US12061079B2
A method for detecting a mark using a detection apparatus including a detection unit includes performing a first movement process that moves the detection unit to a first position, performing a second movement process that moves the detection unit to a second position, detecting the mark after the first movement process and the second movement process, and correcting a measurement value of the detected mark using first information about a movement of the detection unit in the first movement process and second information about a movement of the detection unit in the second movement process.
US12061043B2
A freezer includes one or more cooling plates arranged into a table surface, wherein the freezer is configured to run either a closed loop film or a disposable film one at a time over the cooling plates; the closed loop film is provided on the freezer; and a disposable film of finite length is provided on the freezer while the closed loop film is on the freezer. The disposable film can be an alternate or backup to keep the freezer operating when the closed loop film needs repair.
US12061042B2
An appliance includes an outer wrapper and an inner liner that form a structural cabinet having an insulating cavity defined between the inner liner and the outer wrapper. An elliptical insulation port is defined within the outer wrapper, wherein the elliptical insulation port is configured to allow passage of a cylindrical insulation conduit when the insulation conduit is positioned at an oblique angle relative to the structural cabinet. An insulation material is disposed within the insulating cavity. A sealing cap covers the elliptical insulation port, wherein the sealing cap includes a protrusion that extends at least partially into the insulating cavity.
US12061037B1
A portable multi-function air conditioner comprises an insulated reservoir configured to hold a liquid and ice, a lid associated with the reservoir to provide selective access to the reservoir, a heat exchanger, at least one pump configured to move a first portion of the liquid through the heat exchanger as a first function and discharge a second portion of the liquid through a spray nozzle as a second function, a fan configured to move air across the heat exchanger, and discharge the air through an outlet port associated with one of the reservoir or the lid, the discharged air intermingling with the discharged second portion of the liquid to condition the air, and a power supply operatively coupled with and providing power to the at least one pump and the fan.
US12061029B2
A refrigeration appliance (2) is provided. The refrigeration appliance can comprise a fresh-food compartment (7) configured for storing food items at a first target temperature above zero degrees Celsius; and a freezer compartment (11) configured for storing food items at a second target temperature below zero degrees Celsius. A cooling air channel (27) is formed between the freezer compartment and the fresh-food compartment to allow air to flow between the freezer compartment and the fresh-food compartment. The refrigeration appliance further comprises a refrigeration circuit configured for cooling the freezer compartment, the circuit having a compressor, in particular a variable speed compressor, an evaporator, and a variable speed evaporator fan. A controller is operatively connected to the refrigeration circuit and configured to operate the variable speed compressor and/or the variable speed evaporator fan at a calculated speed of the variable speed compressor and a calculated speed of the variable speed evaporator fan, respectively; wherein the controller is configured to, in a normal mode of operation, operate the variable speed compressor at a first calculated compressor speed and the variable speed evaporator fan at a first calculated fan speed and wherein the controller is configured to, in a freezer priority, mode of operation, operate the variable speed compressor at a second calculated compressor speed and the variable speed evaporator fan at a second calculated fan speed, wherein the second calculated compressor speed is higher than the first calculated compressor speed and the second calculated fan speed is lower than the first calculated fan speed. Hereby an efficient control of the refrigeration appliance can be obtained wherein a quick-freezing mode can be supported that gives priority to the freezer in an efficient manner. Hereby items placed in the freezer compartment can be quickly frozen in an energy efficient manner.
US12061023B2
A water-based refrigerant for a thermal working machine. The refrigerant for a thermal working machine (150) having an evaporator (A), a condenser (B), a compressor (CGL), and a throttle element (D). The refrigerant is based on water and comprises a refrigerant component with a hydroxyl group, for example in the form of ethanol. The use of such a mixture as a refrigerant for a thermal working machine and for a thermal working machine having such a refrigerant, and to a method for operating a thermal working machine having such a refrigerant is also disclosed.
US12061020B2
A hydrogen storage device is described. The hydrogen storage device comprises a heater/cooler module (6) and a pressure containment vessel (1) defining an interior volume and having within it: a thermally conducting network (4) having a face in thermal contact with the heater/cooler module (6), the shape of the thermally conducting network (4) being a fractal geometry in two or three dimensions; optionally a metal foam in thermal contact with the thermally conducting network (4); and a hydrogen storage material (5) in thermal contact with the thermally conducting network (4).
US12061017B2
A two-piece truss leg system for an A-frame-shaped truss foundation system for single-axis trackers. A driving coupler at the head of each screw anchor used to drive the component into the ground as well as to join the upper leg component to the screw anchor. A connecting portion of the coupler extending above a main body of the coupler is received within an open end of an upper leg component. A curved outer surface of the connecting portion enables the upper leg component to be angularly adjusted relative to the screw anchor. A channel in the connecting portions enables the upper leg component to be deformed into the channel with a crimp connecting.
US12061008B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed toward an air diffuser that includes a mounting plate having an opening in a center portion of the mounting plate, where the opening is configured to be coupled to ductwork, a low flow adapter coupled to the mounting plate and disposed over the opening, where the low flow adapter includes extruded nozzles configured to increase a velocity and induction of air flow directed toward an interior space, and where the extruded nozzles are disposed at an angle with respect to a horizontal plane defined by the center portion of the mounting plate, and a diffusion plate coupled to the mounting plate, such that the low flow adapter is positioned between the mounting plate and the diffusion plate.
US12061004B2
An expansion valve control method for a multi-split air-conditioning system to solve the problem of detecting leakage of an expansion valve of a multi-split air-conditioning system. The system includes an outdoor unit and a plurality of indoor units connected to the outdoor unit, each of the indoor units is connected to the outdoor unit by a first pipeline and a second pipeline. The expansion valve control method includes acquiring an indoor temperature of an environment where an indoor unit is located; acquiring the temperature of a first pipeline of the indoor unit and the temperature of a second pipeline of the indoor unit when the indoor unit is in a shutdown state; and according to at least the indoor temperature of the environment where the indoor unit is located, determining the leakage condition of an expansion valve of the indoor unit.
US12061002B2
A building device includes a plurality of sensors, a display device, and a control circuit. The display device includes a user interface having a set of indicator lights. The display device further includes a plurality of touch-sensitive buttons configured to receive a user input. The control circuit is configured to receive configuration information relating to a preset setpoint value, a maximum setpoint value, and a minimum setpoint value. The control circuit is further configured to receive a user input relating to a temperature adjustment for increasing a current setpoint value or decreasing the current setpoint value. The control circuit is further configured to configure an output of the set of indicator lights to provide a visual representation of the temperature adjustment by associating the current setpoint value with activation of at least one of the indicator light of the set.
US12060982B2
A multicolor laser source includes a collimator lens having first and second lens portions, a first laser unit for emitting light of a first color, a second laser unit for emitting light of a second color, a reflective unit disposed obliquely to a light-entrance axis of the first lens portion, a reflective diffusing member, and a lens array disposed on a light-exit axis of the second lens portion. The reflective unit is disposed opposite to the first and second laser units for reflecting the first and second color lights to the first lens portion along the light-entrance axis. The reflective diffusing member is disposed at a side of the collimator lens to homogenize the first and second laser lights and reflect the first and second color lights to the second lens portion along the first light-exit axis, to be outputted through the lens array.
US12060974B1
A lubricating oil system includes a reservoir configured to enclose a lubricant oil; a filter assembly that includes at least one filter and is positioned in the reservoir to separate the reservoir into a first oil tank and a second oil tank, where the first oil tank fluidly is coupled to the rotating machine through an oil return line; a system pump fluidly coupled to the reservoir and configured to circulate the lubricant oil from the second oil tank to the rotating machine through an oil supply line; and a circulating pump assembly. The circulating pump assembly includes a conduit that fluidly couples the first oil tank to the second oil tank external to the reservoir, a circulating pump coupled within the conduit and including a suction coupled to the first oil tank and a discharge coupled to the second oil tank, and a media filter coupled within the conduit and between the first oil tank and the second oil tank.
US12060968B2
The present technology generally relates to a solar radiation mitigation system mountable to a furniture element. The solar radiation mitigation system has a panel assembly. The panel assembly has a first panel capable of blocking a first radiation amount, and a second panel in operational relation with the first panel. The second panel blocks a second radiation amount. The panel assembly blocks a combined radiation amount greater than the first and second radiation amounts when the first and second panels are in operational relation. The solar radiation mitigation system comprises at least one adjustable arm comprising a distal arm connector connected to the first panel, a proximal arm connector being detachably attachable to the furniture element for mounting the system to the furniture element, and an elongated member extending from the proximal arm connector to the distal arm connector. The elongated member is adjustable to position and orient the first panel with respect to the furniture element.
US12060967B2
A gimbal system, a gimbal and a locking device are provided. The locking device is configured to be disposed on the shaft arm. The locking device includes an upper cover, a lower cover, a quick release plate and a locking assembly. The upper cover is disposed on the shaft arm. The lower cover is disposed on the side of the shaft arm opposite to the upper cover, and the upper cover and the lower cover can move together along the first direction. The quick release plate is used to install a load. The quick release plate is disposed on the side of the upper cover away from the lower cover. The quick release plate can move along a second direction on the upper cover. The locking assembly passes through the lower cover and the upper cover. When the locking assembly is tightened, the upper cover and the lower cover are locked and fixed to the shaft arm, and the quick release plate and the upper cover are locked and fixed on the upper cover.
US12060954B2
An assembly configured to be press joined with a pipe by a pressing tool includes a piping component, which includes a body, a first end having a rim and an inner surface having a plurality of grooves, and a sealing recess wall positioned between the first end and the body and defining a sealing recess. The assembly also includes a sealing element received within the sealing recess of the piping component and having a sealing element thickness. The sealing element thickness of the sealing element is about equal to and not less than a Minimum Sealing Element Thickness Value of the sealing element.
US12060951B2
Vacuum adjustment device for an active element movable in a process atmosphere region, having a coupling, a drive unit having an electric motor, which cooperates with the coupling in such a way that the coupling can be adjusted from a normal position into an active position and back. The device has a mechanical interface for connecting the vacuum adjustment device to a process volume providing a process atmosphere, a dynamic separating device for separating the process atmosphere from an outer atmosphere region and a control and processing unit at least electrically connected to the drive unit and designed to control the electric motor. The control and processing unit is designed to derive motor state information based on the extent of a motor operating parameter, and has a pressure determination functionality designed in such a way that a load difference is derived by comparing the motor state information with a known motor target state, and a pressure difference between the outer atmosphere region and the process atmosphere region is derived on the basis of the load difference.
US12060947B2
A pressure retaining valve including: a first valve body for an opening of an air spring, the first valve body having an access opening; a second valve body connected to the first valve body and having a chamber fluidly communicating with the access opening and having a side outlet opening; and a return member disposed outside the access opening in the chamber for providing a bias toward the access opening; a closure part disposed in the chamber and movable from a closed condition against the bias to an open condition; and an actuator part having a head portion, a shaft section, and a flow channel, the head portion disposed outside the access opening and having a larger diameter than the access opening, wherein the stem portion is movably disposed through the access opening into the chamber, and the actuator member can move the closure member out of the closed condition.
US12060944B2
A mechanical seal includes: a mating ring; a seal ring; a casing which includes a pop-out regulation portion supporting the seal ring not to be rotatable and to be axially movable and coming into contact with the seal ring to regulate the seal ring from popping out toward the mating ring; an urging member disposed between the seal ring and a back wall of the casing axially overlapping with the seal ring and axially urges the seal ring toward the mating ring; and an annular secondary seal sealing a gap between the casing and the seal ring. The casing includes a regulation wall which regulates the secondary seal from moving toward the side opposite to the mating ring and an axial dimension between the seal ring and the regulation wall is equal to or less than a half of an axial dimension of the secondary seal while the seal ring and the pop-out regulation portion are in contact with each other.
US12060939B2
A control apparatus for a vehicle that is provided with an electric parking device for causing a parking pawl to be meshed with a parking gear so as to lock rotation of a wheel of the vehicle. When a parking range is selected, a parking control is executed for moving the parking pawl to a parking position in which the parking pawl is meshed with the parking gear. When the parking control is to be executed, it is determined whether or not the electric parking device is in a ratcheting state in which the parking pawl is repelled by the parking gear without the parking pawl being meshed with the parking gear. When it is determined that the electric parking device is in the ratcheting state, the parking control is stopped to move the parking pawl to a non-parking position.
US12060937B2
An automated manual transmission, comprising: a transmission control unit, a shift rod movable between a predetermined first position in which it engages a first gear combination of the transmission, a predetermined second position in which it engages a second gear combination of the transmission, and a predetermined neutral position in which it does not engage any gear, an actuator for moving the shift rod between the first position, the second position and the neutral position by applying a fluid pressure acting on the shift rod in response to signals from the transmission control unit, mechanical engagement means for maintaining the first and second positions of the shift rod without applying any fluid pressure by means of the actuator, wherein the transmission is adapted to maintain the neutral position of the shift rod solely by applying fluid pressure acting on the shift rod.
US12060936B2
An electronic shift control apparatus includes a shift dial that is operated by a driver to select an R-range, an N-range, and a D-range, a P-range motor that is operated to select a P-range, and a haptic motor that generates a haptic signal. When a driver shifts into a specific shift range of a vehicle by operating the shift dial or the P-range button, the haptic signal is configured to be transmitted to the driver.
US12060934B1
Control systems and methods for a vehicle transmission initiate a shift operation of the transmission and, during the transmission shift operation, determine an acceleration of a torque generating system output shaft based on its measured rotational speed and determine an acceleration of the transmission output shaft based on its measured rotational speed, identify an error source using a transmission model that maps differences between the determined and target accelerations back to torque generating system error and/or transmission clutch torque error and, based on the identified error source, adjust the actuation of at least some of the plurality of clutches to compensate for the torque generating system error and/or transmission clutch torque error to mitigate or eliminate noise/vibration/harshness (NVH) caused by the transmission shift operation.
US12060933B2
A vehicle includes a power source, a transmission coupled to the power source, and a control unit. The transmission includes a torque converter and a hydraulic switching mechanism. A processor of the control unit is configured to execute in accordance with an instruction stored in a storage medium: obtaining RPM of a turbine shaft of the torque converter based on a unit time when the transmission is switched from neutral to forward driving or to reverse driving; determining whether the RPM is decreased by an amount greater than a predetermined amount of decrease based on the unit time; and reducing, if the RPM is decreased by an amount greater than the predetermined amount of decrease based on the unit time, pressure of oil to be supplied to an oil chamber of the hydraulic switching mechanism when the transmission switches to the same mode as the previously switched mode next time.
US12060932B2
An operation device for a vehicle transmission is configured to include: a base bracket that is fixed to a vehicle body of a vehicle; a slider lever that is slidably supported by the base bracket and includes a shift knob; and a main gear, which is rotatably supported by the base bracket and includes gear teeth at an outer circumferential portion, to which an end portion of a shift wire of the vehicle transmission is connected at a position separated from a gear support shaft of the base bracket, the slider lever including a rack gear that is formed along a sliding direction of the slider lever and is engaged with the gear teeth of the main gear, and gear change of the transmission being performed by causing the main gear to rotate with sliding of the slider lever and pushing and pulling the shift wire.
US12060930B1
A sealing system for multiple fluids includes a transmission housing having a first port and a first opening, an electronic component connected to the transmission housing forming a vent space between the electronic component and the transmission housing, and a seal positioned between the electronic component and the transmission housing. The electronic component includes a first conduit. The seal includes an outer loop maintaining a first fluid outside of the outer loop. The seal includes a first inner loop surrounding the first conduit and positioned inside of the outer loop. The first inner loop maintains a second fluid inside the first inner loop. The first port is in fluid communication with the first conduit. The first opening is positioned inside of the outer loop and outside of the first inner loop. The first opening is in fluid communication with the vent space.
US12060927B2
A differential gear assembly for a vehicle includes: an annular ring gear having internal and external surfaces, and rotates around a rotational axis extending in an axial direction; first and second side gears respectively distribute a first and second output torque to first and second drive shafts; first and second differential pinion gears respectively engage the first and second side gears; a pinion pin extends diametrically across the ring gear, where the first and second differential pinion gears are rotatably arranged on the pinion pin. The ring gear comprises first and second slots for receiving the pinion pin, where the slots are arranged in connection to the internal surface and extend partly through the ring gear in the axial direction.
US12060923B2
A speed reducer includes an input shaft, an input gear, a fixing gear and an output gear. The input shaft includes an eccentric structure. The input gear is disposed on the eccentric structure and includes first teeth of which each with a first contact portion and a second contact portion. The fixing gear and the output gear are disposed corresponding to the input gear, wherein the fixing gear includes second teeth, and the second teeth are in contact with the first contact portions, wherein the output gear includes third teeth, and the third teeth are in contact with the second contact portions. A first tooth number difference between the first teeth and the second teeth is different from a second tooth number difference between the first teeth and the third teeth.
US12060918B2
A disconnect mechanism comprises an input shaft defining a drive axis, a disconnect shaft selectively engaged with the input shaft to be driven about the drive axis by the input shaft, and a disconnect ramp operatively connected to the disconnect shaft to axially move the disconnect shaft between at least a first axial position and a second axial position. A disconnect pawl is selectively engaged with the disconnect ramp shaft, and a brake is selectively engaged with the disconnect shaft in the second axial position.
US12060913B2
Disclosed is a braking system including a brake pad with a backing plate having first and second faces, and a lining made of friction material on the first face. The lining having friction and mounting faces, and inner, outer, rear and front edges. The lining has a collection groove open to the friction face, and an opening at its first end towards the inner edge and an opening at its second end towards the outer edge. The braking system further includes a suction system with suction and blow pipes through which air is sucked in and a blown. The air inlet orifice of the suction pipe is opposite one end of the groove, and the air outlet orifice of the blow pipe is opposite the other end of the groove.
US12060910B2
An adjustable length crank arm includes a first component having a longitudinal length, a second component coupled to the first component, the second component having a longitudinal length. A total length of the crank arm can be adjusted by changing an amount of longitudinal overlap that exists between the first component and the second component. The adjustable length crank arm can include a first wedge and a second wedge and at least a portion of each of the first wedge and the second wedge is longitudinally captured between the first component and the second component.
US12060908B2
A coupling and related methods are disclosed herein that can provide for coupling a first object and a second object with minimal play. A coupling can include a first coupling component having a cylindrical surface with a screw and a pin extending therefrom and a second coupling component having a prismatic surface with a first and a second through-hole. The first coupling component and the second coupling component can be configured such that relative motion between the first coupling component and the second coupling component can be restricted in all six degrees of freedom when the screw is engaged with the first through-hole to secure the cylindrical surface of the first component against the prismatic surface of the second component. The pin can be configured to maintain stability of the coupling and further limit relative movement, such that positioning and/or orientation errors between the first and second components is minimized.
US12060905B2
A fastener has a head and a shank coupled to the head and extending along a central axis of the fastener. A plurality of engagement members are disposed on a peripheral surface of the shank and connected to the shank at a point of connection to project away from the shank. The plurality of engagement members can collectively act as external threads and are flexible with respect to the shank to be relatively moveable with respect to the shank.
US12060893B2
A portable blowing device includes a body and fans arranged in the body. Air channels are arranged in the body and extend in the length direction of the body to allow airflow to pass through. Wind shields are arranged in the air channels, and a periphery of the wind shield is closely connected with a side wall of the air channel so that a sub-air channel is formed between the wind shield and the side wall of the air channel. Air outlets are formed in the side wall for communicating with outside and the sub-air channel, and airflow generated by the fan can enter the sub-air channel and then exits the air outlets. Because of the reduced volume of the sub-air channel, the airflow is concentrated after entering the sub-air channel, and airflow exiting the air outlets is strengthened, so that the cooling effect and the user experience are improved.
US12060877B2
A monitor and control system for a hydraulic fracturing pump is described herein to reduce or eliminate harmful oscillations in fluid discharge pressure caused by the pump load dynamics. The monitor and control system receives various sensor data from the operation of the pump, including the pump crank position, and executes a pump control equation or model based on the pump sensor data, pump load data and/or pump speed data. Pump control equations or models are specific to the design and dynamic operation of the pump, incorporating the number of plungers, pump dynamics, motor lag and motor dynamics, etc. Using the pump control equations or models, the monitor and control system determines control commands for the pump motor to reduce or eliminate the oscillatory discharge pressure at the pump.
US12060876B2
A method for controlling and/or monitoring a compressor system is provided. The compressor system includes one or more compressors and one or more peripheral devices. The compressors and the peripheral devices are arranged or connected in a predetermined configuration. The compressor system is controlled and/or monitored by a control/monitoring unit. After creation of the compressor system, the concretely existing configuration is input in the form of a P&I diagram by an editor and forms the basis for subsequent control, monitoring, diagnosis or evaluation routines.
US12060868B2
Actuators (artificial muscles) comprising twisted polymer fibers generate tensile actuation when powered thermally. In some embodiments, the thermally-powered polymer fiber tensile actuator can be incorporated into an article, such as a textile or garment.
US12060861B2
Systems, devices, and methods for utilizing hydrostatic and/or hydraulic pressure to generate energy and to separate water into hydrogen and oxygen are disclosed herein. A representative industrial system can comprise a storage tank containing fluid, a separator piston having a first separator compartment configured to be fluidically coupled to the storage tank and a second separator compartment, and a pressure intensifier. The pressure intensifier includes a first compartment, and a second compartment fluidically coupled to the second separator compartment. The second compartment of the pressure intensifier includes a pressure concentrator having a housing, a piston head member including arms, a plurality of cylinders each defined in part by the housing, and a drive piston head portion. Pressurized water may be depressurized by sending it through fine bore friction channels to produce water vapor and/or steam, which may then be injected into plasma reactors that separate water into hydrogen and oxygen. Some embodiments may involve injecting a catalyst into the plasma reactors with the water vapor and/or steam.
US12060853B2
A rocket engine has: a combustion chamber having a chamber inlet for receiving an oxidizer and a chamber outlet for expelling combustion gases in an environment outside the combustion chamber; a manifold having a manifold inlet fluidly connectable to a source of the oxidizer and a manifold outlet; a catalyst having a catalyst inlet fluidly connected to the manifold outlet and a catalyst outlet; and an injector plate having a injector inlet fluidly connected to the catalyst outlet and an injector outlet fluidly connected to the chamber inlet.
US12060852B2
Solid rocket motors are provided herein. In certain embodiments, a solid rocket motor includes a housing containing thin layers of fuel and thin layers of an inert oxidizer, separated by a thin nonconductive layer. The housing has a nozzle at the end for gas release and channeling. Prior to use, the inert oxidizer is activated by electrochemical oxidation which can generate an active oxidizer and additional fuel. Ignition of the oxidizer and fuel can be triggered whereby the contents of the housing can ignite, generating hot gasses to be channeled out through the nozzle to generate thrust. Replacing current state solid rocket motors with embodiments described herein can improve cost, safety and increase capability. The disclosed embodiments can be safe to transport, store, and handle. Additionally, there can be no moving parts unlike hybrid or liquid rocket motors.
US12060849B2
An internal combustion engine includes: a cylinder in which a piston reciprocates; a cylinder head positioned above the cylinder; a gasket disposed between the cylinder and the cylinder head; a stepped portion formed at an upper end portion of an inner peripheral surface of the cylinder; a ring member having a cylindrical shape provided to the stepped portion; and a seal member that is provided on an upper surface of the ring member and is sandwiched between the ring member and the cylinder head.
US12060848B2
A motor control device includes: a rotation control determination unit configured to determine whether a motor rotation control to rotate the motor fails; a parameter calculation unit configured to calculate a control failure frequency parameter having a correlation with a frequency of failure in the motor rotation control based on a determination result by the rotation control determination unit; and an abnormality determination unit configured to determine whether an abnormality has occurred in the motor based on the control failure frequency parameter.
US12060846B2
Disclosed is a method for determining the angular position of a toothed target which is rotationally secured to a shaft of an internal combustion engine. The method is based on dynamically determining a ratio between the different periods measured between the teeth of the target. Comparing the ratio with a threshold value allows identification, where appropriate, of an angular reference zone around the periphery of the toothed target.
US12060832B1
An aircraft engine, has: a fluid system including a fluid circuit fluidly connecting a plurality of components to a source of a fluid, the fluid being flammable, a component of the plurality of components containing a volume of the fluid during normal operation; and a valve fluidly connected to the fluid circuit upstream of the component relative to a flow of the fluid towards the component, the valve having an open configuration fluidly connecting the source of the fluid to the component through the valve and a closed configuration in which the valve disconnects the source of the fluid from the component, the valve movable from the open configuration to the closed configuration in response to the component being subjected to a fire event.
US12060829B2
A turbofan engine is provided. The turbofan engine includes a low pressure spool; a fan mechanically coupled with the low pressure spool; a high pressure spool; an accessory gearbox mechanically coupled with the high pressure spool; a hydraulic pump mechanically coupled with the accessory gearbox; and one or more heat exchangers tied to the accessory gearbox, the one or more heat exchangers having a heat exchanger capacity defined by a product raised to a half power, the product being determined by multiplying an average heat exchanger effectiveness of the one or more heat exchangers by a heat conductance factor that relates an accessory gearbox heat load, a hydraulic pump power of the hydraulic pump, a fan diameter of the fan, an engine length of the turbofan engine, and an overall pressure ratio of the turbofan engine.
US12060826B2
A containerised generator set comprises a generator arranged within a container having a first aperture through which cooling air is exhausted in use. A pair of first doors are arranged to pivot outwardly on either side of the first aperture, with a removable wall being removably mounted between the first doors and spaced apart from the body of the container by the first doors from its lower end region to its tipper end region in its mounted position. The removable wall and the first doors define an exhaust air duct which preferably includes a sound absorbent material. The exhaust air duct extends for at least most of a total height of the body of the container to attenuate noise from the generator. Exhausted cooling air flows upwardly from the open upper end of the exhaust air duct and away from the immediate operating environment.
US12060810B2
A layer system having a metallic substrate, in particular made of a >=9% by weight chromium steel, in particular with roughness of the substrate <=2 μm and optionally an intervening chromium layer directly on the substrate, in particular made of Cr/CrN, an underlayer or middle layer of AlCr, and an outer layer, in particular outermost layer, of AlCrO, where the AlCr and AlCrO layers in particular are PVD coatings wherein a shark skin effect is achieved with a simple geometric arrangement, and can be used particularly for compressor blades.
US12060805B2
An upstream part of an air-discharge system for a turbomachine includes: a tube with an upstream end and a downstream end, and an internal tubular structure located inside the tube and configured to form therein a narrowing of its cross section. The internal tubular structure is made in one piece with the tube at the downstream end of the tube and is freely suspended at the upstream end of the tube. A turbomachine with a device for discharging air from the bearing chambers, in which the air is conducted towards the outside of the turbomachine by the air-discharge system is provided. A method for manufacturing the air-discharge system is provided.
US12060799B2
An electrical power generation system including: a micro-turbine alternator, including: a decomposition chamber; a turbine including blades driven by combustion gases from the decomposition chamber; a blower operably connected to the decomposition chamber to provide a blown airflow thereto; one or more shafts connecting the turbine to the blower such that rotation of the turbine drives rotation of the blower; an electric generator disposed along the one or more shafts such that electrical power is generated via rotation of the one or more shafts; and a housing enclosing the electric generator within a generator cavity formed therein. The blower is configured to blow air through the generator cavity through or around the electric generator. The air is configured to exit the generator cavity to enter the turbine.
US12060788B2
A method and apparatus for oil and gas operations according to which a bottom hole trajectory of a drilling well is surveyed using a survey tool located uphole from a drill bit positioned at a bottom hole location. One or more offset wells are identified having a trajectory, or respective trajectories, closing on the bottom hole trajectory of the drilling well. An anti-collision steering strategy for the drilling well to avoid the one or more offset wells is determined.
US12060787B2
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for an integrated and comprehensive hydraulic, environmental, and mechanical tubular design analysis workflow and simulator for complex well trajectories. An example method can include obtaining data defining a configuration of a wellbore having a complex well trajectory, one or more operations to be performed at the wellbore, and one or more loads associated with the wellbore; calculating environmental conditions associated with a set of wellbore components along the complex well trajectory based on the data defining the configuration of the wellbore, the one or more operations, and the one or more loads; calculating stress conditions associated with the set of wellbore components based on the environmental conditions and the data defining the configuration of the wellbore, the one or more operations, and the one or more loads; and presenting the environmental conditions and the stress conditions via a graphical user interface.
US12060779B2
A downhole tool position adjustment assembly for locating a tool downhole comprising a mandrel coupled to a housing via an extend-retract mechanism. A controller communicatively connected to the extend-retract mechanism, wherein an application executing within the controller, is configured to control the extend-retract mechanism. A communication system, communicatively coupled to the controller, is configured to receive a command signal from an operator at a surface location. The extend-retract mechanism moves the mandrel relative to the housing in response to a control signal received from the controller in response to the command signal received by the communication system.
US12060775B2
A liquid hammer drill comprising: a housing; a drill bit at a leading end of said housing wherein said drill bit includes a trailing end and a leading end that defines a cutting portion; a piston member located inside said housing and having a trailing end, a leading end and an intermediate portion therebetween, said piston member being capable of movement between a first position and a second position at which it impacts the trailing end of the drill bit; a liquid circuit for delivering a liquid to the piston member to cause the piston member to oscillate between its first and second positions and transfer the liquid outside the housing via a liquid outlet; a sealing member for isolating the trailing end of the drill bit from the liquid circuit wherein, in use, the piston member impacts the trailing end of the drill bit in a liquid free environment.
US12060768B2
Pressure-activated valve assemblies and methods to remotely activate a valve are disclosed. A pressure-activated valve assembly includes a valve, a latch mechanism configured to shift the valve to an open position, and a pressure-activated indexing mechanism that is initially engaged to the latch mechanism. The pressure-activated indexing mechanism is initially in an unarmed mode. After the pressure-activated indexing mechanism is in an armed mode, applying at least one cycle of threshold pressure to the pressure-activated indexing mechanism disengages the latch mechanism to shift the valve to the open position. The pressure-activated valve assembly also includes a remote-activated downhole system configured to receive an activation pressure signal having a signature profile, and in response to receiving the activation pressure signal, arm the pressure-activated indexing mechanism.
US12060767B2
An actuator with an embedded motherboard is provided. Firmware on the motherboard executes a kickoff mode to bring an oil well online by controlling a control valve of a gas injection line to change pressures and gas flow rates in the injection line. The kickoff mode includes four phases based on the gas flow rates and pressures associated with the gas injection line. Firmware also executes an optimization mode that optimally finds a bottom hole pressure for the oil well by decreasing and increasing the gas injection rates. The optimization mode can continuously be executed after kickoff exits to maintain optimal oil extraction and bottom hole pressures for the well. Firmware further executes a well protection mode that continuously monitors current pressures and flow rates and jumps directly to a needed phase of kickoff based thereon.
US12060766B2
A well comprising a pressure activated device exposed to pressure in an annulus above a barrier between an upper tubular and the borehole. An acoustic or electromagnetic (EM) transmitter is coupled to the pressure activated device and configured to transmit a control signal to a respective receiver below the barrier for controlling a valve. In the event of an emergency, certain embodiments allow the pressure in the annulus to be quickly dropped, activating the transmitter to close the valve below the barrier, thus isolating the well below the barrier. A variety of default states may be programmed into the transmitter, such as transmitting a ‘stay-open’ signal to the receiver controlling the valve, which is configured to close if this signal is not received. A further EM or acoustic transmitter may be coupled to the valve to send information from below the barrier to above the barrier, such as pressure data or valve status.
