700) sends, to the receiving device (600), a promise frame (300) indicating that the proxy server (700) will deliver the packet to the receiving device (600) later. The receiving device (600) receives the promise frame (300) from the proxy server (700), and sends an acknowledgement of the packet to the sending device via the proxy sewer (700). The proxy server (700) forwards the acknowledgement of the packet from the receiving device (600) to the sending device, and delivers the packet to the receiving device (600) after having forwarded the acknowledgement to the sending device. The receiving device (600) receives the packet from the proxy server (700) after having sent the acknowledgement of the packet to the sending device via the proxy server (700).
US12052324B2
A method and a system for managing a notification for missed events in an Internet of things (IoT) environment are provided. The method includes determining at least one missed event in response to a user command to an IoT appliance after an expiry of a threshold wait time, determining a plurality of attributes associated with at least one of appliance settings and environment properties after the detection of at least one missed event based on a processing of the user command to obtain an attribute report corresponding to the plurality of attributes respective to each of the IoT appliance, predicting a requirement for notifying the user with respect to the determined at least one missed event based on the attribute report, and managing the notification corresponding to the at least one missed event based on the predicted requirement for notifying the user.
US12052323B2
A switching device is enabled to automatically perform one or more actions based on one or more notifications received thereby. A notification may be received by a device communicatively coupled to the switching device, or alternatively, may be internally-generated. Upon receiving the notification, the switching device utilizes a notification-to-action mapping to determine which action(s) are to be performed based on the notification received. The action(s) include automatically switching the switching device to a device coupled to a port thereof and/or automatically launching an application executing on that device in order to view the notification and/or content associated with the notification. In other example, the action(s) may include sending the notification to another device, such as a user's mobile phone and/or causing an application executing on the mobile phone to be launched in order to view the notification and/or content associated with the notification.
US12052318B1
Techniques for club member control of communication preferences in a multi-club environment are described. A club member may belong to multiple clubs and may use a single facility to manage communication for those clubs. The communication facility may maintain a number of communication channels. The channels may be accessible via multiple types or modes of communication. Club members may configure communication preferences for at least some channels. Communication channels may be arranged in a dependency graph. A graphical user interface (GUI) for viewing and editing communication preferences may include a representation of the dependency graph and per channel preferences may include a preference to inherit preference settings from parent channels. Various operations associated with communication channels may involve traversing the dependency graph including determining preference values, propagating updates, displaying channel content and determining if a club staff member has permission to view a club member's communication preferences.
US12052317B2
Mechanisms for subscription and notification may include dynamically changing notification behavior based on notification target status or support access to notification history information.
US12052316B2
Inter-alia, a method is disclosed comprising: receiving measurement indications from a plurality of devices, wherein a respective measurement indication of the measurement indications is indicative of a respective measurement that has been performed by a respective device of the plurality of devices, and wherein the respective measurement indication is received via a pre-configured communication resource that is associated with a measurement value and/or measurement range to which the respective measurement corresponds. It is further disclosed an according apparatus, computer program and system.
US12052310B2
An origin server that is implemented within one or more devices within a third party virtual private cloud (VPC) is provided herein. Instead of communicating with various CDNs over a public network, the third party VPC may instead communicate with a managed VPC via a private network. Thus, no gateway, network address translation (NAT), or other such devices may be needed for the third party VPC and the managed VPC to communicate. Rather, a VPC identifier of the managed VPC and a VPC identifier of the third party VPC are used to pair the two VPCs. Once paired, a private route is set up such that points from the private address space of the third party VPC to the private address space of the managed VPC. The managed VPC then communicates directly with the various CDNs via a public network.
US12052298B2
Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing at least one program, method, and user interface to facilitate augmented reality based communication between multiple users over a network. A first user of a first device is enabled to view a real-world environment that is visible to a second user via a second device by causing display, at the first device, of a live camera feed generated at the second device. The live camera feed comprises images of the real-world environment that is visible to the second user. Input data indicative of a selection by the first user of a virtual content item to apply to the real-world environment that is visible to the second user is received. The first device and second device present media objects overlaid on the real-world environment based on the input data.
US12052294B2
A network operator can partition network elements, including elements of an IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) or Policy and Charging Rules Functions (PCRFs) into groups reserved for specific types of subscribers. When a user equipment (UE) registers with an IMS, elements of the IMS can contact a Home Subscriber Server (HSS) to determine a subscriber type associated with the UE. Based on the UE's subscriber type, an IMS element can determine an application server or other IMS element to contact about the UE based on identifying application servers or IMS elements that are also associated with the same subscriber type as the UE. Similarly, an IMS element can determine a PCRF to contact about the UE based on identifying a PCRF that is associated with the same subscriber type as the UE.
US12052290B2
Zero-trust dynamic discovery in provided by identifying a plurality of endpoints, including targets and initiators, connected to a software defined network, wherein the targets are provided on the software defined network according to a network addressable memory standard that lacks a native discovery service; grouping the targets into a plurality of target groups and the initiators into a plurality of initiator groups; and in response to receiving a discovery request from a given initiator grouped in a given initiator group of the plurality of initiator groups, returning addressing information for a target group of the plurality of target groups associated with the given initiator group in a security policy configuration for the software defined network.
US12052283B1
Disclosed herein is a method, system and non-transitory computer-readable medium for securing access to user data during detection of phishing attacks in Short Message Service (SMS) communications. The method includes detecting phishing text messages directed to one or more users associated with a first server, and transmitting a Call Data Record (CDR) for the one or more phishing text messages and obtaining access tokens for the CDRs of the one or more phishing text messages from the second server. Furthermore, the method includes transmitting text and hashed tokens of CDRs of the one or more phishing text messages to the first server for investigation, and receiving a CDR access request for accessing CDRS of a selected one or more phishing text messages from the first server and transmitting the CDR access tokens of the selected one or more phishing text messages to the first server to access the CDRs.
US12052270B2
A threat management facility for an enterprise network integrates native threat management capabilities with threat data from a cloud service provider used by the enterprise. By properly authenticating to the cloud service and mapping data feeds from the cloud service to a native threat management environment, the threat management facility can extend threat detection and management capabilities beyond endpoint-centric techniques.
US12052268B2
A method of determining whether a received message at a communications device is from a legitimate second device may include building a message intended for a legitimate second device, generating a time delay using a secret key known to the device and the legitimate second device, sending the built message to the legitimate second device, starting a timer at the time of sending the built message, receiving a response to the sent message, determining a response time of the received response based on a time value of the timer, determining an acceptable receive window of time based on the generated time delay, determining whether the determined response time is within the determined acceptable receive window of time, and when the determined response time is within the determined acceptable receive window of time, recognizing the received response as a legitimate message from the legitimate second device.
US12052263B2
Inter-party communications, such as telephony communications, virtual meeting communications, or messaging communications, are switched between clients while in progress. An inter-party communication may be detected at a first client. A channel may then be opened between the first client and a second client responsive to an operator initiating switching the inter-party communication from the first client to the second client. The inter-party communication may be switched from the first client to the second client using the channel while the inter-party communication remains in progress. The inter-party communication may then be continued at the second client.
US12052256B2
An inter-frame and webpage generation and communication system and method provide a mechanism by which a parent webpage or frame can allocate a child frame of the displayed page for content generated by a web application other than that generating the parent webpage or frame and certain information can be exchanged between the child frame and the parent webpage or frame. Multiple frames of a webpage not only react to interactive events occurring within that frame, but also react to events occurring in child frames. In at least one embodiment, a mechanism for inter-frame communication is provided to enable communication between child and parent frames, and the inter-frame communication mechanism is agnostic as to whether the code displayed in the child and parent frames is provided by one or more web application servers.
US12052248B2
Disclosed herein are system, method, and apparatus for assisted third-party password authentication. The method performed at a client device includes creating a secure connection from an inline frame associated with a first application on the client device to an authorization server for accessing a second application. The method includes identifying, by the inline frame, one or more events that represent inputs for a user authorization credential, and proxying, by the inline frame, the identified one or more events to the authorization server using the secure connection. The method includes receiving an authorization code from the authorization server in response to the proxying. The method includes redirecting, by the inline frame, the authorization code to the application on the client device. The method includes transmitting, from the client device to the authorization server, the authorization code to receive an access token for accessing the second application.
US12052244B2
At least one aspect of the present disclosure is directed to systems and methods of secure and privacy preserving device classification. A server can maintain a plurality of data records, each including an indication of a request and a known classification value. The server can train a context obfuscation model using each of the plurality of requests and known classification values. The server can train a classification model using resources and category information from a data structure in the memory of the client device. The server can transmit the context obfuscation model to a different plurality of client devices. The server can receive a request for classification including a classification vector and request metadata. The server can determine the classification of the device responsible for the request using the classification model. The server can transmit the device classification to the device responsible for the request.
US12052234B2
The present disclosure is related to devices, systems, and methods for TLS server certificate replacement using a notification mechanism. An example method can include establishing a first secure TLS connection between a client and a server verified by a first TLS certificate, creating a subscription for the client to receive a notification associated with a TLS certificate change, loading a second certificate to replace the first certificate, providing a notification to the client, wherein the notification includes the second certificate and a web token scoped to the client, and establishing a second secure TLS connection verified by the second TLS certificate responsive to the client verifying the web token.