US12060764B2
A method may comprise introducing an ultrasonic device into a wellbore with a cement slurry therein; generating ultrasonic waves with the ultrasonic device, wherein at least a portion of the ultrasonic waves are transmitted into at least a portion of the cement slurry; creating cavitation within at least the portion of the cement slurry with at least the portion of the ultrasonic waves; and allowing the cement slurry to set to form a hardened mass.
US12060755B2
A modular tool anchor includes an anchor body positionable about a tubular. The anchor includes an anchor wedge for gripping against the tubular. A wedge drive screw engages a piston that biases the wedge into contact with the tubular as the wedge drive screw is tightened. The anchor also includes a compression seal positioned within the anchor body. A sealing flange abuts the compression seal. As seal compression screws are tightened, the sealing flange engages the compression seal and forces it against the tubular.
US12060754B2
Methods and apparatus for identifying downhole dynamics in a drilling system are provided. Acceleration-detecting sensors are mounted at multiple locations near to a drill bit, such as at a drill collar. The sensors may be spaced 90° apart along a circumference of the drill collar. The sensors detect acceleration measurements in a plane orthogonal to the drill string's axis of rotation, with respect to a first reference frame that moves with the drill string. The acceleration measurements are received by a processor and processed to determine rotational and revolution positions of the drill string within the wellbore with respect to a static reference frame. Whirl dynamics may, in particular, be determined based on the results in real time.
US12060745B2
A two-part gate wheel is disclosed. The gate wheel includes two hub portions, each of which extends through over 180°, and which has a slot which passes from the periphery through to the centre. In use, each hub portion can be introduced from opposed sides of a gate, and coupled together to form a wheel. In this way the wheel can be retro-fitted onto a gate.
US12060741B2
A glazing unit for a vehicle which can be moved heightwise includes a window including at least one hole and at least one window bracket. The window bracket includes a flange including a plate positioned facing one face of the window, and a hollow tubular sleeve of which a wall extends into the hole in the window along a thickness, and a counter-flange including a counter-plate positioned facing another face of the window and a tubular counter-sleeve of which a wall extends along a thickness into the sleeve of the flange.
US12060736B2
A vehicle door for a motor vehicle has a support part arranged on an inside of a covering of the vehicle door. An outer door handle is arranged on an outside of the covering for actuating the vehicle door. The outer door handle is fixed on the support part. An elevation is provided on the support part on a fixing side of the support part facing towards the covering for forming a positioning aid. The elevation is received in the vehicle door in an aperture in the covering tailored to the elevation. Here, the support part and the covering are tailored to each other in such a way that they are connected to each other in a form fit manner in at least one form fit zone.
US12060735B2
A vehicle door operation device includes an inside handle, a full open unlocking lever for transmitting a closing operation of the inside handle to a full open door latch device, and a full closure unlocking lever for transmitting an opening operation of the inside handle to a full closure door latch device. The inside handle has first and projecting portions, and when the inside handle rotates in a first direction by the closing operation, the first projecting portion is brought into abutment with the full open unlocking lever to enable the full open unlocking lever to operate, whereas when the inside handle rotates in a second direction by the opening operation, the second projecting portion is brought into abutment with the full closure unlocking lever to enable the full closure unlocking lever to operate.
US12060729B2
An improved drain for an above-ground pool is disclosed. A variety of above-ground pool types are considered. Above-ground pools must be drained after use before being stored in a lengthy and time-consuming process. The improved drain can advantageously remain open during the draining process allowing for improved drainage. The drain can comprise a plug member and a locking member. The plug member can be configured to attach to the locking member when open. This and other embodiments are disclosed herein.
US12060728B2
A multifunctional frame pool includes a foldable water inner container; a frame assembly arranged at a periphery of the water inner container and configured to support the water inner container; a platform arranged on an upper edge of the water inner container; and a tent including tent cloth and tent frames. The tent cloth is arranged above the water inner container via the tent frames. Each of the tent frames has a bottom end arranged on the frame assembly or platform, and a top end in contact with the tent cloth. At least two tow assemblies are arranged on the tent cloth. Each of the tow assemblies has one end connected to the tent cloth, and the other end that is movable to change an angle formed by the tent cloth between a tow point and the corresponding tent frame, and the ground.
US12060724B2
A rapid assembly structure includes an upright post, wherein the upright post includes a first upright post and a second upright post; the rapid assembly structure further includes a sleeve assembly, wherein the sleeve assembly includes a first sleeve base and a second sleeve base, the first sleeve base is configured to install the first upright post in a fitting manner, the second sleeve base is configured to install the second upright post in a fitting manner and the first upright post is connected to the second upright post by the fit of the first sleeve base and the second sleeve base; after the first sleeve base is in docking fit with the second sleeve base, a partial side wall in the first sleeve base extends outwards and is in close fit with an inner cavity wall of the first upright post.
US12060719B2
A binding machine includes: a first main unit that has a pair of grips that an operator can hold; a second main unit that has a curl guide for curling a wire around an object to be bound, and a twisting unit including a twisting shaft to twist the curled wire; and a link unit that links the first main unit and the second main unit. The grips are provided on either side of the axis line of the link unit or an extended line of the axis line as seen from the operator side when the operator is holding the grips to manipulate.
US12060718B2
Provided are a concrete pouring guiding device and a construction method for pouring a concrete tank wall of a sewage treatment tank, wherein the concrete pouring guiding device includes a guiding element and a mounting seat configured to be fixed on an external mounting position; the guiding element is threadedly engaged with the mounting seat, so as to enable the guiding element to move in a first direction with respect to the mounting seat; in the first direction, one end of the guiding element is configured to allow concrete to flow into the guiding element, and the other end of the guiding element is configured to extend to a target position; and the first direction is a length direction of the guiding element.
US12060715B2
The present disclosure is directed to a support block assembly including a strut and an overmolded support block. The strut may include a base, and the support block may include an anchor coupled to the strut. The anchor includes a tang with the support block overmolded on the tang with the tang extending into and encased within the support block forming a bond between the tang and the support block. In an embodiment, the base may define at least one opening. The support block is overmolded on the strut such that the support block extends through at least one opening to form the bond between the strut and the support block. The strut may include a lower side defining a dovetail-shaped groove with the support block overmolded on the strut and extending into the dovetail-shaped groove to form a bond between the strut and the support block.
US12060697B2
A work machine includes: a machine body; an actuator attached to the machine body; an operation device used to operate the actuator; an operation sensor that senses an operation of the operation device; a photographing device that photographs surroundings of the machine body; a video data recording device that records video data including video photographed by the photographing device; a controller that controls the video data recording device; and an object sensor that senses an object in the surroundings of the machine body. The controller determines whether or not a recording and retaining condition including a condition that an object is present in the surroundings of the machine body and a condition that the operation device is operated is satisfied on the basis of a result of sensing in the object sensor and a result of sensing in the operation sensor, and makes the video data recording device record and retain the video data when the recording and retaining condition is satisfied.
US12060696B2
A management system includes a course data generation unit that generates course data for each of a plurality of unmanned vehicles such that loading work for the plurality of unmanned vehicles by a loader is sequentially performed on a work site where a plurality of the loaders operates; and a priority determination unit that determine a passage order at an intersection on the work site of the plurality of unmanned vehicles traveling according to the course data so as to reduce a total loading loss indicating a total of loss amounts in operation of each of the plurality of the loaders.
US12060692B2
A fixture for securing into a soil for bearing a load. The fixture comprises body having a foundation section for insertion into the soil. An anode surface and a cathode surface are provided on the foundation section and are electrically connected to one another. The anode surface comprises a metal or metal alloy with a more negative electrode potential than the cathode surface so as to promote electrochemical reactions within regions of the soil at or adjacent the interface between the fixture and the soil for causing a cementation processes to bond soil particles together and to the foundation section.
US12060686B2
A roadway safety device includes one or more spacers which engage a falling arm attached to a sign so as to lift the sign relative to a structure on which a housing bracket attached to the arm rests. The roadway safety device may include a spacer which dampens the fall of the arm and which holds the arm at an upward angle to make the sign more visible to drivers.
US12060681B2
A seamed felt for use in a machine for producing a tissue web has a single-layer or multilayer base structure and at least one layer of non-woven fibers. The base structure has a textile structure with MD threads which form seam loops at the two front edges of the base structure. The fabric can be made endless by connecting its front edges by way of a seam. The seam can be formed by interlocking the seam loops of the two front edges and introducing a push-in element. The MD threads wholly or predominantly have a diameter between 0.25 mm and 0.45 mm, in particular between 0.3 mm and 0.35 mm, and the thread density of the MD threads is more than 37%, in particular between 37% and 45%. There is also described a corresponding machine and a method for producing a tissue web.
US12060680B2
A method for updating a disc refiner by at least partly covering notches of a locknut in the disc refiner and an accessory for a disc refiner Said disc refiner comprising a motor and a rotation shaft assembly, wherein said rotation shaft assembly comprises a rotation shaft, which is connecting the motor and a rotor refiner disc of the disc refiner for driving rotation of the rotor refiner disc from the motor, said rotation shaft assembly further comprising at least one bearing, which is provided between a shaft housing and the rotation shaft for allowing rotation of the rotation shaft within the shaft housing, said rotation shaft assembly further comprising at least one ring-shaped locknut, which is encircling the rotation shaft and configured for holding the at least one bearing in place on the rotation shaft, said locknut comprising notches for a tool to grip when attaching the locknut in the rotation shaft assembly, wherein said accessory is configured for being attached to the locknut and comprises at least one covering part configured for at least partly covering said notches of the locknut when attached to the locknut.
US12060675B2
The present disclosure relates to a clothes folding device including: a loading assembly which causes the clothes to be pushed-in and seats the clothes on a first folding layer equipped with a conveyor for transport; a folding assembly which performs the folding of the clothes while the pushed-in clothes are transported; and an unloading assembly which is disposed below the folding assembly and loads the clothes discharged by the folding assembly. The loading assembly includes: a seating plate which forms an inclined surface at an inlet and allows the clothes to be seated thereon; a clamp assembly which fixes the clothes and moves the clothes to the first folding layer; and a transport roller which presses the clothes seated on the first folding layer and rotates together with the moving of the clothes while pressing the clothes, and thus, preventing the clothes from being separated. The clamp assembly includes a wheel assembly and a clamp plate which presses inserted clothes from both sides. The wheel assembly includes a unidirectional rotating wheel which rotates together with the inserted clothes.
US12060669B2
A method for operating a laundry apparatus, the laundry apparatus including a tub and a detergent dispenser, the method including initiating a washing cycle of a washing load; supplying a first dose of detergent to the tub via the detergent dispenser; performing a first agitation phase of the washing cycle; determining that a two-phase detergent condition exists; supplying a second dose of detergent to the tub via the detergent dispenser; and performing a second agitation phase of the washing cycle.
US12060668B2
An aspect of the present disclosure is to provide a washing machine that detects contamination of water due to a dye and prevents contamination of laundry due to the dye. The washing machine includes a tub; a drum configured to be rotatable inside of the tub; a detergent supplier configured to supply a detergent to the tub; a water supplier configured to supply a water to the tub; an optical sensor provided under the tub, wherein the optical sensor includes a light emitting element and a light receiving element configured to selectively receive a plurality of visible rays having different wavelengths and an infrared ray among a light emitted from the light emitting element; and a controller configured to control the water supplier to supply the detergent and the water to the tub and rotate the drum during a washing. In addition, the controller may reduce the washing time based on the sum of the received intensities of the plurality of visible rays and the received intensity of the infrared ray.
US12060664B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a method and apparatus for customizing knitted products. A specific embodiment of the method includes: receiving knitting program instructions of basic products uploaded regularly by factories to a cloud-based customization platform; generating a design file and an order of a new product in response to a customer designing the new product on the cloud-based customization platform and placing the order; replacing the design file of the corresponding basic product with the design file of the new product to generate the knitting program for making the new product, and generating a working file executable by a knitting machine; sending the order and the working file to an intelligent factory system or manufacturing execution system; and producing the new product by using the knitting machine according to the working file.
US12060650B2
An optical device includes a vanadium compensated, high resistivity, SiC single crystal of 6H or 4H polytype, for transmitting light having a wavelength in a range of from 420 nm to 4.5 μm. The device may include a window, lens, prism, or waveguide. A system includes a source for generating light having a wavelength in a range of from 420 nm to 4.5 μm, and a device for receiving and transmitting the light, where the device includes a vanadium compensated, high resistivity, SiC single crystal of 6H or 4H polytype. The disclosure also relates to crystals and methods for optical applications, including an aluminum doped SiC crystal having residual nitrogen and boron impurities, where the aluminum concentration is greater than the combined concentrations of nitrogen and boron, and where an optical absorption coefficient is less than about 0.4 cm−1 at a wavelength between about 400 nm to about 800 nm.
US12060647B2
A surface-treated copper foil includes a treated surface, where the peak extreme height (Sxp) of the treating surface is 0.4 to 3.0 μm. When the surface-treated copper foil is heated at a temperature of 200° C. for 1 hour, the ratio of the integrated intensity of diffraction peak of (111) plane to the sum of the integrated intensities of diffraction peaks of (111) plane, (200) plane, and (220) plane of the treating surface is at least 60%.
US12060643B2
Provided is a coated aluminum material having a coating film on a surface of an aluminum material, and capable of exerting excellent corrosion resistance even under severe use conditions while being chromium-free. The coating film is formed on a surface of the aluminum material with a silica-containing film including a water dispersible silica, a phosphorus compound, and a silane coupling agent provided therebetween. The silica-containing film includes 0.5 to 35 mass % of a silane coupling agent, and has Si and P contents of 2 to 60, and 0.1 to 6.0 mg/m2, respectively, and a P/Si mass ratio of P content and Si content of 0.02 to 0.15. Further, provided is a method for producing such a coated aluminum material.
US12060637B2
Exemplary semiconductor processing systems include a processing chamber defining a processing region. The semiconductor processing systems may include a foreline coupled with the processing chamber. The foreline may define a fluid conduit. The semiconductor processing systems may include a foreline trap coupled with a distal end of the foreline. The semiconductor processing systems may include a removable insert provided within an interior of the foreline trap. The semiconductor processing systems may include a throttle valve coupled with the foreline trap downstream of the removable insert.
US12060633B2
A method for controlling stretching of a mask includes: obtaining actual position information of at least one opening of the mask; determining an actual offset of each opening according to actual position information of the opening and preset position information of a light-emitting region of a sub-pixel corresponding to the opening; determining whether the actual offset of the opening is less than or equal to a theoretical maximum offset of the opening; and in response to determining that the actual offset of the opening is less than or equal to the theoretical maximum offset of the opening, generating a first end command for ending a process of stretching the mask.
US12060630B2
This grain-oriented electrical steel sheet does not have a forsterite film present between a base steel sheet and a tension-insulation coating, in which the base steel sheet contains a predetermined element in a predetermined amount, and in a case in which a cross section perpendicular to a rolling direction of the base steel sheet is viewed, when a region having a length of 10 μm from a surface of the base steel sheet toward the inside of the base steel sheet in a sheet thickness direction of the base steel sheet and a length of 20 mm in a direction perpendicular to the sheet thickness direction is an observation region, needle-like inclusions having a length of 1 μm or more are not present in the observation region.
US12060627B1
High entropy alloys (HEAs) are provided, which exhibit hard magnetic properties, including increased saturation magnetization, improved coercivity, and thermal stability at temperatures exceeding about 200° C. Methods of making the HEAs are also provided, as well as methods for using the HEAs, particularly in extreme environments.
US12060619B2
This invention concerns pathological angiogenesis and cancer, related treatment methods, and related compositions. Also disclosed are related diagnosis kits and methods.
US12060605B2
Provided herein are methods and compositions for improved sequencing techniques using, for example, polymeric particles and/or three-dimensional structures.
US12060593B2
Fucosyltransferases capable of transferring a fucose residue from a donor substrate to a lactotetraose, methods for producing fucosylated oligosaccharides utilizing the fucosyltransferases, and the use of the thus produced fucosylated oligosaccharides for manufacturing nutritional compositions are provided.
US12060587B2
Methods and compositions are provided for engineering mutant enzymes with reduced star activity where the mutant enzymes have a fidelity index (FI) In a specified buffer that is greater than the FI of the non-mutated enzyme in the same buffer.
US12060576B2
Methods for producing megakaryocytic progenitors (preMKs) and megakaryocytes (MKs) from stem cells are provided. The present disclosure further provides compositions comprising preMKs and MKs and their lysates, and also methods of use of preMKs, MKs, their lysates and compositions thereof.
US12060571B2
Methods and compositions are provided for modifying one or more target loci in a cell. Such methods comprise providing a cell comprising a first polynucleotide encoding a first selection marker operably linked to a first promoter active in the cell, wherein the first polynucleotide further comprises a first recognition site for a first nuclease agent. A first nuclease agent is introduced into a cell, wherein the first nuclease agent induces a nick or double-strand break at the first recognition site. Further introduced into the cell is a first targeting vector comprising a first insert polynucleotide flanked by a first and a second homology arm that correspond to a first and a second target site located in sufficient proximity to the first recognition site. At least one cell is then identified comprising in its genome the first insert polynucleotide integrated at the target locus.
US12060567B2
The present disclosure describes methods and systems for use in the production of recombinant adeno-associated virus (rAAV) particles. In certain embodiments, the production process and system include engineered untranslated regions (UTR) which allow for the controlled expression of AAV capsid proteins, such as VP1, VP2 and VP3. In certain embodiments, the production process and system include engineered untranslated regions (UTR) which allow for the controlled expression of non-structural AAV replication proteins, such as Rep78 and Rep52.
US12060565B1
The disclosure relates to polynucleotides comprising an endocarp-specific promoter sequence from the peach peroxidase (POX) gene operably linked to a heterologous nucleotide sequence encoding a product of interest. The polynucleotides can be used to specifically alter endosperm gene expression in fruit. In a transgenic cell, the polynucleotides may block formation of phenylpropanoid pathway lignin-pathway precursors, formation of lignin monomers, and/or polymerization of lignin monomers.
US12060559B2
The disclosure is directed to methods and compositions for screening a library of aptamers for aptamers having a binding affinity to a target molecule. Specifically, non-natural nucleotides can be introduced onto aptamers immobilized on the surface of beads. The non-natural nucleotides can then be subsequently chemically modified to include additional binding agents. For example, copper-catalyzed azide-alkyne cycloaddition (CuAAC) reactions can be used to introduce a wide range of binding agents onto non-natural nucleotides on beads.
US12060549B2
A method for operating an agitating device and a digester, wherein the digester is filled with a substrate and an agitating device is in the digester. These steps are performed: a) A target load curve is lodged in the control device; b) the control device prescribes a target rotation speed; c) the control device operates the agitating device at an actual speed corresponding to a target speed; d) the control device captures an actual agitating device torque measurement value at the actual speed of rotation; e) the control device derives from the actual measurement value an actual characteristic value of the agitating device applied torque; f) the control device compares the derived actual characteristic value against the target characteristic value of the substrate resulting from the target load curve at the prescribed target speed; and g) the control device controls the agitating device in dependence on the result of comparison.
US12060548B2
A fluid handling apparatus having a two-sided channel plate with channel ports extending from one side to the other. Fluid channels on both sides of the channel plate connected to the channel ports direct fluid through the channel plate in a desired fluid path, and the first face and the second face of the channel plate are sealed to fluidly encase the fluid channels.
US12060545B2
A decanter system can include a decanter and a stopper. The decanter can include a decanter body and a neck. A mouth can be formed in the neck. The stopper can include a sealing member. The stopper can be configured to be selectively disposed in the mouth to form a seal between the sealing member and the mouth. The stopper is positionable in the mouth between a first position and a second position where the seal is maintained in each of the first position and the second position. A method of storing liquid can include providing a decanter system. A liquid can be disposed in the decanter body. A filter with flavoring materials disposed therein can be placed within the decanter body. The decanter can be sealed with the stopper in the first position. The stopper can be pushed downwards in the mouth to the second position, repeatedly as desired.
US12060540B2
A detergent composition for metal product, which contains an amine (component A) represented by a general formula (I), a salt (component B′) of a dicarboxylic acid (component B) represented by a general formula (II): HOOC—R4—COOH (II) and the amine (component A), a salt (component C′) of a monocarboxylic acid (component C) represented by a general formula (III): R5—COOH (III) and the amine (component A), a nonionic surfactant (component D) represented by a general formula (IV): R6—O-{(EO)n/(PO)m}-H (IV), and water (component E) and has a pH of more than 7 and 10 or less. The detergent composition for metal product exhibits excellent detergency and metal corrosion suppressing performance.
US12060538B2
The invention provides surfactant compounds of formulas I-IX, which can be used in methods for aiding the solubilization, digestion, preparation, analysis, and/or characterization of biological material, for example, proteins or cell membranes. The compounds can also aid in the recovery of peptides generated during protein digestion, particularly for in-gel digestion protocol. Additionally, the compounds can improve enzymatic protein deglycosylation without interfering with downstream sample preparation steps and mass spectrometric analysis. The compounds can be specifically useful as digestion aids that can be decomposed by an acid, by heat, or a combination thereof. Decomposition of the surfactants allows for facile separation from isolated samples, and/or allows for analysis of the sample without interfering with the sensitivity of various analytical techniques.
US12060531B1
An integrated facility to produce either renewable diesel fuel or sustainable aviation fuel, or both renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel from carbon dioxide including carbon dioxide that is a byproduct of reacting Hydroprocessed Esters and Fatty Acids (HEFA) and hydrogen that produces renewable fuels. HEFA is hydroprocessed to produce a liquid fuel product and may produce water, CO and water, or CO2. Integrated with an eFuels process that produces the hydrogen that is needed in various steps of the integrated process. Renewable or low carbon electricity is used to convert water to hydrogen and oxygen in an electrolyzer. Carbon dioxide is reacted with at least a portion of the hydrogen to produce a stream comprising carbon monoxide with a carbon dioxide conversion per pass of between 50% to 100%, preferably between 60% and 100%, and more preferably between 70% and 100%.
US12060525B2
The present technology relates to systems and methods for reducing leaks in a system for coking coal. For example, some embodiments provide systems and method for treating a cracked or leaking surface in a system for coking coal. In particular, the present technology includes systems having one or more substances configured to reduce an airflow through one or more cracks by creating an at least partially impermeable patch. The present technology further includes methods for treating surfaces having one or more cracks to reduce an airflow through the one or more cracks.
US12060523B2
Oil-soluble well treatment agents may be slowly released into a well or a subterranean formation by use of an aqueous fluid of (i) an oil-in-water dispersion having the oil-soluble well treatment agent as a dispersed phase and (ii) a second component having an oil-soluble or water-soluble primer coated onto a portion of its surface. The amount of the oil-soluble well treatment agent in the oil-in-water dispersion is from 20 to 50 weight percent and the average particle size of the oil-soluble well treatment agent in the dispersion may be from 0.005 to 2 micrometers. The oil-in-water dispersion may further contain a water-soluble well treatment agent.
US12060516B2
The invention relates to the use of a composition comprising at least one polyamide, of which at least one is a semicrystalline copolyamide comprising at least one minor motif resulting from the polycondensation of: at least one diamine with at least one polymerised fatty acid, in particular a fatty acid dimer; or at least one diamine dimer with at least one carboxylic acid; or at least one amino acid dimer; or mixtures of same, as a sealing coating in a pipe containing oil or gas, said pipe being used in the operation of offshore oil or gas deposits.
US12060514B2
A material used in an element for phase control of an electromagnetic wave signal having a frequency of 1 GHz to 10 THz. A liquid crystal composition containing at least one compound selected from a group of compounds represented by Formula (1), at least one compound selected from a group of compounds represented by Formula (2) and at least one compound selected from a group of compounds represented by Formula (3). In Formulae (1) to (3), R1, R21, R22, R31, and R32 may be alkyls having 1 to 12 carbon atoms; a ring A1 may be 1,4-phenylene; Z11, Z13, Z21, Z23, Z31, and Z33 may be single bonds; Z12, Z22, and Z32 may be —C≡C— or —C≡C—C≡C—; L13 to L16, L21 to L23, and L31 to L36 may be hydrogen or fluorine; Y11 and Y12 may be hydrogen or fluorine; and n1 may be 0.
US12060510B2
Disclosed are a semiconductor nanocrystal particle including indium (In), zinc (Zn), and phosphorus (P), wherein a mole ratio of the zinc relative to the indium is greater than or equal to about 25:1, and the semiconductor nanocrystal particle includes a core including a first semiconductor material including indium, zinc, and phosphorus and a shell disposed on the core and including a second semiconductor material including zinc and sulfur, a method of producing the same, and an electronic device including the same. The semiconductor nanocrystal particle emits blue light having a maximum peak emission at a wavelength of less than or equal to about 470 nanometers.
US12060509B2
Provided are a chlorosilicate fluorescent material having high light emission efficiency, a method for producing the same, and a light emitting device. In certain embodiments, the chlorosilicate fluorescent material has a chemical composition comprising Ca, Eu, Mg, Si, O, and Cl, wherein when a molar ratio of Si in 1 mol of the chemical composition is set as 4, the chlorosilicate fluorescent material comprises Ca in a molar ratio range of 7.0 or more and 7.94 or less, Eu in a molar ratio range of 0.01 or more and 1.0 or less, Ca and Eu in a total molar ratio range of 7.70 or more and 7.95 or less, Mg in a molar ratio range of 0.9 or more and 1.1 or less, and Cl in a molar ratio range of more than 1.90 and 2.00 or less.
US12060508B2
Provided herein are processes for preparing fluorescent 1-cyano-2-substituted isoindole compounds or N-substituted phthalazinium compounds, comprising reacting an aromatic dialdehyde or aromatic aldehyde-ketone compound with a material that contains primary amino or hydrazine groups, and assaying methods involving the processes thereof.
US12060506B2
Recovery times of flexible polyurethane foams are increased by treatment with a pressure sensitive adhesive. An emulsion or dispersion of the adhesive in an aqueous carrier liquid is impregnated into the foam, with subsequent removal of the carrier. This invention is of special interest when the glass transition temperature of the starting foam is 16° C. or lower.
US12060505B2
Provided are double-coated tapes that include, in the following order: a first pressure-sensitive adhesive layer; a first plastic skin layer; an elastic base layer; a second plastic skin layer; and a second pressure-sensitive adhesive layer. The provided double-coated adhesive tapes can provide a combination of high bond strength, reworkability, and high impact and shock resistance, and can be easily converted using a die cutting process.
US12060490B2
The present invention aims to provide rubber compositions and tires which provide improved overall performance in terms of wet grip performance, dry grip performance, and fuel economy. The present invention relates to a rubber composition having a hardness that reversibly changes with water and satisfying the following relationships (1) and (2): Hardness when dry−Hardness when water-wet≥1 (1) wherein each hardness represents the JIS-A hardness at 25° C. of the rubber composition; and tan δ at 70° C. when dry<0.14 (2) wherein the tan δ at 70° C. represents the loss tangent measured at 70° C., an initial strain of 10%, a dynamic strain of 2%, and a frequency of 10 Hz.
US12060488B2
A composition and a method for preparing a polymer composite article. The composition comprises (A) a filler in an amount of from 10 to 90 wt. %. The composition also comprises (B) a polymer in an amount of from 10 to 90 wt. %, wherein the (B) polymer comprises a polyvinyl. Further, the composition comprises (C) an organopolysiloxane in an amount of from greater than 0 to 10 wt. %; the (C) organopolysiloxane having at least one silicon-bonded hydroxyl group and a viscosity of from 1,000 to 60,000 mPa·s at 25° C. The ranges for components (A)-(C) are based on the total weight of components (A), (B) and (C) in the composition.
US12060486B2
Polymeric compositions, methods of making the compositions, and composites, such as computer chassis containing the compositions are described. The polymeric compositions can contain 20 wt. % to 50 wt. % of a post-consumer mechanical recycled polycarbonate; 10 wt. % to 50 wt. % of a renewably sourced polycarbonate; 10 wt. % to 30 wt. % of a filler containing carbon fibers, wherein at least a portion of the carbon fibers are obtained from a post-industrial recycled source; and 5 wt. % to 15 wt. % of a flame retardant, wherein the polymeric compositions have a total recycled and renewable content of 50 wt. % to 90 wt. %.
US12060477B2
Provided is a polymer composition for manufacturing a large container that contains high-density polyethylene recycled from a secondary battery separator and has excellent mechanical properties. Specifically, a polymer composition having excellent processability may be prepared by recycling a secondary battery separator, and an eco-friendly large container having excellent mechanical properties such as a flexural modulus, an elongation, and an impact strength in a wide temperature range, and having an excellent environmental stress cracking resistance may be manufactured by molding the polymer composition.
US12060466B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a molding material which can suppress film lifting, gives good peelability of release paper, and can produce therefrom a fiber-reinforced composite article with good demoldability from a metal mold, and a fiber-reinforced composite article. The molding material of the present invention comprises an epoxy resin composition comprising a component (A): an epoxy resin, a component (B): an epoxy resin curing agent, and a component (C): an unsaturated fatty acid ester compound having a melting point or pour point of 25° ° C. or lower; and a reinforcing fiber substrate, wherein the reinforcing fiber substrate is impregnated with the epoxy resin composition.
US12060463B2
The present invention relates to a process for producing heat-treated vinylidene fluoride polymer particles which exhibit excellent dispersibility and solubility in aprotic polar solvents, improved colour and are less prone to agglomeration and to uses of said vinylidene fluoride polymer particles in electrodes or separators in electrochemical devices and in filtration membranes. The process comprises providing an aqueous dispersion of the VDF-based polymer particles, thermally treating it under stirring and isolating the heat-treated polymer particles.
US12060462B2
Used AHP or its components is converted into low molecular weight hydrocarbons using HTT reactor. These low molecular weight hydrocarbons produce ethylene, propylene, and other chemicals when fed into a steam cracker, which can be used to produce recycled components of the AHP or a fully recycled AHP.
US12060461B2
A nonlimiting example method of forming highly spherical carbon nanomaterial-graft-polyamide (CNM-g-polyamide) polymer particles may comprising: mixing a mixture comprising: (a) carbon nanomaterial-graft-polyamide (CNM-g-polyamide), wherein the CNM-g-polyamide particles comprises: a polyamide grafted to a carbon nanomaterial, (b) a carrier fluid that is immiscible with the polyamide of the CNM-g-polyamide, optionally (c) a thermoplastic polymer not grafted to a CNM, and optionally (d) an emulsion stabilizer at a temperature greater than a melting point or softening temperature of the polyamide of the CNM-g-polyamide and the thermoplastic polymer, when included, and at a shear rate sufficiently high to disperse the CNM-g-polyamide in the carrier fluid; cooling the mixture to below the melting point or softening temperature to form CNM-g-polyamide particles; and separating the CNM-g-polyamide particles from the carrier fluid.
US12060457B2
A resin composition for display substrates includes the following: the resin (a): a resin containing, as a main component, a repeating unit represented by the chemical formula (1), wherein the resin contains the total of 95 mass % or more of a tetracarboxylic acid residue A, having 2 or more carbon atoms and an SP value of 15 or more and 17 or less and a diamine residue having an SP value of 11 or more and 13 or less with respect to the total of 100 mass % of A and B contained in the resin; the solvent (b): a solvent having an SP value of 7.5 or more and less than 9.5; and the solvent (c): a solvent having an SP value of 9.5 or more and 14.0 or less; wherein R1 and R2 independently represent a hydrogen atom, hydrocarbon group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, alkylsilyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, alkali metal ion, ammonium ion, imidazolium ion, or pyridinium ion.
US12060456B2
The present disclosure provides a polyimide film having improved heat resistance and refractive index by using a polyimide precursor composition comprising a diamine of Chemical Formula 1 and an acid dianhydride of Chemical Formula 2 as polymerization components, thereby reducing the difference in refractive index from the upper layer to improve bottom emission efficiency.
US12060455B2
The present disclosure discloses an LED filament, comprising a plurality of LED chips; at least two electrodes, each of the at least two electrodes is connected to at least one of the plurality of LED chips; and a light conversion layer comprising a top layer and a base layer, coated on at least two sides of the at least two electrodes, and a portion of the at least two electrodes is exposed by the light conversion layer, where the top layer and the base layer are located at two sides of the plurality of LED chips, respectively, wherein the base layer comprising an organosilicon-modified polyimide, a thermal curing agent and fluorescent powders. The present disclosure further discloses an LED light bulb. The base layer of the present disclosure has superior transmittance, heat resistance and mechanical strength, and is suitable for producing a flexible LED filament.
US12060447B2
The present invention discloses a photochromic resin lens with a refractivity of 1.50 and a preparation method thereof. The lens comprises a resin monomer, a photochromic organic material, an initiator, an antioxidant and a photo stabilizer at a weight ratio of 100:0.01-0.1:1-10:0.1-0.9:0.1-0.9. The resin monomer is a mixture of a monofunctional acrylate, a difunctional acrylate and a tetrafunctional acrylate at a weight ratio of 10-80:10-50:10-50. In the present invention, a low-refractivity photochromic resin lens with a refractivity of 1.50 and an Abbe number of 58 is prepared. The lens does not contain toxic materials, is safer and more environmentally friendly to wear and produce, and has high Abbe number, clear imaging, high visible light transmittance, and high product pass rate. The visible light transmittance under UV irradiation is less than 20%, the color is deep, and the photochromic effect is good.
US12060436B2
Provided are heterodimer pairs comprising a first heterodimer and a second heterodimer wherein each heterodimer comprises an immunoglobulin heavy chain or fragment thereof and an immunoglobulin light chain. At least one of the heterodimers comprises amino acid modifications in the CH1 and/or CL domains, amino acid modifications in the VH and/or VL domains or a combination thereof. The modified amino acid residues are part of the interface between the light chain and heavy chain and are modified in order to create preferential pairing between each heavy chain and a desired light chain such that when the two heavy chains and two light chains of the heterodimer pair are co-expressed in a mammalian cell, the heavy chain of the first heterodimer preferentially pairs with one of the light chains rather than the other. Likewise, the heavy chain of the second heterodimer preferentially pairs with the second light chain rather than first.
US12060426B2
The present disclosure relates to a ULBP6 binding protein that inhibits the interaction between ULBP6 and NKG2D, and methods of treating cancer with said ULBP6 binding protein.
US12060416B2
The present invention belongs to the field of tumor immunotherapy, and relates to a humanized monoclonal antibody that binds to VEGF. The present invention discloses nucleic acid sequences (including heavy/light chain variable regions) encoding said antibodies, and vectors, pharmaceutical compositions and kits containing said nucleic acid sequences. The antibody disclosed in the present invention can specifically bind to VEGF with high affinity and block the binding of VEGF to the receptor VEGFR2. Said antibodies also neutralize the proliferative effect of VEGF165 protein and multiple VEGF subtypes on HUVEC cells and can be used in clinical treatment of tumors, including but not limited to: colorectal cancer.
US12060407B2
The present invention relates to a method for preparing a composition comprising monomeric conjugates from a sample, said conjugate comprising (a) a polypeptide comprising the amino acid sequence of interleukin 15 or derivatives thereof, and (b) a polypeptide comprising the amino acid sequence of the sushi domain of IL-15Rα or derivatives thereof; wherein said method comprises the use of anion-exchange chromatography followed by a hydrophobic interaction chromatography; and to a pharmaceutical composition which can be obtained by such a method.
US12060399B2
The present invention relates to peptides, proteins, nucleic acids and cells for use in immunotherapeutic methods. In particular, the present invention relates to the immunotherapy of cancer. The present invention furthermore relates to tumor-associated T-cell peptide epitopes, alone or in combination with other tumor-associated peptides that can for example serve as active pharmaceutical ingredients of vaccine compositions that stimulate anti-tumor immune responses, or to stimulate T cells ex vivo and transfer into patients. Peptides bound to molecules of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC), or peptides as such, can also be targets of antibodies, soluble T-cell receptors, and other binding molecules.
US12060397B2
The present application provides methods for preparing soluble lipidated ligand agents comprising a ligand entity and a lipid entity, and in some embodiments, provides relevant parameters of each of these components, thereby enabling appropriate selection of components to assemble active agents for any given target of interest.
US12060386B2
Provided herein is a compound of Formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein R3a, R5, R6a, R6b, R17, R21a, R21b, Rm, Rn, R16a, R16b, R7a, R7b, R12a, R12b, R11a, R11b, R2a, R2b, R19, R4a, and R4b are defined herein. Also provided herein are pharmaceutical compositions comprising a compound of Formula (I) and methods of using the compounds, e.g., in the treatment of CNS-related disorders.
US12060385B2
The present disclosure relates to compounds for RNA capping and uses thereof, which belong to the technical field of genetic engineering. Compounds of formula I can result in high levels of capping efficiency, and the capped mRNA exhibits a high transcription level and increased expression.
US12060384B2
The invention generally relates to improved processes for the preparation of intermediates of a cyclic dinucleotide which is useful as a STING agonist.
US12060374B2
Provided is a silyl ether-containing sulfonate salt that contains an anion represented by formula (1) and a cation. (In the formula, R1 to R4 are each independently a C1-4 alkyl group. m is an integer from 1 to 3. n is an integer from 2 to 8.)
US12060372B2
Provided is a compound of Chemical Formula 1: wherein: Y is a direct bond, O or S; A1 and A2 are each independently a benzene ring, a naphthalene ring, or with the proviso that at least one of them is a naphthalene ring or each X is independently CR1R2, SiR3R4, NR5, O, S, or SO2; R1 to R5 are each independently hydrogen, deuterium, or a substituted or unsubstituted: C1-60 alkyl, C3-60 cycloalkyl, or C6-60 aryl; L1 and L2 are each independently a direct bond, or a substituted or unsubstituted C6-60 arylene or C2-60 heteroarylene; B1 and B2 are each independently *—NR6R7; and R′1 and R′2 are each independently hydrogen, deuterium, halogen, cyano, or a substituted or unsubstituted: C1-60 alky, C1-60 alkoxy, C1-60 haloalkyl, C1-60 haloalkoxy, tri(C1-60 alkyl)silyl, or C6-60 aryl; and and an organic light emitting diode comprising: a first electrode; a second electrode opposite to the first electrode; and at least one organic material layer between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein the organic material layer contains the compound of Chemical Formula 1.
US12060369B2
The invention provides an organic electroluminescent material, preparation method thereof and an organic electroluminescent device. The organic electroluminescent material of the invention is a class of compounds based on imidazole [1,5-a][1,8]naphthyridine, and has a structure presented by Formula (I) as below. The invention also provides application of the material in organic light-emitting diodes (OLED). The compound of the invention has high stability, and the organic electroluminescent device according to the invention has high efficiency.
US12060365B2
The present invention provides a compound or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof having an inhibitory action on the interaction between menin and an MLL protein. The compound represented by the formula (1) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. wherein, in the formula (1), the dotted circle, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, Ring Q1, W, m and n are each as defined in the description.
US12060364B2
The present invention relates to a diisocynate compound having anhydrosugar alcohol core and a preparation method therefor and, more specifically, to a diisocynate compound having anhydrosugar alcohol core and a preparation method therefor, wherein the diisocynate compound is prepared through a reaction with a nitrile compound, a hydrogenation reaction, and an end-group substitution reaction while a recyclable, plant-based anhydrosugar alcohol or anhydrosugar alcohol-alkylene glycol is used as a raw material, and the diisocynate compound can be utilized in various fields, such as soft or hard polyurethane expanded foams, molded foams, coating, adhesives or glues, fibers, and polymer synthesis.
US12060362B2
The present invention relates to 2,6-methanobenzo[g][1]oxacin-4-one compounds and their analog compounds and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof as selective inhibitor of glucose transporters 1 and 3 (GLUTs 1 and 3), to methods of preparing said compounds, and to the use thereof as pharmaceutically active agents, especially for the prophylaxis and/or treatment of metabolic diseases, immunological diseases, autoimmune diseases, inflammation, graft versus host disease, cancer, and metastasis thereof. Furthermore, the present invention is directed to pharmaceutical composition comprising at least one of 2,6-methanobenzo[g][1]oxacin-4-one compounds and their analog compounds.
US12060361B2
In certain embodiments the invention is directed to a process for preparing an oxycodone hydrochloride composition having less than 25 ppm of 14-hydroxycodeinone.
US12060360B2
This invention relates to compounds useful as lysyl oxidase (LOX) and lysyl oxidase-like (LOXL) family member (LOXL1, LOXL2, LOXL3, LOXL4) inhibitors. In addition there are contemplated pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds and the use of the compounds in the treatment of conditions mediated by LOX and LOXL, for example cancer. In particular a LOX inhibitor such as the present compounds may be for use in the treatment of a cancer associated with EGFR. The present invention also contemplates the identification of biomarkers that predict responsiveness to a LOX inhibitor.
US12060358B2
The disclosure relates to compounds of Formula I, methods of making same, pharmaceutical compositions including same, and methods of treating pain and neurological disorders using same: wherein R1 is hydrogen, halogen, hydroxy, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, substituted or unsubstituted alkoxy, aryl, nitro, or cyano; wherein R2 and R3 are independently hydrogen, halogen, aryl, or substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, or wherein R2 and R3 are connected to form an alkyl chain; wherein R4 is a substituted or unsubstituted aryl or heteroaryl group having from 5 to 10 members; wherein X is O, S, N, NH, CH, CH2, or CO; wherein n is from 0 to 10; and wherein the bond indicated by * is a double bond or a single bond based on a valence of X. The compounds selectively bind to CB2, can penetrate the blood brain barrier, and have a half-life of 20 hours or greater.
US12060351B2
A compound of Formula (I): pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, deuterated analogs thereof, compositions thereof, and methods of treating disease using a compound thereof are disclosed.
US12060343B2
Described herein are compounds, for example, 1,2,4-triazole-substituted N-heteroaryl amines, that are useful in treating a TYK2-mediated disorder. In some embodiments, the TYK2-mediated disorder is an autoimmune disorder, an inflammatory disorder, a proliferative disorder, an endocrine disorder, a neurological disorder, or a disorder associated with transplantation.
US12060337B2
The disclosure is directed to substituted dibenzo[b,f]azepines of the formula (II): wherein the variables n, X3, R1, R2, R4, and R5 are defined herein, and uses of such compounds to treat conditions including neurodegenerative diseases and cancers.
US12060330B2
The invention provides compounds of formula I: and salts thereof wherein R1-R5 have any of the meanings described in the specification. The compounds are useful for treating bacterial infections (e.g. tuberculosis).
US12060328B2
The invention relates to a co-crystal or salt comprising psilocybin and a co-former. The co-crystal or salt is useful in methods of treating or preventing a disease or condition selected from depression, anxiety, death anxiety, demoralization, adjustment disorders, hopelessness, suicidal ideation, desire for hastened death, cocaine-related disorders, opioid-related disorders and stimulant-related disorders in a patient. A kit comprising the co-crystal or salt is also described.
US12060307B2
A mixture comprising 20% to 35% by weight of water and 15% to 19% by weight of 3,4-dimethylpyrazole, based on the overall mixture that adds up to 100% by weight, and phosphoric acid in a molar ratio to 3,4-dimethylpyrazole of at least 1:1 is used for coating of nitrogen-containing fertilizers.
US12060304B2
Disclosed is a coated ceramic fiber including a silicon carbide coating layer adjacent to the ceramic fiber and a silicon dioxide coating layer adjacent to the silicon carbide coating layer, wherein the silicon dioxide coating layer forms micro cracks after a crystal structure transformation. The coated ceramic fiber may be included in a composite material having a ceramic matrix.
US12060301B2
The invention relates to a composite material based on boron nitride (BN(C)) in the form of a continuous structure; and a phase change material (PCM) incorporated within said continuous BN(C) structure and is embedded within a polymer layer, a process for manufacturing same, and the components that comprise same.
US12060294B1
A manufacturing method of a large-outer-diameter quartz crucible for a Czochralski (CZ) single crystal is provided. The manufacturing method is a vacuum arc method, and specifically includes: releasing a high-temperature arc with an electrode bundle composed of 2N+1 electrodes to fuse a crucible blank, and performing rapid cooling to form an initial quartz crucible product, where N is an integer greater than or equal to 2; the 2N+1 electrodes include one central main electrode and 2N auxiliary electrodes; the 2N auxiliary electrodes are equidistantly distributed on a circumference with the central main electrode as a center; the central main electrode is aligned at an axis of the crucible mold; the 2N auxiliary electrodes are connected to two phases of an industrial three-phase power, and the two phases are alternately arranged on the auxiliary electrodes; the central main electrode is connected to a remaining phase of the industrial three-phase power.
US12060280B2
A method of forming an AEI-type zeolite in a hydrothermal synthesis without the use of hydrogen fluoride (HF) and in the absence of any FAU zeolite Y. A gel composition formed upon using this method includes one or more sources of silica; one or more sources of alumina, one or more organic structure directing agents (OSDA); a source of alkali metal ions; and water. This gel composition is defined by the molar ratios of: SiO2/AI2O3 16:1 to 100:1; M2O/SiO2 0.15:1 to 0.30:1; ROH/SiO2 0.05:1 to 0.20:1; and H2O/SiO2 5:1 to 20:1; wherein M is the alkali metal ion and R is an organic moiety derived from the OSDA. This gel composition, after reacting at a temperature between 135° C. to about 180° C. for 15 hours to 168 hours forms the crystalline AEI-type zeolite having a silica to alumina ratio (SiO2:AI2O3) that is greater than 8:1.
US12060275B2
A method of making SiC nanowires comprising: (a) mixing silicon powder with a carbon-containing biopolymer and a catalyst at room temperature to form a mixture; and (b) heating said mixture to a pyrolyzing temperature sufficient to react said biopolymer and said silicon power to form SiC nanowires.
US12060274B2
Cellulose nanofibers (CNF) act as a dispersing agent to directly exfoliate graphite in an aqueous solution using sonication. The resulting suspension has graphite flakes, each having 2-20 monolayers, a relatively large lateral dimension, and a plurality of CNF decorating its surfaces and edges. The dispersing effect of the CNF allows the graphite-CNF suspension to be stored without degradation until desired use. The graphite-CNF suspension can be used to form various composite structures, such as by spraying, coating, pouring, extruding, or printing the suspension, and then drying the suspension. The resulting composite structures have improved tensile strength and toughness due to hydrogen bond interactions between the CNF and graphite.
US12060267B2
The present invention relates to a method for producing boron nitride nanostructures, the method comprising subjecting boron nitride precursor material to lamp ablation within an adiabatic radiative shielding environment. The nanostructures produced may include nano-onion structures. The boron nitride precursor material subjected to lamp ablation may include amorphous boron nitride, hexagonal boron nitride, cubic boron nitride, wurtzite boron nitride or a combination of two or more thereof.
US12060261B2
The present application relates to multifunctional hierarchically microstructured surfaces and three-dimensional anchored interfacial domain structures. The multifunctional properties are extremal. In one aspect the microstructured surfaces may be super-adhesive. Examples of super-adhesive mechanisms may include gas trapping, fluid trapping, and solid wrinkle trapping. In another aspect the micro structured surfaces may be nearly adhesive-less. Examples of adhesive-less mechanisms may include inter-solid surface lubrication, energy conserving fluid flows, and super-low drag phase-phase lateral displacement. The extremal structures may be obtained by anchoring mechanisms. Examples of anchoring mechanisms may include Wenzel-Cassie formation, contact angle confusion, and capillary effects.
US12060241B2
A sheet conveying device includes a sheet conveying passage and a switching guide. The switching guide switches the sheet conveying passage between first and second sheet conveying passages. The switching guide includes a plurality of guide ribs and guide members. The plurality of guide ribs are disposed at intervals in the sheet width direction and extend in the sheet conveying direction. The guide members are fitted to specific guide ribs selected from the plurality of guide ribs. The plurality of guide ribs have first and second guide surfaces that guide the sheet. The guide members are formed of a material having higher slidability than the plurality of guide ribs, and have third guide surfaces that are disposed at positions protruding further to an inner side of the sheet conveying passage than the first or second guide surfaces.
US12060236B2
A sandbag filling system includes a support frame, a driving unit, a conveyor unit, and a hopper chute. The support frame includes a feed gate and an adjustable mount and is configured to receive a material and guide the material to a conveyor belt. The driving unit is arranged in the support frame and includes a motor connected to a drive shaft. The conveyor unit is arranged in the support frame as well and includes a conveyor belt configured to be moved by the driving unit. The hopper chute is arranged below the feed gate of the support frame and located proximal to the conveyor belt.
US12060230B2
A flat belt provides an endless traction suitable for conveyor belts, and has no fabric insert in the force transmission region. In some embodiment it has no fabric insert in the back of the belt. The flat belt is formed by a multistage method which includes forming a flat belt with a main body and endless tension member elements, by a rotary vulcanization process, and subsequently forming at least a part of the force transmission region on the flat belt. The flat belt may be used in agricultural machines which convey agricultural harvested material.
US12060228B2
A conveyor unit distributes products and an automated product and item recognition system use such a unit. The technology is usable in customer self-service checkouts, as well as in automated warehouses for sorting products. The distribution unit includes at least one horizontal conveyor to move products to the recognition unit, at least two vertical conveyors placed above at least one horizontal conveyor and oriented at an angle to the movement axis of the horizontal conveyor, and at least one sensor to identify the position of products on conveyors. The horizontal and vertical conveyors are designed to enable the independent adjustment of the conveyor speed based on the readings received from at least one sensor. The approach provides improved accuracy and performance for automated recognition of products with different shapes, weights, or sizes and simplified use of the automated system without any need for the placement of products in sequence.
US12060226B2
Provided is a method for delivering materials, including: acquiring a material delivery model of a target product, wherein the material delivery model includes a delivery route of the target product and a number of delivery times of each of a plurality of logistics transport devices travelling along the delivery route within unit time; generating, for each logistics transport device, delivery instructions within the unit time, based on the number of delivery times, wherein a number of the delivery instructions is equal to the number of delivery times of the corresponding logistics transport device; and sending the delivery instructions to the corresponding logistics transport devices.
US12060222B1
The present invention provides various configurations of the bin and lid portions of waste receptacles for ease of use by residential users, while remaining adaptable to different methods of trash collection and/or waste collection vehicles. The present invention inverts or rearranges the location of the wheels, handlebar, and hinge(s) of the lid from the rear of the bin to the front of the bin; or rearranges the location of the hinge(s) to change the point of attachment of the lid to the bin. The present invention also includes prefabricated lid apparatus for attachment to existing bins via a fastening means or secure mode of connection. The combination of the inverted bin components, and/or rearrangement of the location of the lid hinge(s), and/or the customized lid apparatus result in a new, improved and useful garbage and/or recycling receptacle.
US12060218B2
The container may comprise a box, a lid, at least a first bundle and a second bundle of consumer goods, and an expandable spacer. The expandable spacer comprises at least one spacer weakening line. The at least one spacer weakening line is provided on the spacer bottom wall. The expandable spacer has an initial size that is defined by an initial distance between the first side wall and the second side wall of the expandable spacer for containing a predetermined number of consumer goods. The spacer weakening line is configured to break when more than the predetermined number of consumer goods are inserted between the expandable spacer walls so that the first and the second side walls of the expandable spacer are spaced further apart. Methods of using disclosed containers are also disclosed.
US12060216B2
A tobacco product package includes at least two, preferably five or more, cylindrically shaped tobacco products aligned in an alignment direction. A wrapping is sheathed around the tobacco products and covers at least part of the outer surfaces of the aligned tobacco products. A tear strip is disposed in the alignment direction along the wrapping and is configured for tearing apart the wrapping when being pulled by a user. The tear strip has at least one weakening line positioned in the vicinity of an interface of adjacent tobacco products.
US12060211B2
A bound pad presents a compact and convenient form of providing a two-ply construction that includes a slit-sheet stock material that may be positioned on or hung from a flat surface at the end-user's site. The bound pad includes sheets of slit-sheet stock material that are interleafed with non-die cut separator sheets. The sheets are bound together adjacent one edge, and may be weakened adjacent the bound edge to facilitate their removal from the bound pad during use. A user creates tension by pulling a free edge of the sheet of slit sheet material away from the bound edge, thereby expanding the slit material sheet to form an expanded packaging material. The user places an article on the bound pad, wraps the article in the sheets, and tears the sheets to remove the wrapped article from the bound pad.
US12060209B2
A trapped tray product packaging having a paperboard or a molded pulp tray trapped between a first panel and a second panel is provided. The first panel has an opening for placement of the tray. The tray includes a lip that is trapped between the first panel and the second panel. The first and second panels can be formed from paperboard.
US12060207B2
Provided are: a laminate film which is equipped with a vapor-deposited aluminum oxide film exhibiting high barrier performance and excellent so-called retort resistance, and also exhibits favorable adhesion between the vapor-deposited aluminum oxide film and a plastic substrate even after undergoing a hydrothermal treatment; a barrier laminate film containing the laminate film; and a barrier packaging material which uses the barrier laminate film. A laminate film exhibiting improved adhesion strength and barrier performance, wherein: a transition region prescribing adhesion strength is formed between the surface of the substrate film and the vapor-deposited film which primarily comprises the formed vapor-deposited aluminum oxide film, by subjecting the vapor-deposited aluminum oxide film of the laminate film to a time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry (TOF-SIMS) method using a Cs (cesium) ion gun; the transition region contains elementally bonded Al2O4H, which can be modified into aluminum hydroxide which can be detected by etching using TOF-SIMS; and the rate of modification in the transition region into aluminum hydroxide, which is defined as the ratio of the modified transition region to the vapor-deposited aluminum oxide film specified by carrying out etching using TOF-SIMS, is prescribed to be 5-60%, inclusive.
US12060203B2
A child-resistant package is disclosed comprising at least one locking tab, at least one locking slot, the at least one locking slot engaging with the at least one locking tab when the child-resistant package is in a locked position. The at least one locking tab comprising memory properties to allow the at least one locking tab to releasably engage with the at least one locking slot. The at least one locking tab further comprising a corrugated material having flutes oriented in a flute direction and the memory properties including the at least one locking tab returning to the locked position after being in an unlocked position in response to being bent against the flute direction.
US12060197B2
Plastic grid or framework arrangements are used to support and position of bowls that hold flower arrangements, candles, letters, and other decorative elements. These grids are deployable in water fountains, indoor and outdoor pools, and other small bodies of water during festive occasions or for longer term decorative display. The grid themselves do not float, and are positioned below the surface of the water, and thus are not readily visible. Buoyancy is provided at the hubs that form nodes in the grids. The hubs also support floating bowls containing various decorative elements. The resulting effect is that the various decorative elements appear to be floating on the surface while the sub-surface grid structure maintains their relative positioning, keeping the bowls from clumping together at the edges or in the corners of the pool or fountain.
US12060193B2
Multilayer laminates are described which include one or more layers or regions of printed images or graphics captured under an outer adhesive layer. The laminates include two layers of a release coating applied to opposite faces of a support layer. Also described are systems and methods for applying wound rolls of the multilayer laminates to a collection of articles.
US12060184B2
A fully compostable beverage capsule may be produced by improving the seal strength between the capsule and its lid. In this invention, a number of protruding tabs are added to the upper and/or lower edges of the capsule. The lidding is then attached to the capsule via an energetic welding process, such as ultrasonic welding. In this process, the protruding tabs are folded over the edge of the capsule and deformed, increasing the surface area contact between the capsule and its lidding. Acting similarly to a swage fitting, these spikes will improve the strength of the seal that forms between the lidding and the capsule.
US12060181B2
An article packaging machine and method or turning article packs, the article packaging machine having a turner station for turning article packs moving though the packaging machine. The packaging machine includes a main conveyor extending longitudinally from an upstream end to a downstream end and through the turning station. Article packs are carried by the main conveyor spaced and sequentially in the downstream direction through the turner station. The turner station includes flight drive assembly having multiple flight assemblies. The flight assemblies are driven above upper cam plates in the upstream direction, and below lower cam plates in the downstream direction. The flight assemblies include turner rods that are moved toward the main conveyor to contact the article pack in at least two points. The turner rods progressively move toward the main conveyor center line until the distal ends of the turner rods are moved past the article pack side walls and the pack is turned 90 degrees.
US12060175B2
Methods and apparatus for unitizing groups of individual packages into pallet loads, stabilizing the loads and facilitating general movement of the pallets, including the loading and unloading of pallets into and out of transport vehicles, includes wrapping the loads with stretchable crepe paper, rather than conventional plastic wrap material. Crepe paper can be produced and recycled with less environmental impact than plastic wrap. These methods involve a new use for crepe paper, and a new use for conventional plastic-wrapping equipment.
US12060171B2
A satellite comprises a body and a generally planar structure extending from the body. One or more radio frequency “RF” antennas, an amplification system for RF signals, and a power distribution system for the amplification system are mounted on the generally planar structure. Two or all of the power distribution system, the one or more RF antennas and the amplification system are arranged on respective parallel boards (310, 312, 314) forming part of the generally planar structure (300). One or more of the parallel boards (310, 312, 314) and the components mounted thereon may be connected to another similar board to form, respectively, a larger power distribution system, antenna array or amplification system, for example arranged in a plurality of modules, each comprising at least one antenna, at least one power distribution system and at least one amplifier supported on at least two respective boards. A satellite may be manufactured by assembling the modules to form a generally planar structure, and attaching the planar structure to a satellite body.
US12060169B2
The present invention relates to a method characterized in that one or more passenger waves having a size corresponding to the number of passengers in the settling process, who may be standing at the same time in an aircraft aisle. The invention also relates to a system and equipment capable of performing a method according to the invention, in addition to corresponding computer programs.
US12060168B2
A device for controlling the ground clearance of an airship, the airship being provided with two lateral anchoring points, comprises: a frame on which a weight is fixed; two (rigid) arms each having a proximal end that is articulated on the frame, and a distal end; means for moving the distal end of each arm between a retention position in which each distal end is in contact with a lateral anchoring end of the airship that is configured to be connected to the distal end, and an unlocked position in which there is no contact between the airship and the docking station; and means for detachably fixing, in the retention position, the respective distal end of each arm on the associated respective lateral anchoring point.
US12060166B2
Cargo-restraining devices and cargo handling systems. The cargo-restraining devices include a body comprising a protrusion and defining a slot extending at least partially through the body transverse to the protrusion. The slot is configured to slidingly receive an axle of an axle assembly that is configured to couple the cargo-restraining device to a guide rail. The cargo-restraining devices also include a torsional biasing mechanism engaged with the body and configured to engage the axle assembly to bias the body toward a default pivotal position, and a linear biasing mechanism engaged with the body and configured to engage the axle to bias the body toward a default deflection. The cargo handling systems include a first guide rail, a second guide rail, and a plurality of cargo-restraining devices, which include a first subset coupled to the first guide rail and a second subset coupled to the second guide rail.
US12060160B2
Provided herein are sealing compound-filled plastic caps for sealing of connecting elements in aircraft construction against liquids, wherein these plastic caps function as combined protection against fuel and hydraulic oil, especially that based on tributyl phosphate, and against lightning strikes, and can be produced and applied in an economically viable manner. The plastic cap for sealing of connecting elements in aircraft construction consists predominantly of at least one high-performance polymer having a breakdown resistance of at least 10 kV/mm to DIN IEC 60243, and has been filled with a sealing compound having a high energy absorption capacity and including at least one filler selected from the group consisting of gas- and/or air-filled hollow packings, where the plastic cap and the sealing compound are cohesively bonded to one another. Additionally provided is a method of filling and application of such plastic caps, and a corresponding aircraft.
US12060158B2
A cockpit switch device can include a pushbutton switch, a bi-stable relay and a toggle component. The pushbutton switch can be configured to be manually actuated by a user into a command state. The bi-stable relay can be controlled by input commands from the pushbutton switch and input commands from a processor, and can be configured to control operation of one or more systems of an aircraft. The toggle component can be connected to the pushbutton switch, the processor and the bi-stable relay. The toggle component can receive an input command signal from at least one of the pushbutton switch or the processor, and cause a state of the bi-stable relay to be flipped responsive to the input command signal from the at least one of the pushbutton switch or the processor.
US12060155B2
In some embodiments, a lift augmentation system for a blown lift aircraft includes a blown lift tailplane operatively coupled to the blown lift aircraft. The blown lift tailplane may include a leading edge and a trailing edge, an upper surface and a lower surface, and a first side and a second side. The lift augmentation system may include one or more tailplane thrust-producing devices on the first side and the second side of the blown lift tailplane operatively coupled to the leading edge of the blown lift tailplane. The one or more tailplane thrust-producing devices on the first side and the second side of the blown lift tailplane may produce a plurality of slipstreams corresponding to each of the tailplane thrust-producing devices. The plurality of slipstreams corresponding to each of the tailplane thrust-producing devices may blow over the upper surface and the lower surface of the blown lift tailplane.
US12060148B2
A system and method for detecting ground resonance and providing a warning regarding the same includes supplying, from an inertial navigation system (INS), inertial data indicative of an inertial profile of a rotorcraft, and supplying, from a sensor system, sensor data that indicates when the rotorcraft is at least partially on a landing surface. The sensor data is processed, in a processing system, to determine when the rotorcraft is at least partially on the landing surface, and when the rotorcraft is determined to be at least partially on the landing surface, the inertial data is processed, in the processing system to determine when the inertial profile of the rotorcraft indicates ground resonance may occur. Upon determining that ground resonance may occur, one or more alert signals are generated in the processing system.
US12060138B1
A convertible seating system for a marine vessel that is movable between a seating configuration and a bed configuration is provided. The convertible seating system includes a seating structural component, a backrest structural component that is pivotably coupled to the seating structural component, and an actuator assembly that is coupled to the seating structural component and positioned within a recessed portion of a deck surface of the marine vessel. The actuator assembly is configured to drive the seating structural component from a lower and inward position relative to the deck surface when the convertible seating system is in the seating configuration to a higher and outward position relative to the deck surface when the convertible seating system is in the bed configuration.
US12060126B2
The present disclosure relates to a method and system for measuring and calibrating steering parameters of a vehicle, a medium and an autonomous vehicle. The method includes: calculating a steering angle of a front wheel of the vehicle corresponding to each sampling moment at a plurality of consecutive sampling moments respectively. The calculation process at each sampling moment includes: calculating a first calculated value based on a yaw velocity of the vehicle, a vehicle velocity and a wheelbase; calculating a second calculated value based on a vehicle velocity, a lateral acceleration of the vehicle and the wheelbase; calculating a third calculated value based on a rotating angle of the steering wheel and a steering gear ratio; and calculating a steering angle of the front wheel at a current sampling moment based on the first, second and third calculated value of the steering angle of the front wheel.
US12060110B2
A vehicle body structure includes: a battery disposed at a vehicle body central lower portion, i.e., at a central lower portion of the vehicle body; a side sill of a hollow shape, the side sill disposed at an outer side of the battery in a vehicle width direction and extending in a vehicle longitudinal direction; a reinforcement member disposed inside the side sill, having a closed cross section of a polygonal shape, and having a continuous cylindrical structure where a plurality of the closed cross sections are continuous when viewed in the vehicle width direction; and a deformation control member attached to the reinforcement member and configured to control a deformation of the continuous cylindrical structure of the reinforcement member in the vehicle longitudinal direction.