US12052230B2
Systems and methods for authenticating objects associated with online activities are provided. For a target object involved in online activities, an authentication system accesses data associated with the target object and generates a featurized dataframe for the target object by processing the data associated with the target object. The authentication system further applies a machine learning model to the featurized dataframe to determine an authenticity indicator for the target object and assigns the target object to an authentication stream according to the authenticity indicator determined. Based on the results returned from the assigned authentication stream, the online activities involving the target object may be blocked or permitted.
US12052229B2
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are provided for performing secure frame encryption as a service. For instance, a network device can receive a first request for encrypting a first media stream associated with a first endpoint. In response to the first request, the network device can obtain a first encryption key for encrypting the first media stream associated with the first endpoint. The network device can receive, from the first endpoint, a first plurality of media frames corresponding to the first media stream and encrypt each of the first plurality of media frames using the first encryption key to yield a first plurality of encrypted media frames. The network device can packetize the first plurality of encrypted media frames into a first plurality of data packets for transmission to a second endpoint.
US12052225B2
In one embodiment, a data sharing platform performs a series of data operations to provide different types of data via different sharing services of the data sharing platform that are derived from data shared by a particular data owner. The data sharing platform generates tag data associated with the particular data owner for one or more of the series of data operations. The data sharing platform determines, based on the tag data, an attribution chain that links the data shared by the particular data owner to the different types of data provided via the different sharing services. The data sharing platform sends an indication of the attribution chain for display.
US12052222B2
Example implementations relate to exposing on-premise API endpoints in a cloud-based application platform. The application platform receives information regarding a forwarding proxy associated with a private network and information regarding a remote application programming interface (API) endpoint within the private network. A mapping between a resource model of the application platform to a tunnel established between a forwarding client of the application platform and the forwarding proxy is created by a controller of the application platform causing the forwarding client to instantiate a port corresponding to a forwarding route for the remote API endpoint based on the information regarding the forwarding proxy and the remote API endpoint. The remote API endpoint is locally represented within the application platform in a form of an instance of a service abstraction provided by the application platform.
US12052215B2
A handheld wireless device makes a request for service from a server of a business on a global network, the request originating from the wireless device is automatically routed to the closest server of the business that is geographically closest to the location of the wireless device as determined by a GPS function in the device, or by a router server in the wireless network based on the group of cell towers being connected to by the wireless device, or based on the location of the wireless device in a global telephone network database, for faster access to the service and a response there from.
US12052211B1
A computer implemented method for creating a prioritized global conversation thread in a data processing system comprising a processing device and a memory comprising instructions which are executed by the processing device, the method can comprise receiving a plurality of messages from a plurality of message channels; combining a plurality of subsets of the plurality of messages to form a plurality of conversation threads, wherein each subset of the plurality of messages forms one of a plurality of the plurality of conversation threads; extracting a plurality of important messages from the plurality of conversation threads, wherein at least one important message of the plurality of important messages is extracted from each of the plurality of conversation threads; storing the plurality of important messages; determining, for each of the plurality of important messages, a message priority; and displaying, to a user, the plurality of important messages based on the message priority.
US12052209B2
An forum facilitator device is provided that allows for a controlled environment to provide a secure forum for residents to provide communications to other registered users of the secure forum. The communications are provided through posts made in the secure forum and through other types of communications from the inmate such as but not limited to emails and text messages. The forum facilitator device operates the secure forum and implements rules to control what is posted on the secure forum, who is able to access the secure forum, and what entities are allowed to view and interact with residents of the controlled environment.
US12052207B2
Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for managing a message in an electronic device. The method includes displaying an application execution screen of an application. The method also includes displaying a marked message list when a touch input is sensed for extracting a marked message from the application execution screen. The method also includes switching to and displaying a chat window including a selected marked message, when the marked message is selected from the marked message list.
US12052205B2
Embodiments herein provide a method for providing personalized response suggestions to a user for a notification event using an electronic device. The method includes detecting the notification event associated with a user. The method includes authenticating presence of the user for the notification event based on Ultra-Wide Band (UWB) signal data obtained from the electronic device and/or one or more IoT devices. The method includes determining current activity of the user based on the UWB signal data in response to a successful authentication. The method includes correlating the current activity with a plurality of activities performed by the user in past, and a past interaction pattern of the user in connection with events substantially similar to nature of the notification event. The method includes generating one or more auto response suggestions for the notification event as a result of correlation.
US12052192B2
This disclosure provides methods, devices and systems for distributed transmission of short training fields in a power spectral density limited frequency band. In one aspect, a device receives a distributed resource unit (dRU) assignment for transmission of a dRU portion of a physical layer protocol data unit (PPDU); determines a spatial stream global cyclic shift delay (CSD) index for an short training field (STF) of the dRU portion of the PPDU; and transmits, based on the spatial stream global CSD index, the EHT of the dRU portion of the PPDU across a dRU spreading bandwidth associated with the dRU assignment using a tone plan and sequence corresponding to a regular resource unit (rRU) transmission mode.
US12052184B2
Methods and systems for supporting efficient load balancing among a plurality of switches and a plurality of end nodes arranged in a tree topology in a network environment. The methods and systems can sort the plurality of end nodes, wherein the plurality of end nodes are sorted in a decreasing order of a receive weight. The method and system may further route, in the decreasing order of receive weights, the plurality of end nodes, wherein the routing comprises selecting at least one down-going port and at least one up-going port. Further, the method and system can increase an accumulated downward weight on each selected down-going port by the receive weight of the routed end node, and increase an accumulated upward weight on each selected up-going port by the receive weight of the routed end node.
US12052181B2
A network device may receive a non-Internet protocol (non-IP) frame with a particular size and may compare the particular size to a maximum transmission unit (MTU) associated with a path between the network device and another network device. The network device may divide the non-IP frame into fragments, based on the particular size being greater than the MTU and may prepend generic fragmentation headers to the fragments to generate fragments with headers, based on the particular size being greater than the MTU. The network device may add generic fragmentation header labels and transport labels to the fragments with the headers to generate fragments with headers and labels, based on the particular size being greater than the MTU. The network device may transmit the fragments with the headers and the labels to the other network device, via the path, based on the particular size being greater than the MTU.
US12052179B2
Systems and methods are described herein for managing information transmitted between and/or within communication networks. Aspects discussed herein relate to monitoring and characterizing data flows with network and/or latency parameters, such as a time-to-buffer (TTB) parameter. Latency managers, network components, or other suitable devices operating in a communication network may utilize TTB parameter information as a management mechanism throughout the communication network to negotiate and schedule the delivery of data packets in view of a variety of factors, e.g., network performance, application priority, and the like. Such devices may be further configured to modify network or routing policies based on network performance and latency information obtained from and/or shared by various network components and devices in the communication network.
US12052177B1
A hybrid access configuration function (HACF) is deployed as a virtual or physical network function (V/PNF) that can reconfigure the capacity of access network devices based on HCPE usage demands, and/or perform traffic engineering by switching to best access paths based on packet flow's service requirements or by shifting traffic from one sub-flow to another. This is achieved by HACF's direct interfaces to various device control functions, including control and management functions of RAN, SON, PON, and SMF, as well as the control function of HAG/HCPE to manage resources. Furthermore, HACF can create new instances of virtual HAGs at the access network closer to the user clusters when extra HAG capacity is needed.
US12052169B2
A first router determines a designated router (DR) from a set of routers that are interconnected by a network based on a border gateway protocol (BGP). The set includes the first router. In response to the first router being the DR, the first router forms adjacencies with non-DR routers from the set and distributes reachability advertisements from the set of routers to the non-DR routers in the set. In response to the first router not being the DR, the first router forms an adjacency with the DR. The first router then conveys reachability advertisements to the DR and receives reachability advertisements from the routers in the set via the DR. The DR is determined based on receiving information at the first router indicating an identity of the DR, e.g., configuration information received from a controller, or by electing a DR based on priority values assigned to the routers and advertised in messages transmitted by the routers.
US12052167B2
Novel tools and techniques are provided for implementing name-based routing through networks. In various embodiments, a broker manager in each of a plurality of networks may receive a subscription request for a network device from a client device, each device being locally accessible or disposed in an upstream or downstream network. The broker manager uses its client broker to communicate with a locally accessible client device, and uses its mediator broker (and, sometimes, an intermediate device(s)) to communicate with a locally accessible network device. The broker manager otherwise uses its messaging brokers to communicate with control channels of one or more networks. Once subscription with the network device has been established, any commands and responses between the client device and the network device may be routed over pub/sub channels via the broker managers and their brokers using name-based routing, without routing based on IP address of the network device.
US12052160B2
Methods and apparatuses to provide FPGA neighbor output mux direct connections to reduce, and potentially minimize, routing hops are described. Embodiments described herein include the addition of direct connections from one tile to the output muxing of a neighboring tile. An FPGA apparatus includes a plurality of logic block tiles. One or more direct connections extend from one or more logic block tiles of the plurality of logic block tiles to one or more inputs of output multiplexors (muxes) of one or more neighboring logic block tiles. The one or more direct connections are configured to drive one or more wires that start at the one or more neighboring logic block tiles.