US12060100B2
An armrest folding mechanism is pivotally connected to an armrest and a first connecting rod of a connecting seat for folding the armrest with the retraction of the second connecting rod relative to the first connecting rod. The mechanism includes a locking member including a locking end, a connecting end, and a first rack part located between them. The locking end is releasably fitted to the armrest, and a first toothed structure is arranged on the first rack part. A pushing member includes a pushing end, a second rack part, and a second toothed structure being correspondingly arranged on the second rack part relative to the first toothed structure. An elastic element with a first end is connected to the connecting end, and a second end abuts the connecting seat. Additionally, a driving gear engages with the first and second toothed structures to cause folding of the armrest.
US12060096B2
A method for data transmission inside a rail-bound traffic system has of a plurality of field elements, in which the data transmission takes place via a flexible wireless transmission path between a sender field element and a control unit along available field elements. A data transmission system is for application of the method and a rail-bound traffic system having such a data transmission system. Furthermore, there is use of communication units on field elements of a rail-bound traffic system to form the data transmission system.
US12060091B2
The present disclosure provides a deep learning-based stop control method and system for a high-speed train, and relates to the technical field of rail transit management and control. The method includes: obtaining a training data set; establishing a convolutional neural network (CNN); training and optimizing the CNN by using the training data set, to obtain an optimized CNN; obtaining actual running data of a to-be-controlled train; inputting the actual running data into the optimized CNN to obtain a stop position of the to-be-controlled train; determining whether the stop position of the to-be-controlled train is 0; and if the stop position of the to-be-controlled train is 0, outputting a breaking command; or if the stop position of the to-be-controlled train is not 0, performing the step of “obtaining actual running data of a to-be-controlled train”. The present disclosure can ensure accurate stop of a high-speed train without high costs.
US12060090B2
An energy efficient locomotive according to the disclosure utilizes a companion generator operably associated with a prime mover engine and electrically independent from a main generator. The companion generator is connected directly to a DC to DC regulator and is configured to supply a DC output to the DC to DC regulator for providing power for non-propulsion electrical devices when the locomotive is coasting or braking and the prime mover engine and main generator are not providing electrical power to the traction motor.
US12060087B2
A driving handover control device includes a memory and a processor coupled to the memory. In a case in which driving is handed over from a first state in which a vehicle travels in accordance with instruction from a first remote operator of the vehicle to a second state in which the vehicle travels in accordance with instruction from a second remote operator who is different from the first remote operator, the processor implements a transition from the first state to a third state in which the vehicle travels autonomously without instruction from the first remote operator or the second remote operator, and, after the transition from the first state to the third state, implements a transition from the third state to the second state.
US12060081B2
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are provided for receiving first data from a first sensor utilizing a first communication protocol, wherein the first sensor is positioned in an aggregation zone, receiving second data from a second sensor utilizing a second communication protocol, wherein the second sensor is positioned in the aggregation zone, processing the first data received from the first sensor and the second data received from the second sensor to conform the first communication protocol and the second communication protocol, and providing instructions based on the processed first data and the processed second data in a third communication protocol, wherein the instructions adjust auxiliary functions of an autonomous vehicle.
US12060076B2
Techniques for clustering sensor data are discussed herein. Sensors of a vehicle may detect data points in an environment. Clustering techniques can be used in a vehicle safety system to determine connection information between the data points. The connection information can be used by a vehicle computing device that employs clustering and/or segmenting techniques to detect objects in an environment and/or to control operation of a vehicle.
US12060075B2
A method for updating a container in a container-based vehicle system includes: executing an application included in the container, the application configured to access at least one item included in the container to operate a service related to a vehicle, receiving, from a server, a container image of an update target based on determining an update of the container being needed, the container image including a set of items, storing the received container image of the update target in a system registry, generating a new container by combining a user data item that is generated in the container and the stored container image of the update target, and updating the container by using a container management table on the new container while executing the application. The application reflects the updated container based on items included in the updated container.
US12060069B2
A manager includes an accepting unit that accepts a plurality of application IDs and a plurality of kinematic plans from a plurality of advanced driver assistance system (ADAS) applications; an arbitration unit that arbitrates the kinematic plans; and an output unit that outputs a motion request to an actuator system based on an arbitration result by the arbitration unit, the output unit outputting the motion request to the actuator system corresponding to the application ID.
US12060063B2
A method for controlling wheel slip of a vehicle. The vehicle comprises at least a first and a second motion support device, MSD, for providing torque to a common wheel of the vehicle. The method comprises receiving a wheel torque request. Based on the received wheel torque request, the method further comprises controlling the first MSD to provide torque to the wheel in a first mode of operation, and controlling the second MSD to provide torque to the wheel in a second mode of operation which is different from the first mode of operation. The controlling of the first MSD and the controlling of the second MSD are, at least temporarily, performed simultaneously.
US12060061B2
A method for operating a vehicle includes carrying out a lane-keeping control of the vehicle along a course of a lane travelled in by the vehicle. When lane markings are detected, the course of the lane is determined on a basis of detected lane markings. When lane markings are not detected, the course of the lane is determined in a mapped-based manner on a basis of data from a digital map where a rough localization of the vehicle in the digital map and a fine localization of the vehicle in the digital map is performed.
US12060059B2
A method for controlling a safety device of a vehicle. The safety device reacts to an imminent collision of the vehicle with a collision object by an intervention in a longitudinal and/or lateral guidance of the vehicle. The method includes reading in environment data and trip data regarding the collision object and the vehicle, and intervention data regarding the intervention of the safety device; ascertaining a first expected impingement point of the collision object on the vehicle using the environment data and the trip data, and a second expected impingement point of the collision object on the vehicle using the environment data, the trip data, and the intervention data; executing an evaluation of a location of the first expected impingement point and of a location of the second expected impingement point relative to subregions referred to the vehicle, using reference data; and generating a control signal for the safety device.
US12060051B2
A braking control system and method of a vehicle are configured to safely stop the vehicle by determining whether a brake line fails via detecting a change in braking pressure and compensating for braking force through an engaging operation of an electric parking brake (EPB) when determining that the brake line fails in association with driver manipulation of the brake pedal. The braking control system includes: a vehicle speed detector; a wheel lock detector; a brake pedal operation detector that determines whether a brake pedal is operated; a brake line failure detector that determines whether the brake line fails when the brake pedal is operated; and a controller configured to engage the EPB when a current vehicle speed is equal to or greater than a predetermined vehicle speed, a current state is a wheel-unlock state, and the brake line fails.
US12060050B2
A braking control device includes: a control unit that is configured to control front-wheel braking power and rear-wheel braking power based on braking power distribution and requested braking power; a distribution setting unit that is configured to set the braking power distribution; and a slip judgment unit that is configured to judge whether or not the vehicle is in a rear-wheel-led slip state. If it is judged that the vehicle is in the rear-wheel-led slip state when the braking power distribution is first braking power distribution, the distribution setting unit executes a distribution shifting process of shifting the braking power distribution to second braking power distribution within a predetermined period. The second braking power distribution is such distribution that the rear-wheel braking power is reduced relative to that observed when the first braking power distribution is set as the braking power distribution.
US12060043B2
A vehicle lift includes a mechanical lift including a platform and at least one extension being movable relative to the platform. Systems, devices and methods are disclosed.
US12060042B2
A service vehicle provides a platform for servicing a container handling vehicle while on a grid-based rail system of a three-dimensional storage grid of an automated storage system for storing storage containers. The service vehicle includes two or more wheel modules. Each module having a first set of wheels configured to move the vehicle along a first lateral direction of the grid-based rail system and a second set of wheels configured to move the vehicle along a second lateral direction of the grid-based rail system. The second direction is perpendicular to the first direction. A platform is mounted on the two or more wheel modules. The platform includes an enclosure that has at least one opening that can be closed by a barrier. The platform has a set of tracks matching the width of the tracks on the grid.
US12060039B2
The invention relates to a tread device for walking on a crawler carrier of a work machine having a caterpillar drive, wherein the tread device has a holder that can be installed at the crane, in particular at the crawler carrier, at which at least one tread surface is provided, characterized in that the tread surface lies on the upwardly disposed surface of a crawler chain of the caterpillar drive in the state installed at the work machine and the lower side of the tread surface comprises at least one sliding element to ensure a sliding or rolling relative movement between the crawler chain and the tread surface.
US12060036B1
A theft prevention system includes a vehicle having an ignition switch; a sensor mounted to an undercarriage of the vehicle and having a shutter; an alarm; a series of relays including a first relay to open normally closed contacts when the ignition switch is on, thereby disconnecting constant voltage supply to the sensor, making the sensor inactive; a second relay to close normally open contacts when the sensor is activated; and a third relay to open and close the shutter to reveal the sensor based on whether the ignition switch is activated or deactivated, activation of the ignition switch closes normally open contacts to cause the shutter to close and conceal the sensor; the series of relays control when the sensor monitors and activation of the alarm upon detection by the sensor of movement.
US12060033B1
A restraint positioning system includes a first rail that extends along a first axis, and a first bracket that is coupled to the first rail such that the first bracket is selectively positionable along the first rail, the first bracket configured for attachment of an anchor thereto. The restraint positioning system also includes a second rail that extends along a second axis, and a second bracket that is coupled to the second rail such that the second bracket is selectively positionable along the second rail, the second bracket configured for attachment of an anchor thereto.
US12060020B2
A radar assembly includes a front bumper assembly, a radar support structure and a radar unit. The front bumper assembly has a support bracket. The radar support structure has first bracket that is fixed to the support bracket. The radar support structure second bracket is movable relative to the first bracket and the support bracket between a rest position and a deformed position. The radar unit is supported to the second bracket to move with the second bracket relative to the first bracket and the support bracket.
US12060016B2
An ornament mounting device has a support member configured for supporting an ornament. The support member has a keyed structure, including dentations, along an internal perimeter of the support member, and a pair of through channels formed along an outside perimeter of the support member at opposite regions. A base member includes grooves configured to accommodate the dentations of the support member. A locking pin is seated in each of a pair of recesses of the base member. Each locking pin includes a biasing member configured to exert an outward force on the locking pin relative to the base member and configured to lockingly interact with the keyed structure of the support member. A mounting assembly is configured to removably mount the support member and base member to a structural surface.
US12060012B2
A system for moderating the environment of a driver assist camera of a vehicle having a camera mounted within a housing adapted to be attached to a window and a headliner of the vehicle. A duct connection port is connectable to a headliner air duct to permit forced airflow through the housing to moderate the environment.
US12060009B2
A driving assisting device includes a vicinity information acquiring unit for acquiring vicinity information regarding an object in the vicinity of a vehicle; an image generating unit for using the vicinity information to generate an overhead image that shows the vehicle together with the vicinity thereof; a communicating unit for acquiring, through wireless communication, target person information able to identify at least a location of a target person outside of the vehicle; a vehicle location identifying unit for identifying a vehicle location and direction; a location identifying unit for identifying a location of the target person in an overhead image and identifying, in the overhead image, a stopping location that is suitable for boarding of the target person, based on the location and direction of the vehicle, identified by the vehicle location identifying unit; and an output image generating unit for generating an output image.
US12060008B2
A moving body includes: a main body section provided with a moving mechanism; a peripheral information detection sensor configured to detect an obstacle peripheral to the main body section; and a control section configured to cause the main body section to autonomously travel by controlling the moving mechanism based on information regarding the peripheral obstacle detected by the peripheral information detection sensor, and configured to cause information relating to the peripheral obstacle, in a direction of progress of the main body section, to be displayed in a surrounding area of the main body section.
US12060001B2
A light strip device to be secured on or in a window jamb of a window opening of a door leaf of a rail vehicle boarding system in a nondestructively releasable manner, wherein the window opening has a window pane. The light strip device has at least: a) one light strip which is provided with a number of light sources arranged in a mutually spaced manner in rows, and b) one holding and installation profile in which the at least one light strip can be received and which is provided with an attachment to the window jamb, wherein c) the holding and installation profile has at least one light through-opening such that light generated by the light sources can penetrate the light through-openings, and the holding and installation profile is opaque with the exception of the light through-openings or d) the holding and installation profile is at least partly transparent.
US12059990B2
The handrail for getting on and off includes a rail portion for slidably holding one end portion of the link arm which expands and contracts with the movement of the slide door, and a handrail body configured to rotate integrally with the rail portion. When the slide door closes the entrance, the entrance handrail takes a retracted posture in which one end portion of the link arm is located at the other end portion of the rail part and the handrail body is arranged along the slide door. When the slide door opens the entrance, the entrance handrail takes a deployed posture in which one end portion of the link arm is positioned on one end portion side of the rail portion so that the rail portion and the handrail body protrude toward the outside of the vehicle.
US12059976B2
An in-seat experience system includes: a seat which includes a seat body, a sensor, and a seat controller allowed to acquire a measurement value from the sensor; an experience instruction device connected to the seat controller, configured to notify an occupant seated on the seat body a motion instruction and to store user identification information; and a server capable of communicating with the experience instruction device. The experience instruction device makes a determination based upon a measurement value of the sensor as to whether or not a first condition is satisfied, and to transmit a result of the determination to the server when at least the first condition is satisfied, and the server is allowed to increase a point score stored for the corresponding user identification information with a condition that the result of the determination that the first condition is satisfied is received from the experience instruction device.
US12059972B1
A power stage circuit for AC to DC and DC to AC applications includes an AC to DC circuit having multiple totem pole circuits. Two totem pole circuits are designed for 120 VAC and may include inductors with the same inductance values. An additional totem pole circuit is a neutral line and includes an inductor with a different (e.g., lower) inductance value. By choosing inductors with the same inductance values, the 120-VAC sources can be decoupled and separately controlled (e.g., subtracted from each other on one circuit and added together on another circuit) to provide split phase AC power for a power outlet in DC to AC applications.
US12059961B2
A robotic cleaner includes a cleaning assembly for cleaning a surface and a main robot body. The main robot body houses a drive system to cause movement of the robotic cleaner and a microcontroller to control the movement of the robotic cleaner. The cleaning assembly is located in front of the drive system and a width of the cleaning assembly is greater than a width of the main robot body. A robotic cleaning system includes a main robot body and a plurality of cleaning assemblies for cleaning a surface. The main robot body houses a drive system to cause movement of the robotic cleaner and a microcontroller to control the movement of the robotic cleaner. The cleaning assembly is located in front of the drive system and each of the cleaning assemblies is detachable from the main robot body and each of the cleaning assemblies has a unique cleaning function.
US12059960B2
A parking brake fail safety control system and method for a vehicle having an electric-axle, may enable safe parking braking on a level ground, a slope, etc. By controlling the torque from a first motor configured for a rear wheel-first electric-axle and the torque from a second motor configured for a rear wheel-second electric-axle to have the same magnitude in opposite directions and by increasing/decreasing the torque from the first motor and the torque from the second motor, depending on a change of wheel speed when a parking brake fails.
US12059955B2
A method and a vehicle occupant management system enhances the traveling experience depending on the occupants in a vehicle. The system includes a sensor configured to detect at least a first occupant in a vehicle; a memory configured to manage data and a processing circuitry. The a processing circuitry is configured to cause the vehicle occupant management system to detect by the sensor, at least a first occupant in the vehicle; identify the at least first occupant using identification data of the at least first occupant; associate the at least first occupant with an unique identity and storing the association in the memory; identify a data session in the vehicle; and associate the data session with the unique identity of the at least first occupant.
US12059946B2
A vehicle roof panel assembly includes a roof panel, a seal and an head. The roof panel partially defines a rear hatch opening. The seal is fitted over a rear portion of the roof panel at a location adjacent to the rear hatch opening. The seal has a longitudinal length extending laterally across the rear portion. The bead is disposed on the rear portion of the roof panel. The bead has a longitudinal length extending laterally across the rear portion. The bead contacts the seal along the longitudinal length of the seal.
US12059944B2
A transport refrigeration system includes a refrigeration unit including a controller configured to control the refrigeration unit: an electric power device configured to provide power to a refrigeration component of the refrigeration unit: an export power module (EPM) including: an EPM controller in communication with the controller: a power control device configured to receive power from the electric power device: an auxiliary device coupled to the power control device: wherein the controller is configured to communicate with the EPM controller to control power supplied from the electric power device to the auxiliary device.
US12059938B2
A vehicle comprising a first leaf spring connected to a chassis so as to, while deflecting, allow relative vertical movement between the chassis and a wheel axle and thereby also between the chassis and wheels, and a control circuitry configured to: compare the signal indicative of the actual path followed by the wind-up center with a representation of a reference path that the wind-up center of the first leaf spring should follow when the first leaf spring is well-functioning and deflects as intended; determine whether a difference between the actual path and the reference path is greater than a threshold value; and, in response to the determined difference greater than the threshold, generate an alarm signal indicative of a detected or possibly detected leaf spring failure.
US12059937B2
A suspension system and associated control methods for improving comfort by disabling passive pitch stiffness in the suspension system by holding open electromechanical comfort valves positioned in a manifold assembly of the suspension system. The manifold comfort valves are held open to disable the passive pitch stiffness of the suspension system if the vehicle is traveling down a rough road or if the vehicle is approaching a discrete road event like a pot-hole or speed bump. Deactivation of the passive pitch stiffness of the suspension system is determined based on road classification information, saved road events, and/or real-time vehicle data from on-board sensors. The suspension system therefore reduces pitch angles during pitch events induced by inertial forces caused by driver inputs and disables the pitch stiffness when the pitch event is caused by road inputs.
US12059934B2
A tire monitor includes a sensor generating tire data and a plurality of control modules having phase locked loop circuits. The control modules generate output signals carrying the tire data. A first of the control modules is configured to generate first output signals having a first frequency and according to a first protocol. A second of the control modules is configured to generate second output signals having a second frequency and according to a second protocol. In examples, the output signal can be transmitted in parallel to different computing systems.
US12059926B2
An insert element for a vehicle wheel comprises several supporting bodies for supporting the insert element on supporting surfaces of the vehicle wheel. The supporting bodies have a supporting shoulder, which can be brought to bear against a supporting surface of the vehicle wheel, and a fastening extension with an axial hollow channel and with at least one outwardly protruding locking projection, arranged at an axial distance from the supporting shoulder, for engaging behind an installation opening reaching through the supporting surface of the vehicle wheel. The supporting bodies are designed as elastomer components which are elastically deformable in the radial and axial direction and sit with their hollow channel on a supporting core. The supporting cores bear a radially protruding retaining flange and are held on the rear side on the insert element. Each supporting body is held by the retaining flange in a form-fitting manner against being pulled off from the supporting core.
US12059916B2
A textile printing method for printing on a fabric, the fabric being a nonwoven fabric containing synthetic fibers. includes a first adhering step of adhering to the fabric by ejecting a dyeing ink by an ink jet method, and a second adhering step of adhering a non-dyeing ink to the fabric. The dyeing ink contains a disperse dye, a water-soluble organic solvent, and water, and the non-dyeing ink contains a water-soluble organic solvent and water. The water-soluble organic solvent contained in the non-dyeing ink contains a glycol-based organic solvent having a HSP value of 13.6 or more, and the content of the glycol-based organic solvent is 80% by mass or more relative to the total amount of the organic solvent contained in the non-dyeing ink. The adhesion position of the dyeing ink and the adhesion position of the non-dyeing ink are at least partially overlapped each other.
US12059911B2
A method of manufacturing a display device includes: discharging ink onto a substrate including a main partition wall for partitioning a color filter area and a dummy accommodation area adjacent to the color filter area; generating main position information by detecting a position of the first erroneous ink discharged on the main partition wall; disposing a hydrophobic plate so as to be adjacent to the first erroneous ink, based on the main position information; bringing the hydrophobic plate into contact with the main partition wall; and then moving the hydrophobic plate to the dummy accommodation area, to accommodate the first erroneous ink in the dummy accommodation area.
US12059910B2
Improved manufacturing using a printer that deposits a liquid to fabricate a layer having specified thickness includes automated adjustment or print parameters based on ink or substrate characteristics which have been specifically measured or estimated. In one embodiment, ink spreading characteristics are used to select droplet size used to produce a particular layer, and/or to select a specific baseline volume/area or droplet density that is then scaled and/or adjusted to provide for layer homogeneity. In a second embodiment, expected per-droplet particulars are used to interleave droplets in order to carefully control melding of deposited droplets, and so assist with layer homogeneity. The liquid layer is then cured or baked to provide for a permanent structure.
US12059907B2
A recording apparatus includes an ink tank, a carriage, a recording head mounted on the carriage, a carriage control unit, and a supply tube connected to the recording head and the ink tank and including a bent portion that moves with carriage movement. The carriage control unit moves the carriage in predetermined directions to record on a recording medium. Assuming that, of an acceleration/deceleration area of a carriage moving area, an area in which pressure changes to decrease negative pressure in the recording head is a first area, and an area in which the pressure changes to increase the negative pressure in the recording head is a second area, the carriage control unit moves the carriage so that an absolute value of acceleration or deceleration of the carriage in the first area is less than an absolute value of acceleration or deceleration of the carriage in the second area.
US12059906B2
An image reading device includes a plurality of readers, an access opening, and a lift. The plurality of readers read an image on a recording medium. The plurality of readers are arranged around a carrier to rotate while carrying the recording medium on a peripheral surface of the carrier. The plurality of readers are arranged radially about a rotation axis of the carrier. The plurality of readers are to be introduced through the access opening. The lift includes a cable to lift one reader of the plurality of readers introduced through the access opening. The lift lifts and locates the one reader at a predetermined height position around the carrier with the cable.
US12059904B2
Provided is a storage device including a container that includes an accommodation chamber accommodating fluid or powder, a flexible film that is bonded to the container and covers an opening portion of the accommodation chamber, and a tank holder to which the container having the film bonded thereto is fixed by a screw, in which the screw penetrates the film and fixes the container to the tank holder, and a part of a bonded portion between the film and the container surrounds a portion of the film through which the screw penetrates.
US12059893B2
A droplet deposition apparatus comprising a droplet deposition head, a fluid supply and a controller, wherein: the droplet deposition head comprises one or more fluid chambers each having a nozzle, a fluid inlet path having a fluid inlet into the head, and ending in the one or more nozzles, and a fluid return path starting at the one or more nozzles and ending in a fluid return of the head; each fluid chamber comprises two opposing chamber walls comprising piezoelectric material and deformable upon application of an electric drive signal so as to eject a fluid droplet from the nozzle; the fluid supply is configured to supply a fluid to the fluid inlet at a differential pressure as measured between the fluid inlet and the fluid return; and the controller is configured to apply a drive signal to the piezoelectric chamber walls such that the nozzle or nozzles deposit droplets of a fluid having a viscosity in the range from 45 mPa·s to 130 mPa·s at a jetting temperature between 20° C. and 90° C., and wherein the differential pressure applied by the fluid supply causes a fluid return flow into the fluid return at a rate of between 50 ml/min and 200 ml/min. A method of operating the droplet deposition apparatus, and a control system for carrying out the method, are also provided.
US12059889B2
Methods and apparatuses for drying web substrates are described. In one embodiment, a method of drying a web substrate may comprise supplying air to a first dryer head located proximate a web conveyer, the air within the first dryer head having a temperature of less than 176 degrees C., directing air from the first dryer head toward the web conveyer at a velocity greater than 1000 m/min and forming a first drying region, and advancing the web substrate in a first direction on the web conveyer and through the first drying region.
US12059885B2
A decorative sheet has a pattern formed with an interference pigment and is more versatile with reduced coloration specific to the interference pigment. A patterned layer has a pattern formed with an interference pigment to produce a color by interference of reflected light reflected after being incident as incident light on a front surface of the patterned layer. A front color-adjustment layer covers the front surface of the patterned layer and transmits the incident light, incident light, and the reflected light. A base film supports the patterned layer and the front color-adjustment layer. The front color-adjustment layer contains particles of a front absorbing pigment dispersed uniformly across the front color-adjustment layer. The front color-adjustment layer with the front absorbing pigment reduces a spectral component in a predetermined wavelength range of the incident light and the reflected light transmitted through the front color-adjustment layer.
US12059880B2
An adhesive member includes: a base layer; a first adhesive layer disposed on a first surface of the base layer; a second adhesive layer disposed on a second surface of the base layer opposite to the first surface of the base layer; a plurality of through holes passing through the base layer, the first adhesive layer, and the second adhesive layer; and a plurality of conductive members disposed in the plurality of through holes, respectively.
US12059877B2
This disclosure includes ice packs (10) that comprise paper and absorbent material (22A, 22), and also includes various methods of adding liquid to, freezing, shipping, and/or using such ice packs (10). Some of the ice packs (10) of this disclosure have a body (14) that includes first and second layers (54, 58) of paper and one or more side panels (66A) coupled thereto such that the body (14) is expandable. The absorbent material (22A, 22) of some of the ice packs (10) of this disclosure comprises a laminate having an inner layer (70A, 70B, 70C, 70) of superabsorbent polymer disposed between first and second outer layers (78), where the first outer layer (74) comprises tissue and the second outer layer (78) comprises at least one of a tissue and a carded nonwoven.
US12059876B2
The invention relates to a web (1) with a web base (3) and a tube segment (4) made of a wood-based material or bamboo, wherein the tube segment (4) comprises a wall (5) which is delimited in the circumferential direction of two cut ends (8, 9), and wherein the tube segment (4) is mechanically connected to the web base (3) by means of at least one of the cut ends (8, 9). The invention further relates to a sandwich plate (2) with a plate layer (11) and a core layer (13), wherein the core layer (13) comprises at least one web (1) according to the invention which is mechanically connected to the adjacent connecting face (14) of the plate layer (11) by means of a cut face (6, 7) of a tube segment (4), wherein the cut faces (6, 7) delimit the wall (5) of the tube segment (4) in longitudinal extension direction. The invention further relates to a sandwich block (26) and a methods for producing a sandwich plate, a web (1) and a sandwich block (26).
US12059835B2
In one example, a method includes positioning a tool in a mold, forming a parison of melted plastic, closing the mold around the parison and tool such that part of the tool is positioned between a portion of the mold and the parison, creating a blow molded structure by inflating the parison so that the melted plastic comes into contact with an interior portion of the mold and into contact with the tool, and after the mold is closed, operating the tool to form an integral compression molded element within the mold, and a parting line formed by the mold in the blow molded structure forms no part of the integral compression molded element.
US12059827B2
An apparatus for manufacturing a metal-resin composite by press molding includes upper and lower molds sandwiching a metal member and a resin material, a molding auxiliary component detachably fixed to the upper mold to fill part of a cavity for the resin material between the upper and lower molds, and a drive unit that vertically moves at least one of the upper and lower molds. The molding auxiliary component has a first press surface for molding the metal member. The upper mold has a second press surface for integrally molding the metal member and the resin material when the molding auxiliary component is removed. The upper and lower molds are for pressing the resin material between the second press surface and the lower mold to cause the resin to flow to fill the cavity with the resin material when the molding auxiliary component is removed.
US12059823B2
A tooling element includes a flexible sleeve defining an interior cavity. The flexible sleeve includes a sealable access port extending through the flexible sleeve from the interior cavity to an exterior of the flexible sleeve. The tooling element further includes vacuum-packed tooling particulate disposed within and filling the interior cavity of the flexible sleeve.
US12059817B2
A method of producing a moulded article comprising a thermoset polymer and particles of porous natural materials, such as wood materials, and uses thereof. The composite material has a continuous matrix of a hardened thermoset polymer and, distributed within the matrix, and the particles are at least partially encased by the thermoset polymer. The method comprises the steps of providing a mould with two opposite pressing surfaces, said pressing surfaces defining a space between them; feeding particles of porous natural materials into the space between the pressing surfaces; advancing the surfaces towards each other to compress the particles in said space; feeding unhardened thermoset resin in liquid form into the mould so as to fill at least said space between pressing surfaces while keeping the particles compressed between the pressing surfaces; and curing the thermoset resin in the mould to provide a moulded composite article.
US12059810B2
A sortation system is disclosed that includes a programmable motion device including an end effector, a perception system for recognizing any of the identity, location, and orientation of an object presented in a plurality of objects, a grasp selection system for selecting a grasp location on the object, the grasp location being chosen to provide a secure grasp of the object by the end effector to permit the object to be moved from the plurality of objects to one of a plurality of destination locations, and a motion planning system for providing a motion path for the transport of the object when grasped by the end effector from the plurality of objects to the one of the plurality of destination locations, wherein the motion path is chosen to provide a path from the plurality of objects to the one of the plurality of destination locations.
US12059802B2
An electrically-actuated artificial muscle fiber with bidirectional linear strain and a preparation method thereof are provided. The artificial muscle fiber includes a fiber matrix, electrode layers and insulating layers. The artificial muscle fiber takes the fiber matrix as a skeleton, upper and lower layers of the fiber matrix are covered with one electrode layer respectively, and one insulating layer is covered on a surface of each of electrode layers. A helical fiber body is formed by winding. Finally, the artificial muscle fiber is formed through packaging, where metal wires are taken as leads and respectively connected to upper and lower layers of electrodes.
US12059795B2
A hand-held power tool (10), in particular a grinding machine or cutting machine, having a machine housing (20) in which a drive motor (11) for driving a tool holder (13) for a work tool (14), in particular a grinding tool or cutting tool, is accommodated, wherein the machine housing (20) has a drive housing part (30) and a handle housing part (40), wherein the drive housing part (30) has the tool holder (13) drivable by the drive motor (11) and the handle housing part (40) has a grip section (25) to be grasped by an operator, wherein the handle housing part (40) protrudes from the drive housing part (30) in the direction of a machine longitudinal axis (ML), wherein the handle housing part (40) is mounted on the drive housing part (30) in a mounted state. A form-fitting contour (32) is arranged on the drive housing part (30) and a counter-form-fitting contour (42) is arranged on the handle housing part (40), which in the mounted state engage in a form-fitting manner in at least two different mounting angular positions (W1, W2) in order to hold the handle housing part (40) on the drive housing part (30) in a rotationally fixed and axially immovable manner with respect to the machine longitudinal axis (ML).
US12059784B2
A clinch fastener mechanism including a pivoting base configured to be pivotally connected to a pneumatic fastener tool. The clinch fastener mechanism further includes a clinch arm pivotally connected to the pivoting base at a proximal end of the clinch arm; and a clinch plate disposed on a distal end of the clinch arm, wherein tool operates within three pressure zones. The system may also include a two-valve system which works by moving pressure throughout three specific zones. The first pressure zone has pressure introduced to it by the user attaching the tool to a pressure delivery source, such as a compressor, or other source. The second pressure zone may be used to operate the clinch arm or a safety mechanism. Mechanical safeties may be configured to prevent accidental or double firing of the tool.
US12059783B2
A hand operated gripping tool has a first handle (301), a first jaw (201) connected with the first handle, a second handle (302) pivotably connected with the first handle to permit relative pivoting movement of the second handle with respect to the first handle and a second jaw (202) connected with the second handle. One of the first jaw and second jaw is a removable jaw and the removable jaw is push-fit attachable to the respective handle.
US12059781B2
In an approach to a one-handed removable component (RC) extraction, a fixed length strap and a variable length strap, based on a configurable diameter loop in the variable length strap, are attached to each other. The variable length loop passes through the RC extraction handle and encircles a RC release lever. The fixed length strap is attached to the RC extraction handle. The loop diameter is calibrated such that pulling on the fixed length strap first applies force to the variable length loop engaging the release handle, in a direction perpendicular to the applied force, without damage before transferring force to the fixed length strap to extract the RC.
US12059777B2
A rotary power tool including a gear case, an output shaft extending from the gear case, and a drive mechanism configured to provide torque to the output shaft, causing the output shaft to rotate. The rotary power tool further includes a clutch mechanism between the output shaft and the drive mechanism. The clutch mechanism includes a compression spring and is configured to limit the amount of torque provided by the output shaft. The rotary power tool further includes a sensor positioned on a neck portion of the gear case subject to strain imparted by the compression spring, and an electronic control unit configured to receive an output signal from the strain gauge and determine a torque setting of the clutch mechanism based on the output signal.