US12052145B2
Federated learning is used to predict network communication performance at an edge node (10-1). The edge node (10-1) trains a local model (14-1) of network communication performance over one or more rounds of training, based on a local training dataset (22-1) and based on multi-node training information (20-1) received in each round of training. This information (20-1) comprises information about local models (14-2, . . . 14-N) at other respective edge nodes (10-2, . . . 10-N) as trained based on local training datasets at the other edge nodes (10-2, . . . 10-N). After or as part of each round of training, the edge node (10-1) transmits control signaling that indicates an accuracy of the local model (14-1) as trained through that round of training, that indicates whether another round of training is needed or desired, and/or that indicates whether any further information (20-1) is needed or desired. The edge node (10-1) predicts network communication performance at the edge node (10-1) based on the trained local model (14-1).
US12052144B2
The present invention relates to a method for predicting a performance indicator for a service in a network. The method is performed by a network node of the network, and the method comprises obtaining measurement data of a metric affecting a service communicating via a radio access network, RAN, node, wherein the metric is independent of the service communicating via the RAN node, inputting the obtained measurement data into a prediction model for performance of the service communicating via the RAN node, wherein the prediction model has been trained with measurement data from the RAN node and measurement data from an end node, and predicting the performance indicator for performance of the service in the network. A network node, a computer program and a computer program product are also presented.
US12052140B1
In some implementations, a compliance server may receive a set of data structures associated with one or more compliance activities. The compliance server may apply a machine learning model to the set of data structures in order to generate one or more automation estimates corresponding to the one or more compliance activities. The compliance server may output the one or more automation estimates to a user device. The compliance server may receive, from the user device, an indication of a selected compliance activity from the one or more compliance activities. The compliance server may generate an automation script for the selected compliance activity in response to the indication.
US12052135B2
An enterprise controller of an enterprise network sends to a service gateway of a service provider network a request for network slice information about network slices provisioned on a data plane of the service provider network. Responsive to the sending, the enterprise controller receives from the service gateway the network slice information including identifiers of and properties associated with the network slices. Responsive to receiving a request for the network slice information from a network device at a border of a forwarding plane of the enterprise network, the enterprise controller sends the network slice information to the network device to cause the network device to perform configuring network traffic in the forwarding plane with identifiers of ones of the network slices that match the network traffic, and to perform forwarding the network traffic configured with the identifiers to the data plane of the service provider network.
US12052134B2
An embodiment involves obtaining a tabular data set with columns that characterize items relating to behavior of components of a communication network; constructing a frequent-pattern tree, each node being associated with: (i) an item-name for representing an item, (ii) a count of transactions from a root node of the tree to the respective node, and (iii) node-links that refer to other nodes in the tree that represent items having the same item-name; traversing the tree to identify a set of nodes with counts greater than a predefined support threshold; generating, from the nodes, association-rules that are based on antecedent items associated with a target item; reducing the association-rules by (i) removing the association-rules in which the antecedent items thereof are a superset or subset of the antecedent items of a further association-rule, or (ii) combining the association-rules that have antecedent items that are at least partially disjoint and conditionally dependent.
US12052117B2
The present disclosure relates to a method of a first radio equipment device (10) of configuring a fronthaul communication link (30) established with a second radio equipment device (20), and a first radio equipment device (10) performing the method. In an aspect, a method of a first radio equipment device (10) of configuring a fronthaul communication link (30) established with a second radio equipment device (20) is provided. The method comprises configuring (S101a) the first radio equipment device (10) to receive data over the fronthaul communication link (30) at a selected bitrate with a selected communication protocol type, detecting (S103) if bitrate of, and communication protocol type used for, data received over the fronthaul communication link (30) match the selected bitrate and the selected communication protocol type for which the first radio equipment device (10) is configured to receive data, wherein at least one of the selected bitrate and the selected communication protocol type for which the first radio equipment device (10) is configured (S101b-S101e) to receive data is adjusted (S101b-S101e) until a match is detected, and selecting (S105) the bitrate and communication protocol type for which there is a match as the bitrate and communication protocol type with which data is communicated over the fronthaul communication link (30).
US12052115B1
A computing platform is configured to: (i) generate a data object; (ii) initialize a public conversation thread associated with the data object, the public conversation thread is accessible by each of a first group of users; (iii) cause a client device to present an interface for creating one or more limited conversation threads associated with the data object; (iv) after causing the client device to present the interface, receive, from the client device, a request to create a limited conversation thread associated with the data object that is accessible by each of a second group of users, wherein the second group of users is a first subset of the first group of users; and (v) based on the second request, generate the limited conversation thread associated with the data object, wherein the limited conversation thread is accessible by the second group of users.
US12052114B2
A media presentation system includes a page editor enabling the embedding of clips into pages for documenting meetings. The media presentation system is represented by a bot that attends the meetings with recording controls being provided in the pages.
US12052107B2
The present disclosure provides a method for performing HARQ retransmission by a terminal supporting V2X communication in a wireless communication system. The method for performing HARQ retransmission may comprise the steps of: transmitting data by a transmission terminal in a pre-configured resource; receiving, by the transmission terminal, a NACK response to the data from a reception terminal; and retransmitting the data by the transmission terminal after changing an NDI value based on a resource dynamically allocated from a base station.
US12052106B2
In the field of mobile communication systems, techniques relating to checking or verifying if information sent by a transmitter has been correctly received at a receiver so as to initiate a retransmission in case of a non-successful transmission of the information are described. Embodiments relate to simultaneous synchronous and asynchronous HARQ, hybrid automatic repeat request, operations in a network entity of the wireless communication system, like a base station or a user equipment, UE. In particular, an approach for reliably handling retransmissions in a wireless communication system for data or information associated with different services types is described.
US12052103B2
In a wireless local area network system, a receiving STA may receive a PPDU. The receiving STA may check information related to an STA identifier and/or information related to a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) operation. The receiving STA may perform one of the HARQ operation and an automatic repeat request (ARQ) operation on the basis of at least one of the information related to the STA identifier and the information related to the HARQ operation.
US12052092B1
HA peers can include networking devices that have data planes and control planes that configure the data plane to use status data in a memory for processing network packets of network flows. The HA peers synchronize the status data such that one peer can take over when another fails. When a HA peer is brought up, data plane syncing synchronizes data for new network flows but not existing network flows. A first bulk sync operation synchronizes data for existing flows but not for new flows. A second bulk sync operation can synchronize the data for flows that changed state during the first bulk sync operation. Data plane syncing can sync data for all flows after the first bulk sync operation.
US12052083B2
A method and apparatus for focused communication is disclosed. The method includes a base transmitter array in communication with at least one client device at the same frequency. The base transmitter array provides a focused data communication to the client device.
US12052080B2
This disclosure describes systems, methods, and devices related to secure sounding signal. A device may generate two or more sounding signals to be sent using two or more antennas to a receiving device across a plurality of symbol intervals. The device may apply a first masking signal to a first sounding signal of the two or more sounding signals over a first symbol interval of the plurality of the symbol intervals. The device may apply a second masking signal to a second sounding signal over a second symbol interval of the plurality of the symbol intervals. The device may cause to send the two or more sounding signals to receiving device using the two or more antennas.
US12052075B2
Systems and methods of determining transmitter and receiver configurations for a wireless device are provided. In one exemplary embodiment, a method performed by a wireless device (105, 200, 300a-b, 500, 605) in a wireless communications system (100) comprises transmitting or receiving (403) a first signal of a first type (113) using a first transmitter or receiver configuration based on a first quasi co-location (QCL) assumption (121) associating the first signal with a first reference signal (111) received by the wireless device. Further, the method includes transmitting or receiving (407) a second signal of a second type (117) using a second transmitter or receiver configuration based on a second QCL assumption (123) associating the second signal with a second reference signal (115) received by the wireless device.
US12052067B2
Systems and methods for processing, transmitting and displaying data received from an analyte sensor, such as a glucose sensor, are disclosed. In an embodiment, a method for transmitting data between a first communication device associated with an analyte sensor and a second communication device configured to provide user access to sensor-related information comprises: activating a transceiver of a first communication device associated with an analyte sensor at a first time; and establishing a two-way communication channel with the second communication device; wherein the activating comprises waking the transceiver from a low power sleep mode using a forced wakeup from the second communication device.
US12052063B2
A system for calibrating ESAs calculates a taper based on ESA element coordinates, and stores the taper as a vector matrix of gain values. The gain values are normalized by accounting for known losses by measuring a central element at minimum attenuation. The normalized gain is then a reference for every other element in the array. The other elements are then measured at various attenuations to identify an attenuation to produce the desired gain. The measurements are performed according to a bisection algorithm. Attenuation may be embodied in a set of digital register values.
US12052062B2
The present invention improves efficiency of operator's work by automating template registration of an unregistered transmission apparatus. A transmission apparatus recognition apparatus includes a receiving unit, a recognition unit, and a template feature registration unit. The receiving unit receives a signal wirelessly transmitted from a transmission apparatus. The recognition unit calculates a degree of similarity between a sample feature generated from a received signal received by the receiving unit and template features registered in advance, compares the degree of similarity with recognition threshold value, and thereby recognizes the transmission apparatus. The template feature registration unit generates a template feature from a sample feature that failed to be recognized by the recognition unit.
US12052053B1
A communication system that includes a first optical node at a first location in a defined indoor area and a second optical node at a second location, where each of the first optical node and the second optical node comprises one or more first type of sensors. The first optical node establishes RF supervisory link with second optical node and performs a first optical alignment with the second optical node based on sensor measurements from the one or more first type of sensors. The sensor measurements are exchanged between the first optical node and the second optical node over the established RF supervisory link for the first optical alignment. The first optical node performs a second optical alignment with the second optical node and establishes a free-space optical link as a laser backhaul with the second optical node based on the first optical alignment and the second optical alignment.
US12052052B2
An optical demultiplexer includes a first optical-processing-circuit to include first to third AMZs, each including a pair-of-arms of different lengths, the first AMZ outputting, to the second AMZ, a first signal-light-component and a first local-oscillation-light with center wavelengths adjacent to each other among a plurality of signal-light-components and a plurality of local-oscillation-lights inputted to the pair-of-arms, and outputting, to the third AMZ, a second signal-light-component with a same center wavelength as the first local-oscillation-light and a second local-oscillation-light with the same center wavelength as the first signal-light-component, the second AMZ outputting the first signal-light-component and the first local-oscillation-light, which are inputted to the pair-of-arms from the first AMZ, to a second optical-processing-circuit and a third optical-processing-circuit, respectively, and the third AMZ outputting the second local-oscillation-light and the second signal-light-component, which are inputted to the pair-of-arms from the first AMZ, to the second optical-processing-circuit and the third optical-processing-circuit, respectively.
US12052037B2
Systems and methods are provided for increasing efficiency of excess loop delay compensation in delta-sigma analog-to-digital converters. In some examples, systems and methods are provided for reducing total capacitance in an embedded excess loop delay compensation digital-to-analog converter (DAC) in a quantizer for a continuous time delta-sigma ADC. In other examples, the excess loop delay compensation DAC can be a current domain DAC, a charge domain DAC, or a voltage domain DAC. Additionally, methods are provided for digitally controlling the gain of an excess loop delay DAC. Furthermore, methods are provided to calibrate a gain mismatch between a main successive approximation register DAC and an excess loop delay DAC. The systems and methods provided herein improve performance of continuous time delta-sigma ADCs. Continuous time delta-sigma ADCs are high precision and power efficient ADCs, often used in audio playback devices and medical devices.
US12052034B2
A memory system according to an embodiment includes a nonvolatile memory and a memory controller. The nonvolatile memory stores data encoded by using an error correcting code for correcting n-bit errors(n is an integer of 3 or more) or less. The memory controller reads a received word from the nonvolatile memory, calculates a syndrome by using the read received word, estimates the number of bit errors by using the syndrome. When the number of bit errors is 2 or 3, the memory controller calculates an inverse element of a value calculated based on the syndrome, executes, by using the inverse element, variable transformation on a variable of an error locator polynomial corresponding to the number of bit errors and calculation of a root of a transformed polynomial obtained by transforming the error locator polynomial according to the variable transformation, executes variable inverse transformation on the root of the transformed polynomial to obtain the root of the error locator polynomial, and corrects the error in the error location corresponding to the root of the error locator polynomial.
US12052033B2
A decoder includes circuitry and multiple Variable-Node Circuits (VNCs). The VNCs individually hold one or more variables of an Error Correction Code (ECC) that is representable by a plurality of check equations defined over the variables. The circuitry is configured to receive a code word including variables having m-bit values that was encoded using the ECC, to further receive reliability levels assigned respectively to the variables, to decode the code word by applying to the code word a sequence of iterations, including deciding in a given iteration whether a given VNC is to be processed or skipped in that iteration, depending on the reliability levels assigned to the variables of the given VNC, and, when the given VNC is selected for processing, to make a decision whether or not to update one or more of the variables of the given VNC, and to apply the decision by the given VNC.
US12052023B1
A clock recovery circuit includes a frequency tracking loop including a first charge pump, and a phase tracking loop including a second charge pump. A voltage-controlled oscillator responds to the frequency tracking loop in a first operating mode and to the phase tracking loop in a second operating mode. A lock detector outputs an activation signal that indicates whether the clock recovery circuit has acquired frequency lock. A loop filter coupled to an input of the voltage-controlled oscillator includes a switchable resistor and a programmable delay element responsive to the activation signal. The first charge pump is disabled when the activation signal indicates frequency lock has been acquired, and disabled when the activation signal indicates frequency lock has not been acquired. The switchable resistor is bypassed when an output of the programmable delay element is in the first signaling state.
US12052009B2
A method for manufacturing a vibrator device including a base portion having a first surface, a support portion protruding from the first surface in a normal direction of the first surface, and a vibrating arm that extends from the support portion along the first surface and that has a gap with the first surface, the method including: preparing a single crystal silicon substrate having a flat plate shape; forming, by dry etching, at least two bottomed long grooves arranged at a predetermined interval on a second surface which is one surface of the silicon substrate; and forming the vibrating arm between the second surface and a bottom surface of the long groove in a thickness direction of the silicon substrate by wet etching side surfaces of the long groove and communicating the two long grooves with each other.
US12051993B2
A clamping system configured to clamp a photovoltaic module. The clamping system includes a base. A saddle is movably attached to the base to be moved between a first position, in which at least a portion of the saddle is raised compared to the base, and a second position, in which the at least the portion of the saddle is laid adjacent the base. A keeper is movably attached to the saddle such that the keeper catches the photovoltaic module against the saddle, during installation of the photovoltaic module.
US12051990B2
Some embodiments of the present disclosure relate to an integrated photovoltaic (PV) roofing shingle comprising a photovoltaic (PV) module and a roofing shingle. In some embodiments, the roofing shingle is bonded to the PV module. In some embodiments, a bond strength between the roofing shingle and the PV module is from 5 N/mm to 60 N/mm tested according to ASTM D1876. In some embodiments, the integrated PV roofing shingle has a mass per unit area of 0.5 lb per square foot to 5 lbs per square foot. Methods, systems, and kits including the integrated PV roofing shingle are also disclosed.
US12051988B2
An electromotive furniture drive includes a motorized adjustment drive for motorized adjustment of a furniture component, a control unit connected to a motor controller of the adjustment drive, and an operating unit for operating the adjustment drive. The control unit is designed, depending on the operating situation of the electromotive furniture drive, for driving, for stopping and/or for temporarily reversing a motor of the adjustment drive via the motor control. The motor is designed as a brushed DC motor. The control unit is designed to evaluate a frequency of a counter-EMF signal generated by the motor and to detect and signal a collision and/or a jamming incident as a function of the evaluated signal.
US12051985B2
An electric machine includes: a first stator winding including first and second stator winding portions; a second stator winding including third and fourth stator winding portions; a third stator winding including fifth and sixth stator winding portions, where inputs of the stator windings are configured to be connected to phases, respectively, of an inverter; and switches connected between the stator winding portions and outputs of a power source.
US12051984B2
Methods and systems to transform an alternating current into constant-polarity constant or pulsed voltages, provide these to a first group of contacts of an electrical connector assembly such that none of the contacts is subjected to polarity reversal, receive the constant-polarity constant or pulsed voltages from a second group of contacts of the electrical connector assembly, and reconstruct the alternating current from these voltages.
US12051979B2
A substrate electric potential stabilization circuit is configured to be connected to a bidirectional switch element including a first main electrode, a second main electrode, and a backside electrode. The stabilization circuit includes a first switch connected to the first main electrode and the backside electrode in series between the first main electrode and the backside electrode, a second switch connected to the second main electrode and the backside electrode in series between the second main electrode and the backside electrode, and a through-current prevention circuit configured to prevent the first switch and the second switch from being turned on simultaneously. The substrate electric potential stabilization circuit prevents a through-current flowing in this circuit.
US12051973B2
At least some aspects of the present disclosure provide for a system. In some examples, the system includes a pulse width modulation (PWM) generator configured to generate a PWM signal. The PWM generator generates the PWM signal by generating a first signal having a first dithering profile and a first frequency bandwidth, generating a second signal having a second dithering profile and a second frequency bandwidth greater than the first frequency bandwidth, modulating the second signal with the first signal to generate a dual random spread spectrum signal, and generating the pulse width modulation signal according to the dual random spread spectrum signal.
US12051967B2
In some aspects, the techniques described herein relate to a circuit including: a metal-oxide semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET) including a gate, a source, and a drain; and a snubber circuit coupled between the drain and the source, the snubber circuit including: a diode having a cathode and an anode, the cathode being coupled with the drain; a capacitor having a first terminal coupled with the anode, and a second terminal coupled with the source; and a resistor having a first terminal coupled with the anode and the first terminal of the capacitor, and a second terminal coupled with the source.
US12051960B2
A rotating electrical machine case includes a case body having a cylindrical shape surrounding a rotating electrical machine and a side wall portion provided on at least one end side of the case body in a rotation axis direction. The side wall portion is provided with a plurality of ribs extending in a radial direction when viewed from the rotation axis direction of a rotating electrical machine and the plurality of ribs include ribs having different circumferential widths.