US12059767B1
A mechanical assembly to precisely position large objects and align them to be joined with other objects with precision. The assembly does not require power to operate and can therefore be used in a variety of remote and harsh locations.
US12059758B2
The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods for pretreating a wire that is used in a welding operation to reduce the amount of hydrogen introduced into a weld. Using embodiments of the systems and methods disclosed herein, one passes a wire through a pre-treatment chamber in which a wire is treated to release hydrogen and/or other contaminants, and provides a gas flow through the pre-treatment chamber so that the contaminants that are released from the wire are taken up by the gas. The gas exiting the pre-treatment chamber may be isolated from the shielding gas utilized during a welding operation. For instance, the pretreatment gas may be directed away from the distal end of the welding torch, thereby preventing released contaminants from being transported into a weld.
US12059748B2
An additive manufacturing system including a housing configured to contain a powder bed of material, and an array of laser emitters having a field of view. The array is configured to melt at least a portion of the powder bed within the field of view as the array translates relative to the powder bed. The system further includes a spatter collection device including a diffuser configured to discharge a stream of gas across the powder bed, and a collector configured to receive the stream of gas and contaminants entrained in the stream of gas. The collector is spaced from the diffuser such that a collection zone is defined therebetween, and the spatter collection device is configured to translate relative to the powder bed such that the collection zone overlaps with the field of view of the array.
US12059739B2
The present invention relates to a method for producing a metal-ceramic substrate. The method has the following steps: providing a stack containing a ceramic body, a metal foil, and a solder material in contact with the ceramic body and the metal foil, wherein the solder material has: a metal having a melting point of at least 700° C., a metal having a melting point of less than 700° C., and an active metal; and heating the stack, wherein at least one of the following conditions is satisfied: the high temperature heating duration is no more than 60 min; the peak temperature heating duration is no more than 30 min; the heating duration is no more than 60 min.
US12059723B2
A chain tool with a main body having a first body portion and a second body portion. A driving mechanism is supported by the first body portion and movable toward and away from the second body portion. The driving mechanism includes a first driving member adapted to retain one of a pair of plates of a chain and a second driving member adapted to drive a pin through the pair of plates. A stopper adapted to stop the pin selectively connected with the second body portion between a first and a second connection way. The second body portion has a slot for connecting the stopper. In the first connection way, the stopper includes a first end inserted in the slot. In the second connection way the stopper includes a second end inserted in the slot.
US12059706B2
Coating compositions for coating an oilfield operational component, and related methods, may include in some aspects a coating composition having a trifunctional silane, a silanol, and a filler. The coating composition may be applied to a surface of the oilfield operational component that is configured to be exposed to a fluid. The coating composition may be applied to at least partially cover or coat the surface. The coating composition may be configured to chemically bond with a cured primer composition that includes an epoxy.
US12059702B2
A coating device includes: a coating liquid holding part provided with an upper opening portion and a lower opening portion and holding a coating liquid that is supplied from a coating liquid supply part; and an annular body that is disposed inside the coating liquid holding part, through which a cylindrical body penetrating the upper opening portion and the lower opening portion of the coating liquid holding part penetrates, and in which the coating liquid held by the coating liquid holding part flows in from an upper side and flows out from a lower side with a relative movement to the cylindrical body, the annular body being installed to be relatively displaceable along an installation surface intersecting a direction of the relative movement with respect to the coating liquid holding part.
US12059695B2
In some implementations, a controller may receive an input that indicates a proportion of a spray cycle in which a fluid spray system is to be active. The fluid spray system may include at least a first fluid pump configured to supply fluid to a first fluid spray bar and a second fluid pump configured to supply fluid to a second fluid spray bar. The controller may determine, in accordance with the proportion, a spraying timing for the first fluid pump and the second fluid pump that minimizes an overlap of an active time of the first fluid pump and an active time of the second fluid pump, and/or an overlap of an inactive time of the first fluid pump and an inactive time of the second fluid pump. The controller may cause activation of the first fluid pump and the second fluid pump in accordance with the spraying timing.
US12059686B2
A shaft shredder having a machine frame and a shredding unit. The shredding unit has at least one shredding shaft that is mounted therein and is driven by a drive. A material feeding region is formed adjacently to the shredding unit and has a plurality of side walls. At least one of the side walls that is arranged on the end face with respect to the axial direction of the shredding shaft is formed such that it can be moved from a use position into a maintenance position.
US12059677B2
Provided is a method of gene sequencing on a microwell array chip, including: Step 1: adding a PCR amplification system containing DNA fragments to be sequenced into the microwell array chip, allowing microwells to each individually form reaction spaces and allowing one DNA fragment to be contained in one microwell; Steps 2 to 3: subjecting the microwell array chip to PCR amplification, and denaturing amplified double-stranded DNAs in individual microwells; and Steps 4 and 5: sequencing the DNA fragments with sequencing primer S2 molecules and dNTPs in each microwell with a sensor at the bottom of the microwell.
US12059668B2
Carbonaceous material that is activated to form precursor activated carbon is further enhanced by doping with copper, iron, and nitrogen and calcining. The carbonaceous material includes those obtained from coal, wood, or coconut shells. Methods of doping the activated carbon are described. The described treatment processes result in a sorbent material that has excellent performance in removing chloramine and similar compounds from fluids such as water that is intended for drinking.
US12059657B2
The present disclosure relates to a dialyzer comprising a bundle of semipermeable hollow fiber membranes which is suitable for blood purification, wherein the dialyzer has an increased ability to remove larger molecules while at the same time it is able to effectively remove small uremic toxins and efficiently retain albumin and larger proteins. The invention also relates to using said dialyzer in hemodialysis.
US12059656B2
The disclosure is directed to removal of metal contaminants from fluids, as well as ligand-modified filter materials useful for carrying out such methods. The filters and methods of this disclosure are particularly effective for removal of metals from liquid compositions comprising amines. Such liquid compositions with significantly reduced amounts of metals can be used in a microelectronic manufacturing process, such as liquids for removing photoresist or liquids used in etching. The ligand-modified filters, such as ligand-modified porous membranes, can be configured for use in a microelectronic manufacturing system, which can be utilized in the system as a point of use metal-removal feature for liquids entering the system.
US12059653B2
Disclosed are devices, methods and/or systems for use in protecting items and/or structures that are exposed to, submerged and/or partially submerged in aquatic environments from contamination and/or fouling due to the incursion and/or colonization by specific types and/or kinds of biologic organisms and/or plants, including the protection from micro- and/or macro-fouling for extended periods of time of exposure to aquatic environments.
US12059652B2
The present invention discloses a Fe—Al-based metal membrane and preparation method thereof, which relate to the technical field concerning gas-solid separation under high-temperature, low-pressure working conditions, and mainly address the defects of conventional metal filter elements in the prior art such as high filtration resistance and low flux under low-pressure working environments. The preparation method of the present invention comprises the steps of: stirring and defoaming a mixture composed of a Fe—Al-based metal powder and an organic-additive-added water-based solvent, thus obtaining a cast slurry; casting a uniform membrane layer on a metal substrate layer having a required thickness on a casting machine, and performing drying treatment on it, thus obtaining a membrane green body; and, placing the dried membrane green body in a sintering furnace for degreasing, sintering, and alloy phase ordering treatments, respectively, thus obtain a prepared Fe—Al-based metal membrane.
US12059640B2
The present disclosure relates to a valve tray for use in a chemical process column. The valve tray includes a plurality of apertures formed therein. A plurality of valves are maintained in a spaced relationship relative to individual apertures of the plurality of apertures. An area of the individual apertures is less than an area of individual valves of the plurality of valves.
US12059638B2
In-pipe inserts for piping systems and related methods are described herein. An example filter insert includes an end plate having a set of openings, a set of filter tubes extending from a first side of the end plate, and a set of support rods extending through respective ones of the channels of the filter tubes. The support rods extend through the openings in the end plate. The filter insert also includes a first retainer disposed on a second side of the end plate. The first retainer is coupled to the support rods at or near first ends of the support rods. The filter insert further includes a second retainer coupled to the support rods at or near second ends of the support rods opposite the first ends such that the filter tubes are clamped between the end plate and the second retainer.
US12059629B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure enable system(s) and method(s) for creating and deploying an electronic skill-based activity, including implementing a matchup tool to determine a projected performance score for participants in real-world events based at least in part on historical performance data of each participant. The matchup tool creates suggested matchups for inclusion in a skill-based game by selecting, for each suggested matchup, at least two components, formed from one or more participants, expected to produce substantially similar scores in the skill-based game based on the projected performance score of each participant. The matchup tool renders for display to a game operator the suggested matchups to enable the game operator to interactively select suggested matchups for inclusion within the skill-based game. The matchup tool transmits the selected matchup to presentation devices of users to enable the users to interactively select components as predicted winning components of the skill-based game.
US12059628B2
In various examples, metadata of either a live stream game instance or a pre-recorded game instance may be included in a stream data from a game stream and used to enable access to play an instance of a game. A viewer of the stream may desire to participate in an instance of the game, and the system may use the metadata to determine authentication for the viewer with respect to a game platform hosting the game, access restrictions for the viewer with respect to the game, identification information for the streamer of the instance of the game, and/or game modification information for the particular instance of the game within the stream. This information may be used to seamlessly transition the viewer from a passive role in viewing the stream of the instance of the game on a streaming platform to actively participating in the instance of the game or another instance of the game on a gaming platform.
US12059627B2
A system and method for customizing a replay of one or more game events in a video game is provided. During a gameplay session, a trigger event is detected prompting a replay of the trigger event in-game. One or more system-defined customization templates and/or user-defined customization templates may be applied to customize the trigger event replay.
US12059625B2
In various examples, data representing user interactions with a plurality of games are analyzed to generate an aggregate playstyle profile for each game. The aggregate playstyle profiles of games participated in a by a user may be used to recommend one or more other games with a similar aggregate playstyle profile. In embodiments, an individual user's playstyle patterns may be used to determine games having similar playstyle profiles to eh user's playstyle patterns. In this way, game recommendations are more tailored to a particular type of gameplay, and not only to particular genres of games or games that are currently the most popular.
US12059624B2
A method for gaming. The method includes assigning a default game play profile to a user, wherein the default game play profile includes a default game play style that simulates human game play, and wherein the default game play profile is configured to control game play for the user based on the default game play style. The method includes monitoring a plurality of game plays of the user playing a plurality of gaming applications. The method includes generating a user game play profile of the user by adjusting the default game play style based on the plurality of game plays, wherein the user game play profile incudes a user game play style customized to the user. The method includes controlling an instance of a first gaming application based on the user game play style of the user game play profile.
US12059621B2
Systems and methods for determining excessive motions or strained positions based on inputs associated with gameplay of game titles. A game intervention server may evaluate, based on learning models, posture, and physical motions of players for repetitive, unbalanced, or excessive motions, as well as gameplay quality patterns, and compare to thresholds for identifying unhealthy conditions. The game intervention server may make recommendations regarding breaks, stretches, warm-up/cool-down, curbing extended periods of play, etc. Notifications may be overlaid on screen with option to pause play without exiting game session. In-game events and requirements may also be adjusted based on learned insights to avoid excessive movement or counteract unbalanced movement.
US12059620B2
A method for selecting a virtual object interaction mode includes: displaying a target interaction control configured to control a target virtual object to select an interactive object in a first interaction mode in a virtual battle and interact with the interactive object; displaying a candidate mode option in response to an operation for displaying interaction mode for the target interaction control; switching the first interaction mode to a second interaction mode in response to a selection operation of interaction mode for the target mode option; and displaying an interactive effect between the target virtual object and a target interactive object in response to an operation for displaying interactive effect for the target interaction control.
US12059600B2
Golf ball having at least one layer formed from a thermoset or thermoplastic composition comprising one or more free radical scavengers selected from lignosulfonates, hydroxycarboxylic acids, carbohydrates, superplasticizers, or combinations thereof.
US12059594B2
A running method determination device includes at least one processor that executes a program stored in at least one memory. The at least one processor acquires motion data at a time of running of a user, calculates, based on acceleration data in multiple axial directions included in the acquired motion data, a sum of acceleration vectors in the multiple axial directions as a resultant vector, and determines a type of a running method of the user using at least an angle of the calculated resultant vector as a standard of determination.
US12059590B2
A motor-less leg-powered curved treadmill produced that allows people to walk, jog, run, and sprint without making any adjustments to the treadmill other than shifting the user's center of gravity forward and backwards. A closed loop treadmill belt running between front and rear pulley rollers is formed with a low friction running surface of transverse aluminum, wooden, plastic, rubber or carbon fiber slats attached to each other in a resilient fashion. An essential feature of treadmill is the concave shape of the upper portion of the belt running surface, the treadmill configurations ensure that this shape is maintained during actual use. These configurations prevent the concave upper running surface portion from being pulled taut into a flat shape between the front and rear pulley rollers. The slats of the treadmill each have an end view crossectional I-beam shape, for strength and stability of the slat positioned upon the treadmill belt.
US12059589B2
A supporting device for users of a Pilates exercise machine to maintain the user at an inclined angle upon the platform or carriage of the exercise machine during use. The supporting device features a body having a bottom adapted for positioning on the moving or stationary carriage of the Pilates machine and an inclining top surface to support the body of the user inclined. A first and second side space formed on opposing sides of a narrowed portion of said top surface provide respective spaces for positioning of the arms of the user therein.
US12059577B2
A control circuit generates an optimized radiation treatment plan with respect to an adjustable collimation device and then automatically generates at least one quality assurance accuracy value corresponding to the optimized radiation treatment plan. By one approach, the aforementioned plan comprises a plurality of treatment fields. In such a case, automatically generating at least one quality assurance accuracy value can comprise, at least in part, automatically generating at least one quality assurance accuracy value for each of at least a substantial number (or all) of those treatment fields. By one approach, the aforementioned quality assurance accuracy value comprises a dimensionless metric. This dimensionless metric may represent, for example, dosimetric accuracy corresponding to the optimized radiation treatment plan.
US12059571B2
An implant is implanted into a tissue of a subject. The implant includes a circuitry unit that houses circuitry, and one or more outwardly-facing electrodes that are electrically coupled to the circuitry. The circuitry unit is shaped to define a height that is smaller than (i) a longest length, and (ii) a longest width of the circuitry unit. The implant is oriented with respect to the tissue, such that: (a) the height of the circuitry unit is disposed along a superficial-to-deep axis with respect to skin of the subject, (b) the implant is positioned to stimulate a nerve underlying the implant, and (c) the implant is positioned in a manner that inhibits electrical conduction from the outwardly-facing electrodes into skin of the subject. Other embodiments are also described.
US12059568B2
An extra-cardiovascular medical device is configured to select a capacitor configuration from a capacitor array and deliver a low voltage, pacing pulse by discharging the selected capacitor configuration across an extra-cardiovascular pacing electrode vector. In some examples, the medical device is configured to determine the capacitor configuration based on a measured impedance of the extra-cardiovascular pacing electrode vector.
US12059554B2
The disclosure relates to a drug delivery device including at least a housing, a drug container with a needle, and a cap, wherein the housing has an inner surface forming a cavity configured to retain the drug container, wherein the cap is configured to be releasably connected to the housing, and wherein a back end of the device opposite to a front end of the device directed to the cap includes a gripping lug axially protruding from the back end of the device. The disclosure further relates to an emergency pack including such a drug delivery device.
US12059543B2
A pump assembly is provided, including a pump module configured to be positioned within an interior portion of a ureter and/or renal pelvis of a patient for providing negative pressure to the patient's ureter and/or kidney, the pump module including: a housing including a flow channel for conducting fluid, wherein the housing is configured to be positioned within the interior portion of the ureter and/the renal pelvis; and a pump element positioned within the channel to draw fluid through the channel; and a control module coupled to the pump module, the control module being configured to direct motion of the pump element to control flow rate of fluid passing through the channel, and including a housing configured to be positioned within at least one of a second interior portion of the patient's ureter, a second portion of the patient's renal pelvis, or an interior portion of a patient's bladder.
US12059538B2
A safety needle system operable with a medical device includes: a housing with a needle mount having a needle; and a sheath telescopically engaged with the housing and surrounding the needle such that the sheath operates in a retracted position, in which the sheath exposes the needle, and an extended position, in which the sheath surrounds the needle. The sheath is coupleable to the medical device such that removal of the needle from the medical device draws the sheath over the needle, transitioning the sheath from the retracted position to the extended position. The system can include a slider engaged with the sheath and/or housing and including a restraint that engages and disengages the sheath to respectively reinforce and weaken the coupling of the sheath and medical device. The sheath can include a longitudinal track that slidingly engages a setting of the housing between sheath positions.
US12059533B1
Musical compositions and/or other audio programs are automatically identified, generated, curated, and/or personalized, so as to treat, mitigate, and/or address specific symptoms, such as those related to mental health disorders. Based on a user's particular issues relating to poor sleep, stress, anxiety, and/or other conditions, particular audio programs are automatically output so as to alleviate and/or address such issues. The system uses metadata to automatically identify, generate, curate, and/or personalize musical compositions and/or other audio programs, and to match such programs with particular conditions and issues, so as to maximize effectiveness in addressing such issues in users. In at least one embodiment, the system may automatically determine, based on survey responses indicating the severity of the user's symptoms, a dosage for audio programs to be output for the user, and may set a time to automate the amount of time the user listens to the audio programs.
US12059524B2
A smoking system includes a capillary wick for holding liquid, at least one air inlet, at least one air outlet and a chamber between the air inlet and air outlet. The air inlet, the air outlet and the chamber are arranged so as to define an air flow route from the air inlet to the air outlet via the capillary wick so as to convey aerosol formed from the liquid to the air outlet. The smoking system further includes at least one guide for channeling the air flow in the air flow route, so as to control particle size in the aerosol. The smoking system optionally includes at least one heater for heating the liquid in at least a portion of the capillary wick to form the aerosol.
US12059515B2
The present disclosure provides a milk distribution system, components thereof, and methods of use thereof.
US12059513B2
A breast pump device (1) comprises an expression kit (2), a vacuum unit (3), and a conduit (5) for establishing an air path between an air outlet (27) of the expression kit (2) and an air inlet (35) of the vacuum unit (3). The expression kit (2) is equipped with a barrier portion (26) for preventing milk leakage from the expression kit (2) towards the hose (5) and the vacuum unit (3). In case some droplets of milk enter the barrier portion (26) and/or drawn through the barrier portion (26) by an ongoing pumping action, aspects of the behavior of the motor (32) for driving the pump (31) are influenced, and the insight that this happens is used for terminating operation of the motor (32) as soon as a too large deviation of one or more operational characteristics of the motor (32) with respect to a reference is found.
US12059501B2
The present application provides an orally-disintegrating tablet having excellent tablet hardness and disintegrability. The present application further provides a method of producing a disintegrative particulate composition including three components consisting of a first disintegrator component of an acid-type carboxymethylcellulose, a second disintegrator component and an excipient. The method includes a first wet granulation step using any two of the three components, and a second wet granulation step using granules obtained in the first wet granulation step and the remaining one component of the three components not used in the first wet granulation step. The production method may further includes a crystalline cellulose as a fourth component or a third step of mixing a crystalline cellulose into granules obtained in the second wet granulation step. Disintegrative particulate compositions obtained by these methods are also disclosed.
US12059499B2
Provided herein is technology relating to incorporation of drugs into liposomes and particularly, but not exclusively, to methods for incorporating drugs into liposomes using a weak base and related compositions.
US12059490B2
The present invention relates to avobenzone-dendrimer conjugates comprising: a polyamide dendrimer conjugated with 1 to 18 units of avobenzone. Also disclosed are sunscreen formulations comprising an avobenzone-dendrimer conjugate and a dermatologically acceptable vehicle.
US12059488B2
Oil in water personal care emulsions comprising a sulfosuccinate/lauramphoacetate surfactant mixture
The present invention relates to sulfate-free aqueous personal care composition comprising from about 0.2 pbw to about 15 pbw of a derivatized cationic guar comprising cationic substituent groups and non ionic substituent groups, at least 0.05 pbw of an oil and from about 2 pbw to about 20 pbw of a surfactant system comprising at least one lauramphoacetate, and one sulfosuccinate. It is also directed toward the use of such a composition for washing keratin substrates, in particular the hair or the scalp.
US12059486B2
The compositions of various embodiments include a tocopherol phosphate mixture (TPM) comprising a liposome having a lipid bilayer and an internal aqueous compartment, a lipophilic ingredient, a polar solvent system, an alcohol, a base, and a water soluble phase, wherein the liposome is made of a tocopherol phosphate derivative, wherein the lipophilic ingredients are entrapped in the lipophilic bilayer of the liposome, and wherein a water soluble ingredient is dissolved in the water soluble phase and is in the internal compartment of the liposome. The methods include improving the look of skin particularly of the neck and décolletage, increasing expression of an extracellular matrix proteins in skin, improving a keloid scar in a subject, and improving aging skin. Additionally, methods for preparing the compositions are described herein.
US12059485B2
A personal cleansing comprising, in an aqueous continuous phase: a total amount of anionic surfactant, amphoteric surfactant and zwitterionic surfactant consisting of: (i) from 3 wt % to less than 7 wt %, by weight of the total composition at 100% activity, of an alkyl ether sulfate anionic surfactant of general formula (I): R—O—(CH2CH2—O)n—SO3−M+ in which R is selected from linear or branched alkyl groups having from 10 to 14 carbon atoms and mixtures thereof; n is a number that represents the average degree of ethoxylation and ranges from 1.5 to 2.5; and M is a solubilizing cation; (ii) a betaine surfactant selected from an amido betaine amphoteric surfactant of general formula (II): where m is 2 or 3; R1C(O) is selected from linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated acyl groups having from 8 to 22 carbon atoms and mixtures thereof; and R2 and R3 are each independently selected from alkyl, hydroxyalkyl or carboxyalkyl groups having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms and mixtures thereof; an alkyl betaine of general formula (III): wherein R is a coco chain, and mixtures thereof; and (iii) one or more dispersed benefit agents selected from emulsified silicones with a mean diameter (D3,2) of 4 micrometres or less; in which the weight ratio of (i) to (ii) ranges from 1 to 1 to 4.5:1 and the pH of the composition is from 3 to 6.5, and the combined amount of (i) and (ii) ranges from 5 wt % to 9 wt % (by weight based on the total weight of the composition); gives mildness benefit without compromising on cleaning and rheology; and wherein the composition further comprises an inorganic electrolyte.
US12059481B2
Compounds, systems, and methods are provided for the design and assembly of a non-invasive, analyte sensing dressing. The dressing can be therapeutic. The dressing includes a sensor and a matrix. The sensor is capable of detecting analytes such as molecular oxygen, carbon dioxide, nitric oxides, dissolved analytes in plasma, and hydrogen ions. The matrix is at least partially permeable to the analyte. The device emits a detectable signal when the sensor is excited in the presence of the analyte. In one version of the dressing, the sensor includes a meso-unsubstituted metallated porphyrin that is sensitive towards oxygen. The metallated porphyrin can be excited when illuminated at a first wavelength, followed by emission of phosphorescence at a second wavelength whose intensity can be used as an indicator for oxygen concentration.
US12059474B2
Methods for producing and screening for antibodies that specifically bind to glycosylated immune checkpoint proteins (ICPs) relative to non-glycosylated ICPs are provided. Such antibodies recognize specific epitopes of glycosylated ICPs and can prevent or block the binding of a glycosylated ICP with its ligand, such as another ICP, and can inhibit the interactions between the two proteins that can lead to immunosuppression, as exemplified by the human PD-L1/PD-1 interaction. By way of specific example, human PD-L1 and PD-1 polypeptides comprising glycosylated amino acid residues within their extracellular domains are provided for generating anti-glycosylated PD-L1 or anti-glycosylated PD-1 antibodies that specifically bind PD-L1 or PD-1, respectively, and inhibit the PD-L1/PD-1 interaction. The antibodies produced and selected by the methods are especially useful as cancer therapeutics for disrupting, blocking, or neutralizing the ICP system and specific ICP interactions therein.
US12059473B2
The invention relates to prostate specific membrane antigen humanized antibodies (anti-PSMA) and anti-PSMA antibody drug conjugates. The invention also relates to methods and compositions for using anti-PSMA antibody drug conjugates in inhibiting, preventing or treating PSMA related diseases or cancers.
US12059472B2
The invention relates to novel prodrugs or conjugates of the general formula (Ia) in which La, n, R and D have the definitions given in the description and which have a structural motif reduced to an asparagine derivative as cleavage site for tumour-associated proteases such as legumain, in which cytotoxic drugs, for example kinesin spindle protein inhibitors, are released by legumain cleavage, and to the use of these prodrugs or conjugates for treatment and/or prevention of diseases, and to the use of these prodrugs or conjugates for production of medicaments for treatment and/or prevention of diseases, especially of hyperproliferative and/or angiogenic disorders, for example cancers. Reduction of the legumain-cleavable substrate peptide sequence to an asparagine derivative as structural motif, as a result of slowed legumain cleavage, achieves an increase in stability in the lysosomes of healthy organs while simultaneously maintaining the high anti-tumour effect.
US12059466B2
Therapeutic compositions, primarily for topical application, and methods of making and using the composition. Pharmaceutical compositions formulated for specific forms of administration are also provided.
US12059464B2
The present invention provides a combination therapy for effectively treating and/or preventing diseases associated with cells expressing CLDN18.2, including cancer diseases such as gastric cancer, esophageal cancer, pancreatic cancer, lung cancer, ovarian cancer, colon cancer, hepatic cancer, head-neck cancer, and cancer of the gallbladder and metastases thereof.
US12059463B2
The disclosure features, inter alia, combination therapies comprising pembrolizumab and one or more immunogenic XBP1-, CD138-, and CS1-derived peptides. The therapies herein can be used, e.g., for inducing an immune response in a subject having a cancer, and treating a cancer such as breast cancer, e.g., triple negative breast cancer.
US12059459B2
The present invention relates to an anticancer vaccine which includes polynucleotides or polypeptides, methods of treatment of cancer wherein such an anticancer vaccine is used as well as methods for producing the vaccine. The vaccine includes a polynucleotide with a nucleotide sequence encoding a targeting unit, a dimerization unit, a first linker and an antigenic unit. The antigenic unit includes from 3 to 50 antigenic subunits separated by a second linker with each antigenic subunit having at least a part of a cancer neoepitope sequence. The vaccine can include a polypeptide encoded by the polynucleotide or a dimeric protein with two polypeptides encoded by the polynucleotide.
US12059449B2
The invention provides ophthalmic compositions comprising about 0.1% (w/v) cyclosporine dissolved in 1-(perfluorobutyl)pentane for use in the topical treatment of dry eye disease and provides for treatment methods thereof. The invention further provides kits comprising such compositions.
US12059448B2
The present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition comprising a binary conjugate, DC009, which is a conjugate of a thrombolytic peptide (Pro-Ala-Lys) and a tetrahydroisoquinoline compound having two C1-4 alkyl groups via a lysine linking arm, and a pharmaceutical acceptable carrier. The composition has a pH less than 6.5, preferably has a pH about pH 2-5.5 The composition may comprise a pharmaceutical acceptable excipient such as mannitol, sorbitol, sucrose, lactose, or trehalose.
US12059432B2
The disclosure relates to cationic polymers functionalized with substituted phenylboronic acid groups and to methods of using the same to treat metabolic and gastrointestinal disorders.
US12059426B2
The present disclosure provides a modified-release pharmaceutical composition comprising 4-[(7-methoxy-2,3-dihydro-1,4-benzothiazepin-4(5H)yl)methyl]benzoic acid hemifumarate, and a pharmaceutically-acceptable excipient. The present disclosure methods of treating conditions associated with RyRs, including, for example, cardiac disorder or disease, a musculoskeletal disorder or disease, cancer associated muscle weakness, malignant hyperthermia, and diabetes.
US12059417B1
A method of treatment of a patient suffering from autonomic dysfunction is described. The method of treatment can include the steps of initially evaluating the patient and administering buprenorphine to treat the patient, for example, daily. The patient undergoing such treatment is subjected to monitoring. The monitoring of the patient may be on a periodic basis, for example, a weekly basis, a daily basis, or on a real-time basis. Such monitoring may be through any one or combination of a plurality of bodily measurements that includes, for example, heart rate variability or blood catecholamine concentrations. Monitoring of the patient may also occur remotely. Methods are also described for determining whether the amount of buprenorphine provided to the patient may be tapered.
US12059409B1
A pharmaceutical composition for modified release, comprising (1) (R)-2-(2-aminothiazol-4-yl)-4′-[2-[(2-hydroxy-2-phenylethyl) amino]ethyl] acetic acid anilide, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, (2) at least one additive which ensures penetration of water into the pharmaceutical composition and which has a solubility such that the volume of water required for dissolving 1 g of the additive is 10 mL or less, and (3) a hydrogel-forming polymer having an average molecular weight of approximately 100,000 or more, or a viscosity of 12 mPa·s or more at a 5% aqueous solution at 25 C is disclosed.
US12059399B2
Disclosed herein is a method for alleviating a kidney disease or fibrosis of an organ in a subject, which includes administering to the subject a composition containing a ferrous amino acid chelate which includes ferrous ions and an amino acid.
US12059396B2
A method for manufacturing the mechanoreception fabric for incorporation into a garment or item of apparel sets a liquid substrate to a fabric weave to produce a plurality of protuberances in graticulate array and spaced apart across a surface of the fabric. The plurality of protuberances includes pyramidal nodes, each independent and separate from other nodes, not less than 1 mm apart at the base and not more than 5 mm apart at each apex and 1.5 mm in height. Because the nodes are separated and not in contact with each other, the fabric produced is still stretchable and wearable when incorporated into an item of apparel despite the nodes having a hardness of between Shore A 60 and 80.
US12059394B2
The present invention relates to methods and uses of compositions comprising curcumin; in particular, methods and uses relating to improving the bioaccessibility, bioavailability, bioefficacy and/or bioactivity of curcuminoids in mammals.
US12059392B2
An injectable medication tab used to track expiration dates has an informative tab, a release string, an adhesive liner, and a quick release fastener. The informative tab provides visually accessible information about a bottle to which the injectable medication tab is attached. An expiration information portion of the informative tab protrudes from the exterior surface of the bottle after being opened. The adhesive liner is superimposed onto a mounting surface of the informative tab and attaches the informative tab to the bottle. The quick release fastener is a coupling mechanism that connects between an edge of the informative tab and the release string. The release string forms a detachable connection holding the expiration information portion against the bottle until the bottle is opened. Once opened, the expiration information section to protrudes from the bottle until the expiration information is recorded and the medical information portion is adhered to the bottle.
US12059379B2
An neonatal care unit comprising: a hood defining an interior space and having a bottom opening, wherein the hood is dimensioned to accommodate a neonate; a sealing skirt extending along at least a portion of a peripheral edge of the bottom opening and configured to engage at least part of a front torso region of a human in a sealing engagement; at least one access opening located about a sidewall of the hood and dimensioned to allow passage of the neonate therethrough; at least two arm ports located about the sidewall and dimensioned to allow passage of a hand therethrough; and at least one port configured to allow passage of a medical conduit therethrough.
US12059374B2
In some embodiments, a vitrectomy probe may include an inner cutting tube reciprocating in an outer tube. The outer tube includes a side port and the inner tube includes a distal cutting port, and, in some embodiments, an additional side port. In some embodiments, the inner tube may also include a flat upper edge that cuts across the outer tube side port. In some embodiments, a diaphragm drives the inner tube and may have an open-stroke side with a lower hardness material than a closed-stroke side. In some embodiments, an aspiration tube coupled to the vitrectomy probe may include a first aspiration tubing and a second aspiration tubing with a lower hardness than the first aspiration tubing. In some embodiments, the vitrectomy probe may be coupled to pneumatic tubing that is stepped or tapered.