US12051957B2
The present invention provides a linear vibration motor, including a housing with a receiving space; a vibration unit arranged in the receiving space; an elastic member that suspends the vibration unit in the receiving space; and a coil assembly fixed to the housing and driving the vibration unit to vibrate. Compared with the related art, the linear vibration motor of the present invention is easy to assemble and good in vibration performance.
US12051954B2
A preformed coil assembly for a stator of an electric motor includes first and second winding carriers located on respective opposite ends of the preformed coil assembly and a winding part wound around the winding carriers to form first and second elongated winding portions with an elongated opening therebetween to be fitted around a tooth of a stator. The preformed coil assembly includes first and second insulation films disposed around the first and second winding portions. Each insulation film includes upper and lower folded portions resting against first and second opposite walls of respective winding carriers to provide first and second distances between respective opposite lateral sides of the tooth and a corresponding non-folded portion of respective first and second insulation films. The first and second distances are equal so that the preformed coil assembly is centered with respect to the tooth when mounted therearound.
US12051947B2
A cooling radiator intended to be incorporated in a motorized fan unit of a motor vehicle. The cooling radiator includes a transverse wall extended perpendicularly at its perimeter by a peripheral wall so as to define an internal volume. At least one wall of the cooling radiator forms a support for at least one portion of a cooling circuit in which a cooling fluid circulates.
US12051945B2
A motor includes a rotor molded by resin casting, and a stator disposed inside the rotor. The rotor includes a cylindrical portion in which a plurality of magnets are arranged side by side in a circumferential direction. The magnets are exposed on a side of an open end as one end of the cylindrical portion in an axial direction of the cylindrical portion. The cylindrical portion includes an inner resin located inside each of the magnets in a radial direction of the cylindrical portion. The inner resin includes a first resin portion, and a second resin portion closer to the open end than the first resin portion in the axial direction. A sectional area of the second resin portion perpendicular to the axial direction is smaller than a sectional area of the first resin portion perpendicular to the axial direction.
US12051944B2
A rotor includes a stack of electromagnetic steel plates each including through-hole groups with through-holes extending through the respective electromagnetic steel plates. In each of the through-hole groups, at least one of the through-holes accommodates a magnet and at least a portion of the through-holes that does not accommodate any magnet is filled with an electrically conductive material. When the rotor is seen axially, at two circumferential sides of a magnetic flux passage that is adjacent to the magnet, a width of the magnetic flux passage adjacent a first side of the magnet is larger than a width of the magnetic flux passage near a second side of the magnet.
US12051940B2
Disclosed are devices, systems, and methods for operating a backup power source or an uninterruptible power supply (UPS) that can be used in data centers and that provide a backup power source to power the data center when utility power is compromised. A power delivery system that provides power to a primary system may include a UPS with a state timing control system that operates a bypass static switch. The state timing control system can determine when to transition the primary system from the utility power supply to the backup UPS, based on the current AC voltage conditions. The state timing control system may perform modeling to emulate the intermediate DC voltage of an actual rectifier, and particularly emulate the holdup capacitor voltage. The emulated capacitor voltage can be obtained in real time by both an input power model based on RMS utility voltage and the actual rectifier output load.
US12051935B2
A controller, during charging of a traction battery by a remote charger, and responsive to a difference between a requested charge current and a current supplied by the remote charger exceeding a first threshold value for a predefined period of time, increases a requested charge voltage to a limit value. The controller further, responsive to a voltage across a capacitor and a voltage across the traction battery being same, and a voltage of the remote charger and the limit value being same, commands the remote charger to discontinue the charging.
US12051932B2
The efficient operation of an electric vehicle depends greatly on proper functioning of a battery pack in the electric vehicle. A system and method for optimizing the operation of the battery pack in an electric vehicle is provided. The system comprises a digital twin for a battery pack in an electric vehicle. The system determines the state of charge, state of health and temperature distribution in the battery pack using various models. This information can be used to predict optimal charge and discharge profiles of the battery pack for given load conditions, as well as remaining useful life of the battery. The digital twin would require inputs such as battery temperatures from the sensors, coolant flow rates, coolant temperature, ambient temperature, load on the vehicle, current and voltages from the pack and battery characteristics from the manufacturer.
US12051930B2
A power tool is provided including: a housing including a battery receiving portion configured to receive a removeable power tool battery pack and a motor housing; a brushless direct-current (BLDC) motor disposed within the motor housing, the motor including a stator and a rotor; a power switch circuit disposed between the battery receiving portion and the motor; and a controller that controls a switching operation of the power switch circuit to regulate a supply of power from the battery pack to the motor. At tool start-up, the applies a series of voltage pulses to the motor and measures a corresponding series of motor phase current values to identify an initial position of the rotor relative to the stator. Further, the controller identifies at least one of an impedance or a capacity of the battery pack as a function of the motor phase current values.
US12051928B2
Provided are a washing device, a control method thereof and a smart home apparatus. The washing device includes a support plate, a charging cup, a liquid feeder and a power supply management system. A top surface of the support plate is provided with a first charging stand. The heating member can be electrically connected to the first charging stand. The liquid feeder is provided with a fluid inlet, a fluid outlet and an on-off switch. The power supply management system is connected to and controls the first charging stand and the on-off switch, the power supply management system receives a start-up instruction, controls the on-off switch to be turned on according to the start-up instruction to supply liquid to the charging cup, and controls the first charging stand to be electrified according to the start-up instruction to heat the liquid in the charging cup through the heating member.
US12051916B1
A flexible adhesive tape platform includes: a flexible substrate; a flexible cover layer covering the flexible substrate; a rechargeable battery between the flexible substrate and the flexible cover layer; a device layer between the flexible substrate and the flexible cover layer; a flexible circuit between the flexible substrate and the flexible cover layer connecting components of the device layer and the rechargeable battery; and a wireless charging circuit coupled to the rechargeable battery configured to charge the rechargeable battery when exposed to an electromagnetic field generated by a wireless charging device.
US12051913B2
A device may receive device data identifying Internet of Things (IoT) devices and may receive network data identifying network traffic patterns associated with the IoT devices. The device may process the device data and the network data, with a machine learning model, to determine parameters for charging each of the IoT devices and may determine that a particular IoT device of the IoT devices requires charging based on particular parameters associated with the particular IoT device. The device may receive location data identifying a location of the particular IoT device and may cause, based on the location data, one or more chargers to wirelessly provide a radio frequency power beam to the particular IoT device based on the particular parameters.
US12051909B2
Disclosed are an emergency control method and system based on source-load-storage regulation and cutback. According to the method, output power of power generating sources is regulated according to a power regulating quantity and a frequency regulation requirement, an output power compensation and output frequency of each power generating source are maintained within permissible ranges, so that a balance between power supply and demand of a power distribution network is maintained; and standby energy-storage power stations are used to make up a power gap, and an external power supply system is used to assist in making up a power deficiency, so that large load disturbance can be handled make up the power gap.
US12051906B2
A DC bus collection system for a wind farm reduces the overall required number of converters and minimizes the energy storage system requirements. The DC bus collection system implements a power phasing control method between wind turbines that filters the variations and improves power quality. The phasing control method takes advantage of a novel power packet network concept with nonlinear power flow control design techniques that guarantees both stable and enhanced dynamic performance.
US12051901B1
A system and method for data collection and aggregation using a distributed network of communications enabled sensors connected to another primary network to achieve a secondary out-of-band monitoring perspective, for example, in power grids. The data collection system includes an aggregation and processing server configured to collect data from a variety of sensors adjacent to the monitored network each sensor includes secondary power such that it can continue data transmission even during power grid outages. The data collection system includes a method for secure real-time data ingest, machine learning enabled analysis, risk assessment, and anomaly detection on a broad geographic scale irrespective of isolated network boundaries.
US12051896B2
A device is disclosed herein. The device includes a bias generator, an ESD driver, and a logic circuit. The bias generator includes a first transistor. The ESD driver includes a second transistor and a third transistor coupled to each other in series. The logic circuit is configured to generate a logic control signal. When the first transistor is turned on by a detection signal, the first transistor is turned off.
US12051894B2
A DC voltage switch includes a semiconductor-based electronically controllable switching device, a sensor provided upstream of the switching device for determining the DC voltage bus-side voltage level, a sensor provided downstream of the switching device for determining the DC voltage branch-side voltage level, a current sensor for determining current level and direction, a control device designed such that the direction and level of the current are determined, the flow of current is interrupted by the switching device when a first threshold value of the current level is exceeded, and when the first threshold value of the current level is exceeded in the reverse direction: the DC voltage bus-side voltage level is compared with the DC voltage branch-side voltage level, and the switching device is switched on upon a voltage difference being less than a voltage difference value.
US12051884B2
A wavelength tunable laser formed on a substrate made of single-crystal silicon is provided. The wavelength tunable laser includes a light emitting portion made of a III-V compound semiconductor, and external resonators provided with an optical filter. Cores included in the external resonators are made of one of SiN, SiON, and SiOn (n is smaller than 2).
US12051875B2
An unlocking structure for a pluggable module (1XA) which mainly comprises a push/pull handle (11A), an unlocking plate (12), a casing (13, 14), and a part incorporating a motion block piece (15X). Pushing the push/pull handle (11A) moves the unlocking plate (12) toward the rear end of the casing (13, 14) to unlock the module, and then pulling the push/pull handle (11A) allows the module to be removed; in the unlocked state, the unlocking plate (12) can be reset by means of rotating the push/pull handle (11A). This unlock and reset operation provides a complete operation mechanism for the module, as not only is it able to plug in and unplug the module with cable attached, but also able to conveniently operate a reset in situ, while maximally avoiding misoperations and accidents, and the related operations being simple and easy.
US12051869B2
A spring-actuated electrical connector assembly for electrically and mechanically connecting a device to a power source in high-power, high-voltage applications is disclosed. The connector assembly includes a first connector with an internal receiver, a plurality of side walls, and at least one contact beam. The contact beam integrally extends to an outer surface of the side wall and includes a free end that extends inward of the outer surface of the side wall. An internal spring member is dimensioned to reside within the receiver of the first connector. This assembly also includes a second electrically conductive connector with a receptacle dimensioned to receive both the first connector and the spring member to define a connected position during operation of the device. In the connected position, at least one spring arm of the spring member exerts an outwardly directed force on the contact beam of the first connector to outwardly displace the contact beam into engagement with the second connector.
US12051867B2
A card edge connector with a locking system, which may include a locking member integrally formed with a connector housing. The locking member may deflect upon insertion of an edge of a board into the connector and spring back to engage an opening in the board. The locking member and the opening in the board may have perimeters that are rounded, allowing relative rotation about an axis through the opening even though the board is locked within the connector. Such a configuration may provide a simple and secure locking system. Such a configuration may support connecting two parallel boards, each with a card edge connector, through a riser board with opposite ends inserted into the two connectors. Relative rotation of the board with respect to the connectors enables skew, in a direction parallel to the surfaces of the parallel boards, while securing each of those boards to the riser board.
US12051862B2
An antenna unit includes a feed point, a first antenna conductor extending from the feed point and having a width that expands as a distance from the feed point increases, a second antenna conductor facing a top end edge of the first antenna conductor with a gap formed therebetween, a first connection part connecting the top end edge of the first antenna conductor and the second antenna conductor via a capacitor, and a second connection part connecting the top end edge of the first antenna conductor and the second antenna conductor via an inductor or a zero-ohm resistor. A first connection point between the first connection part and the first antenna conductor is closer to a center of the top end edge of the first antenna conductor compared with a second connection point between the second connection part and the first antenna conductor.
US12051854B2
A low profile phased array antenna that is configured to be manufactured using additive manufacturing techniques is provided. In one or more embodiments, the phased array can include a plurality of signal ears, ground ears, and clustered pillars that can be arranged in relation to a base plate such that each component of the antenna can be manufactured from a single piece of material, thereby allowing for the use of additive manufacturing techniques which can substantially reduce the cost and time of the manufacturing process. The phased array can include a signal ear that include one or more posts that interface with an airgap located within a base plate of the array, wherein the size of the airgap in relation to the size of the post is configured to achieve an optimal level of impedance matching.
US12051847B2
A dielectric resonator includes a dielectric substrate, a distributed element, and a shield conductor portion. The distributed element extends in the X-axis direction inside the dielectric substrate. The shield conductor portion is on a surface of the dielectric substrate and winds around the distributed element when the distributed element is viewed from the X-axis direction in plan view. One end of the distributed element is not connected to the shield conductor portion. The distributed element includes a plurality of conductors.
US12051843B2
A directional coupler includes a main line, a sub-line electromagnetically coupled with the main line, a coupled output terminal, plural filters, filter switching circuits, and plural filter protecting switches. Each of the filter switching circuits is able to connect a corresponding one of the plural filters to one end of the sub-line and to the coupled output terminal. Each of the filter protecting switches is directly connected to a corresponding end of a corresponding one of the plural filters and is able to switch between a connection state and a disconnection state. The connection state is a state in which the corresponding end of the corresponding one of the plural filters is connected to a reference potential. The disconnection state is a state in which the corresponding end of the corresponding one of the plural filters is disconnected from the reference potential.
US12051842B2
A directional coupler (10) includes a main line (11), a sub-line (12), and a termination circuit (13) that is connected to one end (121) of the sub-line (12), and further includes an adjustment terminal (ADJ), as a lead-out terminal, that is led out from a node (N) between the one end (121) of the sub-line (12) and the termination circuit (13). The termination circuit (13) may be formed of a circuit in which a capacitance element (131) and a resistance element (132) are connected in parallel with each other, a capacitance value of the capacitance element (131) may be smaller than a capacitance value with which the directivity of the directional coupler (10) is optimized and a resistance value of the resistance element (132) may be larger than a resistance value with which the directivity of the directional coupler (10) is optimized.
US12051840B2
A high frequency, stripline filter may have a bottom surface for mounting to a mounting surface. The filter may include a monolithic base substrate having a top surface and a plurality of thin-film microstrips, including a first thin-film microstrip and a second thin-film microstrip, formed over the top surface of the substrate. Each of the plurality of thin-film microstrips may have a first arm, a second arm parallel to the first arm, and a base portion connected with the first and second arms. A port may be exposed along the bottom surface of the filter. A conductive path may include a via formed in the substrate. The conductive path may electrically connect the first thin-film microstrip with the port on the bottom surface of the filter. The filter may exhibit an insertion loss that is greater than −3.5 dB at a frequency that is greater than about 15 GHz.
US12051838B2
A continuous automated process and production line for preparing an acid doped polybenzimidazole, PBI, polymer membrane film for use in a fuel cell, the process comprising a washing stage, a drying procedure, and a doping stage.
US12051837B2
The present invention relates to a composite material comprising a porous solid matrix having interconnected channels, said matrix comprising sulfonate groups on at least a part of the surface of said channels, wherein a sulfonate group is in ionic interaction with a quaternary ammonium of a polymerizable molecule. The present invention also relates to a method for preparing such a composite material and applications thereof.
US12051834B2
A device for diagnosing a valve failure of a fuel cell system is capable of accurately and quickly determining whether an integrated valve in a fuel cell system is operated abnormally, and preventing problems caused by the operation abnormality of the integrated valve.
US12051823B2
Pouch-shaped battery case comprising crack prevention structure and method of manufacturing the same
Disclosed are a pouch-shaped battery case including an upper case and a lower case sealed to one another, the upper case and the lower case made of a laminate sheet comprising a metal layer and a resin layer, at least one of the upper case and the lower case having a concave unit for receiving an electrode assembly, the upper case and the lower case being sealed at all corners thereof located along the outer edge of the concave unit, a middle of a first side surface of each of the upper case and the lower case having a non-sealed portion for gas discharge, the first side surface being adjacent to a second side surface of each of the upper case and the lower case through which an electrode terminal extends, a method of manufacturing the pouch-shaped battery case, and a sealing block for manufacturing the pouch-shaped battery case.
US12051819B2
The present invention relates to a battery holder including at least one compartment for receiving a battery, the compartment including a first side wall, second side wall, rear wall, base and a locking portion to secure the battery.
US12051812B2
A rechargeable battery cell includes first and second electrode materials. A first collector defining a chamber array with a plurality of chambers is electrically connected to each other. A plurality of second electrode material and second collectors are positioned within each of the plurality of chambers. A first electrode material is positioned within the first collector to surround the second electrode material, with the second electrode material separated from the first electrode material by a separator.
US12051810B2
Interfacial films, which are both electronic conducting and ion conducting, for anode films are provided. The one or more protective films described herein may be mixed conduction materials, which are both electronic conducting and ion-conducting. The one or more protective films described herein may include materials selected from lithium transition metal dichalcogenides, Li9Ti5O12, or a combination thereof. The lithium transition metal dichalcogenide includes a transition metal dichalcogenide having the formula MX2, wherein M is selected from Ti, Mo, or W and X is selected from S, Se, or Te. The transition metal dichalcogenide may be selected from TiS2, MoS2, WS2, or a combination thereof. The lithium transition metal dichalcogenide may be selected from lithium-titanium-disulfide (e.g., LiTiS2), lithium-tungsten-disulfide (e.g., LiWS2), lithium-molybdenum-disulfide (e.g., LiMoS2), or a combination thereof.
US12051802B2
A lithium secondary battery includes a cathode including a cathode current collector and a cathode active material layer formed on the cathode current collector, and an anode including an anode current collector and an anode active material layer formed on the anode current collector. The anode active material layer has an area larger than that of the cathode active material layer. The cathode active material layer includes a central portion and an outer portion surrounding the central portion, and the outer portion has a specific capacity less than that of the central portion.
US12051789B2
Disclosed is a battery pack including a battery module having a plurality of battery cells, and a heat dissipation member provided in contact with a bus bar at a side surface of the battery module where electrode leads of the battery cells and the bus bar coupled to the electrode leads are disposed.