US12059373B2
The present disclosure generally relates to a fluid-driven vitrector for vitreo-retinal procedures. The vitrector includes a first fluid pathway containing a first fluid and a second fluid pathway containing a second fluid that are completely sealed from an external environment. Because the fluid pathways are completely sealed from an external environment, an alternative fluid that can transmit pressure waves faster than air may be utilized as the first and second fluids to drive the vitrector.
US12059366B2
An joint orthosis such as an ankle foot orthosis for controlling joint movement is disclosed, and a method of manufacture. The joint orthosis comprises: a hinge for controlling joint movement in at least one direction; wherein the hinge comprises at least one resiliently deformable portion, and wherein the resiliently deformable portion is configured to resiliently deform in response to at least the joint movement in the at least one direction, to resist further joint movement in the at least one direction.
US12059352B2
An expanding, conforming interbody implant includes a plurality of superior and a plurality of inferior segments. The segments are adapted to individually expand, contact, and conform to endplates of vertebral bodies to distribute forces equally over the implant and across the vertebral endplates. Once a proper extension of the segments has been achieved, the segments are locked in position. The implant has a stiffness that approximates the stiffness of bone, and the implant minimizes problems with subsidence, endplate fractures, and stress shielding.
US12059342B2
Materials and methods of manufacturing intraocular lenses, including polymeric materials for the intraocular lenses, fluids for intraocular lenses, and adhesives for intraocular lenses. The intraocular lenses can include an optic portion and a peripheral region in fluid communication.
US12059336B2
The present disclosure describes kits for surgical repair of soft tissue defects, including hernias. The kits include any combination of components selected from an implantable sheet, a central tie, a delivery tool, a rolling device, and an insertion member. Packaging for the kits and/or components and methods of using the kits and/or components are also provided.
US12059329B2
The present disclosure relates to methods for making elastomeric laminates that may be used as components of absorbent articles. The elastomeric laminates may include a first substrate, a second substrate, and an elastic material located between the first and second substrates. During assembly of an elastomeric laminate, a beam is rotated to unwind the elastic strands from the beam, wherein the strands may include a spin finish. First bonds are applied to bond discrete lengths of the stretched elastic strands with and between the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein the discrete first bonds are arranged intermittently along the machine direction. In addition, second bonds are applied between consecutive first bonds to bond the first and second substrates directly to each other, wherein the second bonds extend in the machine direction and may be separated from each other in a cross direction by at least one elastic strand.
US12059324B2
The present disclosure relates to a two-component medical device for closing a wound or incision. The two-component device comprising a first and second component, each comprising an adhesive-backed anchoring member having one edge referred to as the wound edge. The adhesive-backed anchoring members are produced from a polymeric film sheet. Disclosed are instances wherein the adhesive-backed anchoring members are characterized by the presence of one or more discontinuities in the polymeric film sheet.
US12059320B1
A device for positioning and stabilizing individual teeth during laboratory research for cutting or crown removal. The device includes an adjustable bar having a first side wall and a second side wall located opposite the first side wall. An adjustment mechanism is located on the second side wall. The adjustment mechanism is adjustable in a direction perpendicular to the first side wall. A plate is located between the first side wall and the second side wall. A height adjusting screw is located at the bottom of the adjustable bar moving the plate in a vertical direction adjusting the height of the plate. A first tilt screw is located at an opposite end of the adjustable bar as a second tilt screw allowing for rotation of the adjustable bar around the first and second tilt screws.
US12059313B2
The present invention relates to a dental abutment blank comprising a body having a first end and a second end, a connection section at the first end that is configured to be connected to a dental implant, a channel having a longitudinal axis and defining an opening at the first end and a closed end at a distance from the second end of the body; to methods for manufacturing a dental prosthesis having an angulated screw channel from said blank as well as to a dental prosthesis having an angulated screw channel manufactured from said blank.
US12059308B2
Apparatuses, systems, and techniques are provided for modular ultrasonic transducers and frame. An ultrasonic transducer array may include a modular ultrasonic transducer array frame. The modular ultrasonic transducer array frame may include mechanisms for the attachment of ultrasonic transducer modules to the ultrasonic transducer array frame. The ultrasonic transducer array may include ultrasonic transducer modules which may include arrays of ultrasonic transducer elements within the ultrasonic transducer modules. Two of the ultrasonic transducer modules may include arrays of ultrasonic transducer elements where the ultrasonic transducer elements are different between the two ultrasonic transducer modules.
US12059303B2
An ultrasound system (1) has a configuration in which a mobile information terminal (3) is connected to an ultrasound probe (2) and a head-mounted display (4) in a wireless manner. The ultrasound probe (2) includes an image information data generation unit (19) that generates image information data. The mobile information terminal (3) includes a mobile information terminal-side display unit (34), an operation image generation unit (37) that generates an operation image for an input operation, and a head-mounted display data generation unit (36) that generates head-mounted display data from the image information data. The head-mounted display (4) displays a head-mounted display ultrasound image based on the head-mounted display data.
US12059293B2
An invasive/interventional device or probe includes a control handle operably connected to an imaging system and an insertion tube. The control handle includes a body, a movement control mechanism disposed at least partially within the body and having one or more control elements disposed on the body, one or more gears rotatably disposed within the body, operably connected to the control elements, and one or more cables engaged with the gears, the cables extending outwardly from the body and adapted to be engaged with a tip of the interventional medical device. The control handle further includes a motion locking mechanism disposed at least partially within the body, the motion locking mechanism having one or more brake rods biased into engagement with the gears and a release switch engaged with the brake rods to selectively position the brake rods into or out of engagement with the gears.
US12059282B2
A medical imaging system that includes a contoured radiation detector configured to receive radiation emitted from a radiation source after the radiation has passed through at least a portion of a patient. The contoured radiation detector includes a gate-wall end and lateral sides, including a right-hand side and a left-hand side. The contoured radiation detector may also includes a superior surface connected to the gate-wall end, right-hand side, and the left-hand side. The contoured radiation detector further includes a chest-wall surface, the chest-wall surface connected to the superior surface, the right-hand side, and the left-hand side, whereby the curvature is contoured to a chest wall of the patient. The system may also include an anti-scatter grid having a chest-wall surface with a similar curvature as the chest-wall surface of the contoured radiation detector.
US12059277B2
A method for positron emission tomography (PET) imaging may include obtaining photon information of photons that are emitted from an object and detected by detector units of a detector of a PET scanner. The method may also include obtaining, based on the photon information and lines of response (LORs), more than one coincidence window width value of the PET scanner. The method may also include determining coincidence events of the photons based on the more than one coincidence window width value.
US12059272B2
The application relates to a method for analyzing continuously monitored physiological measurement values of a user, the method being performed in a data processing system and comprising: providing, by a data interface, a set of present physiological measurement values, determining whether a common pattern of values is contained in both the set of present physiological measurement values and a set of historical physiological measurement values, if the common pattern of values is found, requesting the user to provide contextualization for at least the present physiological measurement values of the common pattern of values, receiving contextualization and storing contextualized data. Furthermore, the application relates to a device for analyzing continuously monitored physiological measurement values of a user.
US12059270B2
An illustrative optical measurement system includes a light source configured to emit light directed at a target within a user. The system further includes a detector configured to detect photon arrival times for photons of the light after the light is scattered by the target. The system further includes a processor configured to determine, based on the photon arrival times, histogram data associated with the target, the histogram data including noise. The processor is further configured to determine, based on the photon arrival times, a random matrix corresponding to the photon arrival times. The processor is further configured to determine, based on the random matrix, a noise distribution representing a distribution of the noise within the histogram data. The processor is further configured to generate clean histogram data using the noise distribution to filter at least a portion of the noise from the histogram data.
US12059256B2
[Problem] To provide an information processing system, an information processing method, and a recording medium that can detect a worry and notify a user of a message. [Solution] An information processing system includes a control unit that performs control to estimate at least one of a worry cause of the user and a degree of worry of the user, and present a message to the user when at least one of the worry cause and the degree of worry satisfies a specific condition.
US12059254B2
An optical device is used to monitor an implant embedded in the tissue of a mammal (e.g., under the skin). The implant receives excitation light from the optical device and emits light that is detected by the optical device, including an analyte-dependent optical signal. Scatter and absorption properties of tissue change over time due to changes in hydration, blood perfusion and oxygenation. The optical device has an arrangement of light sources, filters and detectors to transmit excitation light within excitation wavelength ranges and to measure emitted light within detection wavelengths. Changes in scattering and absorption of light in the tissue, such as diffuse reflectance, are monitored. The light sources, filters and detectors may also be used to monitor autofluorescence in the tissue to correct autofluorescence background.
US12059253B2
Devices, systems, and methods for distinguishing tissue types are described herein. Such devices and systems may use dual polarization, conformal filters to acquire image data from target tissues and a processor to create an image in which the contrast between tissues has been enhanced.
US12059251B2
A microdevice for monitoring a target analyte is provided. The microdevice can include a field effect transistor comprising a substrate, a gate electrode, and a microfluidic channel including graphene. The microfluidic channel can be formed between drain electrodes and source electrodes on the substrate. The microdevice can also include at least one aptamer functionalized on a surface of the graphene. The at least one aptamer can be adapted for binding to the target analyte. Binding of the target analyte to the at least one aptamer can alter the conductance of the graphene.
US12059247B2
An apparatus for static weight-bearing assessment of foot and lower limb abnormalities, the apparatus comprising: a platform configured to support at least part of a patient's foot; and an actuator arrangement configured to control a displacement of the platform.
US12059245B2
An endotracheal tube positioning device includes a first Hall sensor, a second Hall sensor spaced a predetermined distance from the first Hall sensor, a converter, and an integrated circuit board electrically connecting the first Hall sensor and the second Hall sensor to the converter, wherein a position range is established for the device based on a symmetry of voltage readings provided from the first and second Hall sensors to the converter. An endotracheal tube positioning system includes an endotracheal tube having a magnet provided toward a distal tip end, an endotracheal tube positioning device having a first Hall sensor and a second Hall sensor, the positioning device configured to adhere to a skin surface, and a monitor for receiving data based on voltage values provided by the first and second Hall sensors, the data indicating a position of the magnet relative to the adhered position of the positioning device.
US12059242B2
Apparatus and systems for providing magnetic fields for controlling micro-devices implanted in a patient body, organ, or tissue. Novel coil configurations are disclosed which provide magnetic fields of adequate strength and directional characteristics over a large operational region with minimal weight and power dissipation, while providing ease of access to the focus regions. Also provided are micro-devices in various size regimes which can be controlled both in position as well as in function (such as release of therapeutic materials), and which are capable of both energy and data transfer with the magnetic field control system.
US12059237B2
For decision support based on perfusion in medical imaging, a machine-learned model, such as a model trained with deep learning, generates perfusion examination information from CT scans of the patient. Other information, such as patient-specific information, may be used with the CT scans to generate the perfusion examination information. Since a machine-learned model is used, the perfusion examination information may be estimated from a spatial and/or temporally sparse number of scan shots or amount of CT dose. The results of perfusion imaging may be provided with less than the current, standard, or typical radiation dose.
US12059233B2
An aspect of the disclosure pertains to a wrist-worn device that may be characterized by the following features: an external surface that is not in contact with the user when the wrist-worn device is worn; a force sensor; a PPG sensor disposed on the wrist-worn device; and control logic configured to: (i) generate one or more sensor data samples, each sensor data sample including data that links force data generated by the force sensor when a user presses a against the external surface at a given time with heart rate data obtained from the PPG sensor at the given time; and (ii) calculate an estimate of blood pressure from the one or more sensor data samples. As examples, the force sensor may be a force sensitive touch screen or film, a strain gauge integrating into the device, or a calibrated spring element configured to be pressed by the user.
US12059229B2
A nurse call system includes a nurse call slave device, a nurse call master device, a plate slave device, a bedside monitor, a corridor light, a control unit, and nurse mobile phones. The nurse call slave device is provided for each bed in a hospital room for allowing a hospitalized patient to call a nurse. The nurse call master device is provided at a nurse station for answering a call from the nurse call slave device. The plate slave device, the corridor light, or the control unit has an automatic answering unit for automatically answering a call from the nurse call slave device, and causes the automatic answering unit to automatically answer at least a part of calls from the nurse call slave device without calling the nurse call master device and the nurse mobile phones.
US12059221B2
A method comprising acquiring an image of a surgical site of a patient. The method includes capturing motion data of an instrument based on a user defined path to the surgical site. The method includes determining a motion path based on the captured motion data. The motion path corresponds to an actuation of one or more components of a robotic device. The method includes displaying a portion of the motion path onto the image. The method includes determining one or more instructions for actuating the one or more components along the determined motion path. The method includes providing the one or more instructions to the robotic device.
US12059220B2
A surgical cart for supporting a robotic arm includes a base, a plurality of casters coupled to the base, and first and second rods rotatably supported by the base. The first rod is operably coupled to a first caster and configured to rotate in a first direction to one of lock or unlock the first caster. The second rod is coupled to a second caster and operably coupled to the first rod such that rotation of the first rod in the first direction causes the second rod to rotate in a second direction to one of lock or unlock the second caster.
US12059215B2
A navigation system and method for joint replacement surgery, the system comprising: a pre-operative planning module (1), configured to perform segmentation and reconstruction on the basis of acquired hip joint medical image data to obtain a hip joint three-dimensional model, and perform pre-operative planning to determine the position, size, and angle of a prosthesis placement; and a navigation alignment module (2), configured to determine the spatial position of the pelvis and femur on the basis of a pelvis reference frame and a femoral reference frame, perform alignment on the hip joint three-dimensional model on the basis of the spatial position relationship between a surgical probe and the pelvis reference frame and femoral reference frame to obtain a hip joint physical model, and control a surgical instrument clamping the prosthesis to place the prosthesis in the hip joint on the basis of the hip joint physical model. By means of the pre-operative planning of information such as the surgical access and prosthesis placement, and tracking the surgical instrument during the surgery by means of a spatial positioning method, the accuracy of surgery is improved and navigation support is provided to the physician, making the surgery safer and more efficient.
US12059214B2
Disclosed are systems, devices, and methods for performing treatment along a lumen network, an exemplary method comprising receiving image data of a patient's lungs, mapping one or more luminal networks inside the patient's lungs based on the received image data, identifying a treatment target in the image data, determining a luminal pathway to the treatment target via at least one of the luminal networks, configuring treatment parameters for treatment of the treatment target and at least one of the luminal networks, navigating a tool inside at least one of the luminal networks to the treatment target, treating the treatment target with a primary treatment modality, and treating the luminal pathway of at least one of the luminal networks leading to or from the treatment target with a secondary treatment modality.
US12059210B2
The ophthalmic optical system is configured to apply an angular scanning light ray to an eye. M=|ωout/ωin| is defined, where ωin represents an angle between an incident light ray to the ophthalmic optical system and an optical axis of the ophthalmic optical system, and ωout represents an angle between an exiting light ray exiting from the ophthalmic optical system toward the eye and the optical axis. The ophthalmic optical system satisfies a conditional expression Mpar
US12059205B2
A reverse retropulsion device can include a lithotripter, a collection passage, and an energy directing device. The lithotripter can be configured to deliver energy to tissue located at a tissue forming region. The collection passage can be positionable at or near the body lumen. The energy directing device can be positionable near the lithotripter and the collection passage. The energy directing device can be configured to propel the tissue toward the collection passage.
US12059201B2
A device, system, and method for ligating the left atrial appendage without creating pro-arrhythmic tissue. The device may generally include a snare including a thermally transmissive distal portion and a suture including a distal portion, both distal portions having a lasso-shaped configuration that may be positioned proximate the base of the left atrial appendage. Once the distal portions of the snare and the suture are tightened around the base of the left atrial appendage, the thermally transmissive distal portion of the snare may be activated to create an ablation lesion in adjacent left atrial appendage tissue. The lesion may be created with radiofrequency energy or through cryoablation by the circulation of refrigerant within the thermally transmissive distal portion of the snare.
US12059195B2
A robotic surgical instrument includes a housing and a shaft extending distally from the housing and including proximal and distal segments and an articulating portion interconnecting the segments. An end effector assembly is coupled to the distal segment and a plurality of actuation components extends through at least a portion of the shaft to enable selective actuation of the end effector assembly. A seal configuration is operably associated with a proximal body portion of a proximal link of the articulating portion of the shaft to establish seals against an interior annular surface of the shaft, about each actuation component of the plurality of actuation components, and within a distal end portion of the proximal segment of the shaft to inhibit fluid communication proximally into the proximal segment of the shaft.
US12059184B1
A load sharing bone plate has a plurality of directional apertures configured to effectively support and share the load with a fractured bone to promote healing. A load sharing bone plate may have a body portion that is thinner and be configured to be secured with smaller fasteners than conventional bone plates. A load sharing bone plate has a plurality of directional apertures, configured to direct a fastener is a specific orientation, such as in an oblique angle to the length and/or in an oblique angle to the width of the bone plate. A load sharing bone plate may be configured with a load sharing extension on at least one end that is configured to reduce stress concentration at the end of the bone plate. A load sharing extension may have a tapered thickness and/or width from the body portion to the extended end.
US12059182B2
Disclosed is a combined intramedullary and extramedullary bone stabilization and alignment system, which includes both methods and apparatuses for the alignment and stabilization of a first bone or piece of bone to a second bone or piece of bone. Embodiments of the system may include an implant device which has an elongated framework within the intramedullary portion and an extramedullary portion which are cannulated. The cannulated aspect of the framework includes a wire aperture through both the intramedullary portion and the extramedullary portion.
US12059177B2
Catheter-based delivery systems for delivery and retrieval of a leadless pacemaker include features to facilitate improved manipulation of the catheter and improved capture and docking functionality of leadless pacemakers. Such functionality includes mechanisms directed to deflecting and locking a deflectable catheter, maintaining tension on a retrieval feature, protection from anti-rotation, and improved docking cap and drive gear assemblies.
US12059176B2
A surgical access device includes a tube and a housing coupled to the tube. The housing is configured for passage of a surgical instrument therethrough. The housing includes first and second chambers where the second chamber surrounds the first chamber. A seal is disposed in the first chamber. A port extends from the housing and is in fluid communication with the second chamber. A nozzle is defined between a distal portion of an outer wall of the first chamber and a wall of the housing. The nozzle is configured to direct fluid towards the second chamber.
US12059172B2
An inner member rotatable in an angled outer tubular member of a rotary surgical cutting instrument includes first and second tubular members. The first tubular member includes a rigid proximal portion, a rigid distal portion, and a flexible intermediate portion. The proximal and distal portions are comprised of a first material and the intermediate portion is comprised of a second material. The second tubular member is coaxially disposed around the first tubular member along the intermediate portion. The second tubular member includes a proximal section, a distal section, and a central section. The central section is flexible and the proximal and distal sections are rigid. The second tubular member is comprised of a single material. The proximal section is fixedly coupled to the proximal portion and the distal section is fixedly coupled to the distal portion.
US12059163B2
A clot removal device has an expandable treatment member having a distal tip and a proximal end, a delivery wire having a distal end coupled to the proximal end of the expandable treatment member, and a flow restrictor carried along the delivery wire at a location that is separate and proximal from the expandable treatment member. The flow restrictor has a body with a distal section and a proximal section, the distal section being covered and the proximal section being uncovered. The expandable treatment member is moveable relative to the flow restrictor, and can be retracted into the distal section.
US12059160B2
Devices, systems, and methods for bone stabilization, especially proximal humeral stabilization. The stabilization system may include a bone plate having an elongated portion extending along a longitudinal axis and an enlarged head portion extending from the elongated portion. The stabilization system may include an intramedullary nail having an upper portion and a lower portion extending from the upper portion, the upper portion and the lower portion including a plurality of holes. A plurality of fasteners may be configured to extend through one or more of the plurality of through holes in the bone plate and/or one or more of the plurality of holes in the intramedullary nail and into the bone. The plate and nail may each be used alone or in combination together to stabilize a fracture in a long bone, such as a humerus.
US12059158B2
In some examples, a medical assembly includes a catheter and a delivery-assist tool. The catheter includes an elongated body comprising a proximal body portion and a distal body portion and defining a body inner lumen; and an expandable member located at the distal body portion, the expandable member defining an expandable member inner lumen. The delivery-assist tool includes a support structure configured to extend through the body inner lumen and the expandable member inner lumen of the catheter; and a flexible cover coupled to a distal portion of the support structure, wherein the flexible cover is configured to facilitate compression and retention of the expandable member in a delivery configuration while being advanced through a delivery sheath and while the support structure extends through the body inner lumen and the expandable member inner lumen.
US12059145B2
The present disclosure is directed to a method of facilitating treatment via a vascular wall defining a vascular lumen containing an occlusion therein. The method may include providing an intravascular device having a distal portion and a longitudinal axis and inserting the intravascular device into the vascular lumen. The method may further include positioning the distal portion in the vascular wall, rotating the intravascular device about the longitudinal axis, and advancing the intravascular device within the vascular wall.
US12059139B2
The invention regards a device for reconstituting a bioactive agent and forming a paste, the device comprising:—a container (2) containing the bioactive agent,—a first syringe (4) containing a liquid,—a second syringe (5) containing a paste forming material,—a connector element (6) configured for establishing sequential fluid connections between 1) the first syringe and the container, 2) the container and the second syringe, and 3) the first and second syringes, such that the liquid can be transferred from the first syringe to the container to reconstitute the bioactive agent, whereupon the reconstituted bioactive agent can be transferred from the container into the second syringe to form a paste, and the paste can be transferred to the first syringe.
US12059138B2
A system for performing minimally invasive procedures in a working space within a body lumen of a patient including a flexible catheter configured to receive a working instrument therethrough. The flexible catheter has a working space expanding system positioned at the distal portion, the working space expanding system including first and second flexible elements movable from a non-expanded insertion position to an expanded position forming an expanded region to expand the working space within the body. The first and second flexible elements are connected at a distal region by a coupling structure. A stabilizing member stabilizes the distal portion of the flexible catheter.
US12059133B2
A light source apparatus, a medical observation system, an adjustment apparatus, an illumination method, an adjustment method, and a program that enable performing light modulation on a semiconductor light source through PWM control and current control without the necessary of a complicated work are provided. A light source apparatus 3 includes a first light source section 31 that emits a first light, a second light source section 32 that emits a second light, and a light source control section 33 that controls each of a pulse emission time and a pulse emission intensity of the first light and performs a control that changes one of a pulse emission time and a pulse emission intensity of the second light with the other one of the pulse emission time and the pulse emission intensity of the second light fixed.
US12059126B2
An endoscope system capable of easily measuring a size of a subject is provided. In the endoscope system, since an index figure indicating an actual size of a specific region of a test object is displayed together with an image of the subject, a user can measure the specific region easily by comparing the specific region with a marker. Since the size of the index figure is set in accordance with a spot position, there is no need for distance measurement, a device configuration is simple, and measurement can be quickly and easily performed. In addition, a specific value of the “actual size” can be set in accordance with conditions, such as the type of test object and the purposes of measurement. Additionally, an affected region can be the specific region in a case where the test object is a living body.
US12059124B2
A surgical hub is disclosed. The surgical hub includes a processor and a memory coupled to the processor. The memory stores instructions executable by the processor to receive first image data from a first image sensor, the first image data represents a first field of view, receive second image data from a second image sensor, wherein the second image data represents a second field of view, and display, on a display coupled to the processor, a first image rendered from the first image data corresponding to the first field of view and a second image rendered from the second image data corresponding to the second field of view.
US12059113B2
A dishwasher is provided having a diverter assembly. The diverter assembly may include a diverter disk moveable between an upper and a lower position. The diverter disk may include a diverter head defining an opening and a radial center, and a disk boss attached to the diverter head at a radial center of the diverter head. The disk boss may define a disk channel extending below the diverter head. The diverter disk may further include an upper spring guide extending below the disk boss and located within the disk channel, a return spring extending below the upper spring guide within the disk channel, and a lower spring guide extending through the return spring. The return spring may have a top end attached to the upper spring guide and a bottom end attached to the lower spring guide.
US12059112B2
A cleaning implement in which a squeegee blade is linked to a handle through a resiliently deformable support arm so that the squeegee blade is movable relative to the handle. A distance between a handle longitudinal axis and the squeegee blade varies when the support arm deforms. The support arm facilitates application on the surface of a force within a predetermined range by the squeegee blade.
US12059110B2
A floor cleaning apparatus comprising a housing, a motorized agitation system, and at least one removable pad alignment jig. The motorized agitation system comprising a plurality of rotatable pad holders provided on the housing, a plurality of cleaning pads, and at least one drive motor operably coupled with the plurality of rotatable pad holders. One of plurality of cleaning pads being provided on each of the plurality of rotatable pad holders for rotation thereof.
US12059108B2
A cleaning device includes a handle and a cleaning head which is movable on a surface to be cleaned. The cleaning head has at least one rotatable cleaning roller and a first lip element arranged adjacent to a first suction gutter which can be subjected to negative pressure by a suction pump, and the cleaning head has a second lip element arranged adjacent to a second suction gutter which can be subjected to negative pressure by the suction pump. The first and second lip elements may each be movable, and the handle may be pivoted to move the lip elements.
US12059106B2
A toothpaste dispensing device has an elongate body defining an upper section for accommodating at least a portion of a toothpaste container longitudinally therein in use and a lower section defining a toothbrush entrance therethrough. A dispensing mechanism is located within the lower section. The dispensing mechanism comprises a pump mechanism engaging a mouth of the toothpaste container and a trigger pivotally coupled to act on the pump mechanism. The trigger is accessible via the toothbrush entrance such that, in use, when a toothbrush head is inserted into the toothbrush entrance, the toothbrush head deflects the trigger thereby causing the trigger to act on the pump mechanism to dispense toothpaste from the toothpaste container onto the toothbrush head located thereunderneath.
US12059101B2
A reinforced folding cutting mat including a mat, which is a plate body thicker than 0.5 mm. The mat is formed with at least a cutting face made of cutting resistant plastic material. At least a fold tangent is formed in at least one part of mat, so that the mat can be bent using the fold tangent as fold line, and the one fold tangent includes a plurality of deep cutting edges and a plurality of reinforcing ribs with different cutting depths. The reinforcing ribs are adjacent to the deep cutting edges. The folding cutting mat is a product a one-piece product that is reinforced and has a more durable fold tangent form.
US12059100B1
Cooking tongs with first and second U-shaped arms hinged at a proximal end with generally flat and inwardly cupped spatulas at a distal end. A lance shaped temperature sensor mounted inside the first arm on a slide carrier and an aperture in the spatula through which a distal end of the lance shaped temperature sensor may be reciprocated on a slide carrier. A slide control attached to the slide carrier through a slot in a sidewall of the first arm for telescopic sliding of the lance shaped temperature sensor through the aperture in the first spatula. An electronic display window on the first arm connected to a data processor on the slide carrier for converting a signal received from the lance shaped temperature sensor into temperature data that is displayed in the electronic display window.
US12059099B2
A variable temperature blender is disclosed for the cooking and preparation of heated sauces, jams, soups, purees, alternative milks, smoothies and more. A variable temperature blender has a lid assembly, a vessel assembly, and a base assembly. The vessel assembly has a blending vessel and a collar attached to a bottom portion of the blending vessel. The base assembly have a user interface, a motor, and a controller. A heating element positioned within the collar of the vessel assembly received an electronic signal from the controller via an electrical interface connecting the base assembly with the vessel assembly. The electronic signal activates or deactivates the heating element based on an operational mode of the variable temperature blender to heat a food item contained within the blending vessel.
US12059096B2
A table (1) has a table top (2) containing an opening (3). A heating appliance (10) is in the opening (3) wherein the heating appliance (10) extends at least beneath the table top (2). The table top opening (3) comprises a recess (5) in which the heating appliance (10) is received, and the recess (5) has at least one wall (7) below the table top (2). The heating appliance (10) has a substantially sealed chamber (13) for receiving combustible fuel (47) with which the heating appliance (10) is used, and the chamber (13) has at least one window (35, 45).
US12059092B2
A coffee maker includes an extractor configured to receive ground coffee and water and to extract coffee from the ground coffee, and a dispenser configured to supply water to the ground coffee in the extractor. The dispenser includes an arm that is rotatably disposed vertically above an inlet of the extractor and includes a nozzle configured to supply water to the ground coffee in the extractor, a first actuator configured to rotatably support the arm and to rotate the arm about a center of the inlet along an edge of the inlet, and a second actuator connected to the arm and configured to rotate the arm relative to the first actuator.
US12059091B2
A cooking apparatus which includes a steam generator, and a water supply device to supply water to the steam generator, and a water supply control valve arranged between the water supply device and the steam generator and configured to adjust a level of water in the steam generator. The water supply control valve includes a housing, an inlet portion, and a float configured to move within the housing to open the inlet portion while a level of water in the housing is at a first level and move to move within the housing to close the inlet portion while the level of water in the housing is at a second level above the first level where the buoyancy of the float is greater than the gravity caused by the weight of the water supplied by the water supply device and to the water supply control valve.
US12059089B1
Implementations of drone landing pad systems may include a body having a landing pad receptacle and a package receptacle coupled to the landing pad receptacle, an extension mechanism coupled within the landing pad receptacle, and a landing pad coupled to the extension mechanism and configured to couple within the landing pad receptacle. The extension mechanism may be configured to lift the landing pad to an elevated position to receive a package from a drone. The landing pad may be configured to tilt to transfer the package into the package receptacle.
US12059079B1
A folding seat support frame includes an upper support frame detachably connected to a seat fabric and a lower support frame connected to the upper support frame, where the upper support frame includes an upper connector, short rods rotationally connected to the upper connector at a first limited angle, and upper connecting rods rotationally connected to the short rods at a second limited angle; the lower support frame includes a lower connector and lower connecting rods rotationally connected to the lower connector at a third limited angle; the lower connector and the upper connector are coaxially and rotationally connected; when the folding seat support frame is in an unfolded state, the lower connecting rods and the short rods are oriented to a side of the lower connector; when the folding seat support frame is in a folded state, the short rods are butted against the lower connector.
US12059077B2
A system for converting a stationary chair into a rocking chair. The chair includes legs that include a horizontal leg portion located near the floor. The system includes a pair of rocking assemblies that each can be mounted to one of a pair of horizontal leg portions of the chair. The rocking assemblies each include a pair of rocker brackets that can be connected to each other and entrap the horizontal leg portion between the pair of rocker brackets. Each of the rocker brackets includes a rocker surface that has an arcuate shape and extends between a front end and a back end with a fulcrum point between the front and back ends. The fulcrum point contacts the floor and the rocker brackets allow the chair to rock along the rocker surfaces. The pair of rocker brackets can be selectively installed upon and removed from the chair legs.
US12059072B2
A guide device for a moveable furniture part, in particular a drawer, has a catch which is moveable along a guide track and which is pretensioned by an energy store and which is moveable at least between a parked position with a tensioned energy store and an end position with a less tensioned energy store. The energy store can be coupled to an activator between the parked position and the end position in order to transmit a braking or acceleration force to the moveable furniture part, and wherein the activator has a metal support part.
US12059068B2
Various embodiments are directed to strap assemblies for securing a mobile device relative to an arm of a user and methods of using the same. Various embodiments are directed to a strap assembly comprising a strap panel comprising a rachet cable tension adjustment slot, a ratchet assembly for selective tightening of the strap assembly towards an arm and comprising a ratchet element on the strap panel; a dynamic cable attachment element disposed within the rachet cable tension adjustment slot and configured to move along a length of the rachet cable tension adjustment slot; and a ratchet cable extending between the ratchet element and the dynamic cable attachment element and having a looped cable portion configured for attachment to the dynamic cable attachment element; wherein the dynamic cable attachment element is movable along the length of the rachet cable tension adjustment slot in response to forces imparted from the ratchet cable.
US12059056B2
An article of footwear includes an upper defining a foot-receiving cavity with a heel region, and a heel support device extending around the rear of a heel region from a lateral side to a medial side. The heel support device may include a plurality of slats and a base, the plurality of slats providing a progressive gradient of lengths and/or widths, and/or one or more pegs extending from the device for attachment to a footwear upper, and/or an elongated tip that may be disposed in a cavity of an extension of a heel collar of the upper.
US12059050B2
A cap logo applicator, and method of fabricating, includes a first mandrel having a front and a back, the first mandrel having a curved, non-cylindrical surface, and a relief space in the back such that when a cap is positioned on the first mandrel, a front of the cap is in contact with the non-cylindrical surface and a top of the cap extends over the relief space, and a second mandrel opposing the first mandrel and configured to apply pressure to the first mandrel. At least one of the first mandrel and the second mandrel includes a heater.
US12059032B2
The present disclosure provides an electric heating cigarette appliance, including a power supply for providing power to a heating device, a heating device connected to the power supply, and a controller for controlling a temperature of the heating device at a working temperature, wherein further including a temperature adjusting device for adjusting the working temperature, the temperature adjusting device setting the heating device at one of at least two working temperatures.
US12059026B2
Provided herein are a smoking article filter and a smoking article including the same. The filter according to some embodiments of the present disclosure includes a filter plug including a filter material and a liquid material added to the filter plug. Here, a molecular weight of a hydrophilic group of the filter material may be larger than or equal to a molecular weight of a hydrophobic group thereof, and in this case, changes in physical properties of the filter due to adding the liquid material may be minimized.
US12059025B2
A heat-not-burn cigarette includes a shell, a driving assembly, and a locking mechanism. The shell is provided with an opening and an accommodation cavity. The opening communicates the accommodation cavity with an outside world. The locking mechanism is provided in the accommodation cavity. The driving assembly is transmissively connected to the locking mechanism to drive the locking mechanism to form a smaller clamping ring and a larger clamping ring. The locking mechanism includes a bearing assembly and at least one transmission assembly. The bearing assembly is adjustably connected to the transmission assembly, and the transmission assembly is connected to the driving assembly, so as to provide preset tracks for the bearing assembly. The bearing assembly expands or contracts along the preset tracks, such that the bearing assembly is adjustably attached to a peripheral side of a cigarette body.
US12059019B2
An edible powder formed of particles smaller than a film thickness, a predetermined component, and an edible liquid having a mass 35% or less of a mass of the powder are kneaded to generate a plastic solid material containing a liquid. The solid material is extruded from a mold to plastically deform the solid material and a predetermined cross-sectional shape is imparted to the solid material. The solid material having the predetermined cross-sectional shape is sliced with a cutting edge so as to have a film shape having a predetermined thickness.
US12059011B2
The present disclosure is directed to confectionery products, such as compressed mint tablets, that comprise menthol and eucalyptol. In certain embodiments, the menthol is encapsulated. The confectionery products deliver a strong initial cooling impact, and have extended storage stability in high humidity environments.
US12059002B2
Peroxyformic acid compositions for treatment and removal of biofilm growth and mineral deposits on membranes for energy services applications are disclosed. In particular, peroxyformic acid compositions are generated in situ or on site generation for the reduction and prevention, of biofilms and the mitigation of mineral buildup on the membranes. The compositions according to the invention are compatible with the membranes under application of use conditions.
US12058988B2
The present disclosure provides a warm water immersion-based hatching method of silkworm eggs, belonging to the technical field of sericulture production. In the present disclosure, a warm water treatment is conducted on silkworm eggs of a bivoltine silkworm variety in production, and a water temperature and an immersion time are optimized to ensure a higher hatching rate. The silkworm eggs are subjected to the warm water immersion at 49° C. to 51° C. for 15 s to 23 s to rapidly hatch the silkworm eggs without diapause.
US12058985B2
An aquaculture luminaire (10, 12) generates below the water surface upward light (26) and downward light (24). The upward light (26) is all directed with an angle to the vertical greater than a threshold angle. The division of light between the upward and downward directions may be configurable. Alternatively or additionally, the threshold angle may be configurable so that it ensures the light exceeds the angle for total internal reflection at the water surface. In this way, the luminaire is adaptable to the intended installation position of the luminaire and/or the prevailing water surface conditions (e.g. waves).
US12058981B2
A feed-supplying system includes a feeder and a scale. The feeder includes a bin, a valve module and a monitoring module. The monitoring module controls the valve module to open an outlet of the bin to allow the feeder to supply feed, measures a vertical inside-bin distance, and outputs a notification when it is determined that an amount of stored feed is less than a threshold based on the distance. The scale supports the supplied feed, senses weight of a load thereon. When it is determined that an amount of the supplied feed has reached a threshold based on the weight, the monitoring module controls the valve module to close the outlet so as to stop the supply of the feed.
US12058980B2
A beehive assembly has a column of hive bodies which are releasably connected to a sheet metal spine of a sleeve which encircles a post mounted to the ground. The sleeve has a rack which engages a pinion mounted to the post with a handle which rotates the pinion and moves the sleeve and attached beehive vertically. A latching pawl is selectively released by a foot pedal mounted to the post. By turning the crank the column of hive bodies is caused to ascend into an operating position where the bee colony within the hive bodies is elevated above the ground, or is lowered to be accessible by a beekeeper.
US12058970B2
The invention relates to the wheat cultivar designated 01095213. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the wheat cultivar 01095213. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the wheat cultivar 01095213 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing wheat plants by crossing the wheat cultivar 01095213 with itself or another wheat cultivar and plants produced by such methods.
US12058967B2
An expandable modular planting system (EMPS) for plant growing, the system comprising a garden bed having at least one wall panel for containing soil that is configured to grow at least one plant therein; and a weight support trellis module connected to the garden bed, wherein the weight support trellis module supports at least 30% of the at least one plant.
US12058963B1
Systems and methods described herein are intended for the reduction of grain bin entrapment. A method may include coupling at least a portion of a casing housing an auger to at least a portion of an inner sidewall of a grain bin. A method may include activating a power source of the auger to cause the auger to gather grain from a bottom portion of the grain bin and convey the grain to a top portion of the grain bin, thereby reducing an amount of the grain that is attached to the inner sidewall of the grain bin.
US12058961B2
Merger control device (21) for controlling the operation of a merger, wherein the merger control device (21) is designed to receive a cornering steering angle from a steering angle sensor (22, 23) as an input variable, and wherein the merger control device (21) is designed, as a function of the received cornering steering angle, to generate as an output variable at least one adjusting signal for transverse conveying devices (18) of the merger configured as belt conveyors and/or at least one adjusting signal for receiving members (17) of the merger configured as pick-ups, to output said adjusting signal to the transverse conveying devices (18) and/or receiving members (17) and to adapt the operation thereof automatically as a function of the cornering steering angle.
US12058956B2
A mulch kit control lever includes a handle pivotably mounted to a support plate with a tension spring connecting the handle to the support plate and urging the handle to pivot to either a mulching position or a side discharge position relative to the support plate. The tension spring is connected before the mulch kit control lever is installed on the mower deck. A retainer slides in a slot in one of the support plate and the handle preventing over-travel of the handle past the mulching position and the side discharge position.
US12058950B2
The present invention discloses an agricultural implement for applying fertilizer beneath the surface of the soil. The implement has a main frame for connecting the agricultural implement to agricultural equipment. A swing arm is pivotally connected to the main frame. An adjustable actuator interconnects the swing arm to the main frame to control the movement of the swing arm with respect to the main frame. A pair of discs are mounted to the free end of the swing arm for rotation with respect to the swing arm. The discs are offset mounted with respect to one another and are angled outwardly with respect to the direction of travel of the implement. The discs form grooves for receipt of fertilizer. Fertilizer tubes are mounted to the swing arms adjacent the discs. The fertilizer tubes deposit fertilizer in the grooves formed by the discs.
US12058948B2
A sensor network for measuring and processing agricultural sensor measurements having multi-depth sensors, field monitors, and/or field data collection systems. The multi-depth sensor having a GPS; sets of physical sensors located at different depths; a processing structure sampling measurements from the physical sensors; and storing the measurements. The field monitor for use with a mobile platform having: a housing; a camera; a LiDAR sensor; a processing structure capturing point data and image data; generating above-ground field data; and determining crop data. The field data collection system having a stationary field monitor and one or more mobile field monitors capturing above-ground data. The stationary field monitor and the mobile field monitors having an associated GPS. The multi-depth sensors capture below-ground data and communicating the below-ground data to the stationary field monitor. A GPU processes the above-ground data and the GPS data to generate a point cloud data set.
US12058944B2
An agricultural device associated with reduced tillage techniques in a field includes a frame and a separator supported by the frame. The separator is configured to form a strip of exposed soil in residual plant matter in the field. A crimping device associated with the separator is configured to at least partially crush stems of residual plant matter while maintaining the strip.
US12063873B2
A tunnel barrier layer includes a non-magnetic oxide, wherein a crystal structure of the tunnel barrier layer includes both an ordered spinel structure and a disordered spinel structure.
US12063872B2
A magnetic element includes a first ferromagnetic layer, and a first wiring that faces the first ferromagnetic layer in a first direction. The first wiring has a wiring portion extending in a second direction different from the first direction, and a wide width portion having a wider width than the wiring portion in a third direction intersecting the second direction when viewed from the first direction. A center position of the wiring portion in the third direction and a center position of the first ferromagnetic layer in the third direction are different from each other.
US12063870B2
A back-end-of-line transistor includes a channel strip, a source contact, a drain contact, a high-k dielectric strip, a gate pattern, and self-assembled monolayers. The channel strip includes a semiconductor oxide material. The source contact contacts a first end of the channel strip. The drain contact contacts a second end of the channel strip. The high-k dielectric strip extends on the channel strip in between the first end and the second end of the channel strip. The gate pattern extends on the high-k dielectric strip. The self-assembled monolayers are disposed in between the channel strip and the source and drain contacts. The self-assembled monolayers include a compound having a polar group. The polar group is bonded to at least one selected from the channel strip, the source contact, and the drain contact.
US12063868B2
A modified double magnetic tunnel junction (mDMTJ) structure is provided which includes a narrow base and the use of a spin diffusion layer (i.e., non-magnetic, spin-conducting metallic layer) which gives a low resistance-area product (RA) for the tunnel barrier layer that forms an interface with the spin diffusion layer.
US12063867B2
An approach to provide a structure of a double magnetic tunnel junction device with two spacers that includes a bottom magnetic tunnel junction stack, a spin conducting layer on the bottom magnetic tunnel junction stack, a top magnetic tunnel junction stack on the spin conduction layer, a first dielectric spacer on sides of the top magnetic tunnel junction stack and a portion of a top surface of the spin conduction layer, and a second dielectric spacer on the first spacer. The double magnetic tunnel device includes the top magnetic tunnel junction stack with a width that is less than the width of the bottom magnetic tunnel junction stack.
US12063863B2
A drive circuit, an electronic device, and a method of controlling a drive circuit that can reduce power consumption. The drive circuit includes: a control circuit that controls application of an AC voltage to a capacitive load; an inductive element which constitutes a closed circuit along with the capacitive load; a diode , which is connected in series to the inductive element between the capacitive load and the inductive element so as to constitute the closed circuit; and a switch element, which is connected in series to the diode between the capacitive load and the inductive element so as to constitute the closed circuit.
US12063860B2
A thermoelectric element according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a first metal substrate; a first resin layer disposed on the first metal substrate and in direct contact with the first metal substrate; a plurality of first electrodes disposed on the first resin layer; a plurality of thermoelectric legs disposed on the plurality of first electrodes; a plurality of second electrodes disposed on the plurality of thermoelectric legs; a second resin layer disposed on the plurality of second electrodes; and a second metal substrate disposed on the second resin layer, wherein the first resin layer comprises a polymeric resin and an inorganic filler and at least a part of side surfaces of the plurality of first electrodes are embedded in the first resin layer.
US12063846B2
The present disclosure relates to an organic light emitting display device and a method for manufacturing the same. In the organic light emitting display device according to the present disclosure, a bank which exposes an auxiliary electrode connected to a cathode electrode of an organic light emitting device is composed of multiple layers, and particularly, since the lowest layer of the bank, which is adjacent to the auxiliary electrode, includes an undercut, the cathode electrode and the auxiliary electrode are directly connected so that it is possible to prevent burnt due to a short-circuit between the cathode electrode and Ag included in the auxiliary electrode.
US12063844B2
A flexible display apparatus includes a flexible display panel including a flexible substrate, a display area of the flexible substrate including a thin film transistor, an organic light emitting layer and a sensor electrode, and a peripheral area of the flexible substrate including a first alignment mark in which respective portions of two metal layers are stacked; a window on a first surface of the flexible display panel; and a protective film on a second surface of the flexible display panel. The first alignment mark is aligned with a reference point of the window and with a reference point of the protective film.
US12063838B2
A display device is provided. The display device has a display region and includes: a substrate; a driving layer disposed on the substrate; a self-emitting layer disposed on the driving layer and including a reflective electrode; a sensor overlapping the display region in a normal direction of the substrate; a pixel defining layer disposed on the reflective electrode, wherein the pixel defining layer includes a top surface and a bottom surface opposite to the top surface, and the bottom surface faces the driving layer; a spacer disposed on the top surface of the pixel defining layer; and a first touch electrode and a second touch electrode disposed in the display region, wherein the sensor overlaps the first touch electrode or the second touch electrode in the normal direction of the substrate.
US12063837B2
A color converting substrate includes: a base part having, defined therein a first light transmitting region, a second light transmitting region spaced apart from the first light transmitting region in a first direction, and a first light blocking region between the first light transmitting region and the second light transmitting region; a first color filter positioned on one surface of the base part and overlapping the first light transmitting region; a second color filter positioned on the one surface of the base part and overlapping the second light transmitting region; a light blocking pattern overlapping the first light blocking region and positioned on the one surface of the base part; and a light transmitting pattern positioned on the first color filter, the second color filter, and the light blocking pattern, wherein the first color filter and the second color filter include a coloring material of a first color.
US12063836B2
A display apparatus includes: a first display area; a second display area including a transmissive area; a substrate; a plurality of first light-emitting elements over the substrate at the first display area; a plurality of second light-emitting elements over the substrate at the second display area; an optical functional layer on the plurality of first light-emitting elements, and including a hole corresponding to the second display area; a metal layer on the plurality of second light-emitting elements, and including a through portion corresponding to the transmissive area of the second display area; and a capping layer between the metal layer and the plurality of second light-emitting elements.
US12063833B2
The present application relates to a display panel, a manufacturing method thereof, and a display device. The display panel includes a base substrate, a plurality of pixel structures on the base substrate, and a color resist layer on a side of the plurality of pixel structures facing away the base substrate. The color resist layer includes a plurality of color resist blocks in one-to-one correspondence with the plurality of pixel structures. Light emitted from each of the plurality of pixel structures has the same color as the color resist block corresponding thereto.
US12063831B2
Various embodiments of the disclosure relate to an electronic device including an under display camera (UDC). The electronic device includes: a housing, a display, and a camera disposed inside the housing overlapping a portion of the display and acquiring light passing through the display from outside. The display includes a first area in which a first pixel overlapping with at least a portion of the camera and a first pixel driving circuit for driving the first pixel are disposed, and a second area, other than the first area, in which a second pixel and a second pixel driving circuit for driving the second pixel are disposed. The first pixel driving circuit includes a first driving thin film transistor (TFT) having a first channel region having a straight shape does not include a curved shape, and the second pixel driving circuit includes a second driving TFT having a second channel region of a curved shape. A first channel width of the first driving TFT is greater than a second channel width of the second driving TFT, and a first channel length of the first driving TFT is less than a second channel length of the second driving TFT.
US12063825B2
A transparent display device may improve transmittance and definition. The transparent display device comprises a plurality of first signal lines extended in a first direction and disposed to be spaced apart from one another, a plurality of second signal lines extended in a second direction and disposed to be spaced apart from one another, a transmissive area provided between two first signal lines adjacent to each other and two second signal lines adjacent to each other, and a first pixel and a second pixel disposed based on an overlapping area where the first signal line and the second signal line cross each other. The first pixel has a triangular shape, and the second pixel has a triangular shape symmetrical with the first pixel by interposing one of the first signal line and the second signal line.
US12063821B2
The present application provides a display panel including a substrate, a thin film transistor layer, an electrode layer, a pixel definition layer, and a light-emitting function layer. layer. An orthographic projection area of the electrode on the substrate is D, an orthographic projection area of an area connecting the light-emitting function portion and the electrode on the substrate is P, and a reflection compensation parameter of the pixel is D/P. A display area comprises a first display area and a second display area. The reflection compensation parameter of the pixel in the first display area is less than the reflection compensation parameter of the pixel in the second display area.
US12063811B2
An electroluminescence display includes a substrate including a plurality of pixels, each pixel having an emission area and a non-emission area; a light emitting diode disposed in the emission area on the substrate; an encapsulation layer covering the light emitting diode; and a pattern layer including a light transmitting area corresponding to the emission area and a light blocking area corresponding to the non-emission area, and disposed at a first direction from the substrate, wherein the first direction is corresponding to a light emitting direction of light which is generated by the light emitting diode, thereby reducing reflection of external light.
US12063807B2
The present disclosure provides a display panel and a display device. The display panel includes: a cover plate; a substrate, spaced apart from the cover plate, wherein an edge of the substrate is connected to an edge of the cover plate through an adhesive member, and the substrate comprises a first region enclosed and defined by the adhesive member; and a protective layer, disposed at a side of the substrate away from the cover plate. An impact abruption structure is configured on the protective layer or configured between the protective layer and the adhesive member, and an impact is applied towards the substrate. In this way, a possibility of the adhesive member being damaged while the display panel receiving the impact may be reduced.
US12063806B2
A display device comprising: a display panel including: a first area having a first transmittance; and a second area having a second transmittance higher than the first transmittance; and a first module under the second area, wherein the display panel comprises: a base layer; a circuit layer on the base layer; a first pixel electrode electrically connected to the circuit layer and in the first area; a second pixel electrode electrically connected to the circuit layer and in the second area; a first stack structure on the circuit layer and adjacent to the first pixel electrode; and a second stack structure which is on the circuit layer, is adjacent to the second pixel electrode, and is different from the first stack structure.
US12063805B2
An organic EL element includes a pixel electrode, a light emitting function layer that is formed on the pixel electrode, an electron injection layer formed on the light emitting function layer, and a counter electrode that is formed on the electron injection layer and that has semi-transmissive reflectivity, in which the counter electrode contains a reductive material that reduces material of the electron injection layer and Ag with atomic ratio of 75% or more, and an adsorption layer is formed on the counter electrode.
US12063791B2
A layout pattern of a magnetoresistive random access memory (MRAM) includes a substrate having a first cell region and a second cell region and a diffusion region on the substrate extending through the first cell region and the second cell region. Preferably, the diffusion region includes a first H-shape and a second H-shape according to a top view.
US12063784B2
In certain aspects, a memory device includes an array of memory cells, a plurality of word lines coupled to the array of memory cells, and a plurality of peripheral circuits coupled to the array of memory cells and configured to control the array of memory cells. A first peripheral circuit of the plurality of peripheral circuits includes a first three-dimensional (3D) transistor coupled to the array of memory cells through at least one of the plurality of word lines. The first 3D transistor includes a 3D semiconductor body, and a gate structure in contact with a plurality of sides of the 3D semiconductor body. The gate structure includes a gate dielectric and a gate electrode.
US12063775B2
The present description concerns a ROM including at least one first rewritable memory cell. In an embodiment, a method of manufacturing a read-only memory (ROM) comprising a plurality of memory cells is proposed. Each of the plurality of memory cells includes a rewritable first transistor and a rewritable second transistor. An insulated gate of the rewritable first transistor is connected to an insulated gate of the rewritable second transistor. The method includes successively depositing, on a semiconductor structure, a first insulating layer and a first gate layer, wherein the first insulating layer is arranged between the semiconductor structure and the first gate layer, wherein the rewritable second transistor further includes a well-formed between an associated first insulating layer and the semiconductor structure, and wherein the rewritable first insulating layer is in direct contact with the semiconductor structure; and successively depositing a second insulating layer and a second gate layer.
US12063773B2
A semiconductor device includes first and second active areas, a first gate, a first conductive segment, a first via and a first continuous gate. The first and second active areas extend in a first direction. The first gate crosses over the first active area and the second active area. The first gate includes a first gate portion and a second gate portion electrically isolated from each other. The first conductive segment crosses over the first active area and the second active area. The first via is arranged above the first conductive segment. The first active area and the second active area are coupled through the first conductive segment to the first via. The first continuous gate is disposed between the first conductive segment and the first gate, and crossing over the first active area and the second active area.
US12063771B2
A memory structure includes a substrate, a first word line and a first word line. The substrate has a plurality of active areas and an isolation structure surrounding the active areas. The first word line trench is formed across a first active area of the active areas and the isolation structure. The first word line trench includes a first slot and a first groove. The first slot is recessed from a top surface of the substrate. The first groove expands from a bottom of the first slot. A first sidewall is connected between the bottom of the first slot and a top of the first groove. A first word line is formed in the first word line trench. The first word line comprises a gate dielectric confomally formed on the first groove and the first slot.
US12063764B2
A display device includes a display module including a display area and a non-display area which is adjacent to the display area, a printed circuit film attached to the display module at the non-display area thereof, and a first heat dissipation layer corresponding to the non-display area of the display module. The first heat dissipation layer extends from the non-display area of the display module to correspond to the printed circuit film.
US12063762B2
A cooling system for cooling chips in a server rack uses a heat pipe, providing a cooled connection to the chips in a server rack. A coolant for the heat pipe is located outside the rack, so that water never needs to be brought into the rack.
US12063757B2
The present invention relates to a heat sink comprising a heat pipe. A heat sink, according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprises: a first heat pipe mounted in a first groove formed on a first surface of a heat sink; a second heat pipe mounted in a second groove formed on a second surface of the heat sink; and a third groove in which at least a portion of the second heat pipe mounted in the second groove is exposed in the direction of the first surface. A method for producing a heat sink comprises the steps of: forming, on a first surface of a heat sink, a first groove in which a first heat pipe is mounted; mounting the first heat pipe on the first surface by disposing and press-fitting the first heat pipe in the first groove; forming, on a second surface of the heat sink, a second groove in which a second heat pipe is mounted; mounting the second heat pipe on the second surface by disposing and press-fitting the second heat pipe in the second groove; and forming a third groove such that at least a portion of the second heat pipe is exposed in the direction of the first surface.
US12063751B2
The present invention refers to a method of preparing a high density interconnect printed circuit board (HDI PCB) including microvias filled with copper comprising the steps of: a1) providing a multi-layer substrate comprising (i) a stack assembly of an electrically conductive interlayer embedded between two insulating layers, (ii) a cover layer, and (iii) a microvia extending from the peripheral surface and ending on the conductive interlayer; b1) depositing a conductive layer; or a2) providing a multi-layer substrate comprising (i) a stack assembly of an electrically conductive interlayer embedded between two insulating layers, (ii) a microvia extending from the peripheral surface and ending on the conductive interlayer; b2) depositing a conductive layer; and c) electrodepositing a copper filling in the microvia and a first copper layer on the conductive layer which form together a planar surface and the thickness of the first copper layer is from 0.1 to 3 μm.
US12063741B2
A power converter includes a power transformer having a body housing two secondary windings, the body having first and second opposing and substantially parallel planar faces, each of the secondary windings having respective first coils and second coils having respective terminals. The terminals of the first coils extend through the first face of the transformer body, and the terminals of the second coils extend through the second face of the transformer body. The converter further includes two printed circuit boards (PCBs) each disposed at a corresponding face of the transformer body, each PCB carrying switches and capacitors of a respective rectifier circuit connected to the terminals of the coils of the respective secondary winding, each PCB including external connections for connecting the rectifier circuits in parallel to form an output of the power converter.
US12063740B2
A display device with self-luminous display elements, which are arranged in a panel. The panel is provided, on its rear side opposite the light-emitting surface used for display, with a heat distribution element, on the side of which facing away from the rear side at least one temperature sensor is arranged. The heat distribution element has at least one opening, behind which a light sensor is arranged, wherein the light sensor and the temperature sensor are arranged on a common carrier.
US12063738B2
A multilayer substrate includes a multilayer body in which insulating layers are laminated in a laminating direction, a front electrode that is provided on a front surface side of a first insulating layer which is positioned on a front surface side of the multilayer body among the insulating layers, a first internal electrode that is provided on an opposite side to the front electrode with the first insulating layer interposed therebetween, and a first interlayer connection conductor that electrically connects the front electrode and the first internal electrode with each other. The first interlayer connection conductor includes a front side connection surface that is electrically connected with the front electrode and a back side connection surface that is electrically connected with the first internal electrode.
US12063734B2
The present disclosure is directed to a modularized vessel droplet generator assembly (MGDVA) including a droplet generator assembly (DGA). Under a normal operation, the liquid fuel moves along an operation pathway extending through the DGA to eject or discharge the liquid fuel (e.g., liquid tin) from a nozzle of the DGA into a vacuum chamber. The liquid fuel in the vacuum chamber is then exposed to a laser generating an extreme ultra-violet (EUV) light. Under a service operation, the operation pathway is closed and a service pathway extending through the DGA is opened. A gas is introduced into the service pathway forming a gas-liquid interface between the gas and the liquid fuel. The gas-liquid interface is driven to an isolation valve directly adjacent to the DGA. In other words, the gas pushes back the liquid fuel to the isolation valve. Once the gas-liquid interface reaches the isolation valve, the isolation valve is closed isolating the DGA from the liquid fuel.
US12063732B2
A modular cooking apparatus is disclosed. The modular cooking apparatus includes a first interchangeable cooking module containing an impingement oven and a second interchangeable cooking module containing a microwave oven. The microwave oven includes a magnetron and a cooking chamber, an oven door for covering the cooking chamber, wherein the oven door includes an external cover and an internal cover, a motor located outside the cooking chamber, a food holding surface located inside the cooking chamber, and a crank-and-cam mechanism connected to the food holding surface via a rod. The crank-and-cam mechanism moves the food holding surface to and fro within the cooking chamber during cooking for promoting food cooking evenness.
US12063730B2
Example embodiments relate to methods and systems for performing management of a luminaire network. One example embodiment includes a method of performing management in a luminaire network that includes a plurality of luminaires and a control system. Each luminaire of the plurality of luminaires is configured to operate in accordance with at least one profile which defines one or more settings of the luminaire in function of time. The method includes retrieving, by the control system, traffic data from at least one traffic database, preferably vehicle and/or pedestrian traffic data. The method also includes retrieving, by the control system, weather data. Additionally, the method includes predicting, by the control system, for each luminaire motion related conditions for a future period of time based on the retrieved traffic data and the retrieved weather data, preferably motion related conditions influencing the motion behavior of vehicles and/or pedestrians circulating in the vicinity.
US12063725B2
A display panel is disclosed. The display panel may include a plurality of LED elements, and may further include a substrate including a first driving circuit including a pulse width modulation (PWM) driving circuit and a second driving circuit including a pulse amplitude modulation (PAM) driving circuit. The plurality of LED elements may include a first LED element configured to emit light of a first color, and which is controlled by the first driving circuit, and a second LED element configured to emit light of a second color different from the first color, and which is controlled by the second driving circuit.
US12063724B2
A vehicle brake light system connected to a brake of a vehicle, the vehicle brake light system including at least one graduated tail light, including a a plurality of lights to illuminate a plurality of colors in response to the brake of the vehicle being depressed at a plurality of levels of force, and a brake sensor connected to the brake of the vehicle to detect a level of force on the brake.
US12063722B2
The invention provides a method for correcting a first light pattern provided by a lighting device (1) with a matrix of light sources (2). This method comprising the steps of obtaining a map of the light pattern divided in pixels (4), associating a calibration power value to each pixel (4), depending on the light intensity of each pixel and assigning a new power value to each pixel. Finally, a corrected light pattern is projected with the new power values. The invention also provides an automotive lighting device with a calibrator to perform the steps of this method and an automotive lighting assembly with an external calibrator to perform the steps of this method.
US12063721B2
A heater includes a base having a first surface and a second surface, and a heat generator disposed on a third surface of the base, the third surface being parallel to the first surface. The base includes a hole portion that opens in at least the second surface. The third surface includes a plurality of blank areas on each of which the heat generator is not present and each of which is circular. The blank areas include a first blank area including a region that the hole portion overlaps and a second blank area that does not include a region that the hole portion overlaps.
US12063720B2
The present disclosure is directed to processes for forming or otherwise creating a transparent, conductive film from a heavy hydrocarbon material. It allows for what is often considered to be waste material to be transformed into a useful product, such as a heating element. Such heating elements can be incorporated into many contexts where it can be important to have transparency and/or a thin heating element, such as in windshields. The process involves dissolving a heavy hydrocarbon material in a solvent, casting the heavy hydrocarbon solution that results from the dissolving onto a substrate to form a film, and then annealing the film. The disclosure also provides for objects in which such resulting films can be used, such as Joule heaters.
US12063714B2
A transmitting device and a receiving device for wireless communications are provided, particularly for vehicle-to-everything (V2X) or cooperative intelligent transport systems (C-ITS) communications. The transmitting device is configured to determine more than one transmission for transmitting a packet, and transmit the packet to a receiving device and/or a group of receiving devices using the determined transmissions. The receiving device is configured to receive a packet in more than one transmission from a transmitting device, and combine the transmissions to obtain the packet. Corresponding transmitting and receiving methods are also provided.
US12063713B2
A system of mobile device operation system and apps delivery is disclosed. All updates of the mobile device including system updates and feature apps updates are delivered over-the-air (“OTA”). When a system update is available, it is delivered to the mobile device for download and installation. If feature apps updates are available but a system update is not available, the system delivers the feature apps updates to the mobile device for download and installation. Feature apps updates coming from the two different routes are stored in different partitions of the OS image on the mobile device for version control. Feature apps updates included in subsequent system updates takes precedent over previously installed updates of the same or earlier versions.
US12063711B2
The present disclosure relates to a method for a user equipment, UE, which includes a mobile equipment, ME, and a subscriber identity module, SIM. The method comprises checking whether the ME and the SIM have a 5th generation, 5G, specific parameter or not, and sending, to a network node, a first message containing a first information element, IE, indicating whether the UE has a valid 5G specific parameter or not, so as to fetch a 5G specific parameter value from a unified data management, UDM.
US12063709B2
This application provides an example group management method, apparatus, and system. The example group management method includes receiving a first group request from an application function network element, where the first group request includes indication information, an external group identifier, and first group information, and where the indication information indicates a group service type, and the external group identifier is a group identifier that is not identified by a network element by a network element inside a core network, in response to that the group service type is creating a group, obtaining an internal group identifier corresponding to the external group identifier, and associating the internal group identifier, the external group identifier, and the first group information, where internal group identifier is a group identifier that is identified by the network element inside the core network.
US12063699B2
The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for D2D signal transmission of a first terminal in a wireless communication system. Specifically, the method comprises the steps of: receiving a resource pool configuration indicating a D2D resource pool; and transmitting a D2D data channel on the basis of a D2D slot number which is re-indexed within the D2D resource pool.
US12063696B2
Embodiments of this application disclose a resource allocation method, a base station, and a terminal. The method includes: A base station sends a configuration message to a terminal, where the configuration message is used to configure, for the terminal, a random access channel RACH resource used in a channel occupancy time COT. The base station receives a random access request that is sent by the terminal based on the RACH resource allocated by using the configuration message. According to embodiments of this application, a random access latency of the terminal can be reduced.