US12051781B2
A method of manufacturing a three-dimensional electrochemical lithium battery includes forming a first electrode on an underlying layer comprising aerosolizing a first ink formulation comprising a slurry including nanoparticles or microparticles of a first active material and a binder, and depositing the slurry onto the underlying layer to form a first electrode layer. A permeable separator layer is formed on the first electrode by aerosolizing a polymer precursor solution, exposing the aerosolized polymer precursor solution to a first activating radiation source to form partially cured polymer spheres in the aerosolized stream, focusing and directing the aerosolized stream onto a substrate to form the permeable separator layer of the partially cured polymer spheres, and exposing the partially cured polymer spheres on the substrate to a second activating radiation source to fully cure the partially cured polymer spheres. A second electrode is formed on the permeable separator layer by aerosolizing a second ink formulation comprising a slurry including nanoparticles or microparticles of a second active material and a binder, and depositing the slurry onto the permeable separator layer.
US12051778B2
(A) A first lithium-ion battery is prepared. (B) A capacity loss of the first lithium-ion battery is detected. (C) Capacity restoration treatment is performed on the first lithium-ion battery having a detected capacity loss to produce a second lithium-ion battery. The first lithium-ion battery includes at least a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and an electrolyte solution. The electrolyte solution contains a lithium salt, a solvent, and an additive in advance of the detecting a capacity loss. The additive has an oxidation potential. The oxidation potential is higher than an OCP of the positive electrode in the first lithium-ion battery having a state of charge of 100%. The capacity restoration treatment involves charging the first lithium-ion battery in such a way that at least part of the additive is oxidized.
US12051772B2
A display device includes: a first substrate; a plurality of metal layers on the first substrate and separated from each other; a buffer layer on the metal layer; a semiconductor layer on the buffer layer; a gate conductive layer on the semiconductor layer; a data conductive layer connected to the semiconductor layer; and a light-emitting element connected to the data conductive layer, wherein the metal layer includes a first portion partially overlapping the semiconductor layer in a third direction perpendicular to the surface of the first substrate, a second portion where the metal layer completely overlaps the semiconductor layer in the third direction, and a third portion where the metal layer does not overlap the semiconductor layer in the third direction.
US12051770B2
Solid-state lighting devices including light-emitting diodes (LEDs), and more particularly integrated secondary optics into LED chip cover structures for improved optical emission of high intensity LEDs is disclosed. Optical elements are integrated as a secondary optic onto one or both surfaces of a chip cover structure, where the chip cover structure may be referred to as a primary optic. The integrated secondary optic may be formed directly on one or both surfaces of the chip cover structure. The integrated secondary optic is purposely built to be coupled with the light emission of the LED to emit a desired emission profile. In this regard, a final luminaire may be provided with increased efficiency either by improving the coupling of the LED into a conventional secondary optic or in some cases by removing the need for a conventional secondary optic all together.
US12051768B2
An optoelectronic semiconductor component comprises a first semiconductor layer of a first conductivity type having a first main surface and a second semiconductor layer of a second conductivity type arranged on a side facing away from the first main surface of the first semiconductor layer. The optoelectronic semiconductor component further comprises, on the side of the first main surface, a first current spreading structure electrically connected to the first semiconductor layer and a second current spreading structure electrically connected to the second semiconductor layer. The optoelectronic semiconductor component furthermore includes a dielectric mirror layer arranged on the side of the first main surface of the first semiconductor layer and on a side of the first or second current spreading structure facing away from the first semiconductor layer. At least one of the first and second current spreading structures contains silver.
US12051755B2
Some implementations described herein provide a semiconductor structure. The semiconductor structure includes a first terminal coupled to a substrate of the semiconductor structure, with the first terminal including a first portion of a tunneling layer formed on the substrate, and a first gate formed on the first portion of the tunneling layer. The semiconductor structure includes a second terminal coupled to the substrate and adjacent to the first terminal, with the second terminal including a second portion of the tunneling layer formed on the substrate, a second gate formed on the second portion of the tunneling layer, and a dielectric structure formed on a top surface and side surfaces of the second gate. The semiconductor structure includes a third terminal coupled to an insulating structure and adjacent to the second terminal, with the third terminal including, a third gate formed on the insulating structure.
US12051749B2
A semiconductor structure includes, from bottom to top or from top to bottom, a gate electrode, a ferroelectric dielectric layer, a metal-rich metal oxide layer, a dielectric metal nitride layer, and a metal oxide semiconductor layer. A ferroelectric field effect transistor may be provided by forming a source region and a drain region on the metal oxide semiconductor layer. The metal-rich metal oxide layer and the dielectric metal nitride layer homogenize and stabilize the interface between the ferroelectric dielectric layer and the metal oxide semiconductor layer, and reduce excess oxygen atoms at the interface, thereby improving switching characteristics of the ferroelectric field effect transistor.
US12051743B2
There is provided a semiconductor device, including: a semiconductor chip including a main surface; a gate trench formed on the main surface; a first insulating film configured to cover an upper wall surface of the gate trench; a second insulating film configured to cover a lower wall surface of the gate trench; a field trench formed on the main surface so as to be spaced apart from the gate trench, and including a facing wall at a side of the gate trench and a non-facing wall at an opposite side of the facing wall; a third insulating film configured to cover an upper wall surface of the field trench at a side of the facing wall; and a fourth insulating film configured to cover a lower wall surface of the field trench at the side of the facing wall and the non-facing wall.
US12051740B2
A high electron mobility transistor includes an epitaxial stack on a substrate, a gate structure on the epitaxial stack, a passivation layer on the epitaxial stack and covering the gate structure, and an air gap between the passivation layer and the gate structure.
US12051737B2
Semiconductor device and fabrication method are provided by providing initial fins discretely arranged on a substrate; forming an isolation structure on the substrate; forming a connecting layer on sidewalls of the initial fins and between adjacent initial fins; forming a dummy gate structure across the initial fins and the connecting layer on the substrate, covering sidewalls of the connecting layer and a portion of a top surface of the initial fins; forming grooves in the initial fins on both sides of the dummy gate structure, and forming source and drain doped layers in the grooves; forming a dielectric layer on the substrate, covering sidewalls of the dummy gate structure and the source and drain doped layers, that a top surface of the dielectric layer is flush with a top surface of the dummy gate structure; and removing the dummy gate structure to form a gate structure.
US12051734B2
Metal gate stacks and integrated methods of forming metal gate stacks are disclosed. Some embodiments comprise NbN as a PMOS work function material at a thickness in a range of greater than or equal to 5 Å to less than or equal to 50 Å. The PMOS work function material comprising NbN has an effective work function of greater than or equal to 4.75 eV. Some embodiments comprise HfO2 as a high-κ metal oxide layer. Some embodiments provide improved PMOS bandedge performance evidenced by improved flatband voltage. Some embodiments exclude transition metal niobium nitride materials as work function materials.
US12051725B2
A method for manufacturing a SiC-based electronic device, that includes implanting, at a front side of a solid body of SiC having a conductivity of N type, dopant species of P type, thus forming an implanted region that extends in depth in the solid body starting from the front side and has a top surface co-planar with said front side; and generating a laser beam directed towards the implanted region in order to generate heating of the implanted region at temperatures comprised between 1500° C. and 2600° C. so as to form an ohmic contact region including one or more carbon-rich layers, for example graphene and/or graphite layers, in the implanted region and, simultaneously, activation of the dopant species of P type.
US12051724B2
A semiconductor epitaxy structure includes a silicon carbide substrate, a nucleation layer, a gallium nitride buffer layer, and a stacked structure. The nucleation layer is formed on the silicon carbide substrate, the gallium nitride buffer layer is disposed on the nucleation layer, and the stacked structure is formed between the nucleation layer and the gallium nitride buffer layer. The stacked structure includes: a plurality of silicon nitride (SiNx) layers and a plurality of aluminum gallium nitride (AlxGa1-xN) layers alternately stacked, wherein the first layer of the plurality of silicon nitride layers is in direct contact with the nucleation layer.
US12051720B2
An embodiment relates to a device comprising a first section and a second section. The first section comprises a first metal oxide semiconductor (MOS) interface comprising a first portion and a second portion. The first portion comprises a first contact with a horizontal surface of a semiconductor substrate and the second portion comprises a second contact with a trench sidewall of a trench region of the semiconductor substrate. The second section comprises one of a second metal oxide semiconductor (MOS) interface and a metal region. The second MOS interface comprises a third contact with the trench sidewall of the trench region. The metal region comprises a fourth contact with a first conductivity type drift layer. The first section and the second section are located contiguously within the device along a lateral direction.
US12051711B2
Implementations of semiconductor packages may include: a semiconductor die having a first side and a second side. A first side of an optically transmissive lid may be coupled to the second side of the semiconductor die through one or more dams. The packages may also include a light block material around the semiconductor package extending from the first side of the semiconductor die to a second side of the optically transmissive lid. The package may include an opening in the light block material on the second side of the optically transmissive lid that substantially corresponds with an active area of the semiconductor die.
US12051697B2
Integrated circuit devices may include a lower transistor and an upper transistor stacked on a substrate, and the upper transistor may overlap the lower transistor. The upper transistor may include an upper gate structure, and the lower transistor may include a lower gate structure, and the upper gate structure and the lower gate structure may have different widths in a horizontal direction.