US12063694B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a network node may receive a control message including a field for a timing offset, wherein the timing offset is applicable to a subset of a set of random access channel occasions. The network node may transmit a random access channel preamble in a time resource corresponding to the timing offset and associated with a random access channel occasion of the set of random access channel occasions. Numerous other aspects are described.
US12063693B2
This disclosure provides an information transmission method and a terminal. The information transmission method according to the embodiments of this disclosure includes: in a case that transmission of random access request information conflicts with transmission of target information, transmitting the random access request information or the target information based on transmission priority.
US12063690B2
Systems and methods are described for a 2-Step Random Access Channel (RACH) for New Radio (NR) with unlicensed operation. The systems and methods include at least, generating, by a user equipment (UE), a MsgA of a random access channel (RACH) procedure associated with the NR network, the MsgA having a physical random access channel (PRACH) occasion and an associated physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) occasion for transmission during the RACH procedure, and transmitting, by the UE, the MsgA to a base station (gNB) over unlicensed spectrum of the NR network during the RACH procedure.
US12063677B2
A scheduling entity can configure semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) resources for downlink data and selectively receiving channel measurements and interference measurements from a user equipment. The scheduling entity can trigger the channel measurements and interference measurements using various methods including SPS configuration activation/reactivation/deactivation, DMRS based triggering, and DCI based triggering. The scheduling entity can benefit from more frequent and/or aperiodic interference and/or channel measurements in performing channel precoding, selecting a modulation and coding scheme (MCS), and estimating/predicting interference, noise, and channel quality at the UE. SPS configured channel and interference measurements also benefit the UE in data decoding that can result in a lower error ratio and higher data rate.
US12063676B2
A method, system and network node are disclosed. A network node for communication with a wireless device that is configured for uplink transmission on a first carrier using a first Radio Access Technology (RAT) and on a second carrier using a second RAT is provided. The network node includes processing circuitry configured to determine whether to schedule the wireless device for uplink and whether to schedule the wireless device for uplink and downlink communications, in a transmission time interval (TTI) according to the first RAT based at least in part on an intermodulation distortion quantity associated with uplink communications according to both the first RAT and the second RAT, and optionally schedule the wireless device according to the determination.
US12063675B2
A terminal apparatus notifies, when transmitting an uplink second signal to a base station apparatus using a wireless resource that is used when receiving a downlink first signal transmitted from the base station apparatus, the base station apparatus of information indicating whether or not the terminal apparatus has a capability of suppressing influence of interference of the second signal on the first signal.
US12063671B2
Systematic size matching procedures for downlink control information, DCI, provide exact instructions on how DCI size matching is to be performed in a NR wireless system, to meet predetermined limits for how many different DCI sizes may be monitored by a user equipment, UE. With these procedures, consistent and exact DCI size matching can be performed while keeping blind decoding procedures manageable, ensuring common understanding of DCI contents between the UE and the network.
US12063669B2
This application discloses an information determining method and an apparatus, the information determining method includes: receiving second indication information from a network device; and determining, based on a plurality of parameters indicated by the second indication information, a transmission manner of transmitting same data by using a plurality of transmission configuration indicator states (TCI-states), wherein the plurality of parameters comprise at least a quantity of TCI-states and a quantity of consecutive transmissions of the same data.
US12063663B2
The present disclosure relates to a user equipment (UE), a network node, and communication methods respectively for a UE and a network node. The UE comprises a transceiver which, in operation, receives, on a physical downlink control channel, PDCCH, downlink control information, DCI, for scheduling a plurality of transmissions or receptions between the UE and a plurality of transmission and reception points, TRPs, on a plurality of channels, the DCI including one or more indicators indicating one or more respective transmission parameters, and circuitry which, in operation, obtains, based on the one or more indicators and on a configuration, a plurality of values respectively of the one or more transmission parameters. The transceiver, in operation, performs the plurality of transmissions or receptions using a respective one of the plurality of values of the one or more transmission parameters for each of the plurality of transmissions or receptions.
US12063662B2
A base station may transmit, to a wireless device, configuration parameters of a downlink control channel. The configuration parameters may indicate features such as a time interval in which the downlink control channel is configured, and a starting symbol, and the base station may use the downlink control channel for transmitting packet scheduling information.
US12063658B2
The invention refers to a method for selecting logical channels for transmission on granted uplink (UL) resources within a cell of a radio access network (RAN) including receiving, from a network node in the RAN, a grant of resources associated with a carrier frequency in unlicensed spectrum, the carrier frequency comprising a plurality of radio channels, and selecting one or more of a plurality of logical channels for transmission during a subsequent transmission time interval, TTI, using the granted resources, wherein the selecting is based on respective priorities associated with the logical channels and information indicating the respective availabilities, and/or radio qualities of the radio channels. The invention further relates to methods for configuring selection of logical channels for transmission on granted UL resources within a cell of a RAN, as well as a network node and user equipment configured to perform operations corresponding to the referred methods.
US12063654B2
Provided in the present disclosure are an uplink control information transmission method and device. The method includes: determining that a first transmission resource corresponding to uplink data to be transmitted and a second transmission resource corresponding to uplink control information to be transmitted overlap in a time domain; and transmitting the uplink control information on the second transmission resource, and terminating transmission of the uplink data on the first transmission resource. Before transmitting the uplink control information on the second transmission resource, the method further includes: determining a type to which the uplink control information belongs according to a transmission parameter. The transmission parameter includes service type indication or configuration information, and the configuration information includes priority.
US12063651B2
A wireless device receives configuration parameters including a first feedback parameter for selecting first feedback radio resources of a sidelink and a second feedback parameter for selecting second feedback radio resources of the sidelink. The wireless device may select one or more radio resources based on a sidelink control information (SCI) indication. The radio resources may be selected from one of the first feedback radio resources based on the first feedback parameter and the second feedback radio resources based on the second feedback parameter. The wireless device may further transmit a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback for a received sidelink transmission via the selected one or more radio resources.
US12063650B2
A method and apparatus for trigger and/or cancellation of sidelink scheduling request (SR) in a wireless communication system is provided. A wireless device determines that a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource for transmission of a scheduling request (SR) overlaps with a sidelink (SL) resource for transmission of a SL media access control (MAC) protocol data unit (PDU). The wireless device transmits, to a network, the SR by using the PUCCH resource when a priority of the SR is higher than a priority of the SL MAC PDU.
US12063643B2
A wireless communication system in which wireless stations perform transmission, a plurality of wireless modules that are operated in a shared frequency band being installed in the wireless stations, wherein the wireless stations each include means for notifying a control device of environment information that includes capacity information regarding the wireless station and information regarding a surrounding wireless environment, the control device includes means for determining an operation mode of each wireless module of each wireless station based on the environment information collected from each wireless station, following a control guideline that is determined in advance, and notifying the wireless stations of the operation modes, and the wireless stations each include means for setting the operation modes in the plurality of wireless modules and changing connection of connection destination wireless stations according to the operation modes of the wireless modules, the wireless stations being notified of the operation modes by the control device.
US12063642B2
A communication apparatus includes a receiving unit configured to receive data on a sidelink shared channel; a control unit configured to generate acknowledgement information about the received data; and a transmitting unit configured to, upon detecting that a first elapsed time from receiving the data by the receiving unit until a timing for transmitting the acknowledgement information via a sidelink is shorter than a first reference time, defer the timing for transmitting the acknowledgement information via the sidelink until the first elapsed time becomes longer than or equal to the first reference time.
US12063632B2
A resource exclusion method includes: determining at least one target resource, where each target resource includes at least one time domain resource; and in a case where the target resource conflicts with a reserved resource of a second terminal in time domain, performing resource exclusion based on a conflict resolution method, and determining a candidate resource of the first terminal or a reserved resource of the first terminal; where the conflict resolution method includes at least one of a conflict resolution method predefined in a protocol, a conflict resolution method preconfigured by a network, a conflict resolution method configured by a network, or a conflict resolution method configured by a terminal.
US12063631B2
A network node in a new radio access technology (RAT) configures a fixed resource on which transmission direction is fixed and a flexible resource on which transmission direction is changeable, and transmits a single channel which is mapped to the fixed resource and the flexible resource. The single channel may be divided into a first mini channel which is mapped to the fixed resource and a second mini channel which is mapped to the flexible resource.
US12063630B2
A method is provided for indicating a resource occupation state. The method includes: performing detection with respect to a first frequency domain resource within an unlicensed frequency band to determine whether the first frequency domain resource is free; and if so, using the first frequency domain resource to transmit uplink information to a base station, where the uplink information provides indications including an indication stating whether the base station and a terminal can co-occupy the first frequency domain resource.
US12063625B2
Signaling for allocating communication resources is communicated in a wireless communication network. The signaling is for allocating the communication resources in a first time duration and a second time duration for relaying data, in respective hops of a multi-hop relay between first and second end nodes, by user equipment (UE) including one or more relay UEs at each hop for example. Such relaying of data in the respective hops involves relaying the data in a first hop of the multi-hop relay and in a second hop of the multi-hop relay between the first end node and the second end node. The communication resources in the first time duration are allocated for relaying the data in the first hop of the multi-hop relay and the communication resources in the second time duration are allocated for relaying the data in the second hop of the multi-hop relay.
US12063622B2
Disclosed are a cell processing method, apparatus and system. The cell processing method includes: a first communication node sends multiple neighbor cell lists; where the neighbor cell lists includes: a neighbor cell list of neighbor cells connected to a first core network and at least one neighbor cell list of neighbor cells connected to only a second core network; or a neighbor cell list of neighbor cells connected to only the first core network, a neighbor cell list of neighbor cells connected to both the first core network and the second core network, and at least one neighbor cell list of neighbor cells connected to only the second core network.
US12063619B2
A field device having at least one radio communication means with at least two different operating modes, wherein the different operating modes can be activated as a function of the operating location of the field device, wherein the field device has at least one position determination means and is configured in order to determine an operating mode of the radio communication means from the position data and to make a selection according to predetermined conditions.
US12063612B2
A method and apparatus for handling of missing reference signal on unlicensed frequency in a wireless communication system is provided. The upper layer of the wireless device receives, from a lower layer of the wireless device, a first indication related to a first reference signal from a network, wherein the first indication is one of In-Sync (IS) indication or Out-of-Sync (OOS) indication. The upper layer of the wireless device starts a timer. The upper layer of the wireless device receives, from the lower layer of the wireless device, a second indication while the timer is running, wherein the second indication informs that a second reference signal from the network is missing. The upper layer of the wireless device increases a counter related to the first indication upon receiving the second indication.
US12063608B2
Some aspects of this disclosure include apparatuses and methods for implementing a synchronized short range communication protocol scan mechanism across multiple devices. Some aspects relate to an electronic device including a transceiver configured to communicate based on a short range communication protocol and a processor communicatively coupled to the transceiver. The processor receives one or more parameters from a peripheral electronic device and determines, based at least on the one or more parameters, one or more synchronization parameters. The processor further transmits the one or more synchronization parameters to the peripheral electronic device. The one or more synchronization parameters can include at least a scan offset associated with the peripheral electronic device.
US12063601B2
Methods and apparatus for reducing base station downlink transmission power in a manner that provides one or more devices being serviced by the base station time to establish or switch to another connection are described. The methods and apparatus are particularly well suited for system where base stations may be instructed by a control device to reduce or stop downlink power to a point where downlink data transmission is not supportable. In various embodiments a base station responds to a downlink power reduction instruction by reducing downlink transmission power in downlink slots in a serious of power reduction steps. In cases where the required power reduction is to a point where downlink data transmission can not be supported, the base station signals that it is switching to a no DL slot mode of operation in which downlink slots are not supported but UL slots will continue to be supported.
US12063598B2
A device may obtain, through wireless signaling from a network, a time-domain wireless-resource allocation (TWRA) pattern allocated to the device by the network and corresponding to a future time interval (TTI) for which the device has not yet decoded corresponding control information. This enables the device to conduct wireless communications during the TTI using resources allocated according to the obtained TWRA pattern, without first having to decode control information to identify the TWRA pattern. The device may obtain the TWRA pattern by obtaining an indication from the network that the TWRA pattern remains associated with future wireless communications of the device until indicated otherwise by the network, and/or by transmitting to the network an indication of preferred parameters associated with the future wireless communications and the TWRA pattern, and/or by transmitting to the network a request to have the network change from a different TWRA pattern to the TWRA pattern.
US12063596B2
An access point (AP) that supports the IEEE 802.11ba protocol may transmit a frame including a physical layer (PHY) preamble to one or more stations (STAs) over a channel. The PHY preamble may include a plurality of repeated modulated legacy signal (L-SIG) fields to spoof a recipient of the frame and protect a wake up signal (WUS) to be subsequently transmitted by the AP. The AP may transmit the WUS to at least a first STA of the one or more STAs, wherein the at least the first STA is a IEEE 802.11ba compliant STA.
US12063594B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure include a method, a device, and a system for deploying a network slice. The method, device, and system disclosed herein are related to the field of communications technologies and are designed to solve the problem of low efficiency in manually deploying a network slice. In an exemplary solution, a first network management unit receives a network slice management request message that carries service traffic information of a network slice, and, based on the service traffic information of the network slice, deploys the network slice or selects an available network slice in an existing network.
US12063590B2
System/methods of Carrier Aggregation are disclosed. According to some embodiments, a system/method comprises a first transmitter and a second transmitter, that are connected therebetween, and configured to perform operations comprising: wirelessly transmitting to a destination device first data via the first transmitter, using frequencies that are allocated for use by cellular communications; and, responsive to a size of data that is to be transmitted to the destination device and responsive to a distance between the destination device and the second transmitter, wirelessly transmitting to the destination device second data via the second transmitter, using frequencies that are allocated for use by cellular communications; wherein, according to some embodiments, the first transmitter uses a first air interface and the second transmitter uses a second air interface that comprises a variant of the first air interface.
US12063584B2
Methods, systems, apparatuses, and computer program products for providing an enforcement mechanism for the maximum number of user equipments per network slice in a communication system are provided. A method, system, and apparatus may receive, from a user equipment (UE), a registration request message comprising requested Network Slice Selection Assistance Information (NSSAI) through an access network (AN). The requested NSSAI comprises one or more single-NSSAIs (S-NSSAIs) subject to a capping number of UEs allowed to access one or more network slices associated with the one or more S-NSSAIs. The method, system, and apparatus may cause transmission of a service request message to a network slice selection function (NSSF). The service request message includes indications of the one or more S-NSSAIs. The method, system, and apparatus may receive a service response from the network slice selection function. The service response comprises an allowed NSSAI that includes at least one of 1) one or more allowed S-NSSAIs or 2) a list of rejected S-NSSAIs due to a maximum number of UEs allowed to access the network slices associated with the one or more S-NSSAIs has been reached.
US12063577B2
A method and system share data amongst a group of a plurality of mobile devices without requiring a database or server to centrally store the shared data. The shared data is instead stored by each group member individually while controlling the manner in which the shared data is updated. To manage updates, the shared data is atomized such that individual databases in the shared data are separated or otherwise delineated into one or more records. To maintain a common copy of the shared data at each device, any update is sent to all group members using an intermediate message exchange service that is capable of transmitting a sent message to more than one recipient if necessary. In this way, the updates are multicast to the group. To manage the content of the shared data, each update comprises one or more changes to a current copy of a corresponding record.
US12063575B2
As described herein, a system, method, and computer program are provided for a unified messaging platform deployed on an ephemeral mesh network. A first mobile device identifies an environment category to which the first mobile device is registered is identified. The first mobile device detects a second mobile device that is within a connectivity range of the first mobile device and that is registered to the environment category. The first mobile device establishes a connection with a decentralized ad-hoc mesh network via the second mobile device. The first mobile device uses a unified messaging protocol associated with the decentralized ad-hoc mesh network to communicate with at least the second mobile device.
US12063572B2
Embodiments of a method and non-transitory computer readable mediums for vehicle data collection are disclosed. In an embodiment, the method for vehicle data collection includes receiving, at a cloud computing system, vehicle data that indicates a location of a vehicle and a data reporting mode of the vehicle, determining, by the cloud computing system, whether the vehicle is located in an alerting zone using the vehicle data, determining, by the cloud computing system, if the data reporting mode of the vehicle needs to be changed based on the alerting zone determination, and generating, by the cloud computing system, a policy message for transmission to the vehicle when the data reporting mode needs to be changed, where the policy message indicates an updated data reporting mode of the vehicle.
US12063565B2
A Multi-Access Edge Computing (MEC) system is provided. The MEC system includes a user equipment (UE), an MEC device, and a core network. The MEC device includes a relay User Plane Function (UPF) module, a first UPF module, and a second UPF module. The core network performs a UPF path management corresponding to the UE based on a notification of the MEC device. When the UE attaches to a network, the MEC device establishes an idle session between the UE and the relay UPF module. When the MEC device determines that a service for the UE needs to be switched from the first UPF module to the second UPF module and the second UPF module has not been activated, the MEC device notifies the core network to switch the service for the UE from the first UPF module to the relay UPF module first.
US12063560B2
A source base station determines that a wireless device is to be handed over from the source base station to a target base station and sends, to the target base station in a handover signaling message, a current mapping between two or more flow identifiers and a first data radio bearer used for communication between the wireless device and the source base station. The source base station receives, from the target base station, an indication that the current mapping is to be used and hands over the wireless device from the source base station to the target base station.
US12063552B2
A method, a device, and a non-transitory storage medium are described in which an SLA-based network slice control service is provided. The service may provision a network slice with multiple tiers of service based on a performance metric with differing performance metric values. The service may also provision the network slice based on other factors such as location of an application service layer network. The service may monitor and reconfigure the network slice when the performance metric is not satisfied.
US12063548B2
This application provides a signal transmission method and apparatus. The method is applied to a communications system including at least three nodes, a second node in the at least three nodes communicates with a third node by using a first node, and the method includes: determining, by the first node, a status of a link between the first node and the second node; and sending, by the first node, first notification information to the third node when determining that the link between the first node and the second node is abnormal, where the first notification information is used to indicate that the link between the first node and the second node is abnormal.
US12063547B2
A method for operating a first communication node in a wireless communication network includes steps of: receiving a first frame according to a first communication protocol from a second communication node; determining whether hop count information is included in the first frame; when the hop count information is not included in the first frame, generating and transmitting a second frame according to the first communication protocol, the second frame including hop count information set to an initial value; and setting an operating state of the first communication node to a first state in which the first communication node operates according to the first communication protocol.
US12063534B2
Methods, apparatus, and systems for providing deterministic network experience to application-level services are disclosed. In one example aspect, a method includes providing a set of interfaces to an application-level service deployed in part on a user device. The set of interfaces is configured to provide a notification to the application-level service regarding a real-time change in network conditions relevant to the application-level service. The method also includes receiving a registration request from the application-level service to register for the notification, estimating the network conditions based on physical layer information, and notifying the registered application-level service of the change in the network conditions based on the estimated network conditions.
US12063519B2
One embodiment is directed to a system that is configured to communicate at least two different types of fronthaul data from a plurality of baseband units to a shared radio point using a single application-layer protocol that supports at least two types of elements. Each of the at least two types of elements is configured for a respective one of the at least two different types of fronthaul data. The system is configured so at least some of the elements communicated using the application-layer protocol include one or more sub-elements, where each sub-element comprises a type field, a length field, and a value portion.
US12063507B2
In response to a radio link failure between given user equipment and a source access node of a communication system during a data transfer operation over a control plane, a method is provided for recovering the radio link for the given user equipment through a target access node of the communication system. The radio link recovery is enabled via a mobility management node of the communication system using a non-access stratum security context previously established between the given user equipment and the mobility management node.
US12063506B2
The present disclosure relates to a method for detecting unauthorized data traffic in a packet-oriented data network of a motor vehicle, wherein at least one data packet is read out of the data network by a processor circuit, and header data of each data packet is checked for link information indicating that the data packet belongs to a communication link that is permitted for the operation of the motor vehicle. If the data packet is recognized as belonging to a permitted communication link, payload data of the data packet is checked to determine whether data values of the payload data have a value profile that is provided for the communication link. If a permitted communication link or a permitted value profile for the data packet is missing, a detection signal is generated to identify the data packet as unauthorized data traffic.
US12063503B1
Automated systems and methods are presented herein for hybrid mobile apps to achieve parity with native mobile app user experiences and functionality. An exemplary system includes a mobile device running a hybrid mobile application, the hybrid mobile application comprising one or more native layers and one or more web layers, each made up of one or more native or web based tools or components respectively; the hybrid mobile application, when executed by the processor, comprises at least one app feature that improves app experiences via one or more APIs that communicate between a web layer and a native layer enabling a native mobile app user experience using one or more features or functions on at least one of the web layer and native mobile app layer.
US12063498B2
An object is to provide a key generation method capable of maintaining a high security level in each of sliced networks when network slicing is applied to a core network. A key generation method according to this disclosure specifies network slice identification information indicating a network slice system that provides a service to be used by a communication terminal (50) among a plurality of network slice systems included in a core network (10) and, using the network slice identification information, generates a service key to be used for security processing in the network slice system indicated by the network slice identification information.
US12063491B1
A computer-implemented method for generating a device-specific room impulse response (DSRIR) describing an acoustic characteristic of a device and a room as received by the device includes: generating an at least first device-related transfer function (DRTF), wherein the at least first device related transfer function describes the acoustic characteristic of the device as received by the at least first microphone; generating a spatial room impulse response (SRIR), wherein the spatial room impulse response describes the acoustic characteristic of the room from at least one room sound source in the room and received at an at least one listening point in the room from at least one direction; and generating the device specific room impulse response (DSRIR) by combining the device related transfer function and the spatial room impulse response.
US12063490B2
Methods, systems, and devices for signal processing are described. Generally, as provided for by the described techniques, a wearable device to receive an input audio signal from one or more outer microphones, an input audio signal from one or more inner microphones, and a bone conduction signal from a bone conduction sensor based on the input audio signals. The wearable device may filter the bone conduction signal based on a set of frequencies of the input audio signals, such as a low frequency portion of the input audio signals. For example, the wearable device may apply a filter to the bone conduction signal that accounts for an error in the input audio signals. The wearable device may add a gain to the filtered bone conduction signal and may equalize the filtered bone conduction signal based on the gain. The wearable device may output an audio signal to a speaker.
US12063483B2
Provided is a signal processing device including a displacement detection unit configured to detect a displacement amount of a video display panel that is vibrated to generate sound on the basis of an input audio signal, a threshold setting unit configured to calculate a displacement amount at which no image shake occurs and set a displacement amount calculated as a threshold, and a gain adjustment unit configured to adjust a level of the input audio signal on the basis of a result of comparison between a displacement amount detected by the displacement detection unit and the threshold.
US12063477B2
A hearing system comprises a) a multitude of M of microphones providing M corresponding electric input signals xm(n), m=1, . . . , M, and n representing time, b) a processor connected to said multitude of microphones and providing a processed signal in dependence thereof, c) an output unit for providing an output signal in dependence of said processed signal, and d) a database (Θ) comprising a dictionary (Δpd) of previously determined acoustic transfer function vectors (ATFpd). The processor is configured A) to determine a constrained estimate of a current acoustic transfer function vector (ATFpd,cur) in dependence of said M electric input signals and said dictionary (Δpd), B) to determine an unconstrained estimate of a current acoustic transfer function vector (ATFuc,cur) in dependence of said M electric input signals, and C) to determine a resulting acoustic transfer function vector (ATF*) for a user of the hearing system in dependence thereof and of a confidence measure related to said electric input signals. A method of operating a hearing device is also disclosed. Thereby an improved noise reduction system for a hearing aid or headset may be provided.
US12063463B2
Audience monitoring systems and related methods are described herein. An example audience monitoring system includes a beacon to be disposed proximate a media presentation device. The beacon is to transmit a ping signal. The system also includes a portable metering device to be carried by a person. The portable metering device includes a microphone to receive an audio signal and a processor to determine a distance value indicative of a distance between the portable metering device and the beacon based on the ping signal.
US12063458B1
The application is directed to techniques and processes for integrating multiple security systems. For instance, a system may receive first data from a first security system, where the first data indicates that the first security system detected a security event. The system may then analyze the first data to determine a type of the security event, a time frame of the security event, and/or a threat level of the security event. Based at least in part on the analyzing, the system may determine a security procedure for a second security system. The second security system may be located proximate to the first security system and/or may be included in a same security system network as the first security system. The security procedure may include changing a mode of the second security system and/or causing an electronic device of the second security system to generate image data.
US12063453B2
A blind scan method includes setting a tuner to scan a first spectrum block with a first center frequency as a center and determining whether the first spectrum block comprises a possible signal; adjusting the tuner to scan a second spectrum block with a second center frequency as the center according to a first rise point and a first drop point when it is determined that the first spectrum block comprises the possible signal; and determining whether the second spectrum block comprises a valid signal.
US12063451B2
A method and system are disclosed for tailoring the functionality of a monitoring system based on an identified orientation of an imaging device, typically a digital camera. The imaging device is wirelessly communicable with one or more base stations and/or access points over a WLAN. Captured media is processed depending on the identified orientation. The processed media is used to generate and display an image on a user device with one or more aspects of the display, such as aspect ratio or video compression rates, being dependent on the identified orientation. The size or shape of an activity zone that is monitored to trigger image capture and transmission may also be tailored to the identified orientation.
US12063443B2
An imaging system can include a first and second camera configured to capture first and second sets of oblique images along first and second scan paths, respectively, on an object area. A drive is coupled to a scanning mirror structure, having at least one mirror surface, and configured to rotate the structure about a scan axis based on a scan angle. The first and second cameras each have an optical axis set at an oblique angle to the scan axis and include a respective lens to focus first and second imaging beams reflected from the mirror surface to an image sensor located in each of the cameras. The first and second imaging beams captured by their respective cameras can vary according to the scan angle. Each of the image sensors captures respective sets of oblique images by sampling the imaging beams at first and second values of the scan angle.
US12063433B2
Orientation calibration system for image capture is disclosed that may include a camera to capture a target image, a display screen to display the image, an orientation sensor to determine at least two axes of orientation of the system, and a processor. The processor configured to determine the present orientation of the system using the orientation sensor, display a portion of present and a desired orientation of the system, receive a request to capture the target image, and capture the target image using the camera in response to receiving the request to capture the target image, and when a difference between the present orientation of the system and desired orientation of system is within a threshold. The system may be used to adjust/orient a display monitor to ensure desired alignment to accurately capture image. Methods for aligning/orienting a display monitor (imaging source), and the orientation calibration system are provided.
US12063430B2
An apparatus and method for imaging includes an imaging system formed of a movable objective stage proximal to a sample and positioned for providing an excitation beam onto and for capturing an emission from the sample. The movable objective stage includes an optical lens apparatus and a turn reflector optically coupled to the imaging optics, where at least one of the optical lens apparatus and the turn reflector are movable relative to one another for scanning the sample, and wherein the movement is achieved while maintaining a substantially fixed optical path length between the optical lens apparatus and a fixed plane in a fixed imaging optics stage.
US12063428B2
A camera module is provided. The camera module includes a lens barrel in which at least one lens is installed; and a lens holder to which the lens barrel is fixedly installed, wherein one of the lens holder and the lens barrel is provided with a coupling protrusion, and the other thereof is provided with a coupling groove into which the coupling protrusion is inserted, the lens holder is provided with a support portion that supports one end portion of the lens barrel, wherein the one end portion of the lens barrel is disposed between the coupling protrusion and the support portion, and the support portion of the lens holder elastically supports the lens barrel in an optical axis direction.
US12063421B1
In a computer-implemented method, a selected online advertisement is automatically directed to, or online activity is automatically tracked and recorded from, an online user interface device which corresponds, at the time the advertisement is directed or the activity is tracked, to a first online access identifier. The advertisement is directed or the activity is tracked based on information from a user profile that references or includes a first set-top box identifier. That information is derived at least in part from automatically collected data related to user behavior with respect to at least one television advertisement delivered to a set-top box, which set-top box corresponds, at the time of that user behavior, to the first set-top box identifier. The first online access identifier is associated with the first set-top box identifier, by being referenced or included in the user profile, by being associated in a database, or otherwise.
US12063419B2
Methods, systems, and media for presenting supplemental information corresponding to on-demand media content are provided. In some implementations, the method comprises: receiving an indication from a web browser extension executing within a web browsing application that a media content item is being presented on a content provider website; identifying the media content item being presented on the content provider website; determining whether supplemental content associated with the broadcasted media content item is available; in response to determining that the supplemental content is available, causing the web browser extension to present an indicator that the supplemental content is available; obtaining the supplemental content corresponding to the broadcasted media content item, wherein each piece of the supplemental content is associated with timing information of the broadcasted media content item; and causing a portion of the obtained supplemental content to be presented concurrently with the media content item in response to detecting that the indicator has been selected.
US12063418B2
Methods, systems, and apparatuses for detecting, analyzing, and redirecting data are described herein. A wireless gateway may detect data associated with at least one characteristic that is being received by a first computing device via a first network. The wireless gateway may send, to the first computing device, a message comprising a selectable option to render the received data on a display device associated with a second computing device. If the option was selected, the wireless gateway may send, to a server via a second network, a request message comprising a request for information associated with the received data. The wireless gateway may receive, from the server via the second network, the requested information and then send, to the second computing device in response to receiving the requested information, the received data to be rendered by the display device.
US12063414B2
Systems and methods are presented for providing to filter unwanted sounds from a media asset. Voice profiles of a first character and a second character are generated based on a first voice signal and a second voice signal received from the media device during a presentation. The user provides a selection to avoid a certain sound or voice in association with the second character. During a presentation of the media asset, a second audio segment is analyzed to determine, based on the voice profile of the second character, whether the second voice signal includes the voice of a second character. If so, the second voice signal output characteristics are adjusted to reduce the sound.
US12063402B2
Methods, apparatus, and systems are disclosed to correlate census measurement data with panel data. An example system includes accessing means to access a message sent from a requesting device in response to accessing media that includes a tag causing the requesting device to send the message to a monitoring entity with an identification of a geographic location of the requesting device and media identifying information. The example system also includes identification means to determine locations of a plurality of panelist homes and compare the geographic location of the requesting device with the locations of the panelist homes. The example system also includes associating means to identify a user of the requesting device as a panelist residing at the first panelist home and associate the media identifying information with panelist data associated with the first one of the panelist homes.
US12063401B2
A video device configured to display video content includes a downstream network circuit for accessing and exchanging data with a computing system over a network, a downstream signal processing circuit for receiving video signals over a broadcast medium and converting the video signals into a video content stream, and one or more processors for causing a display to present the video content, and while displaying the video content, identifying a vendor, determining that the vendor is a registered biller, determining that the user has a bill due with the vendor, and overlaying an indication of the bill onto the video content, where the overlay includes an interactive element enabling the user to provide a user input to cause a payment to be made to the vendor. A bill pay request is generated and sent through the downstream network circuit to cause a payment to be made to the vendor.
US12063392B2
A method, system, apparatus, and computer program product provide/deliver information during a live broadcast. Information feeds (that include attributes and values) are ingested via a plug-in architecture, into an application server. The application server drives the information feeds into a database, and distributes the attributes to a web server. The web server exposes, using a web service, the attributes clients. The web service enables clients to select a set of the attributes and configure, for visual display, the values corresponding to the selected set of the attributes. The values are composited in real-time, based on the configuration, with live audio-video content. The composited elements and live audio-video content are broadcast/streamed live.
US12063385B2
An inter prediction method according to the present invention comprises: a step for deriving reference motion information related to a unit to be decoded in a current picture; and a step for performing motion compensation for the unit to be decoded, using the reference motion information that has been derived. According to the present invention, image encoding/decoding efficiency can be enhanced.