US12051696B2
A semiconductor device includes a substrate with a first active region; first and second active patterns extending in a first direction and spaced apart in a second direction, and each having a source pattern, a channel pattern, and a drain pattern that are sequentially stacked; first and second gate electrodes that surround the channel patterns of the first and second active patterns and extend in the first direction; an interlayer dielectric layer that covers the first and second active patterns and the first and second gate electrodes; a first active contact that penetrates the interlayer dielectric layer and is coupled to the first active region between the first and second active patterns; and a first power rail on the interlayer dielectric layer and electrically connected to the first active contact, each of the first and second active patterns including an overlapping region that vertically overlaps the first power rail.
US12051693B2
A method for manufacturing a semiconductor structure is provided. The method includes forming a plurality of fin structures extending along a first direction over a substrate, forming a low-k isolation strip over the substrate, the low-k isolation strip extending along the first direction and between the plurality of fin structures; and forming a high-k isolation strip on top of the low-k isolation strip.
US12051691B2
An electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection device having a source region coupled to a first electrical node, a first drain region coupled to a second electrical node different from the first electrical node, and an extended drain region between the source region and the first drain region. The extended drain region includes a number N of electrically floating doped regions and a number M of gate regions coupled to the second electrical node, where N and M are integers greater than 1 and N is equal to M. Each electrically floating doped region of the N number of floating doped regions alternates with each gate region of the M number of gate regions.
US12051688B2
A semiconductor device manufacturing method includes: forming a first groove having depth H in a semiconductor layer; filling the first groove with an oxide film and forming a surface oxide film having thickness a on an upper surface of the semiconductor layer to equalize the oxide film and the surface oxide film in height; forming a second groove having depth h greater than thickness a, from an uppermost surface of a third oxide film; forming gate trenches deeper than depth H, in the semiconductor layer; depositing polysilicon until at least the gate trenches and the second groove are filled with polysilicon; forming a peripheral element by injecting an impurity into polysilicon deposited in the second groove; and making a thickness of the peripheral element equal to depth h by concurrently removing polysilicon deposited in the gate trenches and polysilicon deposited in the second groove until they become equal in height.
US12051681B2
A device for regulating a voltage of an electric current supplying an integrated circuit resting on a substrate. The integrated circuit comprises a ground terminal and a power supply terminal able to receive the electric current. The regulation device comprises a first cover covering the integrated circuit, a second cover covering the integrated circuit. The first cover is electrically connected to the power supply terminal of the integrated circuit. The second cover is electrically connected to the ground terminal of the integrated circuit. The first cover and the second cover are connected together by a capacitive connection.
US12051667B2
Discussed generally herein are devices that include high density interconnects between dice and techniques for making and using those devices. In one or more embodiments a device can include a bumpless buildup layer (BBUL) substrate including a first die at least partially embedded in the BBUL substrate, the first die including a first plurality of high density interconnect pads. A second die can be at least partially embedded in the BBUL substrate, the second die including a second plurality of high density interconnect pads. A high density interconnect element can be embedded in the BBUL substrate, the high density interconnect element including a third plurality of high density interconnect pads electrically coupled to the first and second plurality of high density interconnect pads.
US12051665B2
A system includes a die with a first plurality of hybridization bumps extending therefrom, electrically connected to circuitry die. An external circuitry component with a second plurality of hybridization bumps extending therefrom, electrically connected to circuitry in the external circuitry component. The first plurality of hybridization bumps and the second plurality of hybridization bumps are pressed together for electrical communication between the die and the external circuitry component. The first plurality of hybridization bumps have a different material hardness from the second plurality of hybridization bumps. The first plurality of hybridization bumps have a different bump diameter from that of the second plurality of hybridization bumps.
US12051651B2
An integrated circuit package is disclosed. The integrated circuit package includes a first integrated circuit die, a second integrated circuit die, an organic substrate, wherein both the first integrated circuit die and the second integrated circuit die are connected to the organic substrate, a multi-die interconnect bridge (EMIB) embedded within the organic substrate, and a termination resistor associated with a circuit in the first integrated circuit die, wherein the termination resistor is located within the multi-die interconnect bridge embedded within the organic substrate.
US12051642B2
A Quad Flat No-Lead (QFN) package comprises a semiconductor die, a lead frame and molding compound. The lead frame comprises a die pad having a substantially rectangular inner part and a plurality of protrusions around the periphery thereof and contiguous therewith and extending outwardly therefrom, and a plurality of leads around the four sides of the die-pad. The molding compound encapsulates the semiconductor die and forming the package. The molding compound has a respective moat therein between each side of the die pad and a respective set of leads. The die pad has a plurality of trenches extending from the second surface of the die pad towards the first surface at least in the inner part of the die pad. The plurality of the trenches each extend across a protrusion to the moat.
US12051634B2
A package includes a die, first conductive structures, second conductive structures, and an encapsulant. The die has a rear surface. The first conductive structures and the second conductive structures surround the die. The first conductive structures include cylindrical columns and the second conductive structures include elliptical columns. At least one of the second conductive structures is closer to the die than the first conductive structures. The encapsulant encapsulates the die, the first conductive structures, and the second conductive structures.
US12051630B2
A method of plasma-assisted semiconductor processing in multiple stations in a process chamber is provided. The method comprises: a) providing substrates at each of the multiple stations; b) distributing RF power to multiple stations to thereby generate a plasma in the station, wherein the RF power is distributed according to a RF power parameter that is adjusted to reduce station to station variations; c) tuning a frequency of the RF power, wherein tuning the frequency includes: i) measuring a current of the plasma; ii) determining, according to the current measured in (i), a change to the frequency of the RF power, and iii) adjusting the frequency of the RF power; and d) performing a semiconductor processing operation on the substrate at each station.
US12051622B2
A method includes forming a patterned mask comprising a first opening, plating a conductive feature in the first opening, depositing a passivation layer on a sidewall and a top surface of the conductive feature, and patterning the passivation layer to form a second opening in the passivation layer. The passivation layer has sidewalls facing the second opening. A planarization layer is dispensed on the passivation layer. The planarization layer is patterned to form a third opening. After the planarization layer is patterned, a portion of the planarization layer is located in the second opening and covers the sidewalls of the passivation layer. An Under-Bump Metallurgy (UBM) is formed to extend into the third opening.
US12051613B2
A method of using a processing apparatus that includes a holding unit with a rotatable chuck table for holding a workpiece; a processing unit for processing the workpiece; a camera for imaging the workpiece that is movable in an indexing feed direction; and a control unit for controlling the components. The method includes forming a linear processed mark in the workpiece, and then moving the chuck table to an imaging zone, where the camera images the processed mark. The method further includes calculating correction values or a correction angle, and carrying out processing feed of the chuck table in the imaging zone under a condition in which the camera has been corrected in position in the Y-axis direction based on the correction values or the chuck table has been rotated by the correction angle.
US12051612B2
Embodiments disclose methods of transferring selected microdevices on a receiver substrate. In one embodiment, a high resolution display comprising a light emitting device (LED) array may be provided to assist in transferring the microdevices. The LED array can selectively either release a layer by using light or cure a bonding layer. The pixels in the display can be turned on corresponding to a set of selected microdevices with predefined intensities to release the set of selected microdevices from the donor substrate.
US12051610B2
First and second chiplets are positioned along a surface to respectively cover first and second electrodes. The first electrode is activated to cause an attraction force between the first electrode and the first chiplet. The second electrode is deactivated allowing the second chiplet to rotate on the surface. While the first electrode is activated and the second electrode is deactivated, a rotation field is applied to cause the second chiplet to be oriented at a desired orientation angle, the first chiplet being prevented from rotating by the attraction force.
US12051590B2
A method of forming a pattern includes forming an etching object layer on a substrate. A photoresist layer including a metal, oxygen and an organic material is formed on the etching object layer. An exposure process is performed on the photoresist layer. A developing process is performed on the photoresist layer to form a photoresist pattern including a metal oxide. Ozone is provided onto the substrate to remove a residue of the photoresist layer that includes the organic material. The etching object layer is etched using the photoresist pattern as an etching mask.
US12051589B2
Thin tin oxide films are used as spacers in semiconductor device manufacturing. In one implementation, formation of spacers involves deposition of a tin oxide layer on a semiconductor substrate having multiple protruding features. The deposition is performed in a deposition apparatus having a controller with program instructions configured to cause sequential contacting of the semiconductor substrate with a tin-containing precursor and an oxygen-containing precursor such as to coat the semiconductor substrate having the protruding features with a tin oxide layer. Next, tin oxide film is removed from horizontal surfaces, without being completely removed from the sidewalls of the protruding features. Next, the material of protruding features is etched away, leaving tin oxide spacers on the semiconductor substrate.
US12051580B2
In a mass spectrometry method for generating product ions from a precursor ion derived from a sample component having a hydrocarbon chain and mass-analyzing the product ion, the precursor ion is irradiated with an oxygen radical or a hydroxy radical and a nitrogen oxide radical to generate product ions, the product ions are separated according to mass-to-charge ratio and the product ions are detected, and a structure of the hydrocarbon chain is inferred based on mass-to-charge ratio of the detected product ions.
